[PATCH] clock_getres.2: Document CLOCK_TAI

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Signed-off-by: Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 man2/clock_getres.2 | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/man2/clock_getres.2 b/man2/clock_getres.2
index 3fb0ac61c..0f619ab0b 100644
--- a/man2/clock_getres.2
+++ b/man2/clock_getres.2
@@ -137,6 +137,16 @@ Requires per-architecture support,
 and probably also architecture support for this flag in the
 .BR vdso (7).
 .TP
+.BR CLOCK_TAI " (since Linux 3.10; Linux-specific)"
+.\" Added in commit 1ff3c9677bff7e468e0c487d0ffefe4e901d33f4
+System-wide clock derived from wall time ignoring leap seconds. This clock does
+experience discontinuities and backwards jumps caused by NTP inserting leap
+seconds as
+.BR CLOCK_REALTIME
+does.
+.IP
+The acronym TAI refers to International Atomic Time.
+.TP
 .B CLOCK_MONOTONIC
 Clock that cannot be set and represents monotonic time since\(emas described
 by POSIX\(em"some unspecified point in the past".
-- 
2.20.1




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