7141200: log some interesting information in ring buffers for crashes

Reviewed-by: kvn, jrose, kevinw, brutisso, twisti, jmasa

29 files changed, 536 insertions, 363 deletions

diff --git a/src/share/vm/c1/c1_Runtime1.cpp b/src/share/vm/c1/c1_Runtime1.cpp
index 9937e9d62..765dec480 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/c1/c1_Runtime1.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/c1/c1_Runtime1.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1999, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1999, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -597,7 +597,6 @@ address Runtime1::exception_handler_for_pc(JavaThread* thread) {
 
 JRT_ENTRY(void, Runtime1::throw_range_check_exception(JavaThread* thread, int index))
   NOT_PRODUCT(_throw_range_check_exception_count++;)
-  Events::log("throw_range_check");
   char message[jintAsStringSize];
   sprintf(message, "%d", index);
   SharedRuntime::throw_and_post_jvmti_exception(thread, vmSymbols::java_lang_ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException(), message);
@@ -606,7 +605,6 @@ JRT_END
 
 JRT_ENTRY(void, Runtime1::throw_index_exception(JavaThread* thread, int index))
   NOT_PRODUCT(_throw_index_exception_count++;)
-  Events::log("throw_index");
   char message[16];
   sprintf(message, "%d", index);
   SharedRuntime::throw_and_post_jvmti_exception(thread, vmSymbols::java_lang_IndexOutOfBoundsException(), message);
@@ -804,11 +802,7 @@ JRT_ENTRY(void, Runtime1::patch_code(JavaThread* thread, Runtime1::StubID stub_i
   // Note also that in the presence of inlining it is not guaranteed
   // that caller_method() == caller_code->method()
 
-
   int bci = vfst.bci();
-
-  Events::log("patch_code @ " INTPTR_FORMAT , caller_frame.pc());
-
   Bytecodes::Code code = caller_method()->java_code_at(bci);
 
 #ifndef PRODUCT
diff --git a/src/share/vm/ci/ciEnv.hpp b/src/share/vm/ci/ciEnv.hpp
index 12f4bb226..d00c9f78b 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/ci/ciEnv.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/ci/ciEnv.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1999, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1999, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -284,6 +284,20 @@ public:
   // Return state of appropriate compilability
   int compilable() { return _compilable; }
 
+  const char* retry_message() const {
+    switch (_compilable) {
+      case ciEnv::MethodCompilable_not_at_tier:
+        return "retry at different tier";
+      case ciEnv::MethodCompilable_never:
+        return "not retryable";
+      case ciEnv::MethodCompilable:
+        return NULL;
+      default:
+        ShouldNotReachHere();
+        return NULL;
+    }
+  }
+
   bool break_at_compile() { return _break_at_compile; }
   void set_break_at_compile(bool z) { _break_at_compile = z; }
 
diff --git a/src/share/vm/code/compiledIC.cpp b/src/share/vm/code/compiledIC.cpp
index 3496f70de..5b1172a6a 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/code/compiledIC.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/code/compiledIC.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ void CompiledIC::set_to_megamorphic(CallInfo* call_info, Bytecodes::Code bytecod
                    instruction_address(), method->print_value_string(), entry);
   }
 
-  Events::log("compiledIC " INTPTR_FORMAT " --> megamorphic " INTPTR_FORMAT, this, (address)method());
   // We can't check this anymore. With lazy deopt we could have already
   // cleaned this IC entry before we even return. This is possible if
   // we ran out of space in the inline cache buffer trying to do the
diff --git a/src/share/vm/code/nmethod.cpp b/src/share/vm/code/nmethod.cpp
index 31424e15f..38b8aa1d4 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/code/nmethod.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/code/nmethod.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -704,7 +704,6 @@ nmethod::nmethod(
       xtty->tail("print_native_nmethod");
     }
   }
-  Events::log("Create nmethod " INTPTR_FORMAT, this);
 }
 
 // For dtrace wrappers
@@ -781,7 +780,6 @@ nmethod::nmethod(
       xtty->tail("print_dtrace_nmethod");
     }
   }
-  Events::log("Create nmethod " INTPTR_FORMAT, this);
 }
 #endif // def HAVE_DTRACE_H
 
@@ -889,13 +887,6 @@ nmethod::nmethod(
   if (printnmethods || PrintDebugInfo || PrintRelocations || PrintDependencies || PrintExceptionHandlers) {
     print_nmethod(printnmethods);
   }
-
-  // Note: Do not verify in here as the CodeCache_lock is
-  //       taken which would conflict with the CompiledIC_lock
-  //       which taken during the verification of call sites.
-  //       (was bug - gri 10/25/99)
-
-  Events::log("Create nmethod " INTPTR_FORMAT, this);
 }
 
 
@@ -1386,7 +1377,7 @@ void nmethod::flush() {
   assert_locked_or_safepoint(CodeCache_lock);
 
   // completely deallocate this method
-  EventMark m("flushing nmethod " INTPTR_FORMAT " %s", this, "");
+  Events::log(JavaThread::current(), "flushing nmethod " INTPTR_FORMAT, this);
   if (PrintMethodFlushing) {
     tty->print_cr("*flushing nmethod %3d/" INTPTR_FORMAT ". Live blobs:" UINT32_FORMAT "/Free CodeCache:" SIZE_FORMAT "Kb",
         _compile_id, this, CodeCache::nof_blobs(), CodeCache::unallocated_capacity()/1024);
diff --git a/src/share/vm/compiler/compileBroker.cpp b/src/share/vm/compiler/compileBroker.cpp
index 58b75d7d7..649f7c0a6 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/compiler/compileBroker.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/compiler/compileBroker.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1999, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1999, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #include "runtime/sharedRuntime.hpp"
 #include "runtime/sweeper.hpp"
 #include "utilities/dtrace.hpp"
+#include "utilities/events.hpp"
 #ifdef COMPILER1
 #include "c1/c1_Compiler.hpp"
 #endif
@@ -189,6 +190,43 @@ CompileTask*  CompileBroker::_task_free_list = NULL;
 GrowableArray<CompilerThread*>* CompileBroker::_method_threads = NULL;
 
 
+class CompilationLog : public StringEventLog {
+ public:
+  CompilationLog() : StringEventLog("Compilation events") {
+  }
+
+  void log_compile(JavaThread* thread, CompileTask* task) {
+    StringLogMessage lm;
+    stringStream msg = lm.stream();
+    // msg.time_stamp().update_to(tty->time_stamp().ticks());
+    task->print_compilation(&msg, true);
+    log(thread, "%s", (const char*)lm);
+  }
+
+  void log_nmethod(JavaThread* thread, nmethod* nm) {
+    log(thread, "nmethod " INTPTR_FORMAT " code ["INTPTR_FORMAT ", " INTPTR_FORMAT "]",
+        nm, nm->code_begin(), nm->code_end());
+  }
+
+  void log_failure(JavaThread* thread, CompileTask* task, const char* reason, const char* retry_message) {
+    StringLogMessage lm;
+    lm.print("%4d   COMPILE SKIPPED: %s", task->compile_id(), reason);
+    if (retry_message != NULL) {
+      lm.append(" (%s)", retry_message);
+    }
+    lm.print("\n");
+    log(thread, "%s", (const char*)lm);
+  }
+};
+
+static CompilationLog* _compilation_log = NULL;
+
+void compileBroker_init() {
+  if (LogEvents) {
+    _compilation_log = new CompilationLog();
+  }
+}
+
 CompileTaskWrapper::CompileTaskWrapper(CompileTask* task) {
   CompilerThread* thread = CompilerThread::current();
   thread->set_task(task);
@@ -326,8 +364,12 @@ void CompileTask::print_line() {
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------
 // CompileTask::print_compilation_impl
-void CompileTask::print_compilation_impl(outputStream* st, methodOop method, int compile_id, int comp_level, bool is_osr_method, int osr_bci, bool is_blocking, const char* msg) {
-  st->print("%7d ", (int) st->time_stamp().milliseconds());  // print timestamp
+void CompileTask::print_compilation_impl(outputStream* st, methodOop method, int compile_id, int comp_level,
+                                         bool is_osr_method, int osr_bci, bool is_blocking,
+                                         const char* msg, bool short_form) {
+  if (!short_form) {
+    st->print("%7d ", (int) st->time_stamp().milliseconds());  // print timestamp
+  }
   st->print("%4d ", compile_id);    // print compilation number
 
