Problem Note 33403: Segmentation violation and bridge stub errors on AIX
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When running large SAS jobs on an AIX system, you might receive segmentation violation (SEGV) errors, bridge stub errors, or both.
Here is one example of an error that you might see:
Unable to transcode from UTF8 into sas session encoding. Segmentation Violation In Task [ DAFAPPL ] Fault Occurred at [0x9000000185086a0(?)] Task Traceback slxiorl+0x38 -- bridge stub pscodot+0x38 -- bridge stub pscgo+0x38 -- bridge stub afbase+0x38 -- bridge stub _uc_trampoline+0xfffffffffffffffc NOTE: SAS Server: Authorization terminating... NOTE: Ofactory : _term NOTE: TERM task=2 factory=4917 oid=10601 ERROR: Generic critical error.
Here is another error example:
Segmentation Violation In Task [ DATASTEP ] Fault Occurred at [bcopy+0x118] Task Traceback bcopy+0x118 dsxxexc+0x38 -- bridge stub _uc_trampoline+0xfffffffffffffffc
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS1M0 |
A fix for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) for this issue is available at:
http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/e9_sbcs_prod_list.html#033403A fix for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) with Asian Language Support (DBCS) for this issue is available at:
http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/e9_dbcs_prod_list.html#033403
Running large jobs on AIX might result in segmentation violation and bridge stub errors.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Date Modified: | 2009-04-02 18:12:01 |
| Date Created: | 2008-09-24 10:11:57 |