The .LINKAGE_PSECT directive allows you to locate a routine's linkage section by reference to other psects within the routine. This facilitates such operations as locking code within memory and forcing code location. An example of forcing code location is to explicitly place the psect in the image created by the linker, using linker options. This would let you use adjacent psects to find their bounds. You can use the .LINKAGE_PSECT directive multiple times within a single source module to set different linkage sections for different routines. However, note that a routine's linkage section remains the same for the entire routine. The name of the routine's linkage section is the one specified in the last .LINKAGE_PSECT directive before the routine's entry point directive. The compiler reports a fatal error if different linkage sections are specified for routines that share code paths. The .LINKAGE_PSECT directive sets the psect attributes to be the same as the default linkage psect $LINKAGE. The attributes are the same as the normal psect default attributes except the linkage psect is set NOEXE NOWRT. You can change the linkage section psect attributes using the .PSECT directive after declaring the psect with .LINKAGE_PSECT.