"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 > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
