linux-kernel - Re: Regression: can't apply frequency offsets above 1000ppm.

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Date:	Tue, 1 Sep 2015 22:25:35 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Nuno Gonçalves <nunojpg@...il.com>
cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>, mlichvar@...hat.com,
	dl4mea@...oo.de, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Regression: can't apply frequency offsets above 1000ppm.

On Tue, 1 Sep 2015, Nuno Gonçalves wrote:

> There is a regression on the clock system since v3.16-rc5-111-g4396e05
> [1],

> [1] http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4396e058c52e167729729cf64ea3dfa229637086

That commit has absolutely nothing to do with NTP. I fear your bisect
went down the wrong road somewhere.

> where the clock doesn't apply frequency offsets above about
> 1000ppm [2].

This looks pretty familiar.

The issue was introduced with commit 5e5aeb4367b (time: adjtimex:
Validate the ADJ_FREQUENCY values). That patch was tagged for stable,
so it got backported.

The fix is in commit 29183a70b0b82 (ntp: Fixup adjtimex freq
validation on 32-bit systems). That commit was tagged for stable as
well, but with the extra '#3.19+' limitation.

So in the worst case 5e5aeb4367b hit a stable tree < 3.19, but
29183a70b0b82 did not.

Thanks,

	tglx