diff --git a/test/Trace.java b/test/Trace.java
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+public class Trace implements Runnable {
+  private volatile boolean alive = true;
+
+  private static void throwSomething() {
+    throw new RuntimeException();
+  }
+
+  private void bar(Object o) {
+    o.toString();
+  }
+
+  private void foo() {
+    { long a = 42;
+      long b = 25;
+      long c = a / b;
+    }
+
+    try {
+      long a = 42;
+      long b = 0;
+      long c = a / b;
+    } catch (Exception e) { }
+
+    try {
+      throw new Exception();
+    } catch (Exception e) { }
+
+    try {
+      throwSomething();
+    } catch (Exception e) { }
+
+    try {
+      Trace.class.getMethod("bar", Object.class).invoke(this, this);
+    } catch (Exception e) { }
+  }
+
+  private static void dummy() {
+    byte[] a = new byte[10];
+    byte[] b = new byte[10];
+    System.arraycopy(a, 0, b, 0, 10);
+  }
+
+  private static void tail1(int a, int b, int c, int d, int e, int f) {
+    dummy();
+  }
+
+  private static void tail2() {
+    tail1(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6);
+    tail1(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6);
+  }
+
+  private static void test(Trace trace) {
+    tail1(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6);
+    tail2();
+    trace.foo();
+  }
+
+  public void run() {
+    synchronized (this) {
+      notifyAll();
+    }
+
+    try {
+      for (int i = 0; i < 10000; ++i) {
+        test(this);
+      }
+    } finally {
+      alive = false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+    Trace trace = new Trace();
+    Thread thread = new Thread(trace);
+
+    synchronized (trace) {
+      thread.start();
+      trace.wait();
+
+      int count = 0;
+      while (trace.alive) {
+        thread.getStackTrace();
+        ++ count;
+      }
+
+      System.out.println("got " + count + " traces");
+    }
+  }
+}