src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp

@@ -3148,11 +3148,12 @@
       FLAG_SET_CMDLINE(uintx, MaxTenuringThreshold, 0);
     } else if (match_option(option, "-XX:MaxTenuringThreshold=", &tail)) {
       uintx max_tenuring_thresh = 0;
       if(!parse_uintx(tail, &max_tenuring_thresh, 0)) {
         jio_fprintf(defaultStream::error_stream(),
-                    "Invalid MaxTenuringThreshold: %s\n", option->optionString);
+          "Improperly specified VM option 'MaxTenuringThreshold=%s'\n", tail);
+        return JNI_EINVAL;
       }
       FLAG_SET_CMDLINE(uintx, MaxTenuringThreshold, max_tenuring_thresh);
 
       if (MaxTenuringThreshold == 0) {
         FLAG_SET_CMDLINE(bool, NeverTenure, false);