[Linux systems hanging] >> None of mine (many dozens) hung. This is typical: >> [844362.415072] Clock: inserting leap second 23:59:60 UTC
> Jan 1 12:59:59 willow kernel: Clock: inserting leap second 23:59:60 UTC It got slashdotted: http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/01/1930202 I got bored before I found anything interesting. It's a locking bug in the kernel. That message gets printed with a lock held and sometimes that calls a routine that needs the lock... If you feed >linux hang ntp leap-second< to google-groups, the top hit is a thread in fa.linux.kernel with all the details. http://tinyurl.com/8juphd http://groups.google.com/group/fa.linux.kernel/browse_thread/thread/474eef5d80898411?q=linux+hang+ntp+leap-second#f3fc957cad4d3001 -- These are my opinions, not necessarily my employer's. I hate spam. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
