Bug#679882: linux: leap second fixes missing in 3.2 and 2.6.32 longterm
On Mon, Jul 02, 2012 at 11:16:49AM +0200, maximilian attems wrote:
> 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/
>
newer patches include these to be watched:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1321255/
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