@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class SockMixin(object):
"""Make `fd` unwriteable."""
while True:
try:
os.write(fd, 'x'*4096)
os.write(fd, mitogen.core.b('x')*4096)
except OSError:
e = sys.exc_info()[1]
if e.args[0] == errno.EAGAIN: