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-rw-r--r--Lib/test/support/__init__.py18
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_decimal.py7
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2021-08-06-00-07-15.bpo-40928.aIwb6G.rst2
3 files changed, 26 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
index 4a2ed1ea5a..cb3acecbbd 100644
--- a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
@@ -459,6 +459,24 @@ TEST_HOME_DIR = os.path.dirname(TEST_SUPPORT_DIR)
TEST_DATA_DIR = os.path.join(TEST_HOME_DIR, "data")
+def darwin_malloc_err_warning(test_name):
+ """Assure user that loud errors generated by macOS libc's malloc are
+ expected."""
+ if sys.platform != 'darwin':
+ return
+
+ import shutil
+ msg = ' NOTICE '
+ detail = (f'{test_name} may generate "malloc can\'t allocate region"\n'
+ 'warnings on macOS systems. This behavior is known. Do not\n'
+ 'report a bug unless tests are also failing. See bpo-40928.')
+
+ padding, _ = shutil.get_terminal_size()
+ print(msg.center(padding, '-'))
+ print(detail)
+ print('-' * padding)
+
+
def findfile(filename, subdir=None):
"""Try to find a file on sys.path or in the test directory. If it is not
found the argument passed to the function is returned (this does not
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_decimal.py b/Lib/test/test_decimal.py
index 058829b03a..28d56909b3 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_decimal.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_decimal.py
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ from test.support import (run_unittest, run_doctest, is_resource_enabled,
requires_IEEE_754, requires_docstrings,
requires_legacy_unicode_capi)
from test.support import (TestFailed,
- run_with_locale, cpython_only)
+ run_with_locale, cpython_only,
+ darwin_malloc_err_warning)
from test.support.import_helper import import_fresh_module
from test.support import warnings_helper
import random
@@ -44,6 +45,10 @@ import inspect
import threading
+if sys.platform == 'darwin':
+ darwin_malloc_err_warning('test_decimal')
+
+
C = import_fresh_module('decimal', fresh=['_decimal'])
P = import_fresh_module('decimal', blocked=['_decimal'])
orig_sys_decimal = sys.modules['decimal']
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2021-08-06-00-07-15.bpo-40928.aIwb6G.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2021-08-06-00-07-15.bpo-40928.aIwb6G.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c9a5e1b01e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2021-08-06-00-07-15.bpo-40928.aIwb6G.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Notify users running test_decimal regression tests on macOS of potential
+harmless "malloc can't allocate region" messages spewed by test_decimal.