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WebLogic Server (WLS) Hangs With Deadlocked Socket Close() and Poll() Threads on AIX (Doc ID 950347.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 04, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle WebLogic Server - Version 8.1 to 10.3.4
IBM 370 AIX
IBM AIX on POWER Systems (32-bit)
IBM PS/2 AIX
IBM IA64 AIX
IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-bit)
IBM ES9000 AIX/ESA
Bull Escala AIX
IBM RT/PC AIX

AIX Based Systems

Symptoms

On the IBM AIX platform, all the servers hang. The hang is not related to load, and usually occurs within 10 minutes or so of server startup. A thread dump (see <Note 1098691.1> for information on capturing and analyzing thread dumps) reveals two deadlocked threads, one doing a socket close() and one doing a socket poll(). For example:

Changes

 

Cause

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