2569150 - Signal 11 at ptn_pdes_discard_all - SAP ASE

• ASE errorlog reports an "infected with signal 11" error in the module ptn_pdes_discard_all() or a storage access violation together with a stack trace:
  
  
• on Unix/Linux:
  
  Current process (...) infected with signal 11 (SIGSEGV)
  Address 0x0x0000000001b7df3a (ptn_pdes_discard_all+0xa)
  
  
• on Windows:
  
  Adaptive Server Enterprise system exception (0xc0000005) generated by a storage access violation.

• The stack trace includes the following modules:

ptn_pdes_discard_all
des_scavenge_for
ind__ides_scavenge

ind__ides_grab
ind__ides_install

  Note:  Samples of complete stack traces are available under Attachments.

• The signal 11 error is preceded by the message :
  

  Increase the config parameter 'number of open indexes' to avoid descriptor reuse. Reuse may result in performance degradation.

• This may be followed by Error 8424 on ASE systems running custom, non-SAP applications:

Error: 8424, Severity: 17, State: 1
Cannot find an available index descriptor for an index. Increase the value of 'number of open indexes'. If sp_configure fails due to lack of index descriptors, edit the configuration file and restart the server.

• SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) 16.0
• SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) 16.0 fo Business Suite

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