4997835: RFE: crash dump will only be created when running w/ -XX:+ShowMessageBoxOnError
Using UseOSErrorReporting will provide both an hs_err file and a crash dump or debug launch and works better.
Reviewed-by: xlu, acorn, poonam
diff --git a/hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/vmError.cpp b/hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/vmError.cpp
index d2a0161..a4d0cb0 100644
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/vmError.cpp
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/vmError.cpp
@@ -674,6 +674,11 @@
reset_signal_handlers();
} else {
+ // If UseOsErrorReporting we call this for each level of the call stack
+ // while searching for the exception handler. Only the first level needs
+ // to be reported.
+ if (UseOSErrorReporting && log_done) return;
+
// This is not the first error, see if it happened in a different thread
// or in the same thread during error reporting.
if (first_error_tid != mytid) {