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                 EDIT DESCRIPTIONS FOR TOPS-10-KS-V702                          
  
  
                             EDIT 11139  FOR 702
  
[SYMPTOM]
  
     Monitor too slow.
  
  
[DIAGNOSIS]
  
     Unnecessary calls to SETCHP  when  user  sets  or  clears  XOFFed
status for a terminal.
  
  
[CURE]
  
     Only call SETCHP when necessary.
  
     Note that there are two FILCOMs present.  The first is for  7.02,
and the second is for 7.01A with MCO 10260 installed.
  
  
********************************************************************************
  
  
                             EDIT 11140  FOR 702
  
[SYMPTOM]
  
     Sporadic "?Illegal address in UUO" messages when creating an .EXE
file via LINK on SMP systems.
  
  
[DIAGNOSIS]
  
     The CLOSE UUO calls RELSEG to see if we just superseded  a  known
segment.   We  wander  into  FNDSGU, where we set up a path pointer in
.JDAT+SGAPPN.  Then, we call FNDSEG, which calls  SRCSEG,  which  gets
MM.  When MM is not available, we do a context switch, thus clobbering
the dump ac we so cleverly put our path pointer in.
  
  
[CURE]
  
     PUSH/POP SGAPPN around the call to UPMM in SRCSEG.
  
  
********************************************************************************
  
  
                             EDIT 11142  FOR 702
  
[SYMPTOM]
  
     JBSET. UUO to set page fault timer traps will always set them for
the job doing the UUO, rather than for the requested target job.
  
  
[DIAGNOSIS]
  
     Timer trap words are in the UPT, and we can't change UPTs at  UUO
level.
  
  
[CURE]
  
     Move the timer trap values to the PDB.
  
  
********************************************************************************
  
  
                             EDIT 11144  FOR 702
  
[SYMPTOM]
  
     DEVCHR UUO returns wrong status for RSX20F lines which have  done
a SET HOSTESS command.
  
  
[DIAGNOSIS]
  
     No check made for VTM status.
  
  
[CURE]
  
     Add code.
  
  
********************************************************************************
  
  
                             EDIT 11149  FOR 702
  
[SYMPTOM]
  
     Batch PTYs get handed to unsuspecting users when connecting a PTY
to an MPX channel.
  
  
[DIAGNOSIS]
  
     The batch PTY bit is not cleared before assigning the PTY to  the
user's MPX channel.
  
  
[CURE]
  
     Clear the bit.
  
  
********************************************************************************
  
  
                             EDIT 11150  FOR 702
  
[SYMPTOM]
  
     Error return from FILOP. function .FOMTP (MTAPE) is confusing.
  
  
[DIAGNOSIS]
  
     When we determine (from DEVIOS) that an error  has  occurred,  we
return ERIPP% (No such PPN on structure).
  
  
[CURE]
  
     Return the status bits instead.   This  makes  .FOMTP  consistent
with the other I/O functions to FILOP.
  
  
********************************************************************************
  
  
                             EDIT 11180  FOR 702
  
[SYMPTOM]
  
TTY characters lost on "high speed input", in particular  with  regard
to ANF-10/DN8x terminals.
  
  
[DIAGNOSIS]
  
The problem is several-fold.   The  "fixes"  described  below  do  not
constitute a rigid solution to the problem, they merely describe a set
of "adjustments" to ameliorate the  problems.   We  believe  that  any
further improvement would require a change in the NCL protocol, and we
will keep this under consideration for possible future releases.
  
The following discussion is based on the 7.02 version of both the  -10
and  -11  code  (although  the  -10  code  (SCNSER)  has  not  changed
substantially, the -11 terminal service has undergone significant work
since the 7.01A release).
  
I.
  
First and foremost is the "flow-control  protocol"  between  the  host
(TOPS-10)  and  the  remote (typically a DN8x, but can also be another
host).  Basically, when the -10 decides that the TTY input  stream  is
"full"  a logical XOFF is transmitted to the terminal.  For "hardwired
lines" such as the DZs  on the KS-10 a real XOFF character is sent  to
the  terminals.   For  network terminals such as on the DN8x a "buffer
low" control message is sent to the remote - where it is the  remote's
responsibility to cause the flow of data into the -10 to cease (and in
fact the DN8x sends an XOFF to the terminal  on  behalf  of  the  -10,
bypassing  the  normal  output character stream buffered up within the
-11).
  
