1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/parsing.c b/parsing.c
index 332d61c..8e15e5a 100644
--- a/parsing.c
+++ b/parsing.c
@@ -43,61 +43,63 @@ int read_config_line(FILE *f, char *line, const char **value, int bufsize)
 		if (!isname && isspace(c))
 			continue;
 
 		if (c=='=' && !*value) {
 			line[i] = 0;
 			*value = &line[i+1];
 		} else if (c=='\n' && !isname) {
 			i = 0;
 			continue;
 		} else if (c=='\n' || c==EOF) {
 			line[i] = 0;
 			break;
 		} else {
 			line[i]=c;
 		}
 		isname = 1;
 		i++;
 	}
 	line[i+1] = 0;
 	return i;
 }
 
 int cgit_read_config(const char *filename, configfn fn)
 {
-	int ret = 0, len;
+	static int nesting;
+	int len;
 	char line[256];
 	const char *value;
-	FILE *f = fopen(filename, "r");
+	FILE *f;
 
-	if (!f)
+	/* cancel the reading of yet another configfile after 16 invocations */
+	if (nesting++ > 16)
+		return -1;
+	if (!(f = fopen(filename, "r")))
 		return -1;
-
 	while((len = read_config_line(f, line, &value, sizeof(line))) > 0)
 		(*fn)(line, value);
-
 	fclose(f);
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 char *convert_query_hexchar(char *txt)
 {
 	int d1, d2;
 	if (strlen(txt) < 3) {
 		*txt = '\0';
 		return txt-1;
 	}
 	d1 = hextoint(*(txt+1));
 	d2 = hextoint(*(txt+2));
 	if (d1<0 || d2<0) {
 		strcpy(txt, txt+3);
 		return txt-1;
 	} else {
 		*txt = d1 * 16 + d2;
 		strcpy(txt+1, txt+3);
 		return txt;
 	}
 }
 
 int cgit_parse_query(char *txt, configfn fn)
 {
 	char *t, *value = NULL, c;