diff -r df2fdd42b375 Lib/test/support/__init__.py
--- a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py	Mon Aug 26 22:28:21 2013 +0200
+++ b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py	Mon Aug 26 16:04:26 2013 -0700
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@
 except ImportError:
     lzma = None
 
+try:
+    import resource
+except ImportError:
+    resource = None
+
 __all__ = [
     "Error", "TestFailed", "ResourceDenied", "import_module", "verbose",
     "use_resources", "max_memuse", "record_original_stdout",
@@ -77,6 +82,7 @@
     "skip_unless_xattr", "import_fresh_module", "requires_zlib",
     "PIPE_MAX_SIZE", "failfast", "anticipate_failure", "run_with_tz",
     "requires_gzip", "requires_bz2", "requires_lzma", "suppress_crash_popup",
+    "SuppressCoreFiles",
     ]
 
 class Error(Exception):
@@ -2047,3 +2053,42 @@
 
     # actually override the attribute
     setattr(object_to_patch, attr_name, new_value)
+
+class SuppressCoreFiles(object):
+
+    """Try to prevent core files from being created."""
+    old_limit = None
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        """Try to save previous ulimit, then set the soft limit to 0."""
+        if resource is not None:
+            try:
+                self.old_limit = resource.getrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_CORE)
+                resource.setrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_CORE, (0, self.old_limit[1]))
+            except (ValueError, OSError):
+                pass
+        if sys.platform == 'darwin':
+            # Check if the 'Crash Reporter' on OSX was configured
+            # in 'Developer' mode and warn that it will get triggered
+            # when it is.
+            #
+            # This assumes that this context manager is used in tests
+            # that might trigger the next manager.
+            value = subprocess.Popen(['/usr/bin/defaults', 'read',
+                    'com.apple.CrashReporter', 'DialogType'],
+                    stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
+            if value.strip() == b'developer':
+                print("this tests triggers the Crash Reporter, "
+                      "that is intentional", end='')
+                sys.stdout.flush()
+
+    def __exit__(self, *ignore_exc):
+        """Return core file behavior to default."""
+        if self.old_limit is None:
+            return
+        if resource is not None:
+            try:
+                resource.setrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_CORE, self.old_limit)
+            except (ValueError, OSError):
+                pass
+
diff -r df2fdd42b375 Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py	Mon Aug 26 22:28:21 2013 +0200
+++ b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py	Mon Aug 26 16:04:26 2013 -0700
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@
 import gc
 import textwrap
 
-try:
-    import resource
-except ImportError:
-    resource = None
-
 mswindows = (sys.platform == "win32")
 
 #
@@ -1113,47 +1108,6 @@
         fds_after_exception = os.listdir(fd_directory)
         self.assertEqual(fds_before_popen, fds_after_exception)
 
-
-# context manager
-class _SuppressCoreFiles(object):
-    """Try to prevent core files from being created."""
-    old_limit = None
-
-    def __enter__(self):
-        """Try to save previous ulimit, then set it to (0, 0)."""
-        if resource is not None:
-            try:
-                self.old_limit = resource.getrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_CORE)
-                resource.setrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_CORE, (0, self.old_limit[1]))
-            except (ValueError, resource.error):
-                pass
-
-        if sys.platform == 'darwin':
-            # Check if the 'Crash Reporter' on OSX was configured
-            # in 'Developer' mode and warn that it will get triggered
-            # when it is.
-            #
-            # This assumes that this context manager is used in tests
-            # that might trigger the next manager.
-            value = subprocess.Popen(['/usr/bin/defaults', 'read',
-                    'com.apple.CrashReporter', 'DialogType'],
-                    stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
-            if value.strip() == b'developer':
-                print("this tests triggers the Crash Reporter, "
-                      "that is intentional", end='')
-                sys.stdout.flush()
-
-    def __exit__(self, *args):
-        """Return core file behavior to default."""
-        if self.old_limit is None:
-            return
-        if resource is not None:
-            try:
-                resource.setrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_CORE, self.old_limit)
-            except (ValueError, resource.error):
-                pass
-
-
 @unittest.skipIf(mswindows, "POSIX specific tests")
 class POSIXProcessTestCase(BaseTestCase):
 
@@ -1242,7 +1196,7 @@
 
     def test_run_abort(self):
         # returncode handles signal termination
-        with _SuppressCoreFiles():
+        with support.SuppressCoreFiles():
             p = subprocess.Popen([sys.executable, "-c",
                                   'import os; os.abort()'])
             p.wait()
diff -r df2fdd42b375 Lib/test/test_support.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_support.py	Mon Aug 26 22:28:21 2013 +0200
+++ b/Lib/test/test_support.py	Mon Aug 26 16:04:26 2013 -0700
@@ -281,6 +281,16 @@
             self.assertEqual(D["item"], 5)
         self.assertEqual(D["item"], 1)
 
+    @unittest.skipUnless(hasattr(os, 'fork'), "needs os.fork()")
+    def test_SuppressCoreFiles(self):
+        pid = os.fork()
+        if pid != 0:
+            pid, status = os.waitpid(pid, 0)
+            self.assertFalse(os.WCOREDUMP(status))
+        else:
+            with support.SuppressCoreFiles():
+                os.abort()
+
     # XXX -follows a list of untested API
     # make_legacy_pyc
     # is_resource_enabled