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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2020, 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.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
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+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8238550
+ * @summary Test that verifer assignability checks involving the 'this' pointer
+ *          work ok for hidden classes.
+ * @compile FieldInSuperSub.jasm
+ * @run main/othervm -Xverify:remote FieldInSuper
+ */
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.Lookup;
+import static java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.Lookup.ClassOption.*;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+public class FieldInSuper {
+
+    static final Path CLASSES_DIR = Paths.get(System.getProperty("test.classes"));
+    String hello = "hello";
+
+    static byte[] readClassFile(String classFileName) throws Exception {
+        File classFile = new File(CLASSES_DIR + File.separator + classFileName);
+        try (FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream(classFile);
+             ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream()) {
+            int b;
+            while ((b = in.read()) != -1) {
+                out.write(b);
+            }
+            return out.toByteArray();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Throwable {
+        Lookup lookup = MethodHandles.lookup();
+        byte[] bytes = readClassFile("FieldInSuperSub.class");
+
+        // Define a hidden class that loads the 'this' pointer and then
+        // references field 'hello' using:
+        //   getfield Field FieldInSuper.hello:"Ljava/lang/String;";
+        // This will cause the verifier to check that the 'this' pointer for
+        // the hidden class is assignable to FieldInSuper.
+        Class<?> c = lookup.defineHiddenClass(bytes, true, NESTMATE).lookupClass();
+        Object fss = c.newInstance();
+        c.getMethod("printMe").invoke(fss);
+    }
+
+}