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+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/gc/TestStackOverflow.java	Tue Sep 12 19:03:39 2017 +0200
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2002, 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 TestStackOverflow
+ * @key gc
+ * @bug 4396719
+ * @summary Test verifies only that VM doesn't crash but throw expected Error.
+ * @run main/othervm TestStackOverflow
+ */
+
+public class TestStackOverflow {
+    final static int LOOP_LENGTH = 1000000;
+    final static int LOGGING_STEP = 10000;
+
+    public static void main(String args[]) {
+        Object object = null;
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < LOOP_LENGTH; i++) {
+
+            // Check progress
+            if (i % LOGGING_STEP == 0) {
+                System.out.println(i);
+            }
+            try {
+                Object array[] = {object, object, object, object, object};
+                object = array;
+            } catch (OutOfMemoryError e) {
+                object = null;
+                System.out.println("Caught OutOfMemoryError.");
+                return;
+            } catch (StackOverflowError e) {
+                object = null;
+                System.out.println("Caught StackOverflowError.");
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+