Issue 3551: Raise ValueError if the size causes ERROR_NO_SYSTEM_RESOURCES
diff --git a/Modules/_multiprocessing/connection.h b/Modules/_multiprocessing/connection.h
index 458d1d3..c2f8563 100644
--- a/Modules/_multiprocessing/connection.h
+++ b/Modules/_multiprocessing/connection.h
@@ -131,8 +131,12 @@
 
 	res = conn_send_string(self, buffer + offset, size);
 
-	if (res < 0)
-		return mp_SetError(PyExc_IOError, res);
+	if (res < 0) {
+		if (PyErr_Occurred())
+			return NULL;
+		else
+			return mp_SetError(PyExc_IOError, res);
+	}
 
 	Py_RETURN_NONE;
 }
diff --git a/Modules/_multiprocessing/pipe_connection.c b/Modules/_multiprocessing/pipe_connection.c
index 27e79dd..66947c8 100644
--- a/Modules/_multiprocessing/pipe_connection.c
+++ b/Modules/_multiprocessing/pipe_connection.c
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@
 	Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
 	ret = WriteFile(conn->handle, string, length, &amount_written, NULL);
 	Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
+
+	if (ret == 0 && GetLastError() == ERROR_NO_SYSTEM_RESOURCES) {
+		PyErr_Format(PyExc_ValueError, "Cannnot send %" PY_FORMAT_SIZE_T "d bytes over connection", length);
+		return MP_STANDARD_ERROR;
+	}
+
 	return ret ? MP_SUCCESS : MP_STANDARD_ERROR;
 }