Re: kern/37726: request documentation of 2147 second limit on adjtime(2)

[Dave B <nbsd1%y2013.pianocast.net@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/37726; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Dave B <nbsd1%y2013.pianocast.net@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: kern-bug-people%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
        netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: kern/37726: request documentation of 2147 second limit on
 adjtime(2)
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 16:31:47 -0500

 > From: David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
 > Subject: Re: kern/37726: request documentation of 2147 second limit on
 >  adjtime(2)
 > 
 >  This is a bug (there's a 32-bit microseconds value in there that's
 >  overflowing and becoming negative), assuming it still happens at all
 >  these days. I'm going to update the Synopsis: and Class: and bump the
 >  priority.
 
   Thanks, David.  Good to see your name on the case.
 
   True: I don't use adjtime very often these days and I don't have
 a use-case in mind in which doing a greater-than-2147-second
 adjustment is of key importance... hence my initial low prio.
 
   All the same, from a correctness standpoint--and even if for no
 other reason than intellectual curiosity on how well slewing the
 clock would work over the course of, say, an entire week--a bugfix
 sounds great to me.
 
 -Dave B.