PH66037: EBCDIC CENT CHARACTER '¢' CAUSES OPEN XL TO CRASH WITH PARSER ERROR

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• EBCDIC input source code to ibm-clang that contains an EBCIDC
  '¢' character literal (i.e. 0x4A) encounters an internal error
  with the traceback below:
  
  ===================================================
  Assertion failed: idx < size(), file:
  llvm/include/llvm/ADT/SmallVector.h, line: 304
  PLEASE submit a bug report to
  https://ibm.biz/internal-compiler-error and include the crash
  backtrace, preprocessed source, and associated run script.
  Stack dump:
  0.      Program arguments: ibm-clang -cc1 -triple
  s390-ibm-zos-stdlink .....
  1.      test.c:1:13: current parser token ''¢''
  ...
  CEE5207E The signal SIGABRT was received.
  ibm-clang: error: unable to execute command: 3
  ibm-clang: error: clang frontend command failed due to signal
  (use -v to see invocation)
  ===================================================
  

Local fix

• A potential workaround is to replace the 'cent' character with a
  manual escape character:
  
  //char cent = '¢';
  char cent = '\x4A';
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Users who have source files with extended    *
  *                 characters. Those are the ones who ASCII     *
  *                 equivalent have code points greater than     *
  *                 0x7F. The `cent` or euro` is one of the      *
  *                 examples of those. In addition CICS users    *
  *                 are affected since some CICS headers have    *
  *                 those characters.                            *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Compiler failed to do a proper          *
  *                      translation and tried to dereference    *
  *                      an empty string resulting with          *
  *                      "Assertion failed: idx < size()".       *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply the PTF                                *
  ****************************************************************
  Compiler asserts with "Assertion failed: idx < size()" when
  encounters such character.
  

Problem conclusion

• Some characters which are converted from EBCDIC like IBM-1047
  charset to UTF-8 encoding, it expands into multibyte characters
  which then fails to be translated back to EBCDIC.
  

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:

Modules/Macros

• CNW$P00  CNW$P0X  CNWC001  CNWC002  CNWC003  CNWC004  CNWC005
  CNWC006  CNWC007  CNWC008  CNWC009  CNWC00A  CNWC00B  CNWC00C
  CNWC00D  CNWC00E  CNWC00F  CNWC010  CNWC011  CNWC012  CNWC013
  CNWC014  CNWC015  CNWC016  CNWC017  CNWC018  CNWC019  CNWC01A
  CNWC01B  CNWC01C  CNWCH001 CNWCH002 CNWCH003 CNWCH004 CNWCH005
  CNWCH006 CNWCH007 CNWCH008 CNWCH009 CNWCH010 CNWCH011 CNWCH012
  CNWCH013 CNWCH014 CNWCH015 CNWCH016 CNWCH017 CNWCH018 CNWCH019
  CNWCH01A CNWCH01B CNWCH01C CNWCH01D CNWCH01E CNWCH01F CNWCH020
  CNWCH021 CNWCH022 CNWCH023 CNWCH024 CNWCH025 CNWCH026 CNWCH027
  CNWCH028 CNWCH029 CNWCH02C CNWCH02D CNWCH02E CNWCH02F CNWISMKD
  CNWJIVP1 CNWJIVP2 CNWLDMD  CNWMKDIR CNWOX210 CNWPH001 CNWPH002
  CNWPH003 CNWPH004 CNWPH005 CNWPH006 CNWPH007 CNWPH008 CNWPH009
  CNWPH00A CNWPH00B CNWPH00C CNWPH00D CNWPH00E CNWPH00F CNWPH010
  CNWPH011 CNWPH012 CNWPH013 CNWPH014 CNWPH015 CNWPH016 CNWPH017
  CNWPH018 CNWPH019 CNWPH01A CNWPH01B CNWPH01C CNWPH01D CNWPH01E
  CNWPH01F CNWPH020 CNWPH021 CNWPH022 CNWPH023 CNWPH024 CNWPH025
  CNWPH026 CNWPH027 CNWPH028 CNWPH029 CNWPH02A CNWPH02B CNWPH02C
  CNWPH02D CNWPH02E CNWPH02F CNWPH030 CNWPH031 CNWPH032 CNWPH033
  CNWPH034 CNWPH035 CNWPH036 CNWPH037 CNWPH038 CNWPH039 CNWPH03A
  CNWPH03B CNWPH03C CNWPH03D CNWPH03E CNWPH03F CNWPH040 CNWPH041
  CNWPH042 CNWPH043 CNWPH044 CNWPH045 CNWPH046 CNWPH047 CNWPH048
  CNWPH049 CNWPH04A CNWPH04B CNWPH04C CNWPH04D CNWPH04E CNWPH04F
  CNWPH050 CNWPH051 CNWPH052 CNWPH053 CNWPH054 CNWPH055 CNWPH056
  CNWPH057 CNWPH058 CNWPH059 CNWPH05A CNWPH05B CNWPH05C CNWPH05D
  CNWPH05E CNWPH05F CNWPH060 CNWPH061 CNWPH062 CNWPH063 CNWPH064
  CNWPH065 CNWPH066 CNWPH067 CNWPH068 CNWPH069 CNWPH06A CNWPH06B
  CNWPH06C CNWPH06D CNWPH06E CNWPH06F CNWPH070 CNWPH071 CNWPH072
  CNWPH073 CNWPH074 CNWPH075 CNWPH076 CNWPH077 CNWPH078 CNWPH079
  CNWPH07A CNWPH07B CNWPH07C CNWPH07D CNWPH07E CNWPH07F CNWPH080
  CNWPH081 CNWPH082 CNWPH083 CNWPH084 CNWPH085 CNWPH086 CNWPH087
  CNWPH088 CNWPH089 CNWPH08A CNWPH08B CNWPH08C CNWPH08D CNWPH08E
  CNWPH08F CNWPH090 CNWPH091 CNWPH092 CNWPH093 CNWPH094 CNWPH095
  CNWPH096 CNWPH097 CNWPH098 CNWPH099 CNWPH09A CNWPH09B CNWPH09C
  CNWPH09D CNWPH09E CNWPH09F CNWPH0A0 CNWPH0A1 CNWPH0A2 CNWPH0A3
  CNWPH0A4 CNWPH0A5 CNWPH0A6 CNWPH0A7 CNWPH0A8 CNWPH0A9 CNWPH0AA
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  C/C++ FOR MVS

• Fixed component ID

  56551210A

Applicable component levels

• R7C3 PSY UO03042

     UP25/05/10 I 1000

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