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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, 2018, 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
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+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
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+ *
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+ * 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
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+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
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+ */
+package jdk.jfr.event.gc.detailed;
+
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import jdk.jfr.Recording;
+import jdk.jfr.consumer.RecordedEvent;
+import jdk.test.lib.Asserts;
+import jdk.test.lib.jfr.EventNames;
+import jdk.test.lib.jfr.Events;
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8009538
+ * @requires vm.gc == "G1" | vm.gc == null
+ * @key jfr
+ * @library /test/lib /test/jdk
+ * @run main/othervm -XX:NewSize=2m -XX:MaxNewSize=2m -Xmx32m -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:+NeverTenure jdk.jfr.event.gc.detailed.TestTenuringDistributionEvent
+ */
+
+public class TestTenuringDistributionEvent {
+    private final static String EVENT_NAME = EventNames.TenuringDistribution;
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        Recording recording = null;
+        try {
+            recording = new Recording();
+            // activate the event we are interested in and start recording
+            recording.enable(EVENT_NAME).withThreshold(Duration.ofMillis(0));
+            recording.start();
+
+            // Setting NewSize and MaxNewSize will limit eden, so
+            // allocating 1024 20k byte arrays should trigger at
+            // least a few Young GCs.
+            byte[][] array = new byte[1024][];
+            for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
+                array[i] = new byte[20 * 1024];
+            }
+            recording.stop();
+
+            // Verify recording
+            List<RecordedEvent> events = Events.fromRecording(recording);
+            Asserts.assertFalse(events.isEmpty(), "No events found");
+            for (RecordedEvent event : events) {
+                Events.assertField(event, "gcId").notEqual(-1);
+                Events.assertField(event, "age").notEqual(0);
+                Events.assertField(event, "size").atLeast(0L);
+            }
+
+        } catch (Throwable t) {
+            if (recording != null) {
+                recording.dump(Paths.get("TestTenuringDistribution.jfr"));
+            }
+            throw t;
+        } finally {
+            if (recording != null) {
+                recording.close();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}