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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, 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
+ * @bug 4627316 6743526
+ * @summary Test option to limit direct memory allocation,
+ *          various bad values fail to launch the VM
+ * @requires (os.arch == "x86_64") | (os.arch == "amd64") | (os.arch == "sparcv9")
+ * @library /test/lib
+ * @build jdk.test.lib.Utils
+ *        jdk.test.lib.Asserts
+ *        jdk.test.lib.JDKToolFinder
+ *        jdk.test.lib.JDKToolLauncher
+ *        jdk.test.lib.Platform
+ *        jdk.test.lib.process.*
+ *
+ * @run main LimitDirectMemoryNegativeTest foo
+ * @run main LimitDirectMemoryNegativeTest 10kmt
+ * @run main LimitDirectMemoryNegativeTest -1
+ */
+
+import jdk.test.lib.process.ProcessTools;
+
+public class LimitDirectMemoryNegativeTest {
+
+    private static final String ERR = "Improperly specified VM option 'MaxDirectMemorySize=";
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        if (args.length != 1) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("missing size argument");
+        }
+
+        int exitCode = ProcessTools.executeTestJava(
+                                    "-XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=" + args[0],
+                                    LimitDirectMemoryNegativeTest.class.getName())
+                                   .shouldContain(ERR + args[0])
+                                   .getExitValue();
+        if (exitCode != 1) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Unexpected exit code: " + exitCode);
+        }
+    }
+}