Re: [chrony-dev] [PATCH] main: imply -x if time can't be set

[Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Mar 08, 2018 at 05:15:44PM +0100, Christian Brauner wrote:
> Now, I think it would make sense for chrony to be a "seek
> forgiveness, not permission" application since a) it is expected to be
> run in user namespaces and

I think chronyd is already doing that, except there is no other way to
control the clock, i.e. its primary job, so it gives up.

> b) there'll be a time-namespace. Actually a
> good friend of mine from Red Hat is looking into this. :)

This is very interesting and I'm curious how it will be implemented.
Is there an upstream discussion? Some time ago, when I suggested that
the CLOCK_MONOTONIC should be independent from CLOCK_REALTIME, the
idea was rejected for performance reasons. Now, if I understand it
correctly, each namespace would need to have its own clock running at
a different frequency, which would separate the timers in the
namespaces.

-- 
Miroslav Lichvar

-- 
To unsubscribe email chrony-dev-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the subject.
For help email chrony-dev-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with "help" in the subject.
Trouble?  Email listmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.