linux-kernel - Re: missing leap second patches in stable.

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Message-ID: <20120616055007.GA5808@netboy.at.omicron.at>
Date:	Sat, 16 Jun 2012 07:50:09 +0200
From:	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
To:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Fedora Kernel Team <kernel-team@...oraproject.org>
Subject: Re: missing leap second patches in stable.

On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 03:09:59PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 11:48:34AM -0700, John Stultz wrote:
>  > On 06/15/2012 08:20 AM, Dave Jones wrote:
>  > > Should these be in -stable ? Looks like all the other recent changes
>  > > in that area are present.  With the leap second just two weeks away,
>  > > it seems like they should be.
>  > >
>  > > Looks like 6b43ae8a619d17c4935c3320d2ef9e92bdeed05d is in 3.4-stable,
>  > > (haven't checked earlier -stable trees).
>  > 
>  > So the second patch has been sent out for stable review as of yesterday. 
>  > So it should be on its way, but you're right that I forgot to CC stable 
>  > on the first TAI offset fix.
>  > 
>  > I'll generate the patch and send it to Greg.  Thanks for the close 
>  > review here!
> 
> fwiw, I did a test on 3.5rc2 yesterday where I forced a fake leap second at midnight.
> Nothing untoward happened, unlike the previous ones :-)

Out of curiosity, how do you test that? Do you have any programs
specifically for testing the leap second issue?

Thanks,
Richard


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