--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/vm_version.hpp Thu Jun 18 08:44:28 2015 -0400
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/vm_version.hpp Thu Jun 18 10:47:34 2015 -0400
@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@
public:
static void initialize();
+ // This allows for early initialization of VM_Version information
+ // that may be needed later in the initialization sequence but before
+ // full VM_Version initialization is possible. It can not depend on any
+ // other part of the VM being initialized when called. Platforms that
+ // need to specialize this define VM_Version::early_initialize().
+ static void early_initialize() { }
+
// Name
static const char* vm_name();
// Vendor