This -1 timeout is also in the current master:
https://github.com/bagder/curl/blob/master/lib/nss.c#L1518

On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 2:11 PM, David Strauss <david_at_davidstrauss.net> wrote:
> It looks like PR_Recv(conn->ssl[num].handle, buf, (int)buffersize, 0,
> -1) in nss_recv() (nss.c) may be the problem. That sets the timeout
> for NSS to 4294967295.
>
> On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 1:57 PM, David Strauss <david_at_davidstrauss.net> wrote:
>> On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 1:46 PM, David Strauss <david_at_davidstrauss.net> wrote:
>>> NSS seems stuck in poll loop, which has been going on for hours
>>
>> Actually, I'm not sure it's NSS stuck there. The loop could be higher
>> up. I just see an unending series of polls from strace.
>>
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