Since JDK-8348426, when creating the AOT cache with -XX:AOTMode=create, the symbol table is overwritten after the AOT archive is dumped. From this point on, until the JVM is shut down, any active compiler threads may fail unexpectedly due to errors in symbol operations.

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Simple reproduction case that should crash on all platforms:

$ java -XX:AOTMode=record -XX:AOTConfiguration=jc.aotconfig \
    com.sun.tools.javac.Main HelloWorld.java

$ java -Xcomp -ea -esa -XX:CompileThreshold=100 -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions \
      -XX:-TieredCompilation -XX:+DeoptimizeALot -XX:AOTMode=create \
      -XX:AOTCache=jc.aot -XX:AOTConfiguration=jc.aotconfig


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Another crash example: runtime/cds/appcds/applications/JavacBench.java#aot

Command-line:

Command Line: -XX:MaxRAMPercentage=6.25 -Xcomp -ea -esa -XX:CompileThreshold=100 -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:-TieredCompilation -XX:+DeoptimizeALot -Xlog:cds -Xlog:cds+heap=error -XX:AOTMode=create -XX:AOTConfiguration=JavacBench.aotconfig -XX:AOTCache=JavacBench.aot -Xlog:cds=debug,cds+class=debug,cds+heap=warning,cds+resolve=debug:file=JavacBench.aot.log::filesize=0

# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
#
# Internal Error (/workspace/open/src/hotspot/share/opto/library_call.cpp:6975), pid=70128, tid=24583
# assert(field != nullptr) failed: undefined field Ljava/lang/Object; jdk/internal/util/WeakReferenceKey referent
#

Current CompileTask:
C2:1829 718 jdk.internal.util.ReferencedKeyMap$$Lambda/0x800000165::apply (10 bytes)

Stack: [0x000000016d7a8000,0x000000016d9ab000], sp=0x000000016d9a7eb0, free space=2047k
Native frames: (J=compiled Java code, j=interpreted, Vv=VM code, C=native code)
V [libjvm.dylib+0x11b8da4] VMError::report(outputStream*, bool)+0x1b00 (library_call.cpp:6975)
V [libjvm.dylib+0x11bc53c] VMError::report_and_die(int, char const*, char const*, char*, Thread*, unsigned char*, void const*, void const*, char const*, int, unsigned long)+0x56c
V [libjvm.dylib+0x5879e8] print_error_for_unit_test(char const*, char const*, char*)+0x0
V [libjvm.dylib+0xc63fc4] LibraryCallKit::load_field_from_object(Node*, char const*, char const*, unsigned long long, bool, ciInstanceKlass*)+0x478
V [libjvm.dylib+0xc4c450] LibraryCallKit::inline_reference_get()+0x8c
V [libjvm.dylib+0xc31cc8] LibraryIntrinsic::generate(JVMState*)+0x184
V [libjvm.dylib+0x62b45c] Parse::do_call()+0x8a0
V [libjvm.dylib+0xec5ca8] Parse::do_one_bytecode()+0x204
V [libjvm.dylib+0xeb6ea4] Parse::do_one_block()+0x4ac
V [libjvm.dylib+0xeb4ed4] Parse::do_all_blocks()+0x480
V [libjvm.dylib+0xeb16a0] Parse::Parse(JVMState*, ciMethod*, float)+0xa34
V [libjvm.dylib+0x3a04d0] ParseGenerator::generate(JVMState*)+0x118
V [libjvm.dylib+0x4daa54] Compile::Compile(ciEnv*, ciMethod*, int, Options, DirectiveSet*)+0xe5c
V [libjvm.dylib+0x39e978] C2Compiler::compile_method(ciEnv*, ciMethod*, int, bool, DirectiveSet*)+0x21c
V [libjvm.dylib+0x4faa80] CompileBroker::invoke_compiler_on_method(CompileTask*)+0x920
V [libjvm.dylib+0x4f9e00] CompileBroker::compiler_thread_loop()+0x398
V [libjvm.dylib+0x8da744] JavaThread::thread_main_inner()+0x1c8
V [libjvm.dylib+0x1103ed4] Thread::call_run()+0xf4
V [libjvm.dylib+0xe84108] thread_native_entry(Thread*)+0x138
C [libsystem_pthread.dylib+0x726c] _pthread_start+0x94
Lock stack of current Java thread (top to bottom):