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DateThu, 15 Apr 2004 19:14:36 +0300
FromPetri Kaukasoina <>
SubjectRe: /proc or ps tools bug? 2.6.3, time is off
On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 01:05:17PM +0200, Tim Schmielau wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Apr 2004, Petri Kaukasoina wrote:
> 
> > If we are still talking about the problem with ps showing process start 
> > times in future, I'm sorry neither of the patches helped. The error grows
> > here at a rate of 15 seconds in 24 hours as before.
> 
> Oops...
> sure, it cannot. Maybe this one is better...
> 
> 
> --- linux-2.6.5/include/linux/times.h	2004-02-04 04:43:09.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux-2.6.5-jfix1/include/linux/times.h	2004-04-15 12:59:05.000000000 +0200

Yes, it seems to have fixed it. There is a small error: ps shows a start
time of a new minute about four seconds too early, but the error stays
constant and does not change as a function of uptime any longer. (Actually
it still does but only at the same rate as ntpd corrects time.)

-Petri
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