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author | Lukas Larsson <[email protected]> | 2018-03-01 16:10:45 +0100 |
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committer | Lukas Larsson <[email protected]> | 2018-03-02 15:35:12 +0100 |
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erts: Cleanup erlang:system_info docs
Attempt to make the system_info docs easier to navigate
by grouping items of similar themes together in the documentation.
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-rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/notes.xml | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | erts/preloaded/src/erlang.erl | 9 |
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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml index 771897ba94..56eaa47af4 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml @@ -6753,17 +6753,20 @@ lists:map( be included in the result. That is, all scheduler threads that are expected to handle CPU bound work. If you also want information about dirty I/O schedulers, use - <seealso marker="#statistics_scheduler_wall_time_all"><c>statistics(scheduler_wall_time_all)</c></seealso> + <seealso marker="#statistics_scheduler_wall_time_all"> + <c>statistics(scheduler_wall_time_all)</c></seealso> instead.</p> <p>Normal schedulers will have scheduler identifiers in the range <c>1 =< <anno>SchedulerId</anno> =< - </c><seealso marker="#system_info_schedulers"><c>erlang:system_info(schedulers)</c></seealso>. + </c><seealso marker="#system_info_schedulers"> + <c>erlang:system_info(schedulers)</c></seealso>. Dirty CPU schedulers will have scheduler identifiers in the range <c>erlang:system_info(schedulers) < <anno>SchedulerId</anno> =< erlang:system_info(schedulers) + - </c><seealso marker="#system_info_dirty_cpu_schedulers"><c>erlang:system_info(dirty_cpu_schedulers)</c></seealso>. + </c><seealso marker="#system_info_dirty_cpu_schedulers"> + <c>erlang:system_info(dirty_cpu_schedulers)</c></seealso>. </p> <note><p>The different types of schedulers handle specific types of jobs. Every job is assigned to a specific @@ -6839,13 +6842,16 @@ ok schedulers.</p> <p>Dirty IO schedulers will have scheduler identifiers in the range - <seealso marker="#system_info_schedulers"><c>erlang:system_info(schedulers)</c></seealso><c> + <seealso marker="#system_info_schedulers"> + <c>erlang:system_info(schedulers)</c></seealso><c> + - </c><seealso marker="#system_info_dirty_cpu_schedulers"><c>erlang:system_info(dirty_cpu_schedulers)</c></seealso><c> < + </c><seealso marker="#system_info_dirty_cpu_schedulers"> + <c>erlang:system_info(dirty_cpu_schedulers)</c></seealso><c> < <anno>SchedulerId</anno> =< erlang:system_info(schedulers) + erlang:system_info(dirty_cpu_schedulers) + - </c><seealso marker="#system_info_dirty_io_schedulers"><c>erlang:system_info(dirty_io_schedulers)</c></seealso>.</p> + </c><seealso marker="#system_info_dirty_io_schedulers"> + <c>erlang:system_info(dirty_io_schedulers)</c></seealso>.</p> <note><p>Note that work executing on dirty I/O schedulers are expected to mainly wait for I/O. That is, when you get high scheduler utilization on dirty I/O schedulers, @@ -7484,11 +7490,144 @@ ok </func> <func> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="1"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="2"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="3"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="4"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="5"/> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="75"/> + <fsummary>System info overview.</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Returns information about the current system. + The documentation of this function is broken into the following + sections in order to make it easier to navigate.</p> + <taglist> + <tag><seealso marker="#system_info_allocator"> + <c>Memory Allocation</c></seealso></tag> + <item> + <p> + <seealso marker="#system_info_allocated_areas"><c>allocated_areas</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_allocator"><c>allocator</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_alloc_util_allocators"><c>alloc_util_allocators</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_allocator_sizes"><c>allocator_sizes</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_elib_malloc"><c>elib_malloc</c></seealso> + </p> + </item> + <tag><seealso marker="#system_info_cpu_topology"> + <c>CPU Topology</c></seealso></tag> + <item> + <p> + <seealso marker="#system_info_cpu_topology"><c>cpu_topology</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_logical_processors"><c>logical_processors</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_update_cpu_info"><c>update_cpu_info</c></seealso> + </p> + </item> + <tag><seealso marker="#system_info_process"> + <c>Process Information</c></seealso></tag> + <item> + <p> + <seealso