--- a/hotspot/make/test/JtregNative.gmk	Mon Feb 08 12:54:57 2016 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/make/test/JtregNative.gmk	Tue Feb 09 15:54:16 2016 -0500
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2015, 2016, 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
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
     $(HOTSPOT_TOPDIR)/test/runtime/jni/ToStringInInterfaceTest \
     $(HOTSPOT_TOPDIR)/test/runtime/modules/getModuleJNI \
     $(HOTSPOT_TOPDIR)/test/runtime/SameObject \
+    $(HOTSPOT_TOPDIR)/test/runtime/BoolReturn \
     $(HOTSPOT_TOPDIR)/test/compiler/floatingpoint/ \
     $(HOTSPOT_TOPDIR)/test/compiler/calls \
     $(HOTSPOT_TOPDIR)/test/compiler/native \

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/jni.cpp	Mon Feb 08 12:54:57 2016 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/jni.cpp	Tue Feb 09 15:54:16 2016 -0500
@@ -919,7 +919,14 @@
  protected:
   va_list _ap;
 
-  inline void get_bool()   { _arguments->push_int(va_arg(_ap, jint)); } // bool is coerced to int when using va_arg
+  inline void get_bool()   {
+    // Normalize boolean arguments from native code by converting 1-255 to JNI_TRUE and
+    // 0 to JNI_FALSE.  Boolean return values from native are normalized the same in
+    // TemplateInterpreterGenerator::generate_result_handler_for and
+    // SharedRuntime::generate_native_wrapper.
+    jboolean b = va_arg(_ap, jint);
+    _arguments->push_int((jint)(b == 0 ? JNI_FALSE : JNI_TRUE));
+  }
   inline void get_char()   { _arguments->push_int(va_arg(_ap, jint)); } // char is coerced to int when using va_arg
   inline void get_short()  { _arguments->push_int(va_arg(_ap, jint)); } // short is coerced to int when using va_arg
   inline void get_byte()   { _arguments->push_int(va_arg(_ap, jint)); } // byte is coerced to int when using va_arg
@@ -960,9 +967,17 @@
       while ( 1 ) {
         switch ( fingerprint & parameter_feature_mask ) {
           case bool_parm:
+            get_bool();
+            break;
           case char_parm:
+            get_char();
+            break;
           case short_parm:
+            get_short();
+            break;
           case byte_parm:
+            get_byte();
+            break;
           case int_parm:
             get_int();
             break;
@@ -996,7 +1011,14 @@
  protected:
   const jvalue *_ap;
 
-  inline void get_bool()   { _arguments->push_int((jint)(_ap++)->z); }
+  inline void get_bool()   {
+    // Normalize boolean arguments from native code by converting 1-255 to JNI_TRUE and
+    // 0 to JNI_FALSE.  Boolean return values from native are normalized the same in
+    // TemplateInterpreterGenerator::generate_result_handler_for and
+    // SharedRuntime::generate_native_wrapper.
+    jboolean b = (_ap++)->z;
+    _arguments->push_int((jint)(b == 0 ? JNI_FALSE : JNI_TRUE));
+  }
   inline void get_char()   { _arguments->push_int((jint)(_ap++)->c); }
   inline void get_short()  { _arguments->push_int((jint)(_ap++)->s); }
   inline void get_byte()   { _arguments->push_int((jint)(_ap++)->b); }

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/test/runtime/BoolReturn/BoolConstructor.java	Tue Feb 09 15:54:16 2016 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, 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 jdk.test.lib.Asserts;
+
+public class BoolConstructor {
+
+    boolean field;
+    BoolConstructor(boolean b, boolean expected) {
+        field = b;
+        // System.out.println("b is " + b + " field is " + field);
+        Asserts.assertTrue(field == b, "BoolConstructor argument not converted correctly");
+        Asserts.assertTrue(field == expected, "BoolConstructor argument not stored correctly");
+    }
+}

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/test/runtime/BoolReturn/NativeSmallIntCallsTest.java	Tue Feb 09 15:54:16 2016 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, 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 8149170
+ * @summary Test native functions return booleans as 0/1 but differently than java functions
+ * @library /testlibrary
+ * @compile BoolConstructor.java
+ * @run main/native NativeSmallIntCallsTest
+ */
+
+// This test shows that returns from native calls for boolean truncate to JNI_TRUE if value != 0
+// and JNI_FALSE if value returned is 0.
+
+import jdk.test.lib.Asserts;
+
+public class NativeSmallIntCallsTest {
+    static native boolean nativeCastToBoolCallTrue();
+    static native boolean nativeCastToBoolCallFalse();
+    static native boolean nativeCallBoolConstructor(int visible, boolean expected);
+    static {
+        System.loadLibrary("NativeSmallIntCalls");
+    }
+
+    public static void main(java.lang.String[] unused) throws Exception {
+        // Call through jni
+        // JNI makes all results != 0 true for compatibility
+        boolean nativeTrueVal = nativeCastToBoolCallTrue();
+        Asserts.assertTrue(nativeTrueVal, "trueval is false!");
+
+        boolean nativeFalseVal = nativeCastToBoolCallFalse();
+        Asserts.assertTrue(nativeFalseVal, "falseval is false in native!");
+
+        // Call a constructor or method that passes jboolean values into Java from native
+        nativeCallBoolConstructor(1, true);
+        nativeCallBoolConstructor(0x10, true);
+        nativeCallBoolConstructor(0x100, false);
+        nativeCallBoolConstructor(0x1000, false);
+    }
+}

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/test/runtime/BoolReturn/libNativeSmallIntCalls.c	Tue Feb 09 15:54:16 2016 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, 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.
+ */
+
+#include <jni.h>
+
+JNIEXPORT void JNICALL
+Java_NativeSmallIntCallsTest_nativeCallBoolConstructor(JNIEnv* env, jobject obj, int visible, int expected) {
+    jclass cls;
+    jmethodID ctor;
+
+    cls = (*env)->FindClass(env, "BoolConstructor");
+    if(NULL == cls) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    ctor = (*env)->GetMethodID(env, cls, "<init>", "(ZZ)V");
+    if(NULL == ctor) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // printf("visible 0x%x expected %d\n", visible, expected);
+
+    (*env)->NewObject(env, cls, ctor, (jboolean) visible, expected);
+}
+
+JNIEXPORT jboolean JNICALL
+Java_NativeSmallIntCallsTest_nativeCastToBoolCallTrue(JNIEnv* env, jobject obj) {
+
+    return 55;
+}
+
+JNIEXPORT jboolean JNICALL
+Java_NativeSmallIntCallsTest_nativeCastToBoolCallFalse(JNIEnv* env, jobject obj) {
+
+    return 44;
+}
+