1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_support.py b/Lib/test/test_support.py
index 36d5f84..89f1fbf 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_support.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_support.py
@@ -569,6 +569,17 @@ class TestSupport(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertTrue(support.match_test(test_access))
             self.assertFalse(support.match_test(test_chdir))
 
+    def test_fd_count(self):
+        # We cannot test the absolute value of fd_count(): on old Linux
+        # kernel or glibc versions, os.urandom() keeps a FD open on
+        # /dev/urandom device and Python has 4 FD opens instead of 3.
+        start = support.fd_count()
+        fd = os.open(__file__, os.O_RDONLY)
+        try:
+            more = support.fd_count()
+        finally:
+            os.close(fd)
+        self.assertEqual(more - start, 1)
 
     # XXX -follows a list of untested API
     # make_legacy_pyc