Bug 46173

Informational

GemStone/S 64 Bit

3.3.4, 3.3.3, 3.3.1, 3.3, 3.2.16, 3.2.15, 3.2.14, 3.2.13, 3.2.12, 3.2.11, 3.2.10, 3.2.9, 3.2.8.1, 3.2.8, 3.2.7, 3.2.6, 3.2.5, 3.2.4, 3.2.3, 3.2.2, 3.2.1, 3.2, 3.1.0.6, 3.1.0.5, 3.1.0.4, 3.1.0.3, 3.1.0.2, 3.1.0.1, 3.1, 3.0.1, 3.0, 2.4.8, 2.4.7, 2.4.6, 2.4.5.1, 2.4.5, 2.4.4.8, 2.4.4.7, 2.4.4.4, 2.4.x

Linux only

GsFile operations can hang on seteuid / __nptl_setxid GLIBC bug

Customers running Linux GLIBC versions prior to 2.12 may be subject to a GLIBC bug (bug 3270) which can cause GsFile operations calling the OS seteuid( ) operation to deadlock.  Using pstack to view the stack of the hanging gem, if you see these entries then you may have hit this bug:

     __nptl_setxid () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0
     seteuid () from /lib64/libc.so.6

The following web pages have further discussion on this issue:

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3270

https://sourceforge.net/p/gfarm/tickets/84/

https://github.com/xrootd/xrootd/issues/60

Workaround

Upgrade your Linux machine to use a newer version of GLIBC.  You should upgrade to version 2.12 or later.


                

Last updated: 5/18/16