Set ignore_timeout before starting the transfer, regardless of

what protocol level is in effect.  This guards against the
generator timing out when the output pipe is full and the input
pipe (to the receiver) is slow.

diff --git a/generator.c b/generator.c
index 262ffe2..a1e5663 100644 (file)
--- a/generator.c
+++ b/generator.c
@@ -1194,8 +1194,11 @@ void generate_files(int f_out, struct file_list *flist, char *local_name)
                        : "enabled");
        }
 
-       if (protocol_version < 29)
-               ignore_timeout = 1;
+       /* Since we often fill up the outgoing socket and then just sit around
+        * waiting for the other 2 processes to do their thing, we don't want
+        * to exit on a timeout.  If the data stops flowing, the receiver will
+        * notice that and let us know via the redo pipe (or its closing). */
+       ignore_timeout = 1;
 
        for (i = 0; i < flist->count; i++) {
                struct file_struct *file = flist->files[i];
@@ -1241,10 +1244,6 @@ void generate_files(int f_out, struct file_list *flist, char *local_name)
        ignore_times = 1;
        make_backups = 0; /* avoid a duplicate backup for inplace processing */
 
-       /* We expect to just sit around now, so don't exit on a timeout.
-        * If we really get a timeout then the other process should exit. */
-       ignore_timeout = 1;
-
        if (verbose > 2)
                rprintf(FINFO,"generate_files phase=%d\n",phase);