2.5.64 and jiffies wrap

[Jens Axboe]

Hi,

The patch doesn't look right, why is INITIAL_JIFFIES being cast to
unsigned int? This breaks x86_64 at least.

--- /opt/kernel/linux-2.5.64/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c	2003-03-07 13:54:40.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.5.64/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c	2003-03-07 13:17:58.000000000 +0100
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include <asm/apic.h>
 #endif
 
-u64 jiffies_64;
+u64 jiffies_64 = INITIAL_JIFFIES;
 
 extern int using_apic_timer;
 
--- /opt/kernel/linux-2.5.64/include/linux/time.h	2003-03-07 13:54:41.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.5.64/include/linux/time.h	2003-03-07 13:18:10.000000000 +0100
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
  * Have the 32 bit jiffies value wrap 5 minutes after boot
  * so jiffies wrap bugs show up earlier.
  */
-#define INITIAL_JIFFIES ((unsigned int) (-300*HZ))
+#define INITIAL_JIFFIES ((unsigned long) (-300*HZ))
 
 /*
  * Change timeval to jiffies, trying to avoid the

-- 
Jens Axboe