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Leap second insertion causes futex to repeatedly timeout

by bdb on 7/1/12, 1:26 AM with 2 comments

• by dfc on 7/1/12, 1:54 AM

  LKML is responding very slowly if at all. Try:

  http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=134110453128431&w...

  Another thread to watch:

  "[PATCH -stable] ntp: Correct TAI offset during leap second"

  http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=134110635328824&w...

• by rlpb on 7/1/12, 7:00 PM

  Thanks. Firefox had been using lots of CPU on my laptop for no apparent reason, even after a restart. The workaround in the thread of running date -s "`date`" worked for me, and instantly fixed the problem.