Independently of the host's buffering and  processing  of  characters,
the  remote  is  also  flow-controlling  the  terminal line, buffering
characters to be sent to the host.  When the remote's local TTY  input
stream  is  "full"  it  will  XOFF  the terminal independently of (and
essentially invisibly to) the host.
  
It is this parallel  and  simultaneous  flow-control  which  leads  to
confusion between the remote and the host.  In particular, if the host
sends an XOFF just as the remote is deciding that it should also  XOFF
the  terminal,  the remote will then shortly XON the terminal (as soon
as it can flush its pending buffered characters to the  host  and  has
buffer  space),  so getting more terminal characters which are in turn
dutifully sent to the host, which will then run out  of  buffer  space
and discard the "excess" characters.
  
The accompanying DNTTY patch addresses this problem by  attempting  to
"override"  the  remote  (DN8x  only,  no provision is made herein for
mainframe hosts acting as remotes) flow control  with  the  host  flow
control  (the  "BIC  #DS.IST,@J"  instruction clears the fact that the
DN8x has sent an XOFF already, and relies on the terminal to honor the
XOFF  generated,  and  so not push the DN8x into exerting its own flow
control.
  
This patch still leaves a narrow window, however, where the DN8x  will
immediately  re-assert  DS.IST  -  if a character is in the process of
being received (by the hardware) as the XOFF is generated on behalf of
the  host  (and  the  DS.IST  flag  is cleared), and if that character
overflows the DN8x buffer "warning" level, then the  DN8x  will  start
exerting  its  own flow control again, defeating the host's attempt to
override the DN8x.  As soon as the DN8x can ship its buffered data  to
the  host, it will XON the terminal (clearing DS.IST), thus restarting
terminal input, and thus exceed the host buffering, resulting in  lost
data, albeit somewhat less often.
  
To address this problem, the SNDXOF routine  in  the  TOPS-10  monitor
(see  the SCNSER FILCOM) is also modified.  This results in the host's
periodically attempting to "retry" an XOFF  if  previous  attempts  to
XOFF  the  terminal have elicited no success.  The exact definition of
"periodically" is left dependent on the buffering values of  the  host
and  the  remote (see "tuning" further down), and is chosen so that an
XOFF  retry  should  only  be  attempted  roughly  once  per  possible
"spurious"  XON  in  the  remote.   This  also  works equally well for
non-network terminals (which could conceivably have lost the XOFF  for
their own reasons).
  
II.
  
A secondary problem now arises in the  host  ("SCNSER")  code  in  the
calculation of warning and discard thresholds.  For PIM mode input the
thresholds are calculated  dynamically.   Actually  only  the  warning
threshold  is  dynamic,  the  discard limit is a fixed function of the
warning level, and it is this fixed-function discard  limit  that  can
cause "unwarranted" loss of data.
  
First, the fixed offset is too small.  Since a incoming DN8x  terminal
data  message  can  hold up to TTYMIC characters (see "tuning" further
down), where TTYMIC is by field-image default (^D60) greater than  the
warning-to-discard  offset  (^D20),  it is possible for a single input
data message to store some characters, exceed the warning level, queue
up  a  "buffer low" control message (see above), continue storing more
characters, and finally exceed the discard limit, thus discarding  the
remainder of the data message.
  
However, even making the fixed-offset much larger  still  leaves  open
another  more  insidious  problem - it is possible for a previous data
message to have completely "fit" without exceeding the warning  level,
then  the  warning  level  gets dynamically recalculated (because of a
sudden flurry of activity on a lot of terminals for example), dropping
by a sufficiently large amount that the new discard limit is less than
the previous warning level - ANY data now arriving will  be  discarded
with no warning whatsoever having been given to the terminal/sender.
  
For this reason, the warning  and  discard  thresholds  for  PIM  mode
terminals  have  been  made  static (ASCII and IMAGE mode were already
static, and so didn't suffer the dynamic threshold problem).
  
III.
  
Finally, some words regarding  "tuning"  for  safe  high  speed  input
operations.
  
It is important to bear in mind that the above "fixes" merely  provide
the  framework  in  which  the  window  for  loss  of data can be made
arbitrarily small - THE POSSIBILITY STILL EXISTS FOR DATA TO BE  LOST.
This section describes the tradeoffs involved in tuning for high speed
input.
  
First off, the parameters involved:
  
TTYMIC  Defined  in  DNCNFG.P11,  settable  via   DN8x   configuration
        parameter file at DN8x assembly time.
  
        The size of the DN8x's terminal  input  "buffer"  -  how  many
        characters  the  DN8x  will buffer before discarding excessive
        input.  The XOFF threshold is "TTYMIC-20".
  
        Defined in SCNSER.MAC.
  
        This parameter is also defined in SCNSER so  that  SCNSER  can
        calculate  a  reasonable  XOFF  retry  interval  based  on the
        "known" operation of the DN8x remotes.
  
        Default value:  60 (decimal).
  
TTIBRK  Defined in SCNSER.MAC.
  
        The number of characters that SCNSER will buffer in ASCII mode
        before  triggering  a  "break"  condition and causing the user
        program to wake up and see a "line" of input available.   Does
        not affect IMAGE or PIM input.
  
        Default value:  132 (decimal).
  
TTIWRN  Defined in SCNSER.MAC.
  
        The number of characters that SCNSER  will  buffer  in  either
        ASCII  or IMAGE modes before attempting to shut down the input
        stream via a "buffer low" or XOFF condition.
  
        Default value:  200 (decimal).
  
TTIMAX  Defined in SCNSER.MAC.
  
        The absolute maximum number of  characters  that  SCNSER  will
        buffer  for  a  given  terminal  line  in ASCII or IMAGE modes
        before discarding characters.
  
        Default value:  TTIWRN + 5*TTYMIC.
  
TTPBRK  Defined in SCNSER.MAC.
  
        The number of characters that SCNSER will buffer in  PIM  mode
        before  triggering  a  "break"  condition and causing the user
        program to wake up and see a buffer of input available.   Does
        not affect ASCII or IMAGE input.
  
        Default value:  132 (decimal).
  
TTPWRN  Defined in SCNSER.MAC.
  
        The number of characters that SCNSER will buffer in  PIM  mode
        before  attempting  to  flow-control  the  input  stream via a
        "buffer low" or XOFF condition.
  
        Default value:  500 (decimal).
  
TTPMAX  Defined in SCNSER.MAC.
  
        The absolute maximum number of  characters  that  SCNSER  will
        buffer for a given terminal line in PIM mode before discarding
        characters.
  
        Default value:  TTPWRN + 5*TTYMIC.
  
TTCHKN  Defined in COMDEV.MAC, used in COMMON.MAC, settable via MONGEN
        "symbol,value" dialog.
  
        The total number of chunks available for SCNSER to  distribute
        among all terminals, on a demand basis.
  
        Default value:  6 * <total number of TTYs+PTYs+CTYs in system>
  
The TTYMIC parameter directly controls the buffering available in  the
DN8x,  and indirectly controls the ultimate limit on throughput to the
host.   The  network  terminal  input  protocol   is   essentially   a
half-duplex  protocol  requiring that each terminal input data message
be ACKed before the remote can send another data message.   (The  term
"half  duplex"  used  here  is solely internal to the operation of the
network, the terminal is still a "full duplex TTY".)  The  larger  the
value  of TTYMIC, the larger the individual bursts of data to the host
can be, and the greater the possible throughput.
  
For a value of 60 (decimal), a DN87S can maintain a 7.5-8.0Kb rate  of
data flow to the host for an indefinite period of time (all data rates
assume the terminal running  at  9600  baud,  PIM  mode  input  (ASCII
typically  about  10%  less), no other load on the system, and a DN87S
talking to a KL10 via DTE, unless otherwise qualified).   For  a  DN82
using  a  19.2Kb link to a DN87S using a DTE to a KL10, the rate drops
to about 4.5-5.0Kb (this  is  the  manifestation  of  the  half-duplex
network  terminal  protocol).   The DN87S is XOFFing the terminal line
about 10-15% of the time, while the DN82 is XOFFing  the  line  almost
50% of the time.
  
