--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/oopStorage.cpp	Thu May 31 11:41:25 2018 -0700
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/oopStorage.cpp	Thu May 31 15:37:18 2018 -0400
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 #include "utilities/align.hpp"
 #include "utilities/count_trailing_zeros.hpp"
 #include "utilities/debug.hpp"
-#include "utilities/globalCounter.inline.hpp"
 #include "utilities/globalDefinitions.hpp"
 #include "utilities/macros.hpp"
 #include "utilities/ostream.hpp"
@@ -502,6 +501,48 @@
   return true;
 }
 
+OopStorage::ProtectActive::ProtectActive() : _enter(0), _exit() {}
+
+// Begin read-side critical section.
+uint OopStorage::ProtectActive::read_enter() {
+  return Atomic::add(2u, &_enter);
+}
+
+// End read-side critical section.
+void OopStorage::ProtectActive::read_exit(uint enter_value) {
+  Atomic::add(2u, &_exit[enter_value & 1]);
+}
+
+// Wait until all readers that entered the critical section before
+// synchronization have exited that critical section.
+void OopStorage::ProtectActive::write_synchronize() {
+  SpinYield spinner;
+  // Determine old and new exit counters, based on bit0 of the
+  // on-entry _enter counter.
+  uint value = OrderAccess::load_acquire(&_enter);
+  volatile uint* new_ptr = &_exit[(value + 1) & 1];
+  // Atomically change the in-use exit counter to the new counter, by
+  // adding 1 to the _enter counter (flipping bit0 between 0 and 1)
+  // and initializing the new exit counter to that enter value.  Note:
+  // The new exit counter is not being used by read operations until
+  // this change succeeds.
+  uint old;
+  do {
+    old = value;
+    *new_ptr = ++value;
+    value = Atomic::cmpxchg(value, &_enter, old);
+  } while (old != value);
+  // Readers that entered the critical section before we changed the
+  // selected exit counter will use the old exit counter.  Readers
+  // entering after the change will use the new exit counter.  Wait
+  // for all the critical sections started before the change to
+  // complete, e.g. for the value of old_ptr to catch up with old.
+  volatile uint* old_ptr = &_exit[old & 1];
+  while (old != OrderAccess::load_acquire(old_ptr)) {
+    spinner.wait();
+  }
+}
+
 // Make new_array the _active_array.  Increments new_array's refcount
 // to account for the new reference.  The assignment is atomic wrto
 // obtain_active_array; once this function returns, it is safe for the
@@ -513,9 +554,9 @@
   // Install new_array, ensuring its initialization is complete first.
   OrderAccess::release_store(&_active_array, new_array);
   // Wait for any readers that could read the old array from _active_array.
-  GlobalCounter::write_synchronize();
-  // All obtain_active_array critical sections that could see the old array
-  // have completed, having incremented the refcount of the old array.  The
+  _protect_active.write_synchronize();
+  // All obtain critical sections that could see the old array have
+  // completed, having incremented the refcount of the old array.  The
   // caller can now safely relinquish the old array.
 }
 
@@ -525,9 +566,10 @@
 // _active_array.  The caller must relinquish the array when done
 // using it.
 OopStorage::ActiveArray* OopStorage::obtain_active_array() const {
-  GlobalCounter::CriticalSection cs(Thread::current());
+  uint enter_value = _protect_active.read_enter();
   ActiveArray* result = OrderAccess::load_acquire(&_active_array);
   result->increment_refcount();
+  _protect_active.read_exit(enter_value);
   return result;
 }
 

--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/oopStorage.hpp	Thu May 31 11:41:25 2018 -0700
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/oopStorage.hpp	Thu May 31 15:37:18 2018 -0400
@@ -204,6 +204,19 @@
     void unlink(const Block& block);
   };
 
+  // RCU-inspired protection of access to _active_array.
+  class ProtectActive {
+    volatile uint _enter;
+    volatile uint _exit[2];
+
+  public:
+    ProtectActive();
+
+    uint read_enter();
+    void read_exit(uint enter_value);
+    void write_synchronize();
+  };
+
 private:
   const char* _name;
   ActiveArray* _active_array;
@@ -216,6 +229,9 @@
   // Volatile for racy unlocked accesses.
   volatile size_t _allocation_count;
 
+  // Protection for _active_array.
+  mutable ProtectActive _protect_active;
+
   // mutable because this gets set even for const iteration.
   mutable bool _concurrent_iteration_active;