PI17012: MISCELLANEOUS BUG FIXES

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Miscellaneous bug fixes.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  * USERS AFFECTED: All Fault Analyzer Version 13 users.         *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: 01. Fault Analyzer message IDI0151W for *
  *                          a partial SVC dump not correct.     *
  *                          APAR PI19156                        *
  *                      02. Abend S0C4 in PliSepStruct when     *
  *                          processing constants in SYSDEBUG    *
  *                          side file.                          *
  *                          APAR PI19157                        *
  *                      03. Fault Analyzer event list info for  *
  *                          NORENT assembler not useful.        *
  *                          APAR PI19158                        *
  *                      04. The application's last CICS 3270    *
  *                          buffer is not being formatted       *
  *                          correctly.                          *
  *                          APAR PI19159                        *
  *                      05. Intermittent problem leads to abend *
  *                          S0C4 during execution of Formatting *
  *                          user exit.                          *
  *                          APAR PI19160                        *
  *                      06. User is performing CICS SDUMP       *
  *                          analysis and looking at the CQ      *
  *                          Domain. Values in the panels are    *
  *                          incorrect.                          *
  *                          APAR PI19161                        *
  *                      07. FA reports incorrect compiler       *
  *                          options for COBOL/5.1.1.            *
  *                          APAR PI18319                        *
  *                      08. Fault Analyzer ErrorHandler option  *
  *                          names might not get honoured if     *
  *                          input from an MVS dump.             *
  *                          APAR PI19162                        *
  *                      09. Reported assembler DSECT has        *
  *                          missing fields.                     *
  *                          APAR PI19163                        *
  *                      10. Fault Analyzer interactive analysis *
  *                          Listing/Side File Mismatch panel    *
  *                          ENTER action for COBOL does not     *
  *                          force use of the side file.         *
  *                          APAR PI17309                        *
  *                      11. CICS Container data incorrectly     *
  *                          being displayed in ASCII rather     *
  *                          than EBCDIC.                        *
  *                          APAR PI17905                        *
  *                      12. FA formats too many CICS trace      *
  *                          entries.                            *
  *                          APAR PI19164                        *
  *                      13. Abend S0C4 in CobCdaSym() when      *
  *                          processing DWARF in COBOL/5 load    *
  *                          module.                             *
  *                          APAR PI18440                        *
  *                      14. Message IDI0089I Subsystem IDISLOG  *
  *                          RC=8 Rsn=63 IDI0159I SDUMP usage    *
  *                          error.                              *
  *                          APAR PI19165                        *
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  01. The return and reason code processing for SDUMP is not
      always correctly reported when issued from IBM Fault
      Analyzer.
  02. Constants have a structure parent which can cause them to be
      processed as structure members.
  03. NORENT programs with DSAs imbedded in the CSECT, and often
      using non-standard linkage, are getting no event
      information.
  04. The user has a 3270 emulator which, when given a 'F2' or
      "Read Buffer" command, returns a data stream which contains
      SBA orders. FA did not have code to handle those SBAs.
  05. Fault Analyzer is not correctly handling the abend, which
      might be expected during normal processing.
  06. Fault Analyzer is using incorrect control block offsets to
      obtain the values.
  07. New compiler options added.
  08. When an MVS dump is used as input to Fault Analyzer to get
      a fault report on the dump, the ErrorHandler program names
      might not get recognized correctly because MVS dump input
      does not trigger FA Binder mapping of modules.
  09. DSECT has more fields than can be contained in single LANGX
      structure record, but only the first LANGX record is
      processed.
  10. The pop-up panel reporting Listing/Side File Mismatch
      indicates ENTER will accept a current COBOL SYSDEBUG file,
      but it is ignored and no source for that program is
      presented.
  11. The count of ASCII and EBCDIC characters was incorrect.
  12. FA processes all the trace entries in a particular trace
      block.
  13. Storage re-allocation did not reset pointer into area.
  14. Fault Analyzer RFR recovery after IDI0005 storage shortage
      can get IDI0089I Subsystem IDISLOG RC=8 Rsn=63 SDUMP usage
      error attempting to do a second SDUMP.
  

Problem conclusion

• 01. Reason code processing corrected.
  02. Constants no longer processed as structure members.
  03. Code added to detect the static DSA and at least show load
      module and CSECT data in the event list.
  04. Fault Analyzer has been altered to handle SBA orders in the
      Read Buffer data stream.
  05. Fault Analyzer is now handling the abend.
  06. Fault Analyzer has been updated to use the correct offsets.
  07. New compiler options recognized.
  08. The ErrorHandler code will also check entry point name, if
      program name has not been determined for an event.
  09. Multiple LANGX structure records now processed for large
      assembler DSECTs.
  10. The code has been updated to accept the side file when
      possible.
  11. The count of ASCII and EBCDIC characters has been corrected.
  12. FA is changed to stop formatting once the current timestamp
      is less than the previous timestamp.
  13. Symbol lookup pointer reset when storage area re-allocated.
  14. The logic is corrected to determine if the RFR dump has
      already been taken.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

• New features provided:
  * COBOL Explorer - an interactive post-mortem debugger for COBOL
    programs
  

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

  UI18641

Modules/Macros

• IDICALOC IDICASUB IDICCFND IDICOPYR IDICRXHC IDICSV11 IDIDA
  IDIDASUB IDIDATST IDIGMAIN IDIHIBMI IDIHPMSG IDIMCICS IDINDEX
  IDIPDDIR IDIPDSCU IDIPLT   IDISCJST IDISDB2P IDISDB2S IDISFPEX
  IDISIFND IDISJLD  IDISJLOG IDISLKUP IDISLOG  IDISMAIN IDISREG
  IDISSREQ IDISTIME IDISUPDI IDISVIEW IDIUGPDF IDIUTIL  IDIXALOG
  IDIXCCEE IDIXCC52 IDIXCEE  IDIXCM53 IDIXCM67 IDIXCM68 IDIXCM69
  IDIXCX52 IDIXCX53 IDIXDCAP IDIXFA   IDIXMAP
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  FAULT ANALYZER

• Fixed component ID

  5655Q1100

Applicable component levels

• RD10 PSY UI18641

     UP14/06/13 P F406

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