   // For unloaded methods the transition to zombie occurs after the
@@ -370,7 +412,9 @@ void CompileTask::print_compilation_impl(outputStream* st, methodOop method, int
   if (msg != NULL) {
     st->print("   %s", msg);
   }
-  st->cr();
+  if (!short_form) {
+    st->cr();
+  }
 }
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -426,12 +470,12 @@ void CompileTask::print_inline_indent(int inline_level, outputStream* st) {
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------
 // CompileTask::print_compilation
-void CompileTask::print_compilation(outputStream* st) {
+void CompileTask::print_compilation(outputStream* st, bool short_form) {
   oop rem = JNIHandles::resolve(method_handle());
   assert(rem != NULL && rem->is_method(), "must be");
   methodOop method = (methodOop) rem;
   bool is_osr_method = osr_bci() != InvocationEntryBci;
-  print_compilation_impl(st, method, compile_id(), comp_level(), is_osr_method, osr_bci(), is_blocking());
+  print_compilation_impl(st, method, compile_id(), comp_level(), is_osr_method, osr_bci(), is_blocking(), NULL, short_form);
 }
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1648,6 +1692,10 @@ void CompileBroker::invoke_compiler_on_method(CompileTask* task) {
   CompilerThread* thread = CompilerThread::current();
   ResourceMark rm(thread);
 
+  if (LogEvents) {
+    _compilation_log->log_compile(thread, task);
+  }
+
   // Common flags.
   uint compile_id = task->compile_id();
   int osr_bci = task->osr_bci();
@@ -1716,22 +1764,30 @@ void CompileBroker::invoke_compiler_on_method(CompileTask* task) {
       ci_env.record_method_not_compilable("compile failed", !TieredCompilation);
     }
 
+    // Copy this bit to the enclosing block:
+    compilable = ci_env.compilable();
+
     if (ci_env.failing()) {
-      // Copy this bit to the enclosing block:
-      compilable = ci_env.compilable();
+      const char* retry_message = ci_env.retry_message();
+      if (_compilation_log != NULL) {
+        _compilation_log->log_failure(thread, task, ci_env.failure_reason(), retry_message);
+      }
       if (PrintCompilation) {
-        const char* reason = ci_env.failure_reason();
-        if (compilable == ciEnv::MethodCompilable_not_at_tier) {
-          tty->print_cr("%4d   COMPILE SKIPPED: %s (retry at different tier)", compile_id, reason);
-        } else if (compilable == ciEnv::MethodCompilable_never) {
-          tty->print_cr("%4d   COMPILE SKIPPED: %s (not retryable)", compile_id, reason);
-        } else if (compilable == ciEnv::MethodCompilable) {
-          tty->print_cr("%4d   COMPILE SKIPPED: %s", compile_id, reason);
+        tty->print("%4d   COMPILE SKIPPED: %s", compile_id, ci_env.failure_reason());
+        if (retry_message != NULL) {
+          tty->print(" (%s)", retry_message);
         }
+        tty->cr();
       }
     } else {
       task->mark_success();
       task->set_num_inlined_bytecodes(ci_env.num_inlined_bytecodes());
+      if (_compilation_log != NULL) {
+        nmethod* code = task->code();
+        if (code != NULL) {
+          _compilation_log->log_nmethod(thread, code);
+        }
+      }
     }
   }
   pop_jni_handle_block();
diff --git a/src/share/vm/compiler/compileBroker.hpp b/src/share/vm/compiler/compileBroker.hpp
index ed559270f..1ee2c5419 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/compiler/compileBroker.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/compiler/compileBroker.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1999, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1999, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -98,12 +98,16 @@ class CompileTask : public CHeapObj {
   void         set_prev(CompileTask* prev)       { _prev = prev; }
 
 private:
-  static void  print_compilation_impl(outputStream* st, methodOop method, int compile_id, int comp_level, bool is_osr_method = false, int osr_bci = -1, bool is_blocking = false, const char* msg = NULL);
+  static void  print_compilation_impl(outputStream* st, methodOop method, int compile_id, int comp_level,
+                                      bool is_osr_method = false, int osr_bci = -1, bool is_blocking = false,
+                                      const char* msg = NULL, bool short_form = false);
 
 public:
-  void         print_compilation(outputStream* st = tty);
+  void         print_compilation(outputStream* st = tty, bool short_form = false);
   static void  print_compilation(outputStream* st, const nmethod* nm, const char* msg = NULL) {
-    print_compilation_impl(st, nm->method(), nm->compile_id(), nm->comp_level(), nm->is_osr_method(), nm->is_osr_method() ? nm->osr_entry_bci() : -1, /*is_blocking*/ false, msg);
+    print_compilation_impl(st, nm->method(), nm->compile_id(), nm->comp_level(),
+                           nm->is_osr_method(), nm->is_osr_method() ? nm->osr_entry_bci() : -1, /*is_blocking*/ false,
+                           msg);
   }
 
   static void  print_inlining(outputStream* st, ciMethod* method, int inline_level, int bci, const char* msg = NULL);
diff --git a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp
index f1645f32b..3dd83899a 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp
@@ -1228,9 +1228,7 @@ bool G1CollectedHeap::do_collection(bool explicit_gc,
   SvcGCMarker sgcm(SvcGCMarker::FULL);
   ResourceMark rm;
 
-  if (PrintHeapAtGC) {
-    Universe::print_heap_before_gc();
-  }
+  print_heap_before_gc();
 
   HRSPhaseSetter x(HRSPhaseFullGC);
   verify_region_sets_optional();
@@ -1470,9 +1468,7 @@ bool G1CollectedHeap::do_collection(bool explicit_gc,
   _hrs.verify_optional();
   verify_region_sets_optional();
 
-  if (PrintHeapAtGC) {
-    Universe::print_heap_after_gc();
-  }
+  print_heap_after_gc();
   g1mm()->update_sizes();
   post_full_gc_dump();
 
@@ -3537,9 +3533,7 @@ G1CollectedHeap::do_collection_pause_at_safepoint(double target_pause_time_ms) {
   SvcGCMarker sgcm(SvcGCMarker::MINOR);
   ResourceMark rm;
 
-  if (PrintHeapAtGC) {
-    Universe::print_heap_before_gc();
-  }
+  print_heap_before_gc();
 
   HRSPhaseSetter x(HRSPhaseEvacuation);
   verify_region_sets_optional();
@@ -3890,9 +3884,7 @@ G1CollectedHeap::do_collection_pause_at_safepoint(double target_pause_time_ms) {
   TASKQUEUE_STATS_ONLY(if (ParallelGCVerbose) print_taskqueue_stats());
   TASKQUEUE_STATS_ONLY(reset_taskqueue_stats());
 
