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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
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+ *
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+
+#ifndef SHARE_VM_GC_IMPLEMENTATION_SHARED_SUSPENDIBLETHREADSET_HPP
+#define SHARE_VM_GC_IMPLEMENTATION_SHARED_SUSPENDIBLETHREADSET_HPP
+
+#include "memory/allocation.hpp"
+
+// A SuspendibleThreadSet is a set of threads that can be suspended.
+// A thread can join and later leave the set, and periodically yield.
+// If some thread (not in the set) requests, via synchronize(), that
+// the threads be suspended, then the requesting thread is blocked
+// until all the threads in the set have yielded or left the set. Threads
+// may not enter the set when an attempted suspension is in progress. The
+// suspending thread later calls desynchronize(), allowing the suspended
+// threads to continue.
+class SuspendibleThreadSet : public AllStatic {
+private:
+  static uint   _nthreads;
+  static uint   _nthreads_stopped;
+  static bool   _suspend_all;
+  static double _suspend_all_start;
+
+public:
+  // Add the current thread to the set. May block if a suspension is in progress.
+  static void join();
+
+  // Removes the current thread from the set.
+  static void leave();
+
+  // Returns true if an suspension is in progress.
+  static bool should_yield() { return _suspend_all; }
+
+  // Suspends the current thread if a suspension is in progress.
+  static void yield();
+
+  // Returns when all threads in the set are suspended.
+  static void synchronize();
+
+  // Resumes all suspended threads in the set.
+  static void desynchronize();
+};
+
+class SuspendibleThreadSetJoiner : public StackObj {
+public:
+  SuspendibleThreadSetJoiner() {
+    SuspendibleThreadSet::join();
+  }
+
+  ~SuspendibleThreadSetJoiner() {
+    SuspendibleThreadSet::leave();
+  }
+
+  bool should_yield() {
+    return SuspendibleThreadSet::should_yield();
+  }
+
+  void yield() {
+    SuspendibleThreadSet::yield();
+  }
+};
+
+#endif // SHARE_VM_GC_IMPLEMENTATION_SHARED_SUSPENDIBLETHREADSET_HPP