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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, 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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+ * 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
+ * @key regression
+ * @bug 8012015
+ * @summary Make sure reserved (but uncommitted) memory is not accessible
+ * @library /testlibrary /testlibrary/whitebox
+ * @build ReserveMemory
+ * @run main ClassFileInstaller sun.hotspot.WhiteBox
+ * @run main ReserveMemory
+ */
+
+import com.oracle.java.testlibrary.*;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import sun.hotspot.WhiteBox;
+import sun.misc.Unsafe;
+
+public class ReserveMemory {
+  private static Unsafe getUnsafe() throws Exception {
+    Field f = Unsafe.class.getDeclaredField("theUnsafe");
+    f.setAccessible(true);
+    return (Unsafe)f.get(null);
+  }
+
+  private static boolean isWindows() {
+    return System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase().startsWith("win");
+  }
+
+  public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
+    if (args.length > 0) {
+      long address = WhiteBox.getWhiteBox().reserveMemory(4096);
+
+      System.out.println("Reserved memory at address: 0x" + Long.toHexString(address));
+      System.out.println("Will now read from the address, expecting a crash!");
+
+      int x = getUnsafe().getInt(address);
+
+      throw new Exception("Read of reserved/uncommitted memory unexpectedly succeeded, expected crash!");
+    }
+
+    ProcessBuilder pb = ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder(
+          "-Xbootclasspath/a:.",
+          "-XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions",
+          "-XX:+WhiteBoxAPI",
+          "ReserveMemory",
+          "test");
+
+    OutputAnalyzer output = new OutputAnalyzer(pb.start());
+    if (isWindows()) {
+      output.shouldContain("EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION");
+    } else {
+      output.shouldContain("SIGSEGV");
+    }
+  }
+}