diff -r 71f302d5c8ee -r 9a825a536095 hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiExport.hpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiExport.hpp	Mon Mar 12 15:28:07 2012 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiExport.hpp	Wed Mar 14 20:06:48 2012 -0700
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1998, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1998, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -324,6 +324,12 @@
       record_vm_internal_object_allocation(object);
     }
   }
+  inline static void post_array_size_exhausted() {
+    if (should_post_resource_exhausted()) {
+      post_resource_exhausted(JVMTI_RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED_OOM_ERROR,
+                              "Requested array size exceeds VM limit");
+    }
+  }
 
   static void cleanup_thread             (JavaThread* thread) KERNEL_RETURN;