PH38921: DISPLAY of NATIONAL item fails CEE0813S insufficient storage if UTF-16 character has low order SO or SI byte

Obtain the fix for this APAR.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When attempting to DISPLAY a USAGE NATIONAL (UTF-16) item, the
  runtime misinterprets a shift-out (x'0E') or shift-in (x'0F') in
  the low order byte of a UTF-16 character, allocating an ever
  larger output buffer until storage exhaustion takes place.
  

Local fix

• DISPLAY FUNCTION HEX-OF(national-item) can be used as a
  work-around.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Users of Enterprise COBOL V5 and later       *
  *                 releases running programs compiled with the  *
  *                 DBCS and                                     *
  *                 NSYMBOL(NATIONAL) options, and contain       *
  *                 DISPLAY statements                           *
  *                 of NATIONAL data items with hex value 0E or  *
  *                 0F in the second                             *
  *                 byte of a NATIONAL character, for example    *
  *                 U+5C0F.                                      *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: The program either fails with           *
  *                      CEE0813S Insufficient storage or        *
  *                      produces incorrect                      *
  *                      output when executing a DISPLAY         *
  *                      statement to display NATIONAL           *
  *                      data item with hex value 0E or 0F as    *
  *                      the second byte of the                  *
  *                      NATIONAL character. The program is      *
  *                      compiled with the DBCS and              *
  *                      NSYMBOL(NATIONAL) options.              *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply the provided PTF.                      *
  ****************************************************************
  In programs compiled with DBCS and
  NSYMBOL(NATIONAL) options, the COBOL Runtime had a logic
  error in the DISPLAY routine when processing NATIONAL data
  items with hex value 0E or 0F as the second byte of the
  NATIONAL
  character. These hex values coincide with the single byte
  Shift-Out
  and Shift-In characters. This resulted in either an excessive
  internal
  buffer request causing CEE0813S Insufficient storage or
  incorrect
  output from DISPLAY.
  
  COB0501T/K COB0502T/K COB0601T/K COB0602T/K COB0603T/K
  

Problem conclusion

• The Runtime was fixed to correctly process NATIONAL
  data items that contain hex value 0E and 0F as the second byte
  of the
  NATIONAL character, in programs compiled with the DBCS and
  NSYMBOL(NATIONAL) options.
  

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:

  UI76451 UI76452

Modules/Macros

• IGZCEV4  IGZCMGEN IGZCMGUE IGZLLIBV IGZXAPI  IGZXCDA  IGZXD24
  IGZXDMR  IGZXJNI2 IGZXLPIO IGZXLPKA IGZXLPKB IGZXLPKC IGZXLPKD
  IGZXLPKE IGZXLPKF IGZXLPKG IGZXPK2
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  LE ENT COBOL LI

• Fixed component ID

  568819812

Applicable component levels

• R7B0 PSY UI76451

     UP21/07/30 P F107

• R7C0 PSY UI76452

     UP21/07/30 P F107

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