--- a/src/hotspot/share/jvmci/jvmciEnv.cpp	Fri Jan 18 16:11:36 2019 -0800
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/jvmci/jvmciEnv.cpp	Sun Jan 20 14:57:22 2019 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1999, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1999, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -62,9 +62,30 @@
 {
   // Get Jvmti capabilities under lock to get consistent values.
   MutexLocker mu(JvmtiThreadState_lock);
-  _jvmti_can_hotswap_or_post_breakpoint = JvmtiExport::can_hotswap_or_post_breakpoint();
-  _jvmti_can_access_local_variables     = JvmtiExport::can_access_local_variables();
-  _jvmti_can_post_on_exceptions         = JvmtiExport::can_post_on_exceptions();
+  _jvmti_can_hotswap_or_post_breakpoint = JvmtiExport::can_hotswap_or_post_breakpoint() ? 1 : 0;
+  _jvmti_can_access_local_variables     = JvmtiExport::can_access_local_variables() ? 1 : 0;
+  _jvmti_can_post_on_exceptions         = JvmtiExport::can_post_on_exceptions() ? 1 : 0;
+  _jvmti_can_pop_frame                  = JvmtiExport::can_pop_frame() ? 1 : 0;
+}
+
+bool JVMCIEnv::jvmti_state_changed() const {
+  if (!jvmti_can_access_local_variables() &&
+      JvmtiExport::can_access_local_variables()) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  if (!jvmti_can_hotswap_or_post_breakpoint() &&
+      JvmtiExport::can_hotswap_or_post_breakpoint()) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  if (!jvmti_can_post_on_exceptions() &&
+      JvmtiExport::can_post_on_exceptions()) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  if (!jvmti_can_pop_frame() &&
+      JvmtiExport::can_pop_frame()) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  return false;
 }
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -412,11 +433,9 @@
 JVMCIEnv::CodeInstallResult JVMCIEnv::validate_compile_task_dependencies(Dependencies* dependencies, Handle compiled_code,
                                                                          JVMCIEnv* env, char** failure_detail) {
   // If JVMTI capabilities were enabled during compile, the compilation is invalidated.
-  if (env != NULL) {
-    if (!env->_jvmti_can_hotswap_or_post_breakpoint && JvmtiExport::can_hotswap_or_post_breakpoint()) {
-      *failure_detail = (char*) "Hotswapping or breakpointing was enabled during compilation";
-      return JVMCIEnv::dependencies_failed;
-    }
+  if (env != NULL && env->jvmti_state_changed()) {
+    *failure_detail = (char*) "Jvmti state change during compilation invalidated dependencies";
+    return JVMCIEnv::dependencies_failed;
   }
 
   // Dependencies must be checked when the system dictionary changes

--- a/src/hotspot/share/jvmci/jvmciEnv.hpp	Fri Jan 18 16:11:36 2019 -0800
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/jvmci/jvmciEnv.hpp	Sun Jan 20 14:57:22 2019 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1999, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1999, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -102,10 +102,13 @@
   const char*      _failure_reason;
   bool             _retryable;
 
-  // Cache JVMTI state
-  bool  _jvmti_can_hotswap_or_post_breakpoint;
-  bool  _jvmti_can_access_local_variables;
-  bool  _jvmti_can_post_on_exceptions;
+  // Cache JVMTI state. Defined as bytes so that reading them from Java
+  // via Unsafe is well defined (the C++ type for bool is implementation
+  // defined and may not be the same as a Java boolean).
+  jbyte  _jvmti_can_hotswap_or_post_breakpoint;
+  jbyte  _jvmti_can_access_local_variables;
+  jbyte  _jvmti_can_post_on_exceptions;
+  jbyte  _jvmti_can_pop_frame;
 
   // Implementation methods for loading and constant pool access.
   static Klass* get_klass_by_name_impl(Klass* accessing_klass,
@@ -144,6 +147,12 @@
 public:
   CompileTask* task() { return _task; }
 
+  bool  jvmti_state_changed() const;
+  bool  jvmti_can_hotswap_or_post_breakpoint() const { return  _jvmti_can_hotswap_or_post_breakpoint != 0; }
+  bool  jvmti_can_access_local_variables() const     { return  _jvmti_can_access_local_variables != 0; }
+  bool  jvmti_can_post_on_exceptions() const         { return  _jvmti_can_post_on_exceptions != 0; }
+  bool  jvmti_can_pop_frame() const                  { return  _jvmti_can_pop_frame != 0; }
+
   const char* failure_reason() { return _failure_reason; }
   bool retryable() { return _retryable; }
 

