Thanks for this.

Steve



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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf 
Of Jim Mulder
Sent: 26 January 2016 07:01
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: System Trace Table SSIR entries

> I'm using IPCS to look at the System Trace Table from an SVD dump. 
> I'm puzzled by a sequence of over 100 SSIR entries prior to the 
> program check I'm investigating. The SSIR entries have no PSW address 
> or time stamp. How do I interpret the SSIR entries? Two address spaces 
> are involved and they may be reusable. Using IPCS, how can I tell 
> whether an ASID is reusable?

  SSAR entries were defined in the original 370/XA architecture (see Principles 
of Operation).  They are implicit trace entries. 
None of the implicit entries contain timestamps.  SSIR entries were architected 
to be similar to SSAR entries. 

  For an active address space, you can tell if the ASID is reusable by looking 
at the ASCB:

SYS1.MACLIB(IHAASCB) 

ASCBREUS EQU   X'40' -             This is a reusable ASID. It may be 
*                                  given out only to a reusable ASID 
*                                  requestor                       @LEA
 
  To tell if an ASID (including ASIDs which are not currently active) is in the 
state where it can be used only as a reusable ASID:

SYS1.MODGEN(IHAASVT) 

ASVTREUA DS    A                   ADDRESS OF ASVTREUS BITS        @L3A

* DCL ASVTREUS BIT(*) BASED(ASVTREUA) /* ONE BIT FOR EVERY ENTRY @L3A*/ 


 Note that these things are not designated as Programming Interfaces. 
But you were asking about how to tell from a dump. 
 
Jim Mulder   z/OS System Test   IBM Corp.  Poughkeepsie,  NY



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