ntp: add client support for experimental extension field

Add "extfield F323" option to include the new extension field in
requests. If the server responds with this field, use the root
delay/dispersion and monotonic timestamp. Accumulate changes in the
offset between the monotonic and real-time receive timestamps and use
it for the correction of previous offsets in sourcestats. In the
interleaved mode, cancel out the latest change in the offset in
timestamps of the previous request and response, which were captured
before the change actually happened.
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Miroslav Lichvar
2021-11-15 10:08:34 +01:00
parent 72f7d09f58
commit 2319f72b29
7 changed files with 108 additions and 7 deletions

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@@ -287,6 +287,25 @@ This is useful when multiple instances of `chronyd` are running on one computer
to synchronise the system clock and other instances started with the *-x*
option to operate as NTP servers for other computers with their NTP clocks
synchronised to the first instance.
*extfield* _type_:::
This option enables an NTPv4 extension field specified by its type as a
hexadecimal number. It will be included in requests sent to the server and
processed in received responses if the server supports it. Note that some
server implementations do not respond to requests containing an unknown
extension field (*chronyd* as a server responded to such requests since
version 2.0).
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The following extension field can be enabled by this option:
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_F323_::::
This is an experimental extension field for some improvements that were
proposed for the next version of the NTP protocol (NTPv5). The field contains
root delay and dispersion in higher resolution and a monotonic receive
timestamp, which enables a frequency transfer between the server and client. It
can significantly improve stability of the synchronization. Generally, it
should be expected to work only between servers and clients running the same
version of *chronyd*.
{blank}:::
[[pool]]*pool* _name_ [_option_]...::
The syntax of this directive is similar to that for the <<server,*server*>>