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IJ36970: LS ON CERTAIN FILES HANGS. LONG WAITERS IN SETXATTRHANDLERTHREAD

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • "ls" hangs on certain files giving waiters such as:
SetXAttrHandlerThread: on ThCond 0x180C1DFFCE8
(LkObjCondvar), reason 'waiting for WW lock'

Local fix

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Problem summary


    

  • "ls" hangs on certain files giving waiters such as:
SetXAttrHandlerThread: on ThCond 0x180C1DFFCE8
(LkObjCondvar), reason 'waiting for WW lock'

    



Problem conclusion


    

  • This problem is fixed in 5.0.5  PTF 12
To see all Spectrum Scale APARs and
their respective fix solutions refer to page
https://public.dhe.ibm.com/storage/spectrumscale/spectrum_scale
apars.html

Benefits of the solution:
Prevent deadlock in SetXAttrHandlerThread while
setting extended attribute.

Work Around:
None

Problem trigger:
Changing extended attributes on a file or directory

Symptom:
Hang/Deadlock/Unresponsiveness/Long Waiters

Functional Area affected: All Scale Users

Customer Impact: High Importance

    



Temporary fix


    

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Comments


    

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APAR Information




    

  • APAR number
    IJ36970
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  • Reported component name
    SPEC SCALE STD
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  • Reported component ID
    5737F33AP
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  • Reported release
    505
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  • Status
    CLOSED  PER
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  • PE
    NoPE
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  • HIPER
    NoHIPER
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  • Special Attention
    NoSpecatt / Xsystem
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  • Submitted date
    2022-01-10
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  • Closed date
    2022-01-10
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  • Last modified date
    2022-01-10
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Fix information


    

  • Fixed component name
    SPEC SCALE STD
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  • Fixed component ID
    5737F33AP
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            Modified date:
            

            11 January 2022
            

            
                      

        


        

        


      

    

  



    

  

  
    
            

          
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