--- a/src/jdk.internal.vm.compiler/share/classes/org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot/src/org/graalvm/compiler/hotspot/HotSpotBackend.java	Fri Oct 05 18:25:15 2018 +0100
+++ b/src/jdk.internal.vm.compiler/share/classes/org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot/src/org/graalvm/compiler/hotspot/HotSpotBackend.java	Fri Oct 05 20:03:14 2018 +0200
@@ -279,21 +279,36 @@
     public static final ForeignCallDescriptor VM_ERROR = new ForeignCallDescriptor("vm_error", void.class, Object.class, Object.class, long.class);
 
     /**
-     * New multi array stub call.
+     * New multi array stub that throws an {@link OutOfMemoryError} on allocation failure.
      */
     public static final ForeignCallDescriptor NEW_MULTI_ARRAY = new ForeignCallDescriptor("new_multi_array", Object.class, KlassPointer.class, int.class, Word.class);
 
     /**
-     * New array stub.
+     * New multi array stub that will return null on allocation failure.
+     */
+    public static final ForeignCallDescriptor NEW_MULTI_ARRAY_OR_NULL = new ForeignCallDescriptor("new_multi_array_or_null", Object.class, KlassPointer.class, int.class, Word.class);
+
+    /**
+     * New array stub that throws an {@link OutOfMemoryError} on allocation failure.
      */
     public static final ForeignCallDescriptor NEW_ARRAY = new ForeignCallDescriptor("new_array", Object.class, KlassPointer.class, int.class);
 
     /**
-     * New instance stub.
+     * New array stub that will return null on allocation failure.
+     */
+    public static final ForeignCallDescriptor NEW_ARRAY_OR_NULL = new ForeignCallDescriptor("new_array_or_null", Object.class, KlassPointer.class, int.class);
+
+    /**
+     * New instance stub that throws an {@link OutOfMemoryError} on allocation failure.
      */
     public static final ForeignCallDescriptor NEW_INSTANCE = new ForeignCallDescriptor("new_instance", Object.class, KlassPointer.class);
 
     /**
+     * New instance stub that will return null on allocation failure.
+     */
+    public static final ForeignCallDescriptor NEW_INSTANCE_OR_NULL = new ForeignCallDescriptor("new_instance_or_null", Object.class, KlassPointer.class);
+
+    /**
      * @see ResolveConstantStubCall
      */
     public static final ForeignCallDescriptor RESOLVE_STRING_BY_SYMBOL = new ForeignCallDescriptor("resolve_string_by_symbol", Object.class, Word.class, Word.class);