XML May Stop Responding When You Make a Change to the Nodes of an FTDOMDoument on a Multiprocessor or a Hyper-Threaded Computer (818625)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft XML 4.0
  • Microsoft XML 4.0 SP1

SYMPTOMS

You may experience a deadlock in MSXML 4.0 or MSXML 4.0 Service Pack 1 (SP1) under stress while you make a change to the nodes of an XML free-threaded Document Object Model (DOM) document. This problem becomes evident when several threads are blocked on a semaphore object and your computer stops responding.

CAUSE

This problem is caused by overly pessimistic locking in the document locking code in MSXML.

STATUS

This problem was corrected in MSXML 4.0 Service Pack 2.

WORKAROUND

There is no workaround for this problem.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:12/2/2003
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