When there are an excessive number of file descriptors open, a SAS Object Spawner might crash, leaving a core file and traceback. This is a rare scenario that is more likely to occur under Linux, where the FD_SETSIZE is only 1,024.

There is no easy way to determine whether this issue is the specific cause of your spawner's crash. SAS developers must examine the core file.

This problem is caused by the use of the select() function. The solution is for the underlying code to use the poll() function instead. The hot fix recompiles the code with the new function calls.

Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.

Operating System and Release Information

A fix for this issue for SAS Threaded Kernel Core Routines 9.4_M4 is available at:

A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M3 is available at: