ntpd: Gross CPU usage

[Eric S. Raymond]

Hal Murray via devel <devel at ntpsec.org>:
> 
> I've got a case where top shows ntpd is using 60-70% of the CPU.  I noticed 
> because the fan on the box is cycling on/off.
> 
> Has anybody seen anything like that recently?

No.  It's well down in the noise right now on snark.

First thing to suspect on seeing that symptom, in ntpd or gpsd, is that
somebody's tty layer is reacting badly to the unusual ways we use ioctls.
I've seen this before multiple times.

Is it replicating on your other machines?
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