linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ntp, add debugfs entries for time_status and time

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Message-ID: <507404F8.8000307@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 09 Oct 2012 07:05:28 -0400
From:	Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>
To:	John Stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ntp, add debugfs entries for time_status and time_state



On 10/08/2012 09:47 PM, John Stultz wrote:
> On 10/04/2012 06:48 AM, Prarit Bhargava wrote:
>> Add debugfs entries for ntp time_status and time_state.  These are useful
>> for debugging ntp issues.
> Aren't these easily fetched from adjtimex()?  How does having them in debugfs help?
> 

They are, however, there have been circumstances in the past when I've been
monitoring things from kernel-side that I've found it useful to have them in
debugfs.

P.

> thanks
> -john
> 
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