Ok I'll take a look on PLO. thanks

Em sáb., 7 de dez. de 2024, 18:33, Binyamin Dissen <
00001773bcccb823-dmarc-requ...@listserv.uga.edu> escreveu:

> The question is why you would want to use the CMS lock on modern hardware.
>
> If CS(G) in not adequate for you queue structure, you have PLO or the
> various
> transaction opcodes. I have used PLO to support a queue with multiple
> feeders
> and multiple eaters.
>
> On Sat, 7 Dec 2024 16:40:49 -0300 João Reginato <jb.regin...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> :>Thank you, Peter. I got it and I'm going to use CS instead.
> :>But could you send me an example of how to get the CML/CMS locks?
> :>The situation is many asids adding data in ecsa and one asid getting this
> :>data from there.
> :>
> :>TIA
> :>João
> :>
> :>-----Mensagem original-----
> :>De: IBM Mainframe Assembler List <ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> Em
> nome
> :>de Peter Relson
> :>Enviada em: sábado, 7 de dezembro de 2024 13:16
> :>Para: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> :>Assunto: Re: SETLOCK OBTAIN CML/CMS
> :>
> :>Regarding CMS lock:
> :>CMS is a global suspend lock, you do not need an address space bind to
> :>obtain it, but if you are not careful you could adversely impact the
> :>performance of the system (blocking the system's access to it while you
> hold
> :>it). There is rarely call for something outside z/OS itself to obtain
> this
> :>lock.
> :>
> :>Regarding CPU lock:
> :>Remember that while holding the CPU lock all storage that you touch
> :>(including the storage for your program) must be page-fixed or
> :>disabled-reference.
> :>And while holding the CPU lock (or while in any case of being disabled
> for
> :>external/IO interrupts) any suspend lock obtain (LOCAL, CML, CMS) can
> only
> :>be conditional. If the lock is not immediately available, you get control
> :>back with an appropriate return code.
> :>
> :>Regarding SSAR: If this is a reusable ASID, you would have to use SSAIR.
> :>
> :>Regarding CML: the specific requirement to avoid 073-x'10' upon SETLOCK
> :>OBTAIN for a CML is to have either PASN or SASN match the ASID associated
> :>with the provided ASCB.
> :>The normal way that that happens is via a space-switch PC (setting your
> new
> :>PASN) and then obtaining the CML of the now-current PASN address space.
> :>It is not, in general, safe to SSAR (or SSAIR) to any ASN you might have
> a
> :>mind to want to access. In many cases, the target of cross-memory access
> :>must be non-swappable.
> :>
> :>All of this leads to the thought that you might want to explain what
> :>specifically you feel you are trying to accomplish that necessitates the
> :>lock operations (and your questions) so that others can help to guide
> you.
> :>There is a very real possibility of harm if you get it wrong. Getting it
> :>right is part of the responsibility that goes with running in supervisor
> :>state (and in this case key 0).
> :>
> :>Peter Relson
> :>z/OS Core Technology Design
>
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> Binyamin Dissen <bdis...@dissensoftware.com>
> http://www.dissensoftware.com
>
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>

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