mf.rts Properties

This component provides behavior of the run-time system.

The following table lists the properties of the mf.rts component and shows the event information that can be included in the trace for each property.

no property
Event Level Event ID Event Description
INFO 69 Command Line. This event applies to managed COBOL only.
INFO 70 Add Program Context. This event applies to managed COBOL only.
INFO 71 Delete Program Context. This event applies to managed COBOL only.
INFO 74 Version Info
INFO 128 Start of run-time system initialization. This event applies to native COBOL only.
INFO 129 End of run-time system initialization
INFO 130 Start of run-time system de-initialization
INFO 131 End of run-time system de-initialization
INFO 132 Entered a COBOL container. This event applies to native COBOL only.
INFO 133 Exited a COBOL container. This event applies to native COBOL only.
INFO 134 Link level entered. This event applies to .NET managed code only.
INFO 135 Link level exited. This event applies to .NET managed code only.
INFO 136 Memory validating. This event applies to native COBOL only.
INFO 137 Memory validated. This event applies to native COBOL only.
INFO 138 Run-Unit Created. This event applies to managed COBOL only.
INFO 139 Environment Exit. This event applies to managed COBOL only.
INFO 254 STOP RUN
 
ERROR 246 Shared memory error
ERROR 255 Run-time system error
ALL
Enables/disables all of the other properties.
API
This property is for .NET managed code only. API events:
Event Level Event ID Event Description
INFO 56 Entry to API. This event applies to native COBOL only..
INFO 57 Exit from API.
CONFIG
This property is for native COBOL only. Run-time configuration event:
Event Level Event ID Event Description
INFO 61 Run-time configuration operation (e.g. cobconfig file location and entries).
CONTAINER
This property is for native COBOL only. COBOL container events:
Event Level Event ID Event Description
DEBUG 40 Server initialization (start/finish)
DEBUG 41 Server de-initialization (start/finish)
DEBUG 42 Server context initialization (start/finish)
DEBUG 43 Server callback (start/finish)
DEBUG 49 Request handler function (start/finish)
 
INFO 9 Initializing environment for application running in the COBOL container (start/finish)
INFO 10 Invoking application in the COBOL container (start/finish)
INFO 11 Restoring initial state following the execution of an application in the COBOL container (start/finish)
INFO 25 Request handler trace event
INFO 46 Service lookup callback (start/finish)
 
ERROR 0 Request handler "start/next request" error
ERROR 1 Request handler "response" error
ERROR 2 Request handler "end processing" error
ERROR 3 Error loading the main program of the application identified by the request handler "start/next request"
ERROR 4 Error loading the package containing the application identified by the request handler "start/next request"
ERROR 5 Syncpoint failure
ERROR 12 Application termination due to exit from Debugger
ENV
This property applies to native COBOL only. Environment variable events:
Event Level Event ID Event Description
INFO and WARN 60 Environment variable operation
EXTERNAL
External data events.
Event Level Event ID Event Description
INFO 26 External data item created
INFO 27 External data item destroyed. This event applies to native COBOL only.
 
ERROR 28 External data item size mismatch
FSYS
This property is for native COBOL only. Low-level I/O level events:
Event Level Event ID Event Description
INFO 52 Entry to I/O function
INFO 53 Exit from I/O function
INFO 54 Specific I/O operation
MEMORY
This property applies to native COBOL only. Memory allocation and de-allocation events:
Event Level Event ID Event Description
INFO 13 Memory allocated
INFO 14 Memory freed
INFO 15 Memory re-allocated (resized)
INFO 16 Re-allocated memory freed
INFO 17 Memory remaining allocated at RTS termination
INFO 67 Memory Strategy
INFO 68 Memory Info
 
