--- a/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/LogManager.java	Fri Jan 23 01:06:34 2015 +0400
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/LogManager.java	Fri Dec 05 12:20:51 2014 +0100
@@ -383,11 +383,11 @@
         JavaAWTAccess javaAwtAccess = SharedSecrets.getJavaAWTAccess();
         if (sm != null && javaAwtAccess != null) {
             // for each applet, it has its own LoggerContext isolated from others
-            synchronized (javaAwtAccess) {
-                // find the AppContext of the applet code
-                // will be null if we are in the main app context.
-                final Object ecx = javaAwtAccess.getAppletContext();
-                if (ecx != null) {
+            final Object ecx = javaAwtAccess.getAppletContext();
+            if (ecx != null) {
+                synchronized (javaAwtAccess) {
+                    // find the AppContext of the applet code
+                    // will be null if we are in the main app context.
                     if (contextsMap == null) {
                         contextsMap = new WeakHashMap<>();
                     }

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/java/util/logging/LogManagerAppContextDeadlock.java	Fri Dec 05 12:20:51 2014 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,370 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
+import java.lang.management.ThreadInfo;
+import java.security.CodeSource;
+import java.security.Permission;
+import java.security.PermissionCollection;
+import java.security.Permissions;
+import java.security.Policy;
+import java.security.ProtectionDomain;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+import java.util.concurrent.Semaphore;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+import java.util.logging.LogManager;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+
+/**
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8065991
+ * @summary check that when LogManager is initialized, a deadlock similar
+ *          to that described in 8065709 will not occur.
+ * @run main/othervm LogManagerAppContextDeadlock UNSECURE
+ * @run main/othervm LogManagerAppContextDeadlock SECURE
+ *
+ * @author danielfuchs
+ */
+public class LogManagerAppContextDeadlock {
+
+    public static final Semaphore sem = new Semaphore(0);
+    public static final Semaphore sem2 = new Semaphore(0);
+    public static final Semaphore sem3 = new Semaphore(-2);
+    public static volatile boolean goOn = true;
+    public static volatile Exception thrown;
+
+    // Emulate EventQueue
+    static class FakeEventQueue {
+        static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger("foo");
+    }
+
+    // Emulate AppContext
+    static class FakeAppContext {
+
+        final static AtomicInteger numAppContexts = new AtomicInteger(0);
+        static final class FakeAppContextLock {}
+        static final FakeAppContextLock lock = new FakeAppContextLock();
+        static volatile FakeAppContext appContext;
+
+        final FakeEventQueue queue;
+        FakeAppContext() {
+            appContext = this;
+            numAppContexts.incrementAndGet();
+            // release sem2 to let Thread t2 call Logger.getLogger().
+            sem2.release();
+            try {
+                // Wait until we JavaAWTAccess is called by LogManager.
+                // Thread 2 will call Logger.getLogger() which will
+                // trigger a call to JavaAWTAccess - which will release
+                // sem, thus ensuring that Thread #2 is where we want it.
+                sem.acquire();
+                System.out.println("Sem acquired: Thread #2 has called JavaAWTAccess");
+            } catch(InterruptedException x) {
+                Thread.interrupted();
+            }
+            queue = new FakeEventQueue();
+        }
+
+        static FakeAppContext getAppContext() {
+            synchronized (lock) {
+                if (numAppContexts.get() == 0) {
+                    return new FakeAppContext();
+                }
+                return appContext;
+            }
+        }
+
+        static {
+            sun.misc.SharedSecrets.setJavaAWTAccess(new sun.misc.JavaAWTAccess() {
+                @Override
+                public Object getAppletContext() {
+                    if (numAppContexts.get() == 0) return null;
+                    // We are in JavaAWTAccess, we can release sem and let
+                    // FakeAppContext constructor proceeed.
