> I would like to pick up a value from the PSA for each active > processor. The CVT points to the PCCAVT which has one pointer for > each processor. The PCCA has a field PCCAPSAV. > > (18) ADDRESS 4 PCCAPSAV - VIRTUAL ADDRESS OF > PSA > > On my Dallas RDP system, this points to a field in extended SQA. > However, the contents of this virtual PSA do not correlate at all to > the contents of the actual PSA, using XDC to interrogate and > display. However, in looking at an SVC dump from a day or so ago > for this same system, it appears the fields are valid. I then > looked at an SVC dump from a customer, where there were 6 engines > active, and each virtual PSA looked valid. So, SVC dump must know > how to do this. If anyone knows how to accomplish this > programmatically, I would appreciate them sharing this with me. Thanks.
The P in PSA is for Prefix. So a program needs to consider the effects of prefixing and reverse prefixing, as described in Principles of Operation. SVC dump is a program which considers those effects. Jim Mulder z/OS System Test IBM Corp. Poughkeepsie, NY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
