From 8f1319a53ea487c1b3e2a2d1d6908018e47eaf34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2025 22:04:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] test: deflake test-buffer-large-size-buffer-alloc

Use the error message as another condition to skip the test when the
buffer allocation fails.

Refs: https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/795dd8eb7988ae38553e
Refs: https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e9c6004a2d580008082b
---
 .../test-buffer-large-size-buffer-alloc.js     | 18 ++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/test/pummel/test-buffer-large-size-buffer-alloc.js b/test/pummel/test-buffer-large-size-buffer-alloc.js
index 00a989affc48d5..032818cc899975 100644
--- a/test/pummel/test-buffer-large-size-buffer-alloc.js
+++ b/test/pummel/test-buffer-large-size-buffer-alloc.js
@@ -7,12 +7,22 @@ common.skipIf32Bits();
 const assert = require('node:assert');
 const size = 2 ** 31;
 
+let largeBuffer;
+
 // Test Buffer.alloc with size larger than integer range
 try {
-  assert.throws(() => Buffer.alloc(size).toString('utf8'), { code: 'ERR_STRING_TOO_LONG' });
+  largeBuffer = Buffer.alloc(size);
 } catch (e) {
-  if (e.code !== 'ERR_MEMORY_ALLOCATION_FAILED') {
-    throw e;
+  if (
+    e.code === 'ERR_MEMORY_ALLOCATION_FAILED' ||
+    /Array buffer allocation failed/.test(e.message)
+  ) {
+    common.skip('insufficient space for Buffer.alloc');
   }
-  common.skip('insufficient space for Buffer.alloc');
+
+  throw e;
 }
+
+assert.throws(() => largeBuffer.toString('utf8'), {
+  code: 'ERR_STRING_TOO_LONG',
+});