-  if (PrintHeapAtGC) {
-    Universe::print_heap_after_gc();
-  }
+  print_heap_after_gc();
   g1mm()->update_sizes();
 
   if (G1SummarizeRSetStats &&
diff --git a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1MarkSweep.cpp b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1MarkSweep.cpp
index c12bb5660..f32030b45 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1MarkSweep.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1MarkSweep.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2001, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2001, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ void G1MarkSweep::allocate_stacks() {
 void G1MarkSweep::mark_sweep_phase1(bool& marked_for_unloading,
                                     bool clear_all_softrefs) {
   // Recursively traverse all live objects and mark them
-  EventMark m("1 mark object");
   TraceTime tm("phase 1", PrintGC && Verbose, true, gclog_or_tty);
   GenMarkSweep::trace(" 1");
 
@@ -292,7 +291,6 @@ void G1MarkSweep::mark_sweep_phase2() {
   G1CollectedHeap* g1h = G1CollectedHeap::heap();
   Generation* pg = g1h->perm_gen();
 
-  EventMark m("2 compute new addresses");
   TraceTime tm("phase 2", PrintGC && Verbose, true, gclog_or_tty);
   GenMarkSweep::trace("2");
 
@@ -337,7 +335,6 @@ void G1MarkSweep::mark_sweep_phase3() {
   Generation* pg = g1h->perm_gen();
 
   // Adjust the pointers to reflect the new locations
-  EventMark m("3 adjust pointers");
   TraceTime tm("phase 3", PrintGC && Verbose, true, gclog_or_tty);
   GenMarkSweep::trace("3");
 
@@ -402,7 +399,6 @@ void G1MarkSweep::mark_sweep_phase4() {
   G1CollectedHeap* g1h = G1CollectedHeap::heap();
   Generation* pg = g1h->perm_gen();
 
-  EventMark m("4 compact heap");
   TraceTime tm("phase 4", PrintGC && Verbose, true, gclog_or_tty);
   GenMarkSweep::trace("4");
 
diff --git a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psMarkSweep.cpp b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psMarkSweep.cpp
index 01fb65912..52efba0de 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psMarkSweep.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psMarkSweep.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2001, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2001, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -132,9 +132,7 @@ void PSMarkSweep::invoke_no_policy(bool clear_all_softrefs) {
 
   AdaptiveSizePolicyOutput(size_policy, heap->total_collections());
 
-  if (PrintHeapAtGC) {
-    Universe::print_heap_before_gc();
-  }
+  heap->print_heap_before_gc();
 
   // Fill in TLABs
   heap->accumulate_statistics_all_tlabs();
@@ -377,9 +375,7 @@ void PSMarkSweep::invoke_no_policy(bool clear_all_softrefs) {
 
   NOT_PRODUCT(ref_processor()->verify_no_references_recorded());
 
-  if (PrintHeapAtGC) {
-    Universe::print_heap_after_gc();
-  }
+  heap->print_heap_after_gc();
 
   heap->post_full_gc_dump();
 
@@ -504,7 +500,6 @@ void PSMarkSweep::deallocate_stacks() {
 
 void PSMarkSweep::mark_sweep_phase1(bool clear_all_softrefs) {
   // Recursively traverse all live objects and mark them
-  EventMark m("1 mark object");
   TraceTime tm("phase 1", PrintGCDetails && Verbose, true, gclog_or_tty);
   trace(" 1");
 
@@ -563,7 +558,6 @@ void PSMarkSweep::mark_sweep_phase1(bool clear_all_softrefs) {
 
 
 void PSMarkSweep::mark_sweep_phase2() {
-  EventMark m("2 compute new addresses");
   TraceTime tm("phase 2", PrintGCDetails && Verbose, true, gclog_or_tty);
   trace("2");
 
@@ -608,7 +602,6 @@ static PSAlwaysTrueClosure always_true;
 
 void PSMarkSweep::mark_sweep_phase3() {
   // Adjust the pointers to reflect the new locations
-  EventMark m("3 adjust pointers");
   TraceTime tm("phase 3", PrintGCDetails && Verbose, true, gclog_or_tty);
   trace("3");
 
diff --git a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psParallelCompact.cpp b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psParallelCompact.cpp
index c2215280a..091cf73dd 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psParallelCompact.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psParallelCompact.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2005, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2005, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -983,9 +983,7 @@ void PSParallelCompact::pre_compact(PreGCValues* pre_gc_values)
   // We need to track unique mark sweep invocations as well.
   _total_invocations++;
 
-  if (PrintHeapAtGC) {
-    Universe::print_heap_before_gc();
-  }
+  heap->print_heap_before_gc();
 
   // Fill in TLABs
   heap->accumulate_statistics_all_tlabs();
@@ -1838,7 +1836,6 @@ void PSParallelCompact::summary_phase_msg(SpaceId dst_space_id,
 void PSParallelCompact::summary_phase(ParCompactionManager* cm,
                                       bool maximum_compaction)
 {
-  EventMark m("2 summarize");
   TraceTime tm("summary phase", print_phases(), true, gclog_or_tty);
   // trace("2");
 
@@ -2237,9 +2234,7 @@ void PSParallelCompact::invoke_no_policy(bool maximum_heap_compaction) {
 
   collection_exit.update();
 
-  if (PrintHeapAtGC) {
-    Universe::print_heap_after_gc();
-  }
+  heap->print_heap_after_gc();
   if (PrintGCTaskTimeStamps) {
     gclog_or_tty->print_cr("VM-Thread " INT64_FORMAT " " INT64_FORMAT " "
                            INT64_FORMAT,
@@ -2352,7 +2347,6 @@ GCTaskManager* const PSParallelCompact::gc_task_manager() {
 void PSParallelCompact::marking_phase(ParCompactionManager* cm,
                                       bool maximum_heap_compaction) {
   // Recursively traverse all live objects and mark them
-  EventMark m("1 mark object");
   TraceTime tm("marking phase", print_phases(), true, gclog_or_tty);
 
   ParallelScavengeHeap* heap = gc_heap();
@@ -2438,7 +2432,6 @@ static PSAlwaysTrueClosure always_true;
 
 void PSParallelCompact::adjust_roots() {
   // Adjust the pointers to reflect the new locations
-  EventMark m("3 adjust roots");
   TraceTime tm("adjust roots", print_phases(), true, gclog_or_tty);
 
   // General strong roots.
@@ -2469,7 +2462,6 @@ void PSParallelCompact::adjust_roots() {
 }
 
 void PSParallelCompact::compact_perm(ParCompactionManager* cm) {
-  EventMark m("4 compact perm");
   TraceTime tm("compact perm gen", print_phases(), true, gclog_or_tty);
   // trace("4");
 
@@ -2647,7 +2639,6 @@ void PSParallelCompact::enqueue_region_stealing_tasks(
 }
 
 void PSParallelCompact::compact() {
-  EventMark m("5 compact");
   // trace("5");
   TraceTime tm("compaction phase", print_phases(), true, gclog_or_tty);
 
@@ -3502,4 +3493,3 @@ void PSParallelCompact::compact_prologue() {
   _updated_int_array_klass_obj = (klassOop)
     summary_data().calc_new_pointer(Universe::intArrayKlassObj());
 }
-
diff --git a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psScavenge.cpp b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psScavenge.cpp
index 0cf826eca..f3cf14203 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psScavenge.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psScavenge.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2002, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2002, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -295,9 +295,7 @@ bool PSScavenge::invoke_no_policy() {
     heap->record_gen_tops_before_GC();
   }
 
-  if (PrintHeapAtGC) {
-    Universe::print_heap_before_gc();
-  }
+  heap->print_heap_before_gc();
 
   assert(!NeverTenure || _tenuring_threshold == markOopDesc::max_age + 1, "Sanity");
   assert(!AlwaysTenure || _tenuring_threshold == 0, "Sanity");
@@ -643,9 +641,7 @@ bool PSScavenge::invoke_no_policy() {
     Universe::verify(false);
   }
 
