From owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Mon May 22 13:31:09 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F050D787EC for ; Mon, 22 May 2017 13:31:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-wr0-x244.google.com (mail-wr0-x244.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c0c::244]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 561621E0F for ; Mon, 22 May 2017 13:31:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: by mail-wr0-x244.google.com with SMTP id w50so6954909wrc.0 for ; Mon, 22 May 2017 06:31:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20161025; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=6qi1k91NmuGSQciPmi0+fKTnSllbCBOghfLHMVaHdiM=; b=K/162llKGksK6QFsAeLUYuffh9rqRPL+65EyCV4Eb/fmwAkJbHeP1Q9shNKet5SU1e CXsc4wge36LaXf/GCJq+ZXLCFmiFcrOL2ywOTQ4FmH2s1yJ2EtwbXXQ4LnDoYpsqTe6h z0HYrSt8aX9u8n2rjDvKMPH99VLZ3qUKxJqvWQxWRdpQLwbwREf8xYnk9w7weiHWPP4E /LIj9btiRVtZKGqv02O8rhX1ZACgCnzTAIQ7Xw7uyih3qgtlYVHhlC6/zFcX4EY1SlsH rzZ+4efWI1JsplPbbc0g3HjOVTCCowBCyotFRM/NBNIRgzgyNMWhnv7Bp9zBV5GVs58h KWNA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=6qi1k91NmuGSQciPmi0+fKTnSllbCBOghfLHMVaHdiM=; b=oYSnSeZL0HVHRPQSadLD53fpoyIf5HY24FsgYWBQGDymSqrvAMuDyOBU3rxaKzv0Ih L215VWlWFxso38dk+BIqsDclv51oEhZ2xR5rwzH3sjRPM6f66mwFWCD6fHxm2sT7W954 HAXgk4u1yv3toSD2sRG24b6S4Fi9ipDuPFEFXBKBvlsYdTnwpCbtQ6cQA5SziePNN66i WAtsjXcU2xMpvmMPDyyLuAmDStBYjLCTyKm+xRnE+e+KA8fDuBbXJkaarAH+UKQ7JrpD P6HdXb9kWQQh8hQBI9bhaP7xuYZE0X9njuZgSUhXM9kXUGlQ5iB1BBZRV3W9TG0V33uw lpAw== X-Gm-Message-State: AODbwcCobx53ZWn1OYX5DrXsU0MVUt6sFqSo60Ls1b7BT1SQ1ve9ikwX ilPAru4bYaRSoi3F X-Received: by 10.223.139.199 with SMTP id w7mr13173663wra.92.1495459866943; Mon, 22 May 2017 06:31:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com ([81.17.24.158]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id n49sm18139478wrn.30.2017.05.22.06.31.04 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Mon, 22 May 2017 06:31:05 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 14:31:02 +0100 From: RW To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: anti-dog-piling and ntpd leap files Message-ID: <20170522143102.70035d8d@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: References: <20170522125307.76c9de6d@gumby.homeunix.com> <1104C7A7-5893-4602-9E34-5C212D987DAE@webweaving.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.15.0 (GTK+ 2.24.31; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.3) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 13:31:09 -0000 On Mon, 22 May 2017 07:04:27 -0600 Alan Somers wrote: > >>> Just wondering - how is the new ntpd leapfile fetching supposed to > >>> work. I spot a dead normal entry: > > BTW, in 11.1 the sleeps will all be < 1 hour and they won't be > backgrounded anymore. That doesn't sound like a good idea. If they aren't backgrounded they'll block the rest of periodic daily for up to an hour. Not much of a problem on a server, but it would be when periodic is run from anacron at boot time.