-document better how to use MHD_resume_connection() with external event loop

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/doc/libmicrohttpd.texi b/doc/libmicrohttpd.texi
index 74a285c7..f3a96608 100644
--- a/doc/libmicrohttpd.texi
+++ b/doc/libmicrohttpd.texi
@@ -2238,6 +2238,12 @@ to resume a suspended connection at any time.  Calling this function
 on a connection that was not previously suspended will result in
 undefined behavior.
 
+If you are using this function in ``external'' select mode, you must
+make sure to run @code{MHD_run} afterwards (before again calling
+@code{MHD_get_fdset}), as otherwise the change may not be reflected in
+the set returned by @code{MHD_get_fdset} and you may end up with a
+connection that is stuck until the next network activity.
+
 You can check whether a connection is currently suspended using
 @code{MHD_get_connection_info} by querying for
 @code{MHD_CONNECTION_INFO_CONNECTION_SUSPENDED}.
diff --git a/src/include/microhttpd.h b/src/include/microhttpd.h
index 1b2f92c6..5bc7eb15 100644
--- a/src/include/microhttpd.h
+++ b/src/include/microhttpd.h
@@ -1998,6 +1998,12 @@ MHD_suspend_connection (struct MHD_Connection *connection);
  * function on a connection that was not previously suspended will
  * result in undefined behavior.
  *
+ * If you are using this function in ``external'' select mode, you must
+ * make sure to run #MHD_run() afterwards (before again calling
+ * #MHD_get_fdset(), as otherwise the change may not be reflected in
+ * the set returned by #MHD_get_fdset() and you may end up with a
+ * connection that is stuck until the next network activity.
+ *
  * @param connection the connection to resume
  */
 _MHD_EXTERN void