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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 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;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.graalvm.compiler.debug.Debug;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.ReturnNode;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.StructuredGraph;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.StructuredGraph.AllowAssumptions;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.phases.common.CanonicalizerPhase;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.phases.tiers.PhaseContext;
+
+public class MergeCanonicalizerTest extends GraalCompilerTest {
+
+    public static int staticField;
+
+    private int field;
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSplitReturn() {
+        test("testSplitReturnSnippet", 2);
+        testReturnCount("testSplitReturnSnippet", 2);
+    }
+
+    public int testSplitReturnSnippet(int b) {
+        int v;
+        if (b < 0) {
+            staticField = 1;
+            v = 10;
+        } else {
+            staticField = 2;
+            v = 20;
+        }
+        int i = field;
+        i = field + i;
+        return v;
+    }
+
+    private void testReturnCount(String snippet, int returnCount) {
+        StructuredGraph graph = parseEager(snippet, AllowAssumptions.YES);
+        new CanonicalizerPhase().apply(graph, new PhaseContext(getProviders()));
+        new CanonicalizerPhase().apply(graph, new PhaseContext(getProviders()));
+        Debug.dump(Debug.BASIC_LOG_LEVEL, graph, "Graph");
+        assertDeepEquals(returnCount, graph.getNodes(ReturnNode.TYPE).count());
+    }
+}