1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Git.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Git.pm
index 3062f293..5003be53 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Git.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Git.pm
@@ -650,15 +650,16 @@ sub event_step {
          if ($inflight && @$inflight) {
                  $self->cat_async_step($inflight);
                  return $self->close unless $self->{sock};
-                # more to do? requeue for fairness:
-                $self->requeue if @$inflight || exists($self->{rbuf});
+                # don't loop here to keep things fair, but we must requeue
+                # if there's already-read data in rbuf
+                $self->requeue if exists($self->{rbuf});
          }
  }
  
  # idempotently registers with DS epoll/kqueue/select/poll
  sub watch_async ($) {
          $_[0]->{epwatch} //= do {
-                $_[0]->SUPER::new($_[0]->{sock}, EPOLLIN|EPOLLET);
+                $_[0]->SUPER::new($_[0]->{sock}, EPOLLIN);
                  \undef;
          }
  }