- /* FIXME: remove this stupid evil hack when we have sorted out how to
- * to cancel threads while doing network I/O */
- if (timeout > 2000)
- timeout = 2000;
+ /* Make sure we track vlc_object_signal() */
+ ufd[n].fd = vlc_object_waitpipe( p_sd );
+ ufd[n].events = POLLIN | POLLHUP;
+ ufd[n].revents = 0;
+
+ if( ufd[n].fd == -1 )
+ {
+ /* On windows, fd will be -1, as we can't select on a pipe()-ed
+ * fildes. Because we have no other solution to track that
+ * object is killed, we make sure the timeout won't be to long. */
+ if( timeout > 1000 || timeout == -1 )
+ timeout = 1000;
+ }
+
+ vlc_object_unlock( p_sd );