From a1e9bc6876f6539805095e9395c604d3675c526d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Denys Vlasenko Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 17:54:24 +0200 Subject: ntpd: perform DNS resolution out of send/receive loop - closes 10466 Bad case: send request to server1good.com; then try to resolve server2bad.com - this fails, and failure takes ~5 secs; then receive server1's response 5 seconds later. We'll never sync up in this case... function old new delta ntpd_main 1079 1106 +27 Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko --- networking/ntpd.c | 14 ++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'networking/ntpd.c') diff --git a/networking/ntpd.c b/networking/ntpd.c index 4f881eaf9..8f792d16d 100644 --- a/networking/ntpd.c +++ b/networking/ntpd.c @@ -866,10 +866,8 @@ do_sendto(int fd, static void send_query_to_peer(peer_t *p) { - if (!p->p_lsa) { - if (!resolve_peer_hostname(p)) - return; - } + if (!p->p_lsa) + return; /* Why do we need to bind()? * See what happens when we don't bind: @@ -2360,6 +2358,14 @@ int ntpd_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv) int nfds, timeout; double nextaction; + /* Resolve peer names to IPs, if not resolved yet */ + for (item = G.ntp_peers; item != NULL; item = item->link) { + peer_t *p = (peer_t *) item->data; + + if (p->next_action_time <= G.cur_time && !p->p_lsa) + resolve_peer_hostname(p); + } + /* Nothing between here and poll() blocks for any significant time */ nextaction = G.cur_time + 3600; -- cgit v1.2.3