Bug#679882: linux: leap second fixes missing in 3.2 and 2.6.32 longterm
Package: linux
Version: linux-2.6
Severity: important
Tags: patch
according to media reports several Debian hosted webserver had outage
on the night to the 1. of July due to the leap second.
according to davej
http://codemonkey.org.uk/2012/06/15/testing-leap-code/
RH uses this fixes:
fad0c66c4bb836d57a5f125ecd38bed653ca863a
timekeeping: Fix CLOCK_MONOTONIC inconsistency during leapsecond
dd48d708ff3e917f6d6b6c2b696c3f18c019feed
ntp: Correct TAI offset during leap second
6b43ae8a619d17c4935c3320d2ef9e92bdeed05d
ntp: Fix leap-second hrtimer livelock
media reports include
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Schaltsekunde-Linux-kann-einfrieren-1629683.html
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/07/leap-second-bug-wreaks-havoc-with-java-linux/
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
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