From 573a87993ebabeebcdba8fff4fbb57d61152335a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric House <xwords@eehouse.org>
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2013 08:01:56 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Don't propogate chat when queue too full.  This *should* only
 impact tests since users won't keep chatting at a non-responsive friend.

---
 xwords4/common/server.c | 12 ++++++++----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/xwords4/common/server.c b/xwords4/common/server.c
index 400f05977..afee1c88c 100644
--- a/xwords4/common/server.c
+++ b/xwords4/common/server.c
@@ -611,10 +611,14 @@ server_initClientConnection( ServerCtxt* server, XWStreamCtxt* stream )
 static void
 sendChatTo( ServerCtxt* server, XP_U16 devIndex, const XP_UCHAR const* msg )
 {
-    XWStreamCtxt* stream = messageStreamWithHeader( server, devIndex, 
-                                                    XWPROTO_CHAT );
-    stringToStream( stream, msg );
-    stream_destroy( stream );
+    if ( comms_canChat( server->vol.comms ) ) {
+        XWStreamCtxt* stream = messageStreamWithHeader( server, devIndex,
+                                                        XWPROTO_CHAT );
+        stringToStream( stream, msg );
+        stream_destroy( stream );
+    } else {
+        XP_LOGF( "%s: dropping chat %s; queue too full?", __func__, msg );
+    }
 }
 
 static void