From f47eea03cc64f553fe2758ad186db70424cc557d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julien Fontanet <julien.fontanet@isonoe.net>
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 16:08:28 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Do not try to connect to a server indefinitely.

---
 src/xapi.coffee | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/xapi.coffee b/src/xapi.coffee
index 8953ec332..b7eb0bab5 100644
--- a/src/xapi.coffee
+++ b/src/xapi.coffee
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ $xmlrpc = require 'xmlrpc'
 
 # Note: All methods are synchronous (using fibers).
 class $XAPI
+  # Number of tries when the connection fails (TCP or XAPI).
+  tries: 10
 
   constructor: ({@host, @username, @password}) ->
     @connect()
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ class $XAPI
 
     args.unshift @sessionId if @sessionId
 
+    tries = @tries
     do helper = =>
       try
         result = @xmlrpc.methodCall method, args
@@ -59,6 +62,9 @@ class $XAPI
         error = result.ErrorDescription or value
       catch error # Captures the error if it was thrown.
 
+      # If it failed too much times, just stops.
+      throw error unless --@tries
+
       # Gets the error code for transport errors and XAPI errors.
       code = error.code or error[0]