diff -r cff162798819 -r f03d0a26bf83 src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp	Sun Oct 11 16:19:25 2009 -0700
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp	Thu Apr 22 13:23:15 2010 -0700
@@ -652,6 +652,11 @@
   product(bool, PrintGCApplicationStoppedTime, false,                       \
           "Print the time the application has been stopped")                \
                                                                             \
+  notproduct(uintx, ErrorHandlerTest, 0,                                    \
+          "If > 0, provokes an error after VM initialization; the value"    \
+          "determines which error to provoke.  See test_error_handler()"    \
+          "in debug.cpp.")                                                  \
+                                                                            \
   develop(bool, Verbose, false,                                             \
           "Prints additional debugging information from other modes")       \
                                                                             \