On 24 Mar 2002, at 5:14, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> Okay then, the bug still stands, but you want a different fix really.
> The user that reported it to me was infact setting multiple bit
> combos, which you indicate as taboo (but currently allowed). So
> when multiple bit combos are given, we can either do:
>
> a) return -EINVAL if more than ADJ_OFFSET_SINGLESHOT is set
> b) clear/ignore any bits above and beyond ADJ_OFFSET_SINGLESHOT.
>
> As you are a time guru, please indicate which is preferable and I will
> bounce Rusty an appropriate patch.
Thanks for the flowers,
my preference is EINVAL of course. Silently adjusting parameters is bad
IMHO.
Regards,
Ulrich
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