MF55081 - LIC-OTHER-LOOP IN SFUF TASK CONSUMES SYSTEM CPU.

TYPE PROGRAM  REL  NUMBER   MIN/MAX  OPTION
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TR   5770999  710  MF99004   00/00    0000



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APAR Error Description / Circumvention

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The SFUF task loops when the display is lost after selecting
"F13=Select STS LAN adapter" from within "8=Work with service
tools user IDs and Devices" in SST.

CORRECTION FOR APAR MA41790 :
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When the display is lost a display error is sent to the SFUF
task but it isn't checked for correctly, so the task starts to
loop. As part of the loop, the SFUF task requests some
configuration data from a IDE task (IDECOMMSRV-0000) so that
task also seems to be looping.

The LIC code for SFUF will be changed to correctly check for
display errors. When the display error is detected it will cause
the SFUF task to end.

CIRCUMVENTION FOR APAR MA41790 :
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None.


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