Charlie, Being you are writing it.....have you considered making it a filterAPI Plugin instead of a command line?....this has many advantages over a run-process....anyway
You say it's a deadlock....can you identify what you mean by that? On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 11:11 AM, Charlie Lotridge <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > Hi, > > I'm trying to run an API program I wrote in a filter Set Fields using > $PROCESS$, but it's deadlocking and I can't see why. > > The first thing I tried, described in the documentation here > <https://docs.bmc.com/docs/display/public/ars81/Executing+C+API+programs+in+workflow>, > is to increase the Max Thread counts of the relevant queues but no joy. I > even tried directing the API to use a private queue (RPC 390680), but still > it deadlocks. > > I can see the deadlocking occur in a filter log: I first see my workflow > (running in a fast queue) perform the $PROCESS$. It hangs for the > configured 5 second timeout, then issues its error and completes its > transaction. But it DID spin up my program, which (after my initial > transaction fails and completes) then makes its connection (to private > queue 390680) and correctly does its thing. > > I haven't bothered to instrument the API program to test this, but I'm > quite sure that it's hanging at the point that it tries to make the ARS > connection. > > FYI I need to use $PROCESS$ because I need the results of the API to be > available to subsequent filter workflow. Run Process, which will run the > API asynchronously, is not suitable. > > Also FYI, it's a fully licensed development system with absolutely nothing > else going on (no other person or processes are using it). > > I've done this kind of thing before, but it's been a long time and my best > recollection is that increasing the thread count solved the problem. > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks, > Charlie > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"
