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+/*
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+
+/**
+ * @test TestAlignmentToUseLargePages
+ * @summary All parallel GC variants may use large pages without the requirement that the
+ * heap alignment is large page aligned. Other collectors also need to start up with odd sized heaps.
+ * @bug 8024396
+ * @key gc
+ * @key regression
+ * @run main/othervm -Xms7M -Xmx9M -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:-UseParallelOldGC -XX:+UseLargePages TestAlignmentToUseLargePages
+ * @run main/othervm -Xms7M -Xmx9M -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:-UseParallelOldGC -XX:-UseLargePages TestAlignmentToUseLargePages
+ * @run main/othervm -Xms7M -Xmx9M -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:+UseParallelOldGC -XX:+UseLargePages TestAlignmentToUseLargePages
+ * @run main/othervm -Xms7M -Xmx9M -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:+UseParallelOldGC -XX:-UseLargePages TestAlignmentToUseLargePages
+ * @run main/othervm -Xms7M -Xmx9M -XX:+UseSerialGC -XX:+UseLargePages TestAlignmentToUseLargePages
+ * @run main/othervm -Xms7M -Xmx9M -XX:+UseSerialGC -XX:-UseLargePages TestAlignmentToUseLargePages
+ * @run main/othervm -Xms7M -Xmx9M -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+UseLargePages TestAlignmentToUseLargePages
+ * @run main/othervm -Xms7M -Xmx9M -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:-UseLargePages TestAlignmentToUseLargePages
+ * @run main/othervm -Xms7M -Xmx9M -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:+UseLargePages TestAlignmentToUseLargePages
+ * @run main/othervm -Xms7M -Xmx9M -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:-UseLargePages TestAlignmentToUseLargePages
+ */
+
+public class TestAlignmentToUseLargePages {
+  public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
+    // nothing to do
+  }
+}