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+++ new/test/compiler/tiered/TieredLevelsTest.java	2013-10-14 22:30:28.559070935 +0400
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, 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
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+ */
+
+/**
+ * @test TieredLevelsTest
+ * @library /testlibrary /testlibrary/whitebox /compiler/whitebox
+ * @build TieredLevelsTest
+ * @run main ClassFileInstaller sun.hotspot.WhiteBox
+ * @run main/othervm -Xbootclasspath/a:. -XX:+TieredCompilation
+ *                   -XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:+WhiteBoxAPI
+ *                   -XX:CompileCommand=compileonly,TestCase$Helper::*
+ *                   TieredLevelsTest
+ * @summary Verify that all levels < 'TieredStopAtLevel' can be used
+ * @author igor.ignatyev@oracle.com
+ */
+public class TieredLevelsTest extends CompLevelsTest {
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        if (!TIERED_COMPILATION) {
+            System.err.println("Test isn't applicable w/ disabled "
+                    + "TieredCompilation. Skip test.");
+            return;
+        }
+        for (TestCase test : TestCase.values()) {
+            new TieredLevelsTest(test).runTest();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private TieredLevelsTest(TestCase testCase) {
+        super(testCase);
+        // to prevent inlining of #method
+        WHITE_BOX.testSetDontInlineMethod(method, true);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void test() throws Exception {
+        checkNotCompiled();
+        compile();
+        checkCompiled();
+
+        int compLevel = getCompLevel();
+        if (compLevel > TIERED_STOP_AT_LEVEL) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("method.compLevel[" + compLevel
+                    + "] > TieredStopAtLevel [" + TIERED_STOP_AT_LEVEL + "]");
+        }
+        int bci = WHITE_BOX.getMethodEntryBci(method);
+        deoptimize();
+
+        for (int testedTier = 1; testedTier <= TIERED_STOP_AT_LEVEL;
+                ++testedTier) {
+            testAvailableLevel(testedTier, bci);
+        }
+        for (int testedTier = TIERED_STOP_AT_LEVEL + 1;
+                testedTier <= COMP_LEVEL_MAX; ++testedTier) {
+            testUnavailableLevel(testedTier, bci);
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    protected void checkLevel(int expected, int actual) {
+        if (expected == COMP_LEVEL_FULL_PROFILE
+                && actual == COMP_LEVEL_LIMITED_PROFILE) {
+            // for simple method full_profile may be replaced by limited_profile
+            return;
+        }
+        super.checkLevel(expected, actual);
+   }
+}