diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/cms/concurrentMarkSweepGeneration.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/cms/concurrentMarkSweepGeneration.cpp
index c98691e..5fc5ee8 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/cms/concurrentMarkSweepGeneration.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/cms/concurrentMarkSweepGeneration.cpp
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 #include "gc/shared/genOopClosures.inline.hpp"
 #include "gc/shared/isGCActiveMark.hpp"
 #include "gc/shared/oopStorageParState.hpp"
+#include "gc/shared/owstTaskTerminator.hpp"
 #include "gc/shared/referencePolicy.hpp"
 #include "gc/shared/referenceProcessorPhaseTimes.hpp"
 #include "gc/shared/space.inline.hpp"
@@ -2993,7 +2994,7 @@ bool CMSCollector::markFromRootsWork() {
 // Forward decl
 class CMSConcMarkingTask;
 
-class CMSConcMarkingTerminator: public ParallelTaskTerminator {
+class CMSConcMarkingParallelTerminator: public ParallelTaskTerminator {
   CMSCollector*       _collector;
   CMSConcMarkingTask* _task;
  public:
@@ -3003,7 +3004,7 @@ class CMSConcMarkingTerminator: public ParallelTaskTerminator {
   // "queue_set" is a set of work queues of other threads.
   // "collector" is the CMS collector associated with this task terminator.
   // "yield" indicates whether we need the gang as a whole to yield.
-  CMSConcMarkingTerminator(int n_threads, TaskQueueSetSuper* queue_set, CMSCollector* collector) :
+  CMSConcMarkingParallelTerminator(int n_threads, TaskQueueSetSuper* queue_set, CMSCollector* collector) :
     ParallelTaskTerminator(n_threads, queue_set),
     _collector(collector) { }
 
@@ -3012,6 +3013,45 @@ class CMSConcMarkingTerminator: public ParallelTaskTerminator {
   }
 };
 
+class CMSConcMarkingOWSTTerminator: public OWSTTaskTerminator {
+  CMSCollector*       _collector;
+  CMSConcMarkingTask* _task;
+ public:
+  virtual void yield();
+
+  // "n_threads" is the number of threads to be terminated.
+  // "queue_set" is a set of work queues of other threads.
+  // "collector" is the CMS collector associated with this task terminator.
+  // "yield" indicates whether we need the gang as a whole to yield.
+  CMSConcMarkingOWSTTerminator(int n_threads, TaskQueueSetSuper* queue_set, CMSCollector* collector) :
+    OWSTTaskTerminator(n_threads, queue_set),
+    _collector(collector) { }
+
+  void set_task(CMSConcMarkingTask* task) {
+    _task = task;
+  }
+};
+
+class CMSConcMarkingTaskTerminator {
+ private:
+  ParallelTaskTerminator* _term;
+ public:
+  CMSConcMarkingTaskTerminator(int n_threads, TaskQueueSetSuper* queue_set, CMSCollector* collector) {
+    if (UseOWSTTaskTerminator) {
+      _term = new CMSConcMarkingOWSTTerminator(n_threads, queue_set, collector);
+    } else {
+      _term = new CMSConcMarkingParallelTerminator(n_threads, queue_set, collector);
+    }
+  }
+  ~CMSConcMarkingTaskTerminator() {
+    assert(_term != NULL, "Must not be NULL");
+    delete _term;
+  }
+
+  void set_task(CMSConcMarkingTask* task);
+  ParallelTaskTerminator* terminator() const { return _term; }
+};
+
 class CMSConcMarkingTerminatorTerminator: public TerminatorTerminator {
   CMSConcMarkingTask* _task;
  public:
@@ -3039,7 +3079,7 @@ class CMSConcMarkingTask: public YieldingFlexibleGangTask {
   OopTaskQueueSet*  _task_queues;
 
   // Termination (and yielding) support
-  CMSConcMarkingTerminator _term;
+  CMSConcMarkingTaskTerminator       _term;
   CMSConcMarkingTerminatorTerminator _term_term;
 
  public:
@@ -3068,7 +3108,7 @@ class CMSConcMarkingTask: public YieldingFlexibleGangTask {
 
