--- old/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp	2018-09-13 12:39:21.277026957 +0530
+++ new/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp	2018-09-13 12:39:21.089026958 +0530
@@ -5767,6 +5767,61 @@
   }
 }
 
+
+// Run the specified command in a separate process. Return its exit value,
+// or -1 on failure (e.g. can't fork a new process).
+// Unlike system(), this function can be called from signal handler. It
+// doesn't block SIGINT et al.
+int os::vfork_and_exec(char* cmd) {
+  const char * argv[4] = {"sh", "-c", cmd, NULL};
+
+  pid_t pid = vfork();
+
+  if (pid < 0) {
+    // fork failed
+    return -1;
+
+  } else if (pid == 0) {
+    // child process
+
+    execve("/bin/sh", (char* const*)argv, environ);
+
+    // execve failed
+    _exit(-1);
+
+  } else  {
+    // copied from J2SE ..._waitForProcessExit() in UNIXProcess_md.c; we don't
+    // care about the actual exit code, for now.
+
+    int status;
+
+    // Wait for the child process to exit.  This returns immediately if
+    // the child has already exited. */
+    while (waitpid(pid, &status, 0) < 0) {
+      switch (errno) {
+      case ECHILD: return 0;
+      case EINTR: break;
+      default: return -1;
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (WIFEXITED(status)) {
+      // The child exited normally; get its exit code.
+      return WEXITSTATUS(status);
+    } else if (WIFSIGNALED(status)) {
+      // The child exited because of a signal
+      // The best value to return is 0x80 + signal number,
+      // because that is what all Unix shells do, and because
+      // it allows callers to distinguish between process exit and
+      // process death by signal.
+      return 0x80 + WTERMSIG(status);
+    } else {
+      // Unknown exit code; pass it through
+      return status;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 // Get the default path to the core file
 // Returns the length of the string
 int os::get_core_path(char* buffer, size_t bufferSize) {
--- old/src/hotspot/share/runtime/os.hpp	2018-09-13 12:39:21.637026956 +0530
+++ new/src/hotspot/share/runtime/os.hpp	2018-09-13 12:39:21.517026956 +0530
@@ -539,7 +539,9 @@
 
   // run cmd in a separate process and return its exit code; or -1 on failures
   static int fork_and_exec(char *cmd);
-
+#if defined(LINUX)
+  static int vfork_and_exec(char *cmd);
+#endif
   // Call ::exit() on all platforms but Windows
   static void exit(int num);
 
--- old/src/hotspot/share/utilities/vmError.cpp	2018-09-13 12:39:21.965026954 +0530
+++ new/src/hotspot/share/utilities/vmError.cpp	2018-09-13 12:39:21.841026955 +0530
@@ -1562,7 +1562,11 @@
 #endif
     tty->print_cr("\"%s\"...", cmd);
 
+#if defined(LINUX)
+    if (os::vfork_and_exec(cmd) < 0) {
+#else
     if (os::fork_and_exec(cmd) < 0) {
+#endif
       tty->print_cr("os::fork_and_exec failed: %s (%s=%d)",
                      os::strerror(errno), os::errno_name(errno), errno);
     }