PK06621: LOOP IN DFHEIP DURING HANDLE ABEND. COBOL AND LE DRIVE_GOTO CONTINUES TO CALL DFHEIP, CAUSING THE LOOP TO OCCUR.

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• An application program establishes a HANDLE ABEND LABEL in case
  there is an abend. LE fails the GOTO with the 'out-of-block'
  flag.  Tha application program suffers a program check and CICS
  proceeds with an abendASRA.  Somewhere either prior to the
  program check or during a call to LE after the program check,
  CEECGSTR performs a getmain, control comes back to CICS and the
  processing of the abendASRA continues.
  .
  Control goes to DFHEIP (EICCPC42), where it figures out that
  there is an active HANDLE ABEND.  Since the application program
  is COBOL and LE, the DFHLILIM GOTO and DRIVE_GOTO calls near
  label EICCLBY5 are done. The DRIVE_GOTO calls LE but that
  returns back into DFHEIP with the 'out-of-block' flag set.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  * USERS AFFECTED: All                                          *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Loop in DFHEIP while attempting to pass *
  *                      control to a label specified on an EXEC *
  *                      CICS HANDLE ABEND. The trace shows      *
  *                      repeated EIP EXIT trace points.         *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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  CICS tries to pass control to a label in order to handle an
  abend in an application. LE is called for perform_goto
  processing but, instead of passing control to the label, LE
  returns control to CICS because the label is outside of the
  current run unit. DFHEIP tests the out of block flag that LE has
  set and instead of abending the task or returning control to
  the application goes into a loop.
  
  The same symptoms occur for EXEC CICS HANDLE CONDITION.
  
  Key words: perform drive goto drive_goto abendAPC2
             EISPGOTO GOTOFLGS
  

Problem conclusion

• DFHLILII has been changed so that DFHEIP abends the task APC2
  whenever LE returns control to CICS instead of the application
  program after a perform_goto request.
  
  The CICS Transaction Server for VSE/ESA Messages and Codes
  Release 1 manual GC34-5561-07 will be changed in section 2.3
  'CICS abend codes' to remove the words "and the program is
  disabled" from the system action of abend APC2.
  

Temporary fix

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  FIX AVAILABLE BY PTF ONLY
  

Comments

APAR Information

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

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

  PK10474 UK06434

Modules/Macros

•    DESLII   DFHAPLII DFHEIP   DFHLILII
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CICSTS FOR VSE

• Fixed component ID

  564805400

Applicable component levels

• RB0P PSY UK06434

     UP05/08/23 P E311

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