--- a/hotspot/test/testlibrary/com/oracle/java/testlibrary/Platform.java	Fri Nov 28 19:42:10 2014 +0300
+++ b/hotspot/test/testlibrary/com/oracle/java/testlibrary/Platform.java	Fri Nov 28 19:49:16 2014 +0300
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 
 package com.oracle.java.testlibrary;
 
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
 public class Platform {
     private static final String osName      = System.getProperty("os.name");
     private static final String dataModel   = System.getProperty("sun.arch.data.model");
@@ -94,29 +96,31 @@
 
     // Returns true for sparc and sparcv9.
     public static boolean isSparc() {
-        return isArch("sparc");
+        return isArch("sparc.*");
     }
 
     public static boolean isARM() {
-        return isArch("arm");
+        return isArch("arm.*");
     }
 
     public static boolean isPPC() {
-        return isArch("ppc");
+        return isArch("ppc.*");
     }
 
     public static boolean isX86() {
-        // On Linux it's 'i386', Windows 'x86'
-        return (isArch("i386") || isArch("x86"));
+        // On Linux it's 'i386', Windows 'x86' without '_64' suffix.
+        return isArch("(i386)|(x86(?!_64))");
     }
 
     public static boolean isX64() {
         // On OSX it's 'x86_64' and on other (Linux, Windows and Solaris) platforms it's 'amd64'
-        return (isArch("amd64") || isArch("x86_64"));
+        return isArch("(amd64)|(x86_64)");
     }
 
-    private static boolean isArch(String archname) {
-        return osArch.toLowerCase().startsWith(archname.toLowerCase());
+    private static boolean isArch(String archnameRE) {
+        return Pattern.compile(archnameRE, Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE)
+                .matcher(osArch)
+                .matches();
     }
 
     public static String getOsArch() {

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/test/testlibrary_tests/TestMutuallyExclusivePlatformPredicates.java	Fri Nov 28 19:49:16 2014 +0300
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, 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.
+ */
+
+import com.oracle.java.testlibrary.Asserts;
+import com.oracle.java.testlibrary.Platform;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.EnumSet;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+/**
+ * @test
+ * @summary Verify that for each group of mutually exclusive predicates defined
+ *          in com.oracle.java.testlibrary.Platform one and only one predicate
+ *          evaluates to true.
+ * @library /testlibrary
+ * @run main TestMutuallyExclusivePlatformPredicates
+ */
+public class TestMutuallyExclusivePlatformPredicates {
+    private static enum MethodGroup {
+        ARCH("isARM", "isPPC", "isSparc", "isX86", "isX64"),
+        BITNESS("is32bit", "is64bit"),
+        OS("isLinux", "isSolaris", "isWindows", "isOSX"),
+        VM_TYPE("isClient", "isServer", "isGraal", "isMinimal"),
+        IGNORED("isEmbedded", "isDebugBuild");
+
+        public final List<String> methodNames;
+
+        private MethodGroup(String... methodNames) {
+            this.methodNames = Collections.unmodifiableList(
+                    Arrays.asList(methodNames));
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String args[]) {
+        EnumSet<MethodGroup> notIgnoredMethodGroups
+                = EnumSet.complementOf(EnumSet.of(MethodGroup.IGNORED));
+
+        notIgnoredMethodGroups.forEach(
+                TestMutuallyExclusivePlatformPredicates::verifyPredicates);
+
+        TestMutuallyExclusivePlatformPredicates.verifyCoverage();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Verifies that one and only one predicate method defined in
+     * {@link com.oracle.java.testlibrary.Platform}, whose name included into
+     * methodGroup will return {@code true}.
+     * @param methodGroup The group of methods that should be tested.
+     */
+    private static void verifyPredicates(MethodGroup methodGroup) {
+        System.out.println("Verifying method group: " + methodGroup.name());
+        long truePredicatesCount = methodGroup.methodNames.stream()
+                .filter(TestMutuallyExclusivePlatformPredicates
+                        ::evaluatePredicate)
+                .count();
+
+        Asserts.assertEQ(truePredicatesCount, 1L, String.format(
+                "Only one predicate from group %s should be evaluated to true "
+                        + "(Actually %d predicates were evaluated to true).",
+                methodGroup.name(), truePredicatesCount));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Verifies that all predicates defined in
+     * {@link com.oracle.java.testlibrary.Platform} were either tested or
+     * explicitly ignored.
+     */
+    private static void verifyCoverage() {
+        Set<String> allMethods = new HashSet<>();
+        for (MethodGroup group : MethodGroup.values()) {
+            allMethods.addAll(group.methodNames);
+        }
+
+        for (Method m : Platform.class.getMethods()) {
+            if (m.getParameterCount() == 0
+                    && m.getReturnType() == boolean.class) {
+                Asserts.assertTrue(allMethods.contains(m.getName()),
+                        "All Platform's methods with signature '():Z' should "
+                                + "be tested ");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Evaluates predicate method with name {@code name} defined in
+     * {@link com.oracle.java.testlibrary.Platform}.
+     *
+     * @param name The name of a predicate to be evaluated.
+     * @return evaluated predicate's value.
+     * @throws java.lang.Error if predicate is not defined or could not be
+     *                         evaluated.
+     */
+    private static boolean evaluatePredicate(String name) {
+        try {
+            System.out.printf("Trying to evaluate predicate with name %s%n",
+                    name);
+            boolean value
+                    = (Boolean) Platform.class.getMethod(name).invoke(null);
+            System.out.printf("Predicate evaluated to: %s%n", value);
+            return value;
+        } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
+            throw new Error("Predicate with name " + name
+                    + " is not defined in " + Platform.class.getName(), e);
+        } catch (IllegalAccessException | InvocationTargetException e) {
+            throw new Error("Unable to evaluate predicate " + name, e);
+        }
+    }
+}