Re: Bug: Status/Summary of slashdot leap-second crash on new years 2008-2009

Alan Cox
2009-01-07T15:41:21Z

> Is there a mktime() in the kernel? Isn't it pure user-space? Mktime
> does appear to know all about leap seconds (assuming they're in zoneinfo.)

The GPL goes to great trouble to ensure you get the kernel source code.
Why not use it.

> showing "#15 0xffffffff8104ec16 in ntp_leap_second (timer=<value
> optimized out>) at kernel/time/ntp.c:143". That would be kernel code to
> process leap seconds from NTP broadcasts, I think. That code needs to
> be removed.

I suggest you read that code and understand it.