PH25424: CICS KERNEL ERROR DATA IS NOT FORMATTED IF PASID DOES NOT EQUAL HASID

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• After application of PH16297, the Kernel dump formatter no
  longer formats the Kernel error table entries (KERRD) if the
  failure occurs in a different ASID. (Primary address space is
  not the home address space).
  
  For instance, after PH16297, the KERRD for an abend 999 (purge
  of a task with control in DB2) will look like this:
  
  =KE: Error Number: 00000115
  
  ** Current ASID is not the CICS address space
  
  Primary address space ASID is: X'0180'
  Home address  space ASID is: X'0028'
  
  ** No further information for this Kernel Error Number
  
  The Kernel Error Table summary can include lines like this:
  
  No information for this Kernel Error Number as Current ASID is
  not the CICS address space
  
  DFHKEDUF will not format the error, or any details about
  it in any KE=1,2,3. It is still possible to find the Kernel
  error table in browse mode, and find the error information,
  e.g. the entry entry will show '---/0999 DFHD2D2' with its
  error information, but it is time consuming. The KERRDs should
  be formatted as they were before PH16297 as they provided
  useful information.
  
  In addition, it would be very beneficial to have the task# in
  the Kernel Error Table Summary as it is sometimes hard to
  determine when errors are for the same task or a different
  task. (The task# is already provided in the individual KERRDs).
  Sometimes lots of tasks are failing simultaneously and
  it would make it a lot easier to decipher which errors are for
  the same task#.
  
  Additional Symptom(s) Search Keyword(s):
  35PAD161
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All CICS users.                              *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: CICS IPCS kernel VERBEXIT suppresses    *
  *                      some information if PASID does not      *
  *                      equal HASID.                            *
  ****************************************************************
  A CICS SDUMP is being analyzed with IPCS.
  The CICS kernel verbexit is being used to display kernel
  error data.
  If a kernel error record represents a problem which occurred
  while CICS (in the Home Address space, or HASID)
  is executing code in another address space
  (the Primary address space, or PASID)
  then the verbexit either displays misleading information
  or displays
  "No further information for this Kernel Error Number"
  and suppresses all further information for the error data.
  Additional Keywords: DFHPD720 DFHPD730 KE
  

Problem conclusion

• DFHKEDUF has been modified to correct the misleading
  information.
  In addition, several other modifications have been made
  to improve the information which the KE verbexit formats.
  

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:

  UI71577 UI71578

Modules/Macros

• DFHKEDUF DFHKERN  DFHKESTX
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CICS TS Z/OS V5

• Fixed component ID

  5655Y0400

Applicable component levels

• R200 PSY UI71578

     UP20/09/17 P F009

• R300 PSY UI71577

     UP20/09/17 P F009

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