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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).
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8136421
+ * @requires (os.simpleArch == "x64" | os.simpleArch == "sparcv9") & os.arch != "aarch64"
+ * @library / /testlibrary /../../test/lib
+ * @compile ../common/CompilerToVMHelper.java
+ * @run main ClassFileInstaller
+ *      jdk.vm.ci.hotspot.CompilerToVMHelper
+ * @run driver compiler.jvmci.compilerToVM.DebugOutputTest
+ */
+
+package compiler.jvmci.compilerToVM;
+
+import jdk.vm.ci.hotspot.CompilerToVMHelper;
+import jdk.test.lib.ProcessTools;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import jdk.test.lib.OutputAnalyzer;
+import jdk.test.lib.Utils;
+
+public class DebugOutputTest {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        new DebugOutputTest().test();
+    }
+
+    private void test() {
+        for (TestCaseData testCase : TestCaseData.values()) {
+            System.out.println(testCase);
+            OutputAnalyzer oa;
+            try {
+                ProcessBuilder pb = ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder(
+                        /* use test options = */ true,
+                        "-XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions",
+                        "-XX:+EnableJVMCI",
+                        "-Xbootclasspath/a:.",
+                        DebugOutputTest.Worker.class.getName(),
+                        testCase.name());
+               oa = ProcessTools.executeProcess(pb);
+               } catch (Exception e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+                throw new Error("Problems running child process", e);
+            }
+            if (testCase.expectedException != null) {
+                oa.shouldHaveExitValue(1);
+                oa.shouldContain(testCase.expectedException.getName());
+            } else {
+                oa.shouldHaveExitValue(0);
+                oa.shouldContain(new String(testCase.getExpected()));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * A list of test cases that are executed in forked VM
+     */
+    private enum TestCaseData {
+        PART_ARRAY(100, 50),
+        FULL_ARRAY(0, 255),
+        EMPTY(0, 0),
+        NEGATIVE_LENGTH(0, Integer.MIN_VALUE,
+                ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException.class),
+        NEGATIVE_OFFSET(-1, 255,
+                ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException.class),
+        LEFT_BOUND(Integer.MIN_VALUE, 100,
+                ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException.class),
+        RIGHT_BOUND(Integer.MAX_VALUE, 100,
+                ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException.class),
+        BIG_LENGTH(0, Integer.MAX_VALUE,
+                ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException.class),
+        NULL_POINTER(0, 0,
+                NullPointerException.class),
+        ;
+
+        private static final int SIZE = 255;
+        private static final byte[] DATA = generate();
+        public final int offset;
+        public final int length;
+        public final Class<? extends Throwable> expectedException;
+
+        private TestCaseData(int offset, int length,
+                Class<? extends Throwable> expectedException) {
+            this.offset = offset;
+            this.length = length;
+            this.expectedException = expectedException;
+        }
+
+        private TestCaseData(int offset, int length) {
+            this(offset, length, null);
+        }
+
+        private static byte[] generate() {
+            byte[] byteArray = new byte[SIZE];
+            for (int i = 0; i < SIZE; i++) {
+                byteArray[i] = (byte) (i + 1);
+            }
+            return byteArray;
+        }
+
+        public byte[] getExpected() {
+            if (expectedException != null) {
+                return new byte[0];
+            }
+            return Arrays.copyOfRange(TestCaseData.DATA, offset,
+                    offset + length);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String toString() {
+            return "CASE: " + this.name();
+        }
+
+        public byte[] getData() {
+            if (equals(NULL_POINTER)) {
+                return null;
+            } else {
+                return DATA;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static class Worker {
+        public static void main(String[] args) {
+            for (String arg : args) {
+                TestCaseData tcase = TestCaseData.valueOf(arg);
+                CompilerToVMHelper.writeDebugOutput(tcase.getData(),
+                        tcase.offset, tcase.length);
+                CompilerToVMHelper.flushDebugOutput();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}