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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/libcurl/opts/CURLMOPT_TIMERFUNCTION.3 | 5 |
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diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLMOPT_TIMERFUNCTION.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLMOPT_TIMERFUNCTION.3 index d926d811d..344813fe8 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLMOPT_TIMERFUNCTION.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLMOPT_TIMERFUNCTION.3 @@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ The \fBuserp\fP pointer is set with \fICURLMOPT_TIMERDATA(3)\fP. The timer callback should return 0 on success, and -1 on error. This callback can be used instead of, or in addition to, \fIcurl_multi_timeout(3)\fP. + +\fBWARNING:\fP even if it feels tempting, avoid calling libcurl directly from +within the callback itself when the \fBtimeout_ms\fP value is zero, since it +risks triggering an unpleasant recursive behavior that immediately calls +another call to the callback with a zero timeout... .SH DEFAULT NULL .SH PROTOCOLS |