   HeapWord* volatile* global_finger_addr() { return &_global_finger; }
 
-  CMSConcMarkingTerminator* terminator() { return &_term; }
+  ParallelTaskTerminator* terminator() { return _term.terminator(); }
 
   virtual void set_for_termination(uint active_workers) {
     terminator()->reset_for_reuse(active_workers);
@@ -3086,7 +3126,7 @@ class CMSConcMarkingTask: public YieldingFlexibleGangTask {
   void reset(HeapWord* ra) {
     assert(_global_finger >= _cms_space->end(),  "Postcondition of ::work(i)");
     _restart_addr = _global_finger = ra;
-    _term.reset_for_reuse();
+    _term.terminator()->reset_for_reuse();
   }
 
   static bool get_work_from_overflow_stack(CMSMarkStack* ovflw_stk,
@@ -3107,7 +3147,7 @@ bool CMSConcMarkingTerminatorTerminator::should_exit_termination() {
   // thread has yielded.
 }
 
-void CMSConcMarkingTerminator::yield() {
+void CMSConcMarkingParallelTerminator::yield() {
   if (_task->should_yield()) {
     _task->yield();
   } else {
@@ -3115,6 +3155,22 @@ void CMSConcMarkingTerminator::yield() {
   }
 }
 
+void CMSConcMarkingOWSTTerminator::yield() {
+  if (_task->should_yield()) {
+    _task->yield();
+  } else {
+    OWSTTaskTerminator::yield();
+  }
+}
+
+void CMSConcMarkingTaskTerminator::set_task(CMSConcMarkingTask* task) {
+  if (UseOWSTTaskTerminator) {
+    ((CMSConcMarkingOWSTTerminator*)_term)->set_task(task);
+  } else {
+    ((CMSConcMarkingParallelTerminator*)_term)->set_task(task);
+  }
+}
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Concurrent Marking Algorithm Sketch
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -4303,7 +4359,7 @@ class CMSParRemarkTask: public CMSParMarkTask {
 
   // The per-thread work queues, available here for stealing.
   OopTaskQueueSet*       _task_queues;
-  ParallelTaskTerminator _term;
+  TaskTerminator         _term;
   StrongRootsScope*      _strong_roots_scope;
 
  public:
@@ -4325,7 +4381,7 @@ class CMSParRemarkTask: public CMSParMarkTask {
 
   OopTaskQueue* work_queue(int i) { return task_queues()->queue(i); }
 
-  ParallelTaskTerminator* terminator() { return &_term; }
+  ParallelTaskTerminator* terminator() { return _term.terminator(); }
   uint n_workers() { return _n_workers; }
 
   void work(uint worker_id);
@@ -5014,11 +5070,11 @@ void CMSCollector::do_remark_non_parallel() {
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 class AbstractGangTaskWOopQueues : public AbstractGangTask {
   OopTaskQueueSet*       _queues;
-  ParallelTaskTerminator _terminator;
+  TaskTerminator         _terminator;
  public:
   AbstractGangTaskWOopQueues(const char* name, OopTaskQueueSet* queues, uint n_threads) :
     AbstractGangTask(name), _queues(queues), _terminator(n_threads, _queues) {}
-  ParallelTaskTerminator* terminator() { return &_terminator; }
+  ParallelTaskTerminator* terminator() { return _terminator.terminator(); }
   OopTaskQueueSet* queues() { return _queues; }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/cms/parNewGeneration.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/cms/parNewGeneration.cpp
index f6c5590..0febc52 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/cms/parNewGeneration.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/cms/parNewGeneration.cpp
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ ParScanThreadState::ParScanThreadState(Space* to_space_,
                                        Stack<oop, mtGC>* overflow_stacks_,
                                        PreservedMarks* preserved_marks_,
                                        size_t desired_plab_sz_,
-                                       ParallelTaskTerminator& term_) :
+                                       TaskTerminator& term_) :
   _to_space(to_space_),
   _old_gen(old_gen_),
   _young_gen(young_gen_),
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ ParScanThreadState::ParScanThreadState(Space* to_space_,
   _older_gen_closure(young_gen_, this),
   _evacuate_followers(this, &_to_space_closure, &_old_gen_closure,
                       &_to_space_root_closure, young_gen_, &_old_gen_root_closure,
-                      work_queue_set_, &term_),
+                      work_queue_set_, term_.terminator()),
   _is_alive_closure(young_gen_),
   _scan_weak_ref_closure(young_gen_, this),
   _keep_alive_closure(&_scan_weak_ref_closure),
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ public:
                         Stack<oop, mtGC>*       overflow_stacks_,
                         PreservedMarksSet&      preserved_marks_set,
                         size_t                  desired_plab_sz,
-                        ParallelTaskTerminator& term);
+                        TaskTerminator& term);
 
