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adjtime(2): document that delta can be NULL
The current verbiage somewhat indicates that always adjusts the time, which hasn't been true as far back as I had the energy to `git blame`. Reviewed by: imp Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D57676
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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.Dd May 13, 2021
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.Dd June 19, 2026
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.Dt ADJTIME 2
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ makes small adjustments to the system time, as returned by
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advancing or retarding it
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by the time specified by the timeval
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.Fa delta .
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.Pp
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If
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.Fa delta
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is negative, the clock is
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@@ -55,6 +56,13 @@ If
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.Fa delta
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is positive, a larger increment than normal
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is used.
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.Fa delta
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may also be a
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.Dv NULL
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pointer to fetch
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.Fa olddelta
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without making any adjustment.
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.Pp
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The skew used to perform the correction is generally a fraction of one percent.
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Thus, the time is always
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a monotonically increasing function.
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@@ -65,7 +73,9 @@ may not be finished when
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is called again.
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If
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.Fa olddelta
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is not a null pointer,
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is not a
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.Dv NULL
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pointer,
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the structure pointed to will contain, upon return, the
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number of microseconds still to be corrected
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from the earlier call.
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