--- a/src/cpu/sparc/vm/sharedRuntime_sparc.cpp	Mon Feb 29 11:56:51 2016 -0800
+++ b/src/cpu/sparc/vm/sharedRuntime_sparc.cpp	Mon Feb 29 16:08:11 2016 +0100
@@ -1326,9 +1326,12 @@
     }
   } else if (dst.first()->is_stack()) {
     // reg to stack
-    __ st_ptr(src.first()->as_Register(), SP, reg2offset(dst.first()) + STACK_BIAS);
+    // Some compilers (gcc) expect a clean 32 bit value on function entry
+    __ signx(src.first()->as_Register(), L5);
+    __ st_ptr(L5, SP, reg2offset(dst.first()) + STACK_BIAS);
   } else {
-    __ mov(src.first()->as_Register(), dst.first()->as_Register());
+    // Some compilers (gcc) expect a clean 32 bit value on function entry
+    __ signx(src.first()->as_Register(), dst.first()->as_Register());
   }
 }
 

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/compiler/native/TestDirtyInt.java	Mon Feb 29 16:08:11 2016 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ * 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
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+public class TestDirtyInt {
+    static {
+        System.loadLibrary("TestDirtyInt");
+    }
+
+    native static int test(int v);
+
+    static int compiled(int v) {
+        return test(v<<2);
+    }
+
+    static public void main(String[] args) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < 20000; i++) {
+            int res = compiled(Integer.MAX_VALUE);
+            if (res != 0x42) {
+                throw new RuntimeException("Test failed");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/compiler/native/TestDirtyInt.sh	Mon Feb 29 16:08:11 2016 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+#
+#  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
+#  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
+## @bug 8148353
+## @summary gcc on sparc expects clean 32 bit int in 64 bit register on function entry
+## @run shell/timeout=30 TestDirtyInt.sh
+##
+
+if [ "${TESTSRC}" = "" ]
+then
+  TESTSRC=${PWD}
+  echo "TESTSRC not set.  Using "${TESTSRC}" as default"
+fi
+echo "TESTSRC=${TESTSRC}"
+## Adding common setup Variables for running shell tests.
+. ${TESTSRC}/../../test_env.sh
+
+# set platform-dependent variables
+if [ $VM_OS == "linux" -a $VM_CPU == "sparcv9" ]; then
+    echo "Testing on linux-sparc"
+    gcc_cmd=`which gcc`
+    if [ "x$gcc_cmd" == "x" ]; then
+        echo "WARNING: gcc not found. Cannot execute test." 2>&1
+        exit 0;
+    fi
+else
+    echo "Test passed; only valid for linux-sparc"
+    exit 0;
+fi
+
+THIS_DIR=.
+
+cp ${TESTSRC}${FS}*.java ${THIS_DIR}
+${TESTJAVA}${FS}bin${FS}javac *.java
+
+$gcc_cmd -O1 -DLINUX -fPIC -shared \
+    -o ${TESTSRC}${FS}libTestDirtyInt.so \
+    -I${TESTJAVA}${FS}include \
+    -I${TESTJAVA}${FS}include${FS}linux \
+    ${TESTSRC}${FS}libTestDirtyInt.c
+
+# run the java test in the background
+cmd="${TESTJAVA}${FS}bin${FS}java \
+    -Djava.library.path=${TESTSRC}${FS} TestDirtyInt"
+
+echo "$cmd"
+eval $cmd 
+
+if [ $? = 0 ]
+then
+    echo "Test Passed"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+echo "Test Failed"
+exit 1

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/compiler/native/libTestDirtyInt.c	Mon Feb 29 16:08:11 2016 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * 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
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+#include "jni.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+static int array = 0x42;
+
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_TestDirtyInt_test(JNIEnv* env, jclass jclazz, jint v)
+{
+  int* ptr = &array + v + 4;
+  return *ptr;
+}