   ~ParScanThreadStateSet() { TASKQUEUE_STATS_ONLY(reset_stats()); }
 
@@ -326,14 +326,14 @@ public:
   #endif // TASKQUEUE_STATS
 
 private:
-  ParallelTaskTerminator& _term;
+  TaskTerminator&         _term;
   ParNewGeneration&       _young_gen;
   Generation&             _old_gen;
   ParScanThreadState*     _per_thread_states;
   const int               _num_threads;
  public:
   bool is_valid(int id) const { return id < _num_threads; }
-  ParallelTaskTerminator* terminator() { return &_term; }
+  ParallelTaskTerminator* terminator() { return _term.terminator(); }
 };
 
 ParScanThreadStateSet::ParScanThreadStateSet(int num_threads,
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ ParScanThreadStateSet::ParScanThreadStateSet(int num_threads,
                                              Stack<oop, mtGC>* overflow_stacks,
                                              PreservedMarksSet& preserved_marks_set,
                                              size_t desired_plab_sz,
-                                             ParallelTaskTerminator& term)
+                                             TaskTerminator& term)
   : _young_gen(young_gen),
     _old_gen(old_gen),
     _term(term),
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ void ParScanThreadStateSet::trace_promotion_failed(const YoungGCTracer* gc_trace
 }
 
 void ParScanThreadStateSet::reset(uint active_threads, bool promotion_failed) {
-  _term.reset_for_reuse(active_threads);
+  _term.terminator()->reset_for_reuse(active_threads);
   if (promotion_failed) {
     for (int i = 0; i < _num_threads; ++i) {
       thread_state(i).print_promotion_failure_size();
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ void ParNewGeneration::collect(bool   full,
 
   // Always set the terminator for the active number of workers
   // because only those workers go through the termination protocol.
-  ParallelTaskTerminator _term(active_workers, task_queues());
+  TaskTerminator _term(active_workers, task_queues());
   ParScanThreadStateSet thread_state_set(active_workers,
                                          *to(), *this, *_old_gen, *task_queues(),
                                          _overflow_stacks, _preserved_marks_set,
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/cms/parNewGeneration.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/cms/parNewGeneration.hpp
index b3e7c5a..7bf37e5 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/cms/parNewGeneration.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/cms/parNewGeneration.hpp
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class ParScanThreadState {
                      Stack<oop, mtGC>* overflow_stacks_,
                      PreservedMarks* preserved_marks_,
                      size_t desired_plab_sz_,
-                     ParallelTaskTerminator& term_);
+                     TaskTerminator& term_);
 
  public:
   AgeTable* age_table() {return &_ageTable;}
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp
index a987377..130f8ec 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp
@@ -3241,7 +3241,7 @@ protected:
   G1ParScanThreadStateSet* _pss;
   RefToScanQueueSet*       _queues;
   G1RootProcessor*         _root_processor;
-  ParallelTaskTerminator   _terminator;
+  TaskTerminator           _terminator;
   uint                     _n_workers;
 
 public:
@@ -3286,7 +3286,7 @@ public:
       size_t evac_term_attempts = 0;
       {
         double start = os::elapsedTime();
-        G1ParEvacuateFollowersClosure evac(_g1h, pss, _queues, &_terminator);
+        G1ParEvacuateFollowersClosure evac(_g1h, pss, _queues, _terminator.terminator());
         evac.do_void();
 
         evac_term_attempts = evac.term_attempts();
@@ -3988,8 +3988,8 @@ void G1STWRefProcTaskExecutor::execute(ProcessTask& proc_task, uint ergo_workers
   assert(_workers->active_workers() >= ergo_workers,
          "Ergonomically chosen workers (%u) should be less than or equal to active workers (%u)",
          ergo_workers, _workers->active_workers());
-  ParallelTaskTerminator terminator(ergo_workers, _queues);
-  G1STWRefProcTaskProxy proc_task_proxy(proc_task, _g1h, _pss, _queues, &terminator);
+  TaskTerminator terminator(ergo_workers, _queues);
+  G1STWRefProcTaskProxy proc_task_proxy(proc_task, _g1h, _pss, _queues, terminator.terminator());
 
   _workers->run_task(&proc_task_proxy, ergo_workers);
 }
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1ConcurrentMark.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1ConcurrentMark.cpp
index eff6b7b..920f796 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1ConcurrentMark.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1ConcurrentMark.cpp
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ G1ConcurrentMark::G1ConcurrentMark(G1CollectedHeap* g1h,
   // _tasks set inside the constructor
 
   _task_queues(new G1CMTaskQueueSet((int) _max_num_tasks)),
-  _terminator(ParallelTaskTerminator((int) _max_num_tasks, _task_queues)),
+  _terminator((int) _max_num_tasks, _task_queues),
 
