Re: [PATCH] do_gettimeofday() fails to compensate for lost ticks

[Khalid Aziz <khalid_aziz@hp.com>]

David Mosberger wrote:
> Not sure off-hand and I haven't looked at the 2.4 code-base in a
> while, but aren't we double-compensating in do_settimeofday()?  There,
> we have:
> 
>                 tv->tv_usec -= gettimeoffset();
>                 tv->tv_usec -= (jiffies - wall_jiffies) * (1000000 / HZ);
> 
> Perhaps the second line just needs to go?
> 
>         --david

I bet you are right. I will try taking that line out.

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Khalid 

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