There is no documentation because this is not a supported interface. It has 
been suggested in passing but has never been put forward as an official 
requirement.

All LE-capable applications have access to the CSFDLLxx (where xx is 31,3X,64) 
libraries and the csfbext.h C/C++ header to call directly

All non-LE applications have the CSN* and CSN*6 (plus CSF*/CSF*6) assembler 
stubs.

Eric Rossman
ICSF Architect

-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of 
Binyamin Dissen
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2024 3:26 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Direct branch entry to ICSF routines

I have been looking but I have not yet found the explicit doc that shows how to 
call ICSF routines via the CSFCCVT. 

Looking at a few of the stub routines I see that they create a linkage stack 
entry and then call the real routine via CSFCCVT but the labels in the CSFCCVT 
are not obviously related to the name of the stub routine.

I am expecting to find something like for the name/token routines, where the 
stub can be used but the direct entry is also documented.

Further research shows that the several routine that I am interested all branch 
to the same EP, but the stub loads a different value into R0. Don't ask me why 
there aren't a list of equated  values for the various functions and a 
parameter with the function code. At any rate, high level language routines 
cannot set R0 but assembler routines certainly can.

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