Re: [RFC][PATCH v3] timekeeping: Cap adjustments so they don't exceed the maxadj value

[Miroslav Lichvar]

On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 09:48:06PM -0800, John Stultz wrote:
> Thus its been occasionally noted that users have seen
> confusing warnings like:
> 
>     Adjusting tsc more than 11% (5941981 vs 7759439)

> v2: Catch single unit adjustment that was being made
>     repeatedly to push us past the limit, as pointed
>     out by Miroslav.
> v3: Fix off-by-one case that could result in warning
>     still triggering, pointed out by Miroslav.

Looks good to me. There are no warnings in the simulator and chronyd
still seems to be working as expected.

Tested-by: Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Miroslav Lichvar
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