+                    System.out.println("Releasing Sem");
+                    sem.release();
+                    return getAppContext();
+                }
+
+            });
+        }
+
+    }
+
+
+    // Test with or without a security manager
+    public static enum TestCase {
+        UNSECURE, SECURE;
+        public void run() throws Exception {
+            System.out.println("Running test case: " + name());
+            Configure.setUp(this);
+            test(this);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void test(TestCase test) throws Exception {
+        Thread t1 = new Thread() {
+            @Override
+            public void run() {
+                sem3.release();
+                System.out.println("FakeAppContext.getAppContext()");
+                FakeAppContext.getAppContext();
+                System.out.println("Done: FakeAppContext.getAppContext()");
+            }
+        };
+        t1.setDaemon(true);
+        t1.start();
+        Thread t2 = new Thread() {
+            public void run() {
+                sem3.release();
+                try {
+                    // Wait until Thread1 is in FakeAppContext constructor
+                    sem2.acquire();
+                    System.out.println("Sem2 acquired: Thread #1 will be waiting to acquire Sem");
+                } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
+                    Thread.interrupted();
+                }
+                System.out.println("Logger.getLogger(name).info(name)");
+                Logger.getLogger(test.name());//.info(name);
+                System.out.println("Done: Logger.getLogger(name).info(name)");
+            }
+        };
+        t2.setDaemon(true);
+        t2.start();
+        System.out.println("Should exit now...");
+        Thread detector = new DeadlockDetector();
+        detector.start();
+
+        // Wait for the 3 threads to start
+        sem3.acquire();
+
+        // Now wait for t1 & t2 to finish, or for a deadlock to be detected.
+        while (goOn && (t1.isAlive() || t2.isAlive())) {
+            if (t2.isAlive()) t2.join(1000);
+            if (test == TestCase.UNSECURE && System.getSecurityManager() == null) {
+                // if there's no security manager, AppContext.getAppContext() is
+                // not called -  so Thread t2 will not end up calling
+                // sem.release(). In that case we must release the semaphore here
+                // so that t1 can proceed.
+                if (LogManager.getLogManager().getLogger(TestCase.UNSECURE.name()) != null) {
+                    // means Thread t2 has created the logger
+                    sem.release();
+                }
+            }
+            if (t1.isAlive()) t1.join(1000);
+        }
+        if (thrown != null) {
+            throw thrown;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Thrown by the deadlock detector
+    static final class DeadlockException extends RuntimeException {
+        public DeadlockException(String message) {
+            super(message);
+        }
+        @Override
+        public void printStackTrace() {
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+
+        if (args.length == 0) {
+            args = new String[] { "SECURE" };
+        }
+
+        // If we don't initialize LogManager here, there will be
+        // a deadlock.
+        // See <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8065709?focusedCommentId=13582038&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-13582038>
+        // for more details.
+        Logger.getLogger("main").info("starting...");
+        try {
+            TestCase.valueOf(args[0]).run();
+            System.out.println("Test "+args[0]+" Passed");
+        } catch(Throwable t) {
+            System.err.println("Test " + args[0] +" failed: " + t);
+            t.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Called by the deadlock detector when a deadlock is found.
+    static void fail(Exception x) {
+        x.printStackTrace();
+        if (thrown == null) {
+            thrown = x;
+        }
+        goOn = false;
+    }
+
+    // A thread that detect deadlocks.
+    final static class DeadlockDetector extends Thread {
+
+        public DeadlockDetector() {
+            this.setDaemon(true);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void run() {
+            sem3.release();
+            Configure.doPrivileged(this::loop);
+        }
+        public void loop() {
+            while(goOn) {
+                try {
+                    long[] ids = ManagementFactory.getThreadMXBean().findDeadlockedThreads();
+                    ids = ids == null ? new long[0] : ids;
+                    if (ids.length == 1) {
+                        throw new RuntimeException("Found 1 deadlocked thread: "+ids[0]);
+                    } else if (ids.length > 0) {
+                        ThreadInfo[] infos = ManagementFactory.getThreadMXBean().getThreadInfo(ids, Integer.MAX_VALUE);
+                        System.err.println("Found "+ids.length+" deadlocked threads: ");
+                        for (ThreadInfo inf : infos) {
+                            System.err.println(inf);
+                        }
+                        throw new DeadlockException("Found "+ids.length+" deadlocked threads");
+                    }
+                    Thread.sleep(100);
+                } catch(InterruptedException | RuntimeException x) {
+                    fail(x);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    // A helper class to configure the security manager for the test,
+    // and bypass it when needed.
