--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/shared/gSpaceCounters.cpp	Wed Jun 27 15:23:36 2012 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/shared/gSpaceCounters.cpp	Thu Jun 28 17:03:16 2012 -0400
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     const char* cns = PerfDataManager::name_space(gc->name_space(), "space",
                                                   ordinal);
 
-    _name_space = NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, strlen(cns)+1);
+    _name_space = NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, strlen(cns)+1, mtGC);
     strcpy(_name_space, cns);
 
     const char* cname = PerfDataManager::counter_name(_name_space, "name");