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+/*
+ * Copyright 2009 D.E. Shaw.  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
+ * @bug 6863420
+ * @summary os::javaTimeNanos() go backward on Solaris x86
+ *
+ * @run main/othervm/timeout=300 compiler.runtime.Test6863420
+ */
+/*
+ * Notice the internal timeout in timeout thread Test6863420.TOT.
+ */
+
+package compiler.runtime;
+
+public class Test6863420 {
+
+    static final int INTERNAL_TIMEOUT=240;
+    static class TOT extends Thread {
+       public void run() {
+           try {
+               Thread.sleep(INTERNAL_TIMEOUT*1000);
+           } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
+           }
+           done = true;
+       }
+    }
+
+    static long value = 0;
+    static boolean got_backward_time = false;
+    static volatile boolean done = false;
+
+    public static void main(String args[]) {
+        final int count = 100000;
+
+        TOT tot = new TOT();
+        tot.setDaemon(true);
+        tot.start();
+
+        for (int numThreads = 1; !done && numThreads <= 32; numThreads++) {
+            final int numRuns = 1;
+            for (int t=1; t <= numRuns; t++) {
+                final int curRun = t;
+
+                System.out.println("Spawning " + numThreads + " threads");
+                final Thread threads[] = new Thread[numThreads];
+                for (int i = 0; i < threads.length; i++) {
+                    Runnable thread =
+                        new Runnable() {
+                            public void run() {
+                                for (long l = 0; !done && l < 100000; l++) {
+                                    final long start = System.nanoTime();
+                                    if (value == 12345678) {
+                                        System.out.println("Wow!");
+                                    }
+                                    final long end = System.nanoTime();
+                                    final long time = end - start;
+                                    value += time;
+                                    if (time < 0) {
+                                        System.out.println(
+                                            "Backwards: " +
+                                            "start=" + start + " " +
+                                            "end=" + end + " " +
+                                            "time= " + time
+                                        );
+                                        got_backward_time = true;
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+                        };
+                    threads[i] = new Thread(thread, "Thread" + i);
+                }
+                for (int i = 0; i < threads.length; i++) {
+                    threads[i].start();
+                }
+                for (int i = 0; i < threads.length; i++) {
+                    try {
+                        threads[i].join();
+                    }
+                    catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (got_backward_time) {
+            System.exit(97);
+        }
+    }
+}