ntp: Clamp PLL update interval
authorMiroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com>
Tue, 7 Sep 2010 14:43:46 +0000 (16:43 +0200)
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Thu, 9 Sep 2010 18:48:37 +0000 (20:48 +0200)
Clamp update interval to reduce PLL gain with low sampling rate (e.g.
intermittent network connection) to avoid instability.

The clamp roughly corresponds to the loop time constant, it's 8 * poll
interval for SHIFT_PLL 2 and 32 * poll interval for SHIFT_PLL 4. This
gives good results without affecting the gain in normal conditions where
ntpd skips only up to seven consecutive samples.

Signed-off-by: Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com>
Acked-by: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
LKML-Reference: <1283870626-9472-1-git-send-email-mlichvar@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

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