2463960 - timeslice error in stu_findslot() - SAP ASE

• SAP ASE processes like REORG, UPDATE STATISTICS or CREATE INDEX on hyper-partitioned tables, terminate.
• Corresponding error in the ASE errorlog is a timeslice error in the module stu_findslot() together with a stack trace:

timeslice -1501, current process infected at 0x10836de (stu_findslot+0x15e)

• The stack trace includes the following functions:

stu_findslot
stat_frequency_reduction
stat_tuning_factor_reduction
stio_xformvirtual
st_writestatistics
sysstatistics_write

  Note: A complete stack trace is available under Attachments.

• The optdiag utility shows one or more histograms with a step count in the thousands for the table involved.
• On SAP BW systems, the offending tables are Infocube Fact tables contain more than 1000 partitions

• SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) 15.7 and 16.0
• SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise Cluster Edition (ASE CE) 15.7 and 16.0
• SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) 16.0 for Business Warehouse

timeslice, "update index statistics", partitions, Infocube, compression, partitioned, hyper-partitioned, "histogram steps", CR807622, CR#807622, 807622 , KBA , BC-SYB-ASE , Sybase ASE Database Platform (non Business Suite) , BC-SYB-ASE-CE , ASE Cluster Edition (Standalone) , BW-SYS-DB-SYB , BW on Adaptive Server Enterprise , Bug Filed