   _first_overflow_barrier_sync(),
   _second_overflow_barrier_sync(),
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ void G1ConcurrentMark::set_concurrency(uint active_tasks) {
   _num_active_tasks = active_tasks;
   // Need to update the three data structures below according to the
   // number of active threads for this phase.
-  _terminator = ParallelTaskTerminator((int) active_tasks, _task_queues);
+  _terminator = TaskTerminator((int) active_tasks, _task_queues);
   _first_overflow_barrier_sync.set_n_workers((int) active_tasks);
   _second_overflow_barrier_sync.set_n_workers((int) active_tasks);
 }
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1ConcurrentMark.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1ConcurrentMark.hpp
index 6707537..dd253bb 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1ConcurrentMark.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1ConcurrentMark.hpp
@@ -322,8 +322,8 @@ class G1ConcurrentMark : public CHeapObj<mtGC> {
   uint                    _num_active_tasks; // Number of tasks currently active
   G1CMTask**              _tasks;            // Task queue array (max_worker_id length)
 
-  G1CMTaskQueueSet*       _task_queues;      // Task queue set
-  ParallelTaskTerminator  _terminator;       // For termination
+  G1CMTaskQueueSet*       _task_queues; // Task queue set
+  TaskTerminator          _terminator;  // For termination
 
   // Two sync barriers that are used to synchronize tasks when an
   // overflow occurs. The algorithm is the following. All tasks enter
@@ -409,10 +409,10 @@ class G1ConcurrentMark : public CHeapObj<mtGC> {
   // Prints all gathered CM-related statistics
   void print_stats();
 
-  HeapWord*               finger()          { return _finger;   }
-  bool                    concurrent()      { return _concurrent; }
-  uint                    active_tasks()    { return _num_active_tasks; }
-  ParallelTaskTerminator* terminator()      { return &_terminator; }
+  HeapWord*               finger()           { return _finger;   }
+  bool                    concurrent()       { return _concurrent; }
+  uint                    active_tasks()     { return _num_active_tasks; }
+  ParallelTaskTerminator* terminator() const { return _terminator.terminator(); }
 
   // Claims the next available region to be scanned by a marking
   // task/thread. It might return NULL if the next region is empty or
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1FullGCMarkTask.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1FullGCMarkTask.cpp
index 34025dc..d2c4b8d 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1FullGCMarkTask.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1FullGCMarkTask.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ void G1FullGCMarkTask::work(uint worker_id) {
   }
 
   // Mark stack is populated, now process and drain it.
-  marker->complete_marking(collector()->oop_queue_set(), collector()->array_queue_set(), &_terminator);
+  marker->complete_marking(collector()->oop_queue_set(), collector()->array_queue_set(), _terminator.terminator());
 
   // This is the point where the entire marking should have completed.
   assert(marker->oop_stack()->is_empty(), "Marking should have completed");
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1FullGCMarkTask.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1FullGCMarkTask.hpp
index 8dfff05..7223cee 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1FullGCMarkTask.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1FullGCMarkTask.hpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 class G1FullGCMarkTask : public G1FullGCTask {
   G1RootProcessor          _root_processor;
-  ParallelTaskTerminator   _terminator;
+  TaskTerminator           _terminator;
 
 public:
   G1FullGCMarkTask(G1FullCollector* collector);
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1FullGCReferenceProcessorExecutor.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1FullGCReferenceProcessorExecutor.hpp
index 492c783..d4f06f5 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1FullGCReferenceProcessorExecutor.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1FullGCReferenceProcessorExecutor.hpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "gc/g1/g1StringDedup.hpp"
 #include "gc/g1/heapRegionManager.hpp"
 #include "gc/shared/referenceProcessor.hpp"
+#include "gc/shared/taskqueue.hpp"
 #include "utilities/ticks.hpp"
 
 class G1FullGCTracer;
@@ -58,9 +59,9 @@ private:
 
   class G1RefProcTaskProxy : public AbstractGangTask {
     typedef AbstractRefProcTaskExecutor::ProcessTask ProcessTask;
-    ProcessTask&             _proc_task;
-    G1FullCollector*         _collector;
-    ParallelTaskTerminator   _terminator;
+    ProcessTask&                  _proc_task;
+    G1FullCollector*              _collector;
+    TaskTerminator                _terminator;
 
