PI90459: CEEDUMP truncated while listing Local Variables containing an table that doesn't have addressability

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When listing the contents of variables during a CEEDUMP, the
  COBOL run-time fails to check if tables are addressable, leading
  to an ABEND0C4 that terminates the CEEDUMP.
  
  A table might not be addressable if for example the BLL cell on
  which the table is based contains a bad value, or has not been
  initialized. Depending on the bad BLL cell value, bogus values
  may be listed rather than an 0C4 being taken.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Enterprise COBOL 5.1 and later releases      *
  *                 compiling and running programs with the      *
  *                 TEST or NOTEST(DWARF) compiler option in     *
  *                 effect, and the program ABENDs and produce   *
  *                 CEEDUMP.                                     *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Incomplete CEEDUMP output and ABEND     *
  *                      during dump processing. The generated   *
  *                      CEEDUMP prints only the first element   *
  *                      of the table.                           *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply the provided PTF.                      *
  ****************************************************************
  COBOL CEEDUMP processing does not validate the table element
  address before accessing, leading to secondary ABEND in the
  COBOL library when the invalid table element is accessed.
  
  FIXCAT keyword: COB0501T/K  COB0502T/K  COB0601T/K  COB0602T/K
  

Problem conclusion

• Corrected CEEDUMP processing in the COBOL runtime library. When
  a table element address is invalid, the message '*** Invalid
  address for this item, no value displayed ***' is printed next
  to it and the CEEDUMP process continues
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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

  PI89508

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

  UI52041

Modules/Macros

• IGZCEV4  IGZCMGEN IGZCMGUE IGZLLIBV IGZXAPI  IGZXCDA  IGZXD24
  IGZXDMR  IGZXLPIO IGZXLPKA IGZXLPKB IGZXLPKC IGZXLPKD IGZXLPKE
  IGZXLPKF IGZXLPKG IGZXPK2
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  LE ENT COBOL LI

• Fixed component ID

  568819812

Applicable component levels

• R7B0 PSY UI52041

     UP17/11/30 P F711

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