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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <alloca.h>
+
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+TEST(alloca, alloca) {
+  // These days, alloca is usually a builtin, so we can't really assert much.
+  void* p = alloca(1024);
+  ASSERT_NE(nullptr, p);
+  memset(p, 0, 1024);
+}