   public:
     G1RefProcTaskProxy(ProcessTask& proc_task,
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/pcTasks.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/pcTasks.cpp
index 57ff235..30a0f26 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/pcTasks.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/pcTasks.cpp
@@ -154,14 +154,15 @@ void RefProcTaskExecutor::execute(ProcessTask& task, uint ergo_workers)
          "Ergonomically chosen workers (%u) must be equal to active workers (%u)",
          ergo_workers, active_gc_threads);
   OopTaskQueueSet* qset = ParCompactionManager::stack_array();
-  ParallelTaskTerminator terminator(active_gc_threads, qset);
+  TaskTerminator terminator(active_gc_threads, qset);
+
   GCTaskQueue* q = GCTaskQueue::create();
   for(uint i=0; i<active_gc_threads; i++) {
     q->enqueue(new RefProcTaskProxy(task, i));
   }
   if (task.marks_oops_alive() && (active_gc_threads>1)) {
     for (uint j=0; j<active_gc_threads; j++) {
-      q->enqueue(new StealMarkingTask(&terminator));
+      q->enqueue(new StealMarkingTask(terminator.terminator()));
     }
   }
   PSParallelCompact::gc_task_manager()->execute_and_wait(q);
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psParallelCompact.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psParallelCompact.cpp
index f4cbb9f..f6ba282 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psParallelCompact.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psParallelCompact.cpp
@@ -2075,7 +2075,7 @@ void PSParallelCompact::marking_phase(ParCompactionManager* cm,
   uint parallel_gc_threads = heap->gc_task_manager()->workers();
   uint active_gc_threads = heap->gc_task_manager()->active_workers();
   TaskQueueSetSuper* qset = ParCompactionManager::stack_array();
-  ParallelTaskTerminator terminator(active_gc_threads, qset);
+  TaskTerminator terminator(active_gc_threads, qset);
 
   ParCompactionManager::MarkAndPushClosure mark_and_push_closure(cm);
   ParCompactionManager::FollowStackClosure follow_stack_closure(cm);
@@ -2104,7 +2104,7 @@ void PSParallelCompact::marking_phase(ParCompactionManager* cm,
 
     if (active_gc_threads > 1) {
       for (uint j = 0; j < active_gc_threads; j++) {
-        q->enqueue(new StealMarkingTask(&terminator));
+        q->enqueue(new StealMarkingTask(terminator.terminator()));
       }
     }
 
@@ -2433,12 +2433,12 @@ void PSParallelCompact::compact() {
   uint parallel_gc_threads = heap->gc_task_manager()->workers();
   uint active_gc_threads = heap->gc_task_manager()->active_workers();
   TaskQueueSetSuper* qset = ParCompactionManager::region_array();
-  ParallelTaskTerminator terminator(active_gc_threads, qset);
+  TaskTerminator terminator(active_gc_threads, qset);
 
   GCTaskQueue* q = GCTaskQueue::create();
   prepare_region_draining_tasks(q, active_gc_threads);
   enqueue_dense_prefix_tasks(q, active_gc_threads);
-  enqueue_region_stealing_tasks(q, &terminator, active_gc_threads);
+  enqueue_region_stealing_tasks(q, terminator.terminator(), active_gc_threads);
 
   {
     GCTraceTime(Trace, gc, phases) tm("Par Compact", &_gc_timer);
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psScavenge.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psScavenge.cpp
index 87b2b4c..9022654 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psScavenge.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psScavenge.cpp
@@ -166,11 +166,11 @@ void PSRefProcTaskExecutor::execute(ProcessTask& task, uint ergo_workers)
   for(uint i=0; i < active_workers; i++) {
     q->enqueue(new PSRefProcTaskProxy(task, i));
   }
-  ParallelTaskTerminator terminator(active_workers,
-                                    (TaskQueueSetSuper*) PSPromotionManager::stack_array_depth());
+  TaskTerminator terminator(active_workers,
+                            (TaskQueueSetSuper*) PSPromotionManager::stack_array_depth());
   if (task.marks_oops_alive() && active_workers > 1) {
     for (uint j = 0; j < active_workers; j++) {
-      q->enqueue(new StealTask(&terminator));
+      q->enqueue(new StealTask(terminator.terminator()));
     }
   }
   manager->execute_and_wait(q);
@@ -379,16 +379,15 @@ bool PSScavenge::invoke_no_policy() {
       q->enqueue(new ScavengeRootsTask(ScavengeRootsTask::jvmti));
       q->enqueue(new ScavengeRootsTask(ScavengeRootsTask::code_cache));
 
