1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/usb-linux.c b/usb-linux.c
index 3a87ba6..b401cde 100644
--- a/usb-linux.c
+++ b/usb-linux.c
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ static struct collection device_list;
 
 static struct timeval next_dev_poll_time;
 
+static int devlist_failures;
+
 static void usb_disconnect(struct usb_device *dev)
 {
         if(!dev->dev) {
@@ -219,9 +221,21 @@ static int usb_discover(void)
         
         cnt = libusb_get_device_list(NULL, &devs);
         if(cnt < 0) {
-                usbmuxd_log(LL_FATAL, "Could not get device list: %d", cnt);
-                return cnt;
+                usbmuxd_log(LL_WARNING, "Could not get device list: %d", cnt);
+                devlist_failures++;
+                // sometimes libusb fails getting the device list if you've just removed something
+                if(devlist_failures > 5) {
+                        usbmuxd_log(LL_FATAL, "Too many errors getting device list\n");
+                        return cnt;
+                } else {
+                        gettimeofday(&next_dev_poll_time, NULL);
+                        next_dev_poll_time.tv_usec += DEVICE_POLL_TIME * 1000;
+                        next_dev_poll_time.tv_sec += next_dev_poll_time.tv_usec / 1000000;
+                        next_dev_poll_time.tv_usec = next_dev_poll_time.tv_usec % 1000000;
+                        return 0;
+                }
         }
+        devlist_failures = 0;
 
         usbmuxd_log(LL_SPEW, "usb_discover: scanning %d devices", cnt);
 
@@ -462,6 +476,7 @@ int usb_init(void)
         int res;
         usbmuxd_log(LL_DEBUG, "usb_init for linux / libusb 1.0");
         
+        devlist_failures = 0;
         res = libusb_init(NULL);
         //libusb_set_debug(NULL, 3);
         if(res != 0) {