Increasing TTYMIC to 120 (decimal) raises the DN87S data rate to about
9.0Kb,  and  the  DN82  data  rate  to  about  6.0Kb.   The  DN87S  is
effectively never XOFFing the terminal (the test system generating the
data  flow  was  itself  only  running at about 9.0Kb output of data),
while the dn82 was still XOFFing the terminal for a significant amount
of time.
  
Further raising TTYMIC to 180 (decimal) has no significant  impact  on
the  DN87S,  but  raises  the  DN82 data rate to about 9.0Kb.  At this
point neither the DN87S nor the DN82 is XOFFing the terminal.
  
The significance of the  DN8x  XOFFing  the  terminal  is  simply  the
probability  of  exercising the window mentioned in "I" above - namely
the destructive interaction of the host and remote both trying to flow
control  the  same  terminal  at the same time.  The less likely it is
that the DN8x must XOFF the terminal, the less likely it  is  for  the
host  flow  control  to  be  defeated  by  the DN8x flow control.  The
tradeoff in increasing the size of TTYMIC  is  how  much  DN8x  memory
("chunk")  space  will  be  dedicated  to holding terminal characters,
although the  difference  between  60  and  180  is  only  two  chunks
(assuming default 64 byte chunk size).
  
The TTIWRN/TTPWRN and TTIMAX/TTPMAX parameters  carry  a  little  more
significance,  they  control  how  much data the host must buffer on a
long-term interval (until the program gets around to reading the data,
on  a  loaded  system this might be many seconds).  (The remotes never
"store" data, they always ship it to the host as soon as possible.)
  
For any TTIWRN/TTPWRN value significantly over TTYMIC  (say  2*TTYMIC)
an  unloaded  host can trivially keep up with the remote.  The default
values selected for the TTIWRN/TTPWRN values seem reasonable for  most
systems,  the  ASCII value assuming user typein (even a heavily loaded
system can keep up with most  humans'  ability  to  type),  while  the
larger  PIM  value  is  assumptive  of more "pure data", probably at a
machine-generated rate many times faster than people can type.
  
The TTIMAX/TTPMAX limits are the critical limits - they determine when
the  total  datapath  goes  into  an overrun condition (i.e., when the
datapath fails and loses data).  They must be set sufficiently  larger
than  the  corresponding  TTIWRN/TTPWRN  thresholds  so that the total
datapath  can  "synchronize"  and  agree  to  come  to  a  halt.    In
particular, as described in "II" above they must be sufficiently large
to allow leeway for enough attempts at XOFFing the terminal (or "total
datapath",  whatever  happens to be out there) to ensure that at least
one XOFF works and  the  terminal  stops  sending  input.   The  worst
(network)  case  would be a full (TTYMIC-sized) message just received,
and another full message's worth of data in the remote by the time the
buffer-low/XOFF  message reaches it, so that each "retry leeway" would
require that the TTIMAX/TTPMAX  limit  be  2*TTYMIC  larger  than  the
TTIWRN/TTPWRN threshold.  In general, of course, the worst case is not
fully realized, so some further leeway is gained.
  
The default TTIMAX/TTPMAX values selected allow 5*TTYMIC total leeway.
The  metric used in arriving at the 5*TTYMIC value was the observation
that (in the data  rate  tests  described  above,  with  the  "system"
artifically  loaded  down so that the input program could only respond
at a 2.5Kb reading rate, and with TTYMIC=60) the host buffer  low/XOFF
stood  about  a  10%  chance of getting lost, requiring a second XOFF.
This second XOFF in its turn stood an equal chance  of  getting  lost,
requiring a third XOFF about 1% of the time.  In "many" minutes (about
20 actually) a fourth XOFF was never observed to be required,  and  no
characters  were  ever  lost.   (However it should also be pointed out
that ANY attempt to use a terminal line as a data path MUST be able to
tolerate loss and corruption of the character data - asychronous RS232
communications  are  notorious  for  being  noisy  and  unreliable   -
especially  if  routing over an unconditioned phone line, and very few
real-to-life applications obey the 50 foot maximum cable  run  allowed
for RS232 EIA links.)
  
