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+/*
+   Copyright (c) 2020-Present Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved.
+
+   Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+   of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+   in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+   to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+   copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+   furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+   The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+   all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+   THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+   IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+   FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+   AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+   LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+   OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+   THE SOFTWARE.
+   */
+
+/* HIT_START
+ * BUILD: %t %s ../../test_common.cpp NVCC_OPTIONS -std=c++11
+ * TEST: %t
+ * HIT_END
+ */
+
+#include "test_common.h"
+
+bool hipEvent_Nullcheck() {
+  bool TestStatus = true;
+  hipError_t err;
+  hipEvent_t start_event;
+  // Passing nullptr to hipEventCreate API
+  err = hipEventCreate(nullptr);
+  if (err == hipSuccess) {
+    printf("hipEventCreate failed when nullptr is passed \n");
+    TestStatus = false;
+  }
+  // Passing nullptr to hipEventCreateWithFlags API
+  err = hipEventCreateWithFlags(nullptr, 0);
+  if (err == hipSuccess) {
+    printf("hipEventCreatewithFlags failed when nullptr is passed \n");
+    TestStatus = false;
+  }
+  // Passing illegal/unknown flag to hipEventCreateWithFlags API
+  err = hipEventCreateWithFlags(&start_event, 10);
+  if (err == hipSuccess) {
+    printf("hipEventCreatewithFlags failed when illegal flag is passed \n");
+    TestStatus = false;
+  }
+  // Passing nullptr to hipEventSynchronize API
+  err = hipEventSynchronize(nullptr);
+  if (err == hipSuccess) {
+    printf("hipEventSynchronize failed when nullptr is passed \n");
+    TestStatus = false;
+  }
+  // Passing nullptr to hipEventQuery API
+  err = hipEventQuery(nullptr);
+  if (err == hipSuccess) {
+    printf("hipEventQuery failed when nullptr is passed \n");
+    TestStatus = false;
+  }
+  // Passing nullptr to hipEventDestroy API
+  err = hipEventDestroy(nullptr);
+  if (err == hipSuccess) {
+    printf("hipEventDestroy failed when nullptr is passed \n");
+    TestStatus = false;
+  }
+  return TestStatus;
+}
+
+int main() {
+  bool TestPassed = true;
+  TestPassed = hipEvent_Nullcheck();
+  if (TestPassed) {
+    passed();
+  } else {
+    failed("Test Failed!");
+  }
+}
+