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+/*
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+ */
+
+#include <boost/test/test_tools.hpp>
+#include <boost/test/unit_test_suite.hpp>
+
+#include <boost/bind.hpp>
+#include <boost/chrono/duration.hpp>
+#include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time_duration.hpp>
+#include <boost/thread/thread.hpp>
+#include <thrift/transport/TPipe.h>
+#include <thrift/transport/TPipeServer.h>
+
+using apache::thrift::transport::TPipeServer;
+using apache::thrift::transport::TPipe;
+using apache::thrift::transport::TTransport;
+using apache::thrift::transport::TTransportException;
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(TPipeInterruptTest)
+
+// TODO: duplicate the test cases in TSocketInterruptTest for pipes,
+// once pipes implement interruptChildren
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_interrupt_before_accept) {
+  TPipeServer pipe1("TPipeInterruptTest");
+  pipe1.listen();
+  pipe1.interrupt();
+  BOOST_CHECK_THROW(pipe1.accept(), TTransportException);
+}
+
+static void acceptWorker(TPipeServer *pipe) {
+  try
+  {
+    for (;;)
+    {
+      boost::shared_ptr<TTransport> temp = pipe->accept();
+    }
+  }
+  catch (...) {/*just want to make sure nothing crashes*/ }
+}
+
+static void interruptWorker(TPipeServer *pipe) {
+  boost::this_thread::sleep(boost::posix_time::milliseconds(10));
+  pipe->interrupt();
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(stress_pipe_accept_interruption) {
+  int interruptIters = 100;
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < interruptIters; ++i)
+  {
+    TPipeServer pipeServer("TPipeInterruptTest");
+    pipeServer.listen();
+    boost::thread acceptThread(boost::bind(acceptWorker, &pipeServer));
+    boost::thread interruptThread(boost::bind(interruptWorker, &pipeServer));
+    try
+    {
+      for (;;)
+      {
+        TPipe client("TPipeInterruptTest");
+        client.setConnectTimeout(1);
+        client.open();
+      }
+    } catch (...) { /*just testing for crashes*/ }
+    interruptThread.join();
+    acceptThread.join();
+  }
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()