+    static class Configure {
+        static Policy policy = null;
+        static final ThreadLocal<AtomicBoolean> allowAll = new ThreadLocal<AtomicBoolean>() {
+            @Override
+            protected AtomicBoolean initialValue() {
+                return  new AtomicBoolean(false);
+            }
+        };
+        static void setUp(TestCase test) {
+            switch (test) {
+                case SECURE:
+                    if (policy == null && System.getSecurityManager() != null) {
+                        throw new IllegalStateException("SecurityManager already set");
+                    } else if (policy == null) {
+                        policy = new SimplePolicy(TestCase.SECURE, allowAll);
+                        Policy.setPolicy(policy);
+                        System.setSecurityManager(new SecurityManager());
+                    }
+                    if (System.getSecurityManager() == null) {
+                        throw new IllegalStateException("No SecurityManager.");
+                    }
+                    if (policy == null) {
+                        throw new IllegalStateException("policy not configured");
+                    }
+                    break;
+                case UNSECURE:
+                    if (System.getSecurityManager() != null) {
+                        throw new IllegalStateException("SecurityManager already set");
+                    }
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    new InternalError("No such testcase: " + test);
+            }
+        }
+        static void doPrivileged(Runnable run) {
+            allowAll.get().set(true);
+            try {
+                run.run();
+            } finally {
+                allowAll.get().set(false);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // A Helper class to build a set of permissions.
+    final static class PermissionsBuilder {
+        final Permissions perms;
+        public PermissionsBuilder() {
+            this(new Permissions());
+        }
+        public PermissionsBuilder(Permissions perms) {
+            this.perms = perms;
+        }
+        public PermissionsBuilder add(Permission p) {
+            perms.add(p);
+            return this;
+        }
+        public PermissionsBuilder addAll(PermissionCollection col) {
+            if (col != null) {
+                for (Enumeration<Permission> e = col.elements(); e.hasMoreElements(); ) {
+                    perms.add(e.nextElement());
+                }
+            }
+            return this;
+        }
+        public Permissions toPermissions() {
+            final PermissionsBuilder builder = new PermissionsBuilder();
+            builder.addAll(perms);
+            return builder.perms;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Policy for the test...
+    public static class SimplePolicy extends Policy {
+
+        final Permissions permissions;
+        final Permissions allPermissions;
+        final ThreadLocal<AtomicBoolean> allowAll; // actually: this should be in a thread locale
+        public SimplePolicy(TestCase test, ThreadLocal<AtomicBoolean> allowAll) {
+            this.allowAll = allowAll;
+            // we don't actually need any permission to create our
+            // FileHandlers because we're passing invalid parameters
+            // which will make the creation fail...
+            permissions = new Permissions();
+            permissions.add(new RuntimePermission("accessClassInPackage.sun.misc"));
+
+            // these are used for configuring the test itself...
+            allPermissions = new Permissions();
+            allPermissions.add(new java.security.AllPermission());
+
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean implies(ProtectionDomain domain, Permission permission) {
+            if (allowAll.get().get()) return allPermissions.implies(permission);
+            return permissions.implies(permission);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public PermissionCollection getPermissions(CodeSource codesource) {
+            return new PermissionsBuilder().addAll(allowAll.get().get()
+                    ? allPermissions : permissions).toPermissions();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public PermissionCollection getPermissions(ProtectionDomain domain) {
+            return new PermissionsBuilder().addAll(allowAll.get().get()
+                    ? allPermissions : permissions).toPermissions();
+        }
+    }
+
+}