--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp Thu May 17 09:50:59 2012 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp Fri May 18 10:27:13 2012 -0700
@@ -3092,6 +3092,14 @@
PrintGC = true;
}
+ if (!JDK_Version::is_gte_jdk18x_version()) {
+ // To avoid changing the log format for 7 updates this flag is only
+ // true by default in JDK8 and above.
+ if (FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(PrintGCCause)) {
+ FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(PrintGCCause, false);
+ }
+ }
+
// Set object alignment values.
set_object_alignment();