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+++ b/test/runtime/SharedArchiveFile/SharedBaseAddress.java	Fri Sep 19 11:12:39 2014 -0400
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, 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 SharedBaseAddress
+ * @summary Test variety of values for SharedBaseAddress, making sure
+ *          VM handles normal values as well as edge values w/o a crash.
+ * @library /testlibrary
+ * @run main SharedBaseAddress
+ */
+
+import com.oracle.java.testlibrary.*;
+
+public class SharedBaseAddress {
+
+    // shared base address test table
+    private static final String[] testTable = {
+        "1g", "8g", "64g","512g", "4t",
+        "32t", "128t", "0",
+        "1", "64k", "64M"
+    };
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        // Known issue on Solaris-Sparc
+        // @ignore JDK-8044600
+        if (Platform.isSolaris() && Platform.isSparc())
+            return;
+
+        for (String testEntry : testTable) {
+            System.out.println("sharedBaseAddress = " + testEntry);
+
+            ProcessBuilder pb = ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder(
+               "-XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions",
+               "-XX:SharedArchiveFile=test.jsa",
+               "-XX:SharedBaseAddress=" + testEntry,
+               "-Xshare:dump");
+
+            OutputAnalyzer output = new OutputAnalyzer(pb.start());
+
+            output.shouldContain("Loading classes to share");
+
+            try {
+                pb = ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder(
+                    "-XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions",
+                    "-XX:SharedArchiveFile=test.jsa",
+                    "-Xshare:on",
+                    "-version");
+                output = new OutputAnalyzer(pb.start());
+                output.shouldContain("sharing");
+                output.shouldHaveExitValue(0);
+            } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+                output.shouldContain("Unable to use shared archive");
+                output.shouldHaveExitValue(1);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}