Re: Kernel panic Informix SE Version 4.0

In article <wsGJ7CAo46HzEwo5@nickcol.demon.co.uk>, Nick Colthorpe <nickc@nickcol.demon.co.uk> writes >We added some extra globals and arguments to a couple of executables. >One executable is OK, the other hangs and produces a kernel panic which >reboots the server. We have tried everything we can think of. It runs OK >under RDS. Taking out the extra globals and checking of extra arguments >makes it work. > >Basic layout is:- > > database <database name> > > globals "../gl.dir/gl_000.4gl" > >main > call <initialise> > > call <check_arguments> > > call <program functions> >end main > >if you put a prompt before <initialise> and <check_arguments> it works! > >anybody any ideas? > It is a bug in SCO. No matter what Informix does it should not cause a panic unless a) An Informix raw chunk overlaps a swap area. b) two swap areas overlap c) A filesystem and a swap area overlap. SCO (if well written) should not allow b) or c) so the only other answer is a)....but check b) and c) anyway. >We are running Informix SE Version 4.0. under SCO Unix. >The size of the executable is about 5.2M >Many thanks. >-- >Nick Colthorpe > -- David Williams