On Sun, 8 Feb 2026 03:33:03 +0000, Eric Rossman wrote: >It is safe. CSNBOWH only uses CPACF for SHA-1 (and SHA-2/SHA-3). > >For some of the other CSNBOWH rules, we do use software but none of the rules >use CEX coprocessors, which is why the service is not in the CICS WAITLIST >(CSFWTL01). Any service in CSFWTL01 could potentially get suspended so needs >to be off the QR task but CSFOWH (CSNBOWH) is not one of those services. > ... How is contention for that coprocessor mediated? o FIFO (like ENQ)? o By dispatch priority of requestor? o Other?
Is it affected by "nice"? <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.2.0?topic=descriptions-nice-run-command-different-priority> (I suspect similar considerations night apply to STCK.) -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
