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+++ b/test/hotspot/gtest/oops/test_arrayOop.cpp	Tue Sep 12 19:03:39 2017 +0200
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2016, 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,
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+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
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+ */
+
+#include "precompiled.hpp"
+#include "oops/arrayOop.hpp"
+#include "oops/oop.inline.hpp"
+#include "unittest.hpp"
+#include "utilities/globalDefinitions.hpp"
+
+class arrayOopDescTest {
+ public:
+
+  static int header_size_in_bytes() {
+    return arrayOopDesc::header_size_in_bytes();
+  }
+};
+
+static bool check_max_length_overflow(BasicType type) {
+  julong length = arrayOopDesc::max_array_length(type);
+  julong bytes_per_element = type2aelembytes(type);
+  julong bytes = length * bytes_per_element
+          + arrayOopDescTest::header_size_in_bytes();
+  return (julong) (size_t) bytes == bytes;
+}
+
+TEST_VM(arrayOopDesc, boolean) {
+  ASSERT_PRED1(check_max_length_overflow, T_BOOLEAN);
+}
+
+TEST_VM(arrayOopDesc, char) {
+  ASSERT_PRED1(check_max_length_overflow, T_CHAR);
+}
+
+TEST_VM(arrayOopDesc, float) {
+  ASSERT_PRED1(check_max_length_overflow, T_FLOAT);
+}
+
+TEST_VM(arrayOopDesc, double) {
+  ASSERT_PRED1(check_max_length_overflow, T_DOUBLE);
+}
+
+TEST_VM(arrayOopDesc, byte) {
+  ASSERT_PRED1(check_max_length_overflow, T_BYTE);
+}
+
+TEST_VM(arrayOopDesc, short) {
+  ASSERT_PRED1(check_max_length_overflow, T_SHORT);
+}
+
+TEST_VM(arrayOopDesc, int) {
+  ASSERT_PRED1(check_max_length_overflow, T_INT);
+}
+
+TEST_VM(arrayOopDesc, long) {
+  ASSERT_PRED1(check_max_length_overflow, T_LONG);
+}
+
+TEST_VM(arrayOopDesc, object) {
+  ASSERT_PRED1(check_max_length_overflow, T_OBJECT);
+}
+
+TEST_VM(arrayOopDesc, array) {
+  ASSERT_PRED1(check_max_length_overflow, T_ARRAY);
+}
+
+TEST_VM(arrayOopDesc, narrowOop) {
+  ASSERT_PRED1(check_max_length_overflow, T_NARROWOOP);
+}
+// T_VOID and T_ADDRESS are not supported by max_array_length()