It works like POST and WAIT. The task to be suspended must call the pause service with a valid Pause Element.
On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 8:17 AM, michelbutz <michealb...@comcast.net> wrote: > > Yes 😊I'm using 2.1 > > Waiting for the likes of Pete Relson to chime in > > Thanks so much > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Oct 16, 2015, at 10:58 AM, John McKown <john.archie.mck...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Well, the URL that I'm reading is > > > https://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.ieaa800/chooch.htm?lang=en > > > > I do see what you're reading. It's under the "Pause, Release, Transfer" > > column, row 4. Which says: "An authorized caller can pause and release > any > > task or SRB in the system." > > > > Please confirm that you want is program "A" to be able to pause "any task > > or SRB" in the system (same or different address space) without any > coding > > in the target. Oh, you might want to say what release of z/OS you're > using > > too. > > > > I take it you interpret "An authorized caller can pause and release any > > task or SRB in the system." as meaning "An authorized caller can use the > > pause service to pause any _other_ task or SRB in the system". From > reading > > the other documentation ( > > > https://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.ieaa200/ieavpse.htm?lang=en > > "Call Pause to make the current task or SRB nondispatchable" ) > > > > I interpret this to mean that an authorized user can allocate a PE in > such > > a way as to allow that PE to be used by any task or SRB to suspend > itself. > > And that any _other_ task or SRB in the system can then use that same PE > to > > resume the paused task or SRB. > > > > I guess what I'm saying, at least until someone corrects me, is that the > > sentence is either too ambiguous or just down right wrong. I don't see a > > way for program "A" to cause some other "task of SRB" to be suspended (or > > paused) without the target "task or SRB" doing something. IIRC, what you > > want is something like CALLRTM (which abends any task or SRB in the > > system), but which just "stops" it instead of abending it. > > > > I must now bow out to those more knowledgeable than I about the > internals. > > If this were _my_ need, my approach would be to schedule an SRB into the > > address space which would schedule a CIRB which would do a SUSPEND > > RB=PREVIOUS. Then something later would need to schedule an SRB into the > > address space which would do a RESUME TCB=,RETURN=N to allow the > suspended > > work to continue. > > > > -- > > > > Schrodinger's backup: The condition of any backup is unknown until a > > restore is attempted. > > > > Yoda of Borg, we are. Futile, resistance is, yes. Assimilated, you will > be. > > > > He's about as useful as a wax frying pan. > > > > 10 to the 12th power microphones = 1 Megaphone > > > > Maranatha! <>< > > John McKown > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