-  if (PrintHeapAtGC) {
-    Universe::print_heap_after_gc();
-  }
+  heap->print_heap_after_gc();
 
   if (ZapUnusedHeapArea) {
     young_gen->eden_space()->check_mangled_unused_area_complete();
diff --git a/src/share/vm/gc_interface/collectedHeap.cpp b/src/share/vm/gc_interface/collectedHeap.cpp
index 413248ca4..c65e1291f 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/gc_interface/collectedHeap.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/gc_interface/collectedHeap.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2001, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2001, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -51,6 +51,31 @@ int CollectedHeap::_fire_out_of_memory_count = 0;
 
 size_t CollectedHeap::_filler_array_max_size = 0;
 
+template <>
+void EventLogBase<GCMessage>::print(outputStream* st, GCMessage& m) {
+  st->print_cr("GC heap %s", m.is_before ? "before" : "after");
+  st->print_raw(m);
+}
+
+void GCHeapLog::log_heap(bool before) {
+  if (!should_log()) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  jlong timestamp = os::javaTimeNanos() / NANOSECS_PER_MILLISEC;
+  MutexLockerEx ml(&_mutex, Mutex::_no_safepoint_check_flag);
+  int index = compute_log_index();
+  _records[index].thread = NULL; // Its the GC thread so it's not that interesting.
+  _records[index].timestamp = timestamp;
+  _records[index].data.is_before = before;
+  stringStream st(_records[index].data.buffer(), _records[index].data.size());
+  if (before) {
+    Universe::print_heap_before_gc(&st);
+  } else {
+    Universe::print_heap_after_gc(&st);
+  }
+}
+
 // Memory state functions.
 
 
@@ -81,6 +106,12 @@ CollectedHeap::CollectedHeap() : _n_par_threads(0)
                              80, GCCause::to_string(_gc_lastcause), CHECK);
   }
   _defer_initial_card_mark = false; // strengthened by subclass in pre_initialize() below.
+  // Create the ring log
+  if (LogEvents) {
+    _gc_heap_log = new GCHeapLog();
+  } else {
+    _gc_heap_log = NULL;
+  }
 }
 
 void CollectedHeap::pre_initialize() {
diff --git a/src/share/vm/gc_interface/collectedHeap.hpp b/src/share/vm/gc_interface/collectedHeap.hpp
index c54dbbfc2..5f1b284e7 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/gc_interface/collectedHeap.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/gc_interface/collectedHeap.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2001, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2001, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "runtime/handles.hpp"
 #include "runtime/perfData.hpp"
 #include "runtime/safepoint.hpp"
+#include "utilities/events.hpp"
 
 // A "CollectedHeap" is an implementation of a java heap for HotSpot.  This
 // is an abstract class: there may be many different kinds of heaps.  This
@@ -43,6 +44,29 @@ class AdaptiveSizePolicy;
 class Thread;
 class CollectorPolicy;
 
+class GCMessage : public FormatBuffer<1024> {
+ public:
+  bool is_before;
+
+ public:
+  GCMessage() {}
+};
+
+class GCHeapLog : public EventLogBase<GCMessage> {
+ private:
+  void log_heap(bool before);
+
+ public:
+  GCHeapLog() : EventLogBase<GCMessage>("GC Heap History") {}
+
+  void log_heap_before() {
+    log_heap(true);
+  }
+  void log_heap_after() {
+    log_heap(false);
+  }
+};
+
 //
 // CollectedHeap
 //   SharedHeap
@@ -62,6 +86,8 @@ class CollectedHeap : public CHeapObj {
   // Used for filler objects (static, but initialized in ctor).
   static size_t _filler_array_max_size;
 
+  GCHeapLog* _gc_heap_log;
+
   // Used in support of ReduceInitialCardMarks; only consulted if COMPILER2 is being used
   bool _defer_initial_card_mark;
 
@@ -618,6 +644,27 @@ class CollectedHeap : public CHeapObj {
   // Default implementation does nothing.
   virtual void print_tracing_info() const = 0;
 
+  // If PrintHeapAtGC is set call the appropriate routi
+  void print_heap_before_gc() {
+    if (PrintHeapAtGC) {
+      Universe::print_heap_before_gc();
+    }
+    if (_gc_heap_log != NULL) {
+      _gc_heap_log->log_heap_before();
+    }
+  }
+  void print_heap_after_gc() {
+    if (PrintHeapAtGC) {
+      Universe::print_heap_after_gc();
+    }
+    if (_gc_heap_log != NULL) {
+      _gc_heap_log->log_heap_after();
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Allocate GCHeapLog during VM startup
+  static void initialize_heap_log();
+
   // Heap verification
   virtual void verify(bool allow_dirty, bool silent, VerifyOption option) = 0;
 
diff --git a/src/share/vm/memory/genCollectedHeap.cpp b/src/share/vm/memory/genCollectedHeap.cpp
index b4de7f19e..3cd791d35 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/memory/genCollectedHeap.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/memory/genCollectedHeap.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2000, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -479,11 +479,9 @@ void GenCollectedHeap::do_collection(bool  full,
 
   const size_t perm_prev_used = perm_gen()->used();
 
-  if (PrintHeapAtGC) {
-    Universe::print_heap_before_gc();
-    if (Verbose) {
-      gclog_or_tty->print_cr("GC Cause: %s", GCCause::to_string(gc_cause()));
-    }
+  print_heap_before_gc();
+  if (Verbose) {
+    gclog_or_tty->print_cr("GC Cause: %s", GCCause::to_string(gc_cause()));
   }
 
   {
@@ -685,9 +683,7 @@ void GenCollectedHeap::do_collection(bool  full,
   AdaptiveSizePolicy* sp = gen_policy()->size_policy();
   AdaptiveSizePolicyOutput(sp, total_collections());
 
-  if (PrintHeapAtGC) {
-    Universe::print_heap_after_gc();
-  }
+  print_heap_after_gc();
 
 #ifdef TRACESPINNING
   ParallelTaskTerminator::print_termination_counts();
diff --git a/src/share/vm/memory/genMarkSweep.cpp b/src/share/vm/memory/genMarkSweep.cpp
index 94a73dd31..925d968b6 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/memory/genMarkSweep.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/memory/genMarkSweep.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2001, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2001, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -254,7 +254,6 @@ void GenMarkSweep::deallocate_stacks() {
 void GenMarkSweep::mark_sweep_phase1(int level,
                                   bool clear_all_softrefs) {
   // Recursively traverse all live objects and mark them
-  EventMark m("1 mark object");
   TraceTime tm("phase 1", PrintGC && Verbose, true, gclog_or_tty);
   trace(" 1");
 
@@ -325,7 +324,6 @@ void GenMarkSweep::mark_sweep_phase2() {
   GenCollectedHeap* gch = GenCollectedHeap::heap();
   Generation* pg = gch->perm_gen();
 
-  EventMark m("2 compute new addresses");
   TraceTime tm("phase 2", PrintGC && Verbose, true, gclog_or_tty);
   trace("2");
 
@@ -350,7 +348,6 @@ void GenMarkSweep::mark_sweep_phase3(int level) {
   Generation* pg = gch->perm_gen();
 
   // Adjust the pointers to reflect the new locations
-  EventMark m("3 adjust pointers");
   TraceTime tm("phase 3", PrintGC && Verbose, true, gclog_or_tty);
   trace("3");
 
@@ -411,7 +408,6 @@ void GenMarkSweep::mark_sweep_phase4() {
   GenCollectedHeap* gch = GenCollectedHeap::heap();
   Generation* pg = gch->perm_gen();
 
