diff -r 000000000000 -r 6474c204b198 ipc/ipdl/test/cxx/TestSelfManageRoot.cpp
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/ipc/ipdl/test/cxx/TestSelfManageRoot.cpp	Wed Dec 31 06:09:35 2014 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#include "TestSelfManageRoot.h"
+
+#include "IPDLUnitTests.h"      // fail etc.
+
+#define ASSERT(c)                               \
+    do {                                        \
+        if (!(c))                               \
+            fail(#c);                           \
+    } while (0)
+
+namespace mozilla {
+namespace _ipdltest {
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// parent
+
+void
+TestSelfManageRootParent::Main()
+{
+    TestSelfManageParent* a =
+        static_cast<TestSelfManageParent*>(SendPTestSelfManageConstructor());
+    if (!a)
+        fail("constructing PTestSelfManage");
+
+    ASSERT(1 == ManagedPTestSelfManageParent().Length());
+
+    TestSelfManageParent* aa =
+        static_cast<TestSelfManageParent*>(a->SendPTestSelfManageConstructor());
+    if (!aa)
+        fail("constructing PTestSelfManage");
+
+    ASSERT(1 == ManagedPTestSelfManageParent().Length() &&
+           1 == a->ManagedPTestSelfManageParent().Length());
+
+    if (!PTestSelfManageParent::Send__delete__(aa))
+        fail("destroying PTestSelfManage");
+    ASSERT(Deletion == aa->mWhy &&
+           1 == ManagedPTestSelfManageParent().Length() &&
+           0 == a->ManagedPTestSelfManageParent().Length());
+    delete aa;
+
+    aa =
+        static_cast<TestSelfManageParent*>(a->SendPTestSelfManageConstructor());
+    if (!aa)
+        fail("constructing PTestSelfManage");
+
+    ASSERT(1 == ManagedPTestSelfManageParent().Length() &&
+           1 == a->ManagedPTestSelfManageParent().Length());
+
+    if (!PTestSelfManageParent::Send__delete__(a))
+        fail("destroying PTestSelfManage");
+    ASSERT(Deletion == a->mWhy &&
+           AncestorDeletion == aa->mWhy &&
+           0 == ManagedPTestSelfManageParent().Length() &&
+           0 == a->ManagedPTestSelfManageParent().Length());
+    delete a;
+    delete aa;
+
+    Close();
+}
+
+} // namespace _ipdltest
+} // namespace mozilla