--- jdk8/hotspot/make/linux/makefiles/mapfile-vers-product	2014-06-23 13:56:33.000000000 -0400
+++ jdk8/hotspot/make/linux/makefiles/mapfile-vers-product	2014-07-02 05:11:08.566464756 -0400
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@
                 JVM_GetStackTraceElement;
                 JVM_GetSystemPackage;
                 JVM_GetSystemPackages;
+                JVM_GetTemporaryDirectory;
                 JVM_GetThreadStateNames;
                 JVM_GetThreadStateValues;
                 JVM_GetVersionInfo;
--- jdk8/hotspot/make/linux/makefiles/mapfile-vers-debug	2014-06-23 13:56:33.000000000 -0400
+++ jdk8/hotspot/make/linux/makefiles/mapfile-vers-debug	2014-07-02 05:10:54.827654319 -0400
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@
                 JVM_GetStackTraceElement;
                 JVM_GetSystemPackage;
                 JVM_GetSystemPackages;
+                JVM_GetTemporaryDirectory;
                 JVM_GetThreadStateNames;
                 JVM_GetThreadStateValues;
                 JVM_GetVersionInfo;
--- jdk8/hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/jvm.cpp	2014-06-23 13:56:33.000000000 -0400
+++ jdk8/hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/jvm.cpp	2014-07-02 05:09:22.335662279 -0400
@@ -391,6 +391,21 @@
   return properties;
 JVM_END
 
+/*
+ * Return the temporary directory that the VM uses for the attach
+ * and perf data files.
+ *
+ * It is important that this directory is well-known and the
+ * same for all VM instances. It cannot be affected by configuration
+ * variables such as java.io.tmpdir.
+ */
+JVM_ENTRY(jstring, JVM_GetTemporaryDirectory(JNIEnv *env))
+  JVMWrapper("JVM_GetTemporaryDirectory");
+  HandleMark hm(THREAD);
+  const char* temp_dir = os::get_temp_directory();
+  Handle h = java_lang_String::create_from_platform_dependent_str(temp_dir, CHECK_NULL);
+  return (jstring) JNIHandles::make_local(env, h());
+JVM_END
 
 // java.lang.Runtime /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
--- jdk8/hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/jvm.h	2014-06-23 13:56:33.000000000 -0400
+++ jdk8/hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/jvm.h	2014-07-02 05:07:41.524389758 -0400
@@ -1490,6 +1490,9 @@
 JNIEXPORT jobject JNICALL
 JVM_InitAgentProperties(JNIEnv *env, jobject agent_props);
 
+JNIEXPORT jstring JNICALL
+JVM_GetTemporaryDirectory(JNIEnv *env);
+
 /* Generics reflection support.
  *
  * Returns information about the given class's EnclosingMethod