--- old/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp	2013-06-21 11:34:25.000000000 -0700
+++ new/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp	2013-06-21 11:34:25.000000000 -0700
@@ -1134,11 +1134,6 @@
     FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(OldPLABSize, (intx)1024);
   }
 
-  // AlwaysTenure flag should make ParNew promote all at first collection.
-  // See CR 6362902.
-  if (AlwaysTenure) {
-    FLAG_SET_CMDLINE(uintx, MaxTenuringThreshold, 0);
-  }
   // When using compressed oops, we use local overflow stacks,
   // rather than using a global overflow list chained through
   // the klass word of the object's pre-image.
@@ -2174,10 +2169,8 @@
   status = status && verify_percentage(YoungGenerationSizeSupplement, "YoungGenerationSizeSupplement");
   status = status && verify_percentage(TenuredGenerationSizeSupplement, "TenuredGenerationSizeSupplement");
 
-  // the "age" field in the oop header is 4 bits; do not want to pull in markOop.hpp
-  // just for that, so hardcode here.
-  status = status && verify_interval(MaxTenuringThreshold, 0, 15, "MaxTenuringThreshold");
-  status = status && verify_interval(InitialTenuringThreshold, 0, MaxTenuringThreshold, "MaxTenuringThreshold");
+  status = status && verify_interval(MaxTenuringThreshold, 0, markOopDesc::max_age + 1, "MaxTenuringThreshold");
+  status = status && verify_interval(InitialTenuringThreshold, 0, MaxTenuringThreshold, "InitialTenuringThreshold");
   status = status && verify_percentage(TargetSurvivorRatio, "TargetSurvivorRatio");
   status = status && verify_percentage(MarkSweepDeadRatio, "MarkSweepDeadRatio");
 
@@ -2885,14 +2878,34 @@
       // but disallow DR and offlining (5008695).
       FLAG_SET_CMDLINE(bool, BindGCTaskThreadsToCPUs, true);
 
+    // Need to keep consistency of MaxTenuringThreshold and AlwaysTenure/NeverTenure;
+    // the last option wins.
     } else if (match_option(option, "-XX:+NeverTenure", &tail)) {
-      // The last option must always win.
-      FLAG_SET_CMDLINE(bool, AlwaysTenure, false);
       FLAG_SET_CMDLINE(bool, NeverTenure, true);
+      FLAG_SET_CMDLINE(bool, AlwaysTenure, false);
+      FLAG_SET_CMDLINE(uintx, MaxTenuringThreshold, markOopDesc::max_age + 1);
     } else if (match_option(option, "-XX:+AlwaysTenure", &tail)) {
-      // The last option must always win.
       FLAG_SET_CMDLINE(bool, NeverTenure, false);
       FLAG_SET_CMDLINE(bool, AlwaysTenure, true);
+      FLAG_SET_CMDLINE(uintx, MaxTenuringThreshold, 0);
+    } else if (match_option(option, "-XX:MaxTenuringThreshold=", &tail)) {
+      uintx max_tenuring_thresh = 0;
+      if(!parse_uintx(tail, &max_tenuring_thresh, 0)) {
+        jio_fprintf(defaultStream::error_stream(),
+                    "Invalid MaxTenuringThreshold: %s\n", option->optionString);
+      }
+      FLAG_SET_CMDLINE(uintx, MaxTenuringThreshold, max_tenuring_thresh);
+
+      if (MaxTenuringThreshold == 0) {
+        FLAG_SET_CMDLINE(bool, NeverTenure, false);
+        FLAG_SET_CMDLINE(bool, AlwaysTenure, true);
+      } else {
+        FLAG_SET_CMDLINE(bool, NeverTenure, false);
+        FLAG_SET_CMDLINE(bool, AlwaysTenure, false);
+        if (MaxTenuringThreshold > markOopDesc::max_age + 1) {
+          FLAG_SET_CMDLINE(uintx, MaxTenuringThreshold, markOopDesc::max_age + 1);
+        }
+      }
     } else if (match_option(option, "-XX:+CMSPermGenSweepingEnabled", &tail) ||
                match_option(option, "-XX:-CMSPermGenSweepingEnabled", &tail)) {
       jio_fprintf(defaultStream::error_stream(),