8297727: Forcing LF interpretation lead to StackOverflowError in reflection code

Reviewed-by: jvernee

Author: liach

src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/DirectMethodHandle.java

@@ -214,7 +214,6 @@ private static LambdaForm preparedLambdaForm(MemberName m, boolean adaptToSpecia
             which = LF_INVSPECIAL_IFC;
         }
         LambdaForm lform = preparedLambdaForm(mtype, which);
-        maybeCompile(lform, m);
         assert(lform.methodType().dropParameterTypes(0, 1)
                 .equals(m.getInvocationType().basicType()))
                 : Arrays.asList(m, m.getInvocationType().basicType(), lform, lform.methodType());
@@ -320,12 +319,6 @@ static LambdaForm makePreparedLambdaForm(MethodType mtype, int which) {
         return null;
     }
 
-    private static void maybeCompile(LambdaForm lform, MemberName m) {
-        if (lform.vmentry == null && VerifyAccess.isSamePackage(m.getDeclaringClass(), MethodHandle.class))
-            // Help along bootstrapping...
-            lform.compileToBytecode();
-    }
-
     /** Static wrapper for DirectMethodHandle.internalMemberName. */
     @ForceInline
     /*non-public*/
@@ -666,7 +659,6 @@ private static LambdaForm preparedFieldLambdaForm(MemberName m) {
             formOp += (AF_GETSTATIC_INIT - AF_GETSTATIC);
         }
         LambdaForm lform = preparedFieldLambdaForm(formOp, isVolatile, ftype);
-        maybeCompile(lform, m);
         assert(lform.methodType().dropParameterTypes(0, 1)
                 .equals(m.getInvocationType().basicType()))
                 : Arrays.asList(m, m.getInvocationType().basicType(), lform, lform.methodType());
@@ -843,6 +835,9 @@ static LambdaForm makePreparedFieldLambdaForm(byte formOp, boolean isVolatile, i
             }
             LambdaForm.associateWithDebugName(form, nameBuilder.toString());
         }
+
+        // NF_UNSAFE uses field form, avoid circular dependency in interpreter
+        form.compileToBytecode();
         return form;
     }
 

test/jdk/java/lang/invoke/LFInterpret/ReflectionInInterpretTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
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+ *
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+ *
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+ * questions.
+ */
+
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandle;
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8297727
+ * @summary MethodHandle field access fails with bytecode compilation disabled
+ * @run main/othervm -XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:+ShowHiddenFrames
+ *     -Djava.lang.invoke.MethodHandle.COMPILE_THRESHOLD=-1
+ *     ReflectionInInterpretTest
+ */
+public class ReflectionInInterpretTest {
+    private static Integer f; // non-Object type is required to find a non-compiled form
+
+    public static void main(String... args) throws Throwable {
+        MethodHandle mh = MethodHandles.lookup().findStaticGetter(ReflectionInInterpretTest.class, "f", Integer.class);
+        var _ = (Integer) mh.invokeExact();
+    }
+}