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PM72661: CICS - FIX BAD REDEFINITION OF CCB FIELD

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • PTR P8010741 added zccbsession to the CCB at offset 140.
    This CCB offset was already defined as ZCCBSA2. Fortunately
    ZCCBSA2 seems to only be used in CICS.
    Technically, FXXZASM.ASMMAC defines ZCCBRSRV at CCB
    offset 64. And then FXXZCCX.ASMMAC redefines ZCCBRSRV,
    placing ZCCBSA2 at CCB offset 140.
    ZCCBSA2 is used in quite a few CICS Assembler programs
    as a register save area. This would wipe out or change any
    previous value stored at that offset. This means that if
    zccbsession were set to a valid remote session ID, this
    value would be changed when a subsequent program saves
    registers at that offset. It also means that if there is
    no zccbsession value (zero), then a subsequent register
    save might place a non-zero value at that offset.  This
    would disrupt the logic in EDIFFUS.C that was predicated
    on: if (ccbp->zccbsession).
    

Local fix

Problem summary

  • PTR P8010741 added zccbsession to the CCB at offset 140.
    This CCB offset was already defined as ZCCBSA2. Fortunately
    ZCCBSA2 seems to only be used in CICS.
    Technically, FXXZASM.ASMMAC defines ZCCBRSRV at CCB
    offset 64. And then FXXZCCX.ASMMAC redefines ZCCBRSRV,
    placing ZCCBSA2 at CCB offset 140.
    ZCCBSA2 is used in quite a few CICS Assembler programs
    as a register save area. This would wipe out or change any
    previous value stored at that offset. This means that if
    zccbsession were set to a valid remote session ID, this
    value would be changed when a subsequent program saves
    registers at that offset. It also means that if there is
    no zccbsession value (zero), then a subsequent register
    save might place a non-zero value at that offset.  This
    would disrupt the logic in EDIFFUS.C that was predicated
    on: if (ccbp->zccbsession).
    

Problem conclusion

  • The code will be changed in CICS so that a remote
    session ID is not stored in zccbsession. This will leave
    the storage at zccbsession to be used solely as ZCCBSA2's
    save area, thus avoiding any session ID conflicts.
    

Temporary fix

Comments

  • Applies to all WDI platforms, part of SFP8
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APAR Information

  • APAR number

    PM72661

  • Reported component name

    WEBS DI ZOS

  • Reported component ID

    5655I4003

  • Reported release

    330

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt

  • Submitted date

    2012-09-11

  • Closed date

    2012-09-12

  • Last modified date

    2013-05-30

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

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

    UK81800

Modules/Macros

  • C        EDIFFUS  EDIQSS
    CDB2     EDIIOS
    CPP      EDISERVR
    CPPDB2   EDICPROC EDIDPROC
    H        EDIFFUH  ELICBQS  FXXZCAB
    LINK370  EDIQSS
    LINK390  EDICPROC EDISERVR
    LNKMVS   EDICPROC EDIIOS   EDISERVR
    PLNKCTL  EDICPROC EDISERVR
    

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    WEBS DI ZOS

  • Fixed component ID

    5655I4003

Applicable component levels

  • R330 PSY UK81800

       UP12/10/18 P F210

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Document Information

Modified date:
22 August 2022