The ADJ_TAI adjtimex mode sets the TAI-UTC offset of the system clock. It is typically set by NTP/PTP implementations and it is automatically updated by the kernel on leap seconds. The initial value is zero (which applications may interpret as unknown), but this value cannot be set by adjtimex. This limitation seems to go back to the original "nanokernel" implementation by David Mills.
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. Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> Cc: John Stultz <[email protected]> Cc: Richard Cochran <[email protected]> Cc: Prarit Bhargava <[email protected]> Suggested-by: Ondrej Mosnacek <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Miroslav Lichvar <[email protected]> --- kernel/time/ntp.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/time/ntp.c b/kernel/time/ntp.c index 92a90014a925..f43d47c8c3b6 100644 --- a/kernel/time/ntp.c +++ b/kernel/time/ntp.c @@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ static inline void process_adjtimex_modes(const struct __kernel_timex *txc, time_constant = max(time_constant, 0l); } - if (txc->modes & ADJ_TAI && txc->constant > 0) + if (txc->modes & ADJ_TAI && txc->constant >= 0) *time_tai = txc->constant; if (txc->modes & ADJ_OFFSET) -- 2.17.2
