diff -r 74533f63b116 -r d2a62e0f25eb src/share/vm/memory/referenceProcessor.cpp --- a/src/share/vm/memory/referenceProcessor.cpp Wed Jun 27 15:23:36 2012 +0200 +++ b/src/share/vm/memory/referenceProcessor.cpp Thu Jun 28 17:03:16 2012 -0400 @@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ _num_q = MAX2(1U, mt_processing_degree); _max_num_q = MAX2(_num_q, mt_discovery_degree); _discovered_refs = NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY(DiscoveredList, - _max_num_q * number_of_subclasses_of_ref()); + _max_num_q * number_of_subclasses_of_ref(), mtGC); + if (_discovered_refs == NULL) { vm_exit_during_initialization("Could not allocated RefProc Array"); }