--- old/src/share/vm/runtime/vm_version.hpp	2015-12-04 08:12:22.316432400 -0800
+++ new/src/share/vm/runtime/vm_version.hpp	2015-12-04 08:12:22.192432404 -0800
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@
   // other part of the VM being initialized when called. Platforms that
   // need to specialize this define VM_Version::early_initialize().
   static void early_initialize() { }
+  // Called to initialize VM variables needing initialization
+  // after command line parsing
+  static void vm_init_before_ergo(void) {}
 
   // Name
   static const char* vm_name();