I’ve a feeling you’re being sarca(u)stic 😊 about the fetch rate but in case 
you’re not…

… What would this module be doing in (I presume E)LPA?

Cheers, Martin

From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of 
Steve Beaver <[email protected]>
Date: Monday, 2 December 2024 at 17:23
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: MLPA and NOPROT
Years ago our major use of MLPA was to load the NOMAD2 executable. The NOMAD2 
executable was 4 cylinders and was used 500 times a day at a minimum

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> On Dec 2, 2024, at 11:18, Jim Mulder <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>   MLPA and dynamic LPA storage is always key 0.  Specifying NOPROT turns off 
> DAT protection.
>
>  The system does not prevent you from putting non reentrant modules in MLPA 
> or dynamic LPA, but they won't work very well.
>
> Jim Mulder
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of 
> Mario Bezzi
> Sent: Monday, December 2, 2024 10:59 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: MLPA and NOPROT
>
> Reading the manuals I understand that by using the NOPROT option, MLPA 
> modules get loaded into non write protected storage. I was trying this and 
> while I *think* I properly specified it in IEASYSxx, MLPA modules still get 
> loaded in write protected storage. Is there a way to verify that that option 
> is active? Is there a way using IPCS to see the subpool / storage key for 
> MLPA memory?
>
> I also played with the SETPROG LPA ADD command and also in this case modules 
> are loaded in write protected memory (SP241 Key 0). Is there a NOPROT like 
> option for dynamic LPA?
>
> Finally I was under the impression that one can only put reentrant modules in 
> [any kind of] LPA, but in my experience both MLPA and dynamic LPA accept non 
> reentrant modules.
>
> Reason I am doing this is to learn about system integrity exposures to avoid 
> them.
>
> Thanks!
> mario
>
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