On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Rob Scott <rsc...@rocketsoftware.com> wrote:
> TCBTTIME is *not* updated when task is actually dispatched and executing on > a CPU, only when it gets interrupted by something like WAIT. > > TCBTTIME will not include any "fancy" CPU stats either (Enclave SRB, zIIP > and zAAP). > > Also, I do not believe that TCBTTIME is a GUPI field. > > However, for a quick and dirty sniff at how a "normal" program is > executing, I see little risk for an in-house utility if the limitations are > known. > <http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html> > All true and good sensible stuff too. For a quick and dirty (and fairly light weight) way to coerce the system into updating it there's always this old trick... WAIT ECB=PHONY (do stuff) DS 0F PHONY DC X'40000000' the system sees PHONY as a "posted" ECB and gets the flock out of there PDQ, updating all of its relevant dispatch counters and accounting fields on the way. :-) -- This email might be from the artist formerly known as CC (or not) You be the judge. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
