linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [man-pages] adjtimex.2: document clock

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Date:   Tue, 21 Nov 2017 08:06:01 -0800
From:   Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
        John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [man-pages] adjtimex.2: document clock_adjtime

On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 09:06:37AM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> 
> I copied that line from clock_gettime() man page. I suppose we want to
> fix change this in both pages, right? Any suggestions for a good way to
> express your explanation in the man page? I suppose we don't want to
> go into details of the implementation there but still capture the possible
> corner cases.

Dynamic clockids are a Linux specific extension.  This should be
explained with a paragraph or two on the gettime man page, along with
an example using the macros.

	#define CLOCKFD 3
	#define FD_TO_CLOCKID(fd)	((~(clockid_t) (fd) << 3) | CLOCKFD)
	#define CLOCKID_TO_FD(clk)	((unsigned int) ~((clk) >> 3))

Then, the adjtimex page can say, see gettime.

Let me try to come up with a text over the (USA) holiday weekend.

Thanks,
Richard