ngx_msec_t is 32bit on ARM

[Maxim Dounin]

Hello!

On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 07:44:54PM -0500, teknopaul wrote:

> I'm trying to compile nginx on for a raspberry pi
> 
> src/core/ngx_times.c
> 
>     time_t           sec;
>     ngx_uint_t       msec;
>     struct timeval   tv;
> 
>     ngx_gettimeofday(&tv);
>     sec = tv.tv_sec;
>     msec = tv.tv_usec / 1000;
>     ngx_current_msec = (ngx_msec_t) sec * 1000 + msec;
> 
> ngx_current_msec is defined as a ngx_msec_t which in turn is ngx_uint_t. In
> an rpi is not big enough to hold Unix epoc in millis. (sec * 1000)
> 
> nginx code does compile, but my tests fail: they have hardcoded values for
> the epoc.
> 
> Is this deliberate? I guess its cropping the high order bits?  So millis
> comparisons might work but timestamps generated from this value might not?

Yes, this is intentional.  The ngx_current_msec variable (and the 
ngx_msec_t type) is to be used to effectively implement timers, 
and hence it uses platform-specific fast integer.  As such, it can 
easily overflow on 32-bit platforms.  You have to fix your tests.

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