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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, 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
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+ * 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
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+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8161720
+ * @modules java.base/jdk.internal.misc
+ * @run main/othervm -XX:+IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions -Xbatch -XX:-TieredCompilation UnsafeSmallOffsetBooleanAccessTest
+ * @run main/othervm -Xbatch UnsafeSmallOffsetBooleanAccessTest
+ */
+
+import java.util.Random;
+import jdk.internal.misc.Unsafe;
+
+public class UnsafeSmallOffsetBooleanAccessTest {
+    static final Unsafe UNSAFE = Unsafe.getUnsafe();
+    static final long F_OFFSET;
+    static final Random random = new Random();
+
+    static {
+        try {
+            F_OFFSET = UNSAFE.objectFieldOffset(T.class.getDeclaredField("f"));
+            System.out.println("The offset is: " + F_OFFSET);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new Error(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    static class T {
+        boolean f;
+    }
+
+    // Always return false in a way that is not obvious to the compiler.
+    public static boolean myRandom() {
+        if (random.nextInt(101) > 134) {
+            return true;
+        } else {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static boolean test(T t) {
+        boolean result = false;
+        for (int i = 0; i < 20000; i++) {
+            boolean random = myRandom();
+            // If myRandom() returns false, access t.f.
+            //
+            // If myRandom() returns true, access virtual address
+            // F_OFFSET. That address is most likely not mapped,
+            // therefore the access will most likely cause a
+            // crash. We're not concerned about that, though, because
+            // myRandom() always returns false. However, the C2
+            // compiler avoids normalization of the value returned by
+            // getBoolean in this case.
+            result = UNSAFE.getBoolean(myRandom() ? null : t, F_OFFSET);
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        T t = new T();
+        UNSAFE.putBoolean(t, F_OFFSET, true);
+        System.out.println("The result for t is: " + test(t));
+    }
+}