Register contents

Table 1 gives the contents of the registers when VSAM exits to the EXCEPTIONEXIT routine.

Table 1. Contents of registers at entry to EXCEPTIONEXIT routine. Contents of registers at entry to EXCEPTIONEXIT routine
Register	Contents
0	Unpredictable.
1	Address of the RPL that contains a feedback return code and the address of a message area, if any.
2-13	Unpredictable. Register 13, by convention, contains the address of your processing program's 72-byte save area, which must not be used by the routine if it returns control to VSAM.
14	Return address to VSAM.
15	Entry address to the exception exit routine.