OA62199: ABEND 0C8 PIC8 FIXED-POINT OVERFLOW EXCEPTION IN HASCPHAM

Obtain the fix for this APAR.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• ABEND 0C8 PIC8 observed in HASCPHAM. No other messages are
  present. ABEND may be observed only in SYSTRACE.
  
  ANALYSIS:
  ABEND 0C8 PIC8 observed in HASCPHAM. In this case, issue occurrs
  at HASCPHAM+314 as part of HPMOVE PUT SUBROUTINE. Job task is
  producing large amounts of output to a particular SYSPRINT DD.
  JCTXOUT field is used to count number of records. At time of the
  error, JCTXOUT is maxed at x'7FFFFFFF'. Caller of this code has
  set bit PSWPFPO in the PSW which means that fixed point
  overflows are not allowed. Thus, instead of overflowing, ABEND
  0C8 PIC8 occurs.
  
  VERIFICATION STEPS:
  1. ABEND 0C8 in HASCPHAM PUT routine
  2. JCTXOUT field id maxed 7FFFFFFF
  3. PSW indicates PSWPFPO is on, disallowing fixed-point
  overflows
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * All users of HJE77B0, HJE77C0, and                           *
  * HJE77D0.                                                     *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * ABENDS0C8-RC08 may occur in HASCPHAM                         *
  * module when job produces large amount                        *
  * of output with PSWPFPO set on.                               *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  With PSW (Program Status Word) PSWPFPO (Fixed point overflow
  mask) bit set on by the SSI caller, a job that produces more
  than 2,147,483,647 records may cause an overflow and raise
  ABEND0C8-RC08 when the HASCPHAM module attempts to increment
  the JCTXOUT (Generated Output Records) field.
  

Problem conclusion

• TYPE/RESTART (WARM) IPL/REQUIRED (YES) CLPA (YES)
  
  CLPA is needed only if HASCxxxx modules currently reside in
  the pageable link pack area (PLPA).
  
  The HASCLINK and HASCPHAM modules were changed to clear the
  PSW program mask before every call to JES2 services and
  restore the mask upon return.
  
  APAR OA62199 prereq's (and sup's) for FMID HJE77B0:
  Pre's: * NONE *
  
  APAR OA62199 prereq's (and sup's) for FMID HJE77C0:
  Pre's: * NONE *
  
  APAR OA62199 prereq's (and sup's) for FMID HJE77D0:
  Pre's: * NONE *
  

Temporary fix

Comments

• ×**** PE22/07/01 FIX IN ERROR. SEE APAR OA63479  FOR DESCRIPTION
  

APAR Information

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

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

  UJ08595 UJ08596 UJ08597

Modules/Macros

• HASCPHAM HASCLINK
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  JES2

• Fixed component ID

  5752SC1BH

Applicable component levels

• R7D0 PSY UJ08597

     UP22/06/15 P F206

• R7B0 PSY UJ08595

     UP22/06/15 P F206

• R7C0 PSY UJ08596

     UP22/06/15 P F206

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