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+/*
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+
+#ifndef SHARE_VM_MEMORY_PADDED_HPP
+#define SHARE_VM_MEMORY_PADDED_HPP
+
+#include "memory/allocation.hpp"
+#include "utilities/globalDefinitions.hpp"
+
+// Bytes needed to pad type to avoid cache-line sharing; alignment should be the
+// expected cache line size (a power of two).  The first addend avoids sharing
+// when the start address is not a multiple of alignment; the second maintains
+// alignment of starting addresses that happen to be a multiple.
+#define PADDING_SIZE(type, alignment)                           \
+  ((alignment) + align_size_up_(sizeof(type), alignment))
+
+// Templates to create a subclass padded to avoid cache line sharing.  These are
+// effective only when applied to derived-most (leaf) classes.
+
+// When no args are passed to the base ctor.
+template <class T, size_t alignment = DEFAULT_CACHE_LINE_SIZE>
+class Padded : public T {
+ private:
+  char _pad_buf_[PADDING_SIZE(T, alignment)];
+};
+
+// When either 0 or 1 args may be passed to the base ctor.
+template <class T, typename Arg1T, size_t alignment = DEFAULT_CACHE_LINE_SIZE>
+class Padded01 : public T {
+ public:
+  Padded01(): T() { }
+  Padded01(Arg1T arg1): T(arg1) { }
+ private:
+  char _pad_buf_[PADDING_SIZE(T, alignment)];
+};
+
+// Super class of PaddedEnd when pad_size != 0.
+template <class T, size_t pad_size>
+class PaddedEndImpl : public T {
+ private:
+  char _pad_buf[pad_size];
+};
+
+// Super class of PaddedEnd when pad_size == 0.
+template <class T>
+class PaddedEndImpl<T, /*pad_size*/ 0> : public T {
+  // No padding.
+};
+
+#define PADDED_END_SIZE(type, alignment) (align_size_up_(sizeof(type), alignment) - sizeof(type))
+
+// More memory conservative implementation of Padded. The subclass adds the
+// minimal amount of padding needed to make the size of the objects be aligned.
+// This will help reducing false sharing,
+// if the start address is a multiple of alignment.
+template <class T, size_t alignment = DEFAULT_CACHE_LINE_SIZE>
+class PaddedEnd : public PaddedEndImpl<T, PADDED_END_SIZE(T, alignment)> {
+  // C++ don't allow zero-length arrays. The padding is put in a
+  // super class that is specialized for the pad_size == 0 case.
+};
+
+// Helper class to create an array of PaddedEnd<T> objects. All elements will
+// start at a multiple of alignment and the size will be aligned to alignment.
+template <class T, MEMFLAGS flags, size_t alignment = DEFAULT_CACHE_LINE_SIZE>
+class PaddedArray {
+ public:
+  // Creates an aligned padded array.
+  // The memory can't be deleted since the raw memory chunk is not returned.
+  static PaddedEnd<T>* create_immortal(uint length);
+};
+
+#endif // SHARE_VM_MEMORY_PADDED_HPP