That doesn't answer the questions. How do you know that it never took off? :> What basic debugging or tracing have you done?
Did you try GTFing your code? Did you examine the task structure from a DUMP? Possible issues with your code. Are SYSECB and PARM unique for each occurrence of ATTACH? On Mon, 8 Jun 2026 13:17:22 -0400 Joseph Reichman <[email protected]> wrote: :>I am running the code under TESTAUTH it's a concurrent server with 4 :>subtasks :> :>As soon as the ECB wait bit gets set I attach the next :> :>After the first task hits this point :> :>I attached the second which right away has TCBSER on :> :>And I don't see any abend on the console :> :> :>RD_TASK_LOOP DS 0H :> :>* :> :> :> LA R10,EZASMGW GLOBAL WORK AREA :> :> STC R6,TASK_ADDR :> :> OI TASK_ADDR,X'F0' :> :>* LA R15,NOW.TIE_DSECT :> :>* MVC E$ASMTOK-MYTIE(L'E$ASMTOK,R15),E$ASMTOK :> :> ST R11,ECB_ADDR :> :> ST R9,END_ECB :> :>* L R14,COMMADDR Get Communication Address :> :> MVC CLEANUP,=A(CLEAN_UP) :> :>* USING COM,R14 :> :>* MVC NOW.END_ECB,COMECBPT Store Commincation ecb :> :>.ATT ANOP :> :> ATTACH EP=DBGRTSK, X :> :> PARAM=((R10),(R7),CLIENT,SOCKTBL), :> ECB=SYSECB, X :> :> SZERO=YES, X :> :> SVAREA=YES, X :> :> ASYNCH=NO, X :> :> ESTAI=(R12), X :> :> ALCOPY=NO,MF=(E,PARM),SF=(E,ATT_LIS) :> :> LTR R15,R15 ALL OKAY :> :> BZ SET_TCB STORE TCB ADDRESS :> :> WTO 'PROBLEM CREATING TASKS..' :> :> B RETURN :> :>SET_TCB DS 0H :> :> LR R8,R1 HOLD TCB :> :>IS_WAIT DS 0H :> L R10,0(,R7) :> TM 0(R10),X'80' :> :> BO ST_TCB A; NO; WAIT :> :>* :> :> STIMER WAIT,DINTVL=LTINTVL WAIT A BIT :> :>* :> :> B IS_WAIT :> :>ST_TCB DS 0H :> :> STCM R8,B'0111',TASK_ADDR+1 STORE TCB ADDRESS :> :>* :> :>* :> :>TEMP8 DS 0H :> :> LA R7,THREAD_LEN(,R7) BUMP UP Storage for threads :> :> LA R11,4(,R11) Bump up end ecb addr :> :> LA R9,4(,R9) Bump ecb address :> :> BCT R6,RD_TASK_LOOP :> :> :> :> :> :> :> -----Original :>Message----- :>From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of :>Binyamin Dissen :>Sent: Monday, June 8, 2026 11:56 AM :>To: [email protected] :>Subject: Re: Subtask not getting dispatched :> :>How do you know that it never took off? :> :>What basic debugging or tracing have you done? :> :>On Mon, 8 Jun 2026 10:54:51 -0400 Joseph Reichman :><[email protected]> wrote: :> :>:>Hi :>:> :>:>I attach a subtask get a TCB however the subtask never takes off :> :>My :>only hint is that TCBSER of TCBFLGS4 :> :>Is on for TCB that never got :>dispatched :> :>Can anyone give me a clue how to get to the bottom of this :>:> :>:>---------------------------------------------------------------------- :>:>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
