SUPPORT / SAMPLES & SAS NOTES
 

Support

Problem Note 64207: A segmentation violation occurs after you submit SYSTASK and WAITFOR statements repeatedly within a macro loop

DetailsHotfixAboutRate It

You might encounter a segmentation violation after you submit multiple SYSTASK and WAITFOR statements under the following conditions:

  • You submit several SYSTASK statements.
  • You also submit several WAITFOR statements that list all of the previous SYSTASK tasks.
  • You repeat the above actions, typically through macro programming logic.
  • These statements run on an operating system based on UNIX.

After the segmentation violation occurs, the SAS® log shows traceback information that looks similar to the following:

ERROR:  An exception has been encountered.
Please contact technical support and provide them with the following traceback information:

The SAS task name is [Program ]
Segmentation Violation

Traceback of the Exception:
SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/sas(+0x15aa8e) [0x7fc5bb09da8e]
SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/sas(+0x4cb0b) [0x7fc5baf8fb0b]
SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/tkmk.so(bkt_signal_handler+0x144) [0x7fc5b995e3c4]
/lib64/libpthread.so.0(+0x381620f520) [0x7fc5bab13520]
SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/sas(+0x15db08) [0x7fc5bb0a0b08]
SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/sas(+0xe4e30) [0x7fc5bb027e30]
SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/sasxany(yzwtfor+0x51a) [0x7fc58e739cca]
SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/sasxshel(yasany+0x927) [0x7fc5a5e00fc7]
SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/sasxshel(yasany2+0xcb) [0x7fc5a5e0054b]
SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/sasxshel(yttknx+0x13ff) [0x7fc5a5e21e5f]
SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/sasxshel(yalexec+0x5e7) [0x7fc5a5e42897]
SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/sasxshel(yalinln+0x2fd) [0x7fc5a5e45ecd]
SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/sasxshel(yalproc+0x191) [0x7fc5a5e402c1]
SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/sasxbtch(sasxbtch+0x85) [0x7fc5a609ea25]
SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/sas(vvtentr+0x13d) [0x7fc5baf8f6ad]
/lib64/libpthread.so.0(+0x38162077e1) [0x7fc5bab0b7e1]
/lib64/libc.so.6(clone+0x6d) [0x7fc5ba19a8ed]

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



Operating System and Release Information

Product FamilyProductSystemProduct ReleaseSAS Release
ReportedFixed*ReportedFixed*
SAS SystemBase SASSolaris for x649.4_M39.4_M79.4 TS1M39.4 TS1M7
HP-UX IPF9.4_M39.4_M79.4 TS1M39.4 TS1M7
Linux for x649.4_M39.4_M79.4 TS1M39.4 TS1M7
64-bit Enabled Solaris9.4_M39.4_M79.4 TS1M39.4 TS1M7
64-bit Enabled AIX9.4_M39.4_M79.4 TS1M39.4 TS1M7
* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.