[monitoring-plugins] Remove check_ntp (#2194)

GitHub git at monitoring-plugins.org
Thu Dec 4 13:30:11 CET 2025


    Module: monitoring-plugins
    Branch: master
    Commit: c735cf423417eee6de8624cd7032ebf8aeeef7ad
    Author: Lorenz Kästle <12514511+RincewindsHat at users.noreply.github.com>
 Committer: GitHub <noreply at github.com>
      Date: Thu Dec  4 13:23:50 2025 +0100
       URL: https://www.monitoring-plugins.org/repositories/monitoring-plugins/commit/?id=c735cf42

Remove check_ntp (#2194)

check_ntp was marked as deprecated for forever (SVN times).
In the spirit of cleaning up and removing the dead bodies, this
commit removes check_ntp and all its connections.

---

 .github/monitoring-plugins.spec |  13 -
 .gitignore                      |   1 -
 plugins/Makefile.am             |   3 +-
 plugins/check_ntp.c             | 947 ----------------------------------------
 4 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 963 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/monitoring-plugins.spec b/.github/monitoring-plugins.spec
index 5878a862..fa47cdc7 100644
--- a/.github/monitoring-plugins.spec
+++ b/.github/monitoring-plugins.spec
@@ -652,19 +652,6 @@ Provides check_nagios of the Monitoring Plugins.
 
 
 
-# check_ntp
-%package ntp
-Summary:  Monitoring Plugins - check_ntp
-Requires: %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
-
-%description ntp
-Provides check_ntp of the Monitoring Plugins.
-
-%files ntp
-%{plugindir}/check_ntp
-
-
-
 # check_ntp_peer
 %package ntp_peer
 Summary:  Monitoring Plugins - check_ntp_peer
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a91edd7c..d0115b05 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ plugins/check_disk.d/.dirstamp
 /plugins/check_netsaint
 /plugins/check_nntp
 /plugins/check_nntps
-/plugins/check_ntp
 /plugins/check_ntp_peer
 /plugins/check_ntp_time
 /plugins/check_pgsql
diff --git a/plugins/Makefile.am b/plugins/Makefile.am
index 877c0947..d098fa8a 100644
--- a/plugins/Makefile.am
+++ b/plugins/Makefile.am
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ MATHLIBS = @MATHLIBS@
 #AM_CFLAGS = -Wall
 
 libexec_PROGRAMS = check_apt check_cluster check_disk check_dummy check_http check_load \
-	check_mrtg check_mrtgtraf check_ntp check_ntp_peer check_ping \
+	check_mrtg check_mrtgtraf check_ntp_peer check_ping \
 	check_real check_smtp check_ssh check_tcp check_time check_ntp_time \
 	check_ups check_users negate \
 	urlize @EXTRAS@ \
@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ check_mysql_query_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) $(MYSQLCFLAGS)
 check_mysql_query_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(MYSQLINCLUDE)
 check_mysql_query_LDADD = $(NETLIBS) $(MYSQLLIBS)
 check_nagios_LDADD = $(BASEOBJS)
-check_ntp_LDADD = $(NETLIBS) $(MATHLIBS)
 check_ntp_peer_LDADD = $(NETLIBS) $(MATHLIBS)
 check_pgsql_LDADD = $(NETLIBS) $(PGLIBS)
 check_ping_LDADD = $(NETLIBS)
diff --git a/plugins/check_ntp.c b/plugins/check_ntp.c
deleted file mode 100644
index b22cc3c1..00000000
--- a/plugins/check_ntp.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,947 +0,0 @@
-/*****************************************************************************
- *
- * Monitoring check_ntp plugin
- *
- * License: GPL
- * Copyright (c) 2006 Sean Finney <seanius at seanius.net>
- * Copyright (c) 2006-2024 Monitoring Plugins Development Team
- *
- * Description:
- *
- * This file contains the check_ntp plugin
- *
- * This plugin to check ntp servers independent of any commandline
- * programs or external libraries.
