8334780: Crash: assert(h_array_list.not_null()) failed: invariant

Backport-of: e7a0b5b

Author: Satyen Subramaniam

src/hotspot/share/jfr/support/jfrJdkJfrEvent.cpp

@@ -132,7 +132,9 @@ jobject JdkJfrEvent::get_all_klasses(TRAPS) {
   transform_klasses_to_local_jni_handles(event_subklasses, THREAD);
 
   Handle h_array_list(THREAD, new_java_util_arraylist(THREAD));
-  assert(h_array_list.not_null(), "invariant");
+  if (h_array_list.is_null()) {
+    return empty_java_util_arraylist;
+  }
 
   static const char add_method_name[] = "add";
   static const char add_method_signature[] = "(Ljava/lang/Object;)Z";