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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 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).
+ *
+ * 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 TestAgeOutput
+ * @bug 8164936
+ * @summary Check that collectors using age table based aging print an age table even for the first garbage collection
+ * @key gc
+ * @requires vm.gc=="null"
+ * @modules java.base/jdk.internal.misc
+ * @library /test/lib
+ * @build sun.hotspot.WhiteBox
+ * @run main ClassFileInstaller sun.hotspot.WhiteBox
+ * @run main/othervm -XX:+UseSerialGC TestAgeOutput UseSerialGC
+ * @run main/othervm -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC TestAgeOutput UseConcMarkSweepGC
+ * @run main/othervm -XX:+UseG1GC TestAgeOutput UseG1GC
+ */
+
+import sun.hotspot.WhiteBox;
+
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+import jdk.test.lib.Platform;
+import jdk.test.lib.process.OutputAnalyzer;
+import jdk.test.lib.process.ProcessTools;
+
+import static jdk.test.lib.Asserts.*;
+
+public class TestAgeOutput {
+
+    public static void checkPattern(String pattern, String what) throws Exception {
+        Pattern r = Pattern.compile(pattern);
+        Matcher m = r.matcher(what);
+
+        if (!m.find()) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Could not find pattern " + pattern + " in output");
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void runTest(String gcArg) throws Exception {
+        final String[] arguments = {
+            "-Xbootclasspath/a:.",
+            "-XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions",
+            "-XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions",
+            "-XX:+WhiteBoxAPI",
+            "-XX:+" + gcArg,
+            "-Xmx10M",
+            "-Xlog:gc+age=trace",
+            GCTest.class.getName()
+            };
+
+        ProcessBuilder pb = ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder(arguments);
+        OutputAnalyzer output = new OutputAnalyzer(pb.start());
+
+        output.shouldHaveExitValue(0);
+
+        System.out.println(output.getStdout());
+
+        String stdout = output.getStdout();
+
+        checkPattern(".*GC\\(0\\) .*Desired survivor size.*", stdout);
+        checkPattern(".*GC\\(0\\) .*Age table with threshold.*", stdout);
+        checkPattern(".*GC\\(0\\) .*- age   1:.*", stdout);
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        runTest(args[0]);
+    }
+
+    static class GCTest {
+        private static final WhiteBox WB = WhiteBox.getWhiteBox();
+
+        public static Object holder;
+
+        public static void main(String [] args) {
+            holder = new byte[100];
+            WB.youngGC();
+            System.out.println(holder);
+        }
+    }
+}
+