--- old/src/cpu/x86/vm/vm_version_x86.cpp	2014-03-14 15:54:23.000000000 -0700
+++ new/src/cpu/x86/vm/vm_version_x86.cpp	2014-03-14 15:54:23.000000000 -0700
@@ -50,8 +50,13 @@
 const char*           VM_Version::_features_str = "";
 VM_Version::CpuidInfo VM_Version::_cpuid_info   = { 0, };
 
+// Address of instruction which causes SEGV
+address VM_Version::_cpuinfo_segv_addr = 0;
+// Address of instruction which causes SEGV
+address VM_Version::_cpuinfo_cont_addr = 0;
+
 static BufferBlob* stub_blob;
-static const int stub_size = 550;
+static const int stub_size = 600;
 
 extern "C" {
   typedef void (*getPsrInfo_stub_t)(void*);
@@ -234,9 +239,9 @@
     // Check if OS has enabled XGETBV instruction to access XCR0
     // (OSXSAVE feature flag) and CPU supports AVX
     //
-    __ andl(rcx, 0x18000000);
+    __ andl(rcx, 0x18000000); // cpuid1 bits osxsave | avx
     __ cmpl(rcx, 0x18000000);
-    __ jccb(Assembler::notEqual, sef_cpuid);
+    __ jccb(Assembler::notEqual, sef_cpuid); // jump if AVX is not supported
 
     //
     // XCR0, XFEATURE_ENABLED_MASK register
@@ -247,6 +252,47 @@
     __ movl(Address(rsi, 0), rax);
     __ movl(Address(rsi, 4), rdx);
 
+    __ andl(rax, 0x6); // xcr0 bits sse | ymm
+    __ cmpl(rax, 0x6);
+    __ jccb(Assembler::notEqual, sef_cpuid); // jump if AVX is not supported
+
+    //
+    // Some OSs have a bug when upper 128bits of YMM
+    // registers are not restored after a signal processing.
+    // Generate SEGV here (reference through NULL)
+    // and check upper YMM bits after it. 
+    //
+    VM_Version::set_avx_cpuFeatures(); // Enable temporary to pass asserts
+
+    // load value into all 32 bytes of ymm7 register
+    __ movl(rcx, VM_Version::ymm_test_value());
+
+    __ movdl(xmm0, rcx);
+    __ pshufd(xmm0, xmm0, 0x00);
+    __ vinsertf128h(xmm0, xmm0, xmm0);
+    __ vmovdqu(xmm7, xmm0);
+#ifdef _LP64
+    __ vmovdqu(xmm8,  xmm0);
+    __ vmovdqu(xmm15, xmm0);
+#endif
+
+    __ xorl(rsi, rsi);
+    VM_Version::set_cpuinfo_segv_addr( __ pc() );
+    // Generate SEGV
+    __ movl(rax, Address(rsi, 0));
+
+    VM_Version::set_cpuinfo_cont_addr( __ pc() );
+    // Returns here after signal. Save xmm0 to check it later.
+    __ lea(rsi, Address(rbp, in_bytes(VM_Version::ymm_save_offset())));
+    __ vmovdqu(Address(rsi,  0), xmm0);
+    __ vmovdqu(Address(rsi, 32), xmm7);
+#ifdef _LP64
+    __ vmovdqu(Address(rsi, 64), xmm8);
+    __ vmovdqu(Address(rsi, 96), xmm15);
+#endif
+
+    VM_Version::clean_cpuFeatures();
+
     //
     // cpuid(0x7) Structured Extended Features
     //
@@ -540,14 +586,28 @@
     if (MaxVectorSize > 32) {
       FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(MaxVectorSize, 32);
     }
-    if (MaxVectorSize > 16 && UseAVX == 0) {
-      // Only supported with AVX+
+    if (MaxVectorSize > 16 && (UseAVX == 0 || !os_supports_avx_vectors())) {
+      // 32 bytes vectors (in YMM) are only supported with AVX+
       FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(MaxVectorSize, 16);
     }
     if (UseSSE < 2) {
-      // Only supported with SSE2+
+      // Vectors (in XMM) are only supported with SSE2+
       FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(MaxVectorSize, 0);
     }
+#ifdef ASSERT
+    if (supports_avx() && PrintMiscellaneous && Verbose && TraceNewVectors) {
+      tty->print_cr("State of YMM registers after signal handle:");
+      int nreg = 2 LP64_ONLY(+2);
+      const char* ymm_name[4] = {"0", "7", "8", "15"};
+      for (int i = 0; i < nreg; i++) {
+        tty->print("YMM%s:", ymm_name[i]);
+        for (int j = 7; j >=0; j--) {
+          tty->print(" %x", _cpuid_info.ymm_save[i*8 + j]);
+        }
+        tty->cr();
+      }
+    }
+#endif
   }
 #endif
 
@@ -678,14 +738,6 @@
       }
     }
   }
-#if defined(COMPILER2) && defined(_ALLBSD_SOURCE)
-    if (MaxVectorSize > 16) {
-      // Limit vectors size to 16 bytes on BSD until it fixes
-      // restoring upper 128bit of YMM registers on return
-      // from signal handler.
-      FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(MaxVectorSize, 16);
-    }
-#endif // COMPILER2
 
   // Use count leading zeros count instruction if available.
   if (supports_lzcnt()) {
@@ -814,6 +866,11 @@
     if (UseAES) {
       tty->print("  UseAES=1");
     }
+#ifdef COMPILER2
+    if (MaxVectorSize > 0) {
+      tty->print("  MaxVectorSize=%d", MaxVectorSize);
+    }
+#endif
     tty->cr();
     tty->print("Allocation");
     if (AllocatePrefetchStyle <= 0 || UseSSE == 0 && !supports_3dnow_prefetch()) {