The change_priority call, Response and reason values for wait_mvs – IBM SC33-1683-02 User Manual

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RESPONSE and REASON values for WAIT_MVS:

RESPONSE

REASON

OK

None

EXCEPTION

None

DISASTER

None

INVALID

None

KERNERROR

None

PURGED

TASK_CANCELLED
TIMED_OUT

Notes:

1. For more detail, refer to the explanation of RESPONSE and REASON in

“General form of an XPI call” on page 286.

2. ‘TIMED_OUT’ is returned if the INTERVAL expires, or if a deadlock time-out

interval expires.

3. ‘TASK_CANCELLED’ means that the task has been canceled by operator action

or by an application command.

The CHANGE_PRIORITY call

CHANGE_PRIORITY allows the issuing task to change its own priority. It cannot be
used to change the priority of another task. This command causes the issuing task
to release control, and so provide other tasks with the opportunity to run.

CHANGE_PRIORITY

DFHDSATX [CALL,]

[CLEAR,]

[IN,

FUNCTION(CHANGE_PRIORITY),

PRIORITY(name1 | (Rn) | decimalint | literalconst),]

[OUT,

[OLD_PRIORITY(name1 | (Rn)),]

RESPONSE(name1 | *),

REASON(name1 | *)]

OLD_PRIORITY(name1 | (Rn))

returns the previous priority of the issuing task.

name1

The name of a 1-byte field where the task’s previous priority is stored

(Rn)

A register in which the low-order byte receives the previous priority
value and the other bytes are set to zero.

PRIORITY(name1 | (Rn) | decimalint | literalconst)

specifies the new priority to be assigned to the issuing task.

name1

The name of a 1-byte field, with a value in the range 0 through 255.

(Rn)

A register with the low-order byte containing the new priority value.

decimalint

A decimal integer not exceeding 255 in value. Neither an expression
nor hexadecimal notation is allowed.

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