fix[test]: improve context switch test

The test was relying on a context switch to happen given a number of iterations of a specific code. The test began to fail on python 3.12 on macOS. Use time.sleep to force a context switch. Signed-off-by: mayeut <[email protected]>
giampaolo · Jul 30, 2023 · ac577a6 · ac577a6
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commit ac577a6
Showing 1 changed file with 3 additions and 3 deletions.
diff --git a/psutil/tests/test_process.py b/psutil/tests/test_process.py
@@ -1059,12 +1059,12 @@ def test_num_fds(self):
     def test_num_ctx_switches(self):
         p = psutil.Process()
         before = sum(p.num_ctx_switches())
-        for _ in range(500000):
+        for _ in range(2):
+            time.sleep(0.05)  # this shall ensure a context switch happens
             after = sum(p.num_ctx_switches())
             if after > before:
                 return
-        raise self.fail(
-            "num ctx switches still the same after 50.000 iterations")
+        raise self.fail("num ctx switches still the same after 2 iterations")
 
     def test_ppid(self):
         p = psutil.Process()