Thanks for the education. Guess I need to find a faster system 😊
Lionel B. Dyck <sdg>< Website: http://www.lbdsoftware.com "Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what you are, reputation merely what others think you are." - John Wooden -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of ITschak Mugzach Sent: Monday, November 4, 2019 5:52 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Improving the performance of an ISPF app using OMVS services (bpxwunix) No. the fork is a unix issue. the first shell task will be started as a separate asid and then, if _BPXSHAREDAS is on, called shell programs will run in the same (new) asid. You can see in the syslog the evidence of the new ASID started. It is usually has the id of the caller plus numeric value. On Mon, Nov 4, 2019 at 1:46 PM Lionel B Dyck <lbd...@gmail.com> wrote: > But when rexx, under ispf, invokes bpxwunix won't the sharedas help to > prevent the fork? > > > Lionel B. Dyck <sdg>< > Website: http://www.lbdsoftware.com > > "Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is > what you are, reputation merely what others think you are." - John > Wooden > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On > Behalf Of ITschak Mugzach > Sent: Monday, November 4, 2019 5:36 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Improving the performance of an ISPF app using OMVS > services > (bpxwunix) > > That's because _BPX_SHAREDAS is related to a main shell program and > its forks. not to the Rexx (or whatever the caller is) and the unix shell. > > > > On Mon, Nov 4, 2019 at 1:29 PM Lionel B Dyck <lbd...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > That was my fear 😊 > > > > I did find these which I implemented in my .profile and I'm not > > seeing any visual improvements: > > > > export _BPX_SHAREAS=YES > > export _BPX_SPAWN_SCRIPT=YES > > > > > > Lionel B. Dyck <sdg>< > > Website: http://www.lbdsoftware.com > > > > "Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is > > what you are, reputation merely what others think you are." - John > > Wooden > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On > > Behalf Of ITschak Mugzach > > Sent: Monday, November 4, 2019 5:25 AM > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > Subject: Re: Improving the performance of an ISPF app using OMVS > > services > > (bpxwunix) > > > > Lionel, > > > > The secret is that zPDT systems are not heavily loaded. As you load > > the system (or start mot guests, if running under z/vm), the system > > starts to slow down. BPXWUNIX starts a new address space, so by > > definition it is more cpu consuming, that affects elapse. > > > > ITschak > > > > On Mon, Nov 4, 2019 at 1:20 PM Lionel B Dyck <lbd...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Are there any hints/tips to improve the performance of an ISPF > > > application that uses BPXWUNIX? In running on my normal system > > > the performance is very slow compared to a friends system running > > > on a > zPDT. > > > > > > > > > > > > I couldn't find a SHARE presentation (but I may not have used the > > > correct > > > keywords) and the IBM pubs are not speaking to me as nothing jumps out. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Lionel B. Dyck <sdg>< > > > Website: <http://www.lbdsoftware.com/> http://www.lbdsoftware.com > > > > > > "Worry more about your character than your reputation. 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