Literal pools

Literals, collected into pools by the assembler, are assembled as part of the executable control section to which the pools belong. The pools are built when an LTORG instruction is processed. If no LTORG instruction is specified, a literal pool containing all the literals used in the whole source module is assembled at one of:
  • The end of the first control section.
  • The end of the B_TEXT class belonging to the first section.
This literal pool appears in the listings after the END instruction. For more information about the LTORG instruction, see LTORG instruction.

Independently Addressed Segments: If any control section is divided into independently addressed segments, an LTORG instruction should be specified at the end of each segment to create a separate literal pool for that segment.