--- old/./src/os/solaris/vm/os_solaris.cpp	2010-07-27 16:56:31.000000000 +0200
+++ new/./src/os/solaris/vm/os_solaris.cpp	2010-07-27 16:56:31.000000000 +0200
@@ -4859,6 +4859,10 @@
 }
 
   FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(UseLargePages, os::large_page_init());
+  if (StackShadowPages <= 0) {
+    tty->print_cr("\nThe -XX:StackShadowPages parameter must be set to positive value!");
+    return JNI_ERR;
+  }
 
   // Check minimum allowable stack size for thread creation and to initialize
   // the java system classes, including StackOverflowError - depends on page