- *
- *
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- *
- *****************************************************************************/
-
-const char *progname = "check_ntp";
-const char *copyright = "2006-2024";
-const char *email = "devel at monitoring-plugins.org";
-
-#include "common.h"
-#include "netutils.h"
-#include "utils.h"
-
-static char *server_address = NULL;
-static int verbose = 0;
-static bool do_offset = false;
-static char *owarn = "60";
-static char *ocrit = "120";
-static bool do_jitter = false;
-static char *jwarn = "5000";
-static char *jcrit = "10000";
-
-static int process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
-static thresholds *offset_thresholds = NULL;
-static thresholds *jitter_thresholds = NULL;
-static void print_help(void);
-void print_usage(void);
-
-/* number of times to perform each request to get a good average. */
-#ifndef AVG_NUM
-#	define AVG_NUM 4
-#endif
-
-/* max size of control message data */
-#define MAX_CM_SIZE 468
-
-/* this structure holds everything in an ntp request/response as per rfc1305 */
-typedef struct {
-	uint8_t flags;    /* byte with leapindicator,vers,mode. see macros */
-	uint8_t stratum;  /* clock stratum */
-	int8_t poll;      /* polling interval */
-	int8_t precision; /* precision of the local clock */
-	int32_t rtdelay;  /* total rt delay, as a fixed point num. see macros */
-	uint32_t rtdisp;  /* like above, but for max err to primary src */
-	uint32_t refid;   /* ref clock identifier */
-	uint64_t refts;   /* reference timestamp.  local time local clock */
-	uint64_t origts;  /* time at which request departed client */
-	uint64_t rxts;    /* time at which request arrived at server */
-	uint64_t txts;    /* time at which request departed server */
-} ntp_message;
-
-/* this structure holds data about results from querying offset from a peer */
-typedef struct {
-	time_t waiting;         /* ts set when we started waiting for a response */
-	int num_responses;      /* number of successfully received responses */
-	uint8_t stratum;        /* copied verbatim from the ntp_message */
-	double rtdelay;         /* converted from the ntp_message */
-	double rtdisp;          /* converted from the ntp_message */
-	double offset[AVG_NUM]; /* offsets from each response */
-	uint8_t flags;          /* byte with leapindicator,vers,mode. see macros */
-} ntp_server_results;
-
-/* this structure holds everything in an ntp control message as per rfc1305 */
-typedef struct {
-	uint8_t flags;          /* byte with leapindicator,vers,mode. see macros */
-	uint8_t op;             /* R,E,M bits and Opcode */
-	uint16_t seq;           /* Packet sequence */
-	uint16_t status;        /* Clock status */
-	uint16_t assoc;         /* Association */
-	uint16_t offset;        /* Similar to TCP sequence # */
-	uint16_t count;         /* # bytes of data */
-	char data[MAX_CM_SIZE]; /* ASCII data of the request */
-							/* NB: not necessarily NULL terminated! */
-} ntp_control_message;
-
-/* this is an association/status-word pair found in control packet responses */
-typedef struct {
-	uint16_t assoc;
-	uint16_t status;
-} ntp_assoc_status_pair;
-
-/* bits 1,2 are the leap indicator */
-#define LI_MASK 0xc0
-#define LI(x)   ((x & LI_MASK) >> 6)
-#define LI_SET(x, y)                                                                               \
-	do {                                                                                           \
-		x |= ((y << 6) & LI_MASK);                                                                 \
-	} while (0)
-/* and these are the values of the leap indicator */
-#define LI_NOWARNING  0x00
-#define LI_EXTRASEC   0x01
-#define LI_MISSINGSEC 0x02
-#define LI_ALARM      0x03
-/* bits 3,4,5 are the ntp version */
-#define VN_MASK 0x38
-#define VN(x)   ((x & VN_MASK) >> 3)
-#define VN_SET(x, y)                                                                               \
-	do {                                                                                           \
-		x |= ((y << 3) & VN_MASK);                                                                 \
-	} while (0)
-#define VN_RESERVED 0x02
-/* bits 6,7,8 are the ntp mode */
-#define MODE_MASK 0x07
-#define MODE(x)   (x & MODE_MASK)
-#define MODE_SET(x, y)                                                                             \
-	do {                                                                                           \
-		x |= (y & MODE_MASK);                                                                      \
-	} while (0)
-/* here are some values */
-#define MODE_CLIENT     0x03
-#define MODE_CONTROLMSG 0x06
-/* In control message, bits 8-10 are R,E,M bits */
-#define REM_MASK  0xe0
-#define REM_RESP  0x80
-#define REM_ERROR 0x40
-#define REM_MORE  0x20
-/* In control message, bits 11 - 15 are opcode */
-#define OP_MASK 0x1f
-#define OP_SET(x, y)                                                                               \
-	do {                                                                                           \
-		x |= (y & OP_MASK);                                                                        \
-	} while (0)
-#define OP_READSTAT 0x01
-#define OP_READVAR  0x02
-/* In peer status bytes, bits 6,7,8 determine clock selection status */
-#define PEER_SEL(x)     ((ntohs(x) >> 8) & 0x07)
-#define PEER_INCLUDED   0x04
-#define PEER_SYNCSOURCE 0x06
-
-/**
- ** a note about the 32-bit "fixed point" numbers:
- **
- they are divided into halves, each being a 16-bit int in network byte order:
- - the first 16 bits are an int on the left side of a decimal point.
