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

Khalid Aziz
2003-09-24T18:31:22Z

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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