XFOR: ICS: Channel Service Does Not Have its Own Thread Pool

ID: q170281

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Commercial Internet System version 1.0

SYMPTOMS

This article applies to Microsoft Chat Server. Channel Service DLLs unable to do channel locks, because it cannot have its own thread pool. Instead it runs using worker threads that belong to the INETINFO.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Commercial Internet System version 1.0. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Microsoft Commercial Internet System version 1.0. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q183062
   TITLE     : MCIS 1.0 Service Packs 1 and 2 Information

MORE INFORMATION

The problem only occurs when writing channel service extensions that require the use of worker threads to perform custom processing. Channel services that perform work on the server threads are not affected. The fix extends the IMicChannel service interface to permit channel services with worker threads to function without a deadlock.

Additional query words: ics sp2

Version           : WINNT:1.0
Platform          : winnt
Hardware          : ALPHA x86
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

Last Reviewed: November 20, 1998