--- a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp	Tue Aug 26 10:28:43 2014 +0200
+++ b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp	Wed Aug 27 09:36:55 2014 +0200
@@ -2512,7 +2512,7 @@
         }
       }
     } else {
-      if (cause == GCCause::_gc_locker
+      if (cause == GCCause::_gc_locker || cause == GCCause::_wb_young_gc
           DEBUG_ONLY(|| cause == GCCause::_scavenge_alot)) {
 
         // Schedule a standard evacuation pause. We're setting word_size

--- a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/vmPSOperations.cpp	Tue Aug 26 10:28:43 2014 +0200
+++ b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/vmPSOperations.cpp	Wed Aug 27 09:36:55 2014 +0200
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
     "must be a ParallelScavengeHeap");
 
   GCCauseSetter gccs(heap, _gc_cause);
-  if (_gc_cause == GCCause::_gc_locker
+  if (_gc_cause == GCCause::_gc_locker || _gc_cause == GCCause::_wb_young_gc
       DEBUG_ONLY(|| _gc_cause == GCCause::_scavenge_alot)) {
     // If (and only if) the scavenge fails, this will invoke a full gc.
     heap->invoke_scavenge();

--- a/src/share/vm/gc_interface/gcCause.cpp	Tue Aug 26 10:28:43 2014 +0200
+++ b/src/share/vm/gc_interface/gcCause.cpp	Wed Aug 27 09:36:55 2014 +0200
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@
     case _heap_dump:
       return "Heap Dump Initiated GC";
 
+    case _wb_young_gc:
+      return "WhiteBox Initiated Young GC";
+
     case _no_gc:
       return "No GC";
 

--- a/src/share/vm/gc_interface/gcCause.hpp	Tue Aug 26 10:28:43 2014 +0200
+++ b/src/share/vm/gc_interface/gcCause.hpp	Wed Aug 27 09:36:55 2014 +0200
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
     _gc_locker,
     _heap_inspection,
     _heap_dump,
+    _wb_young_gc,
 
     /* implementation independent, but reserved for GC use */
     _no_gc,

--- a/src/share/vm/memory/genCollectedHeap.cpp	Tue Aug 26 10:28:43 2014 +0200
+++ b/src/share/vm/memory/genCollectedHeap.cpp	Wed Aug 27 09:36:55 2014 +0200
@@ -714,15 +714,18 @@
 #else  // INCLUDE_ALL_GCS
     ShouldNotReachHere();
 #endif // INCLUDE_ALL_GCS
+  } else if (cause == GCCause::_wb_young_gc) {
+    // minor collection for WhiteBox API
+    collect(cause, 0);
   } else {
 #ifdef ASSERT
-    if (cause == GCCause::_scavenge_alot) {
-      // minor collection only
-      collect(cause, 0);
-    } else {
-      // Stop-the-world full collection
-      collect(cause, n_gens() - 1);
-    }
+  if (cause == GCCause::_scavenge_alot) {
+    // minor collection only
+    collect(cause, 0);
+  } else {
+    // Stop-the-world full collection
+    collect(cause, n_gens() - 1);
+  }
 #else
     // Stop-the-world full collection
     collect(cause, n_gens() - 1);

--- a/src/share/vm/prims/whitebox.cpp	Tue Aug 26 10:28:43 2014 +0200
+++ b/src/share/vm/prims/whitebox.cpp	Wed Aug 27 09:36:55 2014 +0200
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include "utilities/exceptions.hpp"
 
 #if INCLUDE_ALL_GCS
+#include "gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/parallelScavengeHeap.inline.hpp"
 #include "gc_implementation/g1/concurrentMark.hpp"
 #include "gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.inline.hpp"
 #include "gc_implementation/g1/heapRegionRemSet.hpp"
@@ -221,6 +222,30 @@
                                         (size_t) magnitude, (size_t) iterations);
 WB_END
 
+WB_ENTRY(jboolean, WB_isObjectInOldGen(JNIEnv* env, jobject o, jobject obj))
+  oop p = JNIHandles::resolve(obj);
+#if INCLUDE_ALL_GCS
+  if (UseG1GC) {
+    G1CollectedHeap* g1 = G1CollectedHeap::heap();
+    const HeapRegion* hr = g1->heap_region_containing(p);
+    if (hr == NULL) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    return !(hr->is_young());
+  } else if (UseParallelGC) {
+    ParallelScavengeHeap* psh = ParallelScavengeHeap::heap();
+    return !psh->is_in_young(p);
+  }
+#endif // INCLUDE_ALL_GCS
+  GenCollectedHeap* gch = GenCollectedHeap::heap();
+  return !gch->is_in_young(p);
+WB_END
+
+WB_ENTRY(jlong, WB_GetObjectSize(JNIEnv* env, jobject o, jobject obj))
+  oop p = JNIHandles::resolve(obj);
+  return p->size() * HeapWordSize;
+WB_END
+
 #if INCLUDE_ALL_GCS
 WB_ENTRY(jboolean, WB_G1IsHumongous(JNIEnv* env, jobject o, jobject obj))
   G1CollectedHeap* g1 = G1CollectedHeap::heap();
@@ -668,6 +693,9 @@
   Universe::heap()->collect(GCCause::_last_ditch_collection);
 WB_END
 
