The task will only be dispatched if the top RB is active. So unless someone schedules, e.g., an IRB, the task will be inactive until the RB is active.
Nit: in MVS the word "suspend" has a technical meaning that doesn't apply here. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Joseph Reichman <reichman...@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, April 1, 2019 7:54 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Question on Wait macro Just looking at the documentation for the wait macro it says “performance of the active task” I was under the impression that the task is active just the RB is suspended Which is why it is place in bits 8 - 31 of the ECB Thanks ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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