--- a/src/hotspot/share/jvmci/vmStructs_jvmci.cpp	Fri Jan 18 16:11:36 2019 -0800
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/jvmci/vmStructs_jvmci.cpp	Sun Jan 20 14:57:22 2019 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -182,13 +182,17 @@
   nonstatic_field(JavaThread,                  _pending_failed_speculation,                   long)                                  \
   nonstatic_field(JavaThread,                  _pending_transfer_to_interpreter,              bool)                                  \
   nonstatic_field(JavaThread,                  _jvmci_counters,                               jlong*)                                \
+  nonstatic_field(JavaThread,                  _should_post_on_exceptions_flag,               int)                                   \
   nonstatic_field(JavaThread,                  _reserved_stack_activation,                    address)                               \
                                                                                                                                      \
   static_field(java_lang_Class,                _klass_offset,                                 int)                                   \
   static_field(java_lang_Class,                _array_klass_offset,                           int)                                   \
                                                                                                                                      \
   nonstatic_field(JVMCIEnv,                    _task,                                         CompileTask*)                          \
-  nonstatic_field(JVMCIEnv,                    _jvmti_can_hotswap_or_post_breakpoint,         bool)                                  \
+  nonstatic_field(JVMCIEnv,                    _jvmti_can_hotswap_or_post_breakpoint,         jbyte)                                 \
+  nonstatic_field(JVMCIEnv,                    _jvmti_can_access_local_variables,             jbyte)                                 \
+  nonstatic_field(JVMCIEnv,                    _jvmti_can_post_on_exceptions,                 jbyte)                                 \
+  nonstatic_field(JVMCIEnv,                    _jvmti_can_pop_frame,                          jbyte)                                 \
                                                                                                                                      \
   nonstatic_field(InvocationCounter,           _counter,                                      unsigned int)                          \
                                                                                                                                      \

--- a/src/jdk.internal.vm.compiler/share/classes/org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot/src/org/graalvm/compiler/hotspot/GraalHotSpotVMConfig.java	Fri Jan 18 16:11:36 2019 -0800
+++ b/src/jdk.internal.vm.compiler/share/classes/org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot/src/org/graalvm/compiler/hotspot/GraalHotSpotVMConfig.java	Sun Jan 20 14:57:22 2019 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2011, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -309,8 +309,11 @@
     public final int jvmAccWrittenFlags = getConstant("JVM_ACC_WRITTEN_FLAGS", Integer.class);
     public final int jvmAccSynthetic = getConstant("JVM_ACC_SYNTHETIC", Integer.class);
 
+    public final int jvmciCompileStateCanPostOnExceptionsOffset = getFieldOffset("JVMCIEnv::_jvmti_can_post_on_exceptions", Integer.class, "jbyte", Integer.MIN_VALUE);
+
     public final int threadTlabOffset = getFieldOffset("Thread::_tlab", Integer.class, "ThreadLocalAllocBuffer");
     public final int javaThreadAnchorOffset = getFieldOffset("JavaThread::_anchor", Integer.class, "JavaFrameAnchor");
+    public final int javaThreadShouldPostOnExceptionsFlagOffset = getFieldOffset("JavaThread::_should_post_on_exceptions_flag", Integer.class, "int", Integer.MIN_VALUE);
     public final int threadObjectOffset = getFieldOffset("JavaThread::_threadObj", Integer.class, "oop");
     public final int osThreadOffset = getFieldOffset("JavaThread::_osthread", Integer.class, "OSThread*");
     public final int threadIsMethodHandleReturnOffset = getFieldOffset("JavaThread::_is_method_handle_return", Integer.class, "int");

--- a/src/jdk.internal.vm.compiler/share/classes/org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot/src/org/graalvm/compiler/hotspot/meta/HotSpotGraphBuilderPlugins.java	Fri Jan 18 16:11:36 2019 -0800
+++ b/src/jdk.internal.vm.compiler/share/classes/org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot/src/org/graalvm/compiler/hotspot/meta/HotSpotGraphBuilderPlugins.java	Sun Jan 20 14:57:22 2019 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
         Plugins plugins = new Plugins(invocationPlugins);
         NodeIntrinsificationProvider nodeIntrinsificationProvider = new NodeIntrinsificationProvider(metaAccess, snippetReflection, foreignCalls, wordTypes);
         HotSpotWordOperationPlugin wordOperationPlugin = new HotSpotWordOperationPlugin(snippetReflection, wordTypes);
-        HotSpotNodePlugin nodePlugin = new HotSpotNodePlugin(wordOperationPlugin);
+        HotSpotNodePlugin nodePlugin = new HotSpotNodePlugin(wordOperationPlugin, config, wordTypes);
 
         plugins.appendTypePlugin(nodePlugin);
         plugins.appendNodePlugin(nodePlugin);

