From 93458c4782c61714e48c40ebc322ab5b2c813aeb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timotej Lazar <timotej.lazar@fri.uni-lj.si>
Date: Fri, 19 May 2023 09:03:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Allow custom timeout for db locking

---
 web/db.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/web/db.py b/web/db.py
index 60df669..1cdee76 100644
--- a/web/db.py
+++ b/web/db.py
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ import json
 import pathlib
 import time
 
-def lock(name):
+def lock(name, timeout=5):
     lockfile = pathlib.Path.home() / f'{name}.lock'
-    for i in range(5):
+    for i in range(timeout):
         try:
             lockfile.symlink_to('/dev/null')
             return