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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
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+ *
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+ *
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+ */
+
+import jdk.test.lib.process.ProcessTools;
+import jdk.test.lib.process.OutputAnalyzer;
+
+/**
+ * @test
+ * @summary If #processors > 1024 os_linux.cpp uses special coding.
+ *   Excercise this by forcing usage of this coding. If this fails, this
+ *   VM was either compiled on a platform which does not define CPU_ALLOC,
+ *   or it is executed on a platform that does not support it.
+ * @requires os.family == "linux"
+ * @modules java.base/jdk.internal.misc
+ * @library /test/lib
+ * @run driver TestUseCpuAllocPath
+ */
+public class TestUseCpuAllocPath {
+
+    static final String SUCCESS_STRING = "active_processor_count: using dynamic path (forced)";
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        ProcessBuilder pb =
+            ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder(false,
+                                                  "-Xlog:os=trace",
+                                                  "-XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions",
+                                                  "-XX:+UseCpuAllocPath",
+                                                  "-version");
+
+        OutputAnalyzer output = new OutputAnalyzer(pb.start());
+        output.shouldContain(SUCCESS_STRING);
+    }
+}