--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp	Fri Sep 05 09:49:19 2014 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp	Fri Sep 05 12:36:37 2014 -0700
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "oops/oop.inline.hpp"
 #include "prims/jvmtiExport.hpp"
 #include "runtime/arguments.hpp"
+#include "runtime/arguments_ext.hpp"
 #include "runtime/globals_extension.hpp"
 #include "runtime/java.hpp"
 #include "runtime/os.hpp"
@@ -1575,7 +1576,7 @@
 
 void Arguments::select_gc() {
   if (!gc_selected()) {
-    select_gc_ergonomically();
+    ArgumentsExt::select_gc_ergonomically();
   }
 }
 
@@ -2082,7 +2083,7 @@
 }
 
 // Check consistency of GC selection
-bool Arguments::check_gc_consistency() {
+bool Arguments::check_gc_consistency_user() {
   check_gclog_consistency();
   bool status = true;
   // Ensure that the user has not selected conflicting sets
@@ -2241,7 +2242,7 @@
     FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(UseGCOverheadLimit, false);
   }
 
-  status = status && check_gc_consistency();
+  status = status && ArgumentsExt::check_gc_consistency_user();
   status = status && check_stack_pages();
 
   if (CMSIncrementalMode) {
@@ -2498,8 +2499,6 @@
     warning("The VM option CICompilerCountPerCPU overrides CICompilerCount.");
   }
 
-  status &= check_vm_args_consistency_ext();
-
   return status;
 }
 
@@ -3482,7 +3481,7 @@
     }
   }
 
-  if (!check_vm_args_consistency()) {
+  if (!ArgumentsExt::check_vm_args_consistency()) {
     return JNI_ERR;
   }
 
@@ -3838,7 +3837,7 @@
   set_shared_spaces_flags();
 
   // Check the GC selections again.
-  if (!check_gc_consistency()) {
+  if (!ArgumentsExt::check_gc_consistency_ergo()) {
     return JNI_EINVAL;
   }
 

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.hpp	Fri Sep 05 09:49:19 2014 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.hpp	Fri Sep 05 12:36:37 2014 -0700
@@ -467,12 +467,12 @@
   static bool verify_MaxHeapFreeRatio(FormatBuffer<80>& err_msg, uintx max_heap_free_ratio);
 
   // Check for consistency in the selection of the garbage collector.
-  static bool check_gc_consistency();
+  static bool check_gc_consistency_user();        // Check user-selected gc
+  static inline bool check_gc_consistency_ergo(); // Check ergonomic-selected gc
   static void check_deprecated_gcs();
   static void check_deprecated_gc_flags();
   // Check consistency or otherwise of VM argument settings
   static bool check_vm_args_consistency();
-  static bool check_vm_args_consistency_ext();
   // Check stack pages settings
   static bool check_stack_pages();
   // Used by os_solaris
@@ -615,4 +615,9 @@
   return UseConcMarkSweepGC || UseG1GC || UseParallelGC || UseParallelOldGC ||
     UseParNewGC || UseSerialGC;
 }
+
+bool Arguments::check_gc_consistency_ergo() {
+  return check_gc_consistency_user();
+}
+
 #endif // SHARE_VM_RUNTIME_ARGUMENTS_HPP

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments_ext.cpp	Fri Sep 05 09:49:19 2014 +0200
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * 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.
- *
- */
-
-#include "precompiled.hpp"
-#include "runtime/arguments.hpp"
-
-bool Arguments::check_vm_args_consistency_ext() {
-  return true;
-}

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments_ext.hpp	Fri Sep 05 12:36:37 2014 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef SHARE_VM_RUNTIME_ARGUMENTS_EXT_HPP
+#define SHARE_VM_RUNTIME_ARGUMENTS_EXT_HPP
+
+#include "memory/allocation.hpp"
+#include "runtime/arguments.hpp"
+
+class ArgumentsExt: AllStatic {
+public:
+  static inline void select_gc_ergonomically();
+  static inline bool check_gc_consistency_user();
+  static inline bool check_gc_consistency_ergo();
+  static inline bool check_vm_args_consistency();
+};
+
+void ArgumentsExt::select_gc_ergonomically() {
+  Arguments::select_gc_ergonomically();
+}
+
+bool ArgumentsExt::check_gc_consistency_user() {
+  return Arguments::check_gc_consistency_user();
+}
+
+bool ArgumentsExt::check_gc_consistency_ergo() {
+  return Arguments::check_gc_consistency_ergo();
+}
+
+bool ArgumentsExt::check_vm_args_consistency() {
+  return Arguments::check_vm_args_consistency();
+}
+
+#endif // SHARE_VM_RUNTIME_ARGUMENTS_EXT_HPP