Changed 'tick' variables to 64 bit

- This fixes an issue with timers that stop working after about 24-49
  days when the tick overflows (note that this may happen much earlier
  than that, and at hard to predict times, on some systems)
- Updated the RDTSC help message in the configure script to also warn
  users about issues with SpeedStep enabled systems.
- On Windows, tick() still has a resolution of 10~15ms (or even as low
  as 100ms on some systems). A TODO comment (thanks, Ai4rei) was added
  for a follow-up patch, as I want this one to be as small as possible)
- Note: on Windows versions earlier than 6.x (Vista, Server 2008), the
  tick overflow issue is NOT fixed, since they don't support the
  function used to retrieve a 64 bit tick. This isn't a big issue, since
  those platforms are already - or going soon to be - out of their
  extended support period, and it's already advisable to upgrade, for
  other reasons. If you're the unfortunate user of such a system, it is
  recommended that you reboot your machine at least once every 49 days
  for Hercules to work reliably.
- Note: To clear some doubts, since I've already been asked, this has
  absolutely NOTHING to do with 32/64 bit CPUs or OSes. It's all about
  a variable's size, not the size of registers of your CPU, and your
  32bit CPU will be able to handle this just fine.

Signed-off-by: Haru <haru@dotalux.com>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/common/socket.c b/src/common/socket.c
index 7c8b3738b..c66153550 100644
--- a/src/common/socket.c
+++ b/src/common/socket.c
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ int do_sockets(int next)
 typedef struct _connect_history {
 	struct _connect_history* next;
 	uint32 ip;
-	uint32 tick;
+	int64 tick;
 	int count;
 	unsigned ddos : 1;
 } ConnectHistory;
@@ -1043,8 +1043,7 @@ static int connect_check_(uint32 ip)
 
 /// Timer function.
 /// Deletes old connection history records.
-static int connect_check_clear(int tid, unsigned int tick, int id, intptr_t data)
-{
+static int connect_check_clear(int tid, int64 tick, int id, intptr_t data) {
 	int i;
 	int clear = 0;
 	int list  = 0;