java.net.SocketException: Broken pipe

=2013-06-04 11:12:17,355 ERROR [Timer-6] timer.ClaspHandsTimer (ClaspHandsTimer.java:67)     - xxx gmlc exception is:
java.net.SocketException: Broken pipe
    at java.net.SocketOutputStream.socketWrite0(Native Method)
    at java.net.SocketOutputStream.socketWrite(SocketOutputStream.java:92)
    at java.net.SocketOutputStream.write(SocketOutputStream.java:124)
    at com.xxx.util.SocketUtil.sendMsg(SocketUtil.java:116)
    at com.xxx.timer.ClaspHandsTimer.run(ClaspHandsTimer.java:63)
    at java.util.TimerThread.mainLoop(Timer.java:512)
    at java.util.TimerThread.run(Timer.java:462)
=2013-06-04 11:12:18,295 ERROR [Timer-5] timer.HeartBeatTimer (HeartBeatTimer.java:74)     - xxxgmlc exception is:
java.net.SocketException: Broken pipe
    at java.net.SocketOutputStream.socketWrite0(Native Method)
    at java.net.SocketOutputStream.socketWrite(SocketOutputStream.java:92)
    at java.net.SocketOutputStream.write(SocketOutputStream.java:124)
    at com.xxx.util.SocketUtil.sendMsg(SocketUtil.java:116)
    at com.xxx.timer.HeartBeatTimer.run(HeartBeatTimer.java:70)
    at java.util.TimerThread.mainLoop(Timer.java:512)
    at java.util.TimerThread.run(Timer.java:462)

在定位系统中出现此异常，找了很多资料，最后终于解决:

有可能是linux的线程机制会产生JVM出错的问题，特别是在连接高峰期间经常出现这样的问题
　　解决办法是在环境变量中设置： _JAVA_SR_SIGNUM = 12 基本就可以解决。
　　在windows环境变量中设置： _JAVA_SR_SIGNUM =12, 若Linux下用 export _JAVA_SR_SIGNUM=12, 基本就可以解决.
linux:
export _JAVA_SR_SIGNUM=12
source /etc/profile

　　sun的解释：
　　－－posted by: cooper
　　Below is a clipping from Sun on working around JVM crashes under high
　　thread counts in the JVM 1.3 for Linux
　　On Linux, use a larger signal number for hotspot thread
　　suspension/resumption handler. The signal number being used is
　　specified by environment variable _JAVA_SR_SIGNUM. Setting it to a
　　number larger than SIGSEGV (11) will solve the problem. A good number
　　to use is 12, which is SIGUSR2. Using signal 16 to work around the
　　problem might have potential problems. So on tcsh, "setenv
　　_JAVA_SR_SIGNUM 12" can solve the problem.