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Well, not really. Clock skew is tested, but the code paths in adjtimex() for handling a leap second are different. This is why the 2005 leap second crashed eve
by throwaway09223 6y ago
Well, not really. Clock skew is tested, but the code paths in adjtimex() for handling a leap second are different.
This is why the 2005 leap second crashed every Linux 2.4 kernel worldwide as I recall.
Thankfully there's been a push toward leap smear (certainly on every system I run) which should obviate this type of problem entirely.
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