PM76328: SIGSEGV RECEIVED WHEN EXECUTING INTERNAL SORT WITH OUTPUT FILE DEFINED WITH ASSIGN USING SYNTAX.

COBOL for AIX Fix Pack 10 (December 2013 PTF) for 4.1.1
COBOL for AIX Fix Pack 11 (June 2014 PTF) for 4.1.1
COBOL for AIX Fix Pack 12 (October 2014 PTF) for 4.1.1
COBOL for AIX Fix Pack 13 (October 2015 PTF) for 4.1.1
COBOL for AIX Fix Pack 14 (August 2016 PTF) for 4.1.1
COBOL for AIX Fix Pack 15 (August 2017 PTF) for 4.1.1
COBOL for AIX Fix Pack 16 (July 2018 PTF) for 4.1.1

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Having a SORT statement as in:
  
  
  SORT  SORT-FILE
        ....
        GIVING                XYZ-FILE
  
  with XYZ-FILE defined with a USING as in:
  
  SELECT XYZ-FILE  ASSIGN
                   USING        FILE-PATH-SPEC
                   ORGANIZATION IS  LINE SEQUENTIAL
                   FILE STATUS     IS XYZ-STATUS.
  
  Fails with the following when FILE-PATH-SPEC is defined as:
  
  03  FILE-PATH-SPEC    PIC X(256)  VALUE SPACES.
  
  The following error is received during SORT
  <Thread 1>  Signal received: SIGSEGV - Segmentation violation
  <Thread 1>
  <Thread 1>  Traceback:
  <Thread 1>    Location 0x00000000
  

Local fix

• Having FILE-PATH-SPEC the same size as the name of the file
  moved into the field bypasses the problem.
  

Problem summary

• There should be no SIGSEGV using SORT.
  

Problem conclusion

• Obtain the fix for COBOL for AIX 4.1.1.8 here
  http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21620332
  

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:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  COBOL FOR AIX

• Fixed component ID

  5724Z8700

Applicable component levels

• R411 PSY UK91813

     UP13/03/01 P 9999