--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp	Tue Feb 14 23:50:12 2012 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp	Wed Feb 15 12:17:30 2012 -0800
@@ -3220,11 +3220,6 @@
     return status;
   }
 
-  // Must be run after init_ft which initializes ft_enabled
-  if (TRACE_INITIALIZE() != JNI_OK) {
-    vm_exit_during_initialization("Failed to initialize tracing backend");
-  }
-
   // Should be done after the heap is fully created
   main_thread->cache_global_variables();
 
@@ -3366,6 +3361,7 @@
       initialize_class(vmSymbols::java_lang_ArithmeticException(), CHECK_0);
       initialize_class(vmSymbols::java_lang_StackOverflowError(), CHECK_0);
       initialize_class(vmSymbols::java_lang_IllegalMonitorStateException(), CHECK_0);
+      initialize_class(vmSymbols::java_lang_IllegalArgumentException(), CHECK_0);
     } else {
       warning("java.lang.OutOfMemoryError has not been initialized");
       warning("java.lang.NullPointerException has not been initialized");
@@ -3373,6 +3369,7 @@
       warning("java.lang.ArrayStoreException has not been initialized");
       warning("java.lang.ArithmeticException has not been initialized");
       warning("java.lang.StackOverflowError has not been initialized");
+      warning("java.lang.IllegalArgumentException has not been initialized");
     }
   }
 
@@ -3402,6 +3399,11 @@
 
   quicken_jni_functions();
 
+  // Must be run after init_ft which initializes ft_enabled
+  if (TRACE_INITIALIZE() != JNI_OK) {
+    vm_exit_during_initialization("Failed to initialize tracing backend");
+  }
+
   // Set flag that basic initialization has completed. Used by exceptions and various
   // debug stuff, that does not work until all basic classes have been initialized.
   set_init_completed();

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/services/diagnosticArgument.cpp	Tue Feb 14 23:50:12 2012 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/services/diagnosticArgument.cpp	Wed Feb 15 12:17:30 2012 -0800
@@ -28,9 +28,16 @@
 #include "services/diagnosticArgument.hpp"
 
 void GenDCmdArgument::read_value(const char* str, size_t len, TRAPS) {
-  if (is_set()) {
+  /* NOTE:Some argument types doesn't require a value,
+   * for instance boolean arguments: "enableFeatureX". is
+   * equivalent to "enableFeatureX=true". In these cases,
+   * str will be null. This is perfectly valid.
+   * All argument types must perform null checks on str.
+   */
+
+  if (is_set() && !allow_multiple()) {
     THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_IllegalArgumentException(),
-            "Duplicates in diagnostic command arguments");
+            "Duplicates in diagnostic command arguments\n");
   }
   parse_value(str, len, CHECK);
   set_is_set(true);
@@ -38,9 +45,9 @@
 
 template <> void DCmdArgument<jlong>::parse_value(const char* str,
                                                   size_t len, TRAPS) {
-  if (sscanf(str, INT64_FORMAT, &_value) != 1) {
+    if (str == NULL || sscanf(str, INT64_FORMAT, &_value) != 1) {
     THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_IllegalArgumentException(),
-      "Integer parsing error in diagnostic command arguments");
+      "Integer parsing error in diagnostic command arguments\n");
   }
 }
 
@@ -89,16 +96,20 @@
 
 template <> void DCmdArgument<char*>::parse_value(const char* str,
                                                   size_t len, TRAPS) {
-  _value = NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, len+1);
-  strncpy(_value, str, len);
-  _value[len] = 0;
+  if (str == NULL) {
+    _value = NULL;
+  } else {
+    _value = NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, len+1);
+    strncpy(_value, str, len);
+    _value[len] = 0;
+  }
 }
 
