topic Server Hangs in Operating System - HP-UX

Server Hangs

Maneesh_3 — Tue, 29 Jun 2004 23:38:51 GMT

hi,
While running the java multithreading application some times the % of cpu goes to 98% and when cpu goes to 98% the Application hangs

I have hp-unix B.11.0 and patch PHCO_29959 already installed on it ...

I heared thats we needed some java patches for smooth running of java multithreading application ....

1) what java patches we needed for smooth running of the multithreading application
2) How to check which java patches already installed
3) How to install New Java Patches

2)

Re: Server Hangs

KapilRaj — Tue, 29 Jun 2004 23:41:45 GMT

when java takes too much cpu , i was advised by one of the apps guy to perform a "kill -QUIT to generate a coredump for him to analise ..

Kaps

Re: Server Hangs

Sanjay Kumar Suri — Tue, 29 Jun 2004 23:54:39 GMT

Check following links:

http://h21007.www2.hp.com/cmdspp/QuestionAnswer/1,1764,95F27FF6-4941-11D6-B748-0003470C0153,00.html

http://www.hp.com/products1/unix/java/patches/

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=581254

sks

Re: Server Hangs

Rahul_19 — Wed, 30 Jun 2004 00:06:21 GMT

Hi Maneesh,

Just for your information.

Ok.....First thing first ...Application never hangs :) either it goes in the infinite loop or its process goes very slow so it appear to be hanged ( Not Responding mode ) . Since you are involved in the Multithreading Java application I think you need to optimize your Java code, open the thread only when it is very necessary and kill it as soon as its done. And if possible set the thread priority as necessary.

And above problem is not only in Java , it happens in all the multithreading process in one way or another.

Regards,
Rahul.

Re: Server Hangs

Eric Antunes — Wed, 30 Jun 2004 03:19:07 GMT

Hi,

I have java running fine and don't have this PHCO_29959 patch installed...

I just have:

Java-Dev-Kit1-1 -> C.01.18.00 Java Developers Kit |
|| Java-Docs1-1 -> C.01.18.00 Java Documentation |
|| Java-Runtime1-1 -> C.01.18.00 Virtual Machine for Java

Re: Server Hangs

Jonathan Baker — Thu, 01 Jul 2004 03:14:38 GMT

Check your name resolution. We had a similar issue which turned out to be because of two interface cards having the same name but different IP addresses in our /etc/hosts

Re: Server Hangs

R. Allan Hicks — Thu, 01 Jul 2004 08:09:47 GMT

It really sounds like your application may be in a deadly embrace.

This can occur when there is no co-ordination between threads. I forget the java calls that can be used to co-ordinate threads, but basically look at the resources that each thread uses.

Say one thread locks a resource or even a database object. Database locks can be suttle so look carefully. May be one thread updates a row and hasn't committed and a second thread attempts to update the same row. I wouldn't expect it to go to 98% but if the thread that wants a resource is continuously trying to acquire it, it would be a tight loop just as someone else has already pointed out.

Another possibility might be in exception handling. Do you have anything that does an immediate re-try on a failure?

Just some thoughts.

-Good luck

Re: Server Hangs

Ted Buis — Thu, 01 Jul 2004 17:58:27 GMT

If I remember correctly, GlancePlus is good for looking at threads as you can see the CPU consumption of each thread and the system calls.