Disable garbage collection during test runs.

Paola.php

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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * The PHP page that handles updating the Drupal installation.
+ *
+ * All Drupal code is released under the GNU General Public License.
+ * See COPYRIGHT.txt and LICENSE.txt files in the "core" directory.
+ */
+
+use Drupal\Core\Update\UpdateKernel;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
+
+$autoloader = require_once 'autoload.php';
+
+// Disable garbage collection during test runs. Under certain circumstances the
+// update path will create so many objects that garbage collection causes
+// segmentation faults.
+require_once 'core/includes/bootstrap.inc';
+if (drupal_valid_test_ua()) {
+  gc_collect_cycles();
+  gc_disable();
+}
+
+$kernel = new UpdateKernel('prod', $autoloader, FALSE);
+$request = Request::createFromGlobals();
+
+$response = $kernel->handle($request);
+$response->send();
+
+$kernel->terminate($request, $response);