Re: IARV64 REQUEST=DISCARDDATA Question

2023-09-28 Thread Peter Relson
As this function can never return partial pages, it will always be zero upon first use. To be picky, the "As" phrase of this is not quite true. IARV64 does not, but could return a partial page, such as a partial 2G page for a smaller request when the conditions were right (but the

Re: IARV64 REQUEST=DISCARDDATA Question

2023-09-27 Thread Mike Shaw
Thank you Peter. Mike Shaw MVS/QuickRef Support Group Chicago-Soft, Ltd. On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 12:34 PM Peter Relson wrote: > Mike Shaw wrote > > The doc does not say what that memory object's pages contain just after > IARV64 REQUEST=GETSTOR is issued. > > > The "doc" actually does say

Re: IARV64 REQUEST=DISCARDDATA Question

2023-09-27 Thread Peter Relson
Mike Shaw wrote The doc does not say what that memory object's pages contain just after IARV64 REQUEST=GETSTOR is issued. The "doc" actually does say so. But it's not surprising you didn't notice it, because it's in the "guide" (and not in a section specifically for IARV64) rather than in the

Re: IARV64 REQUEST=DISCARDDATA Question

2023-09-27 Thread Mike Shaw
Thanks Binyamin and Ed. Clear explanations. Mike Shaw MVS/QuickRef Support Group Chicago-Soft, Ltd. On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 3:23 AM Binyamin Dissen wrote: > As this function can never return partial pages, it will always be zero > upon > first use. > > On Tue, 26 Sep 2023 17:27:30 -0400 Mike

Re: IARV64 REQUEST=DISCARDDATA Question

2023-09-27 Thread Binyamin Dissen
As this function can never return partial pages, it will always be zero upon first use. On Tue, 26 Sep 2023 17:27:30 -0400 Mike Shaw wrote: :>Based on the IARV64 doc in the z/OS Assembler Services Guide and in the :>z/OS Assembler Services Reference, an IARV64 REQUEST=GETSTOR should be

Re: IARV64 REQUEST=DISCARDDATA Question

2023-09-26 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 9/26/2023 2:27 PM, Mike Shaw wrote: The doc does not say what that memory object's pages contain just after IARV64 REQUEST=GETSTOR is issued. Does anyone on the list know? Assuming you're referring to pageable memory, the object is completely empty waiting for you to reference something.

IARV64 REQUEST=DISCARDDATA Question

2023-09-26 Thread Mike Shaw
Based on the IARV64 doc in the z/OS Assembler Services Guide and in the z/OS Assembler Services Reference, an IARV64 REQUEST=GETSTOR should be followed by an IARV64 REQUEST=DISCARDDATA,CLEAR=YES in order to be certain that the obtained memory object contains no residual data. The doc does not say