diff --git a/SYCL/Plugin/retain_events.cpp b/SYCL/Plugin/retain_events.cpp
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+// REQUIRES: gpu
+// RUN: %clangxx -fsycl -fsycl-targets=%sycl_triple %s -o %t.out
+// RUN: %GPU_RUN_PLACEHOLDER %t.out
+
+#include <CL/sycl.hpp>
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <numeric>
+
+namespace {
+
+void print_device_properties(sycl::device const &dev) {
+  auto plat_name =
+      dev.get_platform().template get_info<sycl::info::platform::name>();
+  auto dev_name = dev.template get_info<sycl::info::device::name>();
+  auto driver_version =
+      dev.template get_info<sycl::info::device::driver_version>();
+
+  fprintf(stdout, " platform name: %s\n", plat_name.c_str());
+  fprintf(stdout, "   device name: %s\n", dev_name.c_str());
+  fprintf(stdout, "driver version: %s\n", driver_version.c_str());
+}
+
+void async_sycl_error(cl::sycl::exception_list el) {
+  fprintf(stderr, "async exceptions caught:\n");
+  for (auto l = el.begin(); l != el.end(); ++l) {
+    try {
+      std::rethrow_exception(*l);
+    } catch (const cl::sycl::exception &e) {
+      fprintf(stderr, "what: %s code: %d\n", e.what(), e.get_cl_code());
+      std::exit(-1);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+} // namespace
+
+int test(sycl::device &D) {
+  sycl::context C(D);
+  constexpr size_t N = 1024 * 1000;
+
+  int *src = sycl::malloc_shared<int>(N, D, C);
+  int *dst = sycl::malloc_shared<int>(N, D, C);
+
+  std::iota(src, src + N, 0);
+  std::fill(dst, dst + N, 0);
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < 256; ++i) {
+    sycl::queue Q{
+        C, D,
+        async_sycl_error}; //, sycl::property::queue::enable_profiling() };
+
+    Q.submit([&](sycl::handler &SH) {
+      sycl::range<1> r(N);
+      SH.parallel_for<class X>(r, [=](sycl::id<1> id) {
+        size_t i = id.get(0);
+        dst[i] = src[i] + 1;
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
+  sycl::free(dst, C);
+  sycl::free(src, C);
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+int main() {
+  try {
+    sycl::device D1{sycl::gpu_selector{}};
+    print_device_properties(D1);
+    for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i) {
+      test(D1);
+    }
+  } catch (sycl::exception &e) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "...sycl failed to entertain with \"%s\" (%d) \n", e.what(),
+            e.get_cl_code());
+  }
+  return 0;
+}