diff -r dc83236ebb28 -r a7ba42fa1df6 hotspot/src/os/windows/vm/os_windows.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/os/windows/vm/os_windows.cpp	Wed Apr 15 09:34:46 2015 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/os/windows/vm/os_windows.cpp	Wed Apr 15 17:34:28 2015 -0700
@@ -987,7 +987,34 @@
                                          PMINIDUMP_USER_STREAM_INFORMATION,
                                          PMINIDUMP_CALLBACK_INFORMATION);
 
-void os::check_or_create_dump(void* exceptionRecord, void* contextRecord, char* buffer, size_t bufferSize) {
+static HANDLE dumpFile = NULL;
+
+// Check if dump file can be created.
+void os::check_dump_limit(char* buffer, size_t buffsz) {
+  bool status = true;
+  if (!FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(CreateCoredumpOnCrash) && !CreateCoredumpOnCrash) {
+    jio_snprintf(buffer, buffsz, "CreateCoredumpOnCrash is disabled from command line");
+    status = false;
+  } else {
+    const char* cwd = get_current_directory(NULL, 0);
+    int pid = current_process_id();
+    if (cwd != NULL) {
+      jio_snprintf(buffer, buffsz, "%s\\hs_err_pid%u.mdmp", cwd, pid);
+    } else {
+      jio_snprintf(buffer, buffsz, ".\\hs_err_pid%u.mdmp", pid);
+    }
+
+    if (dumpFile == NULL &&
+       (dumpFile = CreateFile(buffer, GENERIC_WRITE, 0, NULL, CREATE_ALWAYS, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL))
+                 == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+      jio_snprintf(buffer, buffsz, "Failed to create minidump file (0x%x).", GetLastError());
+      status = false;
+    }
+  }
+  VMError::record_coredump_status(buffer, status);
+}
+
+void os::abort(bool dump_core, void* siginfo, void* context) {
   HINSTANCE dbghelp;
   EXCEPTION_POINTERS ep;
   MINIDUMP_EXCEPTION_INFORMATION mei;
@@ -995,33 +1022,22 @@
 
   HANDLE hProcess = GetCurrentProcess();
   DWORD processId = GetCurrentProcessId();
-  HANDLE dumpFile;
   MINIDUMP_TYPE dumpType;
-  static const char* cwd;
-
-// Default is to always create dump for debug builds, on product builds only dump on server versions of Windows.
-#ifndef ASSERT
-  // If running on a client version of Windows and user has not explicitly enabled dumping
-  if (!os::win32::is_windows_server() && !CreateMinidumpOnCrash) {
-    VMError::report_coredump_status("Minidumps are not enabled by default on client versions of Windows", false);
-    return;
-    // If running on a server version of Windows and user has explictly disabled dumping
-  } else if (os::win32::is_windows_server() && !FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(CreateMinidumpOnCrash) && !CreateMinidumpOnCrash) {
-    VMError::report_coredump_status("Minidump has been disabled from the command line", false);
-    return;
-  }
-#else
-  if (!FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(CreateMinidumpOnCrash) && !CreateMinidumpOnCrash) {
-    VMError::report_coredump_status("Minidump has been disabled from the command line", false);
-    return;
-  }
-#endif
+
+  shutdown();
+  if (!dump_core || dumpFile == NULL) {
+    if (dumpFile != NULL) {
+      CloseHandle(dumpFile);
+    }
+    win32::exit_process_or_thread(win32::EPT_PROCESS, 1);
+  }
 
   dbghelp = os::win32::load_Windows_dll("DBGHELP.DLL", NULL, 0);
 
   if (dbghelp == NULL) {
-    VMError::report_coredump_status("Failed to load dbghelp.dll", false);
-    return;
+    jio_fprintf(stderr, "Failed to load dbghelp.dll\n");
+    CloseHandle(dumpFile);
+    win32::exit_process_or_thread(win32::EPT_PROCESS, 1);
   }
 
