The upgrade from Java 8 to Java 9 seems to have broken specJVM2008 on Solaris 11.4 sparc. https://www.spec.org/jvm2008/

Here's the failure to run the benchmark under Java 9:

# /usr/jdk/jdk-9.0.4/bin/java -version
java version "9.0.4"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 9.0.4+11)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 9.0.4+11, mixed mode)
# /usr/jdk/jdk-9.0.4/bin/java -jar SPECjvm2008.jar -icsv

Iteration 1 (1 operation) begins: Fri Mar 09 15:34:40 UTC 2018
Iteration 1 (1 operation) ends: Fri Mar 09 15:34:40 UTC 2018
Iteration 1 (1 operation) result: FAILED

Errors in benchmark: check
  [iter=1] Interrupted when joining benchmark thread 0: null
  [iter=1] java.lang.InterruptedException: null
java.base/java.lang.Object.wait(Native Method)
java.base/java.lang.Thread.join(Thread.java:1353)
java.base/java.lang.Thread.join(Thread.java:1427)
spec.harness.ProgramRunner.runIteration(ProgramRunner.java:503)
spec.harness.ProgramRunner.runBenchmark(ProgramRunner.java:348)
spec.harness.ProgramRunner.run(ProgramRunner.java:98)

<snip>
    Received output:
      Compiler version test: failed
      testIf: OK
      testArray: OK
</snip>


On Java 8, this doesn't happen:
# /usr/jdk/jdk1.8.0_162/bin/java -version
java version "1.8.0_162"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_162-b12)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.162-b12, mixed mode)
# /usr/jdk/jdk1.8.0_162/bin/java -jar SPECjvm2008.jar -icsv

SPECjvm2008 Base
  Properties file: none
  Benchmarks: startup.helloworld startup.compiler.compiler
startup.compiler.sunflow startup.compress startup.crypto.aes
startup.crypto.rsa startup.crypto.signverify startup.mpegaudio
startup.scimark.fft startup.scimark.lu startup.scimark.monte_carlo
startup.scimark.sor startup.scimark.sparse startup.serial startup.sunflow
startup.xml.transform startup.xml.validation compiler.compiler
compiler.sunflow compress crypto.aes crypto.rsa crypto.signverify derby
mpegaudio scimark.fft.large scimark.lu.large scimark.sor.large
scimark.sparse.large scimark.fft.small scimark.lu.small scimark.sor.small
scimark.sparse.small scimark.monte_carlo serial sunflow xml.transform
xml.validation

  WARNING: Run will not be compliant.
  Property specjvm.run.checksum.validation must be true for publication.


--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---

  Benchmark: check
  Run mode: static run
  Test type: functional
  Threads: 1
  Iterations: 1
  Run length: 1 operation

Iteration 1 (1 operation) begins: Fri Mar 09 15:37:43 UTC 2018
Iteration 1 (1 operation) ends: Fri Mar 09 15:37:43 UTC 2018
Iteration 1 (1 operation) result: PASSED

Valid run!

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