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2306326 - IQ hang due to event threads deadlock in DatabaseFile::ExtendFile , SetEventHandlerAction - SAP IQ 16

Symptom

The server could deadlock/hang if a dbspace were being extended at the same time as a user-defined event was being loaded or reloaded.

If the file $IQLOGDIR16/DumpAllThreads exists, a stack trace is generated and you can see 2 threads like the following:

===== Thread Number  140166073022208  (IQ connID: 0000000634) =====
pcstkwalk(stk_trace*, int, db_log*, hos_fd*)+0x32
ucstkgentrace(int, int)+0x121


UnixTask::wait(unsigned short)+0x95
BaseMutex::wait_for_mutex(Task*, int)+0x6e
BaseMutex::get(Task*, int)+0x9e
DatabaseFile::ExtendFile(unsigned int, unsigned int)+0x175
DatabaseFile::AllocPages(a_page_type, unsigned int, int, unsigned int*, a_page_bit_map*, unsigned int)+0x13b
DatabaseFile::alloc_page(a_page_type, unsigned int, unsigned int)+0x28
alloc_temp_page(Database*, a_page_type)+0x17
RelocatableHeap::alloc_page(Database*, a_heap_type, Worker*)+0x164
RelocatableHeap::Alloc(unsigned long, unsigned int)+0x156
SQLScanner::LexInit(UTIStream&, a_parse_goal)+0xae
SQLParser::Parse(UTIStream&, unsigned int, a_parse_status*, a_statement**)+0x48
ParseSupport::StringToCommand(UTIStream&, Connection*, IDBHeap*, a_parse_parms*, a_parse_status*, a_statement**, unsigned int, SQLFlagger*)+0x5b
parse(a_statement_heap_ref*, dfv_Value const&, a_parse_goal, unsigned int*, unsigned int, unsigned int, unsigned int*, SQLFlagger*, char const*)+0x4d5
PrepareStringUsingHeap(a_statement_heap_ref*, dfv_Value const&, a_parse_goal, unsigned int*, unsigned int, unsigned int, SQLFlagger*, char const*)+0x6a
PrepareString(a_statement_heap_ref*, dfv_Value const&, a_parse_goal, unsigned int*, unsigned int, unsigned int, unsigned int)+0xf0
SQLAEngineSupport::ExecSQLStringWithEscapes(a_servertype, char*, unsigned int)+0xe1
IQResultSet::FetchDataFromResultSetCursor(IConnection*, void*)+0xd6
IQResultSet::FetchResultSet(IConnection*, IQResultSetInfo*, char*)+0x113
.......

 

===== Thread Number  140166084060928  (IQ connID: 0000000635) =====
pcstkwalk(stk_trace*, int, db_log*, hos_fd*)+0x32
ucstkgentrace(int, int)+0x121

UnixTask::wait(unsigned short)+0x95
BaseMutex::wait_for_mutex(Task*, int)+0x6e
BaseMutex::get(Task*, int)+0x9e
DatabaseFile::AddToFreeList(unsigned int, unsigned int)+0xfd
DatabaseFile::UnlockAndFreePage(CacheInfo*, unsigned int, a_page_type, unsigned int)+0x1e4
RelocatableHeap::free_page(a_mem_page*, Database*, Worker*)+0x53
RelocatableHeap::~RelocatableHeap()+0x37
DB_Free_event_procedure(a_proc_def*)+0x39
SetEventHandlerAction(EventDef*, dfv_Value const&)+0x48
ReloadEventDef(EventDef*)+0x192
EventHandler::do_request()+0x468
Worker::spawn(Procedure*)+0x49
RQInternalBaseItem::do_work(Worker*)+0x3c
RequestQueue::worker_body()+0x66
request_task(void*)+0x65
run_task_body+0x2d
UnixTask::pre_body(void*)+0x77


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Environment

  • IQ 16 any SP any platform
  • SQL Anywhere 16 any platform

Product

SAP IQ 16.0 ; SAP SQL Anywhere 16.0

Keywords

CR 797425 ; 797425 ; hang ; deadlock ; mutex ; atabaseFile::ExtendFile ; DatabaseFile ; ExtendFile ; alloc_temp_page ; event ; DB_Free_event_procedure ; DatabaseFile::UnlockAndFreePage ; DatabaseFile ; UnlockAndFreePage ; DatabaseFile::AddToFreeList ; AddToFreeList ; BaseMutex ; , KBA , BC-SYB-IQ , Sybase IQ , Problem

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