On 24 May 2013 09:15:52 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote:

>Guys and Gals:
> 
>I just received a problem from a customer and its odd. I will try to explain.
> 
>1. Customer is on z/OS 1.13 ..Put ( i dont know we have asked)
>2. We have a STC that does this:
>     a. We issue a Storage Obtain like below
>     b. STC passed amount desired ...we call an assembler module which is 
>snippeted below..
>         <obviously we are a vendor - i can show it all - and i am sorry about 
>that>
> 
>          LM    R9,R11,4(R1)       LOAD ADDRESS STG AMT, ADR & RC
>         L     R9,0(R9)           STG AMT - S/B 4K MULTIPLE
>         MODESET KEY=ZERO,MODE=SUP GO INTO SUPERVISOR MODE
>         STORAGE OBTAIN,LENGTH=(9),SP=231,                             X
>               LOC=31,COND=YES,CHECKZERO=YES
>         ST    R1,0(R10)          RETURN ADDR, IF ANY
>         ST    R15,0(R11)         RETURN CODE, OK IF ZERO
>         MODESET KEY=NZERO,MODE=PROB BACK TO MORTALITY
> 
>    c. STC shutdowns via a Modify command...
>        we call an asembler routine that issues the release
>
>          LM    R9,R11,4(R1)       LOAD ADDRESS STG ADR, SIZE & RC
>         L     R9,0(R9)           STG ADR
>         L     R10,0(R10)         STG SIZE
>         MODESET KEY=ZERO,MODE=SUP GO INTO SUPERVISOR MODE
>         STORAGE RELEASE,LENGTH=(10),SP=231,ADDR=(9),KEY=0
>         ST    R15,0(R11)         RETURN CODE, OK IF ZERO
>         MODESET KEY=NZERO,MODE=PROB BACK TO MORTALITY
>*-------------------------------------------------------------
>         L     R13,4(R13)          CALLER SAVE AREA
>         RETURN (14,12),RC=(15)
>
As I read the code it is obtaining 9 bytes and releasing 10 bytes.  Is
this a transcription error?

Clark Morris

>The problem is according to the customer we are not seeing a storage release 
>....we ran a GFS trace and I am looking at it.
>This code basically hasnt been changed since 2002 ...and i know is running in 
>a lot of our customer environments..
>The only difference is there is a separate job to perform the allocation of 
>storage, then the STC ...then a separate job after the STC shutdowns to 
>release the storage.  This is working fine. Can someone enlighten me ...? Does 
>storage linger after a STC shutdowns ?
>I thought VSM cleans up ..
>
>Confused in NJ....
>
>Regards, 
>Scott J Ford
>Software Engineer
>http://www.identityforge.com/
>
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