On Mon 2012-07-02T14:30:07 -0700, Rob Seaman hath writ: > I was taken by the 17 minute cycle quoted for one of the issues in > several reports (though perhaps borrowing from the same source). > Anybody know what that was about? Something that was programmed in, > or emergent behavior like locusts?
as seen in highest rated answer at http://serverfault.com/questions/403732/anyone-else-experiencing-high-rates-of-linux-server-crashes-during-a-leap-second the default interval at which ntpd invokes adjtimex() for some linux kernels incurring load-dependent risk of livelock every time that happens during the 86400 s prior to a leap. -- Steve Allen <[email protected]> WGS-84 (GPS) UCO/Lick Observatory--ISB Natural Sciences II, Room 165 Lat +36.99855 1156 High Street Voice: +1 831 459 3046 Lng -122.06015 Santa Cruz, CA 95064 http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/ Hgt +250 m _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
