diff -r 6db63e782d3d -r de268c8a8075 src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp
--- a/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp	Wed Jan 25 18:58:59 2012 -0800
+++ b/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp	Thu Jan 26 20:06:06 2012 -0500
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1999, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1999, 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
@@ -3383,7 +3383,7 @@
 // this reason, the code should not be used as default (ThreadPriorityPolicy=0).
 // It is only used when ThreadPriorityPolicy=1 and requires root privilege.
 
-int os::java_to_os_priority[MaxPriority + 1] = {
+int os::java_to_os_priority[CriticalPriority + 1] = {
   19,              // 0 Entry should never be used
 
    4,              // 1 MinPriority
@@ -3398,7 +3398,9 @@
   -3,              // 8
   -4,              // 9 NearMaxPriority
 
-  -5               // 10 MaxPriority
+  -5,              // 10 MaxPriority
+
+  -5               // 11 CriticalPriority
 };
 
 static int prio_init() {
@@ -3413,6 +3415,9 @@
       ThreadPriorityPolicy = 0;
     }
   }
+  if (UseCriticalJavaThreadPriority) {
+    os::java_to_os_priority[MaxPriority] = os::java_to_os_priority[CriticalPriority];
+  }
   return 0;
 }