On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 5:55 AM, john stultz <johnstul@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > So the kernel handles leap second insertion via a timer. Thus at the end > of 23:59:59, it will inject a leapsecond by setting the time back by one > second (back to 23:59:59) and setting the TIME_OOP flag. > > This timer is an absolute timer, so if someone moves the clock forward > across the 23:59:59 boundary, the adjustment will still be made. > > The patch is not broken, nor useless. It takes into account only one upcoming leap second, but ignores all the others. That's not sufficient for arbitrary adjustments. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-api" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
