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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, 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).
+ *
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+ * 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
+ * @bug 8059100
+ * @summary Test that you can decrease NMT tracking level but not increase it.
+ * @key nmt
+ * @library /testlibrary /testlibrary/whitebox
+ * @build ChangeTrackingLevel
+ * @run main ClassFileInstaller sun.hotspot.WhiteBox
+ *                              sun.hotspot.WhiteBox$WhiteBoxPermission
+ * @run main/othervm -Xbootclasspath/a:. -XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:+WhiteBoxAPI -XX:NativeMemoryTracking=detail ChangeTrackingLevel
+ */
+
+import com.oracle.java.testlibrary.*;
+import sun.hotspot.WhiteBox;
+
+public class ChangeTrackingLevel {
+
+    public static WhiteBox wb = WhiteBox.getWhiteBox();
+    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
+        boolean testChangeLevel = wb.NMTChangeTrackingLevel();
+        if (testChangeLevel) {
+            System.out.println("NMT level change test passed.");
+        } else {
+            // it also fails if the VM asserts.
+            throw new RuntimeException("NMT level change test failed");
+        }
+    }
+};