- - the second 16 bits represent a fraction n/(2^16)
- likewise for the 64-bit "fixed point" numbers with everything doubled :)
- **/
-
-/* macros to access the left/right 16 bits of a 32-bit ntp "fixed point"
-   number.  note that these can be used as lvalues too */
-#define L16(x) (((uint16_t *)&x)[0])
-#define R16(x) (((uint16_t *)&x)[1])
-/* macros to access the left/right 32 bits of a 64-bit ntp "fixed point"
-   number.  these too can be used as lvalues */
-#define L32(x) (((uint32_t *)&x)[0])
-#define R32(x) (((uint32_t *)&x)[1])
-
-/* ntp wants seconds since 1/1/00, epoch is 1/1/70.  this is the difference */
-#define EPOCHDIFF 0x83aa7e80UL
-
-/* extract a 32-bit ntp fixed point number into a double */
-#define NTP32asDOUBLE(x) (ntohs(L16(x)) + (double)ntohs(R16(x)) / 65536.0)
-
-/* likewise for a 64-bit ntp fp number */
-#define NTP64asDOUBLE(n)                                                                           \
-	(double)(((uint64_t)n) ? (ntohl(L32(n)) - EPOCHDIFF) +                                         \
-								 (.00000001 * (0.5 + (double)(ntohl(R32(n)) / 42.94967296)))       \
-						   : 0)
-
-/* convert a struct timeval to a double */
-#define TVasDOUBLE(x) (double)(x.tv_sec + (0.000001 * x.tv_usec))
-
-/* convert an ntp 64-bit fp number to a struct timeval */
-#define NTP64toTV(n, t)                                                                            \
-	do {                                                                                           \
-		if (!n)                                                                                    \
-			t.tv_sec = t.tv_usec = 0;                                                              \
-		else {                                                                                     \
-			t.tv_sec = ntohl(L32(n)) - EPOCHDIFF;                                                  \
-			t.tv_usec = (int)(0.5 + (double)(ntohl(R32(n)) / 4294.967296));                        \
-		}                                                                                          \
-	} while (0)
-
-/* convert a struct timeval to an ntp 64-bit fp number */
-#define TVtoNTP64(t, n)                                                                            \
-	do {                                                                                           \
-		if (!t.tv_usec && !t.tv_sec)                                                               \
-			n = 0x0UL;                                                                             \
-		else {                                                                                     \
-			L32(n) = htonl(t.tv_sec + EPOCHDIFF);                                                  \
-			R32(n) = htonl((uint64_t)((4294.967296 * t.tv_usec) + .5));                            \
-		}                                                                                          \
-	} while (0)
-
-/* NTP control message header is 12 bytes, plus any data in the data
- * field, plus null padding to the nearest 32-bit boundary per rfc.
- */
-#define SIZEOF_NTPCM(m)                                                                            \
-	(12 + ntohs(m.count) + ((ntohs(m.count) % 4) ? 4 - (ntohs(m.count) % 4) : 0))
-
-/* finally, a little helper or two for debugging: */
-#define DBG(x)                                                                                     \
-	do {                                                                                           \
-		if (verbose > 1) {                                                                         \
-			x;                                                                                     \
-		}                                                                                          \
-	} while (0);
-#define PRINTSOCKADDR(x)                                                                           \
-	do {                                                                                           \
-		printf("%u.%u.%u.%u", (x >> 24) & 0xff, (x >> 16) & 0xff, (x >> 8) & 0xff, x & 0xff);      \
-	} while (0);
-
-/* calculate the offset of the local clock */
-static inline double calc_offset(const ntp_message *m, const struct timeval *t) {
-	double client_tx, peer_rx, peer_tx, client_rx;
-	client_tx = NTP64asDOUBLE(m->origts);
-	peer_rx = NTP64asDOUBLE(m->rxts);
-	peer_tx = NTP64asDOUBLE(m->txts);
-	client_rx = TVasDOUBLE((*t));
-	return (.5 * ((peer_tx - client_rx) + (peer_rx - client_tx)));
-}
-
-/* print out a ntp packet in human readable/debuggable format */
-void print_ntp_message(const ntp_message *p) {
-	struct timeval ref, orig, rx, tx;
-
-	NTP64toTV(p->refts, ref);
-	NTP64toTV(p->origts, orig);
-	NTP64toTV(p->rxts, rx);
-	NTP64toTV(p->txts, tx);
-
-	printf("packet contents:\n");
-	printf("\tflags: 0x%.2x\n", p->flags);
-	printf("\t  li=%d (0x%.2x)\n", LI(p->flags), p->flags & LI_MASK);
-	printf("\t  vn=%d (0x%.2x)\n", VN(p->flags), p->flags & VN_MASK);
-	printf("\t  mode=%d (0x%.2x)\n", MODE(p->flags), p->flags & MODE_MASK);
