Re: [PATCH] ntp: Make sure RTC is synchronized for any time jump

[Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>]

On Sun, Oct 06 2024 at 18:58, Benjamin ROBIN wrote:
> @@ -2553,7 +2556,6 @@ int do_adjtimex(struct __kernel_timex *txc)
>  {
>  	struct timekeeper *tk = &tk_core.timekeeper;
>  	struct audit_ntp_data ad;
> -	bool offset_set = false;
>  	bool clock_set = false;
>  	struct timespec64 ts;
>  	unsigned long flags;
> @@ -2576,7 +2578,6 @@ int do_adjtimex(struct __kernel_timex *txc)
>  		if (ret)
>  			return ret;
>  
> -		offset_set = delta.tv_sec != 0;
>  		audit_tk_injoffset(delta);
>  	}
>  
> @@ -2610,7 +2611,7 @@ int do_adjtimex(struct __kernel_timex *txc)
>  	if (clock_set)
>  		clock_was_set(CLOCK_SET_WALL);
>  
> -	ntp_notify_cmos_timer(offset_set);
> +	ntp_notify_cmos_timer(false);

Can you please add a comment why this does not need to cancel the
hrtimer? It took me a few looks to validate that this is correct. Six
months down the road we both forgot about it. :)

Also can you please rebase this on top of

   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git timers/core

which has a larger change of the NTP code.

Thanks,

        tglx