-      ParallelTaskTerminator terminator(
-        active_workers,
-                  (TaskQueueSetSuper*) promotion_manager->stack_array_depth());
+      TaskTerminator terminator(active_workers,
+                                (TaskQueueSetSuper*) promotion_manager->stack_array_depth());
         // If active_workers can exceed 1, add a StrealTask.
         // PSPromotionManager::drain_stacks_depth() does not fully drain its
         // stacks and expects a StealTask to complete the draining if
         // ParallelGCThreads is > 1.
         if (gc_task_manager()->workers() > 1) {
           for (uint j = 0; j < active_workers; j++) {
-            q->enqueue(new StealTask(&terminator));
+            q->enqueue(new StealTask(terminator.terminator()));
           }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/gc_globals.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/gc_globals.hpp
index a77964e..b7fa7f6 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/gc_globals.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/gc_globals.hpp
@@ -376,6 +376,10 @@
   develop(uintx, PromotionFailureALotInterval, 5,                           \
           "Total collections between promotion failures a lot")             \
                                                                             \
+  diagnostic(bool, UseOWSTTaskTerminator, true,                             \
+          "Use Optimized Work Stealing Threads task termination "           \
+          "protocol")                                                       \
+                                                                            \
   experimental(uintx, WorkStealingSleepMillis, 1,                           \
           "Sleep time when sleep is used for yields")                       \
                                                                             \
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/owstTaskTerminator.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/owstTaskTerminator.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c32ab6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/owstTaskTerminator.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "precompiled.hpp"
+
+#include "gc/shared/owstTaskTerminator.hpp"
+#include "logging/log.hpp"
+
+bool OWSTTaskTerminator::exit_termination(size_t tasks, TerminatorTerminator* terminator) {
+  return tasks > 0 || (terminator != NULL && terminator->should_exit_termination());
+}
+
+bool OWSTTaskTerminator::offer_termination(TerminatorTerminator* terminator) {
+  assert(_n_threads > 0, "Initialization is incorrect");
+  assert(_offered_termination < _n_threads, "Invariant");
+  assert(_blocker != NULL, "Invariant");
+
+  // Single worker, done
+  if (_n_threads == 1) {
+    _offered_termination = 1;
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  _blocker->lock_without_safepoint_check();
+  // All arrived, done
+  _offered_termination++;
+  if (_offered_termination == _n_threads) {
+    _blocker->notify_all();
+    _blocker->unlock();
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  Thread* the_thread = Thread::current();
+  while (true) {
+    if (_spin_master == NULL) {
+      _spin_master = the_thread;
+
+      _blocker->unlock();
+
+      if (do_spin_master_work(terminator)) {
+        assert(_offered_termination == _n_threads, "termination condition");
+        return true;
+      } else {
+        _blocker->lock_without_safepoint_check();
+      }
+    } else {
+      _blocker->wait(true, WorkStealingSleepMillis);
+
+      if (_offered_termination == _n_threads) {
+        _blocker->unlock();
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
+
+    size_t tasks = tasks_in_queue_set();
+    if (exit_termination(tasks, terminator)) {
+      _offered_termination--;
+      _blocker->unlock();
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+bool OWSTTaskTerminator::do_spin_master_work(TerminatorTerminator* terminator) {
+  uint yield_count = 0;
+  // Number of hard spin loops done since last yield
+  uint hard_spin_count = 0;
+  // Number of iterations in the hard spin loop.
+  uint hard_spin_limit = WorkStealingHardSpins;
+
+  // If WorkStealingSpinToYieldRatio is 0, no hard spinning is done.
+  // If it is greater than 0, then start with a small number
+  // of spins and increase number with each turn at spinning until
+  // the count of hard spins exceeds WorkStealingSpinToYieldRatio.
+  // Then do a yield() call and start spinning afresh.
+  if (WorkStealingSpinToYieldRatio > 0) {
+    hard_spin_limit = WorkStealingHardSpins >> WorkStealingSpinToYieldRatio;
+    hard_spin_limit = MAX2(hard_spin_limit, 1U);
+  }
+  // Remember the initial spin limit.
+  uint hard_spin_start = hard_spin_limit;
+
+  // Loop waiting for all threads to offer termination or
+  // more work.
+  while (true) {
+    // Look for more work.
+    // Periodically sleep() instead of yield() to give threads
+    // waiting on the cores the chance to grab this code
+    if (yield_count <= WorkStealingYieldsBeforeSleep) {
+      // Do a yield or hardspin.  For purposes of deciding whether
+      // to sleep, count this as a yield.
+      yield_count++;
+
+      // Periodically call yield() instead spinning
+      // After WorkStealingSpinToYieldRatio spins, do a yield() call
+      // and reset the counts and starting limit.
+      if (hard_spin_count > WorkStealingSpinToYieldRatio) {
+        yield();
+        hard_spin_count = 0;
+        hard_spin_limit = hard_spin_start;
+#ifdef TRACESPINNING
+        _total_yields++;
+#endif
+      } else {
+        // Hard spin this time
+        // Increase the hard spinning period but only up to a limit.
