diff -r 2cc1ae79b303 src/hotspot/share/interpreter/interpreterRuntime.cpp
--- a/src/hotspot/share/interpreter/interpreterRuntime.cpp	Thu Dec 13 11:05:22 2018 -0800
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/interpreter/interpreterRuntime.cpp	Thu Dec 20 12:46:29 2018 -0800
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 #include "oops/oop.inline.hpp"
 #include "oops/symbol.hpp"
 #include "prims/jvmtiExport.hpp"
+#include "prims/jvmtiTrace.hpp"
 #include "prims/nativeLookup.hpp"
 #include "runtime/atomic.hpp"
 #include "runtime/biasedLocking.hpp"
@@ -491,6 +492,11 @@
   LastFrameAccessor last_frame(thread);
   Handle             h_exception(thread, exception);
   methodHandle       h_method   (thread, last_frame.method());
+
+ { ResourceMark rm;
+     log_info(jvmti)("[InterpreterRuntime::exception_handler_for_exception] Thread:%s, method: %s, class: %s, is_compiled: %s, is_deoptimized: %s", JvmtiTrace::safe_get_thread_name(thread),h_method()->name()->as_C_string(), h_method()->klass_name()->as_C_string(), last_frame.get_frame().is_compiled_frame() ? "true" : "false", last_frame.get_frame().is_deoptimized_frame()? "true":"false");
+
+ }
   constantPoolHandle h_constants(thread, h_method->constants());
   bool               should_repeat;
   int                handler_bci;
diff -r 2cc1ae79b303 test/hotspot/jtreg/vmTestbase/nsk/jvmti/Exception/exception001.java
--- a/test/hotspot/jtreg/vmTestbase/nsk/jvmti/Exception/exception001.java	Thu Dec 13 11:05:22 2018 -0800
+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/vmTestbase/nsk/jvmti/Exception/exception001.java	Thu Dec 20 12:46:29 2018 -0800
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
     }
 
     public static int run(String args[], PrintStream out) {
-        return check();
+        // Temporary make test always failing to see the diagnostic output for both failing and correct cases
+        return check() + 2;
     }
 }
diff -r 2cc1ae79b303 test/hotspot/jtreg/vmTestbase/nsk/jvmti/Exception/exception001/exception001.cpp
--- a/test/hotspot/jtreg/vmTestbase/nsk/jvmti/Exception/exception001/exception001.cpp	Thu Dec 13 11:05:22 2018 -0800
+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/vmTestbase/nsk/jvmti/Exception/exception001/exception001.cpp	Thu Dec 20 12:46:29 2018 -0800
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 static jvmtiCapabilities caps;
 static jvmtiEventCallbacks callbacks;
 static jint result = PASSED;
-static jboolean printdump = JNI_FALSE;
+static jboolean printdump = JNI_TRUE;
 static exceptionInfo exs[] = {
   { "Lnsk/jvmti/Exception/exception001c;",
     "Lnsk/jvmti/Exception/exception001b;", "meth1", "()V", 7,
@@ -287,7 +287,9 @@
         result = STATUS_FAILED;
     }
 
+    printf("Before calling exception001a.run() ...\n");
     env->CallStaticVoidMethod(clz, mid);
+    printf("After calling exception001a.run() ...\n");
 
     err = jvmti->SetEventNotificationMode(JVMTI_DISABLE,
             JVMTI_EVENT_EXCEPTION, thread);