> >  From the serialization section of SYS1.MACLIB(IHARB):
> > If the task is not running and the local lock is held, the RB 
> chain will not change.
> > 
> >  From APAR PQ81630:
> > PQ76702 introduced code for MVSTCB TCB statistics. DFHDSMT calls
> > DFHDSAUT for these statistics in routine CREATE_SNAPSHOT.
> > DFHDSAUT will loop in routine TCB_SCAN due to not serializing
> > the RB chain. A MVS local lock is not enough to serialize the
> > RB chain.
> 
> When begs the question: if local lock is not enough, what 
> serialization should 
> be used? ;)
> 
> More than likely the RB chain of a dispatchable TCB can be 100% 
> safely traversed 
> only while running in that TCB.
 
  That is correct.

Jim Mulder   z/OS System Test   IBM Corp.  Poughkeepsie,  NY

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