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IZ82836: PTY CLOSE CAN HANG WHEN SOCKET CLOSES PREMATURELY FROM TELNETD APPLIES TO AIX 5300-11

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • From the customer's perspective, there will be decedents
    of telnetd what will not be able to exit.  These
    processes
    may have decedents of their own which go into the ZOMBIE
    state.  The stack trace of the stuck processes will show
    them in close if the stack is not paged out.  The pty
    will
    show output on the write queue for the pts device.
    

Local fix

Problem summary

  • Pty Process hung on IOCTL function.
    

Problem conclusion

  • Error state is handled properly.
    

Temporary fix

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APAR Information

  • APAR number

    IZ82836

  • Reported component name

    AIX 5.3

  • Reported component ID

    5765G0300

  • Reported release

    530

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Submitted date

    2010-08-12

  • Closed date

    2010-08-12

  • Last modified date

    2013-03-28

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

    IZ74385

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

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    AIX 5.3

  • Fixed component ID

    5765G0300

Applicable component levels

  • R530 PSY U837659

       UP10/09/20 I 1000

PTF to Fileset Mapping

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Document Information

Modified date:
28 March 2013