use a multi-connection client for multiprocess tests

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tests/test_multiprocessing.py b/tests/test_multiprocessing.py
index bb31a06..17bdcc2 100644
--- a/tests/test_multiprocessing.py
+++ b/tests/test_multiprocessing.py
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@ import pytest
 import multiprocessing
 import contextlib
 
+import redis
 from redis.connection import Connection, ConnectionPool
 from redis.exceptions import ConnectionError
 
+from .conftest import _get_client
+
 
 @contextlib.contextmanager
 def exit_callback(callback, *args):
@@ -18,6 +21,15 @@ class TestMultiprocessing(object):
     # Test connection sharing between forks.
     # See issue #1085 for details.
 
+    # use a multi-connection client as that's the only type that is
+    # actuall fork/process-safe
+    @pytest.fixture()
+    def r(self, request):
+        return _get_client(
+            redis.Redis,
+            request=request,
+            single_connection_client=False)
+
     def test_close_connection_in_child(self):
         """
         A connection owned by a parent and closed by a child doesn't