PH24730: REPETATIVE CHARACTERS AT THE END OF MESSAGE BBOA7101E

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• One gets either unprinatble (binary data) or \u000 repeated
  many times at the end of the message whixh should be stopped.
  The error shows as follows:
  BBOA7101E Error in OTMA_ALLOC call.
  Rc/Rsn: 00000004 0000000C 00000008 00000000 00000005
  
  \u0000\u0000...
  or
  <erratic control signs>
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:  All users of IBM WebSphere Application      *
  *                  Server V8.5 for z/OS                        *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Message BBOA7101E is followed by many   *
  *                      zeroes.                                 *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  When a call to otma_alloc fails, error message BBOA7101E is
  built into a buffer and returned with a length that is the
  length of the buffer not the length of the actual message.
  The buffer is longer than the message.
  So that code that might process the message does not need
  to handle all the zeros following the message, the length
  returned should be the length of the message not the length of
  the buffer.
  The buffer returned looks like this:
  +----------------------------------------------------------
  |OSet| Address = 0eb19c68  Length = 0100 |     EBCDIC     |
  +----+-----------------------------------+----------------+
  |0000|C2C2D6C1 F7F1F0F1 C540C599 99969940|BBOA7101E Error |
  |0010|899540D6 E3D4C16D C1D3D3D6 C3408381|in OTMA_ALLOC ca|
  |0020|93934B40 D98361D9 A2957A40 F0F0F0F0|ll. Rc/Rsn: 0000|
  |0030|F0F0F0F4 40F0F0F0 F0F0F0F0 C340F0F0|0004 0000000C 00|
  |0040|F0F0F0F0 F0F840F0 F0F0F0F0 F0F0F040|000008 00000000 |
  |0050|F0F0F0F0 F0F0F0F5 40150000 00000000|00000005 .......|
  |0060|00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000|................|
  |0070|00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000|................|
  ...
  

Problem conclusion

• Changed the code to return the length of the message instead of
  the length of the buffer. Messages changed are BBOA7101E
  BBOA7103E BBOA7104E BBOA7105E and BBOA7106E.
  
  The fix for this APAR is targeted for inclusion in fix pack
  8.5.5.18 and 9.0.5.5. For more information, see
  'Recommended Updates for WebSphere Application Server':
  http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg27004980
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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

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

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WEBSPHERE FOR Z

• Fixed component ID

  5655I3500

Applicable component levels