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diff --git a/erts/emulator/test/big_SUITE.erl b/erts/emulator/test/big_SUITE.erl
index 29508ffc7c..3b9b9e5989 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/test/big_SUITE.erl
+++ b/erts/emulator/test/big_SUITE.erl
@@ -168,7 +168,11 @@ eval({op,_,Op,A0,B0}, LFH) ->
Res = eval_op(Op, A, B),
erlang:garbage_collect(),
Res;
-eval({integer,_,I}, _) -> I;
+eval({integer,_,I}, _) ->
+ %% "Parasitic" ("symbiotic"?) test of squaring all numbers
+ %% found in the test data.
+ test_squaring(I),
+ I;
eval({call,_,{atom,_,Local},Args0}, LFH) ->
Args = eval_list(Args0, LFH),
LFH(Local, Args).
@@ -192,6 +196,18 @@ eval_op('bxor', A, B) -> A bxor B;
eval_op('bsl', A, B) -> A bsl B;
eval_op('bsr', A, B) -> A bsr B.
+test_squaring(I) ->
+ %% Multiplying an integer by itself is specially optimized, so we
+ %% should take special care to test squaring. The optimization
+ %% will kick in when the two operands have the same address.
+ Sqr = I * I,
+
+ %% This expression will be multiplied in the usual way, because
+ %% the the two operands for '*' are stored at different addresses.
+ Sqr = I * ((I + id(1)) - id(1)),
+
+ ok.
+
%% Built in test functions
fac(0) -> 1;