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-rw-r--r--nscd/cache.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/nscd/cache.c b/nscd/cache.c
index ea79c38548..4d812e2422 100644
--- a/nscd/cache.c
+++ b/nscd/cache.c
@@ -288,7 +288,8 @@ prune_cache (struct database_dyn *table, time_t now, int fd)
dbg_log (_("pruning %s cache; time %ld"),
dbnames[table - dbs], (long int) now);
- time_t next_timeout = LONG_MAX;
+#define NO_TIMEOUT LONG_MAX
+ time_t next_timeout = NO_TIMEOUT;
do
{
ref_t run = table->head->array[--cnt];
@@ -474,5 +475,7 @@ prune_cache (struct database_dyn *table, time_t now, int fd)
if (any)
gc (table);
- return next_timeout - now;
+ /* If there is no entry in the database and we therefore have no new
+ timeout value, tell the caller to wake up in 24 hours. */
+ return next_timeout == NO_TIMEOUT ? 24 * 60 * 60 : next_timeout - now;
}