From 810a603fb2afa0a3be3e7154886e0ebe9824b93b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roy Vegard Ovesen <roy.vegard.ovesen@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 16:18:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Prevent infinite loops

---
 gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.cc | 17 +++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.cc b/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.cc
index 084f7923d1..e41d077284 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.cc
@@ -666,16 +666,21 @@ ARDOUR_UI::startup ()
 		if (!nsm->init (nsm_url)) {
 			nsm->announce (PROGRAM_NAME, ":dirty:", "ardour3");
 
+			unsigned int i = 0;
 			// wait for announce reply from nsm server
-			do {
+			for ( i = 0; i < 5000; ++i) {
 				nsm->check ();
-				usleep (10);
-			} while (!nsm->is_active ());
+				usleep (i);
+				if (nsm->is_active())
+					break;
+			}
 			// wait for open command from nsm server
-			do {
+			for ( i = 0; i < 5000; ++i) {
 				nsm->check ();
-				usleep (10);
-			} while (!nsm->client_id ());
+				usleep (1000);
+				if (nsm->client_id ())
+					break;
+			}
 
 			if (_session && nsm) {
 				_session->set_nsm_state( nsm->is_active() );