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+/*
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+package jdk.jfr.event.oldobject;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import jdk.jfr.Recording;
+import jdk.jfr.consumer.RecordedEvent;
+import jdk.jfr.internal.test.WhiteBox;
+import jdk.testlibrary.jfr.EventNames;
+import jdk.testlibrary.jfr.Events;
+import jdk.testlibrary.jfr.OldObjects;
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @key jfr
+ * @requires vm.gc == "null"
+ * @library /lib/testlibrary
+ * @modules jdk.jfr/jdk.jfr.internal.test
+ * @run main/othervm -XX:TLABSize=2k jdk.jfr.event.oldobject.TestReferenceChainLimit
+ */
+public class TestReferenceChainLimit {
+    private final static int TEST_CHAIN_LENGTH_FACTOR = 10; // scaling factor for the how long chain to be used in the test
+
+    final static class ChainNode {
+        final ChainNode next;
+        byte[] leak;
+
+        public ChainNode(ChainNode node) {
+            next = node;
+            leak = new byte[10_000];
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static ChainNode createChain() {
+        ChainNode node = null;
+        final int testChainLength = OldObjects.MAX_CHAIN_LENGTH * TEST_CHAIN_LENGTH_FACTOR;
+        for (int i = 0; i < testChainLength; i++) {
+            node = new ChainNode(node);
+        }
+        return node;
+    }
+
+    public static ChainNode leak;
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        WhiteBox.setWriteAllObjectSamples(true);
+
+        try (Recording r = new Recording()) {
+            r.enable(EventNames.OldObjectSample).withStackTrace().with("cutoff", "infinity");
+            r.start();
+            leak = createChain();
+            List<RecordedEvent> events = Events.fromRecording(r);
+            if (OldObjects.countMatchingEvents(events, byte[].class, null, null, -1, "createChain") == 0) {
+                throw new Exception("Could not find ChainNode");
+            }
+            for (RecordedEvent e : events) {
+                OldObjects.validateReferenceChainLimit(e, OldObjects.MAX_CHAIN_LENGTH);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}