-	printf("\tstratum = %d\n", p->stratum);
-	printf("\tpoll = %g\n", pow(2, p->poll));
-	printf("\tprecision = %g\n", pow(2, p->precision));
-	printf("\trtdelay = %-.16g\n", NTP32asDOUBLE(p->rtdelay));
-	printf("\trtdisp = %-.16g\n", NTP32asDOUBLE(p->rtdisp));
-	printf("\trefid = %x\n", p->refid);
-	printf("\trefts = %-.16g\n", NTP64asDOUBLE(p->refts));
-	printf("\torigts = %-.16g\n", NTP64asDOUBLE(p->origts));
-	printf("\trxts = %-.16g\n", NTP64asDOUBLE(p->rxts));
-	printf("\ttxts = %-.16g\n", NTP64asDOUBLE(p->txts));
-}
-
-void print_ntp_control_message(const ntp_control_message *p) {
-	int i = 0, numpeers = 0;
-	const ntp_assoc_status_pair *peer = NULL;
-
-	printf("control packet contents:\n");
-	printf("\tflags: 0x%.2x , 0x%.2x\n", p->flags, p->op);
-	printf("\t  li=%d (0x%.2x)\n", LI(p->flags), p->flags & LI_MASK);
-	printf("\t  vn=%d (0x%.2x)\n", VN(p->flags), p->flags & VN_MASK);
-	printf("\t  mode=%d (0x%.2x)\n", MODE(p->flags), p->flags & MODE_MASK);
-	printf("\t  response=%d (0x%.2x)\n", (p->op & REM_RESP) > 0, p->op & REM_RESP);
-	printf("\t  more=%d (0x%.2x)\n", (p->op & REM_MORE) > 0, p->op & REM_MORE);
-	printf("\t  error=%d (0x%.2x)\n", (p->op & REM_ERROR) > 0, p->op & REM_ERROR);
-	printf("\t  op=%d (0x%.2x)\n", p->op & OP_MASK, p->op & OP_MASK);
-	printf("\tsequence: %d (0x%.2x)\n", ntohs(p->seq), ntohs(p->seq));
-	printf("\tstatus: %d (0x%.2x)\n", ntohs(p->status), ntohs(p->status));
-	printf("\tassoc: %d (0x%.2x)\n", ntohs(p->assoc), ntohs(p->assoc));
-	printf("\toffset: %d (0x%.2x)\n", ntohs(p->offset), ntohs(p->offset));
-	printf("\tcount: %d (0x%.2x)\n", ntohs(p->count), ntohs(p->count));
-	numpeers = ntohs(p->count) / (sizeof(ntp_assoc_status_pair));
-	if (p->op & REM_RESP && p->op & OP_READSTAT) {
-		peer = (ntp_assoc_status_pair *)p->data;
-		for (i = 0; i < numpeers; i++) {
-			printf("\tpeer id %.2x status %.2x", ntohs(peer[i].assoc), ntohs(peer[i].status));
-			if (PEER_SEL(peer[i].status) >= PEER_INCLUDED) {
-				if (PEER_SEL(peer[i].status) >= PEER_SYNCSOURCE) {
-					printf(" <-- current sync source");
-				} else {
-					printf(" <-- current sync candidate");
-				}
-			}
-			printf("\n");
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-void setup_request(ntp_message *p) {
-	struct timeval t;
-
-	memset(p, 0, sizeof(ntp_message));
-	LI_SET(p->flags, LI_ALARM);
-	VN_SET(p->flags, 4);
-	MODE_SET(p->flags, MODE_CLIENT);
-	p->poll = 4;
-	p->precision = (int8_t)0xfa;
-	L16(p->rtdelay) = htons(1);
-	L16(p->rtdisp) = htons(1);
-
-	gettimeofday(&t, NULL);
-	TVtoNTP64(t, p->txts);
-}
-
-/* select the "best" server from a list of servers, and return its index.
- * this is done by filtering servers based on stratum, dispersion, and
- * finally round-trip delay. */
-int best_offset_server(const ntp_server_results *slist, int nservers) {
-	int cserver = 0, best_server = -1;
-
-	/* for each server */
-	for (cserver = 0; cserver < nservers; cserver++) {
-		/* We don't want any servers that fails these tests */
-		/* Sort out servers that didn't respond or responede with a 0 stratum;
-		 * stratum 0 is for reference clocks so no NTP server should ever report
-		 * a stratum 0 */
-		if (slist[cserver].stratum == 0) {
-			if (verbose) {
-				printf("discarding peer %d: stratum=%d\n", cserver, slist[cserver].stratum);
-			}
-			continue;
-		}
-		/* Sort out servers with error flags */
-		if (LI(slist[cserver].flags) == LI_ALARM) {
-			if (verbose) {
-				printf("discarding peer %d: flags=%d\n", cserver, LI(slist[cserver].flags));
-			}
-			continue;
-		}
-
-		/* If we don't have a server yet, use the first one */
-		if (best_server == -1) {
-			best_server = cserver;
-			DBG(printf("using peer %d as our first candidate\n", best_server));
-			continue;
-		}
-
-		/* compare the server to the best one we've seen so far */
-		/* does it have an equal or better stratum? */
-		DBG(printf("comparing peer %d with peer %d\n", cserver, best_server));
-		if (slist[cserver].stratum <= slist[best_server].stratum) {
-			DBG(printf("stratum for peer %d <= peer %d\n", cserver, best_server));
-			/* does it have an equal or better dispersion? */
-			if (slist[cserver].rtdisp <= slist[best_server].rtdisp) {
-				DBG(printf("dispersion for peer %d <= peer %d\n", cserver, best_server));
-				/* does it have a better rtdelay? */
-				if (slist[cserver].rtdelay < slist[best_server].rtdelay) {
-					DBG(printf("rtdelay for peer %d < peer %d\n", cserver, best_server));
-					best_server = cserver;
-					DBG(printf("peer %d is now our best candidate\n", best_server));
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (best_server >= 0) {
-		DBG(printf("best server selected: peer %d\n", best_server));
-		return best_server;
-	} else {
-		DBG(printf("no peers meeting synchronization criteria :(\n"));
-		return -1;
-	}
-}
-
-/* do everything we need to get the total average offset
- * - we use a certain amount of parallelization with poll() to ensure
- *   we don't waste time sitting around waiting for single packets.
