On 05/07/12 13:42, mike cook wrote: > Le 05/07/2012 13:17, Carlos Alberto Lopez Perez a écrit : >> >> The reason for this huge surge is the additional switched leap second >> which can lead to permanent CPU load on Linux servers. >> > Somewhat disingenuous. The statement should read : > .....can lead to permanent CPU load on badly maintained Linux servers. > > as the bug was known and corrections were available for some time. >
AFAIK *all* distributions with a kernel >2.6.26 were affected (that is basically all major distros except RHEL5). So, saying: "" Hey guys: the next weekend we are going to issue a leap second, so you must execute this script or run "date -s `date`" and restart the ntp daemon when it happens, or as an alternative you can stop the ntp daemon and start it after the leap second "" is _not_ a fix nor a "correction" This problem should be fixed where it lays: at the kernel level [1]. However this problem is recurring, since it happened something similar with the previous leap second [2] and it was supposed to be fixed, and the odds are that it will happen again (and again). Computers are not designed to cope with random time drifts, and certainly is not only Linux, but also other OSes or devices (specially RT devices) that could have problems with this (now or on the future). Just think about the havoc this leap second caused on Internet: thousands of servers offline or misbehaving with the CPU at the 100%. [3] I am pretty sure that this issue had a worldwide cost of several millions of dollars. Regards! -------- [1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1321255/ [2] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479765 [3] http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/07/leap-second-bug-wreaks-havoc-with-java-linux/ http://phk.freebsd.dk/hacks/leap_20120630/index.html -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Carlos Alberto Lopez Perez http://neutrino.es Igalia - Free Software Engineering http://www.igalia.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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