Index: python-prctl-1.7/test_prctl.py =================================================================== --- python-prctl-1.7.orig/test_prctl.py +++ python-prctl-1.7/test_prctl.py @@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ class PrctlTest(unittest.TestCase): self.assertEqual(prctl.get_keepcaps(), False) @require('set_mce_kill') + @unittest.skipIf(sys.maxsize <= 2**32 or arch == 's390x', 'no such file on this architecture') def test_mce_kill(self): """Test the MCE_KILL setting""" fd = open('/proc/sys/vm/memory_failure_early_kill')