Examples of Formatted External Trace Table Entries

Here are several sample supervisor event entries as you would see them in your external trace file.
  • An entry type X'03' for an I/O interrupt:
    3D 03  useridxx  VM/GCS I/O INTERRUPT
            DEVICE ADDRESS = xxxx
            STATUS = xxxxxxxx x x xxxxxx xx xx xxxx
            OLD PSW = xx x x x x xx xxxxxxxx
  • An entry type X'05' for an SVC interrupt:
    3D 05 useridxx   VM/GCS SUPERVISOR CALL INTERRUPT
            SVC CODE = xx
            TASK ID = xxxx
            FUNCTION NAME = xxxxxxxx
            PARM BYTES 8-15 = X'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' = *xxxxxxxx*
            REGISTER 1 = xxxxxxxx
            REGISTER 0 = xxxxxxxx
            OLD PSW = xx x x x x  xx xxxxxxxx
  • An entry type X'08' External Trace Table Entry by SVC GETMAIN:
    3D 08 useridxx   VM/GCS GETMAIN VIA SVC
           TASK ID = xxxx
           KEY = x   xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
           SUBPOOL = xx
           STORAGE ADDRESS = xxxxxxxx
           LENGTH = xxxxxxxx
           ISSUER ADDRESS = xxxxxxxx
           LOC = xxxxx
  • An entry type X'09' External Trace Table Entry by SVC FREEMAIN:
    3D 09 useridxx   VM/GCS FREEMAIN VIA SVC
           TASK ID = xxxx
           SUBPOOL = xx
           STORAGE ADDRESS = xxxxxxxx
           LENGTH = xxxxxxxx
           ISSUER ADDRESS = xxxxxxxx
  • An entry type X'0A' External Trace Entry by Branch Entry GETMAIN:
    3D 0A useridxx   VM/GCS GETMAIN VIA BRANCH ENTRY
           TASK ID = xxxx
           KEY = x   xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
           SUBPOOL = xx
           STORAGE ADDRESS = xxxxxxxx
           LENGTH = xxxxxxxx
           ISSUER ADDRESS = xxxxxxxx
           LOC = xxxxx
  • An entry type X'0B' External Trace Entry by Branch Entry FREEMAIN:
    3D 0B useridxx   VM/GCS FREEMAIN VIA BRANCH ENTRY
           TASK ID = xxxx
           SUBPOOL = xx
           STORAGE ADDRESS = xxxxxxxx
           LENGTH = xxxxxxxx
           ISSUER ADDRESS = xxxxxxxx
  • An entry type X'0E' for a GTRACE entry:
    3D 0E useridxx   VM/GCS USER REQUESTED GTRACE
            TIME OF DAY CLOCK = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
            LENGTH OF GTF HEADER AND TRACE DATA = xxxx
            FORMAT ROUTINE ID = xx
            EVENT IDENTIFICATION = xxxx
           [formatted GTRACE data appears here. . . .]