linux-kernel - Re: set_freq: ntp_loopfilter.c line 955: invalid struct timex "constant" element value: 0

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Date:	Tue, 10 Feb 2015 14:52:34 +0800
From:	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
To:	Toralf Förster <toralf.foerster@....de>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: set_freq: ntp_loopfilter.c line 955: invalid struct timex
 "constant" element value: 0

On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 10:57 PM, Toralf Förster <toralf.foerster@....de> wrote:
> At a 32 bit Gentoo stable KVM machine I do realized since 3.19.0-rc6  :
>
> Feb  2 15:40:55 n22kvm kernel: [    0.000000] Linux version 3.19.0-rc6 (root@...kvm) (gcc version 4.8.3 (Gentoo 4.8.3 p1.1, pie-0.5.9) ) #9 SMP Fri Jan 30 18:55:05 CET 2015
> Feb  2 15:41:17 n22kvm ntpd[1980]: set_freq: ntp_loopfilter.c line 955: invalid struct timex "constant" element value: 0

Yes. That's a known issue with a fix that unfortunately missed the 3.19 release.

An early version of the fix is in this bug:
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92481

thanks
-john
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