--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp	Tue Jan 12 14:56:46 2010 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp	Wed Jan 13 15:26:39 2010 -0800
@@ -2015,6 +2015,10 @@
   diagnostic(bool, GCParallelVerificationEnabled, true,                     \
           "Enable parallel memory system verification")                     \
                                                                             \
+  diagnostic(bool, DeferInitialCardMark, false,                             \
+          "When +ReduceInitialCardMarks, explicitly defer any that "        \
+           "may arise from new_pre_store_barrier")                          \
+                                                                            \
   diagnostic(bool, VerifyRememberedSets, false,                             \
           "Verify GC remembered sets")                                      \
                                                                             \