.LINKAGE_PAIR causes a linkage pair to be stored at the current location counter. A linkage pair consists of two quadwords. The first quadword is the code entry point of the routine indicated by the specified identifier. The second quadword is the address of the procedure descriptor of the routine indicated by the specified identifier. The second quadword is also called the procedure value. The specified name should reference a procedure descriptor that is either defined within the assembly unit or that becomes defined at the time the program is linked.