readwrite_data: set a max number of loops

... as otherwise a really fast pipe can "lock" one transfer for some
protocols, like with HTTP/2.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/transfer.c b/lib/transfer.c
index 191523c8b..7bc500cc8 100644
--- a/lib/transfer.c
+++ b/lib/transfer.c
@@ -399,6 +399,7 @@ static CURLcode readwrite_data(struct SessionHandle *data,
   size_t excess = 0; /* excess bytes read */
   bool is_empty_data = FALSE;
   bool readmore = FALSE; /* used by RTP to signal for more data */
+  int maxloops = 100;
 
   *done = FALSE;
 
@@ -794,7 +795,7 @@ static CURLcode readwrite_data(struct SessionHandle *data,
       k->keepon &= ~KEEP_RECV;
     }
 
-  } while(data_pending(conn));
+  } while(data_pending(conn) && maxloops--);
 
   if(((k->keepon & (KEEP_RECV|KEEP_SEND)) == KEEP_SEND) &&
      conn->bits.close ) {