test: fix flaky test-worker-ref-onexit

Fixes: nodejs#26167
addaleax · Feb 17, 2019 · ed878c2 · ed878c2
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diff --git a/test/parallel/test-worker-ref-onexit.js b/test/parallel/test-worker-ref-onexit.js
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ const { Worker } = require('worker_threads');
 // Check that worker.unref() makes the 'exit' event not be emitted, if it is
 // the only thing we would otherwise be waiting for.
 
-const w = new Worker('', { eval: true });
+// Use `setInterval()` to make sure the worker is alive until the end of the
+// event loop turn.
+const w = new Worker('setInterval(() => {}, 100);', { eval: true });
 w.unref();
 w.on('exit', common.mustNotCall());