A fix is available
APAR status
Closed as program error.
Error description
In a customer supplied testcase it was observed that a character that should had been displayed as 'a' (for example) was displayed as 'x'.
Local fix
Problem summary
Customer will see plus + at the start if the test program allocates lot of malloc memory and fills with + sign, and frees them.
Problem conclusion
Fixed the problem by replacing malloc to calloc, so that pages are zeroed out after allocting memory
Temporary fix
Comments
APAR Information
APAR number
IV04485
Reported component name
AIX 5.3
Reported component ID
5765G0300
Reported release
530
Status
CLOSED PER
PE
NoPE
HIPER
NoHIPER
Submitted date
2011-08-04
Closed date
2011-08-04
Last modified date
2013-04-16
APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:
APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:
Fix information
Fixed component name
AIX 5.3
Fixed component ID
5765G0300
Applicable component levels
R530 PSY U844895
UP11/10/07 I 1000
PTF to Fileset Mapping
U844895 bos.rte.libcur 5.3.11.1
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Document Information
Modified date:
16 April 2013