-  EventMark m("4 compact heap");
   TraceTime tm("phase 4", PrintGC && Verbose, true, gclog_or_tty);
   trace("4");
 
diff --git a/src/share/vm/prims/jvm.cpp b/src/share/vm/prims/jvm.cpp
index fe51d11e6..4c503fea3 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/prims/jvm.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/prims/jvm.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -2716,7 +2716,9 @@ JVM_ENTRY(void, JVM_StopThread(JNIEnv* env, jobject jthread, jobject throwable))
   }
   oop java_thread = JNIHandles::resolve_non_null(jthread);
   JavaThread* receiver = java_lang_Thread::thread(java_thread);
-  Events::log("JVM_StopThread thread JavaThread " INTPTR_FORMAT " as oop " INTPTR_FORMAT " [exception " INTPTR_FORMAT "]", receiver, (address)java_thread, throwable);
+  Events::log_exception(JavaThread::current(),
+                        "JVM_StopThread thread JavaThread " INTPTR_FORMAT " as oop " INTPTR_FORMAT " [exception " INTPTR_FORMAT "]",
+                        receiver, (address)java_thread, throwable);
   // First check if thread is alive
   if (receiver != NULL) {
     // Check if exception is getting thrown at self (use oop equality, since the
diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/deoptimization.cpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/deoptimization.cpp
index 44eeee8b9..0e2a9839b 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/deoptimization.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/deoptimization.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -339,7 +339,6 @@ Deoptimization::UnrollBlock* Deoptimization::fetch_unroll_info_helper(JavaThread
 
 #ifdef ASSERT
   assert(cb->is_deoptimization_stub() || cb->is_uncommon_trap_stub(), "just checking");
-  Events::log("fetch unroll sp " INTPTR_FORMAT, unpack_sp);
 #endif
 #else
   intptr_t* unpack_sp = stub_frame.sender(&dummy_map).unextended_sp();
@@ -577,6 +576,8 @@ JRT_LEAF(BasicType, Deoptimization::unpack_frames(JavaThread* thread, int exec_m
     tty->print_cr("DEOPT UNPACKING thread " INTPTR_FORMAT " vframeArray " INTPTR_FORMAT " mode %d", thread, array, exec_mode);
   }
 #endif
+  Events::log(thread, "DEOPT UNPACKING pc=" INTPTR_FORMAT " sp=" INTPTR_FORMAT " mode %d",
+              stub_frame.pc(), stub_frame.sp(), exec_mode);
 
   UnrollBlock* info = array->unroll_block();
 
@@ -981,6 +982,7 @@ void Deoptimization::print_objects(GrowableArray<ScopeValue*>* objects) {
 #endif // COMPILER2
 
 vframeArray* Deoptimization::create_vframeArray(JavaThread* thread, frame fr, RegisterMap *reg_map, GrowableArray<compiledVFrame*>* chunk) {
+  Events::log(thread, "DEOPT PACKING pc=" INTPTR_FORMAT " sp=" INTPTR_FORMAT, fr.pc(), fr.sp());
 
 #ifndef PRODUCT
   if (TraceDeoptimization) {
@@ -1026,7 +1028,6 @@ vframeArray* Deoptimization::create_vframeArray(JavaThread* thread, frame fr, Re
 
   // Compare the vframeArray to the collected vframes
   assert(array->structural_compare(thread, chunk), "just checking");
-  Events::log("# vframes = %d", (intptr_t)chunk->length());
 
 #ifndef PRODUCT
   if (TraceDeoptimization) {
@@ -1124,8 +1125,6 @@ void Deoptimization::deoptimize_single_frame(JavaThread* thread, frame fr) {
 
   gather_statistics(Reason_constraint, Action_none, Bytecodes::_illegal);
 
-  EventMark m("Deoptimization (pc=" INTPTR_FORMAT ", sp=" INTPTR_FORMAT ")", fr.pc(), fr.id());
-
   // Patch the nmethod so that when execution returns to it we will
   // deopt the execution state and return to the interpreter.
   fr.deoptimize(thread);
@@ -1239,6 +1238,10 @@ JRT_ENTRY(void, Deoptimization::uncommon_trap_inner(JavaThread* thread, jint tra
   // before we are done with it.
   nmethodLocker nl(fr.pc());
 
+  // Log a message
+  Events::log_deopt_message(thread, "Uncommon trap %d fr.pc " INTPTR_FORMAT,
+                            trap_request, fr.pc());
+
   {
     ResourceMark rm;
 
@@ -1249,7 +1252,6 @@ JRT_ENTRY(void, Deoptimization::uncommon_trap_inner(JavaThread* thread, jint tra
     DeoptAction action = trap_request_action(trap_request);
     jint unloaded_class_index = trap_request_index(trap_request); // CP idx or -1
 
-    Events::log("Uncommon trap occurred @" INTPTR_FORMAT " unloaded_class_index = %d", fr.pc(), (int) trap_request);
     vframe*  vf  = vframe::new_vframe(&fr, &reg_map, thread);
     compiledVFrame* cvf = compiledVFrame::cast(vf);
 
diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/frame.cpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/frame.cpp
index ad6778c77..7ae9aa8d5 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/frame.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/frame.cpp
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ void frame::print_value_on(outputStream* st, JavaThread *thread) const {
     InterpreterCodelet* desc = Interpreter::codelet_containing(pc());
     if (desc != NULL) {
       st->print("~");
-      desc->print();
+      desc->print_on(st);
       NOT_PRODUCT(begin = desc->code_begin(); end = desc->code_end();)
     } else {
       st->print("~interpreter");
diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
index 6badd2a9e..82ced29fc 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
@@ -736,8 +736,11 @@ class CommandLineFlags {
   product(bool, MaxFDLimit, true,                                           \
           "Bump the number of file descriptors to max in solaris.")         \
                                                                             \
-  notproduct(bool, LogEvents, trueInDebug,                                  \
-          "Enable Event log")                                               \
+  diagnostic(bool, LogEvents, true,                                         \
+             "Enable the various ring buffer event logs")                   \
+                                                                            \
+  diagnostic(intx, LogEventsBufferEntries, 10,                              \
+             "Enable the various ring buffer event logs")                   \
                                                                             \
   product(bool, BytecodeVerificationRemote, true,                           \
           "Enables the Java bytecode verifier for remote classes")          \
diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/init.cpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/init.cpp
index 4176cd82d..c0e870ea2 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/init.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/init.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ void vtableStubs_init();
 void InlineCacheBuffer_init();
 void compilerOracle_init();
 void compilationPolicy_init();
-
+void compileBroker_init();
 
 // Initialization after compiler initialization
 bool universe_post_init();  // must happen after compiler_init
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ jint init_globals() {
   InlineCacheBuffer_init();
   compilerOracle_init();
   compilationPolicy_init();
+  compileBroker_init();
   VMRegImpl::set_regName();
 
   if (!universe_post_init()) {
diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/mutex.cpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/mutex.cpp
index dddd27cc2..9fc156089 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/mutex.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/mutex.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1998, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1998, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -1296,10 +1296,6 @@ void Monitor::set_owner_implementation(Thread *new_owner) {
 
       assert(this->rank() >= 0, "bad lock rank");
 
-      if (LogMultipleMutexLocking && locks != NULL) {
-        Events::log("thread " INTPTR_FORMAT " locks %s, already owns %s", new_owner, name(), locks->name());
-      }
-
       // Deadlock avoidance rules require us to acquire Mutexes only in
       // a global total order. For example m1 is the lowest ranked mutex
       // that the thread holds and m2 is the mutex the thread is trying
@@ -1343,10 +1339,6 @@ void Monitor::set_owner_implementation(Thread *new_owner) {
     #ifdef ASSERT
       Monitor *locks = old_owner->owned_locks();
 
-      if (LogMultipleMutexLocking && locks != this) {
-        Events::log("thread " INTPTR_FORMAT " unlocks %s, still owns %s", old_owner, this->name(), locks->name());
-      }
-
       // remove "this" from the owned locks list
 
