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Common
Calling CA Functions from the vxWorks Shell
Thread
+ Calling CA Functions from POSIX signal
+ handlers
Functionality Index
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monitor subscriptions associated with stale connections which will
rapidly increase the number of dedicated mbufs to the quota available for
each circuit.
+ When sites switch to the vxWorks 5.4 IP kernel they frequently run into
+ network pool exhaustion problems. This may be because the original
+ vxWorks IP kernel expanded the network pool as needed at runtime while
+ the new kernel's pool is statically configured at compile time, and does
+ not expand as needed at runtime. Also, at certain sites problems
+ related to vxWorks network driver pool exhaustion have also been reported
+ (this can also result in ENOBUF diagnostic messages).
Related Diagnostics
@@ -1659,7 +1668,7 @@ which vary between OS and even between different versions of the same OS.
mbuf based protocol control blocks have been consumed. The vxWorks
commands (availability depending on vxWorks version) mbufShow,
netStackSysPoolShow, and netStackDataPoolShow indicate how much space
- remains in the mbuf pool.
+ remains in the network stack pool.
The RTEMS command "netstat [interest level]" displays network
information including mbuf consumption statistics.
@@ -2178,6 +2187,13 @@ questionable practice for the following reasons.
clean up on vxWorks. This is the same behavior as on all other OS.
+
+
+As you might expect, it isnt safe to call the CA client library from a
+POSIX signal handler. Likewise, it isnt safe to call the CA client library
+from interrupt context.
+
Function Call Reference