--- apr-1.7.5/support/unix/waitio.c (revision 1921905) +++ apr-1.7.5/support/unix/waitio.c (working copy) @@ -46,7 +46,10 @@ apr_status_t apr_wait_for_io_or_timeout(apr_file_t pfd.fd = f ? f->filedes : s->socketdes; pfd.events = for_read ? POLLIN : POLLOUT; - if (timeout > 0) { + if (timeout < 0) { + timeout = -1; + } + else if (timeout > 0) { timeout = (timeout + 999) / 1000; } do {