- * - we also "manually" handle resolving host names and connecting, because
- *   we have to do it in a way that our lazy macros don't handle currently :( */
-double offset_request(const char *host, int *status) {
-	int i = 0, ga_result = 0, num_hosts = 0, *socklist = NULL, respnum = 0;
-	int servers_completed = 0, one_read = 0, servers_readable = 0, best_index = -1;
-	time_t now_time = 0, start_ts = 0;
-	ntp_message *req = NULL;
-	double avg_offset = 0.;
-	struct timeval recv_time;
-	struct addrinfo *ai = NULL, *ai_tmp = NULL, hints;
-	struct pollfd *ufds = NULL;
-	ntp_server_results *servers = NULL;
-
-	/* setup hints to only return results from getaddrinfo that we'd like */
-	memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(struct addrinfo));
-	hints.ai_family = address_family;
-	hints.ai_protocol = IPPROTO_UDP;
-	hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_DGRAM;
-
-	/* fill in ai with the list of hosts resolved by the host name */
-	ga_result = getaddrinfo(host, "123", &hints, &ai);
-	if (ga_result != 0) {
-		die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "error getting address for %s: %s\n", host, gai_strerror(ga_result));
-	}
-
-	/* count the number of returned hosts, and allocate stuff accordingly */
-	for (ai_tmp = ai; ai_tmp != NULL; ai_tmp = ai_tmp->ai_next) {
-		num_hosts++;
-	}
-	req = (ntp_message *)malloc(sizeof(ntp_message) * num_hosts);
-	if (req == NULL) {
-		die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "can not allocate ntp message array");
-	}
-	socklist = (int *)malloc(sizeof(int) * num_hosts);
-	if (socklist == NULL) {
-		die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "can not allocate socket array");
-	}
-	ufds = (struct pollfd *)malloc(sizeof(struct pollfd) * num_hosts);
-	if (ufds == NULL) {
-		die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "can not allocate socket array");
-	}
-	servers = (ntp_server_results *)malloc(sizeof(ntp_server_results) * num_hosts);
-	if (servers == NULL) {
-		die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "can not allocate server array");
-	}
-	memset(servers, 0, sizeof(ntp_server_results) * num_hosts);
-	DBG(printf("Found %d peers to check\n", num_hosts));
-
-	/* setup each socket for writing, and the corresponding struct pollfd */
-	ai_tmp = ai;
-	for (i = 0; ai_tmp; i++) {
-		socklist[i] = socket(ai_tmp->ai_family, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP);
-		if (socklist[i] == -1) {
-			perror(NULL);
-			die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "can not create new socket");
-		}
-		if (connect(socklist[i], ai_tmp->ai_addr, ai_tmp->ai_addrlen)) {
-			/* don't die here, because it is enough if there is one server
-			   answering in time. This also would break for dual ipv4/6 stacked
-			   ntp servers when the client only supports on of them.
-			 */
-			DBG(printf("can't create socket connection on peer %i: %s\n", i, strerror(errno)));
-		} else {
-			ufds[i].fd = socklist[i];
-			ufds[i].events = POLLIN;
-			ufds[i].revents = 0;
-		}
-		ai_tmp = ai_tmp->ai_next;
-	}
-
-	/* now do AVG_NUM checks to each host.  we stop before timeout/2 seconds
-	 * have passed in order to ensure post-processing and jitter time. */
-	now_time = start_ts = time(NULL);
-	while (servers_completed < num_hosts && now_time - start_ts <= socket_timeout / 2) {
-		/* loop through each server and find each one which hasn't
-		 * been touched in the past second or so and is still lacking
-		 * some responses.  for each of these servers, send a new request,
-		 * and update the "waiting" timestamp with the current time. */
-		now_time = time(NULL);
-
-		for (i = 0; i < num_hosts; i++) {
-			if (servers[i].waiting < now_time && servers[i].num_responses < AVG_NUM) {
-				if (verbose && servers[i].waiting != 0) {
-					printf("re-");
-				}
-				if (verbose) {
-					printf("sending request to peer %d\n", i);
-				}
-				setup_request(&req[i]);
-				write(socklist[i], &req[i], sizeof(ntp_message));
-				servers[i].waiting = now_time;
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-
-		/* quickly poll for any sockets with pending data */
-		servers_readable = poll(ufds, num_hosts, 100);
-		if (servers_readable == -1) {
-			perror("polling ntp sockets");
-			die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "communication errors");
-		}
-
-		/* read from any sockets with pending data */
-		for (i = 0; servers_readable && i < num_hosts; i++) {
-			if (ufds[i].revents & POLLIN && servers[i].num_responses < AVG_NUM) {
-				if (verbose) {
-					printf("response from peer %d: ", i);
-				}
-
-				read(ufds[i].fd, &req[i], sizeof(ntp_message));
-				gettimeofday(&recv_time, NULL);
-				DBG(print_ntp_message(&req[i]));
-				respnum = servers[i].num_responses++;
-				servers[i].offset[respnum] = calc_offset(&req[i], &recv_time);
-				if (verbose) {
-					printf("offset %.10g\n", servers[i].offset[respnum]);
-				}
-				servers[i].stratum = req[i].stratum;
-				servers[i].rtdisp = NTP32asDOUBLE(req[i].rtdisp);
-				servers[i].rtdelay = NTP32asDOUBLE(req[i].rtdelay);
-				servers[i].waiting = 0;
-				servers[i].flags = req[i].flags;
-				servers_readable--;
-				one_read = 1;
-				if (servers[i].num_responses == AVG_NUM) {
-					servers_completed++;
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		/* lather, rinse, repeat. */
-	}
-
-	if (one_read == 0) {
-		die(STATE_CRITICAL, "NTP CRITICAL: No response from NTP server\n");
-	}
-
-	/* now, pick the best server from the list */
-	best_index = best_offset_server(servers, num_hosts);
-	if (best_index < 0) {
-		*status = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-	} else {
-		/* finally, calculate the average offset */
-		for (i = 0; i < servers[best_index].num_responses; i++) {
-			avg_offset += servers[best_index].offset[i];
-		}
-		avg_offset /= servers[best_index].num_responses;
-	}
-
-	/* cleanup */
-	/* FIXME: Not closing the socket to avoid reuse of the local port
-	 * which can cause old NTP packets to be read instead of NTP control
-	 * packets in jitter_request(). THERE MUST BE ANOTHER WAY...
