IBM-supplied default for EXSPATxx

None.

The EXSPATxx member is optional. At initialization time, the IBM-supplied default recovery actions are taken for excessive spin conditions. After initialization, you can issue the SET EXS=xx command to specify the EXSPATxx member. Two alphanumeric characters are appended to EXSPAT to form the name of the EXSPATxx member.

The IBM-supplied default recovery actions for excessive spin conditions are: 
SPINRCVY ABEND,TERM,ACR (see note 1)
SPINTIME=10 or SPINTIME=40 (see note 2)
Note:
  1. Since the system will automatically issue a SPIN action before taking any recovery action specified in an EXSPATxx member, this specification will actually result in actions of SPIN, ABEND, TERM, ACR, which are the same actions that would be taken by the system if SPINRCVY were not specified at all.
  2. The default spin loop timeout interval depends on the system configuration. For MVS™ running in a native or basic mode, or in an LPAR with dedicated CPs, the default is 10 seconds. For MVS running on VM or in an LPAR with shared CPs, the default spin loop timeout interval is 40 seconds.
Parent topic: EXSPATxx (excessive spin condition actions)