[ntp:questions] strange behaviour of ntp peerstats entries.

David Woolley david at ex.djwhome.demon.co.uk.invalid
Sat Feb 2 23:07:43 UTC 2008


Unruh wrote:

> 
> This is in the clock_filter algorithm. It selects the sample of the last 8
> which has the lowest delay (suitably aged) If that sample is the most

Yes.  That's what I am talking about.  Specifically clock_filter in
ntp_proto.c.

> recent, then it is actually used. Otherwise nothing is used that that
> clokck measuremnt is tossed. Once it has a measurement sucnh that the
> latest sample aslo has the least delay then that sample is passed to the
> clock selection process.

This is not what happens in RFC 1305 or ntpd 4.2.0.

> 
> NO I am not talking about the clock selection process. It is teh

Nor am I.

> clock_filter which occurs before the clock selection algorithm comes into
> play.

/*
  * clock_filter - add incoming clock sample to filter register and run
  *                the filter procedure to find the best sample.
  */
void
clock_filter(
....
         /*
          * Sort the samples in both lists by distance.
          */
         for (i = 1; i < NTP_SHIFT; i++) {
....
        /*
          * If no acceptable samples remain in the shift register,
          * quietly tiptoe home leaving only the dispersion. Otherwise,
          * save the offset, delay and jitter average. Note the jitter
          * must not be less than the system precision.
          */
         if (m == 0)
                 return;
         etemp = fabs(peer->offset - peer->filter_offset[k]);
         dtemp = sqrt(peer->jitter);
         peer->offset = peer->filter_offset[k];
         peer->delay = peer->filter_delay[k];
         if (m > 1)
                 jit /= m - 1;
         peer->jitter = max(jit, SQUARE(LOGTOD(sys_precision)));

         /*


Guess I'd better check that this hasn't been broken in 4.2.4.....

There are quite a lot of changes there, but the basic structure seems to 
be the same, i.e. it is based on distance, not delay, and based on 
sorting the full list.






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