--- a/jdk/src/java.logging/share/classes/java/util/logging/Logger.java	Tue Oct 07 14:00:24 2014 +0400
+++ b/jdk/src/java.logging/share/classes/java/util/logging/Logger.java	Tue Oct 07 14:49:45 2014 +0200
@@ -1376,8 +1376,12 @@
            return;
         }
         if (!isLoggable(Level.FINER)) return;
-        for (int i = 0; i < params.length; i++) {
-            msg = msg + " {" + i + "}";
+        if (params.length > 0) {
+            final StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder(msg);
+            for (int i = 0; i < params.length; i++) {
+                b.append(' ').append('{').append(i).append('}');
+            }
+            msg = b.toString();
         }
         logp(Level.FINER, sourceClass, sourceMethod, msg, params);
     }

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/jdk/test/java/util/logging/Logger/entering/LoggerEnteringWithParams.java	Tue Oct 07 14:49:45 2014 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, 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
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
+import java.util.logging.Handler;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.LogRecord;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+import java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter;
+import java.util.logging.StreamHandler;
+
+/**
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8028788
+ * @summary tests that the message format string is correctly constructed
+ *          by Logger.entering
+ * @run main/othervm LoggerEnteringWithParams
+ * @author daniel fuchs
+ */
+public class LoggerEnteringWithParams {
+
+    final static Object[] data = {
+        "one", "two", "three", "four", "five", "six", "seven", "eight"
+    };
+
+    static final class TestHandler extends Handler {
+        final List<LogRecord> events = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<>();
+        final ByteArrayOutputStream bytes = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        final StreamHandler wrapped = new StreamHandler(bytes, new SimpleFormatter());
+
+        @Override
+        public void publish(LogRecord record) {
+            events.add(record);
+            wrapped.publish(record);
+            wrapped.flush();
+        }
+        @Override
+        public void flush() {
+            wrapped.flush();
+        }
+        @Override
+        public void close() throws SecurityException {
+            wrapped.close();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public synchronized void setLevel(Level newLevel) throws SecurityException {
+            super.setLevel(newLevel);
+            wrapped.setLevel(newLevel);
+        }
+
+        public void reset() {
+            bytes.reset();
+            events.clear();
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        Logger logger = Logger.getLogger("some.logger");
+        TestHandler handler = new TestHandler();
+        logger.setUseParentHandlers(false);
+        handler.setLevel(Level.ALL);
+        logger.setLevel(Level.FINEST);
+        logger.addHandler(handler);
+
+        // Auto-detect the line termination used by SimpleFormatter - (CR vs CRLF)
+        logger.entering("test", "test");
+        final String test = handler.bytes.toString();
+        System.out.println(test);
+        final String lineEnd = test.substring(test.indexOf("ENTRY")+"ENTRY".length());
+        System.out.print("Line termination is " + lineEnd.length() + " char(s) long:");
+        for (int i=0; i<lineEnd.length(); i++) {
+            System.out.print(" code="+(int)lineEnd.charAt(i));
+        }
+        System.out.println();
+        handler.reset();
+
+        for (int i=0 ; i<=data.length; i++) {
+            final StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder("ENTRY");
+            final StringBuilder f = new StringBuilder("ENTRY");
+            final Object[] params = new Object[i];
+            for (int k=0; k<i; k++) {
+                params[k] = data[k];
+                b.append(' ').append(String.valueOf(params[k]));
+                f.append(" {").append(String.valueOf(k)).append('}');
+            }
+
+            final String expected = b.toString();
+            final String format = f.toString();
+            final String className = "class"+i;
+            final String methodName = "method"+i;
+
+            logger.entering(className, methodName, params);
+            final String logged = handler.bytes.toString();
+            System.out.println("got:\n" + logged);
+
+            if (!logged.contains(className)) {
+                throw new RuntimeException("Marker for " + className
+                        + " not found."
+                        + "\n\tgot: <<\n" + logged + "\t     >>");
+            }
+            if (!logged.contains(methodName)) {
+                throw new RuntimeException("Marker for " + methodName
+                        + " not found."
+                        + "\n\tgot: <<\n" + logged + "\t     >>");
+            }
+            if (!logged.contains(expected)) {
+                throw new RuntimeException("Marker for parameters[size="
+                        + i + "] not found"
+                        + "\n\tgot: <<\n" + logged + "\t     >>");
+            }
+            if (!logged.contains(expected+lineEnd)) {
+                throw new RuntimeException("Marker for parameters[size="
+                        + i + "] has extra characters"
+                        + "\n\tgot: <<\n" + logged + "\t     >>");
+            }
+
+            LogRecord record = handler.events.remove(0);
+            if (!handler.events.isEmpty()) {
+                throw new RuntimeException("Handler has more log records: "
+                        + handler.events.toString());
+            }
+            if (!className.equals(record.getSourceClassName())) {
+                throw new RuntimeException("Unexpected class name in LogRecord."
+                        + "\n\texpected: " + className
+                        + "\n\tgot: " + record.getSourceClassName());
+            }
+            if (!methodName.equals(record.getSourceMethodName())) {
+                throw new RuntimeException("Unexpected method name in LogRecord."
+                        + "\n\texpected: " + methodName
+                        + "\n\tgot: " + record.getSourceMethodName());
+            }
+            if (!format.equals(record.getMessage())) {
+                throw new RuntimeException("Unexpected message format in LogRecord."
+                        + "\n\texpected: " + format
+                        + "\n\tgot: " + record.getMessage());
+            }
+            if (!Arrays.deepEquals(params, record.getParameters())) {
+                throw new RuntimeException("Unexpected parameter array in LogRecord."
+                        + "\n\texpected: " + Arrays.toString(params)
+                        + "\n\tgot: " + Arrays.toString(record.getParameters()));
+            }
+
+            handler.reset();
+        }
+    }
+
+}