--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp	Mon Jan 19 11:06:08 2015 +0100
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp	Fri Jun 26 08:29:29 2015 +0200
@@ -1026,6 +1026,10 @@
   product(bool, CreateCoredumpOnCrash, true,                                \
           "Create core/mini dump on VM fatal error")                        \
                                                                             \
+  product(uintx, ErrorLogTimeout, 2 * 60,                                   \
+          "Timeout, in seconds, to limit the time spent on writing an "     \
+          "error log in case of a crash.")                                  \
+                                                                            \
   product_pd(bool, UseOSErrorReporting,                                     \
           "Let VM fatal error propagate to the OS (ie. WER on Windows)")    \
                                                                             \

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp	Mon Jan 19 11:06:08 2015 +0100
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp	Fri Jun 26 08:29:29 2015 +0200
@@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@
         if (!ShowMessageBoxOnError
             && (OnError == NULL || OnError[0] == '\0')
             && Arguments::abort_hook() == NULL) {
-          os::sleep(this, 2 * 60 * 1000, false);
+          os::sleep(this, ErrorLogTimeout * 60 * 1000, false);
           fdStream err(defaultStream::output_fd());
           err.print_raw_cr("# [ timer expired, abort... ]");
           // skip atexit/vm_exit/vm_abort hooks