Ah! You said location counter. You meant offset. (Not criticizing; it's just 
that I took you literally.)

You want to know why are the first 3 s-cons 8xxx and the remainder Dxxx?

** ASMA303W Multiple address resolutions may result is a hint. You got a whole 
lotta USINGs there.

LKINFO(X'FFFFE56C'),R13+X'2A94' provides a clue.

The base register changes right at 2A94 into your CSECT. That is where you told 
HLASM that R13 points, and HLASM always (?) chooses the smallest offset when it 
has multiple choices.

Charles


-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:[email protected]] On 
Behalf Of João Reginato
Sent: Sunday, April 3, 2022 12:50 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Weird location counter

It was using R8 as the base register +displacement and suddenly changes to
R13 as you can see in 8A92D000, ie. R8+x'A92' and then R13(RD)+x'000'
Em dom., 3 de abr. de 2022 16:42, Charles Mills <[email protected]> escreveu:

> 002A8E                             5341+PATCH_AREA DS  0H PATCH AREA
> 002A8E 8A8E8A908A92D000            5342+         DC    64S(*) PATCH AREA
> 002A96 D002D004D006D008 ==> THE LOCATION COUNTER WAS CHANGED SUDDENLY
> !!!!!!!!
> 002A9E D00AD00CD00ED010
>
> The location counter changed by 8, no? 8 bytes of S constants?
>
> Charles
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:[email protected]
> ]
> On Behalf Of João Reginato
> Sent: Sunday, April 3, 2022 12:02 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Weird location counter
>
> Hi guys
> Take a look in these pieces of code compiled in z/OS V2R4: (use any
> proportional font like courier for better understanding)
>
> 000BCC D2A5 D100 8B94 00100 02B94  2107          MVC
> WKINFO(LINFO/2),LKINFO  INITIALIZE DYNALLOC
> 000BD2 D2A5 D1A6 8C3A 001A6 02C3A  2108          MVC
> WKINFO+(LINFO/2)(LINFO/2),LKINFO+(LINFO/2)
>                D 100  02B94 00100  2109          USING LKINFO,WKINFO
> ** ASMA303W Multiple address resolutions may result from this USING and the
> USING on statement number 781
> 000BD8 4100 D104            02B98  2110          LA    R0,LKINFO+4
> RB POINTER
> 000BDC 5000 D100            02B94  2111          ST    R0,LKINFO
> SAVE IT
> 000BE0 9680 D100      02B94        2112          OI    LKINFO,X'80'
> LAST RB
> 000BE4 4100 D118            02BAC  2113          LA    R0,LKTXTIFC
> 1ST TEXT UNIT
> 000BE8 5000 D10C            02BA0  2114          ST    R0,LKATXTU
> SAVE IT
> 000BEC 4100 D128            02BBC  2115          LA    R0,LKDDNP
> USE THIS DDNAME
> 000BF0 5000 D118            02BAC  2116          ST    R0,LKTXTIFC
> SAVE IT
> 000BF4 4100 D13A            02BCE  2117          LA    R0,LKDSGP
> RETURN DSORG
> 000BF8 5000 D11C            02BB0  2118          ST    R0,LKTXTIFC+4
> SAVE IT
> 000BFC 4100 D146            02BDA  2119          LA    R0,LKDSNP
> RETURN DSNAME
> 000C00 5000 D120            02BB4  2120          ST    R0,LKTXTIFC+8
> SAVE IT
> 000C04 9680 D120      02BB4        2121          OI    LKTXTIFC+8,X'80'
> LAST TEXT UNIT
> ...
> 000C20 4110 D100            02B94  2129 S3DYNIOK LA    R1,LKINFO
> POINTS TO PARAMETERS
>                                    2130          DYNALLOC ,
> RETURN DSORG & TRUE DSNAME
>                                    2131+*        MACDATE Y-2 73082
> 000C24 0A63                        2132+         SVC   99 CALL DYNAMIC
> ALLOCATION
> ...
> Up to here everything appears to be ok. But see below:
> ...
> 0017FA E3F0 D07C 0058       02B10  3486+         LY    R15,=V(FDRCOMPR)
> LOAD EPA
> ...
> 002A8E                             5341+PATCH_AREA DS  0H
> PATCH AREA
> 002A8E 8A8E8A908A92D000            5342+         DC    64S(*)
