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ntp: repeat resolving until all pool sources are resolved

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When resolving of a pool name succeeds, don't remove the remaining
unresolved sources, i.e. try to get all maxsources (default 4) sources,
even if it takes multiple DNS requests.
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Miroslav Lichvar 2020-02-18 13:45:13 +01:00
parent 8c25632321
commit 9d1c1505b9
2 changed files with 11 additions and 13 deletions
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doc/chrony.conf.adoc
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@ -269,16 +269,18 @@ which might change over time.
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All options valid in the <<server,*server*>> directive can be used in this
directive too. There is one option specific to the *pool* directive:
*maxsources* sets the maximum number of sources that can be used from the pool,
the default value is 4.
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On start, when the pool name is resolved, *chronyd* will add up to 16 sources,
one for each resolved address. When the number of sources from which at least
one valid reply was received reaches the number specified by the *maxsources*
option, the other sources will be removed. When a pool source is unreachable,
*maxsources* _sources_:::
This option sets the desired number of sources to be used from the pool.
*chronyd* will repeatedly try to resolve the name until it gets this number of
sources responding to requests. The default value is 4 and the maximum value is
16.
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::
When an NTP source is unreachable,
marked as a falseticker, or has a distance larger than the limit set by the
<<maxdistance,*maxdistance*>> directive, *chronyd* will try to replace the
source with a newly resolved address from the pool.
source with a newly resolved address of the name.
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An example of the *pool* directive is
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ntp_sources.c
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@ -424,10 +424,6 @@ process_resolved_name(struct UnresolvedSource *us, IPAddr *ip_addrs, int n_addrs
break;
}
}
/* Remove pool sources that didn't get an address */
if (us->pool != INVALID_POOL)
remove_pool_sources(us->pool, 0, 1);
}
/* ================================================== */
@ -485,9 +481,9 @@ name_resolve_handler(DNS_Status status, int n_addrs, IPAddr *ip_addrs, void *any
next = us->next;
/* Don't repeat the resolving if it didn't (temporarily) fail, it was a
/* Don't repeat the resolving if it (permanently) failed, it was a
replacement of a real address, or all addresses are already resolved */
if (status != DNS_TryAgain || UTI_IsIPReal(&us->address.ip_addr) || is_resolved(us))
if (status == DNS_Failure || UTI_IsIPReal(&us->address.ip_addr) || is_resolved(us))
remove_unresolved_source(us);
resolving_source = next;