java.io.IOException: Broken pipe

[Sean Sullivan]

My configuration is:
Websphere 4.0.6
IBM HTTP Server 2.x

What would cause this exception?

java.io.IOException: Broken pipe
at java.net.SocketOutputStream.socketWrite(Native Method)
at java.net.SocketOutputStream.write(Unknown Source)
at com.ibm.ws.io.Stream.write(Stream.java:26)
at com.ibm.ws.io.WriteStream.flushMyBuf(WriteStream.java:131)
at com.ibm.ws.io.WriteStream.flush(WriteStream.java:123)
at com.ibm.ws.http.ResponseStream.flush(ResponseStream.java:326)
at com.ibm.ws.io.WriteStream.flush(WriteStream.java:125)
at com.ibm.servlet.engine.http11.HttpConnection.flush(HttpConnection.java:383)
at com.ibm.servlet.engine.srp.SRPConnection.flush(SRPConnection.java:242)
at com.ibm.servlet.engine.srt.SRTOutputStream.flush(SRTOutputStream.java:41)
at java.io.OutputStreamWriter.flush(Unknown Source)
at com.ibm.servlet.engine.srt.BufferedWriter.flushChars(BufferedWriter.java:341)
at com.ibm.servlet.engine.srt.BufferedWriter.flush(BufferedWriter.java:322)
at com.ibm.servlet.engine.srt.BufferedWriter.flushBuffer(BufferedWriter.java:455)
at com.ibm.servlet.engine.srt.SRTServletResponse.flushBuffer(SRTServletResponse.java:823)
at com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.HttpServletResponseProxy.flushBuffer(HttpServletResponseProxy.java:116)
at com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.HttpServletResponseProxy.flushBuffer(HttpServletResponseProxy.java:116)
at com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.handleWebAppDispatch(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:727)
at com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.dispatch(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:374)
at com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.forward(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:118)
at foobar.ControlServlet.processRequest(ControlServlet.java:558)
at foobar.ControlServlet.doPost(ControlServlet.java:230)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:760)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.StrictServletInstance.doService(ServletManager.java:827)
at com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.StrictLifecycleServlet._service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java:167)
at com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.ServicingServletState.service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java:317)
at com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.StrictLifecycleServlet.service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java:110)
at com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.ServletInstance.service(ServletManager.java:472)
at com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.ValidServletReferenceState.dispatch(ServletManager.java:1012)
at com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.ServletInstanceReference.dispatch(ServletManager.java:913)
at com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.handleWebAppDispatch(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:721)
at com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.dispatch(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:374)
at com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.forward(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:118)
at com.ibm.servlet.engine.srt.WebAppInvoker.doForward(WebAppInvoker.java:134)
at com.ibm.servlet.engine.srt.WebAppInvoker.handleInvocationHook(WebAppInvoker.java:239)
at com.ibm.servlet.engine.invocation.CachedInvocation.handleInvocation(CachedInvocation.java:67)
at com.ibm.servlet.engine.invocation.CacheableInvocationContext.invoke(CacheableInvocationContext.java:106)
at com.ibm.servlet.engine.srp.ServletRequestProcessor.dispatchByURI(ServletRequestProcessor.java:154)
at com.ibm.servlet.engine.oselistener.OSEListenerDispatcher.service(OSEListener.java:317)
at com.ibm.servlet.engine.http11.HttpConnection.handleRequest(HttpConnection.java:60)
at com.ibm.ws.http.HttpConnection.readAndHandleRequest(HttpConnection.java:391)
at com.ibm.ws.http.HttpConnection.run(HttpConnection.java:274)
at com.ibm.ws.util.CachedThread.run(ThreadPool.java:144)

[Sean Sullivan]

Related information:
http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4663
http://www.mail-archive.com/[e-mail]/msg23825.html
http://www.jguru.com/faq/view.jsp?EID=994194

[Sean Sullivan]

"IE 6 causes broken pipe exception"
http://www.mail-archive.com/[e-mail]/msg104773.html

[Sean Sullivan]

This support note describes the Broken pipe exceptions:
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21110077