diff --git a/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp b/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp
index a3975d89892351baf5a8aa26805f06cd4d492e6a..19d87fe7fde301f95ed3395efe064f44da3484fc 100644
--- a/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp
+++ b/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp
@@ -2648,45 +2648,39 @@ bool os::uncommit_memory(char* addr, size_t size) {
 // writing thread stacks don't use growable mappings (i.e. those
 // creeated with MAP_GROWSDOWN), and aren't marked "[stack]", so this
 // only applies to the main thread.
-static bool
-get_stack_bounds(uintptr_t *bottom, uintptr_t *top)
-{
-  FILE *f = fopen("/proc/self/maps", "r");
-  if (f == NULL)
-    return false;
 
-  while (!feof(f)) {
-    size_t dummy;
-    char *str = NULL;
-    ssize_t len = getline(&str, &dummy, f);
-    if (len == -1) {
-      fclose(f);
-      return false;
-    }
+static
+bool get_stack_bounds(uintptr_t *bottom, uintptr_t *top) {
 
-    if (len > 0 && str[len-1] == '\n') {
-      str[len-1] = 0;
-      len--;
-    }
+  char buf[128];
+  int fd, sz;
+
+  if ((fd = ::open("/proc/self/maps", O_RDONLY)) < 0) {
+    return false;
+  }
 
-    static const char *stack_str = "[stack]";
-    if (len > (ssize_t)strlen(stack_str)
-       && (strcmp(str + len - strlen(stack_str), stack_str) == 0)) {
-      if (sscanf(str, "%" SCNxPTR "-%" SCNxPTR, bottom, top) == 2) {
-        uintptr_t sp = (uintptr_t)__builtin_frame_address(0);
-        if (sp >= *bottom && sp <= *top) {
-          free(str);
-          fclose(f);
-          return true;
+  const char kw[] = "[stack]";
+  const int kwlen = sizeof(kw)-1;
+
+  // Address part of /proc/self/maps couldn't be more than 128 bytes
+  while ((sz = os::get_line_chars(fd, buf, sizeof(buf))) > 0) {
+     if (sz > kwlen && ::memcmp(buf+sz-kwlen, kw, kwlen) == 0) {
+        // Extract addresses
+        if (sscanf(buf, "%" SCNxPTR "-%" SCNxPTR, bottom, top) == 2) {
+           uintptr_t sp = (uintptr_t) __builtin_frame_address(0);
+           if (sp >= *bottom && sp <= *top) {
+              ::close(fd);
+              return true;
+           }
         }
-      }
-    }
-    free(str);
+     }
   }
-  fclose(f);
+
+ ::close(fd);
   return false;
 }
 
+
 // If the (growable) stack mapping already extends beyond the point
 // where we're going to put our guard pages, truncate the mapping at
 // that point by munmap()ping it.  This ensures that when we later
diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/os.cpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/os.cpp
index cf949071bc9715d7c6ab0ab74a705812b061e46a..0f84de3d1a2daa143717067a1e256cdc1b519611 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/os.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/os.cpp
@@ -1291,3 +1291,41 @@ bool os::is_server_class_machine() {
   }
   return result;
 }
+
+// Read file line by line, if line is longer than bsize,
+// skip rest of line.
+int os::get_line_chars(int fd, char* buf, const size_t bsize){
+  size_t sz, i = 0;
+
+  // read until EOF, EOL or buf is full
+  while ((sz = (int) read(fd, &buf[i], 1)) == 1 && i < (bsize-1) && buf[i] != '\n') {
+     ++i;
+  }
+
+  if (buf[i] == '\n') {
+    // EOL reached so ignore EOL character and return
+
+    buf[i] = 0;
+    return (int) i;
+  }
+
+  buf[i+1] = 0;
+
+  if (sz != 1) {
+    // EOF reached. if we read chars before EOF return them and
+    // return EOF on next call otherwise return EOF
+
+    return (i == 0) ? -1 : (int) i;
+  }
+
+  // line is longer than size of buf, skip to EOL
+  int ch;
+  while (read(fd, &ch, 1) == 1 && ch != '\n') {
+    // Do nothing
+  }
+
+  // return initial part of line that fits in buf.
+  // If we reached EOF, it will be returned on next call.
+
+  return (int) i;
+}
diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/os.hpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/os.hpp
index b9b9d0c05ae20a4e7cff8825722dce06405d1254..13a266ea8fac8c3bd222efcc15e06964dfcd5024 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/os.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/os.hpp
@@ -658,6 +658,10 @@ class os: AllStatic {
   // Hook for os specific jvm options that we don't want to abort on seeing
   static bool obsolete_option(const JavaVMOption *option);
 
+  // Read file line by line. If line is longer than bsize,
+  // rest of line is skipped. Returns number of bytes read or -1 on EOF
+  static int get_line_chars(int fd, char *buf, const size_t bsize);
+
   // Platform dependent stuff
 #ifdef TARGET_OS_FAMILY_linux
 # include "os_linux.hpp"