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+/*
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+
+#ifndef SHARE_VM_GC_SHARED_WORKERMANAGER_HPP
+#define SHARE_VM_GC_SHARED_WORKERMANAGER_HPP
+
+#include "gc/shared/adaptiveSizePolicy.hpp"
+
+class WorkerManager : public AllStatic {
+ public:
+  // Create additional workers as needed.
+  //   active_workers - number of workers being requested for an upcoming
+  // parallel task.
+  //   total_workers - total number of workers.  This is the maximum
+  // number possible.
+  //   created_workers - number of workers already created.  This maybe
+  // less than, equal to, or greater than active workers.  If greater than
+  // or equal to active_workers, nothing is done.
+  //   worker_type - type of thread.
+  //   initializing - true if this is called to get the initial number of
+  // GC workers.
+  // If initializing is true, do a vm exit if the workers cannot be created.
+  // The initializing = true case is for JVM start up and failing to
+  // create all the worker at start should considered a problem so exit.
+  // If initializing = false, there are already some number of worker
+  // threads and a failure would not be optimal but should not be fatal.
+  template <class WorkerType>
+  static uint add_workers (WorkerType* holder,
+                   uint active_workers,
+                   uint total_workers,
+                   uint created_workers,
+                   os::ThreadType worker_type,
+                   bool initializing) {
+    uint start = created_workers;
+    uint end = MIN2(active_workers, total_workers);
+    for (uint worker_id = start; worker_id < end; worker_id += 1) {
+      WorkerThread* new_worker = holder->install_worker(worker_id);
+      assert(new_worker != NULL, "Failed to allocate GangWorker");
+      if (new_worker == NULL || !os::create_thread(new_worker, worker_type)) {
+        if(initializing) {
+          vm_exit_out_of_memory(0, OOM_MALLOC_ERROR,
+                  "Cannot create worker GC thread. Out of system resources.");
+        }
+      }
+      created_workers++;
+      os::start_thread(new_worker);
+    }
+
+    log_trace(gc, task)("AdaptiveSizePolicy::add_workers() : "
+       "active_workers: %u created_workers: %u",
+       active_workers, created_workers);
+
+    return created_workers;
+  }
+};
+#endif // SHARE_VM_GC_SHARED_WORKERMANAGER_HPP