Issue #21901: Cap the maximum number of file descriptors to use for the test.

cf-natali · cf-natali · commit 889d6463b39a · 2014-07-22T21:25:03.000+01:00
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_selectors.py b/Lib/test/test_selectors.py
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ def test_above_fd_setsize(self):
             resource.setrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_NOFILE, (hard, hard))
             self.addCleanup(resource.setrlimit, resource.RLIMIT_NOFILE,
                             (soft, hard))
-            NUM_FDS = hard
+            NUM_FDS = min(hard, 2**16)
         except (OSError, ValueError):
             NUM_FDS = soft
 
