ntpd: allow peer-less (standalone stratum 1 server) operation

Based on patch by Jean-Christophe Dubois (jcd@tribudubois.net)

function                                             old     new   delta
ntp_init                                             384     399     +15
recv_and_process_client_pkt                          469     480     +11

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

diff --git a/networking/ntpd.c b/networking/ntpd.c
index 6707e9b..ca4afa0 100644 (file)
--- a/networking/ntpd.c
+++ b/networking/ntpd.c
@@ -1765,6 +1765,10 @@ recv_and_process_client_pkt(void /*int fd*/)
        /* this time was obtained between poll() and recv() */
        msg.m_rectime = d_to_lfp(G.cur_time);
        msg.m_xmttime = d_to_lfp(gettime1900d()); /* this instant */
+       if (G.peer_cnt == 0) {
+               /* we have no peers: "stratum 1 server" mode. reftime = our own time */
+               G.reftime = G.cur_time;
+       }
        msg.m_reftime = d_to_lfp(G.reftime);
        msg.m_orgtime = query_xmttime;
        msg.m_rootdelay = d_to_sfp(G.rootdelay);
@@ -1902,8 +1906,13 @@ static NOINLINE void ntp_init(char **argv)
                bb_show_usage();
 //     if (opts & OPT_x) /* disable stepping, only slew is allowed */
 //             G.time_was_stepped = 1;
-       while (peers)
-               add_peers(llist_pop(&peers));
+       if (peers) {
+               while (peers)
+                       add_peers(llist_pop(&peers));
+       } else {
+               /* -l but no peers: "stratum 1 server" mode */
+               G.stratum = 1;
+       }
        if (!(opts & OPT_n)) {
                bb_daemonize_or_rexec(DAEMON_DEVNULL_STDIO, argv);
                logmode = LOGMODE_NONE;