-	 * for(j=0; j<num_hosts; j++){ close(socklist[j]); } */
-	free(socklist);
-	free(ufds);
-	free(servers);
-	free(req);
-	freeaddrinfo(ai);
-
-	if (verbose) {
-		printf("overall average offset: %.10g\n", avg_offset);
-	}
-	return avg_offset;
-}
-
-void setup_control_request(ntp_control_message *p, uint8_t opcode, uint16_t seq) {
-	memset(p, 0, sizeof(ntp_control_message));
-	LI_SET(p->flags, LI_NOWARNING);
-	VN_SET(p->flags, VN_RESERVED);
-	MODE_SET(p->flags, MODE_CONTROLMSG);
-	OP_SET(p->op, opcode);
-	p->seq = htons(seq);
-	/* Remaining fields are zero for requests */
-}
-
-/* XXX handle responses with the error bit set */
-double jitter_request(int *status) {
-	int conn = -1, i, npeers = 0, num_candidates = 0;
-	bool syncsource_found = false;
-	int run = 0, min_peer_sel = PEER_INCLUDED, num_selected = 0, num_valid = 0;
-	int peers_size = 0, peer_offset = 0;
-	ntp_assoc_status_pair *peers = NULL;
-	ntp_control_message req;
-	const char *getvar = "jitter";
-	double rval = 0.0, jitter = -1.0;
-	char *startofvalue = NULL, *nptr = NULL;
-	void *tmp;
-
-	/* Long-winded explanation:
-	 * Getting the jitter requires a number of steps:
-	 * 1) Send a READSTAT request.
-	 * 2) Interpret the READSTAT reply
-	 *  a) The data section contains a list of peer identifiers (16 bits)
-	 *     and associated status words (16 bits)
-	 *  b) We want the value of 0x06 in the SEL (peer selection) value,
-	 *     which means "current synchronizatin source".  If that's missing,
-	 *     we take anything better than 0x04 (see the rfc for details) but
-	 *     set a minimum of warning.
-	 * 3) Send a READVAR request for information on each peer identified
-	 *    in 2b greater than the minimum selection value.
-	 * 4) Extract the jitter value from the data[] (it's ASCII)
-	 */
-	my_udp_connect(server_address, 123, &conn);
-
-	/* keep sending requests until the server stops setting the
-	 * REM_MORE bit, though usually this is only 1 packet. */
-	do {
-		setup_control_request(&req, OP_READSTAT, 1);
-		DBG(printf("sending READSTAT request"));
-		write(conn, &req, SIZEOF_NTPCM(req));
-		DBG(print_ntp_control_message(&req));
-		/* Attempt to read the largest size packet possible */
-		req.count = htons(MAX_CM_SIZE);
-		DBG(printf("receiving READSTAT response"))
-		read(conn, &req, SIZEOF_NTPCM(req));
-		DBG(print_ntp_control_message(&req));
-		/* Each peer identifier is 4 bytes in the data section, which
-		 * we represent as a ntp_assoc_status_pair datatype.
-		 */
-		peers_size += ntohs(req.count);
-		if ((tmp = realloc(peers, peers_size)) == NULL) {
-			free(peers), die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "can not (re)allocate 'peers' buffer\n");
-		}
-		peers = tmp;
-		memcpy((void *)((ptrdiff_t)peers + peer_offset), (void *)req.data, ntohs(req.count));
-		npeers = peers_size / sizeof(ntp_assoc_status_pair);
-		peer_offset += ntohs(req.count);
-	} while (req.op & REM_MORE);
-
-	/* first, let's find out if we have a sync source, or if there are
-	 * at least some candidates.  in the case of the latter we'll issue
-	 * a warning but go ahead with the check on them. */
-	for (i = 0; i < npeers; i++) {
-		if (PEER_SEL(peers[i].status) >= PEER_INCLUDED) {
-			num_candidates++;
-			if (PEER_SEL(peers[i].status) >= PEER_SYNCSOURCE) {
-				syncsource_found = true;
-				min_peer_sel = PEER_SYNCSOURCE;
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	if (verbose) {
-		printf("%d candidate peers available\n", num_candidates);
-	}
-	if (verbose && syncsource_found) {
-		printf("synchronization source found\n");
-	}
-	if (!syncsource_found) {
-		*status = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-		if (verbose) {
-			printf("warning: no synchronization source found\n");
-		}
-	}
-
-	for (run = 0; run < AVG_NUM; run++) {
-		if (verbose) {
-			printf("jitter run %d of %d\n", run + 1, AVG_NUM);
-		}
-		for (i = 0; i < npeers; i++) {
-			/* Only query this server if it is the current sync source */
-			if (PEER_SEL(peers[i].status) >= min_peer_sel) {
-				char jitter_data[MAX_CM_SIZE + 1];
-				size_t jitter_data_count;
-
-				num_selected++;
-				setup_control_request(&req, OP_READVAR, 2);
-				req.assoc = peers[i].assoc;
-				/* By spec, putting the variable name "jitter"  in the request
-				 * should cause the server to provide _only_ the jitter value.
