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+++ new/test/compiler/intrinsics/string/TestStringConstruction.java	2015-11-19 18:00:08.584045300 +0100
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, 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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+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
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+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8142303
+ * @summary Tests handling of invalid array indices in C2 intrinsic if explicit range check in Java code is not inlined.
+ * @run main/othervm -XX:CompileCommand=inline,java.lang.String::* -XX:CompileCommand=inline,java.lang.StringUTF16::* -XX:CompileCommand=exclude,java.lang.String::checkBoundsOffCount TestStringConstruction
+ */
+public class TestStringConstruction {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        char[] chars = new char[42];
+        for (int i = 0; i < 10_000; ++i) {
+            test(chars);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static String test(char[] chars) {
+        try {
+            // The constructor calls String::checkBoundsOffCount(-1, 42) to perform
+            // range checks on offset and count. If this method is not inlined, C2
+            // does not know about the explicit range checks and does not cut off the
+            // dead code. As a result, -1 is fed as offset into the StringUTF16.compress
+            // intrinsic which is replaced by TOP and causes a failure in the matcher.
+            return new String(chars, -1 , 42);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            return "";
+        }
+    }
+}
+