       Monitor *prev = NULL;
diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/sharedRuntime.cpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/sharedRuntime.cpp
index bea5e6bfd..5010fe6fd 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/sharedRuntime.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/sharedRuntime.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -886,9 +886,9 @@ address SharedRuntime::continuation_for_implicit_exception(JavaThread* thread,
     // for AbortVMOnException flag
     NOT_PRODUCT(Exceptions::debug_check_abort("java.lang.NullPointerException"));
     if (exception_kind == IMPLICIT_NULL) {
-      Events::log("Implicit null exception at " INTPTR_FORMAT " to " INTPTR_FORMAT, pc, target_pc);
+      Events::log_exception(thread, "Implicit null exception at " INTPTR_FORMAT " to " INTPTR_FORMAT, pc, target_pc);
     } else {
-      Events::log("Implicit division by zero exception at " INTPTR_FORMAT " to " INTPTR_FORMAT, pc, target_pc);
+      Events::log_exception(thread, "Implicit division by zero exception at " INTPTR_FORMAT " to " INTPTR_FORMAT, pc, target_pc);
     }
     return target_pc;
   }
@@ -1541,7 +1541,6 @@ methodHandle SharedRuntime::reresolve_call_site(JavaThread *thread, TRAPS) {
   if (caller.is_compiled_frame() && !caller.is_deoptimized_frame()) {
 
     address pc = caller.pc();
-    Events::log("update call-site at pc " INTPTR_FORMAT, pc);
 
     // Default call_addr is the location of the "basic" call.
     // Determine the address of the call we a reresolving. With
diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp
index 18c04a905..ae9966453 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -1600,8 +1600,6 @@ void JavaThread::exit(bool destroy_vm, ExitType exit_type) {
     // java.lang.Thread.dispatchUncaughtException
     if (uncaught_exception.not_null()) {
       Handle group(this, java_lang_Thread::threadGroup(threadObj()));
-      Events::log("uncaught exception INTPTR_FORMAT " " INTPTR_FORMAT " " INTPTR_FORMAT",
-        (address)uncaught_exception(), (address)threadObj(), (address)group());
       {
         EXCEPTION_MARK;
         // Check if the method Thread.dispatchUncaughtException() exists. If so
@@ -3885,7 +3883,7 @@ void Threads::add(JavaThread* p, bool force_daemon) {
   ThreadService::add_thread(p, daemon);
 
   // Possible GC point.
-  Events::log("Thread added: " INTPTR_FORMAT, p);
+  Events::log(p, "Thread added: " INTPTR_FORMAT, p);
 }
 
 void Threads::remove(JavaThread* p) {
@@ -3930,7 +3928,7 @@ void Threads::remove(JavaThread* p) {
   } // unlock Threads_lock
 
   // Since Events::log uses a lock, we grab it outside the Threads_lock
-  Events::log("Thread exited: " INTPTR_FORMAT, p);
+  Events::log(p, "Thread exited: " INTPTR_FORMAT, p);
 }
 
 // Threads_lock must be held when this is called (or must be called during a safepoint)
diff --git a/src/share/vm/utilities/debug.cpp b/src/share/vm/utilities/debug.cpp
index b96e5bdf6..effeeecb5 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/utilities/debug.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/utilities/debug.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -601,18 +601,6 @@ extern "C" void flush()  {
 }
 
 
-extern "C" void events() {
-  Command c("events");
-  Events::print_last(tty, 50);
-}
-
-
-extern "C" void nevents(int n) {
-  Command c("events");
-  Events::print_last(tty, n);
-}
-
-
 // Given a heap address that was valid before the most recent GC, if
 // the oop that used to contain it is still live, prints the new
 // location of the oop and the address. Useful for tracking down
diff --git a/src/share/vm/utilities/debug.hpp b/src/share/vm/utilities/debug.hpp
index 63c69e63f..0ba644249 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/utilities/debug.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/utilities/debug.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -33,16 +33,23 @@
 // Simple class to format the ctor arguments into a fixed-sized buffer.
 template <size_t bufsz = 256>
 class FormatBuffer {
-public:
+ public:
   inline FormatBuffer(const char * format, ...);
   inline void append(const char* format, ...);
+  inline void print(const char* format, ...);
+  inline void printv(const char* format, va_list ap);
   operator const char *() const { return _buf; }
 
-private:
+  char* buffer() { return _buf; }
+  int size() { return bufsz; }
+
+ private:
   FormatBuffer(const FormatBuffer &); // prevent copies
 
-private:
+ protected:
   char _buf[bufsz];
+
+  inline FormatBuffer();
 };
 
 template <size_t bufsz>
@@ -54,6 +61,24 @@ FormatBuffer<bufsz>::FormatBuffer(const char * format, ...) {
 }
 
 template <size_t bufsz>
+FormatBuffer<bufsz>::FormatBuffer() {
+  _buf[0] = '\0';
+}
+
+template <size_t bufsz>
+void FormatBuffer<bufsz>::print(const char * format, ...) {
+  va_list argp;
+  va_start(argp, format);
+  jio_vsnprintf(_buf, bufsz, format, argp);
+  va_end(argp);
+}
+
+template <size_t bufsz>
+void FormatBuffer<bufsz>::printv(const char * format, va_list argp) {
+  jio_vsnprintf(_buf, bufsz, format, argp);
+}
+
+template <size_t bufsz>
 void FormatBuffer<bufsz>::append(const char* format, ...) {
   // Given that the constructor does a vsnprintf we can assume that
   // _buf is already initialized.
diff --git a/src/share/vm/utilities/events.cpp b/src/share/vm/utilities/events.cpp
index 62341195d..9c1ecb546 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/utilities/events.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/utilities/events.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "memory/allocation.inline.hpp"
 #include "runtime/mutexLocker.hpp"
 #include "runtime/osThread.hpp"
+#include "runtime/threadCritical.hpp"
 #include "runtime/threadLocalStorage.hpp"
 #include "runtime/timer.hpp"
 #include "utilities/events.hpp"
@@ -43,184 +44,40 @@
 #endif
 
 
-#ifndef PRODUCT
+EventLog* Events::_logs = NULL;
+StringEventLog* Events::_messages = NULL;
+StringEventLog* Events::_exceptions = NULL;
+StringEventLog* Events::_deopt_messages = NULL;
 
