Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH -stable] ntp: Correct TAI offset during leap second | From | Ben Hutchings <> | Date | Sun, 17 Jun 2012 15:43:43 +0100 |
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On Fri, 2012-06-15 at 11:56 -0700, John Stultz wrote: > Hey Greg, > Forgot to cc stable on this one. Thanks to Dave Jones for noticing! > -john > > ------------------ > > From: Richard Cochran<richardcochran@gmail.com> > > commit dd48d708ff3e917f6d6b6c2b696c3f18c019feed upstream. > > When repeating a UTC time value during a leap second (when the UTC > > time should be 23:59:60), the TAI timescale should not stop. The kernel > > NTP code increments the TAI offset one second too late. This patch fixes > > the issue by incrementing the offset during the leap second itself. [...]
This doesn't apply to 3.2.y, unsurprisingly. Let me know if there are any urgent leap second fixes that will be needed there.
Ben.
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