--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/memory/allocation.inline.hpp	Tue Aug 28 15:15:29 2012 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/memory/allocation.inline.hpp	Wed Oct 17 17:36:48 2012 +0200
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@
 #endif
 
 // allocate using malloc; will fail if no memory available
-inline char* AllocateHeap(size_t size, MEMFLAGS flags, address pc = 0) {
+inline char* AllocateHeap(size_t size, MEMFLAGS flags, address pc = 0,
+    AllocFailType alloc_failmode = AllocFailStrategy::EXIT_OOM) {
   if (pc == 0) {
     pc = CURRENT_PC;
   }
@@ -56,16 +57,17 @@
   #ifdef ASSERT
   if (PrintMallocFree) trace_heap_malloc(size, "AllocateHeap", p);
   #endif
-  if (p == NULL) vm_exit_out_of_memory(size, "AllocateHeap");
+  if (p == NULL && alloc_failmode == AllocFailStrategy::EXIT_OOM) vm_exit_out_of_memory(size, "AllocateHeap");
   return p;
 }
 
-inline char* ReallocateHeap(char *old, size_t size, MEMFLAGS flags) {
+inline char* ReallocateHeap(char *old, size_t size, MEMFLAGS flags,
+    AllocFailType alloc_failmode = AllocFailStrategy::EXIT_OOM) {
   char* p = (char*) os::realloc(old, size, flags, CURRENT_PC);
   #ifdef ASSERT
   if (PrintMallocFree) trace_heap_malloc(size, "ReallocateHeap", p);
   #endif
-  if (p == NULL) vm_exit_out_of_memory(size, "ReallocateHeap");
+  if (p == NULL && alloc_failmode == AllocFailStrategy::EXIT_OOM) vm_exit_out_of_memory(size, "ReallocateHeap");
   return p;
 }
 
@@ -91,11 +93,13 @@
 template <MEMFLAGS F> void* CHeapObj<F>::operator new (size_t size,
   const std::nothrow_t&  nothrow_constant, address caller_pc) {
 #ifdef ASSERT
-    void* p = os::malloc(size, F, (caller_pc != 0 ? caller_pc : CALLER_PC));
+  void* p = (void*)AllocateHeap(size, F, (caller_pc != 0 ? caller_pc : CALLER_PC),
+      AllocFailStrategy::RETURN_NULL);
     if (PrintMallocFree) trace_heap_malloc(size, "CHeapObj-new", p);
     return p;
 #else
-    return os::malloc(size, F, (caller_pc != 0 ? caller_pc : CALLER_PC));
+  return (void *) AllocateHeap(size, F, (caller_pc != 0 ? caller_pc : CALLER_PC),
+      AllocFailStrategy::RETURN_NULL);
 #endif
 }