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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Anthony F. Coneski, Newburgh, NY (US);
Beth A. Glendening, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Dan F. Greiner, San Jose, CA (US);
Peter G. Sutton, Lagrangeville, NY (US);
Scott B. Tuttle, Staatsburg, NY (US);
Elpida Tzortzatos, Lagrangeville, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for clearing specified blocks of main storage. In one embodiment, an EADM start subchannel is executed. The instructions of the execution of the EADM start subchannel may include a SAP receiving an ADM request block, which specifies a main-storage-clearing operation command. The address and size of a block of main memory to be cleared by the SAP is specified in an MSB designated by the ADM request block.