Hello Mark,

Re: FTP.ARPA.SYS stuck in unabortable CPU loop?

Can you send me a debug stack trace of the ftp client pin which is
looping ??  This will help the most in identifying the problem.

Regards,

James Hofmeister
Hewlett Packard
Worldwide Technology Network Expert Center
P.S. My Ideals are my own, not necessarily my employers.



Mark Bixby ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
: Earlier today I was using FTP.ARPA.SYS to PUT a file to another MPE machine.

: There was no response after I hit enter.  CTRL-Y didn't work, neither did
: break.

: I terminated my VT-MGR session, and logged on again to retry the FTP, and
: promptly reproduced the same symptoms.

: Now I have two processes of FTP.ARPA.SYS that are stuck in infinite, unabortable
: CPU loops.  :-(

: I had recently installed FTPFD57A, but I don't know if there is any
: connection.  Other FTPs have been done without incident.

: Here's the relevant stack trace:

: $d ($131) nmdebug > tr ,d,f,i
:        PC=a.0018215c NL.PUB.SYS/cb_unlock_wait_for_it
: NM* 0) SP=418444c0 RP=a.00e8d75c ?FCLOSE+$8
:        DP=c0202008 PSP=41844478 PCPRIV=0
:          export stub: 2e9.00016360 FTPXL.ARPA.SYS/c_send_filelabel+$17b0
: NM  1) SP=41844478 RP=2e9.00014a7c ?c_send_filelabel+$8
:        DP=46975000 PSP=41838df8 PCPRIV=2
:          export stub: 608.0002c06c FTP.ARPA.SYS/u_filelabel_req+$110
: NM  2) SP=41838df8 RP=608.0002ce00 u_data_request+$87c
:        DP=4695a000 PSP=418386f8 PCPRIV=3
: NM  3) SP=418386f8 RP=608.00034fac _start+$940
:        DP=4695a000 PSP=41837d78 PCPRIV=3
: NM  4) SP=41837d78 RP=608.00000000
:        DP=4695a000 PSP=41837cf8 PCPRIV=3
:      (end of NM stack)

: I've submitted an HPRC call, but since it's after 5PM, there won't be any
: answer until tomorrow.  I've scheduled an overnight reboot to solve the
: immediate problem.

: Has anybody else seen this?  A web search of the ESC didn't turn up anything.
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