 template <> void DCmdArgument<char*>::init_value(TRAPS) {
-  if (has_default()) {
+  if (has_default() && _default_string != NULL) {
     this->parse_value(_default_string, strlen(_default_string), THREAD);
     if (HAS_PENDING_EXCEPTION) {
-      fatal("Default string must be parsable");
+     fatal("Default string must be parsable");
     }
   } else {
     set_value(NULL);
@@ -111,3 +122,153 @@
     set_value(NULL);
   }
 }
+
+template <> void DCmdArgument<NanoTimeArgument>::parse_value(const char* str,
+                                                 size_t len, TRAPS) {
+  if (str == NULL) {
+    THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_IllegalArgumentException(),
+              "Integer parsing error nanotime value: syntax error");
+  }
+
+  int argc = sscanf(str, INT64_FORMAT , &_value._time);
+  if (argc != 1) {
+    THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_IllegalArgumentException(),
+              "Integer parsing error nanotime value: syntax error");
+  }
+  size_t idx = 0;
+  while(idx < len && isdigit(str[idx])) {
+    idx++;
+  }
+  if (idx == len) {
+    // only accept missing unit if the value is 0
+    if (_value._time != 0) {
+      THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_IllegalArgumentException(),
+                "Integer parsing error nanotime value: unit required");
+    } else {
+      _value._nanotime = 0;
+      strcpy(_value._unit, "ns");
+      return;
+    }
+  } else if(len - idx > 2) {
+    THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_IllegalArgumentException(),
+              "Integer parsing error nanotime value: illegal unit");
+  } else {
+    strncpy(_value._unit, &str[idx], len - idx);
+    /*Write an extra null termination. This is safe because _value._unit
+     * is declared as char[3], and length is checked to be not larger than
+     * two above. Also, this is necessary, since length might be 1, and the
+     * default value already in the string is ns, which is two chars.
+     */
+    _value._unit[len-idx] = '\0';
+  }
+
+  if (strcmp(_value._unit, "ns") == 0) {
+    _value._nanotime = _value._time;
+  } else if (strcmp(_value._unit, "us") == 0) {
+    _value._nanotime = _value._time * 1000;
+  } else if (strcmp(_value._unit, "ms") == 0) {
+    _value._nanotime = _value._time * 1000 * 1000;
+  } else if (strcmp(_value._unit, "s") == 0) {
+    _value._nanotime = _value._time * 1000 * 1000 * 1000;
+  } else if (strcmp(_value._unit, "m") == 0) {
+    _value._nanotime = _value._time * 60 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000;
+  } else if (strcmp(_value._unit, "h") == 0) {
+    _value._nanotime = _value._time * 60 * 60 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000;
+  } else if (strcmp(_value._unit, "d") == 0) {
+    _value._nanotime = _value._time * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000;
+  } else {
+     THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_IllegalArgumentException(),
+               "Integer parsing error nanotime value: illegal unit");
+  }
+}
+
+template <> void DCmdArgument<NanoTimeArgument>::init_value(TRAPS) {
+  if (has_default()) {
+    this->parse_value(_default_string, strlen(_default_string), THREAD);
+    if (HAS_PENDING_EXCEPTION) {
+      fatal("Default string must be parsable");
+    }
+  } else {
+    _value._time = 0;
+    _value._nanotime = 0;
+    strcmp(_value._unit, "ns");
+  }
+}
+
+template <> void DCmdArgument<NanoTimeArgument>::destroy_value() { }
+
+// WARNING StringArrayArgument can only be used as an option, it cannot be
+// used as an argument with the DCmdParser
+
+template <> void DCmdArgument<StringArrayArgument*>::parse_value(const char* str,
+                                                  size_t len, TRAPS) {
+  _value->add(str,len);
+}
+
+template <> void DCmdArgument<StringArrayArgument*>::init_value(TRAPS) {
+  _value = new StringArrayArgument();
+  _allow_multiple = true;
+  if (has_default()) {
+    fatal("StringArrayArgument cannot have default value");
+  }
+}
+
+template <> void DCmdArgument<StringArrayArgument*>::destroy_value() {
+  if (_value != NULL) {
+    delete _value;
+    set_value(NULL);
+  }
+}
+
+template <> void DCmdArgument<MemorySizeArgument>::parse_value(const char* str,
+                                                  size_t len, TRAPS) {
+  if (str == NULL) {
+    THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_IllegalArgumentException(),
+              "Integer parsing error nanotime value: syntax error");
+  }
+
+  if (*str == '-') {
+    THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_IllegalArgumentException(),
+               "Parsing error memory size value: negative values not allowed");
+  }
+  int res = sscanf(str, UINT64_FORMAT "%c", &_value._val, &_value._multiplier);
+  if (res == 2) {
+     switch (_value._multiplier) {
+      case 'k': case 'K':
+         _value._size = _value._val * 1024;
+         break;
+      case 'm': case 'M':
+         _value._size = _value._val * 1024 * 1024;
+         break;
+      case 'g': case 'G':
+         _value._size = _value._val * 1024 * 1024 * 1024;
+         break;
+       default:
+         _value._size = _value._val;
+         _value._multiplier = ' ';
+         //default case should be to break with no error, since user
+         //can write size in bytes, or might have a delimiter and next arg
+         break;
+     }
+   } else if (res == 1) {
+     _value._size = _value._val;
+   } else {
+     THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_IllegalArgumentException(),
+               "Parsing error memory size value: invalid value");
+   }
+}
+
+template <> void DCmdArgument<MemorySizeArgument>::init_value(TRAPS) {
+  if (has_default()) {
+    this->parse_value(_default_string, strlen(_default_string), THREAD);
+    if (HAS_PENDING_EXCEPTION) {
+      fatal("Default string must be parsable");
+    }
+  } else {
+    _value._size = 0;
+    _value._val = 0;
+    _value._multiplier = ' ';
+  }
+}
+
+template <> void DCmdArgument<MemorySizeArgument>::destroy_value() { }

