--- old/src/hotspot/share/adlc/arena.cpp	2018-11-15 07:49:17.471631295 -0800
+++ new/src/hotspot/share/adlc/arena.cpp	2018-11-15 07:49:17.051592223 -0800
@@ -24,6 +24,16 @@
 
 #include "adlc.hpp"
 
+void* AllocateHeap(size_t size) {
+  unsigned char* ptr = (unsigned char*) malloc(size);
+  if (ptr == NULL && size != 0) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Error: Out of memory in ADLC\n"); // logging can cause crash!
+    fflush(stderr);
+    exit(1);
+  }
+  return ptr;
+}
+
 void* Chunk::operator new(size_t requested_size, size_t length) throw() {
   return CHeapObj::operator new(requested_size + length);
 }
@@ -164,7 +174,7 @@
 // CHeapObj
 
 void* CHeapObj::operator new(size_t size) throw() {
-  return (void *) malloc(size);
+  return (void *) AllocateHeap(size);
 }
 
 void CHeapObj::operator delete(void* p){