On 24 Apr 2012 13:53:26 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote:

>It's boring. Another example for USS meaning Unix system services, not 
>Unformatted system services. Yes, IBMer do use USS for Unix SS, 
>regardless it is "official" or not official. And yes we can discuss what 
>the acronym is and what is IBM authority to authorize the acronyms since 
>it part of the English language. AFAIK English language is not a product 
>of IBM, so I can freely use USS for USS Pampanito (I visited it in San 
>Francisco) without IBM approvement.
>
>And yes there are two or three IBM-MAIN members (I call them 
>fundamentalists) who fight for the only usage of USS acronym. The rest, 
>about 4,500 f*ck the idea of the only meaning of saint USS_Acronym. They 
>don't care. They udnerstand that many acronyms are overloaded and the 
>meaning of the acronym should be explained explicitly or should be 
>obvious from the context.
>
>So, my idea is to consequently ignore emails from USS fundamentalists 
>and not to discuss about USS meaning. It is nonsense to discuss with 1 
>(up to three) persons about USS acronym meaning. This is NOT the purpose 
>of the group. Let's back to discussion about mainframes, z/OS, USS (UNIX 
>System Services), USS (Unformatted System Services), VTAM, SNA, TCPIP, 
>SMS, RACF, CSI, CSI (guess why I used it TWICE), HCD, etc. etc.
>This is not forum about one persons idee fixe or fobia.

Crime Scene Investigator checking out bad use of Catalog Search
Interface? G.D. and R.

Clark Morris
>
>-- 
>Radoslaw Skorupka
>Lodz, Poland
>
>
>
>
>W dniu 2012-04-24 21:17, Mark Zelden pisze:
>>>
>>> There are? I see only one:
>>> <quote>
>>> USS
>>> See unformatted system service.
>>> </quote>
>>>
>>
>> And this very recent APAR describes a problem with a zFS loop in
>> renaming processing after a BPX1REN ( rename, rename() ) syscall from
>> Unformatted System Service.   No wonder it caused a loop!<g,d,&  r>
>>
>>
>>    APAR Identifier ...... OA38688      Last Changed ........ 12/04/13
>>    ZFS LOOP IN RENAME PROCESSING
>>
>>
>>    Symptom ...... LP LOOP              Status ........... CLOSED  PER
>>    Severity ................... 2      Date Closed ......... 12/04/13
>>    Component .......... 5696EFS00      Duplicate of ........
>>    Reported Release ......... 3B0      Fixed Release ............ 999
>>    Component Name ZFS ZSERIES FIL      Special Notice           HIPER
>>    Current Target Date ..12/06/29      Flags
>>    SCP ...................               FUNCTIONLOSS
>>    Platform ............
>>
>>    Status Detail: APARCLOSURE - APAR is being closed.
>>
>>    PE PTF List:
>>
>>    PTF List:
>>    Release 3B0   : PTF not available yet
>>    Release 3B0   : Relief is available in the form of: AA38688
>>    Release 3D0   : PTF not available yet
>>    Release 3D0   : Relief is available in the form of: BA38688
>>
>>
>>    Parent APAR:
>>    Child APAR list:
>>
>>
>>    ERROR DESCRIPTION:
>>    A loop in zFS rename processing ( ZFSRENAM ) occurred after a
>>    BPX1REN ( rename, rename() ) syscall from USS.
>>    The token structure on the rename consists of the source
>>    directory vnode and the source vnode and the new token structure
>>    of the target directory vnode and the target vnode. The trace
>>    has shown the source directory vnode being the same as the
>>    target vnode which is incorrect and drove the loop.
>>
>>
>>    LOCAL FIX:
>>    None
>>
>>
>>    PROBLEM SUMMARY:
>>    ****************************************************************
>>    * USERS AFFECTED: zFS Release 11 and zFS Release 13            *
>>    *                 zFS FMID:HZFS3B0 and FMID:HZFS3D0            *
>>    ****************************************************************
>>    * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: A loop in zFS rename processing         *
>>    *                      ZFSRENAM  occurred after a              *
>>    *                      BPX1REN syscall from USS was made.      *
>>    ****************************************************************
>>    * RECOMMENDATION: APPLY PTF                                    *
>>    ****************************************************************
>>    The vnodes for the operation are passed as input to zFS by the
>>    USS. The sdevp should not be the same as tdevp.
>>
>>
>>    PROBLEM CONCLUSION:
>>    A validity check of the input vnodes was added. In addition,
>>    code was added to ctkc_Lock4Vnodes to exit the loop if we are
>>    in recovery.
>>
>>
>>    TEMPORARY FIX:
>>    *********
>>    * HIPER *
>>    *********
>>
>>
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