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IV02378: JAVA EXITS SILENTLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY ON LINUX DUE TO SIGPIPE

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • Error Message: N/A
    .
    Stack Trace: N/A
    .
    SIGPIPE kills the java process on Java6 SR9 (and SR9FP1),
    whereas previous releases this signal is ignored.
    

Local fix

Problem summary

  • The core issue is a combination of two APARs and a change
    pwgetuuid().
    APAR IZ86774 : Signal chaining does not work on Linux JDKs
    APAR IZ73232 : Signal chaining functionality issue
    Linux kernel reported against : 2.6.18-238.1.1.el5
    Upon SDK startup a call is made to pwgetuuid() before the SDK
    signal handlers are registered.  On newer versions of linux,
    getpwuid() registers a handler for SIGPIPE.  The SDK notices
    that a handler has already been registered for SIGPIPE, and as
    such, does not register the SIG_IGN handler for SIGPIPE,
    believing that the application has installed its own.
    

Problem conclusion

  • This defect will be fixed in:
    6.0.0 SR9 FP3
    6.0.1 GA FP2
    5.0.0 SR13
    .
    The JVM has been updated to register the handler for SIGPIPE
    earlier in the startup sequence to avoid this situation from
    arising.
    .
    To obtain the fix:
    Install build 20110629 or later
    

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

  • APAR number

    IV02378

  • Reported component name

    J9 COMMON CODE

  • Reported component ID

    620700127

  • Reported release

    600

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt

  • Submitted date

    2011-06-28

  • Closed date

    2011-07-07

  • Last modified date

    2011-12-07

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

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

    IV02379

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    J9 COMMON CODE

  • Fixed component ID

    620700127

Applicable component levels

  • R600 PSY

       UP

  • R260 PSY

       UP

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Document Information

Modified date:
07 December 2011