Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:43:26 +0100 (CET) | | From | Roman Zippel <> | | Subject | Re: ntp.c : possible inconsistency? |
Hi,
On Wed, 10 Jan 2007, Bernhard Schiffner wrote:
> > Without a further explanation of this craziness, it's a little hard to
> > discuss...> Let's try it:> time_constant is created for internal use of ntp.c and added by 4
> - time_constant = min(txc->constant + 4, (long)MAXTC);
> + time_constant = min(txc->constant + 4, (long)MAXTC + 4);
MAXTC is already adjusted.
> But sometimes it is written back to data referenced from outside. So let's do
> the + 4 backwards ...> - txc->constant = time_constant;
> + txc->constant = time_constant - 4;
ntpd doesn't read it back for it's own purposes, it only prints it, when
the kernel info is queried, it doesn't adjust the constant there, so I
didn't do it in the kernel either.
bye, Roman |  |