diff -r 5bbc17380f6c -r 6bb416a59349 hotspot/src/share/vm/memory/metaspace.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/memory/metaspace.cpp	Tue Mar 18 06:15:45 2014 +0100
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/memory/metaspace.cpp	Tue Mar 18 07:00:06 2014 +0100
@@ -3358,6 +3358,8 @@
   MetaWord* result = loader_data->metaspace_non_null()->allocate(word_size, mdtype);
 
   if (result == NULL) {
+    tracer()->report_metaspace_allocation_failure(loader_data, word_size, type, mdtype);
+
     // Allocation failed.
     if (is_init_completed()) {
       // Only start a GC if the bootstrapping has completed.
@@ -3426,6 +3428,16 @@
   }
 }
 
+const char* Metaspace::metadata_type_name(Metaspace::MetadataType mdtype) {
+  switch (mdtype) {
+    case Metaspace::ClassType: return "Class";
+    case Metaspace::NonClassType: return "Metadata";
+    default:
+      assert(false, err_msg("Got bad mdtype: %d", (int) mdtype));
+      return NULL;
+  }
+}
+
 void Metaspace::record_allocation(void* ptr, MetaspaceObj::Type type, size_t word_size) {
   assert(DumpSharedSpaces, "sanity");