--- a/src/jdk.internal.vm.compiler/share/classes/org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot/src/org/graalvm/compiler/hotspot/meta/HotSpotNodePlugin.java	Fri Jan 18 16:11:36 2019 -0800
+++ b/src/jdk.internal.vm.compiler/share/classes/org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot/src/org/graalvm/compiler/hotspot/meta/HotSpotNodePlugin.java	Sun Jan 20 14:57:22 2019 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -24,21 +24,41 @@
 
 package org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot.meta;
 
+import static jdk.vm.ci.meta.DeoptimizationAction.None;
+import static jdk.vm.ci.meta.DeoptimizationReason.TransferToInterpreter;
 import static org.graalvm.compiler.core.common.GraalOptions.ImmutableCode;
 
+import org.graalvm.compiler.core.common.CompilationIdentifier;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.core.common.type.StampFactory;
 import org.graalvm.compiler.core.common.type.StampPair;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot.GraalHotSpotVMConfig;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot.HotSpotCompilationIdentifier;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot.nodes.CurrentJavaThreadNode;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot.word.HotSpotWordTypes;
 import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.ConstantNode;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.FixedGuardNode;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.FixedWithNextNode;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.LogicNode;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.NamedLocationIdentity;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.StructuredGraph;
 import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.ValueNode;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.calc.IntegerEqualsNode;
 import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.extended.GuardingNode;
 import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.graphbuilderconf.GraphBuilderContext;
 import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.graphbuilderconf.GraphBuilderTool;
 import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.graphbuilderconf.InlineInvokePlugin;
 import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.graphbuilderconf.NodePlugin;
 import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.graphbuilderconf.TypePlugin;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.memory.HeapAccess.BarrierType;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.memory.ReadNode;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.memory.address.AddressNode;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.memory.address.OffsetAddressNode;
 import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.util.ConstantFoldUtil;
 import org.graalvm.compiler.word.Word;
 import org.graalvm.compiler.word.WordOperationPlugin;
+import jdk.internal.vm.compiler.word.LocationIdentity;
 
+import jdk.vm.ci.hotspot.HotSpotCompilationRequest;
 import jdk.vm.ci.meta.JavaConstant;
 import jdk.vm.ci.meta.JavaKind;
 import jdk.vm.ci.meta.JavaType;
@@ -47,23 +67,30 @@
 import jdk.vm.ci.meta.ResolvedJavaMethod;
 import jdk.vm.ci.meta.ResolvedJavaType;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import sun.misc.Unsafe;
+
 /**
- * This plugin handles the HotSpot-specific customizations of bytecode parsing:
- * <p>
- * {@link Word}-type rewriting for {@link GraphBuilderContext#parsingIntrinsic intrinsic} functions
- * (snippets and method substitutions), by forwarding to the {@link WordOperationPlugin}. Note that
- * we forward the {@link NodePlugin} and {@link TypePlugin} methods, but not the
+ * This plugin does HotSpot-specific customization of bytecode parsing:
+ * <ul>
+ * <li>{@link Word}-type rewriting for {@link GraphBuilderContext#parsingIntrinsic intrinsic}
+ * functions (snippets and method substitutions), by forwarding to the {@link WordOperationPlugin}.
+ * Note that we forward the {@link NodePlugin} and {@link TypePlugin} methods, but not the
  * {@link InlineInvokePlugin} methods implemented by {@link WordOperationPlugin}. The latter is not
  * necessary because HotSpot only uses the {@link Word} type in methods that are force-inlined,
- * i.e., there are never non-inlined invokes that involve the {@link Word} type.
- * <p>
- * Constant folding of field loads.
+ * i.e., there are never non-inlined invokes that involve the {@link Word} type.</li>
+ * <li>Constant folding of field loads.</li>
+ * </ul>
  */
 public final class HotSpotNodePlugin implements NodePlugin, TypePlugin {
     protected final WordOperationPlugin wordOperationPlugin;
+    private final GraalHotSpotVMConfig config;
+    private final HotSpotWordTypes wordTypes;
 
