adjtimex — tune kernel clock
#include <sys/timex.h>
int
adjtimex( |
struct timex * | buf) ; |
Linux uses David L. Mills' clock adjustment algorithm (see
RFC 1305). The system call adjtimex
() reads and optionally sets
adjustment parameters for this algorithm. It takes a pointer
to a timex
structure, updates kernel parameters from field values, and
returns the same structure with current kernel values. This
structure is declared as follows:
struct timex { }; int modes
;/* mode selector */ long offset
;/* time offset (usec) */ long freq
;/* frequency offset (scaled ppm) */ long maxerror
;/* maximum error (usec) */ long esterror
;/* estimated error (usec) */ int status
;/* clock command/status */ long constant
;/* pll time constant */ long precision
;/* clock precision (usec) (read only) */ long tolerance
;/* clock frequency tolerance (ppm) (read only) */ struct timeval time
;/* current time (read only) */ long tick
;/* usecs between clock ticks */
The modes
field
determines which parameters, if any, to set. It may contain a
bitwise-or
combination of zero or more of the following bits:
#define ADJ_OFFSET 0x0001 /* time offset */ #define ADJ_FREQUENCY 0x0002 /* frequency offset */ #define ADJ_MAXERROR 0x0004 /* maximum time error */ #define ADJ_ESTERROR 0x0008 /* estimated time error */ #define ADJ_STATUS 0x0010 /* clock status */ #define ADJ_TIMECONST 0x0020 /* pll time constant */ #define ADJ_TICK 0x4000 /* tick value */ #define ADJ_OFFSET_SINGLESHOT 0x8001 /* old-fashioned adjtime() */
Ordinary users are restricted to a zero value for
mode
. Only the
superuser may set any parameters.
On success, adjtimex
()
returns the clock state:
#define TIME_OK 0 /* clock synchronized */ #define TIME_INS 1 /* insert leap second */ #define TIME_DEL 2 /* delete leap second */ #define TIME_OOP 3 /* leap second in progress */ #define TIME_WAIT 4 /* leap second has occurred */ #define TIME_BAD 5 /* clock not synchronized */
On failure, adjtimex
()
returns −1 and sets errno
.
buf
does not
point to writable memory.
An attempt is made to set buf.offset
to a value
outside the range −131071 to +131071, or to set
buf.status
to
a value other than those listed above, or to set
buf.tick
to a
value outside the range 900000/HZ
to 1100000/HZ
, where HZ
is the system timer interrupt
frequency.
buf.mode
is non-zero and the caller does not have sufficient
privilege. Under Linux the CAP_SYS_TIME
capability is
required.
adjtimex
() is Linux specific
and should not be used in programs intended to be portable.
See adjtime(3) for a more
portable, but less flexible, method of adjusting the system
clock.
settimeofday(2), adjtime(3), capabilities(7)
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