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PH21380: THE COMPILER DOES NOT ISSUE MESSAGE MSGIGYCB7311-W FOR THE SENDER WHEN INITCHECK IS USED.

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • The compiler must assume that the sender and receiver could
    overlap when moving data from another section into the linkage
    section, as the move could overwrite part of the sender. To
    avoid generating incorrect code, the compiler's internal state
    indicates that the sender may be written to when moving data to
    a linkage section receiver.
    
    The INITCHECK option looks at this internal state to determine
    which data items need to be checked (senders whose
    initialization state is uncertain) for each statement. As the
    internal state was indicating that the MOVE statement wrote to
    the sender, the sender was considered initialized, and so the
    compiler did not issue the message flagging the sender as
    uninitialized.
    

Local fix

Problem summary

  • ****************************************************************
    * USERS AFFECTED: Users of Enterprise COBOL V6.2 compiling     *
    *                 programs with INITCHECK that move data from  *
    *                 the LOCAL-STORAGE or WORKING-STORAGE         *
    *                 sections to the LINKAGE SECTION with the     *
    *                 sender being uninitialized.                  *
    ****************************************************************
    * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: The compiler does not issue message     *
    *                      MSGIGYCB7311-W for the sender.          *
    ****************************************************************
    * RECOMMENDATION: Apply the provided PTF.                      *
    ****************************************************************
    The compiler must assume that the sender and receiver could
    overlap when moving data from another section into the linkage
    section, as the move could overwrite part of the sender. To
    avoid generating incorrect code, the compiler's internal state
    indicates that the sender may be written to when moving data to
    a linkage section receiver.
    
    The INITCHECK option looks at this internal state to determine
    which data items need to be checked (senders whose
    initialization state is uncertain) for each statement. As the
    internal state was indicating that the MOVE statement wrote to
    the sender, the sender was considered initialized, and so the
    compiler did not issue the message flagging the sender as
    uninitialized.
    

Problem conclusion

  • For MOVEs to the linkage section, the compiler now updates its
    internal state after checking for uninitialized senders rather
    than before, causing the compiler to now issue message
    MSGIGYCB7311-W for uninitialized senders whose data is MOVEd to
    a linkage section receiver.
    

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

  • APAR number

    PH21380

  • Reported component name

    ENT COBOL FOR Z

  • Reported component ID

    5655EC600

  • Reported release

    620

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt / Xsystem

  • Submitted date

    2020-01-23

  • Closed date

    2020-02-13

  • Last modified date

    2020-03-20

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

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

    PH22127 PH23530

Modules/Macros

  • IGY8RWTU IGYCASMB IGYCCBE  IGYCCCRT IGYCCICS IGYCCSRV IGYCDGEN
    IGYCDIAG IGYCDMAP IGYCEN$0 IGYCEN$1 IGYCEN$2 IGYCEN$3 IGYCEN$4
    IGYCEN$5 IGYCEN$8 IGYCEN$D IGYCEN$R IGYCFGEN IGYCFREE IGYCINIT
    IGYCJA$0 IGYCJA$1 IGYCJA$2 IGYCJA$3 IGYCJA$4 IGYCJA$5 IGYCJA$8
    IGYCJA$D IGYCJA$R IGYCLIBH IGYCLIBO IGYCLIBR IGYCLSTR IGYCLVL0
    IGYCLVL1 IGYCLVL2 IGYCLVL3 IGYCLVL8 IGYCMALL IGYCOSCN IGYCPGEN
    IGYCRCTL IGYCRDPR IGYCRDSC IGYCREAL IGYCRWT  IGYCSCAN IGYCSIMD
    IGYCUE$0 IGYCUE$1 IGYCUE$2 IGYCUE$3 IGYCUE$4 IGYCUE$5 IGYCUE$8
    IGYCUE$D IGYCUE$R IGYCXREF IGYDRV   IGYEQCWI IGYMSGE  IGYMSGK
    IGYMSGT  IGYQCBE  IGYZQDRV IGYZQENU IGYZQJPN
    

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    ENT COBOL FOR Z

  • Fixed component ID

    5655EC600

Applicable component levels

  • R620 PSY UI67889

       UP20/02/22 P F002

  • R621 PSY UI67890

       UP20/02/22 P F002

  • R622 PSY UI67891

       UP20/02/22 P F002

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Document Information

Modified date:
12 December 2023