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+/*
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+ *
+ * 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.
+ *
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+ *
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+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
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+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 7179701
+ * Summary: MaxJavaStackTraceDepth of zero is not handled correctly/consistently in the VM
+ * @modules java.base/jdk.internal.misc:open
+ * @modules java.base/java.lang:open
+ * @library /test/lib
+ * @run main TestMaxJavaStackTraceDepth runTest
+ */
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import jdk.test.lib.Asserts;
+import jdk.test.lib.process.OutputAnalyzer;
+import jdk.test.lib.process.ProcessTools;
+
+
+public class TestMaxJavaStackTraceDepth {
+
+  static final int maxDepth = 2010;
+
+  // Inner class that throws a lot of exceptions
+  static class Thrower {
+    int count = 0;
+
+    int getDepth(Throwable t) throws Exception {
+      Field f = Throwable.class.getDeclaredField("depth");
+      f.setAccessible(true); // it's private
+      return f.getInt(t);
+    }
+
+    void callThrow() throws Exception {
+      if (++count < maxDepth) {
+        callThrow();
+      } else {
+        throw new RuntimeException("depth tested " + maxDepth);
+      }
+    }
+
+    void testThrow() throws Exception {
+      try {
+        count = getDepth(new Throwable()); // count stack to this point.
+        callThrow();
+      } catch(Exception e) {
+        e.getStackTrace();
+        System.out.println(e.getMessage());
+        int throwableDepth = getDepth(e);
+        System.out.println("java.lang.RuntimeException, " + throwableDepth);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
+    if (args.length > 0) {
+      // Test values of MaxJavaStackTraceDepth
+      int[] depths = {0, 20, 1024};
+      for (int d : depths) {
+        System.out.println("running test with -XX:MaxJavaStackTraceDepth=" + d);
+        ProcessBuilder pb = ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder("-Xlog:stacktrace=info",
+                                                                  "-XX:MaxJavaStackTraceDepth=" + d,
+                                                                  "--add-opens",
+                                                                  "java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED",
+                                                                  "TestMaxJavaStackTraceDepth");
+        OutputAnalyzer output = new OutputAnalyzer(pb.start());
+        if (d == 0) {
+          // Should get all the elements in stack trace
+          output.shouldContain("java.lang.RuntimeException, " + maxDepth);
+        } else {
+          output.shouldContain("java.lang.RuntimeException, " + d);
+        }
+        output.shouldHaveExitValue(0);
+      }
+    } else {
+      // run the test
+      Thrower t = new Thrower();
+      t.testThrow();
+    }
+  }
+}