+        hard_spin_limit = MIN2(2*hard_spin_limit,
+                               (uint) WorkStealingHardSpins);
+        for (uint j = 0; j < hard_spin_limit; j++) {
+          SpinPause();
+        }
+        hard_spin_count++;
+#ifdef TRACESPINNING
+        _total_spins++;
+#endif
+      }
+    } else {
+      log_develop_trace(gc, task)("OWSTTaskTerminator::do_spin_master_work() thread " PTR_FORMAT " sleeps after %u yields",
+                                  p2i(Thread::current()), yield_count);
+      yield_count = 0;
+
+      MonitorLockerEx locker(_blocker, Mutex::_no_safepoint_check_flag);
+      _spin_master = NULL;
+      locker.wait(Mutex::_no_safepoint_check_flag, WorkStealingSleepMillis);
+      if (_spin_master == NULL) {
+        _spin_master = Thread::current();
+      } else {
+        return false;
+      }
+    }
+
+#ifdef TRACESPINNING
+      _total_peeks++;
+#endif
+    size_t tasks = tasks_in_queue_set();
+    if (exit_termination(tasks, terminator)) {
+      MonitorLockerEx locker(_blocker, Mutex::_no_safepoint_check_flag);
+      if (tasks >= _offered_termination - 1) {
+        locker.notify_all();
+      } else {
+        for (; tasks > 1; tasks--) {
+          locker.notify();
+        }
+      }
+      _spin_master = NULL;
+      return false;
+    } else if (_offered_termination == _n_threads) {
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/owstTaskTerminator.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/owstTaskTerminator.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e6fe13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/owstTaskTerminator.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ *
+ */
+#ifndef SHARE_VM_GC_SHARED_OWSTTASKTERMINATOR_HPP
+#define SHARE_VM_GC_SHARED_OWSTTASKTERMINATOR_HPP
+
+#include "gc/shared/taskqueue.hpp"
+#include "runtime/mutex.hpp"
+#include "runtime/thread.hpp"
+
+/*
+ * OWST stands for Optimized Work Stealing Threads
+ *
+ * This is an enhanced implementation of Google's work stealing
+ * protocol, which is described in the paper:
+ * "Wessam Hassanein. 2016. Understanding and improving JVM GC work
+ * stealing at the data center scale. In Proceedings of the 2016 ACM
+ * SIGPLAN International Symposium on Memory Management (ISMM 2016). ACM,
+ * New York, NY, USA, 46-54. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/2926697.2926706"
+ *
+ * Instead of a dedicated spin-master, our implementation will let spin-master relinquish
+ * the role before it goes to sleep/wait, allowing newly arrived threads to compete for the role.
+ * The intention of above enhancement is to reduce spin-master's latency on detecting new tasks
+ * for stealing and termination condition.
+ */
+
+class OWSTTaskTerminator: public ParallelTaskTerminator {
+private:
+  Monitor*    _blocker;
+  Thread*     _spin_master;
+
+public:
+  OWSTTaskTerminator(uint n_threads, TaskQueueSetSuper* queue_set) :
+    ParallelTaskTerminator(n_threads, queue_set), _spin_master(NULL) {
+    _blocker = new Monitor(Mutex::leaf, "OWSTTaskTerminator", false, Monitor::_safepoint_check_never);
+  }
+
+  virtual ~OWSTTaskTerminator() {
+    assert(_blocker != NULL, "Can not be NULL");
+    delete _blocker;
+  }
+
+  bool offer_termination(TerminatorTerminator* terminator);
+
+protected:
+  // If should exit current termination protocol
+  virtual bool exit_termination(size_t tasks, TerminatorTerminator* terminator);
+
+private:
+  size_t tasks_in_queue_set() { return _queue_set->tasks(); }
+
+  /*
+   * Perform spin-master task.
+   * Return true if termination condition is detected, otherwise return false
+   */
+  bool do_spin_master_work(TerminatorTerminator* terminator);
+};
+
+
+#endif // SHARE_VM_GC_SHARED_OWSTTASKTERMINATOR_HPP
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/taskqueue.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/taskqueue.cpp
index 024fbbc..2738d68 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/taskqueue.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/taskqueue.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 #include "precompiled.hpp"
 #include "gc/shared/taskqueue.hpp"
+#include "gc/shared/owstTaskTerminator.hpp"
 #include "oops/oop.inline.hpp"
 #include "logging/log.hpp"
 #include "runtime/atomic.hpp"
@@ -265,3 +266,25 @@ void ParallelTaskTerminator::reset_for_reuse(uint n_threads) {
   reset_for_reuse();
   _n_threads = n_threads;
 }
+
+TaskTerminator::TaskTerminator(uint n_threads, TaskQueueSetSuper* queue_set) :
+  _terminator(UseOWSTTaskTerminator ? new OWSTTaskTerminator(n_threads, queue_set)
+                                    : new ParallelTaskTerminator(n_threads, queue_set)) {
+}
+
+TaskTerminator::~TaskTerminator() {
+  if (_terminator != NULL) {
+    delete _terminator;
+  }
+}
+
+// Move assignment
+TaskTerminator& TaskTerminator::operator=(const TaskTerminator& o) {
+  if (_terminator != NULL) {
+    delete _terminator;
+  }
+  _terminator = o.terminator();
+  const_cast<TaskTerminator&>(o)._terminator = NULL;
+  return *this;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/taskqueue.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/taskqueue.hpp
index ad97377..8909060 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/taskqueue.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/taskqueue.hpp
@@ -359,6 +359,8 @@ protected:
 public:
   // Returns "true" if some TaskQueue in the set contains a task.
   virtual bool peek() = 0;
+  // Tasks in queue
+  virtual uint tasks() const = 0;
 #if INCLUDE_SHENANDOAHGC
   virtual size_t tasks() = 0;
 #endif
@@ -393,6 +395,7 @@ public:
   bool steal(uint queue_num, int* seed, E& t);
 
