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authorGregory P. Smith <greg@krypto.org>2013-03-20 06:25:16 (GMT)
committerGregory P. Smith <greg@krypto.org>2013-03-20 06:25:16 (GMT)
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Use a larger amount of data for tests such as the interrupted_write
tests that depend on filling up an OS pipe so that they work properly on systems configured with large pipe buffers.
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diff --git a/Lib/test/support.py b/Lib/test/support.py
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+++ b/Lib/test/support.py
@@ -574,9 +574,9 @@ IPV6_ENABLED = _is_ipv6_enabled()
# A constant likely larger than the underlying OS pipe buffer size.
-# Windows limit seems to be around 512B, and most Unix kernels have a 64K pipe
-# buffer size: take 1M to be sure.
-PIPE_MAX_SIZE = 1024 * 1024
+# Windows limit seems to be around 512B, and many Unix kernels have a 64K pipe
+# buffer size or 16*PAGE_SIZE: take a few megs to be sure. This
+PIPE_MAX_SIZE = 3 * 1000 * 1000
# decorator for skipping tests on non-IEEE 754 platforms