wayland: crop the timestamp so it fits in uint (#157)

It's a client-local timestamp: > timestamp with millisecond granularity; with an undefined base
canonical · Dec 11, 2024 · 0a7d223 · 0a7d223
2 parents 654dbde + ef30b99
commit 0a7d223
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diff --git a/mir-ci/mir_ci/wayland/wayland_client.py b/mir-ci/mir_ci/wayland/wayland_client.py
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ def _dispatch(self) -> None:
             raise e
 
     def timestamp(self) -> int:
-        return int(time.monotonic() * 1000)
+        # ensure the value fits in a `uint_t`
+        return int(time.monotonic() * 1000) & 0xFFFFFFFF
 
     @abstractmethod
     def registry_global(self, registry, id_num: int, iface_name: str, version: int) -> None: