Thank you Jim (and Binyamin). I learned something here by examining the
prior PC trace entry.

Mike Shaw
MVS/QuickRef Support Group
Chicago-Soft, Ltd.


On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 12:32 AM Jim Mulder <[email protected]> wrote:

>   We don't want to waste the time and space.  The caller information is in
> the preceding PC trace entry.
>
> Jim Mulder
>
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> Of Mike Shaw
> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2024 5:39 PM
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> Subject: Question on SSRV entries in system trace table
>
> Anyone,
>
> The doc on SSRV trace table entries in the "z/OS MVS Diagnosis: Tools and
> Service Aids" pub says this:
>
> PSW----- ADDRESS-return--:
>
> o For PC/AUTH, supervisor control, and task management: Caller's return
> address if the service was entered by a branch; 0 if the service was
> entered by a PC instruction
>
> In a dump I see that a specific IARV64 REQUEST=GETSTOR macro invocation
> generates a PC instruction and there is no PSW information in that trace
> table entry. Ok. The doc is correct.
>
> Does anyone know WHY there is no PSW saved in SSRV trace entries for
> non-branch-entry system service calls? It makes diagnosis of errors more
> difficult...
>
> Mike Shaw
> MVS/QuickRef Support Group
> Chicago-Soft, Ltd.
>
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