E-REN: REN Server Constantly Logs Message " [ICE 720647000] Ns_CondWait thread 99 ignoring pthread..." to PSRENSRV_MMDD.LOG Until Server Runs out of Disk Space (Doc ID 875267.1)

Last updated on APRIL 29, 2016

Applies to:

PeopleSoft Enterprise PT PeopleTools - Version 8.49 to 8.50 [Release 8.4]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Two different symptoms may occur:
1) When shutting down the application server domain, the REN process "PSRENSRV" will often not shutdown, and a forced shutdown of the REN process is required. The problem is intermittent. 
-or-
2) When starting the application server domain, the REN server log immediately starts logging message "[ICE 720647000] Ns_CondWait thread 2057 ignoring pthread_cond_wait error 22".
The messages are logged constantly and the server often runs out of disk space due to all of the logging activity.

For version PT 8.49.22 and below, a core file is created and the following error is logged to the REN Server log PSRENSRV_MMDD.log

nsthread.ErrorMsg: pthread_cond_wait failed in Ns_CondWait: error code 22 A system call received a parameter that is not valid.
925906: 1232353802: PSPAL::Abort: Unrecoverable signal received
925906: 1232353802: PSPAL::Abort: Location: /vob/peopletools/src/pspal/exception_sigaction.cpp:553: PSPAL::SigactionSignalHandler::UnrecoverableSignalHandler(int, siginfo_t *, void *)
925906: 1232353802: PSPAL::Abort: Generating process state report to /psoft/appserv/mydomain/LOGS/PSRENSRV.925906/process_state.txt
PSRENSRV.925906 (0) 01/19/09 03:30:02(3) Switching to new log file /psoft/appserv/mydomain/LOGS/PSRENSRV.925906/peopletools_state.txt

For version PT 8.49.23 and above, the following error is repeatedly logged to REN Server log PSRENSRV_MMDD.log

[ICE 720647000] Ns_CondWait thread 2057 ignoring pthread_cond_wait error 22



Cause

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