diff -r cff162798819 -r f03d0a26bf83 src/share/vm/utilities/vmError.hpp
--- a/src/share/vm/utilities/vmError.hpp	Sun Oct 11 16:19:25 2009 -0700
+++ b/src/share/vm/utilities/vmError.hpp	Thu Apr 22 13:23:15 2010 -0700
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
                              //                     0x8xxxxxxx system warnings
 
   const char * _message;
+  const char * _detail_msg;
 
   Thread *     _thread;      // NULL if it's native thread
 
@@ -75,16 +76,19 @@
                                 char* buf, int buflen, bool verbose = false);
 
   // accessor
-  const char* message()         { return _message; }
+  const char* message() const    { return _message; }
+  const char* detail_msg() const { return _detail_msg; }
 
 public:
   // Constructor for crashes
   VMError(Thread* thread, int sig, address pc, void* siginfo, void* context);
   // Constructor for VM internal errors
-  VMError(Thread* thread, const char* message, const char* filename, int lineno);
+  VMError(Thread* thread, const char* filename, int lineno,
+          const char* message, const char * detail_msg);
 
-  // Constructors for VM OOM errors
-  VMError(Thread* thread, size_t size, const char* message, const char* filename, int lineno);
+  // Constructor for VM OOM errors
+  VMError(Thread* thread, const char* filename, int lineno, size_t size,
+          const char* message);
   // Constructor for non-fatal errors
   VMError(const char* message);