1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/std/atomic/queue.zig b/std/atomic/queue.zig
index 69c82236d1..e25c8e6b17 100644
--- a/std/atomic/queue.zig
+++ b/std/atomic/queue.zig
@@ -49,14 +49,20 @@ const Context = struct {
     get_count: usize,
     puts_done: u8, // TODO make this a bool
 };
-const puts_per_thread = 10000;
+
+// TODO add lazy evaluated build options and then put puts_per_thread behind
+// some option such as: "AggressiveMultithreadedFuzzTest". In the AppVeyor
+// CI we would use a less aggressive setting since at 1 core, while we still
+// want this test to pass, we need a smaller value since there is so much thrashing
+// we would also use a less aggressive setting when running in valgrind
+const puts_per_thread = 500;
 const put_thread_count = 3;
 
 test "std.atomic.queue" {
     var direct_allocator = std.heap.DirectAllocator.init();
     defer direct_allocator.deinit();
 
-    var plenty_of_memory = try direct_allocator.allocator.alloc(u8, 600 * 1024);
+    var plenty_of_memory = try direct_allocator.allocator.alloc(u8, 300 * 1024);
     defer direct_allocator.allocator.free(plenty_of_memory);
 
     var fixed_buffer_allocator = std.heap.ThreadSafeFixedBufferAllocator.init(plenty_of_memory);