diff -r 9058789475af -r 6b803ba47588 src/os/bsd/vm/os_bsd.cpp
--- a/src/os/bsd/vm/os_bsd.cpp	Tue Mar 05 13:55:56 2013 -0800
+++ b/src/os/bsd/vm/os_bsd.cpp	Thu Mar 07 14:06:44 2013 -0500
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 #include "runtime/threadCritical.hpp"
 #include "runtime/timer.hpp"
 #include "services/attachListener.hpp"
+#include "services/memTracker.hpp"
 #include "services/runtimeService.hpp"
 #include "utilities/decoder.hpp"
 #include "utilities/defaultStream.hpp"
@@ -2275,13 +2276,25 @@
      return NULL;
   }
 
+  // The memory is committed
+  address pc = CALLER_PC;
+  MemTracker::record_virtual_memory_reserve((address)addr, bytes, pc);
+  MemTracker::record_virtual_memory_commit((address)addr, bytes, pc);
+
   return addr;
 }
 
 bool os::release_memory_special(char* base, size_t bytes) {
   // detaching the SHM segment will also delete it, see reserve_memory_special()
   int rslt = shmdt(base);
-  return rslt == 0;
+  if (rslt == 0) {
+    MemTracker::record_virtual_memory_uncommit((address)base, bytes);
+    MemTracker::record_virtual_memory_release((address)base, bytes);
+    return true;
+  } else {
+    return false;
+  }
+
 }
 
 size_t os::large_page_size() {