test_socket testFDPassEmpty fails on OS X 10.11+ with "Cannot allocate memory"

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
operating-systems, testing-qa

Research direction

Start with test_socket testFDPassEmpty and inspect the referenced issue-24725.patch and repro.c files to understand the failure on OS X 10.11+. Check the existing PR 1427 context before making changes. Done means the test no longer fails with "Cannot allocate memory" on the affected macOS versions.

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Description

3.10 3.8 (EOL) 3.9 (EOL) OS-mac topic-socket
BPO 24725
Nosy @ronaldoussoren, @vstinner, @ned-deily
PRs
  • python/cpython#1427
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    Files
  • issue-24725.patch
  • repro.c
    		•

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    GitHub fields:

    assignee = 'https://github.com/ned-deily'
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2015-07-26.07:35:31.721>
labels = ['OS-mac', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10']
title = 'test_socket testFDPassEmpty fails on OS X 10.11+ with "Cannot allocate memory"'
updated_at = <Date 2021-11-30.16:44:35.098>
user = 'https://github.com/ned-deily'

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2021-11-30.16:44:35.098>
actor = 'ronaldoussoren'
assignee = 'ned.deily'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['macOS']
creation = <Date 2015-07-26.07:35:31.721>
creator = 'ned.deily'
dependencies = []
files = ['41069', '49528']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 24725
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 10.0
messages = ['247414', '247416', '254848', '257153', '257154', '284474', '292893', '301916', '379009', '407385']
nosy_count = 6.0
nosy_names = ['ronaldoussoren', 'vstinner', 'baikie', 'ned.deily', 'python-dev', 'jramnani']
pr_nums = ['1427']
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'needs patch'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = None
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue24725'
versions = ['Python 3.8', 'Python 3.9', 'Python 3.10']

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