--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/compiler/directivesParser.cpp	Mon Mar 14 17:51:25 2016 +0100
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/compiler/directivesParser.cpp	Tue Mar 15 11:17:06 2016 +0100
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
       buffer[num_read] = '\0';
       // close file
       os::close(file_handle);
-      return parse_string(buffer, stream) != -1;
+      return parse_string(buffer, stream) > 0;
     }
   }
   return false;