ntp: adjust SHIFT_PLL to improve NTP convergence
The conversion to the ntpv4 reference model f1992393 ("ntp: convert to the NTP4 reference model") in 2.6.19 added nanosecond resolution the adjtimex interface, but also changed the "stiffness" of the frequency adjustments, causing NTP convergence time to greatly increase. SHIFT_PLL, which reduces the stiffness of the freq adjustments, was designed to be inversely linked to HZ, and the reference value of 4 was designed for Unix systems using HZ=100. However Linux's clock steering code mostly independent of HZ. So this patch reduces the SHIFT_PLL value from 4 to 2, which causes NTPd behavior to match kernels prior to 2.6.19, greatly reducing convergence times, and improving close synchronization through environmental thermal changes. The patch also changes some l's to L's in nearby code to avoid misreading 50l as 501. [ Impact: tweak NTP algorithm for faster convergence ] Signed-off-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com> Cc: zippel@linux-m68k.org Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> LKML-Reference: <200905051956.n45JuVo9025575@imap1.linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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