src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp

@@ -2930,10 +2930,14 @@
       // --patch-module=<module>=<file>(<pathsep><file>)*
       int res = process_patch_mod_option(tail, patch_mod_javabase);
       if (res != JNI_OK) {
         return res;
       }
+    } else if (match_option(option, "--permit-illegal-access")) {
+      if (!create_property("jdk.module.permitIllegalAccess", "true", ExternalProperty)) {
+        return JNI_ENOMEM;
+      }
     // -agentlib and -agentpath
     } else if (match_option(option, "-agentlib:", &tail) ||
           (is_absolute_path = match_option(option, "-agentpath:", &tail))) {
       if(tail != NULL) {
         const char* pos = strchr(tail, '=');