July 1 2012 Linux problems? High CPU/Load? Probably caused by the Leap Second!
- Jul
- 01
- Posted by TKH Specialist
- Posted in java, linux, tomcat
(Update posted, see below)
As posted in multiple places around the web:
Debian
/etc/init.d/ntp stop date `date +"%m%d%H%M%C%y.%S"`
Red Hat
/etc/init.d/ntpd stop date `date +"%m%d%H%M%C%y.%S"`
Update:
This first manifested itself for us in our Java stacks — all of our (dual processor) Tomcat servers were running at a load of 30-40. However, this is a known (and fixed) kernel bug:
Apparently, simply forcing a reset of the date is enough to fix the problem:
date -s "`date`"
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