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IV49465: QDAEMON CAN COREDUMP AND RESTART CAUSING PRINT INTERRUPTIONS APPLIES TO AIX 7100-01

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • It is possible for qdaemon to coredump, normally when
    running enable <qname>. Sometimes when running a script
    that brings up queues you can encounter the problem,
    but it can be intermittent as well.
    Here is a possible stack:
    ----------------------------------------------------
    
    LABEL:          CORE_DUMP
    IDENTIFIER:     A924A5FC
    
    Date/Time:       Sat Oct 22 18:00:53 EDT 2011
    Sequence Number: 6164
    Machine Id:      000D3C8AD400
    Node Id:         h1prd07
    Class:           S
    Type:            PERM
    WPAR:            Global
    Resource Name:   SYSPROC
    
    Description
    SOFTWARE PROGRAM ABNORMALLY TERMINATED
    
    Probable Causes
    SOFTWARE PROGRAM
    
    User Causes
    USER GENERATED SIGNAL
    
            Recommended Actions
            CORRECT THEN RETRY
    
    Failure Causes
    SOFTWARE PROGRAM
    
            Recommended Actions
            RERUN THE APPLICATION PROGRAM
            IF PROBLEM PERSISTS THEN DO THE FOLLOWING
            CONTACT APPROPRIATE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE
    
    Detail Data
    SIGNAL NUMBER
              11
    USER'S PROCESS ID:
                  11731852
    FILE SYSTEM SERIAL NUMBER
               4
    INODE NUMBER
               0       49247
    CORE FILE NAME
    /var/spool/lpd/qdir/core
    PROGRAM NAME
    qdaemon
    STACK EXECUTION DISABLED
               0
    COME FROM ADDRESS REGISTER
    free_y 674
    
    PROCESSOR ID
      hw_fru_id: 0
      hw_cpu_id: 9
    
    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
    rightmost C
    free_y 678
    free_comm B4
    free@AF10 7C
    fclose_un 90
    
    fclose 80
    getMesCon EC
    sysnot 34
    unotify 448
    devfinish 294
    main 488
    __start 6C
    
    Symptom Data
    REPORTABLE
    1
    INTERNAL ERROR
    1
    SYMPTOM CODE
    PIDS/5765E6200 LVLS/520 PCSS/SPI2 FLDS/qdaemon SIG/11
    FLDS/rightmost VALU/c FLDS/unotify
    

Local fix

Problem summary

  • qdaemon core dumps and qdaemon restart in case of FATAL EXIT.
    

Problem conclusion

  • allocate enough memory to char * buf(inside get_be_cmd).
    

Temporary fix

Comments

  • 6100-08 - use AIX APAR IV48345
    7100-01 - use AIX APAR IV49465
    7100-02 - use AIX APAR IV49007
    

APAR Information

  • APAR number

    IV49465

  • Reported component name

    AIX V7.1

  • Reported component ID

    5765H4000

  • Reported release

    710

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Submitted date

    2013-09-18

  • Closed date

    2013-09-18

  • Last modified date

    2014-02-14

  • APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

    IV15899

  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    AIX V7.1

  • Fixed component ID

    5765H4000

Applicable component levels

  • R710 PSY U861262

       UP14/02/14 I 1000

PTF to Fileset Mapping

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Document Information

Modified date:
14 February 2014