-				 * thus reducing net traffic, guaranteeing us only a single
-				 * datagram in reply, and making interpretation much simpler
-				 */
-				/* Older servers doesn't know what jitter is, so if we get an
-				 * error on the first pass we redo it with "dispersion" */
-				strncpy(req.data, getvar, MAX_CM_SIZE - 1);
-				req.count = htons(strlen(getvar));
-				DBG(printf("sending READVAR request...\n"));
-				write(conn, &req, SIZEOF_NTPCM(req));
-				DBG(print_ntp_control_message(&req));
-
-				req.count = htons(MAX_CM_SIZE);
-				DBG(printf("receiving READVAR response...\n"));
-				read(conn, &req, SIZEOF_NTPCM(req));
-				DBG(print_ntp_control_message(&req));
-
-				if (req.op & REM_ERROR && strstr(getvar, "jitter")) {
-					if (verbose) {
-						printf("The 'jitter' command failed (old ntp server?)\nRestarting with "
-							   "'dispersion'...\n");
-					}
-					getvar = "dispersion";
-					num_selected--;
-					i--;
-					continue;
-				}
-
-				/* get to the float value */
-				if (verbose) {
-					printf("parsing jitter from peer %.2x: ", ntohs(peers[i].assoc));
-				}
-				if ((jitter_data_count = ntohs(req.count)) >= sizeof(jitter_data)) {
-					die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("jitter response too large (%lu bytes)\n"),
-						(unsigned long)jitter_data_count);
-				}
-				memcpy(jitter_data, req.data, jitter_data_count);
-				jitter_data[jitter_data_count] = '\0';
-				startofvalue = strchr(jitter_data, '=');
-				if (startofvalue != NULL) {
-					startofvalue++;
-					jitter = strtod(startofvalue, &nptr);
-				}
-				if (startofvalue == NULL || startofvalue == nptr) {
-					printf("warning: unable to read server jitter response.\n");
-					*status = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-				} else {
-					if (verbose) {
-						printf("%g\n", jitter);
-					}
-					num_valid++;
-					rval += jitter;
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		if (verbose) {
-			printf("jitter parsed from %d/%d peers\n", num_valid, num_selected);
-		}
-	}
-
-	rval = num_valid ? rval / num_valid : -1.0;
-
-	close(conn);
-	if (peers != NULL) {
-		free(peers);
-	}
-	/* If we return -1.0, it means no synchronization source was found */
-	return rval;
-}
-
-int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
-	int c;
-	int option = 0;
-	static struct option longopts[] = {
-		{"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},        {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
-		{"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},        {"use-ipv4", no_argument, 0, '4'},
-		{"use-ipv6", no_argument, 0, '6'},       {"warning", required_argument, 0, 'w'},
-		{"critical", required_argument, 0, 'c'}, {"jwarn", required_argument, 0, 'j'},
-		{"jcrit", required_argument, 0, 'k'},    {"timeout", required_argument, 0, 't'},
-		{"hostname", required_argument, 0, 'H'}, {0, 0, 0, 0}};
-
-	if (argc < 2) {
-		usage("\n");
-	}
-
-	while (1) {
-		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "Vhv46w:c:j:k:t:H:", longopts, &option);
-		if (c == -1 || c == EOF || c == 1) {
-			break;
-		}
-
-		switch (c) {
-		case 'h':
-			print_help();
-			exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
-			break;
-		case 'V':
-			print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
-			exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
-			break;
-		case 'v':
-			verbose++;
-			break;
-		case 'w':
-			do_offset = true;
-			owarn = optarg;
-			break;
-		case 'c':
-			do_offset = true;
-			ocrit = optarg;
-			break;
-		case 'j':
-			do_jitter = true;
-			jwarn = optarg;
-			break;
-		case 'k':
-			do_jitter = true;
-			jcrit = optarg;
-			break;
-		case 'H':
-			if (!is_host(optarg)) {
-				usage2(_("Invalid hostname/address"), optarg);
-			}
-			server_address = strdup(optarg);
-			break;
-		case 't':
-			socket_timeout = atoi(optarg);
-			break;
-		case '4':
-			address_family = AF_INET;
-			break;
-		case '6':
-#ifdef USE_IPV6
-			address_family = AF_INET6;
-#else
-			usage4(_("IPv6 support not available"));
-#endif
-			break;
-		case '?':
-			/* print short usage statement if args not parsable */
-			usage5();
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (server_address == NULL) {
-		usage4(_("Hostname was not supplied"));
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-char *perfd_offset(double offset) {
-	return fperfdata("offset", offset, "s", true, offset_thresholds->warning->end, true,
-					 offset_thresholds->critical->end, false, 0, false, 0);
-}
-
-char *perfd_jitter(double jitter) {
-	return fperfdata("jitter", jitter, "s", do_jitter, jitter_thresholds->warning->end, do_jitter,
-					 jitter_thresholds->critical->end, true, 0, false, 0);
-}
-
-int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
-	int result, offset_result, jitter_result;
-	double offset = 0, jitter = 0;
-	char *result_line, *perfdata_line;
-
-	setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
-	bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
-	textdomain(PACKAGE);
-
-	result = offset_result = jitter_result = STATE_OK;
-
-	/* Parse extra opts if any */
-	argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
-
-	if (process_arguments(argc, argv) == ERROR) {
-		usage4(_("Could not parse arguments"));
-	}
-
-	set_thresholds(&offset_thresholds, owarn, ocrit);
-	set_thresholds(&jitter_thresholds, jwarn, jcrit);
-
-	/* initialize alarm signal handling */
-	signal(SIGALRM, socket_timeout_alarm_handler);
-
-	/* set socket timeout */
-	alarm(socket_timeout);
-
-	offset = offset_request(server_address, &offset_result);
-	/* check_ntp used to always return CRITICAL if offset_result == STATE_UNKNOWN.
