-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Relson Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 6:45 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Is PSATOLD always zero when in SRB mode?
The answer is "yes". But you might want to ask the converse question: "If PSATOLD is zero, are you in SRB mode?" The answer is "not always". There is a small case in z/OS that we call "pseudo-SRB mode" where a task was running (had PSATOLD non-zero) and the system zeroes PSATOLD and continues for a while. This can happen in memory termination situations, for example. <SNIP> Could you point us to where this is documented (the ways this can happen)? It seems that we have gotten dumps now and then from customers where PSATOLD = 0 and it really should not have been (from our perspective). We were in one of our ESTAE routine or one of our "DISPLAY" routines. We do not use SRB mode ever (barring the system doing it on our behalf). Regards, Steve Thompson -- All opinions expressed by me are my own and may not necessarily reflect those of my employer. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
