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
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.