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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, 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.ea;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.graalvm.compiler.core.test.GraalCompilerTest;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.debug.Debug;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.debug.Debug.Scope;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.debug.DebugDumpScope;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.graph.Node;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.FrameState;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.StructuredGraph;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.StructuredGraph.AllowAssumptions;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.java.AbstractNewObjectNode;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.java.NewInstanceNode;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.spi.LoweringTool;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.phases.common.CanonicalizerPhase;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.phases.common.LoweringPhase;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.phases.common.inlining.InliningPhase;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.phases.tiers.HighTierContext;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.phases.tiers.PhaseContext;
+
+/**
+ * Tests {@link AbstractNewObjectNode#simplify(org.graalvm.compiler.graph.spi.SimplifierTool)}.
+ *
+ */
+public class PoorMansEATest extends GraalCompilerTest {
+    public static class A {
+        public A obj;
+    }
+
+    public static A test1Snippet() {
+        A a = new A();
+        a.obj = a;
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test1() {
+        test("test1Snippet");
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("try")
+    private void test(final String snippet) {
+        try (Scope s = Debug.scope("PoorMansEATest", new DebugDumpScope(snippet))) {
+            StructuredGraph graph = parseEager(snippet, AllowAssumptions.NO);
+            HighTierContext highTierContext = getDefaultHighTierContext();
+            new InliningPhase(new CanonicalizerPhase()).apply(graph, highTierContext);
+            PhaseContext context = new PhaseContext(getProviders());
+            new LoweringPhase(new CanonicalizerPhase(), LoweringTool.StandardLoweringStage.HIGH_TIER).apply(graph, context);
+
+            // remove framestates in order to trigger the simplification.
+            cleanup: for (FrameState fs : graph.getNodes(FrameState.TYPE).snapshot()) {
+                for (Node input : fs.inputs()) {
+                    if (input instanceof NewInstanceNode) {
+                        fs.replaceAtUsages(null);
+                        fs.safeDelete();
+                        continue cleanup;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            new CanonicalizerPhase().apply(graph, context);
+        } catch (Throwable e) {
+            throw Debug.handle(e);
+        }
+    }
+}