PH51488: ASMA500W HLASM WARNING FROM DS 0D FOR $STATIC WSA

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When assembling code generated by the XL Metal C compiler, a
  warning message, ASMA500W, is output regarding alignment:
  
  
  170 M_WSA CATTR   RMODE(ANY),PART(test#S),NOTEXECUTABLE,ALIGN(2)
  171 $STATIC  DS   0D
  
  ** ASMA500W Requested alignment exceeds section alignment
  ** ASMA435I Record 1034 in test.s on volume:
  
  
  The 'DS  0D' forced alignment conflicts with the requested
  ALIGN(2).
  
  The system HLASM assembler has introduced a new warning message,
  ASMA500W, in V2R4 to warn against conflicting alignment.
  Previous alignment conflicts were not flagged, and so the new
  warning message may be seen with code that previously assembled
  without warnings.
  

Local fix

• The warning does not affect generated code and can be ignored or
  suppressed.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: XLC Users using the METAL option of the      *
  *                 V2R4 compiler or the standalone Metal C      *
  *                 compiler.                                    *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: The static area is aligned too          *
  *                      strictly with doubleword alignment      *
  *                      instead of single-word alignment,       *
  *                      resulting in an ASMA500W warning.       *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Install the PTF                              *
  ****************************************************************
  The static area is set to be doubleword aligned. However, with
  ALIGN(2), it should instead be single-word aligned, which
  results in an ASMA500W warning.
  

Problem conclusion

• The user should install the PTF.
  

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:

Modules/Macros

• CCNECICS CCNECWI  CCNED240 CCNEDSCT CCNEDWRT CCNEFILT CCNEHIFC
  CCNEIPA3 CCNEIPAO CCNEMDEP CCNEOPTP CCNEP    CCNEPP   CCNETBY
  CCNMSGE  CCNMSGT  CCNQIPA
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  C/C++ FOR MVS

• Fixed component ID

  56551210A

Applicable component levels

• R7C0 PSY UI90293

     UP23/03/07 I 1000

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