From 7bff4db483c3c03b24080bcb010f80c1dd38d204 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: orignal <i2porignal@yandex.ru>
Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2016 09:53:45 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] eliminate potential excessive CPU usage

---
 Identity.cpp | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Identity.cpp b/Identity.cpp
index 30051914..9e07382f 100644
--- a/Identity.cpp
+++ b/Identity.cpp
@@ -385,7 +385,14 @@ namespace data
 			else
 			{
 				delete verifier;
-				while (!m_Verifier) ; // spin lock
+				int count = 0;
+				while (!m_Verifier && count < 500) // 5 seconds
+				{	
+					std::this_thread::sleep_for (std::chrono::milliseconds(10)); 
+					count++;
+				}	
+				if (!m_Verifier)
+					LogPrint (eLogError, "Identity: couldn't get verifier in 5 seconds");
 			}
 		}	
 		else