Avoid int overflow after year 2038#193
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See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem Without this patch, a u8<<24 would be sign-extended and produce a negative value for timestamps after 2038-01-19 This patch was done while reviewing potential year-2038 issues in openSUSE.
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See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem
Without this patch, a
u8<<24would be sign-extended and produce a negative value for timestamps after 2038-01-19 ( values >= 0x80000000 )This patch was done while reviewing potential year-2038 issues in openSUSE.