When running on some Linux kernels, the heap is mapped into memory low in the
address space. Dereferencing a null pointer for class with a lot of fields an
erroneously access the heap instead of throwing a NullPointerException.
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Summary: NullPointerException not generated for large classes...
Product: gcc
Version: 4.2.0
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: P3
Component: libgcj
AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
ReportedBy: daney at gcc dot gnu dot org
GCC build triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu
GCC host triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu
GCC target triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26858
