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.

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