That seems like an understandable confusion, considering how many TCB pointers there are in a TCB. btw, the OTCB is not a TCB, either.
sas On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 11:29 AM, Charles Mills <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks all. Thanks @John for the link. Duh -- I did not realize it was its > own named control block -- I was thinking of it as "another TCB" analogous > to JSTCB -- the same layout as a TCB DSECT, but with some special > significance. > > Charles > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Tony Harminc > Sent: Monday, September 12, 2016 8:17 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: What is the STCB? > > On 12 September 2016 at 10:16, Charles Mills <[email protected]> wrote: > > What is the STCB? For example, > > > > 312 (138) ADDRESS 4 TCBSTCB ADDRESS OF STCB > > General purpose above-the-line extension of the TCB, conforming to more > modern standards (eyecatcher, 31-bit clean pointers, etc.) > > It's been around long anough that I find a number of fields routinely > useful for debugging. And a couple even during normal operation, e.g. > STCBOTCB. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- sas ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
