Yo Hal! On Thu, 01 Dec 2016 23:29:23 -0800 Hal Murray <hmur...@megapathdsl.net> wrote:
> >> There is a tangle in this area that I don't understand. When ntpd
> >> exits (or crashes), it leaves the previous state in the kernel so
> >> anybody running ntptime will think things are fine.
>
> > What previous state?
>
> The state in the kernel when ntpd last called ntp_adjtime. The
> kernel doesn't know that ntpd is steering time so it can't tell that
> a stopped/crashed ntpd won't make another call in the future.
Seems like a kernel bug to me.
RGDS
GARY
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