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IJ53544: APP HANG DUE TO RACE CONDITION BETWEEN SOCKET READ AND CLOSE APPLIES TO AIX 7300-04

 

APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • Application can hang when a socket is attempted to read
    and close by two different threads at the same time.
    In a problematic case both the threads will wait for
    each other forever.
    So far this problem has been reported by SAP application.
    

Local fix

Problem summary

  • Two user threads are going to continious sleep
    

Problem conclusion

  • Handled the race condtion properly between read and close
    

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

  • APAR number

    IJ53544

  • Reported component name

    AIX V7.3

  • Reported component ID

    5765CD300

  • Reported release

    730

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Submitted date

    2025-02-05

  • Closed date

    2025-02-05

  • Last modified date

    2025-12-10

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

    IJ50417

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

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    AIX V7.3

  • Fixed component ID

    5765CD300

Applicable component levels

[{"Business Unit":{"code":"BU058","label":"IBM Infrastructure w\/TPS"},"Product":{"code":"SG11T","label":"AIX 7.3 HIPERS- APARs and Fixes"},"Platform":[{"code":"PF053","label":"Power Systems"}],"Version":"730","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB08","label":"Cognitive Systems"}}]

Document Information

Modified date:
10 December 2025