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/services/diagnosticArgument.hpp	Tue Feb 14 23:50:12 2012 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/services/diagnosticArgument.hpp	Wed Feb 15 12:17:30 2012 -0800
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, 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
@@ -31,6 +31,49 @@
 #include "runtime/thread.hpp"
 #include "utilities/exceptions.hpp"
 
+class StringArrayArgument : public CHeapObj {
+private:
+  GrowableArray<char*>* _array;
+public:
+  StringArrayArgument() {
+    _array = new(ResourceObj::C_HEAP)GrowableArray<char *>(32, true);
+    assert(_array != NULL, "Sanity check");
+  }
+  void add(const char* str, size_t len) {
+    if (str != NULL) {
+      char* ptr = NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, len+1);
+      strncpy(ptr, str, len);
+      ptr[len] = 0;
+      _array->append(ptr);
+    }
+  }
+  GrowableArray<char*>* array() {
+    return _array;
+  }
+  ~StringArrayArgument() {
+    for (int i=0; i<_array->length(); i++) {
+      if(_array->at(i) != NULL) { // Safety check
+        FREE_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, _array->at(i));
+      }
+    }
+    delete _array;
+  }
+};
+
+class NanoTimeArgument {
+public:
+  jlong _nanotime;
+  jlong _time;
+  char _unit[3];
+};
+
+class MemorySizeArgument {
+public:
+  u8 _size;
+  u8 _val;
+  char _multiplier;
+};
+
 class GenDCmdArgument : public ResourceObj {
 protected:
   GenDCmdArgument* _next;
@@ -40,6 +83,7 @@
   const char*      _default_string;
   bool             _is_set;
   bool             _is_mandatory;
+  bool             _allow_multiple;
   GenDCmdArgument(const char* name, const char* description, const char* type,
                   const char* default_string, bool mandatory) {
     _name = name;
@@ -48,6 +92,7 @@
     _default_string = default_string;
     _is_mandatory = mandatory;
     _is_set = false;
+    _allow_multiple = false;
   };
 public:
   const char* name() { return _name; }
@@ -56,6 +101,7 @@
   const char* default_string() { return _default_string; }
   bool is_set() { return _is_set; }
   void set_is_set(bool b) { _is_set = b; }
+  bool allow_multiple() { return _allow_multiple; }
   bool is_mandatory() { return _is_mandatory; }
   bool has_value() { return _is_set || _default_string != NULL; }
   bool has_default() { return _default_string != NULL; }

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/services/diagnosticFramework.cpp	Tue Feb 14 23:50:12 2012 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/services/diagnosticFramework.cpp	Wed Feb 15 12:17:30 2012 -0800
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 2012, 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
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 bool DCmdArgIter::next(TRAPS) {
   if (_len == 0) return false;
   // skipping spaces
-  while (_cursor < _len - 1 && isspace(_buffer[_cursor])) {
+  while (_cursor < _len - 1 && _buffer[_cursor] == _delim) {
     _cursor++;
   }
   // handling end of command line

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/services/diagnosticFramework.hpp	Tue Feb 14 23:50:12 2012 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/services/diagnosticFramework.hpp	Wed Feb 15 12:17:30 2012 -0800
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, 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
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@
   DCmdParser() {
     _options = NULL;
     _arguments_list = NULL;
+    _delim = ' ';
   }
   void add_dcmd_option(GenDCmdArgument* arg);
   void add_dcmd_argument(GenDCmdArgument* arg);