--- a/src/os/solaris/vm/perfMemory_solaris.cpp	Thu Oct 16 10:21:29 2014 +0200
+++ b/src/os/solaris/vm/perfMemory_solaris.cpp	Wed Oct 15 16:02:50 2014 +0200
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2001, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2001, 2014, 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
@@ -431,10 +431,12 @@
 
       RESTARTABLE(::read(fd, addr, remaining), result);
       if (result == OS_ERR) {
+        ::close(fd);
         THROW_MSG_0(vmSymbols::java_io_IOException(), "Read error");
+      } else {
+        remaining-=result;
+        addr+=result;
       }
-      remaining-=result;
-      addr+=result;
     }
 
     ::close(fd);
@@ -906,8 +908,16 @@
   FREE_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, filename, mtInternal);
 
   // open the shared memory file for the give vmid
-  fd = open_sharedmem_file(rfilename, file_flags, CHECK);
-  assert(fd != OS_ERR, "unexpected value");
+  fd = open_sharedmem_file(rfilename, file_flags, THREAD);
+
+  if (fd == OS_ERR) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (HAS_PENDING_EXCEPTION) {
+    ::close(fd);
+    return;
+  }
 
   if (*sizep == 0) {
     size = sharedmem_filesize(fd, CHECK);