No I didn’t have the module marked reentrent reusable

In this instance Robb Scott link to IPCS helped me out


However I have a general request from the group


I’m not a software co I only have zdpt

I don’t have $10,000 lying around to buy XDC


However with the tools at my disposal

I get there albeit slower




On Mon, Jun 8, 2026 at 5:26 PM Michael Stein <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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?
>
> Older message...
>
> 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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