Re: Java process dies with "Unknown signal 33"

From: OtisUsenet (otis_usenet_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/27/04 

Date: 27 Aug 2004 07:13:45 -0700

Gordon Beaton <not@for.email> wrote in message news:<412af2e4$1@news.wineasy.se>...
> On 24 Aug 2004 00:37:09 -0700, OtisUsenet wrote:
> > I have a Java process that, every once in a while, died a sudden
> > death with "Unknown signal 33".
>
> [...]
>
> > This is on Linux with kernel 2.4.20.
> >
> > Google doesn't give much for "unknown signal 33". Does anyone know
> > what this could be?
>
> According to "kill -l" on my system, signal 33 is SIGRTMIN.
> LinuxThreads uses the first three RT signals, so I'll hazard a guess
> that there is a threading issue with your application.
>
> If you write some native code to catch the signal, you might be able
> to determine where it came from.
>
> Do "man 7 signal" and scroll down to "Real-time Signals" for more.
>
> You might get better help in a Linux newsgroup.
>
> /gordon

Hm, my app is single-threaded. Is it possible that this comes from
some threading issues internal to the JVM implementation, and not
from my application?

Thanks.

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