+WB_ENTRY(void, WB_YoungGC(JNIEnv* env, jobject o))
+  Universe::heap()->collect(GCCause::_wb_young_gc);
+WB_END
 
 WB_ENTRY(void, WB_ReadReservedMemory(JNIEnv* env, jobject o))
   // static+volatile in order to force the read to happen
@@ -811,6 +839,8 @@
 
 static JNINativeMethod methods[] = {
   {CC"getObjectAddress",   CC"(Ljava/lang/Object;)J", (void*)&WB_GetObjectAddress  },
+  {CC"getObjectSize",      CC"(Ljava/lang/Object;)J", (void*)&WB_GetObjectSize     },
+  {CC"isObjectInOldGen",   CC"(Ljava/lang/Object;)Z", (void*)&WB_isObjectInOldGen  },
   {CC"getHeapOopSize",     CC"()I",                   (void*)&WB_GetHeapOopSize    },
   {CC"isClassAlive0",      CC"(Ljava/lang/String;)Z", (void*)&WB_IsClassAlive      },
   {CC"parseCommandLine",
@@ -885,6 +915,7 @@
                                                       (void*)&WB_GetStringVMFlag},
   {CC"isInStringTable",    CC"(Ljava/lang/String;)Z", (void*)&WB_IsInStringTable  },
   {CC"fullGC",   CC"()V",                             (void*)&WB_FullGC },
+  {CC"youngGC",  CC"()V",                             (void*)&WB_YoungGC },
   {CC"readReservedMemory", CC"()V",                   (void*)&WB_ReadReservedMemory },
   {CC"allocateMetaspace",
      CC"(Ljava/lang/ClassLoader;J)J",                 (void*)&WB_AllocateMetaspace },

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/gc/whitebox/TestWBGC.java	Wed Aug 27 09:36:55 2014 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, 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
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test TestWBGC
+ * @bug 8055098
+ * @summary Test verify that WB methods isObjectInOldGen and youngGC works correctly.
+ * @library /testlibrary /testlibrary/whitebox
+ * @build TestWBGC
+ * @run main ClassFileInstaller sun.hotspot.WhiteBox
+ * @run driver TestWBGC
+ */
+import com.oracle.java.testlibrary.*;
+import sun.hotspot.WhiteBox;
+
+public class TestWBGC {
+
+    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
+        ProcessBuilder pb = ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder(
+                true,
+                "-Xbootclasspath/a:.",
+                "-XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions",
+                "-XX:+WhiteBoxAPI",
+                "-XX:MaxTenuringThreshold=1",
+                "-XX:+PrintGC",
+                GCYoungTest.class.getName());
+
+        OutputAnalyzer output = new OutputAnalyzer(pb.start());
+        System.out.println(output.getStdout());
+        output.shouldHaveExitValue(0);
+        output.shouldContain("WhiteBox Initiated Young GC");
+        output.shouldNotContain("Full");
+        // To be sure that we don't provoke Full GC additionaly to young
+    }
+
+    public static class GCYoungTest {
+        static WhiteBox wb = WhiteBox.getWhiteBox();
+        public static Object obj;
+
+        public static void main(String args[]) {
+            obj = new Object();
+            Asserts.assertFalse(wb.isObjectInOldGen(obj));
+            wb.youngGC();
+            wb.youngGC();
+            // 2 young GC is needed to promote object into OldGen
+            Asserts.assertTrue(wb.isObjectInOldGen(obj));
+        }
+    }
+}

--- a/test/testlibrary/whitebox/sun/hotspot/WhiteBox.java	Tue Aug 26 10:28:43 2014 +0200
+++ b/test/testlibrary/whitebox/sun/hotspot/WhiteBox.java	Wed Aug 27 09:36:55 2014 +0200
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@
   // Memory
   public native long getObjectAddress(Object o);
   public native int  getHeapOopSize();
+  public native boolean isObjectInOldGen(Object o);
+  public native long getObjectSize(Object o);
 
   // Runtime
   // Make sure class name is in the correct format
@@ -145,6 +147,9 @@
   public native long allocateMetaspace(ClassLoader classLoader, long size);
   public native void freeMetaspace(ClassLoader classLoader, long addr, long size);
 
+  // force Young GC
+  public native void youngGC();
+
   // force Full GC
   public native void fullGC();