-	 * Now we'll only do that is the offset thresholds were set */
-	if (do_offset && offset_result == STATE_UNKNOWN) {
-		result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-	} else {
-		result = get_status(fabs(offset), offset_thresholds);
-	}
-
-	/* If not told to check the jitter, we don't even send packets.
-	 * jitter is checked using NTP control packets, which not all
-	 * servers recognize.  Trying to check the jitter on OpenNTPD
-	 * (for example) will result in an error
-	 */
-	if (do_jitter) {
-		jitter = jitter_request(&jitter_result);
-		result = max_state_alt(result, get_status(jitter, jitter_thresholds));
-		/* -1 indicates that we couldn't calculate the jitter
-		 * Only overrides STATE_OK from the offset */
-		if (jitter == -1.0 && result == STATE_OK) {
-			result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-		}
-	}
-	result = max_state_alt(result, jitter_result);
-
-	switch (result) {
-	case STATE_CRITICAL:
-		xasprintf(&result_line, _("NTP CRITICAL:"));
-		break;
-	case STATE_WARNING:
-		xasprintf(&result_line, _("NTP WARNING:"));
-		break;
-	case STATE_OK:
-		xasprintf(&result_line, _("NTP OK:"));
-		break;
-	default:
-		xasprintf(&result_line, _("NTP UNKNOWN:"));
-		break;
-	}
-	if (offset_result == STATE_UNKNOWN) {
-		xasprintf(&result_line, "%s %s", result_line, _("Offset unknown"));
-		xasprintf(&perfdata_line, "");
-	} else {
-		xasprintf(&result_line, "%s %s %.10g secs", result_line, _("Offset"), offset);
-		xasprintf(&perfdata_line, "%s", perfd_offset(offset));
-	}
-	if (do_jitter) {
-		xasprintf(&result_line, "%s, jitter=%f", result_line, jitter);
-		xasprintf(&perfdata_line, "%s %s", perfdata_line, perfd_jitter(jitter));
-	}
-	printf("%s|%s\n", result_line, perfdata_line);
-
-	if (server_address != NULL) {
-		free(server_address);
-	}
-	return result;
-}
-
-void print_help(void) {
-	print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
-
-	printf("Copyright (c) 2006 Sean Finney\n");
-	printf(COPYRIGHT, copyright, email);
-
-	printf("%s\n", _("This plugin checks the selected ntp server"));
-
-	printf("\n\n");
-
-	print_usage();
-	printf(UT_HELP_VRSN);
-	printf(UT_EXTRA_OPTS);
-	printf(UT_HOST_PORT, 'p', "123");
-	printf(UT_IPv46);
-	printf(" %s\n", "-w, --warning=THRESHOLD");
-	printf("    %s\n", _("Offset to result in warning status (seconds)"));
-	printf(" %s\n", "-c, --critical=THRESHOLD");
-	printf("    %s\n", _("Offset to result in critical status (seconds)"));
-	printf(" %s\n", "-j, --jwarn=THRESHOLD");
-	printf("    %s\n", _("Warning threshold for jitter"));
-	printf(" %s\n", "-k, --jcrit=THRESHOLD");
-	printf("    %s\n", _("Critical threshold for jitter"));
-	printf(UT_CONN_TIMEOUT, DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT);
-	printf(UT_VERBOSE);
-
-	printf("\n");
-	printf("%s\n", _("Notes:"));
-	printf(UT_THRESHOLDS_NOTES);
-
-	printf("\n");
-	printf("%s\n", _("Examples:"));
-	printf(" %s\n", _("Normal offset check:"));
-	printf("  %s\n", ("./check_ntp -H ntpserv -w 0.5 -c 1"));
-	printf("\n");
-	printf(" %s\n",
-		   _("Check jitter too, avoiding critical notifications if jitter isn't available"));
-	printf(" %s\n", _("(See Notes above for more details on thresholds formats):"));
-	printf("  %s\n", ("./check_ntp -H ntpserv -w 0.5 -c 1 -j -1:100 -k -1:200"));
-
-	printf(UT_SUPPORT);
-
-	printf("%s\n", _("WARNING: check_ntp is deprecated. Please use check_ntp_peer or"));
-	printf("%s\n\n", _("check_ntp_time instead."));
-}
-
-void print_usage(void) {
-	printf("%s\n", _("WARNING: check_ntp is deprecated. Please use check_ntp_peer or"));
-	printf("%s\n\n", _("check_ntp_time instead."));
-	printf("%s\n", _("Usage:"));
-	printf(" %s -H <host> [-w <warn>] [-c <crit>] [-j <warn>] [-k <crit>] [-4|-6] [-v verbose]\n",
-		   progname);
-}



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