--- rxvt-unicode/src/rxvtdaemon.C	2005/12/25 15:30:29	1.9
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/rxvtdaemon.C	2006/01/11 00:59:58	1.11
@@ -33,19 +33,6 @@
 
 #include "rxvtdaemon.h"
 
-// works around linux kernel bug, returns EAGAIN on a blocking socket
-static ssize_t
-read_ (int fd, void *buf, size_t count)
-{
-  int ret;
-
-  do
-    ret = read (fd, buf, count);
-  while (ret < 0 && errno == EAGAIN);
-
-  return ret;
-}
-
 char *rxvt_connection::unix_sockname ()
 {
   char name[PATH_MAX];
@@ -71,6 +58,9 @@
 {
   uint8_t s[2];
 
+  if (len > 65535)
+    len = 65535;
+
   s[0] = len >> 8; s[1] = len;
 
   write (fd, s, 2);
@@ -87,11 +77,11 @@
   uint8_t s[2];
   int l;
 
-  if (read_ (fd, s, 2) != 2)
+  if (read (fd, s, 2) != 2)
     return false;
 
   l = (s[0] << 8) + s[1];
-  if (l > 4096)
+  if (l > 65535)
     return false;
 
   if (len)
@@ -102,7 +92,7 @@
   if (!data)
     return false;
 
-  if (read_ (fd, data, l) != l)
+  if (read (fd, data, l) != l)
     return false;
 
   data[l] = 0;
@@ -123,7 +113,7 @@
 {
   uint8_t s[4];
 
-  if (read_ (fd, s, 4) != 4)
+  if (read (fd, s, 4) != 4)
     return false;
 
   data = (((((s[0] << 8) | s[1]) << 8) | s[2]) << 8) | s[3];