He is using SYNCH, which, if done properly is not an issue. That creates another RB which should be running prob/key8.
On Tue, 15 Oct 2024 15:06:36 +1100 Attila Fogarasi <[email protected]> wrote: :>It depends upon what your cobol routine does ... if it issues an SVC :>(generally indirectly, for example by opening a file), then there is a :>potential system integrity issue as an SVC called by another SVC performs :>different checking of its environment than when called by the problem state :>program. This can lead to elevated privileges, which could be a problem. :>Another potential problem is if you statically link LE routines which are :>back-level (or rather, not relinked after an LE upgrade). Cobol code that :>uses no LE services is generally safe, but it is sometimes surprising what :>LE runs and when. :> :>On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 2:30?AM Steff Gladstone < :>[email protected]> wrote: :> :>> Thank you Seymour and Binyamin. My LE question was sent before I saw :>> Binyamin's answer. :>> :>> On Mon, 14 Oct 2024 at 18:27, Binyamin Dissen < :>> [email protected]> wrote: :>> :>> > On Mon, 14 Oct 2024 16:53:20 +0300 Steff Gladstone :>> > <[email protected]> wrote: :>> > :>> > :>I hope the following question does not offend the ears (eyes?) of :>> > assembler :>> > :>purists. :>> > :>> > :>Can an SVC call a 3GL program (e.g. COBOL) using the SYNCH macro? Or :>> > must :>> > :>the entire code be pure assembler? We have some fairly complex code :>> > :>already written as a COBOL subroutine and were hoping to recycle it :>> > within :>> > :>the context of the SVC. :>> > :>> > Certainly. :>> > :>> > Though if cleanup isn't done you may eventually run out of storage. Not :>> > sure :>> > how you would clean up the COBOL pieces. But if your initial calling :>> > program :>> > that invokes the SVC is LE you should be fine. :>> > :>> > -- :>> > Binyamin Dissen <[email protected]> :>> > http://www.dissensoftware.com :>> > :>> > Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel :>> > :>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- :>> > 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 :>> :> :>---------------------------------------------------------------------- :>For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, :>send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Binyamin Dissen <[email protected]> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
