--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/vmThread.hpp	Wed Dec 02 20:32:27 2009 -0500
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/vmThread.hpp	Fri Dec 11 11:09:49 2009 -0800
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 // like scavenge, garbage_collect etc.
 //
 
-class VMThread: public Thread {
+class VMThread: public NamedThread {
  private:
   static ThreadPriority _current_priority;
 
@@ -101,8 +101,6 @@
   bool is_VM_thread() const                      { return true; }
   bool is_GC_thread() const                      { return true; }
 
-  char* name() const { return (char*)"VM Thread"; }
-
   // The ever running loop for the VMThread
   void loop();