diff -r f9e300086063 -r b7bcf7497f93 hotspot/src/os/windows/vm/os_windows.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/os/windows/vm/os_windows.cpp	Fri Jun 07 09:33:01 2013 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/os/windows/vm/os_windows.cpp	Mon Jun 10 11:30:51 2013 +0200
@@ -5048,6 +5048,71 @@
   return ::setsockopt(fd, level, optname, optval, optlen);
 }
 
+// WINDOWS CONTEXT Flags for THREAD_SAMPLING
+#if defined(IA32)
+#  define sampling_context_flags (CONTEXT_FULL | CONTEXT_FLOATING_POINT | CONTEXT_EXTENDED_REGISTERS)
+#elif defined (AMD64)
+#  define sampling_context_flags (CONTEXT_FULL | CONTEXT_FLOATING_POINT)
+#endif
+
+// returns true if thread could be suspended,
+// false otherwise
+static bool do_suspend(HANDLE* h) {
+  if (h != NULL) {
+    if (SuspendThread(*h) != ~0) {
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+// resume the thread
+// calling resume on an active thread is a no-op
+static void do_resume(HANDLE* h) {
+  if (h != NULL) {
+    ResumeThread(*h);
+  }
+}
+
+// retrieve a suspend/resume context capable handle
+// from the tid. Caller validates handle return value.
+void get_thread_handle_for_extended_context(HANDLE* h, OSThread::thread_id_t tid) {
+  if (h != NULL) {
+    *h = OpenThread(THREAD_SUSPEND_RESUME | THREAD_GET_CONTEXT | THREAD_QUERY_INFORMATION, FALSE, tid);
+  }
+}
+
+//
+// Thread sampling implementation
+//
+void os::SuspendedThreadTask::internal_do_task() {
+  CONTEXT    ctxt;
+  HANDLE     h = NULL;
+
+  // get context capable handle for thread
+  get_thread_handle_for_extended_context(&h, _thread->osthread()->thread_id());
+
+  // sanity
+  if (h == NULL || h == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // suspend the thread
+  if (do_suspend(&h)) {
+    ctxt.ContextFlags = sampling_context_flags;
+    // get thread context
+    GetThreadContext(h, &ctxt);
+    SuspendedThreadTaskContext context(_thread, &ctxt);
+    // pass context to Thread Sampling impl
+    do_task(context);
+    // resume thread
+    do_resume(&h);
+  }
+
+  // close handle
+  CloseHandle(h);
+}
+
 
 // Kernel32 API
 typedef SIZE_T (WINAPI* GetLargePageMinimum_Fn)(void);