"As I understand it... a type 1 or 6 SVC cannot SUSPEND, WAIT, or PAUSE
synchronously at all.  If they need to finish something later, they
schedule it and quit."

Not true. See note 8 in the link below...

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.1.0?topic=routines-programming-conventions-svc

Joe

On Fri, Nov 26, 2021 at 10:07 AM Steve Smith <[email protected]> wrote:

> As I understand it... a type 1 or 6 SVC cannot SUSPEND, WAIT, or PAUSE
> synchronously at all.  If they need to finish something later, they
> schedule it and quit.
>
> The differences between type 1 and 6 (and the others) are discussed in the
> MVS Auth Service Guide.
>
> sas
>
> On Fri, Nov 26, 2021 at 9:23 AM Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > The devil is in the details. There is a discussion in authorized
> services.
> > Briefly, for a type 1 SVC, you suspend the current RB, schedule an SRB or
> > whatever, and ultimately exit normally. When you exit, the suspension
> takes
> > effect.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
> > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3
> >
> > ________________________________________
> > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf
> > of David Cole [[email protected]]
> > Sent: Friday, November 26, 2021 7:43 AM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Where are PSWs and registers saved by the SUSPEND service? (was:
> > Type 1 SVCs)
> >
> > Thanks, Seymour, for the info about type-6s.
> >
> > WRT GUPI, like most other ISVs, I use them when I can, and accept the
> > occasional recoding obligations when I can't.
> >
> > My real question is... What happens when a type-1 SVC SUSPENDs? (Or
> > for that matter, when any other locked or disabled environment SUSPENDs?)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dave
> >
> >
>
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