From 760c0128a4ef787c8c8addb26894c072ba8b2eb1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Justin King <jcking@openjdk.org>
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 15:28:44 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] 8304683: Memory leak in WB_IsMethodCompatible

Reviewed-by: thartmann
---
 src/hotspot/share/prims/whitebox.cpp | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/prims/whitebox.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/prims/whitebox.cpp
index ec9ef2102c4..403da9e1d03 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/prims/whitebox.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/prims/whitebox.cpp
@@ -824,10 +824,9 @@ static bool is_excluded_for_compiler(AbstractCompiler* comp, methodHandle& mh) {
     return true;
   }
   DirectiveSet* directive = DirectivesStack::getMatchingDirective(mh, comp);
-  if (directive->ExcludeOption) {
-    return true;
-  }
-  return false;
+  bool exclude = directive->ExcludeOption;
+  DirectivesStack::release(directive);
+  return exclude;
 }
 
 static bool can_be_compiled_at_level(methodHandle& mh, jboolean is_osr, int level) {