High CPU usage after inserting leap second
Issue
- After insertion of leap second several processes, notably
java
, reporting high CPU usage - Logged messages shows back trace from
ktime_get
- High CPU, non-responsive VMs
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 GA
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3
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