--- old/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Throwable.java	2016-03-02 21:17:15.144534325 -0500
+++ new/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Throwable.java	2016-03-02 21:17:14.944201153 -0500
@@ -211,6 +211,11 @@
      */
     private StackTraceElement[] stackTrace = UNASSIGNED_STACK;
 
+    /**
+     * Native code sets the depth of the backtrace for later retrieval
+     */
+    private transient int depth;
+
     // Setting this static field introduces an acceptable
     // initialization dependency on a few java.util classes.
     private static final List<Throwable> SUPPRESSED_SENTINEL = Collections.emptyList();
@@ -828,10 +833,11 @@
             if (backtrace instanceof StackStreamFactory.StackTrace) {
                 stackTrace = ((StackStreamFactory.StackTrace)backtrace).getStackTraceElements();
             } else {
-                int depth = getStackTraceDepth();
                 stackTrace = new StackTraceElement[depth];
-                for (int i = 0; i < depth; i++)
-                    stackTrace[i] = getStackTraceElement(i);
+                for (int i = 0; i < depth; i++) {
+                    stackTrace[i] = new StackTraceElement();
+                }
+                getStackTraceElements(stackTrace);
             }
         } else if (stackTrace == null) {
             return UNASSIGNED_STACK;
@@ -884,23 +890,10 @@
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns the number of elements in the stack trace (or 0 if the stack
-     * trace is unavailable).
-     *
-     * package-protection for use by SharedSecrets.
-     */
-    native int getStackTraceDepth();
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the specified element of the stack trace.
-     *
-     * package-protection for use by SharedSecrets.
-     *
-     * @param index index of the element to return.
-     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if {@code index < 0 ||
-     *         index >= getStackTraceDepth() }
+     * @param  elements
+     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if {@code elements.length != depth }
      */
-    native StackTraceElement getStackTraceElement(int index);
+    private native void getStackTraceElements(StackTraceElement[] elements);
 
     /**
      * Reads a {@code Throwable} from a stream, enforcing