Re: [PATCH V8 02/13] ntp: add ADJ_SETOFFSET mode bit

Kuwahara,T.
2011-01-10T20:45:50Z

On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 1:49 AM, john stultz <johnstul-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Leapsecond processing is done via an absolute hrtimer. Thus when the
> time offset is set, the hrtimers that should have expired will fire
> (just like with settimeofday) and the adjustment will then be made.

How do you convert relative time to absolute time? It's not trivial
because TAI offset is also a variable.