On Monday 03 September 2012, Stefan Fritsch wrote:
> On Sunday 02 September 2012, s...@sfritsch.de wrote:
> > But it may still be a problem the other way round. If
> > adjtimedelta would go to zero during the lost ticks, there will
> > be some over-compensation that is not detected.
>
> After som
On Sunday 02 September 2012, s...@sfritsch.de wrote:
> But it may still be a problem the other way round. If adjtimedelta
> would go to zero during the lost ticks, there will be some
> over-compensation that is not detected.
After some more hints from Mark (thanks), I think this is very
unlikely
On Sun, 2 Sep 2012, Mark Kettenis wrote:
On Sun, 2 Sep 2012, Mark Kettenis wrote:
ntp_update_second() subtracts some amount of time from adjtimedelta and
sets th->th_adjustment accordingly. However, if ntp_update_second is
called more than once in a row, only the last value of th->th_adjustment
> Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2012 17:22:28 +0200 (CEST)
> From: s...@sfritsch.de
>
> On Sun, 2 Sep 2012, Mark Kettenis wrote:
> >> ntp_update_second() subtracts some amount of time from adjtimedelta and
> >> sets th->th_adjustment accordingly. However, if ntp_update_second is
> >> called more than once in a
On Sun, 2 Sep 2012, Mark Kettenis wrote:
ntp_update_second() subtracts some amount of time from adjtimedelta and
sets th->th_adjustment accordingly. However, if ntp_update_second is
called more than once in a row, only the last value of th->th_adjustment
is actually applied. Shouldn't the adjustm
> Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2012 13:18:03 +0200 (CEST)
> From: Stefan Fritsch
>
> tc_windup() calls ntp_update_second() up to 200 times:
>
> > /*
> > * A large step happens on boot. This constant detects such steps.
> > * It is relatively small so that ntp_update_second gets called enough
> > * in th
tc_windup() calls ntp_update_second() up to 200 times:
/*
* A large step happens on boot. This constant detects such steps.
* It is relatively small so that ntp_update_second gets called enough
* in the typical 'missed a couple of seconds' case, but doesn't loop
* forever when the time step
