src/share/vm/services/memTracker.cpp

*** 33,42 ****
--- 33,43 ----
  #include "runtime/vm_operations.hpp"
  #include "services/memPtr.hpp"
  #include "services/memReporter.hpp"
  #include "services/memTracker.hpp"
  #include "utilities/decoder.hpp"
+ #include "utilities/defaultStream.hpp"
  #include "utilities/globalDefinitions.hpp"
  
  
  bool NMT_track_callsite = false;
  
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--- 79,97 ----
  void MemTracker::init_tracking_options(const char* option_line) {
    _tracking_level = NMT_off;
    if (strcmp(option_line, "=summary") == 0) {
      _tracking_level = NMT_summary;
    } else if (strcmp(option_line, "=detail") == 0) {
+     // detail relies on a stack-walking ability that may not
+     // be available depending on platform and/or compiler flags
+     if (PLATFORM_NMT_DETAIL_SUPPORTED) {
        _tracking_level = NMT_detail;
+     } else {
+       jio_fprintf(defaultStream::error_stream(),
+         "NMT detail is not supported on this platform.  Using NMT summary instead.\n");
+        _tracking_level = NMT_summary;
+     }
    } else if (strcmp(option_line, "=off") != 0) {
      vm_exit_during_initialization("Syntax error, expecting -XX:NativeMemoryTracking=[off|summary|detail]", NULL);
    }
  }