NOTE
----
This issue was previously investigated under CR 5085747, but it was closed
due to a lack of sufficient information or testcase.  A Licensee has provided
us with with a testcase in hopes of us picking up on a fresh investigation.
Please cross-refernce the related bug id's to supplement this new investigation.

OPERATING SYSTEM
----------------
All

FULL JDK VERSION
----------------
All current JDKs, including 7-ea-b83, 6u18, 5.0u23, 1.4.2_25

DESCRIPTION
-----------
See CR 5085747 Description, comments, eval. 

REPRODUCTION INSTRUCTIONS
-------------------------
1. Compile and run attached testcase, HTProblem.java.
2. Wait until "Deadlock" message is printed.
3. Gather a thread dump using CTRL-BREAK or "kill -3".
4. Observe the deadlock below:

Found one Java-level deadlock:
=============================
"Thread-1":
  waiting to lock monitor 0x0aab8654 (object 0x029d35b0, a java.util.Hashtable),
  which is held by "Thread-0"
"Thread-0":
  waiting to lock monitor 0x0aaf5a24 (object 0x029d3610, a java.util.Hashtable),
  which is held by "Thread-1"

Java stack information for the threads listed above:
===================================================
"Thread-1":
        at java.util.Hashtable.writeObject(Hashtable.java:814)
        - waiting to lock <0x029d35b0> (a java.util.Hashtable)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
        at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.invokeWriteObject(ObjectStreamClass.java:945)
        at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeSerialData(ObjectOutputStream.java:1461)
        at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeOrdinaryObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:1392)
        at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject0(ObjectOutputStream.java:1150)
        at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:326)
        at MyObject.writeObject(HTProblem.java:48)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
        at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.invokeWriteObject(ObjectStreamClass.java:945)
        at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeSerialData(ObjectOutputStream.java:1461)
        at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeOrdinaryObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:1392)
        at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject0(ObjectOutputStream.java:1150)
        at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:326)
        at java.util.Hashtable.writeObject(Hashtable.java:824)
        - locked <0x029d3610> (a java.util.Hashtable)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
        at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.invokeWriteObject(ObjectStreamClass.java:945)
        at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeSerialData(ObjectOutputStream.java:1461)
        at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeOrdinaryObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:1392)
        at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject0(ObjectOutputStream.java:1150)
        at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:326)
        at MyThread.run(HTProblem.java:68)
"Thread-0":
        at java.util.Hashtable.writeObject(Hashtable.java:814)
        - waiting to lock <0x029d3610> (a java.util.Hashtable)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
        at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.invokeWriteObject(ObjectStreamClass.java:945)
        at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeSerialData(ObjectOutputStream.java:1461)
        at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeOrdinaryObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:1392)
        at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject0(ObjectOutputStream.java:1150)
        at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:326)
        at MyObject.writeObject(HTProblem.java:48)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
        at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.invokeWriteObject(ObjectStreamClass.java:945)
        at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeSerialData(ObjectOutputStream.java:1461)
        at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeOrdinaryObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:1392)
        at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject0(ObjectOutputStream.java:1150)
        at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:326)
        at java.util.Hashtable.writeObject(Hashtable.java:824)
        - locked <0x029d35b0> (a java.util.Hashtable)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
        at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.invokeWriteObject(ObjectStreamClass.java:945)
        at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeSerialData(ObjectOutputStream.java:1461)
        at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeOrdinaryObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:1392)
        at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject0(ObjectOutputStream.java:1150)
        at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:326)
        at MyThread.run(HTProblem.java:68)

Found 1 deadlock.


TESTCASE SOURCE
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import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectOutput;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.util.Hashtable;

public class HTProblem {
 public static void main(String args[]) {
	 MyObject mo1=new MyObject();
	 MyObject mo2=new MyObject();
	 Hashtable ht1=new Hashtable();
	 Hashtable ht2=new Hashtable();
	 mo1.ht=ht2;
	 mo1.sleepTime=100;
	 mo2.ht=ht1;
	 mo2.sleepTime=100;
	 ht1.put("key",mo1);
	 ht2.put("key",mo2);
	 MyThread t1=new MyThread(ht1,"file1");
	 MyThread t2=new MyThread(ht2,"file2");
	 t1.start();
	 t2.start();
	try {
		Thread.sleep(5000);
	} catch (Exception e) {
		e.printStackTrace();
	}
	if(t1.isAlive() && t2.isAlive()) {
		System.out.println("Deadlock");
	}
}
 
}

class MyObject implements Serializable{
	public transient Hashtable ht;
	public transient long sleepTime;
	
    private void writeObject(java.io.ObjectOutputStream s)
    throws IOException
	{
		try {
			Thread.sleep(sleepTime);
		} catch (Exception e) {
		}
		s.writeObject(ht);
}

    private void readObject(java.io.ObjectInputStream s)
    throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException
	{
		ht = (Hashtable)s.readObject();
	}
}

class MyThread extends Thread {
	Hashtable ht;
	String file;
	public MyThread(Hashtable ht,String file){
		this.ht=ht;
		this.file=file;
	}
	public void run() {
		try {
			ObjectOutput oo=new ObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(file));
			oo.writeObject(ht);
		} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		} catch (IOException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
	}
}