Hello,
The issue was found on one of my Linux boxes which uses locale zh_CN.GB18030 by default, a simple patch was made to fix it, may I have it reviewed ? webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~luchsh/webrev-8132459/ bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8132459 JBS seems to be down right now, so just put related info in this mail. The problem relates to bug JDK-8038310, and below simple command will reproduce it, LANG=zh_CN.GB18030 jdk9/bin/java -version The error message is: Error occurred during initialization of VM java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError at java.nio.charset.Charset.lookupExtendedCharset(Charset.java:449) at java.nio.charset.Charset.lookup2(Charset.java:479) at java.nio.charset.Charset.lookup(Charset.java:467) at java.nio.charset.Charset.isSupported(Charset.java:508) at java.io.UnixFileSystem.getBooleanAttributes0(Native Method) at java.io.UnixFileSystem.getBooleanAttributes(UnixFileSystem.java:242) at java.io.File.isDirectory(File.java:849) at sun.misc.Launcher$BootClassPathHolder$1.run(Launcher.java:329) at sun.misc.Launcher$BootClassPathHolder$1.run(Launcher.java:316) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at sun.misc.Launcher$BootClassPathHolder.<clinit>(Launcher.java:315) at sun.misc.Launcher.<clinit>(Launcher.java:60) at java.lang.ClassLoader.initSystemClassLoader(ClassLoader.java:1443) at java.lang.ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader(ClassLoader.java:1428) Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at java.lang.ClassLoader.getBootstrapResources(ClassLoader.java:1267) at java.lang.ClassLoader.getSystemResources(ClassLoader.java:1246) at java.util.ServiceLoader$LazyIterator.hasNextService(ServiceLoader.java:344) at java.util.ServiceLoader$LazyIterator.hasNext(ServiceLoader.java:391) at java.util.ServiceLoader$1.hasNext(ServiceLoader.java:472) at java.nio.charset.Charset$ExtendedProviderHolder$1.run(Charset.java:435) at java.nio.charset.Charset$ExtendedProviderHolder$1.run(Charset.java:429) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.nio.charset.Charset$ExtendedProviderHolder.extendedProviders(Charset.java:429) at java.nio.charset.Charset$ExtendedProviderHolder.<clinit>(Charset.java:426) at java.nio.charset.Charset.lookupExtendedCharset(Charset.java:449) at java.nio.charset.Charset.lookup2(Charset.java:479) at java.nio.charset.Charset.lookup(Charset.java:467) at java.nio.charset.Charset.isSupported(Charset.java:508) at java.io.UnixFileSystem.getBooleanAttributes0(Native Method) at java.io.UnixFileSystem.getBooleanAttributes(UnixFileSystem.java:242) at java.io.File.isDirectory(File.java:849) at sun.misc.Launcher$BootClassPathHolder$1.run(Launcher.java:329) at sun.misc.Launcher$BootClassPathHolder$1.run(Launcher.java:316) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at sun.misc.Launcher$BootClassPathHolder.<clinit>(Launcher.java:315) at sun.misc.Launcher.<clinit>(Launcher.java:60) at java.lang.ClassLoader.initSystemClassLoader(ClassLoader.java:1443) at java.lang.ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader(ClassLoader.java:1428) Thanks Jonathan Lu
