linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] ntp: add ADJ

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Date:	Tue, 4 Jan 2011 09:40:23 +0100
From:	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
To:	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
Cc:	"Kuwahara,T." <6vvetjsrt26xsrzlh1z0zn4d2grdah@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Richard Cochran <richard.cochran@...cron.at>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] ntp: add ADJ_SETOFFSET mode bit

On Mon, Jan 03, 2011 at 12:44:26PM -0800, John Stultz wrote:
> Richard: Maybe this is a good thing to think about for clock_adjtime? If
> we are adding a new syscall, maybe we should make sure we clean up some
> of the old syscalls issues? It does add a good bit of complexity, as the
> idea of clock_adjtime being a multiplexing adjtimex was nice and simple.
> We'd also have to review the mode usage to see if multi-mode adjustments
> in a single call are all that common or not.

So, is the NTP source code the documentation of the kernel interface?

Thanks,
Richard
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