Re: SNAP macro for storage above the 2G bar?

2014-08-17 Thread Peter Relson
>But, of course, from a security perspective restricting >IPCS ACTIVE does nothing helpful. That's of course true, as long as IPCS does what it documents that it does. So if the concern is that the system does not do what it documents that it does, I was grasping at a straw. Of course if rest

Re: SNAP macro for storage above the 2G bar?

2014-08-17 Thread John Gilmore
Peter Relson's point That seems like a never-ending spiral that can only be addressed by some level of trust (since no amount of testing can prove that there is no hole; it proves only that you cannot find a hole). is very well taken. It is a settled principle of formal logic that such univers

Re: How to assign length of generated instructions to macro variable?

2014-08-17 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On 2014-08-16, at 22:16, Binyamin Dissen wrote: > > I typically use > > 0S(expression) > > which will cause an assembly error if the value is negative. ... > Not necessarily. It depends on what USINGs are in effect. -- gil

Re: How to assign length of generated instructions to macro variable?

2014-08-17 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 09:31:14 -0600 Paul Gilmartin <0014e0e4a59b-dmarc-requ...@listserv.uga.edu> wrote: :>On 2014-08-16, at 22:16, Binyamin Dissen wrote: :>> I typically use :>> 0S(expression) :>> which will cause an assembly error if the value is negative. ... :>Not necessarily

Can Someone Point Out My error Here

2014-08-17 Thread esst...@juno.com
Im executing 5 Instructions and then I force an Abend. I load the address of a storage area into Register 1 nd verify it by the presence of an eye-catcher. After executing the 5 instructions below; I expect the area Labeled "LOCLCOMM" to contain a copy of the eye-catcher that Register 1 is pointi

Re: Can Someone Point Out My error Here

2014-08-17 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 20:24:40 GMT "esst...@juno.com" wrote: :>Im executing 5 Instructions and then I force an Abend. :>I load the address of a storage area into Register 1 nd verify it by the presence of an eye-catcher. :>After executing the 5 instructions below; I expect the area Labeled "LOCLC

Re: Can Someone Point Out My error Here

2014-08-17 Thread Alan Atkinson
any access registers? From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] on behalf of esst...@juno.com [esst...@juno.com] Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2014 4:24 PM To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: Can Someone Point Out My error He

Re: Can Someone Point Out My error Here

2014-08-17 Thread Sam Siegel
Provided code does not show how anchor1 is populated. Sample code does not show what static_eye points to. Please provide all code. On Aug 17, 2014 1:28 PM, "esst...@juno.com" wrote: > Im executing 5 Instructions and then I force an Abend. > I load the address of a storage area into Register 1

Re: How to assign length of generated instructions to macro variable?

2014-08-17 Thread John Gilmore
What is a negative absolute value? John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA

Re: Can Someone Point Out My error Here

2014-08-17 Thread esst...@juno.com
No Access Registers And Register 14 was set by the LARL instruction -- Original Message -- From: Alan Atkinson To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: Re: Can Someone Point Out My error Here Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 20:44:07 + any access registers? ___

Re: Can Someone Point Out My error Here

2014-08-17 Thread esst...@juno.com
STATIC EYE is a Constant in memory ANd If You look at the COde It is compared to 00(R1) the JNE was not taken. That why im confused -- Original Message -- From: Sam Siegel To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: Re: Can Someone Point Out My error Here Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 1

Re: Can Someone Point Out My error Here

2014-08-17 Thread Sam Siegel
I did see what you mention and i was confused also. That is why I wanted to see all the code. On Aug 17, 2014 2:22 PM, "esst...@juno.com" wrote: > STATIC EYE is a Constant in memory ANd If You look at the COde > It is compared to 00(R1) the JNE was not taken. > That why im confused > >

Re: Can Someone Point Out My error Here

2014-08-17 Thread esst...@juno.com
Static Eye is a Constant in memory, I dont write anything that difficult. *-* * Anchor Block *-* STATIC_DATA DS

Re: Can Someone Point Out My error Here

2014-08-17 Thread Bob Rutledge
esst...@juno.com wrote: Im executing 5 Instructions and then I force an Abend. I load the address of a storage area into Register 1 nd verify it by the presence of an eye-catcher. After executing the 5 instructions below; I expect the area Labeled "LOCLCOMM" to contain a copy of the eye-catcher

Re: How to assign length of generated instructions to macro variable?

