We don't want to waste the time and space. The caller information is in the preceding PC trace entry.
Jim Mulder -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Mike Shaw Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2024 5:39 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Question on SSRV entries in system trace table Anyone, The doc on SSRV trace table entries in the "z/OS MVS Diagnosis: Tools and Service Aids" pub says this: PSW----- ADDRESS-return--: o For PC/AUTH, supervisor control, and task management: Caller's return address if the service was entered by a branch; 0 if the service was entered by a PC instruction In a dump I see that a specific IARV64 REQUEST=GETSTOR macro invocation generates a PC instruction and there is no PSW information in that trace table entry. Ok. The doc is correct. Does anyone know WHY there is no PSW saved in SSRV trace entries for non-branch-entry system service calls? It makes diagnosis of errors more difficult... Mike Shaw MVS/QuickRef Support Group Chicago-Soft, Ltd. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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