On Mon, Jun 08, 2026 at 04:35:02PM -0400, Joseph Reichman wrote:
> I looked at the new second TCB and tcbtbp and rbstab1 was 1E so I think
> this is an svrb and RBOPSW  points to CSVRBENQ

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.2.0?topic=information-rb-mapping

10      (A)     BITSTRING       1               - RBSTAB1

  ....  1...     RBWAITP        INDICATES THAT AN ECB IS POINTING AT THE RB
  ....  ..1.     RBATNXIT       THIS IRB IS AN ATTENTION IRB ICB444

ATTENTION routine is waiting?  

Why are you trying to test authorized multitask code under TSO test?

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Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2025 07:32:26 -0800
From: Michael Stein <[email protected]>
To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Debug tool debugging a estae / recovery routine

On Wed, Dec 03, 2025 at 08:12:08PM -0500, Joseph Reichman wrote:
> I was hoping some one would see this and say they have used debug tool
> to debug an Estae recovery but at this point TSO TEST seems to be the
> only solution

I wouldn't trust TSO TEST not to muck up things in testing an ESTAE
and TSO TEST is not the "only solution".

I'd write some minimal code to do/assist in the testing.  Possiblities
include:
 . code to dump out areas of storage (just hex or formated?)
 . private trace table to track code path (and print/format code)
   . possibly using CS to allow for multiple tasks
   . record TCB RB cpu tod info?
Keep in mind that these can be reused to help test other things
in the future so the effort isn't just for this case...

I'd start out crude versions of the above (minimal) but "next time"
I needed them they might get improved etc..

There's a lot to be said for just diagnosing some errors with just
SYSUDUMP output avoiding TSO TEST altering things from the point of
failure.  Also the system trace table can be useful.
  

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