diff -r bcd72ab4d91f -r d14a18794c90 src/share/vm/classfile/stackMapTable.cpp
--- a/src/share/vm/classfile/stackMapTable.cpp	Thu Jan 16 13:25:25 2014 -0800
+++ b/src/share/vm/classfile/stackMapTable.cpp	Sat Aug 02 16:28:59 2014 -0400
@@ -70,24 +70,26 @@
 
 bool StackMapTable::match_stackmap(
     StackMapFrame* frame, int32_t target,
-    bool match, bool update, ErrorContext* ctx, TRAPS) const {
+    bool match, bool update, bool handler, ErrorContext* ctx, TRAPS) const {
   int index = get_index_from_offset(target);
-  return match_stackmap(frame, target, index, match, update, ctx, THREAD);
+  return match_stackmap(frame, target, index, match, update, handler, ctx, THREAD);
 }
 
 // Match and/or update current_frame to the frame in stackmap table with
 // specified offset and frame index. Return true if the two frames match.
+// handler is true if the frame in stackmap_table is for an exception handler.
 //
-// The values of match and update are:                  _match__update_
+// The values of match and update are:                  _match__update__handler
 //
-// checking a branch target/exception handler:           true   false
+// checking a branch target:                             true   false   false
+// checking an exception handler:                        true   false   true
 // linear bytecode verification following an
-// unconditional branch:                                 false  true
+// unconditional branch:                                 false  true    false
 // linear bytecode verification not following an
-// unconditional branch:                                 true   true
+// unconditional branch:                                 true   true    false
 bool StackMapTable::match_stackmap(
     StackMapFrame* frame, int32_t target, int32_t frame_index,
-    bool match, bool update, ErrorContext* ctx, TRAPS) const {
+    bool match, bool update, bool handler, ErrorContext* ctx, TRAPS) const {
   if (frame_index < 0 || frame_index >= _frame_count) {
     *ctx = ErrorContext::missing_stackmap(frame->offset());
     frame->verifier()->verify_error(
@@ -98,11 +100,9 @@
   StackMapFrame *stackmap_frame = _frame_array[frame_index];
   bool result = true;
   if (match) {
-    // when checking handler target, match == true && update == false
-    bool is_exception_handler = !update;
     // Has direct control flow from last instruction, need to match the two
     // frames.
-    result = frame->is_assignable_to(stackmap_frame, is_exception_handler,
+    result = frame->is_assignable_to(stackmap_frame, handler,
         ctx, CHECK_VERIFY_(frame->verifier(), result));
   }
   if (update) {
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
     StackMapFrame* frame, int32_t target, TRAPS) const {
   ErrorContext ctx;
   bool match = match_stackmap(
-    frame, target, true, false, &ctx, CHECK_VERIFY(frame->verifier()));
+    frame, target, true, false, false, &ctx, CHECK_VERIFY(frame->verifier()));
   if (!match || (target < 0 || target >= _code_length)) {
     frame->verifier()->verify_error(ctx,
         "Inconsistent stackmap frames at branch target %d", target);
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@
   }
   // check if uninitialized objects exist on backward branches
   check_new_object(frame, target, CHECK_VERIFY(frame->verifier()));
-  frame->verifier()->update_furthest_jump(target);
 }
 
 void StackMapTable::check_new_object(