Merge commit 'f5d506d92958d43449cb9ef77e6c9b6087e1cd68' into kraken * commit 'f5d506d92958d43449cb9ef77e6c9b6087e1cd68': Hail-Mary attempt to avoid apparent blocking problems in readEvents().
Merge commit 'f5d506d92958d43449cb9ef77e6c9b6087e1cd68' into kraken * commit 'f5d506d92958d43449cb9ef77e6c9b6087e1cd68': Hail-Mary attempt to avoid apparent blocking problems in readEvents().