PI48742: DFHPI0001 AN ABEND (CODE 0C4/AKEA) HAS OCCURRED AT OFFSET X'FFFF' IN MODULE DFHPIII

Obtain the fix for this APAR.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• You are receiving a series of DFHPI0001 An abend (code 0C4/AKEA)
  occurred at offset X'FFFF' in module DFHPIII. You have to
  recycle the region to recover it.
  The root cause of the problem is an overlay of the WSBIND file.
  The overlay is x'F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0'.  This has corrupted the
  entry in the ICM for one of the elements. Whenever
  DFHPIII processes that field it will try to convert the data in
  the ICM using a conversion type of x'F0'.This is an unexpected
  type so DFHPIII reports the error. The first action is to write
  a PI 0F08 trace entry.  Data1 for that trace entry is the
  element name. This gets copied from the ICM, but the length is
  one of the fields overlaid and is passed to trace domain as
  x'F0F0'.This gets handled as a negative value so does not cause
  the normal overlength trace entry processing to take place.
  The final trace entry length is calculated as x'C2' and it is
  being written at x'48_00021E28'. The data for data1
  gets copied using a MVCL instruction. The 2 byte length in the
  trace entry is x'F0F0' but as this was a negative value the real
  MVCL tries to copy x'FFFFFFFFF0F0' bytes of data and the 0C4
  occurs.
  .
  ADDITIONAL SYMPTOM(s):DFHPI0001 PI0001 abend0C4 0C4 AKEA
  overlay MVCL DFHPIII DFHTRPX 2E2 TRPT_DATA1_N DATA1 overlength
  KIXREVCTC
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  * USERS AFFECTED: All.                                         *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Abend 0C4 in DFHTRPX.                   *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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  In the reported problem, DFHPIII was being driven to convert
  application data into XML.  During this conversion, an 0C4
  occurred in trace module DFHTRPX and was caused by an overlay
  of the ICM ( internal commarea ) that DFHPIII parses as part
  of normal processing.
  
  This overlay caused a halfword signed ICM field ( name_len )
  to contain x'F0F0' which when loaded into a register, caused
  the leftmost sign bit to get propagated so the register
  contained a value of FFFFF0F0.  This was used as a length
  value for a MVCL instruction and caused a massive overlay
  in the CICS region.
  
  Keywords: ABENDS0C4 ABEND0C4 SOC4 DFHTRPT DFHPI0001
            msgDFHPI0001 PI0001
  

Problem conclusion

• DFHPIDC has been modified so that name_len is now an unsigned
  field.  This will preclude bit propagation when it is loaded
  into a register.
  

Temporary fix

• 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:

  PI55729 UI34858

Modules/Macros

• DFHMLJS  DFHMLTF  DFHPIAD  DFHPIAT  DFHPIA1  DFHPICA  DFHPICC
  DFHPIDM  DFHPIDSH DFHPIDUF DFHPIII  DFHPIIW  DFHPILN  DFHPIMM
  DFHPIPL  DFHPIPM  DFHPIPM2 DFHPIPS  DFHPIRE  DFHPIRI  DFHPIRM
  DFHPIRS  DFHPISC  DFHPISF  DFHPISN  DFHPIST  DFHPITC  DFHPITC1
  DFHPITC2 DFHPITC3 DFHPITE  DFHPITH  DFHPITL  DFHPITQ  DFHPITRI
  DFHPITS  DFHPIUE  DFHPIWR  DFHPIWT  DFHPIXI  DFHPIXM  DFHPIXO
  DFHWSADH DFHWSATR
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CICS TS Z/OS V4

• Fixed component ID

  5655S9700

Applicable component levels

• R700 PSY UI34858

     UP16/02/05 P F602

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