ntp-4.2.4p5-rtnetlink.patch introduced an issue when using broadcast mode

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Issue

  • The NTP clients are configured as broadcast clients (using broadcastclient option in ntp.conf).
  • If the network is restarted via service network restart while ntpd is running, the ntpd stops synchronizing:
Jun 12 12:20:06 ntpclient ntpd[2293]: Deleting interface #5 eth0, 172.16.121.171#123, interface stats: received=23, sent=8, dropped=0, active_time=959 secs
Jun 12 12:20:06 ntpclient ntpd[2293]: Deleting interface #5 eth0, broadcast address 172.16.121.255#123
Jun 12 12:20:09 ntpclient ntpd[2293]: Listening on interface #7 eth0, 172.16.121.171#123 Enabled
  • ntpq -p returns "No association ID's returned".

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3
  • ntp-4.2.4p8-2.el6.x86_64

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