Subject: Re: [PATCH V9 02/13] ntp: add ADJ_SETOFFSET mode bit

From: john stultz <johnstul-r/[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 12:57:08 -0800

On Fri, 2011-01-14 at 05:39 +0900, Kuwahara,T. wrote:
> My proposal: Limit the adjustable range of the offset so that leap
> seconds will never occur more than once. (2147.5 seconds would be the
> best choice. :-)

2147.5? That's ~36 minutes. 

While I think a limit could be a sensible compromise here. Leap seconds
are limited to every six months. So surely a limit of 86400 (one day),
or 2592000 (30 days) would be more reasonable.

thanks
-john