ADJTIMEX(2) Linux Programmer's Manual ADJTIMEX(2)
NAME
adjtimex - tune kernel clock
SYNOPSIS
#include<sys/timex.h>
intadjtimex(structtimex*buf);
DESCRIPTION
Linux uses David L. Mills' clock adjustment algorithm (see RFC 1305).
The system call adjtimex reads and optionally sets adjustment parame-
ters 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 supe-
ruser may set any parameters.
RETURNVALUE
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.
ERRORS
EFAULT buf does not point to writable memory.
EPERM buf.mode is non-zero and the user is not super-user.
EINVAL 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.
CONFORMINGTO
adjtimex is Linux specific and should not be used in programs intended
to be portable. There is a similar but less general call adjtime in
SVr4.
SEEALSO
settimeofday(2)
Linux 2.0 1997-07-30 ADJTIMEX(2)
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