From: David Schweikert <david@schweikert.ch>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 21:33:53 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Fix measurement of time for timed reports (-Q) to start after DNS name resolution.
X-Git-Tag: v5.5~17
X-Git-Url: https://git.gsnw.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b3de7e4bf350f79d93018a6c637d65840cb69494;p=fping.git

Fix measurement of time for timed reports (-Q) to start after DNS name resolution.
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e286510..3437ae9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ fping 5.5-rc1 (2025-12-21)
 - Fix debug build use of dbg_printf in fping.c (#415, thanks @auerswal)
 - Remove MacOS-specific test for -I option (#407)
 - GitHub Actions fixes (thanks @gsnw-sebast)
+- Fix measurement of time for timed reports (-Q) to start after DNS name
+  resolution.
 
 fping 5.4 (2025-04-19)
 ======================
diff --git a/src/fping.c b/src/fping.c
index bb97ddb..5ca1ec9 100644
--- a/src/fping.c
+++ b/src/fping.c
@@ -1434,6 +1434,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 #endif
     setlinebuf(stdout);
 
+    // Last time we updated current_time_ns was before adding the hosts and
+    // possibly doing DNS resolution, which means that it isn't accurate
+    // anymore.
+    update_current_time();
     if (report_interval) {
         next_report_time = current_time_ns + report_interval;
     }