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Status Not under consideration
Workspace Debug for z/OS
Created by Guest
Created on Jun 12, 2012

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Option to trigger and alert requiring a password when passed stoage is modified

Our application uses shared memory in the following way. The first program in the chain does a GETMAIN and gets a chunk of memory. A pointer to this memory is passed along to all the subsequent programs in the chain. While debugging a downstream program, it is possible to change the value of a variable residing in this shared memory. In our old debugging product, the update request triggers a request requiring the entry of a special password before the user can proceed further. In IBM Debug, there seems to be no such facility. Instead there is a facility to put the entire debug session in browse mode, which inhibits updating of any variable. While it is good to have this feature, it is not a remedy for the situation we are trying to avoid.

We believe that this feature of triggering an alert, helps us in improving the quality of our code. It greatly reduces the chances of a protection exception after the code is migrated to production. We would like to see this important feature implemented in IBM Debug.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Apr 15, 2021

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Development Tooling
    Product - IBM Debug for z/OS
    Component - z/OS Debugger

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Development Tooling
    Product - IBM Debug Tool
    Component - Host

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Nov 19, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Development Tooling
    Product - IBM Debug Tool

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - WebSphere
    Product family - Enterprise Tooling
    Product - IBM Debug Tool

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 14, 2012

    The user does not tell the debug tool that an area of storage is protected. The debugger knows which part of memory is within this program, and which belongs to other program. Protected storage is a variable in the program, which eventually translates to an offset

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