Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: PATCH: jiffies is UL | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | 08 Apr 2003 13:01:11 +0100 |
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On Maw, 2003-04-08 at 01:40, Andrew Morton wrote: > > -#define INITIAL_JIFFIES ((unsigned int) (-300*HZ)) > > +#define INITIAL_JIFFIES ((unsigned long) (-300*HZ)) > > > > No, this is deliberate. It triggers a wrap from 0x00000000ffffffff to > 0x0000000100000000 after 5 minutes uptime on 64-bit machines, which has found > bugs. > > The fix is to add a comment, so this patch stops coming out ;)
I which case it should be ((unsigned long)((unsigned int ....))
so the assignment type is right
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