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The leap second bug

The leap second bug

Posted Jul 3, 2012 1:57 UTC (Tue) by kevinm (guest, #69913)
Parent article: The leap second bug

It can cause more than just load spikes - I had a Debian Lenny machine freeze solid at precisely midnight UTC.


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The leap second bug

Posted Jul 3, 2012 4:38 UTC (Tue) by adisaacs (subscriber, #53996) [Link]

That's a different bug, 6b43ae8a619d (ntp: Fix leap-second hrtimer livelock).

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