[collectd] long sleeps when using collectd and ntpd

[danta]

We have some problems using collectd and ntpd.

Whenever ntpd sets the clock in the past (because of a clock drift), 
collectd sleeps until it is back at it's 'normal' time.
To give an example:
- Suppose it's 10:00am,
- ntpd sees a large clock drift and set the clock to 09:45am
- collectd will sleep till 10:00am

When trying to debug the problem, we found that the do_loop function in 
collectd.c determines the amount of time to sleep based on times 
abtained from the "gettimeofday" function. Was this a design choice?  
Wouldn't it be better to use a monotonic clock?

Greetz,
Lode