--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/os.hpp	Tue Dec 01 21:08:00 2015 +0100
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/os.hpp	Tue Dec 01 21:30:34 2015 -0500
@@ -642,6 +642,9 @@
   // returns NULL if exception_code is not an OS exception/signal.
   static const char* exception_name(int exception_code, char* buf, size_t buflen);
 
+  // Returns the signal number (e.g. 11) for a given signal name (SIGSEGV).
+  static int get_signal_number(const char* signal_name);
+
   // Returns native Java library, loads if necessary
   static void*    native_java_library();