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-rwxr-xr-xinclude/diaspora.php12
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/diaspora.php b/include/diaspora.php
index 29846eedf..35cd66059 100755
--- a/include/diaspora.php
+++ b/include/diaspora.php
@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ function find_diaspora_person_by_handle($handle) {
$update = false;
$got_lock = false;
+ $endlessloop = 0;
+ $maxloops = 10;
+
do {
$r = q("select * from fcontact where network = '%s' and addr = '%s' limit 1",
dbesc(NETWORK_DIASPORA),
@@ -153,7 +156,12 @@ function find_diaspora_person_by_handle($handle) {
// Lock the function to prevent race conditions if multiple items
// come in at the same time from a person who doesn't exist in
// fcontact
- $got_lock = lock_function('find_diaspora_person_by_handle', false);
+ //
+ // Don't loop forever. On the last loop, try to create the contact
+ // whether the function is locked or not. Maybe the locking thread
+ // has died or something. At any rate, a duplicate in 'fcontact'
+ // is a much smaller problem than a deadlocked thread
+ $got_lock = (($endlessloop + 1) < $maxloops ? lock_function('find_diaspora_person_by_handle', false) : true );
if($got_lock) {
logger('find_diaspora_person_by_handle: create or refresh', LOGGER_DEBUG);
@@ -175,7 +183,7 @@ function find_diaspora_person_by_handle($handle) {
block_on_function_lock('find_diaspora_person_by_handle');
}
}
- } while((! $person) && (! $got_lock));
+ } while((! $person) && (! $got_lock) && (++$endlessloop < $maxloops));
// We need to try again if the person wasn't in 'fcontact' but the function was locked.
// The fact that the function was locked may mean that another process was creating the
// person's record. It could also mean another process was creating or updating an unrelated