FD_ZERO(&excfds);
curl_multi_fdset(curlm, &readfds, &writefds, &excfds, &max_fd);
+ /*
+ * It can happen that curl_multi_timeout returns a pathologically
+ * long timeout when curl_multi_fdset returns no file descriptors
+ * to read. See commit message for more details.
+ */
+ if (max_fd < 0 &&
+ (select_timeout.tv_sec > 0 ||
+ select_timeout.tv_usec > 50000)) {
+ select_timeout.tv_sec = 0;
+ select_timeout.tv_usec = 50000;
+ }
+
select(max_fd+1, &readfds, &writefds, &excfds, &select_timeout);
}
}