Article ID: 168006
Article Last Modified on 3/1/2004
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft SNA Server 3.0 Service Pack 4, when used with:
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
This article was previously published under Q168006
SYMPTOMS
The Microsoft SNA Server 3.0 TN3270 Server may fail unexpectedly with an access violation. If DRWTSN32.EXE is configured as the default Windows NT debugger, an entry will be logged in the <ntroot>\DRWTSN32.LOG file as follows:
Application exception occurred:
App: exe\tn3servr.DBG <process ID>
When: <date / time >
Exception number: c0000005 (access violation)
The following are examples of various routines and stack traces which may be indicated when this problem occurs (note that all failures indicate a calling routine of ntdll!RtlFreeHeap):
function: RtlpCoalesceFreeBlocks
FAULT ->77f7cf1b 8908 mov [eax],ecx
*----> Stack Back Trace <----*
FramePtr ReturnAd Param#1 Param#2 Param#3 Param#4 Function Name
0c09ff14 77f64c12 01450000 0099a2e8 0c09ff40 00000000 ntdll!RtlpCoalesceFreeBlocks
0c09ff44 10201ba4 01450000 00000000 0099a2f0 762b1da9 ntdll!RtlFreeHeap
- or *
function: RtlDestroyHeap
FAULT ->77f7d0d8 8908 mov [eax],ecx
*----> Stack Back Trace <----*
FramePtr ReturnAd Param#1 Param#2 Param#3 Param#4 Function Name
0bfaff14 77f64c12 01450000 00a71638 0bfaff40 00000000 ntdll!RtlDestroyHeap
0bfaff44 10201ba4 01450000 00000000 00a71640 762b1da9 ntdll!RtlFreeHeap
- or *
function: RtlpInsertUnCommittedPages
FAULT ->77f642fb 8b4d00 mov ecx,[ebp]
*----> Stack Back Trace <----*
FramePtr ReturnAd Param#1 Param#2 Param#3 Param#4 Function Name
00e5fcac 77f64ea7 00000000 00ec4000 00066000 00c50000 ntdll!RtlpInsertUnCommittedPages
00e5fcec 77f64c3a 00c50000 00ec3370 0000cf00 001425f8 ntdll!RtlpDeCommitFreeBlock
00e5fd18 0041ad47 00c50000 00000000 00ec3378 0041b22a ntdll!RtlFreeHeap
With the NTSD debugger attached, the stack trace may indicate the following failure:
NTSD: access violation
eax=00000000 ebx=00000000 ecx=0ce83040 edx=01450548 esi=0099fea0 edi=01450000
eip=77f64cfe esp=0c09ff2c ebp=0c09ff44 iopl=0 nv up ei pl zr na po nc
cs=001b ss=0023 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=0038 gs=0000 efl=00010246 ntdll!RtlFreeHeap+0x168:
77f64cfe 8908 mov [eax],ecx ds:0023:00000000=????????
0:013> kb
ChildEBP RetAddr Args to Child
0c09ff44 10201ba4 01450000 00000000 0099fec0 ntdll!RtlFreeHeap+0x168
0c09ffec 00000000 0101b2c0 00000000 00000000 Image@10200000!free+0x17
CAUSE
This problem was caused after a mismatched version of MSVCRT40.DLL was installed on the Windows NT machine where the TN3270 Server was running. MSVCRT40.DLL supports 'C' runtime library functions which may be used and distributed by third party Windows NT applications developed using Microsoft Visual C++. If a third party application happens to install MSVCRT40.DLL and replace the version installed by Windows NT 4.0 (or SNA Server 3.0), this can lead to TN3270 access violations described above.
The following Microsoft VC++ DLL's are shipped by Windows NT 4.0 (and SNA Server 3.0). The "Base" and "File Version" can be viewed using the "DEPENDS" program, or by right-clicking on each DLL using the Windows NT 4.0 "My Computer" program:
Module Date Time Size Base File Version
MSVCRT.DLL 10/14/96 02:38a 267,536 0x779F0000 4.20.0.6201
MSVCRT40.DLL 10/14/96 02:38a 65,024 0x779D0000 4.2000.0.6172
MFC40.DLL 10/14/96 02:38a 924,432 0x762B0000 4.1.0.6139
MSVCIRT.DLL 10/14/96 02:38a 74,752 0x780A0000 4.20.0.6201
The TN3270 Server access violation was observed when the following MSVCRT40.DLL was installed on the system by a third party application (with the other DLL's matching the versions listed above):
Module Date Time Size Base File Version
MSVCRT40.DLL 9/16/96 07:50a 312,832 0x10200000 4.0.0.5270
RESOLUTION
If an old version of MSVCRT40.DLL is located in the system path, this version should be renamed and the standard version included with Windows NT 4.0 should be reapplied. Here is the process to use to resolve this problem:
- Run the PATH command to check the current system path.
- Locate all instances of the above DLL's which exist in the system path (note that the system path may span several drives).
- Run the DEPENDS program against these DLL's and check their versions against the list documented above (which lists the versions included with Windows NT 4.0)
- Rename any "old" versions which may exist on the machine, and apply the Windows NT 4.0 versions in their place. If multiple copies of the same DLL exists in the system path, rename all duplicate copies and leave a single instance in the <ntroot>\system32 directory.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
Keywords: kbbug KB168006
