linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ntp: Allow TAI-UTC offset to be set to zero

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Date:   Thu, 18 Apr 2019 10:07:10 +0200
From:   Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@...hat.com>
To:     Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@...hat.com>
Cc:     Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
        Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>,
        Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ntp: Allow TAI-UTC offset to be set to zero

On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 11:00:23AM +0200, Ondrej Mosnacek wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 10:48 AM Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@...hat.com> wrote:
> > Change the ADJ_TAI check to accept zero as a valid TAI-UTC offset in
> > order to allow setting it back to the initial value.

> Thanks for sending the patch! Maybe you (or the committer) could
> consider adding:
> 
> Fixes: 153b5d054ac2 ("ntp: support for TAI")

To me the change looks more like an extension of the API, rather than
a bug fix, so I'd leave that up to the committer.

-- 
Miroslav Lichvar