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+// Run this program with valgrind or efence with --expose_gc to expose the
+// problem.
+
+// Flags: --expose_gc
+
+var assert = require('assert');
+var HTTPParser = process.binding('http_parser').HTTPParser;
+
+var headersComplete = 0;
+var messagesComplete = 0;
+
+function flushPool() {
+  new Buffer(Buffer.poolSize - 1);
+  gc();
+}
+
+function demoBug(part1, part2) {
+  var parser = new HTTPParser('REQUEST');
+
+  parser.headers = [];
+  parser.url = '';
+
+  parser.onHeaders = function(headers, url) {
+    parser.headers = parser.headers.concat(headers);
+    parser.url += url;
+  };
+
+  parser.onHeadersComplete = function(info) {
+    headersComplete++;
+    console.log("url", info.url);
+  };
+
+  parser.onBody = function(b, start, len) { };
+
+  parser.onMessageComplete = function() {
+    messagesComplete++;
+  };
+
+
+  // We use a function to eliminate references to the Buffer b
+  // We want b to be GCed. The parser will hold a bad reference to it.
+  (function() {
+    var b = Buffer(part1);
+    flushPool();
+
+    console.log("parse the first part of the message");
+    parser.execute(b, 0, b.length);
+  })();
+
+  flushPool();
+
+  (function() {
+    var b = Buffer(part2);
+
+    console.log("parse the second part of the message");
+    parser.execute(b, 0, b.length);
+    parser.finish();
+  })();
+}
+
+
+demoBug('POST /1', '/22 HTTP/1.1\r\n' +
+        'Content-Type: text/plain\r\n' +
+        'Content-Length: 4\r\n\r\n' +
+        'pong');
+
+
+process.on('exit', function() {
+  assert.equal(1, headersComplete);
+  assert.equal(1, messagesComplete);
+  console.log("done!");
+});