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+/*
+ * 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 TestArrayAllocatorMallocLimit
+ * @summary Sanity check that the ArrayAllocatorMallocLimit flag can be set.
+ * The test helps verifying that size_t flags can be set/read.
+ * @bug 8054823
+ * @key gc
+ * @library /testlibrary
+ * @run driver TestArrayAllocatorMallocLimit
+ */
+
+import com.oracle.java.testlibrary.Asserts;
+import com.oracle.java.testlibrary.OutputAnalyzer;
+import com.oracle.java.testlibrary.ProcessTools;
+import java.math.BigInteger;
+
+public class TestArrayAllocatorMallocLimit {
+  public static void main(String [] args) throws Exception {
+    testDefaultValue();
+    testSetValue();
+  }
+
+  private static final String flagName = "ArrayAllocatorMallocLimit";
+
+  //     size_t ArrayAllocatorMallocLimit                 = 18446744073709551615{experimental}
+  private static final String printFlagsFinalPattern = " *size_t *" + flagName + " *:?= *(\\d+) *\\{experimental\\} *";
+
+  public static void testDefaultValue()  throws Exception {
+    ProcessBuilder pb = ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder(
+      "-XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions", "-XX:+PrintFlagsFinal", "-version");
+
+    OutputAnalyzer output = new OutputAnalyzer(pb.start());
+    String value = output.firstMatch(printFlagsFinalPattern, 1);
+
+    try {
+      Asserts.assertNotNull(value, "Couldn't find size_t flag " + flagName);
+
+      // A size_t is not always parseable with Long.parseValue,
+      // use BigInteger instead.
+      BigInteger biValue = new BigInteger(value);
+
+      // Sanity check that we got a non-zero value.
+      Asserts.assertNotEquals(biValue, "0");
+
+      output.shouldHaveExitValue(0);
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      System.err.println(output.getOutput());
+      throw e;
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static void testSetValue() throws Exception {
+    long flagValue = 2048;
+
+    ProcessBuilder pb = ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder(
+      "-XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions", "-XX:" + flagName + "=" + flagValue, "-XX:+PrintFlagsFinal", "-version");
+
+    OutputAnalyzer output = new OutputAnalyzer(pb.start());
+    String value = output.firstMatch(printFlagsFinalPattern, 1);
+
+    try {
+      Asserts.assertNotNull("Couldn't find size_t flag " + flagName);
+
+      long longValue = Long.parseLong(value);
+
+      Asserts.assertEquals(longValue, flagValue);
+
+      output.shouldHaveExitValue(0);
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      System.err.println(output.getOutput());
+      throw e;
+    }
+  }
+
+}