On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 8:32 PM, Richard Cochran <[email protected]> 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 unix time is a nonlinear timescale and there's no way to predict how many leap seconds will be inserted/deleted during the given time interval. So it is impossible to convert relative time to absolute time and thus your patch is broken. (More specifically, the timekeeping_inject_offset function is broken.) My proposal: Limit the adjustable range of the offset so that leap seconds will never occur more than once. (2147.5 seconds would be the best choice. :-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-api" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
