--- a/hotspot/src/jdk.vm.ci/share/classes/jdk.vm.ci.hotspot/src/jdk/vm/ci/hotspot/HotSpotResolvedObjectTypeImpl.java	Tue May 03 19:45:44 2016 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/src/jdk.vm.ci/share/classes/jdk.vm.ci.hotspot/src/jdk/vm/ci/hotspot/HotSpotResolvedObjectTypeImpl.java	Tue May 03 21:28:46 2016 +0000
@@ -882,4 +882,9 @@
     public boolean isTrustedInterfaceType() {
         return TrustedInterface.class.isAssignableFrom(mirror());
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isCloneableWithAllocation() {
+        return (getAccessFlags() & config().jvmAccIsCloneableFast) != 0;
+    }
 }

--- a/hotspot/src/jdk.vm.ci/share/classes/jdk.vm.ci.hotspot/src/jdk/vm/ci/hotspot/HotSpotResolvedPrimitiveType.java	Tue May 03 19:45:44 2016 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/src/jdk.vm.ci/share/classes/jdk.vm.ci.hotspot/src/jdk/vm/ci/hotspot/HotSpotResolvedPrimitiveType.java	Tue May 03 21:28:46 2016 +0000
@@ -267,4 +267,9 @@
     public boolean isTrustedInterfaceType() {
         return false;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isCloneableWithAllocation() {
+        return false;
+    }
 }

--- a/hotspot/src/jdk.vm.ci/share/classes/jdk.vm.ci.hotspot/src/jdk/vm/ci/hotspot/HotSpotVMConfig.java	Tue May 03 19:45:44 2016 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/src/jdk.vm.ci/share/classes/jdk.vm.ci.hotspot/src/jdk/vm/ci/hotspot/HotSpotVMConfig.java	Tue May 03 21:28:46 2016 +0000
@@ -1077,6 +1077,7 @@
     @HotSpotVMConstant(name = "JVM_ACC_FIELD_STABLE") @Stable public int jvmAccFieldStable;
     @HotSpotVMConstant(name = "JVM_ACC_FIELD_HAS_GENERIC_SIGNATURE") @Stable public int jvmAccFieldHasGenericSignature;
     @HotSpotVMConstant(name = "JVM_ACC_WRITTEN_FLAGS") @Stable public int jvmAccWrittenFlags;
+    @HotSpotVMConstant(name = "JVM_ACC_IS_CLONEABLE_FAST") @Stable public int jvmAccIsCloneableFast;
 
     // Modifier.SYNTHETIC is not public so we get it via vmStructs.
     @HotSpotVMConstant(name = "JVM_ACC_SYNTHETIC") @Stable public int jvmAccSynthetic;

--- a/hotspot/src/jdk.vm.ci/share/classes/jdk.vm.ci.meta/src/jdk/vm/ci/meta/ResolvedJavaType.java	Tue May 03 19:45:44 2016 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/src/jdk.vm.ci/share/classes/jdk.vm.ci.meta/src/jdk/vm/ci/meta/ResolvedJavaType.java	Tue May 03 21:28:46 2016 +0000
@@ -359,4 +359,12 @@
         }
         return null;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns true if this type is {@link Cloneable} and can be safely cloned by creating a normal
+     * Java allocation and populating it from the fields returned by
+     * {@link #getInstanceFields(boolean)}. Some types may require special handling by the platform
+     * so they would to go through the normal {@link Object#clone} path.
+     */
+    boolean isCloneableWithAllocation();
 }

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/jvmci/vmStructs_jvmci.cpp	Tue May 03 19:45:44 2016 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/jvmci/vmStructs_jvmci.cpp	Tue May 03 21:28:46 2016 +0000
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@
   declare_constant(JVM_ACC_MONITOR_MATCH)                                 \
   declare_constant(JVM_ACC_HAS_MONITOR_BYTECODES)                         \
   declare_constant(JVM_ACC_HAS_FINALIZER)                                 \
+  declare_constant(JVM_ACC_IS_CLONEABLE_FAST)                             \
   declare_constant(JVM_ACC_FIELD_INTERNAL)                                \
   declare_constant(JVM_ACC_FIELD_STABLE)                                  \
   declare_constant(JVM_ACC_FIELD_HAS_GENERIC_SIGNATURE)                   \

--- a/hotspot/test/compiler/jvmci/jdk.vm.ci.runtime.test/src/jdk/vm/ci/runtime/test/TestResolvedJavaType.java	Tue May 03 19:45:44 2016 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/test/compiler/jvmci/jdk.vm.ci.runtime.test/src/jdk/vm/ci/runtime/test/TestResolvedJavaType.java	Tue May 03 21:28:46 2016 +0000
@@ -866,6 +866,31 @@
         }
     }
 
+    static class TrivialCloneable implements Cloneable {
+        @Override
+        protected Object clone() {
+            return new TrivialCloneable();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void isCloneableWithAllocationTest() {
+        ResolvedJavaType cloneable = metaAccess.lookupJavaType(Cloneable.class);
+        for (Class<?> c : classes) {
+            ResolvedJavaType type = metaAccess.lookupJavaType(c);
+            if (type.isCloneableWithAllocation()) {
+                // Only Cloneable types should be allocation cloneable
+                assertTrue(c.toString(), cloneable.isAssignableFrom(type));
+            }
+        }
+        /*
+         * We can't know for sure which types should be allocation cloneable on a particular
+         * platform but assume that at least totally trivial objects should be.
+         */
+        ResolvedJavaType trivialCloneable = metaAccess.lookupJavaType(TrivialCloneable.class);
+        assertTrue(trivialCloneable.toString(), trivialCloneable.isCloneableWithAllocation());
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void findMethodTest() {
         try {