X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/u/mdw/putty/blobdiff_plain/f42faba9ff09df066a6bfce4e179d7566048395a..d719927eb175a73b13a7015498e9757010344bf5:/unix/uxplink.c

diff --git a/unix/uxplink.c b/unix/uxplink.c
index 61b9426b..0d896225 100644
--- a/unix/uxplink.c
+++ b/unix/uxplink.c
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     int errors;
     int use_subsystem = 0;
     int got_host = FALSE;
-    long now;
+    unsigned long now;
     struct winsize size;
 
     fdlist = NULL;
@@ -1016,12 +1016,17 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 
 	do {
-	    long next, ticks;
+	    unsigned long next, then;
+	    long ticks;
 	    struct timeval tv, *ptv;
 
 	    if (run_timers(now, &next)) {
-		ticks = next - GETTICKCOUNT();
-		if (ticks < 0) ticks = 0;   /* just in case */
+		then = now;
+		now = GETTICKCOUNT();
+		if (now - then > next - then)
+		    ticks = 0;
+		else
+		    ticks = next - now;
 		tv.tv_sec = ticks / 1000;
 		tv.tv_usec = ticks % 1000 * 1000;
 		ptv = &tv;