The usual tradeoff applies for the TTIWRN/TTPWRN/TTIMAX/TTPMAX  values
as  well  -  the  bigger  the  threshold, the more memory (chunks) are
required.  SCNSER stores 12 characters per chunk, so a  limit  of  500
requires at least 42 chunks - and the overall system default is only 6
chunks per terminal!  If more chunks are deemed necessary,  the  value
TTCHKN  can  be set via MONGEN to generate more chunks for the system.
Alternatively the monitor .EXE file can be  patched  (or  the  freshly
loaded  but  not  yet  started  monitor  can  be  patched via EDDT) by
changing the left half of location "TTCLST" to be the  desired  number
of chunks.
  
  
[CURE]
  
Embedded in above.
********************************************************************************
  
  
                             EDIT 11182  FOR 702
  
[SYMPTOM]
  
     STOPCD FOP
  
  
[DIAGNOSIS]
  
     User dismounts a pack that was spinning at  once-only  time.   It
therefore  used  once-only core for its SAB, SPT, et al.  On dismount,
FILFND calls GVFWDS to return the core.  GVFWDS gets confused  because
of  its  use  of bit 0 in pointers sometimes but not others.  Extended
addressing mnemonics were used where they aren't correct.
  
  
[CURE]
  
     Turn  several  selected  SSX(E)s  into   HRLIs.    Turn   several
SPUSH/SPOPs  into PUSH/POPs.  Note that this only causes a code change
for KI-paging systems.  The  only  one  of  these  that  we  currently
support is the KS.
  
  
********************************************************************************
  
  
                             EDIT 11232  FOR 702
  
[SYMPTOM]
  
     IME at CLSNM1, etc.
  
  
[DIAGNOSIS]
  
     A little known feature of TOPS10:  Open device "DSK:" in buffered
mode  and  LOOKUP a UFD (or SFD).  The LOOKUP will succeed for the 1st
STR in your JSL.  Upon encountering EOF,  however,  the  monitor  will
perform  an implicit LOOKUP on the 2nd STR, etc.  The net result is to
concatenate the UFDs from all the STRs in your JSL.
  
     Upon hitting EOF on the last STR, the DDB  is  left  in  a  funny
state  and  subsequent UUOs will do bizarre things.  An ENTER UUO will
cause an IME.  A "REWIND" (i.e.  USETI to block 1) will get an  IO.IMP
error.
  
  
[CURE]
  
     Upon exhausting the JSL, re-open the first STR  before  returning
EOF  to  the  user.   This  will  leave the DDB in a consistent state.
Moreover, a subsequent USETI 1 will get you to the right place.
  
  
********************************************************************************
  
  
                             EDIT 11245  FOR 702
  
[SYMPTOM]
  
     ORION can't find out where a 'SEND OPR' command  came  from  when
the sender wasn't logged in.
  
  
[DIAGNOSIS]
  
     By the time the IPCF packet gets to ORION  the  sender's  job  is
gone or has been given to someone else.
  
  
[CURE]
  
     Add a new QUEUE. UUO arg block, .QBTTY, and  include  it  in  the
IPCF message the monitor sends to ORION for a 'SEND OPR' command.  Put
the SIXBIT TTY name of the sender and the corresponding node and  line
numbers  in  the block.  This new arg block should be reserved for the
monitor's use only -- ORION will only  accept  it  if  it  comes  from
[SYSTEM]GOPHER.
  
  
********************************************************************************
  
  
                             EDIT 11289  FOR 702
  
[SYMPTOM]
  
     1.  IME while doing an ENQC. status function.
  
     2.  Occasionally an unowned long-term lock will never go away.
  
     3.  Some locks don't get their date-time stamp fixed up on a  SET
         DATE or SET DAYTIME command.
  
     4.  It is possible for a job to log off  with  a  permanent  lock
         still active, contrary to documentation.
  
     5.  The number of queued requests for a  lock  (returned  by  the
         ENQC.  status function) is always zero.
  
  
  
[DIAGNOSIS]
  
     1.  The ENQC. status function didn't allow  for  the  possibility
         that  a  long-term  lock  might not have any owners or queued
         requests at all.  The code simply treated the lock block as a
         queue block entry, and things went downhill from there.
  
     2.  Off-by-one bug in ENQMIN (once-a-minute code).
  
     3.  Off-by-one bug in ENQSDT (set date-time code).
  
     4.  Off-by-one bug in ENQNDR ("no delete on reset" code).
  
     5.  After carefully storing the count of queued requests  in  the
         left  half  of P2, QUESER does a LOAD of a half word quantity
         into P2.  The LOAD assembles to an HLRZ, which will zero  the
         left half of P2.
  