   bool peek();
+  uint tasks() const;
 #if INCLUDE_SHENANDOAHGC
   size_t tasks();
 #endif
@@ -432,6 +435,15 @@ size_t GenericTaskQueueSet<T, F>::tasks() {
 }
 #endif
 
+template<class T, MEMFLAGS F>
+uint GenericTaskQueueSet<T, F>::tasks() const {
+  uint n = 0;
+  for (uint j = 0; j < _n; j++) {
+    n += _queues[j]->size();
+  }
+  return n;
+}
+
 // When to terminate from the termination protocol.
 class TerminatorTerminator: public CHeapObj<mtInternal> {
 public:
@@ -443,8 +455,8 @@ public:
 
 #undef TRACESPINNING
 
-class ParallelTaskTerminator: public StackObj {
-private:
+class ParallelTaskTerminator: public CHeapObj<mtGC> {
+protected:
 #if INCLUDE_SHENANDOAHGC
 protected:
 #endif
@@ -483,7 +495,7 @@ public:
   // As above, but it also terminates if the should_exit_termination()
   // method of the terminator parameter returns true. If terminator is
   // NULL, then it is ignored.
-  SHENANDOAHGC_ONLY(virtual) bool offer_termination(TerminatorTerminator* terminator);
+  SHENANDOAHGC_ONLY(virtual) virtual bool offer_termination(TerminatorTerminator* terminator);
 
   // Reset the terminator, so that it may be reused again.
   // The caller is responsible for ensuring that this is done
@@ -502,6 +514,38 @@ public:
 #endif
 };
 
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#pragma warning(push)
+// warning C4521: multiple copy constructors specified
+#pragma warning(disable:4521)
+// warning C4522: multiple assignment operators specified
+#pragma warning(disable:4522)
+#endif
+
+class TaskTerminator : public StackObj {
+private:
+  ParallelTaskTerminator*  _terminator;
+
+  // Disable following copy constructors and assignment operator
+  TaskTerminator(TaskTerminator& o) { }
+  TaskTerminator(const TaskTerminator& o) { }
+  TaskTerminator& operator=(TaskTerminator& o) { return *this; }
+public:
+  TaskTerminator(uint n_threads, TaskQueueSetSuper* queue_set);
+  ~TaskTerminator();
+
+  // Move assignment
+  TaskTerminator& operator=(const TaskTerminator& o);
+
+  ParallelTaskTerminator* terminator() const {
+    return _terminator;
+  }
+};
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#pragma warning(pop)
+#endif
+
+
 typedef GenericTaskQueue<oop, mtGC>             OopTaskQueue;
 typedef GenericTaskQueueSet<OopTaskQueue, mtGC> OopTaskQueueSet;