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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, 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).
+ *
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+ * 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 8195100
+ * @summary a short lived Symbol should be cleaned up
+ * @library /test/lib
+ * @modules java.base/jdk.internal.misc
+ *          java.management
+ * @requires (vm.debug == true)
+ */
+
+import jdk.test.lib.Platform;
+import jdk.test.lib.process.OutputAnalyzer;
+import jdk.test.lib.process.ProcessTools;
+import java.util.Scanner;
+
+public class ShortLivedSymbolCleanup {
+	  
+  static int getSymbolTableSize(ProcessBuilder pb) throws Exception {
+    int size = 0;
+    
+    OutputAnalyzer analyzer = new OutputAnalyzer(pb.start());
+    String output = analyzer.getStdout();
+    analyzer.shouldHaveExitValue(0);
+
+    // Split string into lines using platform independent end of line marker.
+    String[] lines = output.split("\\R");
+    for (String line : lines) {
+      if (line.contains("Start size")) {
+        // ex. "[0.023s][trace][symboltable] Start size: 32768 (15)"
+        Scanner scanner = new Scanner(line);
+        scanner.next(); // skip "[0.023s][trace][symboltable]"
+        scanner.next(); // skip "Start"
+        scanner.next(); // skip "size:"
+        size = Integer.parseInt(scanner.next()); // process "32768"
+        scanner.close();
+      }
+    }
+    
+    return size;
+  }
+  
+  static void analyzeOutputOn(int size, ProcessBuilder pb) throws Exception {
+    OutputAnalyzer analyzer = new OutputAnalyzer(pb.start());
+    String output = analyzer.getStdout();
+    analyzer.shouldHaveExitValue(0);
+
+    // Split string into lines using platform independent end of line marker.
+    String[] lines = output.split("\\R");
+    for (String line : lines) {
+      if (line.startsWith("  Total removed")) {
+        // ex. "Total removed              13309"
+        Scanner scanner = new Scanner(line);
+        scanner.next(); // skip "Total"
+        scanner.next(); // skip "removed"
+        int removed = Integer.parseInt(scanner.next()); // process "13309"
+        scanner.close();
+
+        if (removed < (size/2)) {
+          System.out.println(output);
+          // We should have removed at least half of the temporary Symbols
+          throw new RuntimeException("Did not clean dead temporary Symbols [removed:"+removed+", size:"+size+"]");
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+	
+  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {      
+      
+      if (Platform.isDebugBuild()) {
+        {
+          ProcessBuilder pb = ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder("-Xlog:symboltable=trace", 
+                                                                    "-version");
+          int size = getSymbolTableSize(pb);
+          
+          pb = ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder("-XX:+PrintSymbolTableSizeHistogram",
+                                                                    LotsOfTempSymbols.class.getName(),
+                                                                    Integer.toString(size));
+          analyzeOutputOn(size, pb);
+        }
+    }
+  }
+	
+  static class LotsOfTempSymbols {
+    public static void main(String [] args) {
+      int size = 2*Integer.parseInt(args[0]);
+      // Create enough temporary Symbols, that we are
+      // guranteed to	insert into every bucket twice,
+      // and therefore have the table check for dead entries
+      for (int i=0; i<size; i++) {
+        try {
+          Class.forName(String.format("%05d", i), false, null);
+        } catch (java.lang.ClassNotFoundException e) {}
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+