PQ44098: WEBSPHERE APPLICATION SERVER NANNY PROCESS FAILS WITH SIGSEGV


APAR

APAR status
Closed as program error.

Error description
Attempting to start the adminserver process via the bin
directory first starts the nanny process. In this case, the
nanny process would fail as soon as it forked a child process
(the adminserver process), with a SIGSEGV. No tracefile was
ever generated and tracing the nanny process did not help
either.
Local fix
Error appears to be with the buffer size when setting up the
command line for the fork process. EJS L3 team has provided
a patch for this; soon to be an efix.
Problem summary
Attempting to start the adminserver process via the bin
directory first starts the nanny process. In this case, the
nanny process would fail as soon as it forked a child process
(the adminserver process), with a SIGSEGV. No tracefile was
ever generated and tracing the nanny process did not help
either.
Problem conclusion
Error appears to be with the buffer size when setting up the
command line for the fork process.
Unix_process.c not allocating enough space for null termination
character for executable string.
Fix in 3.0.2 ptf3 and scheduled for 3.5 ptf3.
Temporary fix
Comments
APAR information
APAR numberPQ44098
Reported component nameWAS ADVANCED AI
Reported component ID5648C8400
Reported release350
StatusCLOSED PER
PENoPE
HIPERNoHIPER
Submitted date2000-12-04
Closed date2001-01-11
Last modified date2001-01-11

APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

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Modules/Macros
EJS
APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:Modules/Macros

Fix information
Fixed component nameWAS ADVANCED AI
Fixed component ID5648C8400

Applicable component levels
R300 PSYUP
R350 PSYUP











Document Information

Product categories: Software, Application Servers, Distributed Application & Web Servers, WebSphere Application Server, General
Software version: 350
Reference #: PQ44098
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: 2001-01-11