am 89e28cbe: am 9e609b0d: Merge "Apparently select() does not immediately return...

Merge commit '89e28cbefaff6ae9499032bb446ae7e72e019466' into kraken

* commit '89e28cbefaff6ae9499032bb446ae7e72e019466':
  Apparently select() does not immediately return if one of the masked socket descriptors is closed... Stop relying on select for read-with-timeout functionality and use SO_RCVTIMEO socket option instead.