--- old/test/sun/tools/jps/jps-Vvml_2.sh	Tue Sep 20 21:34:37 2011
+++ new/test/sun/tools/jps/jps-Vvml_2.sh	Tue Sep 20 21:34:35 2011
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2004, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2004, 2011, 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
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@
 # any args to Sleeper.main() or any jvm flags or options, as we
 # need to inspect jps output for the no args condition.
 #
+# Note: this test can not pass on a VM with UsePerfData disabled by default,
+# and we can not set -XX:+UsePerfData as that invalidates the test premise of
+# there being no jvm flags
+
 ${JAVA} -cp ${TESTCLASSES} Sleeper &
 SLEEPER_PID=$!