   _MiniDumpWriteDump =
@@ -1033,30 +1049,23 @@
                                     "MiniDumpWriteDump"));
 
   if (_MiniDumpWriteDump == NULL) {
-    VMError::report_coredump_status("Failed to find MiniDumpWriteDump() in module dbghelp.dll", false);
-    return;
+    jio_fprintf(stderr, "Failed to find MiniDumpWriteDump() in module dbghelp.dll.\n");
+    CloseHandle(dumpFile);
+    win32::exit_process_or_thread(win32::EPT_PROCESS, 1);
   }
 
   dumpType = (MINIDUMP_TYPE)(MiniDumpWithFullMemory | MiniDumpWithHandleData);
 
-// Older versions of dbghelp.h doesn't contain all the dumptypes we want, dbghelp.h with
-// API_VERSION_NUMBER 11 or higher contains the ones we want though
+  // Older versions of dbghelp.h do not contain all the dumptypes we want, dbghelp.h with
+  // API_VERSION_NUMBER 11 or higher contains the ones we want though
 #if API_VERSION_NUMBER >= 11
   dumpType = (MINIDUMP_TYPE)(dumpType | MiniDumpWithFullMemoryInfo | MiniDumpWithThreadInfo |
                              MiniDumpWithUnloadedModules);
 #endif
 
-  cwd = get_current_directory(NULL, 0);
-  jio_snprintf(buffer, bufferSize, "%s\\hs_err_pid%u.mdmp", cwd, current_process_id());
-  dumpFile = CreateFile(buffer, GENERIC_WRITE, 0, NULL, CREATE_ALWAYS, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL);
-
-  if (dumpFile == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
-    VMError::report_coredump_status("Failed to create file for dumping", false);
-    return;
-  }
-  if (exceptionRecord != NULL && contextRecord != NULL) {
-    ep.ContextRecord = (PCONTEXT) contextRecord;
-    ep.ExceptionRecord = (PEXCEPTION_RECORD) exceptionRecord;
+  if (siginfo != NULL && context != NULL) {
+    ep.ContextRecord = (PCONTEXT) context;
+    ep.ExceptionRecord = (PEXCEPTION_RECORD) siginfo;
 
     mei.ThreadId = GetCurrentThreadId();
     mei.ExceptionPointers = &ep;
@@ -1065,38 +1074,18 @@
     pmei = NULL;
   }
 
-
   // Older versions of dbghelp.dll (the one shipped with Win2003 for example) may not support all
   // the dump types we really want. If first call fails, lets fall back to just use MiniDumpWithFullMemory then.
   if (_MiniDumpWriteDump(hProcess, processId, dumpFile, dumpType, pmei, NULL, NULL) == false &&
       _MiniDumpWriteDump(hProcess, processId, dumpFile, (MINIDUMP_TYPE)MiniDumpWithFullMemory, pmei, NULL, NULL) == false) {
-    DWORD error = GetLastError();
-    LPTSTR msgbuf = NULL;
-
-    if (FormatMessage(FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER |
-                      FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM |
-                      FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS,
-                      NULL, error, 0, (LPTSTR)&msgbuf, 0, NULL) != 0) {
-
-      jio_snprintf(buffer, bufferSize, "Call to MiniDumpWriteDump() failed (Error 0x%x: %s)", error, msgbuf);
-      LocalFree(msgbuf);
-    } else {
-      // Call to FormatMessage failed, just include the result from GetLastError
-      jio_snprintf(buffer, bufferSize, "Call to MiniDumpWriteDump() failed (Error 0x%x)", error);
-    }
-    VMError::report_coredump_status(buffer, false);
-  } else {
-    VMError::report_coredump_status(buffer, true);
-  }
-
+    jio_fprintf(stderr, "Call to MiniDumpWriteDump() failed (Error 0x%x)\n", GetLastError());
+  }
   CloseHandle(dumpFile);
-}
-
+  win32::exit_process_or_thread(win32::EPT_PROCESS, 1);
+}
 
 void os::abort(bool dump_core) {
-  os::shutdown();
-  // no core dump on Windows
-  win32::exit_process_or_thread(win32::EPT_PROCESS, 1);
+  abort(dump_core, NULL, NULL);
 }
 
 // Die immediately, no exit hook, no abort hook, no cleanup.