src/hotspot/share/runtime/thread.cpp

@@ -1335,11 +1335,10 @@
  }
  
  void NamedThread::set_name(const char* format, ...) {
    guarantee(_name == NULL, "Only get to set name once.");
    _name = NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, max_name_len, mtThread);
-   guarantee(_name != NULL, "alloc failure");
    va_list ap;
    va_start(ap, format);
    jio_vsnprintf(_name, max_name_len, format, ap);
    va_end(ap);
  }