1 files changed, 19 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/tests/thread/thread_gc1.py b/tests/thread/thread_gc1.py
index dd1e64d89..b36ea9d4c 100644
--- a/tests/thread/thread_gc1.py
+++ b/tests/thread/thread_gc1.py
@@ -16,21 +16,34 @@ def thread_entry(n):
             data[i] = data[i]
         gc.collect()
 
-    # print whether the data remains intact and indicate we are finished
+    # check whether the data remains intact and indicate we are finished
     with lock:
-        print(list(data) == list(range(256)))
-        global n_finished
+        global n_correct, n_finished
+        n_correct += list(data) == list(range(256))
         n_finished += 1
 
 
 lock = _thread.allocate_lock()
-n_thread = 4
+n_thread = 0
+n_thread_max = 4
+n_correct = 0
 n_finished = 0
 
 # spawn threads
-for i in range(n_thread):
-    _thread.start_new_thread(thread_entry, (10,))
+for _ in range(n_thread_max):
+    try:
+        _thread.start_new_thread(thread_entry, (10,))
+        n_thread += 1
+    except OSError:
+        # System cannot create a new thead, so stop trying to create them.
+        break
+
+# also run the function on this main thread
+thread_entry(10)
+n_thread += 1
 
 # busy wait for threads to finish
 while n_finished < n_thread:
     pass
+
+print(n_correct == n_finished)