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-// Event
-
-typedef u4 EventID;
-
-class Event VALUE_OBJ_CLASS_SPEC  {
- private:
-  jlong       _time_tick;
-  intx        _thread_id;
-  const char* _format;
-  int         _indent;
-  intptr_t    _arg_1;
-  intptr_t    _arg_2;
-  intptr_t    _arg_3;
-
-  // only EventBuffer::add_event() can assign event id
-  friend class EventBuffer;
-  EventID     _id;
-
- public:
-
-  void clear() { _format = NULL; }
-
-  EventID id() const { return _id; }
-
-  void fill(int indent, const char* format, intptr_t arg_1, intptr_t arg_2, intptr_t arg_3) {
-    _format = format;
-    _arg_1  = arg_1;
-    _arg_2  = arg_2;
-    _arg_3  = arg_3;
-
-    _indent = indent;
-
-    _thread_id = os::current_thread_id();
-    _time_tick = os::elapsed_counter();
-  }
-
-  void print_on(outputStream *st) {
-    if (_format == NULL) return;
-    st->print("  %d", _thread_id);
-    st->print("  %3.2g   ", (double)_time_tick / os::elapsed_frequency());
-    st->fill_to(20);
-    for (int index = 0; index < _indent; index++) {
-      st->print("| ");
-    }
-    st->print_cr(_format, _arg_1, _arg_2, _arg_3);
-  }
-};
-
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-// EventBuffer
-//
-// Simple lock-free event queue. Every event has a unique 32-bit id.
-// It's fine if two threads add events at the same time, because they
-// will get different event id, and then write to different buffer location.
-// However, it is assumed that add_event() is quick enough (or buffer size
-// is big enough), so when one thread is adding event, there can't be more
-// than "size" events created by other threads; otherwise we'll end up having
-// two threads writing to the same location.
-
-class EventBuffer : AllStatic {
- private:
-  static Event* buffer;
-  static int    size;
-  static jint   indent;
-  static volatile EventID _current_event_id;
-
-  static EventID get_next_event_id() {
-    return (EventID)Atomic::add(1, (jint*)&_current_event_id);
-  }
-
- public:
-  static void inc_indent() { Atomic::inc(&indent); }
-  static void dec_indent() { Atomic::dec(&indent); }
-
-  static bool get_event(EventID id, Event* event) {
-    int index = (int)(id % size);
-    if (buffer[index].id() == id) {
-      memcpy(event, &buffer[index], sizeof(Event));
-      // check id again; if buffer[index] is being updated by another thread,
-      // event->id() will contain different value.
-      return (event->id() == id);
-    } else {
-      // id does not match - id is invalid, or event is overwritten
-      return false;
-    }
-  }
-
-  // add a new event to the queue; if EventBuffer is full, this call will
-  // overwrite the oldest event in the queue
-  static EventID add_event(const char* format,
-                           intptr_t arg_1, intptr_t arg_2, intptr_t arg_3) {
-    // assign a unique id
-    EventID id = get_next_event_id();
-
-    // event will be copied to buffer[index]
-    int index = (int)(id % size);
-
-    // first, invalidate id, buffer[index] can't have event with id = index + 2
-    buffer[index]._id = index + 2;
-
-    // make sure everyone has seen that buffer[index] is invalid
-    OrderAccess::fence();
-
-    // ... before updating its value
-    buffer[index].fill(indent, format, arg_1, arg_2, arg_3);
-
-    // finally, set up real event id, now buffer[index] contains valid event
-    OrderAccess::release_store(&(buffer[index]._id), id);
-
-    return id;
-  }
-
-  static void print_last(outputStream *st, int number) {
-    st->print_cr("[Last %d events in the event buffer]", number);
-    st->print_cr("-<thd>-<elapsed sec>-<description>---------------------");
-
-    int count = 0;
-    EventID id = _current_event_id;
-    while (count < number) {
-      Event event;
-      if (get_event(id, &event)) {
-         event.print_on(st);
-      }
-      id--;
-      count++;
-    }
-  }
-
-  static void print_all(outputStream* st) {
-    print_last(st, size);
-  }
-
-  static void init() {
-    // Allocate the event buffer
-    size   = EventLogLength;
-    buffer = NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY(Event, size);
-
-    _current_event_id = 0;
+EventLog::EventLog() {
+  // This normally done during bootstrap when we're only single
+  // threaded but use a ThreadCritical to ensure inclusion in case
+  // some are created slightly late.
+  ThreadCritical tc;
+  _next = Events::_logs;
+  Events::_logs = this;
+}
 
-    // Clear the event buffer
-    for (int index = 0; index < size; index++) {
-      buffer[index]._id = index + 1;       // index + 1 is invalid id
-      buffer[index].clear();
-    }
+// For each registered event logger, print out the current contents of
+// the buffer.  This is normally called when the JVM is crashing.
+void Events::print_all(outputStream* out) {
+  EventLog* log = _logs;
+  while (log != NULL) {
+    log->print_log_on(out);
+    log = log->next();
   }
-};
-
-Event*           EventBuffer::buffer;
-int              EventBuffer::size;
-volatile EventID EventBuffer::_current_event_id;
-int              EventBuffer::indent;
-
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-// Events
+}
 
-// Events::log() is safe for signal handlers
-void Events::log(const char* format, ...) {
+void Events::init() {
   if (LogEvents) {
-    va_list ap;
-    va_start(ap, format);
-    intptr_t arg_1 = va_arg(ap, intptr_t);
-    intptr_t arg_2 = va_arg(ap, intptr_t);
-    intptr_t arg_3 = va_arg(ap, intptr_t);
-    va_end(ap);
-
-    EventBuffer::add_event(format, arg_1, arg_2, arg_3);
+    _messages = new StringEventLog("Events");
+    _exceptions = new StringEventLog("Internal exceptions");
+    _deopt_messages = new StringEventLog("Deoptimization events");
   }
 }
 
-void Events::print_all(outputStream *st) {
-  EventBuffer::print_all(st);
-}
-
-void Events::print_last(outputStream *st, int number) {
-  EventBuffer::print_last(st, number);
+void eventlog_init() {
+  Events::init();
 }
 
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -230,37 +87,17 @@ EventMark::EventMark(const char* format, ...) {
   if (LogEvents) {
     va_list ap;
     va_start(ap, format);
-    intptr_t arg_1 = va_arg(ap, intptr_t);
-    intptr_t arg_2 = va_arg(ap, intptr_t);
-    intptr_t arg_3 = va_arg(ap, intptr_t);
+    // Save a copy of begin message and log it.
+    _buffer.printv(format, ap);
+    Events::log(NULL, _buffer);
     va_end(ap);
-
-    EventBuffer::add_event(format, arg_1, arg_2, arg_3);
-    EventBuffer::inc_indent();
   }
 }
 
 EventMark::~EventMark() {
   if (LogEvents) {
-    EventBuffer::dec_indent();
-    EventBuffer::add_event("done", 0, 0, 0);
+    // Append " done" to the begin message and log it
+    _buffer.append(" done");
+    Events::log(NULL, _buffer);
   }
 }
-
-///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-void eventlog_init() {
-  EventBuffer::init();
-}
-
-int print_all_events(outputStream *st) {
-  EventBuffer::print_all(st);
-  return 1;
-}
-
-#else
-
-void eventlog_init() {}
-int print_all_events(outputStream *st) { return 0; }
-
-#endif // PRODUCT
diff --git a/src/share/vm/utilities/events.hpp b/src/share/vm/utilities/events.hpp
index 6a50643da..89a357912 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/utilities/events.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/utilities/events.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@
 #define SHARE_VM_UTILITIES_EVENTS_HPP
 
 #include "memory/allocation.hpp"
+#include "runtime/mutexLocker.hpp"
+#include "runtime/thread.hpp"
 #include "utilities/top.hpp"
+#include "utilities/vmError.hpp"
 
 // Events and EventMark provide interfaces to log events taking place in the vm.
 // This facility is extremly useful for post-mortem debugging. The eventlog
@@ -47,26 +50,246 @@
 //   Max 3 arguments are saved for each logged event.
 //
 
