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diff --git a/src/basic/io-util.c b/src/basic/io-util.c
index 0037a37f2a..cc6dfa8c1b 100644
--- a/src/basic/io-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/io-util.c
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ int flush_fd(int fd) {
.events = POLLIN,
};
+ /* Read from the specified file descriptor, until POLLIN is not set anymore, throwing away everything
+ * read. Note that some file descriptors (notable IP sockets) will trigger POLLIN even when no data can be read
+ * (due to IP packet checksum mismatches), hence this function is only safe to be non-blocking if the fd used
+ * was set to non-blocking too. */
+
for (;;) {
char buf[LINE_MAX];
ssize_t l;