Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932317AbZACEqn (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Jan 2009 23:46:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757772AbZACEqd (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Jan 2009 23:46:33 -0500 Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.154]:5996 "EHLO fg-out-1718.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752470AbZACEqd (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Jan 2009 23:46:33 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references:x-google-sender-auth; b=hOGzvx7tLYP9epfrXpK6wrMrqMS2U1GgwOv0NHCyz5RPKfhHrwcCMoAyqOXr4dBwX4 2xyXNH77Q6VkekciKKYi0fWySMZ1wByadEzzSCrYcSRjnvDOFo9i05yXZhjnNh1yeO13 GRXtJV2p9B8QqokI/nDxYaXeTWtQ2OVIqAlsY= Message-ID: Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 04:46:29 +0000 From: "Duane Griffin" To: "Ben Goodger" Subject: Re: Bug: Status/Summary of slashdot leap-second crash on new years 2008-2009 Cc: linasvepstas@gmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Jeffrey J. Kosowsky" , MentalMooMan , "Travis Crump" , burdell@iruntheinter.net In-Reply-To: <8752a8760901022002n7cd269a1k1073df66d0d2b08d@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <3ae3aa420901021125n1153053fsdf2378e7d11abbc0@mail.gmail.com> <3ae3aa420901021949m1df64dadh693ad39618476524@mail.gmail.com> <8752a8760901022002n7cd269a1k1073df66d0d2b08d@mail.gmail.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: d20344c6646ee4b9 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 937 Lines: 25 2009/1/3 Ben Goodger : > 2009/1/3 Linas Vepstas >> > Slashdot reported a story of Linux machines crashing on New years eve. >> >> FYI, Looks like the bug has been found, and theres a patch! >> >> http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/1/2/389 > > Great. I look forward to not crashing the next time it is 2008-31-31-23:59:59. > Sarcasm aside, please pass on my thanks to Mr Griffin. Thanks, but I'm not the one who deserves the thanks: Chris Adams did all the work in reproducing and diagnosing the problem. My patch was entirely trivial (and indeed, incomplete). Cheers, Duane. -- "I never could learn to drink that blood and call it wine" - Bob Dylan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/