+// The base event log dumping class that is registered for dumping at
+// crash time.  This is a very generic interface that is mainly here
+// for completeness.  Normally the templated EventLogBase would be
+// subclassed to provide different log types.
+class EventLog : public CHeapObj {
+  friend class Events;
+
+ private:
+  EventLog* _next;
+
+  EventLog* next() const { return _next; }
+
+ public:
+  // Automatically registers the log so that it will be printed during
+  // crashes.
+  EventLog();
+
+  virtual void print_log_on(outputStream* out) = 0;
+};
+
+
+// A templated subclass of EventLog that provides basic ring buffer
+// functionality.  Most event loggers should subclass this, possibly
+// providing a more featureful log function if the existing copy
+// semantics aren't appropriate.  The name is used as the label of the
+// log when it is dumped during a crash.
+template <class T> class EventLogBase : public EventLog {
+  template <class X> class EventRecord {
+   public:
+    jlong   timestamp;
+    Thread* thread;
+    X       data;
+  };
+
+ protected:
+  Mutex           _mutex;
+  const char*     _name;
+  int             _length;
+  int             _index;
+  int             _count;
+  EventRecord<T>* _records;
+
+ public:
+  EventLogBase<T>(const char* name, int length = LogEventsBufferEntries):
+    _name(name),
+    _length(length),
+    _count(0),
+    _index(0),
+    _mutex(Mutex::event, name) {
+    _records = new EventRecord<T>[length];
+  }
+
+  // move the ring buffer to next open slot and return the index of
+  // the slot to use for the current message.  Should only be called
+  // while mutex is held.
+  int compute_log_index() {
+    int index = _index;
+    if (_count < _length) _count++;
+    _index++;
+    if (_index >= _length) _index = 0;
+    return index;
+  }
+
+  bool should_log() {
+    // Don't bother adding new entries when we're crashing.  This also
+    // avoids mutating the ring buffer when printing the log.
+    return !VMError::fatal_error_in_progress();
+  }
+
+  // Print the contents of the log
+  void print_log_on(outputStream* out);
+
+ private:
+  void print_log_impl(outputStream* out);
+
+  // Print a single element.  A templated implementation might need to
+  // be declared by subclasses.
+  void print(outputStream* out, T& e);
+
+  void print(outputStream* out, EventRecord<T>& e) {
+    out->print("Event: " INT64_FORMAT " ", e.timestamp);
+    if (e.thread != NULL) {
+      out->print("Thread " INTPTR_FORMAT " ", e.thread);
+    }
+    print(out, e.data);
+  }
+};
+
+// A simple wrapper class for fixed size text messages.
+class StringLogMessage : public FormatBuffer<132> {
+ public:
+  // Wrap this buffer in a stringStream.
+  stringStream stream() {
+    return stringStream(_buf, sizeof(_buf));
+  }
+};
+
+// A simple ring buffer of fixed size text messages.
+class StringEventLog : public EventLogBase<StringLogMessage> {
+ public:
+  StringEventLog(const char* name, int count = LogEventsBufferEntries) : EventLogBase<StringLogMessage>(name, count) {}
+
+  void logv(Thread* thread, const char* format, va_list ap) {
+    if (!should_log()) return;
+
+    jlong timestamp = os::javaTimeNanos() / NANOSECS_PER_MILLISEC;
+    MutexLockerEx ml(&_mutex, Mutex::_no_safepoint_check_flag);
+    int index = compute_log_index();
+    _records[index].thread = thread;
+    _records[index].timestamp = timestamp;
+    _records[index].data.printv(format, ap);
+  }
+
+  void log(Thread* thread, const char* format, ...) {
+    va_list ap;
+    va_start(ap, format);
+    logv(thread, format, ap);
+    va_end(ap);
+  }
+
+};
+
+
+
 class Events : AllStatic {
+  friend class EventLog;
+
+ private:
+  static EventLog* _logs;
+
+  // A log for generic messages that aren't well categorized.
+  static StringEventLog* _messages;
+
+  // A log for internal exception related messages, like internal
+  // throws and implicit exceptions.
+  static StringEventLog* _exceptions;
+
+  // Deoptization related messages
+  static StringEventLog* _deopt_messages;
+
  public:
-  // Logs an event, format as printf
-  static void log(const char* format, ...) PRODUCT_RETURN;
+  static void print_all(outputStream* out);
+
+  static void print() {
+    print_all(tty);
+  }
+
+  // Logs a generic message with timestamp and format as printf.
+  static void log(Thread* thread, const char* format, ...);
 
-  // Prints all events in the buffer
-  static void print_all(outputStream* st) PRODUCT_RETURN;
+  // Log exception related message
+  static void log_exception(Thread* thread, const char* format, ...);
 
-  // Prints last number events from the event buffer
-  static void print_last(outputStream *st, int number) PRODUCT_RETURN;
+  static void log_deopt_message(Thread* thread, const char* format, ...);
+
+  // Register default loggers
+  static void init();
 };
 
+
+inline void Events::log(Thread* thread, const char* format, ...) {
+  if (LogEvents) {
+    va_list ap;
+    va_start(ap, format);
+    _messages->logv(thread, format, ap);
+    va_end(ap);
+  }
+}
+
+inline void Events::log_exception(Thread* thread, const char* format, ...) {
+  if (LogEvents) {
+    va_list ap;
+    va_start(ap, format);
+    _exceptions->logv(thread, format, ap);
+    va_end(ap);
+  }
+}
+
+inline void Events::log_deopt_message(Thread* thread, const char* format, ...) {
+  if (LogEvents) {
+    va_list ap;
+    va_start(ap, format);
+    _deopt_messages->logv(thread, format, ap);
+    va_end(ap);
+  }
+}
+
+
+template <class T>
+inline void EventLogBase<T>::print_log_on(outputStream* out) {
+  if (ThreadLocalStorage::get_thread_slow() == NULL) {
+    // Not a regular Java thread so don't bother locking
+    print_log_impl(out);
+  } else {
+    MutexLockerEx ml(&_mutex, Mutex::_no_safepoint_check_flag);
+    print_log_impl(out);
+  }
+}
+
+// Dump the ring buffer entries that current have entries.
+template <class T>
+inline void EventLogBase<T>::print_log_impl(outputStream* out) {
+  out->print_cr("%s (%d events):", _name, _count);
+  if (_count == 0) {
+    out->print_cr("No events");
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (_count < _length) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < _count; i++) {
+      print(out, _records[i]);
+    }
+  } else {
+    for (int i = _index; i < _length; i++) {
+      print(out, _records[i]);
+    }
+    for (int i = 0; i < _index; i++) {
+      print(out, _records[i]);
+    }
+  }
+  out->cr();
+}
+
+// Implement a printing routine for the StringLogMessage
+template <>
+inline void EventLogBase<StringLogMessage>::print(outputStream* out, StringLogMessage& lm) {
+  out->print_raw(lm);
+  out->cr();
+}
+
+// Place markers for the beginning and end up of a set of events.
+// These end up in the default log.
 class EventMark : public StackObj {
+  StringLogMessage _buffer;
+
  public:
   // log a begin event, format as printf
-  EventMark(const char* format, ...) PRODUCT_RETURN;
+  EventMark(const char* format, ...);
   // log an end event
-  ~EventMark() PRODUCT_RETURN;
+  ~EventMark();
 };
 
-int print_all_events(outputStream *st);
-
 #endif // SHARE_VM_UTILITIES_EVENTS_HPP
diff --git a/src/share/vm/utilities/exceptions.cpp b/src/share/vm/utilities/exceptions.cpp
index 91960278b..874d8e5b1 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/utilities/exceptions.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/utilities/exceptions.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1998, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1998, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ void Exceptions::_throw(Thread* thread, const char* file, int line, Handle h_exc
   thread->set_pending_exception(h_exception(), file, line);
 
   // vm log
-  Events::log("throw_exception " INTPTR_FORMAT, (address)h_exception());
+  Events::log_exception(thread, "Threw " INTPTR_FORMAT " at %s:%d", (address)h_exception(), file, line);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/share/vm/utilities/vmError.cpp b/src/share/vm/utilities/vmError.cpp
index a212f7646..2b4253257 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/utilities/vmError.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/utilities/vmError.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2003, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2003, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "utilities/decoder.hpp"
 #include "utilities/defaultStream.hpp"
 #include "utilities/errorReporter.hpp"
+#include "utilities/events.hpp"
 #include "utilities/top.hpp"
 #include "utilities/vmError.hpp"
 
@@ -693,7 +694,14 @@ void VMError::report(outputStream* st) {
        st->cr();
      }
 
-  STEP(200, "(printing dynamic libraries)" )
+  STEP(200, "(printing ring buffers)" )
+
+     if (_verbose) {
+       Events::print_all(st);
+       st->cr();
+     }
+
+  STEP(205, "(printing dynamic libraries)" )
 
      if (_verbose) {
        // dynamic libraries, or memory map