1 files changed, 25 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/tests/auto/qprocess/tst_qprocess.cpp b/tests/auto/qprocess/tst_qprocess.cpp
index 97ab85e328..978cf0c0cd 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qprocess/tst_qprocess.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/qprocess/tst_qprocess.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 **
 ****************************************************************************/
 
-
+#include "../../shared/util.h"
 #include <QtTest/QtTest>
 #include <QtCore/QProcess>
 #include <QtCore/QDir>
@@ -1117,9 +1117,21 @@ public:
         }
     }
 
+    void writeAfterStart(const char *buf, int count)
+    {
+        dataToWrite = QByteArray(buf, count);
+    }
+
+    void start(const QString &program)
+    {
+        QProcess::start(program);
+        writePendingData();
+    }
+
 public slots:
     void terminateSlot()
     {
+        writePendingData(); // In cases 3 and 4 we haven't written the data yet.
         if (killing || (n == 4 && state() != Running)) {
             // Don't try to kill the process before it is running - that can
             // be hazardous, as the actual child process might not be running
@@ -1142,8 +1154,18 @@ public slots:
     }
 
 private:
+    void writePendingData()
+    {
+        if (!dataToWrite.isEmpty()) {
+            write(dataToWrite);
+            dataToWrite.clear();
+        }
+    }
+
+private:
     int n;
     bool killing;
+    QByteArray dataToWrite;
 };
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1177,11 +1199,10 @@ void tst_QProcess::softExitInSlots()
 
     for (int i = 0; i < 5; ++i) {
         SoftExitProcess proc(i);
+        proc.writeAfterStart("OLEBOLE", 8); // include the \0
         proc.start(appName);
-        proc.write("OLEBOLE", 8); // include the \0
-        QTestEventLoop::instance().enterLoop(10);
+        QTRY_VERIFY(proc.waitedForFinished);
         QCOMPARE(proc.state(), QProcess::NotRunning);
-        QVERIFY(proc.waitedForFinished);
     }
 }