OA28779: SOAP REQUESTS WITH PREDICATES CAUSE TEMS TO BECOME NON-RESPONSIV

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Environment:
  6.2 FP2, single box installation on AIX.
    TEMS configured with TEC forwarding feature enabled.
  
  Problem Description:
    The kdsmain goes into high CPU usage as soon as a CT_Alert
    request is sent with specified predicates.
  
  Detailed Recreation Procedure:
    Using the SOAP interface to send the following request will
    cause kdsmain to go into high CPU state and being
    unresponsiveness.
    --------------------------------------------------------------
    <CT_Alert><userid>sysadmin</userid><password></password><name>
    sitname</name><source>nc114079:KUX</source><data><Universal_Me
    ssages.Message_Text>Testing</Universal_Messages.Message_Text><
    /data></CT_Alert>
    --------------------------------------------------------------
  
  Related Files and Output:
    TEMS traces with KFAOT component enable will show that kdsmain
    is looping around:
    (499C1451.440A-1E:kfaotfsq.c,152,"Format_SituationQualifiedDes
    cription") *INFO: ----- Examining predicate string
    (499C1451.440B-1E:kfaotfsq.c,153,"Format_SituationQualifiedDes
    cription") <0x340FF6FE,0x3>
    +499C1451.440B     00000000   313129 11)
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All TEMS users.                              *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: SOAP REQUESTS WITH PREDICATES CAUSE     *
  *                      TEMS TO BECOME NON-RESPONSIVE           *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply this PTF                               *
  ****************************************************************
  If an event is sent through the SOAP interface directly to
  the TEMS, then the event parsing code goes into an infinite
  loop and causes the TEMS to have a CPU spike and become
  non-responsive. This was especially true for events that
  used predicates.
  

Problem conclusion

• Modify the code so that predicates containing
  SYSTEM.xxx(atr op value); would be processed correctly.
  Also, ensure a predicate value gets evaluated correctly
  regardless of the presence of a space after the value.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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

  IZ44104

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

Modules/Macros

• KFAOMTEC
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  MGMT SERVER DS

• Fixed component ID

  5608A2800

Applicable component levels

• R620 PSY UA47228

     UP09/05/27 P F905

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