  
  
[CURE]
  
     1.  If there are no owners or queued requests, return -1  in  the
         right  half of the first status word, and zero for everything
         else.
  
     2.  SOJG ==> SOJGE
  
     3.  SOJG ==> SOJGE
  
     4.  SOJG ==> SOJGE
  
     5.  This last bug is very interesting.  It would seem that no one
         has  ever  used this field.  However, instead of fixing it to
         correspond to the documentation, change the documentation and
         then  change  the code to reflect the new documentation.  The
         documentation will now state that the ENQC.  status  function
         returns  the  number  of  sharers of the resource in the left
         half of the third status word.
  
  
  
********************************************************************************
  
  
                             EDIT 11328  FOR 702
  
[SYMPTOM]
  
     Funny space is exhausted.  This  causes  numerous  UUOs
to fail.  In particular, the OPEN UUO fails.  The user can't
even run a program.
  
[DIAGNOSIS]
  
     Spooled DDBs are never returned to the free list.   We
eventually run out of funny space.
  
[CURE]
  
     Return to free list.
********************************************************************************
  
  
                             EDIT 11329  FOR 702
  
[SYMPTOM]
  
  
     Spurious IO.IMP error while  doing  output  to  spooled
device.
  
[DIAGNOSIS]
  
     The first output to a spooled device  forces  an  ENTER
UUO.   The monitor makes up a filename that it hopes will be
unique.  If it is not unique (i.e.  the ENTER returns  error
code   4)  then  the  monitor  tries  for  a  new  filename.
Unfortunately, the error code is only 18 bits wide  and  the
code does a 36 bit compare.
  
[CURE]
  
     Do 18 bit compare.  Check for both error codes 3 and  4
(file    being    modified,   and   file   already   exists,
respectively).
********************************************************************************
  
  
                             EDIT 11348  FOR 702
  
[SYMPTOM]
  
     DZ based dataset lines behave VERY slowly on a KS10.  It may take
tens of seconds for the autobaud character to be recognized.
  
  
[DIAGNOSIS]
  
     DZ dataset timing is based on being called once/tic.   If  M.STOF
is  non-zero,  it won't be.  So with M.STOF=7 (a typical value for the
KS), it takes 16  seconds  for  carrier  stabilization  to  time  out.
(Instead of 2)
  
  
[CURE]
  
     Teach DZQADD to allow for M.STOF.   Make  STOPAT  global  -  this
makes  it  easier for those folks who like to patch this on the fly as
well.
  
  
********************************************************************************
  
  
                             EDIT 11354  FOR 702
  
[SYMPTOM]
  
     New:  Add a new IPCF  message  from  the  gopher  to  MDA.   This
message  will inform QUASAR that a structure has been mounted by a job
other than PULSAR.  The new IPCC function is .IPCST (function 47).
  
  
[DIAGNOSIS]
  
  
[CURE]
  
  
********************************************************************************
  
  
                             EDIT 11358  FOR 702
  
[SYMPTOM]
  
     Performance problem.
  
  
[DIAGNOSIS]
  
     "KEEP ME" bit doesn't get turned  on  in  section  0  and  1  map
pointers.
  
  
[CURE]
  
     Turn it on.
  
  
********************************************************************************
  
  
                             EDIT 11395  FOR 702
  
[SYMPTOM]
  
     User ACs get clobbered if an E, D, or  VERSION  command  requires
that a page be paged in or have access allowed set for it.
  
  
[DIAGNOSIS]
  
     Previous job run ACs get stored when the command completes.
  
  
[CURE]
  
     Save/restore user ACs in/from .USUAC.
  
  
********************************************************************************
  
  
                             EDIT 11397  FOR 702
  
[SYMPTOM]
  
     Too much funny space used for spool parameter  messages.   QUASAR
crashes.
  
  
[DIAGNOSIS]
  
     IPCSER computes a value for the length of a SPB which is one word
too  long.  This causes QUASAR's template not to match.  If a customer
adds a word to the SPB, the only rational place is at the end  of  the
standard  block  - Since the format must match SPPRM.  Result is first
customer word gets garbage.
  
