PH55251: REFERENCE MODIFIED UTF-8 DATA ITEM CAN HAVE WRONG LENGTH WHEN USED AS A SENDER

Obtain the fix for this APAR.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Reference modified UTF-8 data item can have wrong length when
  used as a sender
  

Local fix

• BYPASS/CIRCUMVENTION:
  None
  
  RECOVERY ACTION:
  Apply PTF
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Users of Enterprise COBOL 6.4 compiling and  *
  *                 running programs containing one or more      *
  *                 non-MOVE statements with a reference         *
  *                 modified UTF-8 (PIC U) sender data item      *
  *                 where the substring of the data item         *
  *                 referred to by the reference modifier        *
  *                 includes one or more multi-byte UTF-8        *
  *                 characters.                                  *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Incorrect runtime results.              *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply the IBM-provided PTF.                  *
  ****************************************************************
  When a reference modified UTF-8 sender was used in a non-MOVE
  statement, in some contexts the compiler was not correctly
  converitng the specified character length of the reference
  modifier from characters to bytes, which is necessary when the
  underlying data item is a PIC U data item.
  

Problem conclusion

• The compiler was updated to ensure that the byte-length of all
  reference-modified UTF-8 senders in non-MOVE statements is
  always computed correctly from the specified character length.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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

  PH54114

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

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 IGYCJBLD IGYCJGEN 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  IGYQSPLT IGYZQEN6 IGYZQENU IGYZQJP6 IGYZQJPN
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  ENT COBOL FOR Z

• Fixed component ID

  5655EC600

Applicable component levels

• R640 PSY UI92327

     UP23/06/28 P F306

• R641 PSY UI92328

     UP23/06/28 P F306

• R642 PSY UI92329

     UP23/06/28 P F306

• R64H PSY UI92330

     UP23/06/28 P F306

Fix is available

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