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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
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.graalvm.compiler.core.test;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import jdk.vm.ci.meta.JavaKind;
+import jdk.vm.ci.meta.ResolvedJavaMethod;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
+import org.junit.runners.Parameterized.Parameters;
+import org.objectweb.asm.ClassWriter;
+import org.objectweb.asm.FieldVisitor;
+import org.objectweb.asm.MethodVisitor;
+import org.objectweb.asm.Opcodes;
+
+@RunWith(Parameterized.class)
+public class SubWordReturnTest extends GraalCompilerTest {
+
+    private final JavaKind kind;
+    private final int value;
+
+    private final String generatedClassName;
+    private final String generatedClassNameInternal;
+
+    private final String testMethodName;
+
+    /**
+     * The {@link AsmLoader} generates a class looking like this for the types byte, short, int and
+     * char.
+     */
+    static class ByteGetter {
+
+        // private static int intField = 1000000;
+
+        private static byte get() {
+            // GETSTATIC intField
+            // IRETURN
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        public static int testByteSnippet() {
+            return get();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Parameters(name = "{0}, {1}")
+    public static List<Object[]> data() {
+        ArrayList<Object[]> ret = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (int i : new int[]{1000000, 1000001, -1000000, -1}) {
+            ret.add(new Object[]{JavaKind.Boolean, i});
+            ret.add(new Object[]{JavaKind.Byte, i});
+            ret.add(new Object[]{JavaKind.Short, i});
+            ret.add(new Object[]{JavaKind.Char, i});
+        }
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    public SubWordReturnTest(JavaKind kind, int value) {
+        this.kind = kind;
+        this.value = value;
+
+        this.generatedClassName = SubWordReturnTest.class.getName() + "$" + kind.toString() + "Getter";
+        this.generatedClassNameInternal = generatedClassName.replace('.', '/');
+        this.testMethodName = "test" + kind.name() + "Snippet";
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test() throws ClassNotFoundException {
+        Class<?> testClass = new AsmLoader(SubWordReturnTest.class.getClassLoader()).findClass(generatedClassName);
+        ResolvedJavaMethod method = getResolvedJavaMethod(testClass, testMethodName);
+        test(method, null);
+    }
+
+    class AsmLoader extends ClassLoader implements Opcodes {
+
+        Class<?> loaded;
+
+        AsmLoader(ClassLoader parent) {
+            super(parent);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected Class<?> findClass(String name) throws ClassNotFoundException {
+            if (name.equals(generatedClassName)) {
+                if (loaded == null) {
+                    byte[] gen = generateClass();
+                    loaded = defineClass(name, gen, 0, gen.length);
+                }
+                return loaded;
+            } else {
+                return super.findClass(name);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private byte[] generateClass() {
+            ClassWriter cw = new ClassWriter(0);
+            cw.visit(52, ACC_SUPER | ACC_PUBLIC, generatedClassNameInternal, null, "java/lang/Object", null);
+
+            FieldVisitor intField = cw.visitField(ACC_PRIVATE | ACC_STATIC, "intField", "I", null, value);
+            intField.visitEnd();
+
+            MethodVisitor get = cw.visitMethod(ACC_PRIVATE | ACC_STATIC, "get", "()" + kind.getTypeChar(), null, null);
+            get.visitCode();
+            get.visitFieldInsn(GETSTATIC, generatedClassNameInternal, "intField", "I");
+            get.visitInsn(IRETURN);
+            get.visitMaxs(1, 0);
+            get.visitEnd();
+
+            MethodVisitor snippet = cw.visitMethod(ACC_PUBLIC | ACC_STATIC, testMethodName, "()I", null, null);
+            snippet.visitCode();
+            snippet.visitMethodInsn(INVOKESTATIC, generatedClassNameInternal, "get", "()" + kind.getTypeChar(), false);
+            snippet.visitInsn(IRETURN);
+            snippet.visitMaxs(1, 0);
+            snippet.visitEnd();
+
+            cw.visitEnd();
+            return cw.toByteArray();
+        }
+    }
+
+}