> PATCH AREA
> 002A96 D002D004D006D008 ==> THE LOCATION COUNTER WAS CHANGED SUDDENLY
> !!!!!!!!
> 002A9E D00AD00CD00ED010
> 002AA6 D012D014D016D018
> 002AAE D01AD01CD01ED020
> 002AB6 D022D024D026D028
> 002ABE D02AD02CD02ED030
> 002AC6 D032D034D036D038
> 002ACE D03AD03CD03ED040
> 002AD6 D042D044D046D048
> 002ADE D04AD04CD04ED050
> 002AE6 D052D054D056D058
> 002AEE D05AD05CD05ED060
> 002AF6 D062D064D066D068
> 002AFE D06AD06CD06ED070
> 002B06 D072D074D076D078
> 002B10                             5343+         LTORG
> 002B10 00000000                    5344                =V(FDRCOMPR)
> 002B14 00000000                    5345                =V(FDRDCOMP)
> ...
> Page   83
>   Active Usings: TLTCVAF,R2  IHADCB,R3  TASKPARM,R10  FDRIOC,R11,R9,R8
> QCTDCB,R12  JFCB(X'FB4'),R12+X'4C'
>   DECB(X'FF0'),R12+X'10'  WKAREA,R13  LKINFO(X'FFFFE56C'),R13+X'2A94'
> DCBE,R15
>   Loc  Object Code    Addr1 Addr2  Stmt   Source Statement
> HLASM R6.0  2022/04/01 19.40
> ...
> 002B94 80002B98                   29585 LKINFO   DC    A(*+X'80000004')
> RB POINTER
> 002B98 1407                       29586          DC
> AL1(LKTXTIFC-*,S99VRBIN) LENGTH, INFORMATION VERB
> 002B9A 0600                       29587          DC
> AL1(S99MSGL0+S99GDGNT,0) FLAGS1
> 002B9C 0000                       29588 LKERC    DC    AL2(0)
> ERROR CODE
> 002B9E 0000                       29589 LKIRC    DC    AL2(0)
> INFO CODE
> 002BA0 00002BAC00000000           29590 LKATXTU  DC    A(LKTXTIFC,0)
> TEXT UNIT LIST PTR, RBX
> 002BA8 00000000                   29591          DC    AL1(0,0,0,0)
> FLAGS2
> 002BAC 00002BBC00002BCE           29592 LKTXTIFC DC
> A(LKDDNP,LKDSGP,LKDSNP+X'80000000')
> 002BB4 80002BDA
> 002BB8 C4C4D5D4                   29593          DC    C'DDNM'
> 002BBC 000100010008               29594 LKDDNP   DC    AL2(DINDDNAM,1,8)
> GET INFO FROM
> 002BC2 4040404040404040           29595 LKDDN    DC    CL8' '
> DDNAME
> 002BCA C4E2D6D9                   29596          DC    C'DSOR'
> 002BCE 000A00010002               29597 LKDSGP   DC    AL2(DINRTORG,1,2)
> GET INFO FROM
> 002BD4 0000                       29598 LKDSG    DC    AL2(0)
> DSORG
> 002BD6 C4E2D5D4                   29599          DC    C'DSNM'
> 002BDA 0005000100FF               29600 LKDSNP   DC
> AL2(DINRTDSN,1,L'TKPATHN) GET INFO FROM
> 002BE0 0000000000000000           29601 LKDSN    DC    XL(L'TKPATHN)'00'
> DSNAME/PATH
> 002CE0                            29602          DS    0H
>                       0014C       29603 LINFO    EQU   *-LKINFO
> LENGTH
>                                   29604
> *---------------------------------------------
>                                   29605 *-       DYNAMIC AREA
>                                   29606
> *---------------------------------------------
> 000000                00000 0024C 29607 WKAREA   DSECT
> ...
> 000100                            29662          DS    0F
> 000100                            29663 WKINFO   DS    CL(LINFO)
> ...
>                                                  END
>
> Take a look at the location counter following “PATCH_AREA” label and the
> USING list in the header lines above.
> This is a very large source program with 3 base registers: (R11, R9 and
> R8).
>
> My questions are:
> 1.      Why “LKINFO(X'FFFFE56C'),R13+X'2A94'” does show a negative
> location?
> 2.      About “0017FA E3F0 D07C 0058       02B10  3486+         LY
> R15,=V(FDRCOMPR)”:
> That should be “0017FA E3F0 8B10 0058”. Am I right?
> 3.      Also the patch area is wrong. Why?
> 4.      Where am I going wrong?
>
> Any tips will be helpful.
>
> TIA
> João
>

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