ntpd: add optional support for /etc/ntp.conf

function                                             old     new   delta
add_peers                                              -      98     +98
packed_usage                                       29470   29511     +41
ntp_init                                             407     428     +21
pw_encrypt                                            14      27     +13
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(add/remove: 1/0 grow/shrink: 3/0 up/down: 173/0)             Total: 173 bytes

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

2 files changed, 39 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/networking/Config.src b/networking/Config.src
index ca0ddcdd9..fbad7ecb2 100644
--- a/networking/Config.src
+++ b/networking/Config.src
@@ -664,6 +664,14 @@ config FEATURE_NTPD_SERVER
           Make ntpd usable as a NTP server. If you disable this option
           ntpd will be usable only as a NTP client.
 
+config FEATURE_NTPD_CONF
+        bool "Make ntpd understand /etc/ntp.conf"
+        default y
+        depends on NTPD
+        help
+          Make ntpd look in /etc/ntp.conf for peers. Only "server address"
+          is supported.
+
 config PSCAN
         bool "pscan"
         default y
diff --git a/networking/ntpd.c b/networking/ntpd.c
index 44592ce54..adda6e5b0 100644
--- a/networking/ntpd.c
+++ b/networking/ntpd.c
@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@
 //usage:        )
 //usage:     "\n        -S PROG Run PROG after stepping time, stratum change, and every 11 mins"
 //usage:     "\n        -p PEER Obtain time from PEER (may be repeated)"
+//usage:        IF_FEATURE_NTPD_CONF(
+//usage:     "\n                If -p is not given, read /etc/ntp.conf"
+//usage:        )
+
+// -l and -p options are not compatible with "standard" ntpd:
+// it has them as "-l logfile" and "-p pidfile".
+// -S and -w are not compat either, "standard" ntpd has no such opts.
 
 #include "libbb.h"
 #include <math.h>
@@ -730,7 +737,7 @@ reset_peer_stats(peer_t *p, double offset)
 }
 
 static void
-add_peers(char *s)
+add_peers(const char *s)
 {
         peer_t *p;
 
@@ -2087,14 +2094,34 @@ static NOINLINE void ntp_init(char **argv)
                         "d" /* compat */
                         "46aAbgL", /* compat, ignored */
                         &peers, &G.script_name, &G.verbose);
-        if (!(opts & (OPT_p|OPT_l)))
-                bb_show_usage();
+
 //      if (opts & OPT_x) /* disable stepping, only slew is allowed */
 //              G.time_was_stepped = 1;
         if (peers) {
                 while (peers)
                         add_peers(llist_pop(&peers));
-        } else {
+        }
+#if ENABLE_FEATURE_NTPD_CONF
+        else {
+                parser_t *parser;
+                char *token[3];
+
+                parser = config_open("/etc/ntp.conf");
+                while (config_read(parser, token, 3, 1, "# \t", PARSE_NORMAL)) {
+                        if (strcmp(token[0], "server") == 0 && token[1]) {
+                                add_peers(token[1]);
+                                continue;
+                        }
+                        bb_error_msg("skipping %s:%u: unimplemented command '%s'",
+                                "/etc/ntp.conf", parser->lineno, token[0]
+                        );
+                }
+                config_close(parser);
+        }
+#endif
+        if (G.peer_cnt == 0) {
+                if (!(opts & OPT_l))
+                        bb_show_usage();
                 /* -l but no peers: "stratum 1 server" mode */
                 G.stratum = 1;
         }