Some code added by [JDK-8372700](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8372700) can compute the constant value of a field of a (flatten) element in a flat array. We get a crash when the element of the array is known to be `null`, and so the field doesn't exist.
So, let's just check in `ciConstant ciFlatArray::field_value(int index, ciField* field)` whether we get a null constant before interpreting it as a `ciInstance` and trying to retrieve a field from there. This should be enough since a `ciObject` is (directly) derived by `ciNullObject`, `ciInstance` and `ciArray`. Since we are looking up a value of a flat array, an element cannot be a `ciArray` (arrays have identities and can't be contained in a flat array). After looking up whether the flat array element is null, the `obj->as_instance()` cast acts as an assert, should we ever add another derived class from `ciObject`. In case of a null array element, `field_value` simply returns an invalid `ciConstant`. Tested with tier1,tier2,tier3,hs-precheckin-comp,hs-comp-stress,valhalla-comp-stress. Looks good. Thanks, Marc ------------- Commit messages: - Shield against null Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/valhalla/pull/1923/files Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=valhalla&pr=1923&range=00 Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8375441 Stats: 25 lines in 2 files changed: 15 ins; 5 del; 5 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/valhalla/pull/1923.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/valhalla.git pull/1923/head:pull/1923 PR: https://git.openjdk.org/valhalla/pull/1923
