From 960898759c94b864b0dc7643eee676cd276fb377 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefan Lankes <slankes@eonerc.rwth-aachen.de>
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2024 11:05:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] for larger timeouts using a blocking method to wait for the
 event

---
 src/fd/mod.rs | 17 +++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/fd/mod.rs b/src/fd/mod.rs
index 6e0c04a50b..87847cf2c9 100644
--- a/src/fd/mod.rs
+++ b/src/fd/mod.rs
@@ -344,13 +344,18 @@ async fn poll_fds(fds: &mut [PollFd]) -> Result<(), IoError> {
 
 pub(crate) fn poll(fds: &mut [PollFd], timeout: i32) -> Result<(), IoError> {
 	if timeout >= 0 {
-		let timeout = if timeout > 0 {
-			Some(Duration::from_millis(timeout.try_into().unwrap()))
+		// for larger timeouts, we block on the async function
+		if timeout >= 5000 {
+			block_on(
+				poll_fds(fds),
+				Some(Duration::from_millis(timeout.try_into().unwrap())),
+			)
 		} else {
-			None
-		};
-
-		poll_on(poll_fds(fds), timeout)
+			poll_on(
+				poll_fds(fds),
+				Some(Duration::from_millis(timeout.try_into().unwrap())),
+			)
+		}
 	} else {
 		block_on(poll_fds(fds), None)
 	}