diff -r 2b004d807187 -r 35a6956f4243 src/hotspot/share/runtime/thread.cpp
--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/thread.cpp	Tue Aug 28 14:45:34 2018 -0400
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/thread.cpp	Tue Aug 28 16:04:54 2018 -0400
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
 #include "runtime/prefetch.inline.hpp"
 #include "runtime/safepoint.hpp"
 #include "runtime/safepointMechanism.inline.hpp"
+#include "runtime/safepointVerifiers.hpp"
 #include "runtime/sharedRuntime.hpp"
 #include "runtime/statSampler.hpp"
 #include "runtime/stubRoutines.hpp"
@@ -168,13 +169,6 @@
 // Current thread is maintained as a thread-local variable
 THREAD_LOCAL_DECL Thread* Thread::_thr_current = NULL;
 #endif
-// Class hierarchy
-// - Thread
-//   - VMThread
-//   - WatcherThread
-//   - ConcurrentMarkSweepThread
-//   - JavaThread
-//     - CompilerThread
 
 // ======= Thread ========
 // Support for forcing alignment of thread objects for biased locking
@@ -1207,61 +1201,63 @@
                           THREAD);
 }
 
-// List of all NamedThreads and safe iteration over that list.
-
-class NamedThread::List {
+// List of all NonJavaThreads and safe iteration over that list.
+
+class NonJavaThread::List {
 public:
-  NamedThread* volatile _head;
+  NonJavaThread* volatile _head;
   SingleWriterSynchronizer _protect;
 
   List() : _head(NULL), _protect() {}
 };
 
-NamedThread::List NamedThread::_the_list;
-
-NamedThread::Iterator::Iterator() :
+NonJavaThread::List NonJavaThread::_the_list;
+
+NonJavaThread::Iterator::Iterator() :
   _protect_enter(_the_list._protect.enter()),
   _current(OrderAccess::load_acquire(&_the_list._head))
 {}
 
-NamedThread::Iterator::~Iterator() {
+NonJavaThread::Iterator::~Iterator() {
   _the_list._protect.exit(_protect_enter);
 }
 
-void NamedThread::Iterator::step() {
+void NonJavaThread::Iterator::step() {
   assert(!end(), "precondition");
-  _current = OrderAccess::load_acquire(&_current->_next_named_thread);
+  _current = OrderAccess::load_acquire(&_current->_next);
+}
+
+NonJavaThread::NonJavaThread() : Thread(), _next(NULL) {
+  // Add this thread to _the_list.
+  MutexLockerEx lock(NonJavaThreadsList_lock, Mutex::_no_safepoint_check_flag);
+  _next = _the_list._head;
+  OrderAccess::release_store(&_the_list._head, this);
+}
+
+NonJavaThread::~NonJavaThread() {
+  // Remove this thread from _the_list.
+  MutexLockerEx lock(NonJavaThreadsList_lock, Mutex::_no_safepoint_check_flag);
+  NonJavaThread* volatile* p = &_the_list._head;
+  for (NonJavaThread* t = *p; t != NULL; p = &t->_next, t = *p) {
+    if (t == this) {
+      *p = this->_next;
+      // Wait for any in-progress iterators.
+      _the_list._protect.synchronize();
+      break;
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 // NamedThread --  non-JavaThread subclasses with multiple
 // uniquely named instances should derive from this.
 NamedThread::NamedThread() :
-  Thread(),
+  NonJavaThread(),
   _name(NULL),
   _processed_thread(NULL),
-  _gc_id(GCId::undefined()),
-  _next_named_thread(NULL)
-{
-  // Add this thread to _the_list.
-  MutexLockerEx lock(NamedThreadsList_lock, Mutex::_no_safepoint_check_flag);
-  _next_named_thread = _the_list._head;
-  OrderAccess::release_store(&_the_list._head, this);
-}
+  _gc_id(GCId::undefined())
+{}
 
 NamedThread::~NamedThread() {
-  // Remove this thread from _the_list.
-  {
-    MutexLockerEx lock(NamedThreadsList_lock, Mutex::_no_safepoint_check_flag);
-    NamedThread* volatile* p = &_the_list._head;
-    for (NamedThread* t = *p; t != NULL; p = &t->_next_named_thread, t = *p) {
-      if (t == this) {
-        *p = this->_next_named_thread;
-        // Wait for any in-progress iterators.
-        _the_list._protect.synchronize();
-        break;
-      }
-    }
-  }
   if (_name != NULL) {
     FREE_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, _name);
     _name = NULL;
@@ -1299,7 +1295,7 @@
 bool WatcherThread::_startable = false;
 volatile bool  WatcherThread::_should_terminate = false;
 
-WatcherThread::WatcherThread() : Thread() {
+WatcherThread::WatcherThread() : NonJavaThread() {
   assert(watcher_thread() == NULL, "we can only allocate one WatcherThread");
   if (os::create_thread(this, os::watcher_thread)) {
     _watcher_thread = this;
@@ -3430,35 +3426,12 @@
 // All JavaThreads
 #define ALL_JAVA_THREADS(X) DO_JAVA_THREADS(ThreadsSMRSupport::get_java_thread_list(), X)
 
-// All non-JavaThreads (i.e., every non-JavaThread in the system).
+// All NonJavaThreads (i.e., every non-JavaThread in the system).
 void Threads::non_java_threads_do(ThreadClosure* tc) {
-  // Someday we could have a table or list of all non-JavaThreads.
-  // For now, just manually iterate through them.
-  tc->do_thread(VMThread::vm_thread());
-  if (Universe::heap() != NULL) {
-    Universe::heap()->gc_threads_do(tc);
-  }
-  WatcherThread *wt = WatcherThread::watcher_thread();
-  // Strictly speaking, the following NULL check isn't sufficient to make sure
-  // the data for WatcherThread is still valid upon being examined. However,
-  // considering that WatchThread terminates when the VM is on the way to
-  // exit at safepoint, the chance of the above is extremely small. The right
-  // way to prevent termination of WatcherThread would be to acquire
-  // Terminator_lock, but we can't do that without violating the lock rank
-  // checking in some cases.
-  if (wt != NULL) {
-    tc->do_thread(wt);
-  }
-
-#if INCLUDE_JFR
-  Thread* sampler_thread = Jfr::sampler_thread();
-  if (sampler_thread != NULL) {
-    tc->do_thread(sampler_thread);
-  }
-
-#endif
-
-  // If CompilerThreads ever become non-JavaThreads, add them here
+  NoSafepointVerifier nsv(!SafepointSynchronize::is_at_safepoint(), false);
+  for (NonJavaThread::Iterator njti; !njti.end(); njti.step()) {
+    tc->do_thread(njti.current());
+  }
 }
 
 // All JavaThreads