--- a/src/jdk.internal.vm.compiler/share/classes/org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot/src/org/graalvm/compiler/hotspot/replacements/MonitorSnippets.java	Mon May 06 12:17:54 2019 -0700
+++ b/src/jdk.internal.vm.compiler/share/classes/org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot/src/org/graalvm/compiler/hotspot/replacements/MonitorSnippets.java	Mon May 06 21:50:20 2019 +0200
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 package org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot.replacements;
 
 import static jdk.vm.ci.code.MemoryBarriers.LOAD_STORE;
+import static jdk.vm.ci.code.MemoryBarriers.STORE_LOAD;
 import static jdk.vm.ci.code.MemoryBarriers.STORE_STORE;
 import static org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot.GraalHotSpotVMConfig.INJECTED_OPTIONVALUES;
 import static org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot.GraalHotSpotVMConfig.INJECTED_VMCONFIG;
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@
 import static org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot.replacements.HotSpotReplacementsUtil.OBJECT_MONITOR_ENTRY_LIST_LOCATION;
 import static org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot.replacements.HotSpotReplacementsUtil.OBJECT_MONITOR_OWNER_LOCATION;
 import static org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot.replacements.HotSpotReplacementsUtil.OBJECT_MONITOR_RECURSION_LOCATION;
+import static org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot.replacements.HotSpotReplacementsUtil.OBJECT_MONITOR_SUCC_LOCATION;
 import static org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot.replacements.HotSpotReplacementsUtil.PROTOTYPE_MARK_WORD_LOCATION;
 import static org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot.replacements.HotSpotReplacementsUtil.ageMaskInPlace;
 import static org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot.replacements.HotSpotReplacementsUtil.biasedLockMaskInPlace;
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@
 import static org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot.replacements.HotSpotReplacementsUtil.objectMonitorEntryListOffset;
 import static org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot.replacements.HotSpotReplacementsUtil.objectMonitorOwnerOffset;
 import static org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot.replacements.HotSpotReplacementsUtil.objectMonitorRecursionsOffset;
+import static org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot.replacements.HotSpotReplacementsUtil.objectMonitorSuccOffset;
 import static org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot.replacements.HotSpotReplacementsUtil.pageSize;
 import static org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot.replacements.HotSpotReplacementsUtil.prototypeMarkWordOffset;
 import static org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot.replacements.HotSpotReplacementsUtil.registerAsWord;
@@ -574,6 +577,32 @@
                     traceObject(trace, "-lock{inflated:simple}", object, false);
                     counters.unlockInflatedSimple.inc();
                     return true;
+                } else {
+                    int succOffset = objectMonitorSuccOffset(INJECTED_VMCONFIG);
+                    Word succ = monitor.readWord(succOffset, OBJECT_MONITOR_SUCC_LOCATION);
+                    if (probability(FREQUENT_PROBABILITY, succ.isNonNull())) {
+                        // There may be a thread spinning on this monitor. Temporarily setting
+                        // the monitor owner to null, and hope that the other thread will grab it.
+                        monitor.writeWord(ownerOffset, zero());
+                        memoryBarrier(STORE_STORE | STORE_LOAD);
+                        succ = monitor.readWord(succOffset, OBJECT_MONITOR_SUCC_LOCATION);
+                        if (probability(NOT_FREQUENT_PROBABILITY, succ.isNonNull())) {
+                            // We manage to release the monitor before the other running thread even
+                            // notices.
+                            traceObject(trace, "-lock{inflated:transfer}", object, false);
+                            counters.unlockInflatedTransfer.inc();
+                            return true;
+                        } else {
+                            // Either the monitor is grabbed by a spinning thread, or the spinning
+                            // thread parks. Now we attempt to reset the owner of the monitor.
+                            if (probability(FREQUENT_PROBABILITY, !monitor.logicCompareAndSwapWord(ownerOffset, zero(), thread, OBJECT_MONITOR_OWNER_LOCATION))) {
+                                // The monitor is stolen.
+                                traceObject(trace, "-lock{inflated:transfer}", object, false);
+                                counters.unlockInflatedTransfer.inc();
+                                return true;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
             }
             counters.unlockStubInflated.inc();
@@ -692,6 +721,7 @@
         public final SnippetCounter unlockStub;
         public final SnippetCounter unlockStubInflated;
         public final SnippetCounter unlockInflatedSimple;
+        public final SnippetCounter unlockInflatedTransfer;
 
         public Counters(SnippetCounter.Group.Factory factory) {
             SnippetCounter.Group enter = factory.createSnippetCounterGroup("MonitorEnters");
@@ -716,6 +746,7 @@
             unlockStub = new SnippetCounter(exit, "unlock{stub}", "stub-unlocked an object");
             unlockStubInflated = new SnippetCounter(exit, "unlock{stub:inflated}", "stub-unlocked an object with inflated monitor");
             unlockInflatedSimple = new SnippetCounter(exit, "unlock{inflated}", "unlocked an object monitor");
+            unlockInflatedTransfer = new SnippetCounter(exit, "unlock{inflated:transfer}", "unlocked an object monitor in the presence of ObjectMonitor::_succ");
         }
     }