--- old/src/cpu/x86/vm/assembler_x86.cpp	Thu Jun  2 14:57:06 2011
+++ new/src/cpu/x86/vm/assembler_x86.cpp	Thu Jun  2 14:57:06 2011
@@ -5090,7 +5090,7 @@
   } else {
     ttyLocker ttyl;
     ::tty->print_cr("=============== DEBUG MESSAGE: %s ================\n", msg);
-    assert(false, "DEBUG MESSAGE");
+    assert(false, err_msg("DEBUG MESSAGE: %s", msg));
   }
   ThreadStateTransition::transition(thread, _thread_in_vm, saved_state);
 }
@@ -5653,6 +5653,7 @@
     ttyLocker ttyl;
     ::tty->print_cr("=============== DEBUG MESSAGE: %s ================\n",
                     msg);
+    assert(false, err_msg("DEBUG MESSAGE: %s", msg));
   }
 }