1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/data.c b/data.c
index 75149e2..78de21b 100644
--- a/data.c
+++ b/data.c
@@ -2491,9 +2491,12 @@ void notify_clear(snac *snac)
 
 /** searches **/
 
-xs_list *content_search(snac *user, const char *regex, int priv, int max_secs, int *timeout)
+xs_list *content_search(snac *user, const char *regex, int priv, int max_secs, int max_res, int *timeout)
 /* returns a list of posts which content matches the regex */
 {
+    if (regex == NULL || *regex == '\0')
+        return xs_list_new();
+
     xs_set seen;
 
     xs_set_init(&seen);
@@ -2517,7 +2520,7 @@ xs_list *content_search(snac *user, const char *regex, int priv, int max_secs, i
     xs_list_next(pub_tl,  &pub_md5,  &pub_c);
     xs_list_next(priv_tl, &priv_md5, &priv_c);
 
-    for (;;) {
+    while (max_res > 0) {
         char *md5 = NULL;
         enum { NONE, PUBLIC, PRIVATE } from = NONE;
 
@@ -2587,8 +2590,10 @@ xs_list *content_search(snac *user, const char *regex, int priv, int max_secs, i
         /* apply regex */
         xs *l = xs_regex_select_n(c, regex, 1);
 
-        if (xs_list_len(l))
+        if (xs_list_len(l)) {
             xs_set_add(&seen, md5);
+            max_res--;
+        }
     }
 
     return xs_set_result(&seen);