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+/*
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+
+package jdk.test.lib.jfr;
+
+import jdk.test.lib.Asserts;
+
+public class RecurseThread extends Thread {
+
+    public int totalDepth;
+    public long dummy = 0; // Just to make sure the optimizer does not remove the test code.
+    private volatile boolean timeToQuit = false;
+    private volatile boolean isInRunLoop = false;
+
+    public RecurseThread(int totalDepth) {
+        this.totalDepth = totalDepth;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void run() {
+        // totalDepth includes functions run() and recurse() and runloop().
+        // Remove 3 from totalDepth when recursing.
+        final int minDepth = 3;
+        Asserts.assertGreaterThanOrEqual(totalDepth, minDepth, "totalDepth too small");
+        int recurseDepth = totalDepth - minDepth;
+
+        // We want the last function before runloop() to be recurseA().
+        boolean startWithRecurseA = (totalDepth % 2) != 0;
+        dummy = startWithRecurseA ? recurseA(recurseDepth) : recurseB(recurseDepth);
+    }
+
+    public void quit() {
+        timeToQuit = true;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isInRunLoop() {
+        return isInRunLoop;
+    }
+
+    private long recurseA(int depth) {
+        if (depth == 0) {
+            return recurseEnd();
+        } else {
+            return recurseB(depth - 1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private long recurseB(int depth) {
+        if (depth == 0) {
+            return recurseEnd();
+        } else {
+            return recurseA(depth - 1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Test expects this function to be at the top of the stack.
+    // We should not call other functions from here.
+    private long recurseEnd() {
+        isInRunLoop = true;
+        long[] dummyTable = new long[] { 0, 2, 4, 8, 16 };
+        long dummyTotal = 0;
+        while (!timeToQuit) {
+            dummyTotal = 0;
+            for (int i = 0; i < 5; ++i) {
+                dummyTotal += dummyTable[i];
+            }
+        }
+        return dummyTotal;
+    }
+
+}