-    public HotSpotNodePlugin(WordOperationPlugin wordOperationPlugin) {
+    public HotSpotNodePlugin(WordOperationPlugin wordOperationPlugin, GraalHotSpotVMConfig config, HotSpotWordTypes wordTypes) {
         this.wordOperationPlugin = wordOperationPlugin;
+        this.config = config;
+        this.wordTypes = wordTypes;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -180,4 +207,58 @@
         }
         return false;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public FixedWithNextNode instrumentExceptionDispatch(StructuredGraph graph, FixedWithNextNode afterExceptionLoaded) {
+        CompilationIdentifier id = graph.compilationId();
+        if (id instanceof HotSpotCompilationIdentifier) {
+            HotSpotCompilationRequest request = ((HotSpotCompilationIdentifier) id).getRequest();
+            if (request != null) {
+                long compileState = request.getJvmciEnv();
+                if (compileState != 0 &&
+                                config.jvmciCompileStateCanPostOnExceptionsOffset != Integer.MIN_VALUE &&
+                                config.javaThreadShouldPostOnExceptionsFlagOffset != Integer.MIN_VALUE) {
+                    long canPostOnExceptionsOffset = compileState + config.jvmciCompileStateCanPostOnExceptionsOffset;
+                    boolean canPostOnExceptions = UNSAFE.getByte(canPostOnExceptionsOffset) != 0;
+                    if (canPostOnExceptions) {
+                        // If the exception capability is set, then generate code
+                        // to check the JavaThread.should_post_on_exceptions flag to see
+                        // if we actually need to report exception events for the current
+                        // thread. If not, take the fast path otherwise deoptimize.
+                        CurrentJavaThreadNode thread = graph.unique(new CurrentJavaThreadNode(wordTypes.getWordKind()));
+                        ValueNode offset = graph.unique(ConstantNode.forLong(config.javaThreadShouldPostOnExceptionsFlagOffset));
+                        AddressNode address = graph.unique(new OffsetAddressNode(thread, offset));
+                        ReadNode shouldPostException = graph.add(new ReadNode(address, JAVA_THREAD_SHOULD_POST_ON_EXCEPTIONS_FLAG_LOCATION, StampFactory.intValue(), BarrierType.NONE));
+                        afterExceptionLoaded.setNext(shouldPostException);
+                        ValueNode zero = graph.unique(ConstantNode.forInt(0));
+                        LogicNode cond = graph.unique(new IntegerEqualsNode(shouldPostException, zero));
+                        FixedGuardNode check = graph.add(new FixedGuardNode(cond, TransferToInterpreter, None, false));
+                        shouldPostException.setNext(check);
+                        return check;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return afterExceptionLoaded;
+    }
+
+    private static final LocationIdentity JAVA_THREAD_SHOULD_POST_ON_EXCEPTIONS_FLAG_LOCATION = NamedLocationIdentity.mutable("JavaThread::_should_post_on_exceptions_flag");
+
+    private static final Unsafe UNSAFE = initUnsafe();
+
+    private static Unsafe initUnsafe() {
+        try {
+            // Fast path when we are trusted.
+            return Unsafe.getUnsafe();
+        } catch (SecurityException se) {
+            // Slow path when we are not trusted.
+            try {
+                Field theUnsafe = Unsafe.class.getDeclaredField("theUnsafe");
+                theUnsafe.setAccessible(true);
+                return (Unsafe) theUnsafe.get(Unsafe.class);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                throw new RuntimeException("exception while trying to get Unsafe", e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }

--- a/src/jdk.internal.vm.compiler/share/classes/org.graalvm.compiler.java/src/org/graalvm/compiler/java/BytecodeParser.java	Fri Jan 18 16:11:36 2019 -0800
+++ b/src/jdk.internal.vm.compiler/share/classes/org.graalvm.compiler.java/src/org/graalvm/compiler/java/BytecodeParser.java	Sun Jan 20 14:57:22 2019 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2009, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2009, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -1106,7 +1106,11 @@
         deopt.updateNodeSourcePosition(() -> createBytecodePosition());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return the entry point to exception dispatch
+     */
     private AbstractBeginNode handleException(ValueNode exceptionObject, int bci, boolean deoptimizeOnly) {
+        FixedWithNextNode currentLastInstr = lastInstr;
         assert bci == BytecodeFrame.BEFORE_BCI || bci == bci() : "invalid bci";
         debug.log("Creating exception dispatch edges at %d, exception object=%s, exception seen=%s", bci, exceptionObject, (profilingInfo == null ? "" : profilingInfo.getExceptionSeen(bci)));
 
