From e9ec6fc99ab683e49b47b2f6a17012ff334e7392 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 13:28:40 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Noted BUG that occurs if 'delta' is specified as NULL. See http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6761 --- man3/adjtime.3 | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/man3/adjtime.3 b/man3/adjtime.3 index 60db8ecd6..8aab7aabe 100644 --- a/man3/adjtime.3 +++ b/man3/adjtime.3 @@ -111,6 +111,20 @@ Under Linux the capability is required. .SH CONFORMING TO 4.3BSD, System V. +.SH BUGS +Currently, if +.I delta +is specified as NULL, +no valid information about the outstanding clock adjustment is returned in +.IR olddelta . +(In this circumstance, +.BR adjtime () +should return the outstanding clock adjustment, without changing it.) +This is the result of a kernel limitation. +.\" FIXME . +.\" A kernel bug report has been submitted; check later to see if +.\" things are resolved. +.\" http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6761 .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR adjtimex (2), .BR gettimeofday (2),