netdev - Re: [PATCH V7 1/8] ntp: add ADJ

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Date:	Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:37:04 -0800
From:	john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>
To:	"Kuwahara,T." <6vvetjsrt26xsrzlh1z0zn4d2grdah@...il.com>
Cc:	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@...ux.it>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V7 1/8] ntp: add ADJ_SETOFFSET mode bit

On Sat, 2010-12-18 at 05:16 +0900, Kuwahara,T. wrote:
> On 12/17/10, Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com> wrote:
> > This patch adds a new mode bit into the timex structure. When set, the bit
> > instructs the kernel to add the given time value to the current time.
> >
> 
> The proposed new control mode, ADJ_SETOFFSET, is logically the same as
> ADJ_OFFSET with timex.constant == -INFINITY. 

I'm not sure if this is correct. Its more like settimeofday, only giving
a relative offset to jump the clock, rather then an absolute time. It
does not slew the clock over time like ADJ_OFFSET does.

>  So it is possible to do
> the same thing without risking forward compatibility.  (I mean by "risking
> forward compatibility" that the mode bit 0x0040 may be defined differently
> by the upstream maintainer anytime in the future.)

adjtimex is a linux specific interface, which is compatible but not
identical to the ntp specified interfaces. The ntp client code already
has Linux specific modifications, so I don't think we have to worry
about 0x40 specifically being reserved by the NTP client.

thanks
-john


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