ntpd: speed up reaction to poll interval decrease

Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/networking/ntpd.c b/networking/ntpd.c
index 5cad738..cabfb79 100644
--- a/networking/ntpd.c
+++ b/networking/ntpd.c
@@ -1484,7 +1484,20 @@ recv_and_process_peer_pkt(peer_t *p)
 			if (G.polladj_count < -POLLADJ_LIMIT) {
 				G.polladj_count = 0;
 				if (G.poll_exp > MINPOLL) {
+					llist_t *item;
+
 					G.poll_exp--;
+					/* Correct p->next_action_time in each peer
+					 * which waits for sending, so that they send earlier.
+					 * Old pp->next_action_time are on the order
+					 * of t + (1 << old_poll_exp) + small_random,
+					 * we simply need to subtract ~half of that.
+					 */
+					for (item = G.ntp_peers; item != NULL; item = item->link) {
+						peer_t *pp = (peer_t *) item->data;
+						if (pp->p_fd < 0)
+							pp->next_action_time -= (1 << G.poll_exp);
+					}
 					VERB3 bb_error_msg("polladj: discipline_jitter:%f --poll_exp=%d",
 							G.discipline_jitter, G.poll_exp);
 				}