linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -stable] ntp: Correct TAI offset during leap second

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Message-ID: <4FE1FD93.9050508@us.ibm.com>
Date:	Wed, 20 Jun 2012 09:42:59 -0700
From:	John Stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>
To:	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
CC:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>,
	Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@...il.com>, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -stable]  ntp: Correct TAI offset during leap second

On 06/20/2012 09:25 AM, Richard Cochran wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 10:26:49AM -0700, John Stultz wrote:
>> Richard, are you planning on taking another go at those changes? Or
>> were my last suggestions just too daft? ;)
> I wonder if it is really worth the effort to fix up adjtimex.
>
> But I am strongly in favor of adding CLOCK_TAI, since that would be
> easy to add (as you showed), is free from the tick issue, and would be
> really useful for Test and Measurement style applications
I've got the CLOCK_TAI patches queued for 3.6. I should send them to 
-tip soon here.

thanks
-john

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