--- a/hotspot/src/os/bsd/vm/os_bsd.cpp	Tue Jul 03 01:41:29 2012 -0400
+++ b/hotspot/src/os/bsd/vm/os_bsd.cpp	Tue Jul 03 17:35:00 2012 -0700
@@ -5801,3 +5801,14 @@
 
     return true;
 }
+
+// Get the default path to the core file
+// Returns the length of the string
+int os::get_core_path(char* buffer, size_t bufferSize) {
+  int n = jio_snprintf(buffer, bufferSize, "/cores");
+
+  // Truncate if theoretical string was longer than bufferSize
+  n = MIN2(n, (int)bufferSize);
+
+  return n;
+}