1 files changed, 8 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/inotail.c b/inotail.c
index 2790005..967a0fa 100644
--- a/inotail.c
+++ b/inotail.c
@@ -379,20 +379,15 @@ static int watch_files(struct file_struct *files, int n_files)
 		ssize_t len;
 		int ev_idx = 0;
 
-		/* Keep trying in the case of EINTR or EAGAIN*/
-		for (;;) {
-			len = read(ifd, buf, (n_files * INOTIFY_BUFLEN));
-			if (unlikely(len < 0)) {
-				/* Some form of signal, likely ^Z/fg's STOP and CONT interrupted the inotify read, retry */
-				if (errno == EINTR || errno == EAGAIN)
-					continue;
-				else {
-					fprintf(stderr, "Error: Could not read inotify events (%s)\n", strerror(errno));
-					exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-				}
+		len = read(ifd, buf, (n_files * INOTIFY_BUFLEN));
+		if (unlikely(len < 0)) {
+			/* Some form of signal, likely ^Z/fg's STOP and CONT interrupted the inotify read, retry */
+			if (errno == EINTR || errno == EAGAIN)
+				continue;	/* Keep trying */
+			else {
+				fprintf(stderr, "Error: Could not read inotify events (%s)\n", strerror(errno));
+				exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 			}
-			/* The read did succeed */
-			break;
 		}
 
 		while (ev_idx < len) {