@@ -1126,18 +1130,25 @@
             dispatchState.setRethrowException(true);
         }
         this.controlFlowSplit = true;
-        FixedWithNextNode finishedDispatch = finishInstruction(dispatchBegin, dispatchState);
+        FixedWithNextNode afterExceptionLoaded = finishInstruction(dispatchBegin, dispatchState);
 
         if (deoptimizeOnly) {
             DeoptimizeNode deoptimizeNode = graph.add(new DeoptimizeNode(DeoptimizationAction.None, DeoptimizationReason.TransferToInterpreter));
-            dispatchBegin.setNext(BeginNode.begin(deoptimizeNode));
+            afterExceptionLoaded.setNext(BeginNode.begin(deoptimizeNode));
         } else {
-            createHandleExceptionTarget(finishedDispatch, bci, dispatchState);
-        }
+            createHandleExceptionTarget(afterExceptionLoaded, bci, dispatchState);
+        }
+        assert currentLastInstr == lastInstr;
         return dispatchBegin;
     }
 
-    protected void createHandleExceptionTarget(FixedWithNextNode finishedDispatch, int bci, FrameStateBuilder dispatchState) {
+    protected void createHandleExceptionTarget(FixedWithNextNode afterExceptionLoaded, int bci, FrameStateBuilder dispatchState) {
+        FixedWithNextNode afterInstrumentation = afterExceptionLoaded;
+        for (NodePlugin plugin : graphBuilderConfig.getPlugins().getNodePlugins()) {
+            afterInstrumentation = plugin.instrumentExceptionDispatch(graph, afterInstrumentation);
+            assert afterInstrumentation.next() == null : "exception dispatch instrumentation will be linked to dispatch block";
+        }
+
         BciBlock dispatchBlock = currentBlock.exceptionDispatchBlock();
         /*
          * The exception dispatch block is always for the last bytecode of a block, so if we are not
@@ -1149,7 +1160,7 @@
         }
 
         FixedNode target = createTarget(dispatchBlock, dispatchState);
-        finishedDispatch.setNext(target);
+        afterInstrumentation.setNext(target);
     }
 
     protected ValueNode genLoadIndexed(ValueNode array, ValueNode index, GuardingNode boundsCheck, JavaKind kind) {

--- a/src/jdk.internal.vm.compiler/share/classes/org.graalvm.compiler.nodes/src/org/graalvm/compiler/nodes/graphbuilderconf/NodePlugin.java	Fri Jan 18 16:11:36 2019 -0800
+++ b/src/jdk.internal.vm.compiler/share/classes/org.graalvm.compiler.nodes/src/org/graalvm/compiler/nodes/graphbuilderconf/NodePlugin.java	Sun Jan 20 14:57:22 2019 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
 
 package org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.graphbuilderconf;
 
+import org.graalvm.compiler.graph.Node.ValueNumberable;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.FixedWithNextNode;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.StructuredGraph;
 import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.ValueNode;
 import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.extended.GuardingNode;
 
@@ -210,6 +213,23 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Allows this plugin to add nodes after the exception object has been loaded in the dispatch
+     * sequence. Note that a {@link StructuredGraph} is provided to this call instead of a
+     * {@link GraphBuilderContext} so that the caller has a guarantee that its current control flow
+     * insertion point is not changed by this call. This means nodes must be added to the graph with
+     * the appropriate method (e.g., {@link StructuredGraph#unique} for {@link ValueNumberable}
+     * nodes) and fixed nodes must be manually {@linkplain FixedWithNextNode#setNext added} as
+     * successors of {@code afterExceptionLoaded}.
+     *
+     * @param graph the graph being parsed
+     * @param afterExceptionLoaded the last fixed node after loading the exception
+     * @return the last fixed node after instrumentation
+     */
+    default FixedWithNextNode instrumentExceptionDispatch(StructuredGraph graph, FixedWithNextNode afterExceptionLoaded) {
+        return afterExceptionLoaded;
+    }
+
+    /**
      * If the plugin {@link GraphBuilderContext#push pushes} a value with a different
      * {@link JavaKind} than specified by the bytecode, it must override this method and return
      * {@code true}. This disables assertion checking for value kinds.