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Ami Fischman 294c93fa17 cmd/ntp: preserve system time in /perm across reboots (#359)
Why? Reduce the wall time during which the system believes it's 1970.
Makes syslog timestamps more sensible.
2026-01-23 10:40:04 +01:00

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// ntp is a minimal NTP client for gokrazy.
package main
import (
"flag"
"fmt"
"io"
"log"
"math/rand"
"os"
"os/signal"
"syscall"
"time"
"github.com/beevik/ntp"
)
const timefilePath = "ntp-time-at-last-shutdown" // Our process is started in /perm/home/ntp.
var servers = []string{
"0.gokrazy.pool.ntp.org",
"1.gokrazy.pool.ntp.org",
"2.gokrazy.pool.ntp.org",
"3.gokrazy.pool.ntp.org",
}
func setTimeOfDay(t time.Time, source string) error {
tv := syscall.NsecToTimeval(t.UnixNano())
if err := syscall.Settimeofday(&tv); err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("syscall.Settimeofday(%v): %v", tv, err)
}
log.Printf("clock set to %v (from %s)", t, source)
return nil
}
func set(rtc *os.File) error {
server := servers[rand.Intn(len(servers))]
r, err := ntp.Query(server)
if err != nil {
return err
}
if err := setTimeOfDay(r.Time, server); err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("setTimeOfDay: %v", err)
}
if rtc == nil {
return nil
}
return setRTC(rtc, r.Time.UTC())
}
func loadTime(timefile *os.File) error {
buf, err := io.ReadAll(timefile)
if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("io.ReadAll(%v): %v", timefilePath, err)
}
var t time.Time
if err := t.UnmarshalText(buf); err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("time.UnmarshalText(%v): %v", string(buf), err)
}
if err := setTimeOfDay(t, timefilePath); err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("setTimeOfDay: %v", err)
}
return nil
}
func saveTime(timefile *os.File) error {
buf, err := time.Now().MarshalText()
if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("time.Now().MarshalText: %v", err)
}
if err := timefile.Truncate(0); err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("timefile.Truncate: %v", err)
}
if _, err := timefile.Seek(0, 0); err != nil {
log.Printf("timefile.Seek(0, 0): %v", err)
}
if _, err := timefile.Write(buf); err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("timefile.Write(%v): %v", buf, err)
}
if err := timefile.Close(); err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("timefile.Close: %v", err)
}
return nil
}
func main() {
log.SetFlags(log.LstdFlags | log.Lshortfile)
flag.Parse()
if len(flag.Args()) > 0 {
servers = flag.Args()
log.Printf("using command line supplied server list: %v", servers)
}
var rtc, timefile *os.File
var err error
if os.Getenv("NTP_PRIVILEGES_DROPPED") == "1" {
var nextFD uintptr = 3
if os.Getenv("NTP_RTC") == "1" {
rtc = os.NewFile(nextFD, "/dev/rtc0")
nextFD++
}
if os.Getenv("NTP_TIMEFILE") == "1" {
timefile = os.NewFile(nextFD, timefilePath)
nextFD++
}
} else {
rtc, err = os.Open("/dev/rtc0")
if err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
log.Fatal(err)
}
timefile, err = os.OpenFile(timefilePath, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE, 0600)
if err != nil {
log.Printf("os.Open(%v): %v", timefilePath, err)
}
mustDropPrivileges(rtc, timefile) // Never returns.
}
if timefile != nil {
// Save current time at shutdown.
go func() {
// Wait for SIGTERM to save time to /perm.
ch := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
signal.Notify(ch, syscall.SIGTERM)
<-ch
if err := saveTime(timefile); err != nil {
log.Printf("persisting time to /perm failed: %v", err)
}
os.Exit(128 + int(syscall.SIGTERM))
}()
// Load time saved at previous shutdown, if any.
if err := loadTime(timefile); err != nil {
log.Printf("loadTime: %v", err)
}
}
for {
// Choose a different jitter in every iteration to minimize
// thundering herds when multiple hosts boot up without clock or
// network sources of entropy.
time.Sleep(time.Duration(rand.Int63n(250)) * time.Millisecond)
if err := set(rtc); err != nil {
log.Printf("setting time failed: %v", err)
time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
continue
}
time.Sleep(1 * time.Hour)
}
}