On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Charles Mills <charl...@mcn.org> wrote: > > @Chris: Interesting. Do you suppose the technique you describe is "cheaper" > than TIMEUSED with ECT?
Hard to tell without benchmarking it and I wouldn't offer a prediction. *HOWEVER* if you are of a mind to sample relevant fields from various control blocks yourself, then this dirty trick gives you a point in time consistency and the cost is essentially a type 1 SVC entry and exit linkage plus a tiny amount of processing in the wait logic until it notices the "ecb" has already been "posted". -- This email might be from the artist formerly known as CC (or not) You be the judge. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
