linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [RFC] ntp: Fix leap-second hrtimer livelock

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Message-ID: <CA+1xoqdmLmqLtzAXnds4amMBT78vvKHk46rkvjA8BiaBTpVtoQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:06:56 +0200
From:	Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>
To:	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RFC] ntp: Fix leap-second hrtimer livelock

On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 2:59 AM, John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org> wrote:
> This patch tries to avoid the problem by reverting back to not using
> an hrtimer to inject leapseconds, and instead we handle the leapsecond
> processing in the second_overflow() function.

Looks like the patch fixes the problem here, no other side effects observed.
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