  
[CURE]
  
     +1 becomes +0
  
  
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                             EDIT 11431  FOR 702
  
[SYMPTOM]
  
     1).  When renaming a file across SFD's, "set  watch  files"  will
type the wrong SFD (it types the old SFD not the new one).
  
     2).  The typeout may IME.
  
     3).  If the RENAME UUO gets error  code  17  (partial  allocation
error), then "set watch files" will type the wrong error code.
  
  
[DIAGNOSIS]
  
     1).  The typeout is done at the time of UUO exit.  The UUO leaves
garbage in DEVSFD so the typeout gets the wrong SFD.
  
     2).  Even if DEVSFD pointed at the right SFD, the  use  count  is
not  up  so  we  would  have no guarantee that the core grabber didn't
steal the NMB out from under us.
  
     3).  If the RENAME gets error 17, then M is left pointing at  the
wrong place so the typeout can't find the error code.
  
  
[CURE]
  
     The typeout must be done before the RENAME UUO closes  the  file.
It  must  be done while DEVSFD still points at the right SFD.  It must
be done while the use counts are still up.  It must be  done  while  M
still points at something meaningful.  It should not be done, however,
until after we know for certain whether or not the  UUO  will  get  an
error code.
  
     Upon doing the typeout, light a bit in .USBTS to  flag  that  the
code at UUO exit shouldn't do the typeout a second time.
  
  
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                             EDIT 11438  FOR 702
  
[SYMPTOM]
  
     A PATH UUO of device SSL:  returns your default PPN  but  doesn't
tell you the SFD.
  
  
[DIAGNOSIS]
  
     Device SSL:  should work just like device ALL:.  It should return
the  default  path  (including  SFDs)  but leave PT.IPP zero (i.e.  no
implied path).
  
  
[CURE]
  
     Make SSL:  work like ALL:.
  
  
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                             EDIT 11448  FOR 702
  
[SYMPTOM]
  
     1.  If a remote node crashes (or the path to the remote  node  is
         othewise  lost) whilst a CONNECT to that node is pending then
         the program or  job  that  issued  the  CONNECT  (e.g.,  OPEN
         monitor  call  or ASSIGN monitor command) is stuck in network
         Event Wait.
  
     2.  Programs using PSI trapping are  not  informed  when  network
         devices  (especially  TSK  devices)  go  "offline" due to the
         remote   node's   having   crashed   (or   otherwise   become
         inaccessible).
  
  
  
[DIAGNOSIS]
  
     1.  The code to handle "Node Down" in NETSER was overly  paranoid
         about  not NETWAKing a job when it shouldn't.  In particular,
         for the case of a CONNECT awaiting confirmation, the DDB will
         NOT  have  either ASSCON or ASSPRG set for the device.  These
         flags won't get set until NETSER has  successfully  connected
         the device and returned it to UUOCON for active use.
  
     2.  This is essentially the same as "1" above, aggravated by  the
         general  lack  of consistency of handling of this case by the
         various device-type-specific service routines in NETDEV.
  
  
  
[CURE]
  
     Both problems are fixed via a general  cleanup  of  the  "Network
Disconnect"  and  "Node  Down"  processing.  This fix implements a new
extended I/O status code IONDD%  which  is  returned  when  a  network
device  initiates  a  disconnect  (rather  than the owning job).  This
error code distinguishes a "Node Down" condition (extended error  code
IONND%) from a disconnecting device (currently only TSK can initiate a
disconnect).
  
  
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                             EDIT 11468  FOR 702
  
[SYMPTOM]
  
     CMU on KS after removing once-only structure
  
  
[DIAGNOSIS]
  
     CHKTAL checks for free pages starting at SYSSIZ.  ONCE-only  core
is  below  syssiz.   MCO  11182  allows  this  core to become free, as
intended.
  
  
[CURE]
  
     Don't.  Check all memory instead.
  
  
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                             EDIT 11474  FOR 702
  
[SYMPTOM]
  
     IME using DCP
  
  
[DIAGNOSIS]
  
     OneWordGlobalBytePointeritis
  
  
[CURE]
  
     Revamp EBI2BI routine in NETSER
  
  
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END OF  TOPS-10-KS-V702