This describes parameter lists passed to RACF® when a RACF macro is invoked. Installation exits, which are described in z/OS Security Server RACF System Programmer's Guide, also use parameter lists, which are described in z/OS Security Server RACF Data Areas. See The Inventory Control Block (ICB) for information about the ICB (inventory control block).

The parameter lists used by RACF in processing RACF commands and the RACF report writer are standard TSO/E parameter lists. See z/OS TSO/E Customization for information about these parameter lists.

The parameter lists used by RACF in processing RACF utilities and DSMON are standard MVS™ parameter lists.

Table 1 is a quick reference that identifies the system macro-request types that are replacements for the independent RACF system macros. For more information about both types, see z/OS Security Server RACROUTE Macro Reference.

Checking the parameter list passed to RACF goes into detail to show you how to locate parameters in a dump. To do this, you find the contents of register 1.

If register 1 is zero, then the RACROUTE macro was issued, and module ICHRFR00 issued the RACF macro. In this case, register zero points to a two-word parameter list. The first word of this parameter list points to the RACF SVC parameter list, and the second word of this parameter list points to the SAF parameter list. This is shown in the following:

If register 1 is not zero, then this is the address of the parameter list passed with the macro request.