--- a/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp	Fri May 18 08:47:42 2018 -0400
+++ b/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp	Fri May 18 15:21:23 2018 +0200
@@ -2872,6 +2872,10 @@
     set_sched_getcpu(CAST_TO_FN_PTR(sched_getcpu_func_t,
                                     (void*)&sched_getcpu_syscall));
   }
+
+  if (sched_getcpu() == -1) {
+    vm_exit_during_initialization("getcpu(2) system call not supported by kernel");
+  }
 }
 
 // Something to do with the numa-aware allocator needs these symbols
@@ -5229,6 +5233,12 @@
   return active_cpus;
 }
 
+uint os::processor_id() {
+  const int id = Linux::sched_getcpu();
+  assert(id >= 0 && id < _processor_count, "Invalid processor id");
+  return (uint)id;
+}
+
 void os::set_native_thread_name(const char *name) {
   if (Linux::_pthread_setname_np) {
     char buf [16]; // according to glibc manpage, 16 chars incl. '/0'