ERROR 248 Memory allocation failure
ERROR 249 Memory corruption detected. (See table below.)
For the above event ID's, the memory types for memory allocated by a user application are as follows:
Memory type Allocation method
51, 52 CBL_ALLOC_MEM (with flags=0), or CBL_ALLOC_DYN_MEM (with flags=0)
55, 56 CBL_ALLOC_MEM (with flags=8), or CBL_ALLOC_THREAD_MEM (with flags=0)
59, 60 CBL_ALLOC_MEM (with flags=4), CBL_ALLOC_DYN_MEM (with flags=4), or CICS GETMAIN
63, 64 CBL_ALLOC_MEM (with flags=12) or CBL_ALLOC_THREAD_MEM (with flags=4)
All other memory types are internal and used by the Micro Focus system.
In addition, for event ID 249, the stomp type is supplied, which is a category indicating how memory has been determined to be corrupted:
Stomp type Reason Description
0 Run-In (Header) Leading check bytes before header overwritten
1 Run-Out (User Data) Trailing check bytes after user data overwritten
2 Bad Header Corruption of memory header detected
3 Freed Overwrite Previously freed data has been overwritten
4 Bad Header User Unable to determine header start address
5 Failed OS Check Validation of OS memory heap failed
6 Run-In (User Data) Leading check bytes before user data overwritten
7 Bad Track Data Leading check bytes in track data overwritten
8 Bad Link Corruption of keyed data link
MFENTMAP
This property applies to native COBOL only. Entry Point Mapper event:
Event Level Event ID Event Description
INFO 55 Entry Point Mapper function
MFPM
This property applies to native COBOL only. Mainframe Pointer Manager events (AMODE programs):
Event Level Event ID Event Description
INFO 29 Absolute memory registration
INFO 30 External data registration
INFO 31 Memory registration
INFO 32 Working-storage memory registration
INFO 33 External data de-registration
INFO 34 Memory de-registration
INFO 35 Working-storage memory de-registration
INFO 36 Local-storage memory registration
INFO 37 Local-storage memory de-registration
 
ERROR 250 MFPM error.
PGM
User program entry, exit, chain, and link events:
Event Level Event ID Event Description
INFO 6 Program entry
INFO 7 Program exit
INFO 8 Program chain. This event applies to native COBOL only.
INFO 18 Program link. This event applies to native COBOL only.
INFO 140 Section Entered
INFO 141 Section Exited
PGMLOAD
Program load events:
Event Level Event ID Event Description
DEBUG 50 Subsystem function. This event applies to native COBOL only.
 
INFO 19 .int or .gnt program load
INFO 20 Logical cancel
INFO 21 Physical cancel. This event applies to native COBOL only.
INFO 22 Logical canceled program made live again. This event applies to native COBOL only.
INFO 23 DLL or shared object load. This event applies to native COBOL only.
INFO 24 DLL or shared object unload. This event applies to native COBOL only.
INFO 38 .lbr load. This event applies to native COBOL only.
INFO 39 .lbr unload. This event applies to native COBOL only.
 
ERROR 251 Program load error. This event applies to native COBOL only.
PGMSEARCH
Program searcher events:
Event Level Event ID Event Description
DEBUG 58 Entry to program searcher.
DEBUG 59 Exit from program searcher.
PROCESS
Process events:
Event Level Event ID Event Description
INFO 63 Execute Process
INFO 64 Wait On Process
 
DEBUG 73 Run-Unit resource handling
SIGNAL
This property applies to native COBOL only. Signal handling events:
Event Level Event ID Event Description
INFO 247 Signal Signinfo
 
ERROR 252 Apply previously ‘held’ signal
ERROR 253 Signal caught
SYSPGM
System program entry, exit, chain, and link events:
Event Level Event ID Event Description
INFO 6 Program entry
INFO 7 Program exit
INFO 8 Program chain. This event applies to native COBOL only.
INFO 18 Program link. This event applies to native COBOL only.
INFO 140 Section entered
INFO 141 Section exited
THREAD
Threading and synchronization events:
Event Level Event ID Event Description
INFO 56 Entry to API (Threading and synchronization APIs)
INFO 57 Exit from API (Threading and synchronization APIs)
INFO 142 Thread status
INFO 143 Thread killed