diff -r 82eecb6073ad -r f8d7d46aa4ff hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/concurrentMarkSweep/cmsPermGen.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/concurrentMarkSweep/cmsPermGen.cpp	Thu Sep 30 12:15:13 2010 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/concurrentMarkSweep/cmsPermGen.cpp	Fri Oct 01 16:12:54 2010 -0700
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2007, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2007, 2010, 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
@@ -50,6 +50,18 @@
   }
 }
 
+HeapWord* CMSPermGen::request_expand_and_allocate(Generation* gen,
+                                                  size_t size,
+                                                  GCCause::Cause prev_cause /* ignored */) {
+  HeapWord* obj = gen->expand_and_allocate(size, false);
+  if (gen->capacity() >= _capacity_expansion_limit) {
+    set_capacity_expansion_limit(gen->capacity() + MaxPermHeapExpansion);
+    assert(((ConcurrentMarkSweepGeneration*)gen)->should_concurrent_collect(),
+           "Should kick off a collection if one not in progress");
+  }
+  return obj;
+}
+
 void CMSPermGen::compute_new_size() {
   _gen->compute_new_size();
 }