--- a/src/hotspot/share/services/diagnosticCommand.cpp	Thu Feb 22 14:58:01 2018 -0500
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/services/diagnosticCommand.cpp	Thu Feb 22 14:16:18 2018 +0100
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
   DCmdFactory::register_DCmdFactory(new DCmdFactoryImpl<ClassHierarchyDCmd>(full_export, true, false));
   DCmdFactory::register_DCmdFactory(new DCmdFactoryImpl<SymboltableDCmd>(full_export, true, false));
   DCmdFactory::register_DCmdFactory(new DCmdFactoryImpl<StringtableDCmd>(full_export, true, false));
+  DCmdFactory::register_DCmdFactory(new DCmdFactoryImpl<MetaspaceDCmd>(full_export, true, false));
 #if INCLUDE_JVMTI // Both JVMTI and SERVICES have to be enabled to have this dcmd
   DCmdFactory::register_DCmdFactory(new DCmdFactoryImpl<JVMTIAgentLoadDCmd>(full_export, true, false));
 #endif // INCLUDE_JVMTI

--- a/src/hotspot/share/services/diagnosticCommand.hpp	Thu Feb 22 14:58:01 2018 -0500
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/services/diagnosticCommand.hpp	Thu Feb 22 14:16:18 2018 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2011, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 2018, 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
@@ -839,4 +839,25 @@
   virtual void execute(DCmdSource source, TRAPS);
 };
 
+class MetaspaceDCmd : public DCmd {
+public:
+  MetaspaceDCmd(outputStream* output, bool heap);
+  static const char* name() {
+    return "VM.metaspace";
+  }
+  static const char* description() {
+    return "Prints the statistics for the metaspace";
+  }
+  static const char* impact() {
+      return "Medium: Depends on number of classes loaded.";
+  }
+  static const JavaPermission permission() {
+    JavaPermission p = {"java.lang.management.ManagementPermission",
+                        "monitor", NULL};
+    return p;
+  }
+  static int num_arguments() { return 0; }
+  virtual void execute(DCmdSource source, TRAPS);
+};
+
 #endif // SHARE_VM_SERVICES_DIAGNOSTICCOMMAND_HPP

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/services/metaspaceDCmd.cpp	Thu Feb 22 14:16:18 2018 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, 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.
+ *
+ */
+#include "precompiled.hpp"
+#include "memory/metaspace.hpp"
+#include "services/diagnosticCommand.hpp"
+
+MetaspaceDCmd::MetaspaceDCmd(outputStream* output, bool heap): DCmd(output, heap) {
+}
+
+void MetaspaceDCmd::execute(DCmdSource source, TRAPS) {
+  const size_t scale = 1 * K;
+  VM_PrintMetadata op(output(), scale);
+  VMThread::execute(&op);
+}
+

--- a/src/hotspot/share/services/nmtDCmd.cpp	Thu Feb 22 14:58:01 2018 -0500
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/services/nmtDCmd.cpp	Thu Feb 22 14:16:18 2018 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2012, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, 2018, 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
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@
   _detail("detail", "request runtime to report memory allocation >= "
            "1K by each callsite.",
            "BOOLEAN", false, "false"),
-  _metadata("metadata", "request runtime to report metadata information",
-           "BOOLEAN", false, "false"),
   _baseline("baseline", "request runtime to baseline current memory usage, " \
             "so it can be compared against in later time.",
             "BOOLEAN", false, "false"),
@@ -61,7 +59,6 @@
        "STRING", false, "KB") {
   _dcmdparser.add_dcmd_option(&_summary);
   _dcmdparser.add_dcmd_option(&_detail);
-  _dcmdparser.add_dcmd_option(&_metadata);
   _dcmdparser.add_dcmd_option(&_baseline);
   _dcmdparser.add_dcmd_option(&_summary_diff);
   _dcmdparser.add_dcmd_option(&_detail_diff);
@@ -97,7 +94,6 @@
   int nopt = 0;
   if (_summary.is_set() && _summary.value()) { ++nopt; }
   if (_detail.is_set() && _detail.value()) { ++nopt; }
-  if (_metadata.is_set() && _metadata.value()) { ++nopt; }
   if (_baseline.is_set() && _baseline.value()) { ++nopt; }
   if (_summary_diff.is_set() && _summary_diff.value()) { ++nopt; }
   if (_detail_diff.is_set() && _detail_diff.value()) { ++nopt; }
@@ -127,10 +123,6 @@
       return;
     }
     report(false, scale_unit);
-  } else if (_metadata.value()) {
-      size_t scale = get_scale(_scale.value());
-      VM_PrintMetadata op(output(), scale);
-      VMThread::execute(&op);
   } else if (_baseline.value()) {
     MemBaseline& baseline = MemTracker::get_baseline();
     if (!baseline.baseline(MemTracker::tracking_level() != NMT_detail)) {

--- a/src/hotspot/share/services/nmtDCmd.hpp	Thu Feb 22 14:58:01 2018 -0500
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/services/nmtDCmd.hpp	Thu Feb 22 14:16:18 2018 +0100
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
  protected:
   DCmdArgument<bool>  _summary;
   DCmdArgument<bool>  _detail;
-  DCmdArgument<bool>  _metadata;
   DCmdArgument<bool>  _baseline;
   DCmdArgument<bool>  _summary_diff;
   DCmdArgument<bool>  _detail_diff;