linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] time, Fix setting of hardware clock in NTP code

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Date:	Fri, 8 Feb 2013 13:46:29 -0800
From:	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
To:	Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] time, Fix setting of hardware clock in NTP code

On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 4:55 AM, Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com> wrote:
> diff --git a/kernel/time/ntp.c b/kernel/time/ntp.c
> index 24174b4..e98f6b7 100644
> --- a/kernel/time/ntp.c
> +++ b/kernel/time/ntp.c
> @@ -510,8 +510,12 @@ static void sync_cmos_clock(struct work_struct *work)
>         }
>
>         getnstimeofday(&now);
> -       if (abs(now.tv_nsec - (NSEC_PER_SEC / 2)) <= tick_nsec / 2)
> -               fail = update_persistent_clock(now);
> +       if (abs(now.tv_nsec - (NSEC_PER_SEC / 2)) <= tick_nsec / 2) {
> +               struct timespec adjust = now;
> +               if (persistent_clock_is_local)
> +                       adjust.tv_sec -= (sys_tz.tz_minuteswest * 60);
> +               fail = update_persistent_clock(adjust);
> +       }
>
Do you mind reworking this patch on top of tip/timers/core?  There's
some recent changes that interact here.

thanks
-john
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