--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/memory/filemap.cpp	Thu Dec 04 16:16:01 2014 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/memory/filemap.cpp	Thu Dec 04 15:20:09 2014 -0800
@@ -98,11 +98,11 @@
         tty->print_cr("UseSharedSpaces: %s", msg);
       }
     }
+    UseSharedSpaces = false;
+    assert(current_info() != NULL, "singleton must be registered");
+    current_info()->close();
   }
   va_end(ap);
-  UseSharedSpaces = false;
-  assert(current_info() != NULL, "singleton must be registered");
-  current_info()->close();
 }
 
 // Fill in the fileMapInfo structure with data about this VM instance.

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/memory/metaspaceShared.cpp	Thu Dec 04 16:16:01 2014 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/memory/metaspaceShared.cpp	Thu Dec 04 15:20:09 2014 -0800
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@
 #endif
     // If -Xshare:on is specified, print out the error message and exit VM,
     // otherwise, set UseSharedSpaces to false and continue.
-    if (RequireSharedSpaces) {
+    if (RequireSharedSpaces || PrintSharedArchiveAndExit) {
       vm_exit_during_initialization("Unable to use shared archive.", "Failed map_region for using -Xshare:on.");
     } else {
       FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(UseSharedSpaces, false);

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/test/runtime/SharedArchiveFile/PrintSharedArchiveAndExit.java	Thu Dec 04 15:20:09 2014 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8066670
+ * @summary Testing -XX:+PrintSharedArchiveAndExit option
+ * @library /testlibrary
+ */
+
+import com.oracle.java.testlibrary.*;
+
+public class PrintSharedArchiveAndExit {
+  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+    ProcessBuilder pb = ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder(
+        "-XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions", "-XX:SharedArchiveFile=./sample.jsa", "-Xshare:dump");
+    OutputAnalyzer output = new OutputAnalyzer(pb.start());
+    try {
+      output.shouldContain("Loading classes to share");
+      output.shouldHaveExitValue(0);
+
+      // (1) With a valid archive
+      pb = ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder(
+          "-XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions", "-XX:SharedArchiveFile=./sample.jsa",
+          "-XX:+PrintSharedArchiveAndExit", "-version");
+      output = new OutputAnalyzer(pb.start());
+      output.shouldContain("archive is valid");
+      output.shouldNotContain("java version");     // Should not print JVM version
+      output.shouldHaveExitValue(0);               // Should report success in error code.
+
+      pb = ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder(
+          "-XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions", "-XX:SharedArchiveFile=./sample.jsa",
+          "-XX:+PrintSharedArchiveAndExit");
+      output = new OutputAnalyzer(pb.start());
+      output.shouldContain("archive is valid");
+      output.shouldNotContain("Usage:");           // Should not print JVM help message
+      output.shouldHaveExitValue(0);               // Should report success in error code.
+
+      // (2) With an invalid archive (boot class path has been prepended)
+      pb = ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder(
+          "-Xbootclasspath/p:foo.jar",
+          "-XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions", "-XX:SharedArchiveFile=./sample.jsa",
+          "-XX:+PrintSharedArchiveAndExit", "-version");
+      output = new OutputAnalyzer(pb.start());
+      output.shouldContain("archive is invalid");
+      output.shouldNotContain("java version");     // Should not print JVM version
+      output.shouldHaveExitValue(1);               // Should report failure in error code.
+
+      pb = ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder(
+          "-Xbootclasspath/p:foo.jar",
+          "-XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions", "-XX:SharedArchiveFile=./sample.jsa",
+          "-XX:+PrintSharedArchiveAndExit");
+      output = new OutputAnalyzer(pb.start());
+      output.shouldContain("archive is invalid");
+      output.shouldNotContain("Usage:");           // Should not print JVM help message
+      output.shouldHaveExitValue(1);               // Should report failure in error code.
+    } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+      e.printStackTrace();
+      output.shouldContain("Unable to use shared archive");
+      output.shouldHaveExitValue(1);
+    }
+  }
+}