2014-08-17 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On 2014-08-17, at 15:16, John Gilmore wrote: > What is a negative absolute value? > Jargon conflict. Assembler symbols may be either relocatable or absolute. An absolute (in that sense) symbol may have either a positive or a negative algebraic value. But it's unclear how Binymin's assertion s

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2014-08-17 Thread Christian OBERLEITNER
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Re: Can Someone Point Out My error Here

2014-08-17 Thread Sam Siegel
Using the following code, the expected results are returned. I cannot reproduce the problem. * L R3,ANCHOR@ STORAGE ANCHOR ADDRESS CLC STATIC_EYE,00(R3) VALID EYE CATCHER JNE NO_STATIC_EYE NO EYE-CATCHER * LARL R14,LOCLCOMM

Re: How to assign length of generated instructions to macro variable?

2014-08-17 Thread J R
Binyamin suggested an S-con 0S(expression) which would contain a base and displacement BDDD. By "absolute value" the base would be zero. === > Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 16:24:00 -0600 > From: 0014e0e4a59b-dmarc-requ...@listserv.uga.edu > Subject: Re: How to assign length of generated in

Re: How to assign length of generated instructions to macro variable?

2014-08-17 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On 2014-08-17, at 16:43, J R wrote: > Binyamin suggested an S-con 0S(expression) > which would contain a base and displacement > BDDD. By "absolute value" the base would be zero. > I believe the only way to force an S-con to use a zero base is by DROPping all extant base registers. Otherwis

Re: How to assign length of generated instructions to macro variable?

2014-08-17 Thread J R
How about something like START DS0D GUBBINS1 DSblah GUBBINS2 DSblah GUBBINS3 DSblah ENDDS0D LENGTH DCS(END-START) Would not the base register cancel itself out, leaving an absolute number? And, if it was inadvertently specified as S(START-END), would it not be

Re: SNAP macro for storage above the 2G bar?

2014-08-17 Thread Jim Mulder
> I have been reading up on the SNAP macro for some debugging efforts > I need to accomplish, but it seems to me from RTFM that SNAP only > supports 24- and 31-bit addresses for the STORAGE, LIST and STRHDR operands. > > Assembling a SNAP macro with "SYSSTATE ARCHLVL=2,AMODE64=YES" does > not

Re: How to assign length of generated instructions to macro variable?

2014-08-17 Thread John Gilmore
The value of LENGTH defrined by J R can be assigned to an arithmetic set symbol, give it the imaginative name/identifier &alength. Then, calling the arithmetic [set-symbol] value of the input-length parameter &ilength. |&el seta 8--error-mnote severity level |&match setb (&alength eq &i

Re: How to assign length of generated instructions to macro variable?

2014-08-17 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On 2014-08-17, at 17:53, J R wrote: > How about something like > START DS0D > GUBBINS1 DSblah > GUBBINS2 DSblah > GUBBINS3 DSblah > ENDDS0D > LENGTH DCS(END-START) > > Would not the base register cancel itself out, leaving an absolute number? > And, if it was

Re: How to assign length of generated instructions to macro variable?

2014-08-17 Thread J R
> Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 20:48:33 -0400 > From: jwgli...@gmail.com > Subject: Re: How to assign length of generated instructions to macro variable? > To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU > > The value of LENGTH defrined by J R can be assigned to an arithmetic > set symbol, give it the imaginativ

Re: Can Someone Point Out My error Here

2014-08-17 Thread retired mainframer
In the code below, the LARL instruction is commented out. What is in R14 since that is where the MVC deposited your eyecatcher. > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:ASSEMBLER- > l...@listserv.uga.edu] On Behalf Of essteam > Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2014 2:18 P

Re: How to assign length of generated instructions to macro variable?

2014-08-17 Thread J R
> Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 19:07:16 -0600 > From: 0014e0e4a59b-dmarc-requ...@listserv.uga.edu > Subject: Re: How to assign length of generated instructions to macro variable? > To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU > > On 2014-08-17, at 17:53, J R wrote: > > > How about something like > > STAR