IV29790: JDMPVIEW 'INFO PROC' COMMAND DISPLAYS CORRUPT OUTPUT FOR WINDOWS CORE DUMPS

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Error Message: Problem symptom is a sequence of unprintable
  characters displayed by the sdk\bin\jdmpview "info proc" command
  when reading a Windows core dump:
  info proc
      address space # 0
        Native thread IDs for current process:
          3488 4544 2472 1924 2456 2396 3096 4784
        Command line arguments used for current process:
          ...unprintable characters...
  .
  Stack Trace: N/A
  .
  Problem occurs with core dumps from Windows Vista, Windows 7 and
  Windows 2008 or later Windows versions.
  

Local fix

• The jdmpview "info proc" command also lists the program
  environment variables. This list may include the
  IBM_JAVA_COMMAND_LINE value, which provides an alternative
  display of the program command line arguments.
  

Problem summary

• Problem is caused when the jdmpview tool reads core dumps from
  Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 2008 or later Windows
  versions.
  

Problem conclusion

• This defect will be fixed in:
  6.0.0 SR12
  7.0.0 SR3
  6.0.1 SR4
  .
  The jdmpview tool has been updated to print the program command
  line arguments correctly.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• 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

  J9 COMMON CODE

• Fixed component ID

  620700127

Applicable component levels

• R600 PSY

     UP

• R260 PSY

     UP