marker="#system_info_fullsweep_after"><c>fullsweep_after</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_garbage_collection"><c>garbage_collection</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_heap_sizes"><c>heap_sizes</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_heap_type"><c>heap_type</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_max_heap_size"><c>max_heap_size</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_message_queue_data"><c>message_queue_data</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_min_heap_size"><c>min_heap_size</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_min_bin_vheap_size"><c>min_bin_vheap_size</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_procs"><c>procs</c></seealso> + </p> + </item> + <tag><seealso marker="#system_info_limits"> + <c>System Limits</c></seealso></tag> + <item> + <p> + <seealso marker="#system_info_atom_count"><c>atom_count</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_atom_limit"><c>atom_limit</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_ets_limit"><c>ets_limit</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_port_count"><c>port_count</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_port_limit"><c>port_limit</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_process_count"><c>process_count</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_process_limit"><c>process_limit</c></seealso> + </p> + </item> + <tag><seealso marker="#system_info_time"> + <c>System Time</c></seealso></tag> + <item> + <p> + <seealso marker="#system_info_end_time"><c>end_time</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_os_monotonic_time_source"><c>os_monotonic_time_source</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_os_system_time_source"><c>os_system_time_source</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_start_time"><c>start_time</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_time_correction"><c>time_correction</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_time_offset"><c>time_offset</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_time_warp_mode"><c>time_warp_mode</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_tolerant_timeofday"><c>tolerant_timeofday</c></seealso> + </p> + </item> + <tag><seealso marker="#system_info_scheduler"> + <c>Scheduler Information</c></seealso></tag> + <item> + <p> + <seealso marker="#system_info_dirty_cpu_schedulers"><c>dirty_cpu_schedulers</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_dirty_cpu_schedulers_online"><c>dirty_cpu_schedulers_online</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_dirty_io_schedulers"><c>dirty_io_schedulers</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_multi_scheduling"><c>multi_scheduling</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_multi_scheduling_blockers"><c>multi_scheduling_blockers</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_normal_multi_scheduling_blockers"><c>normal_multi_scheduling_blockers</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_scheduler_bind_type"><c>scheduler_bind_type</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_scheduler_bindings"><c>scheduler_bindings</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_scheduler_id"><c>scheduler_id</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_schedulers"><c>schedulers</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_smp_support"><c>smp_support</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_threads"><c>threads</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_thread_pool_size"><c>thread_pool_size</c></seealso> + </p> + </item> + <tag><seealso marker="#system_info_dist"> + <c>Distribution Information</c></seealso></tag> + <item> + <p> + <seealso marker="#system_info_creation"><c>creation</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_delayed_node_table_gc"><c>delayed_node_table_gc</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_dist"><c>dist</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_dist_buf_busy_limit"><c>dist_buf_busy_limit</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_dist_ctrl"><c>dist_ctrl</c></seealso> + </p> + </item> + <tag><seealso marker="#system_info_misc"> + <c>System Information</c></seealso></tag> + <item> + <p> + <seealso marker="#system_info_build_type"><c>build_type</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_c_compiler_used"><c>c_compiler_used</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_check_io"><c>check_io</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_compat_rel"><c>compat_rel</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_debug_compiled"><c>debug_compiled</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_driver_version"><c>driver_version</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_dynamic_trace"><c>dynamic_trace</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_dynamic_trace_probes"><c>dynamic_trace_probes</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_info"><c>info</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_kernel_poll"><c>kernel_poll</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_loaded"><c>loaded</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_machine"><c>machine</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_modified_timing_level"><c>modified_timing_level</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_nif_version"><c>nif_version</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_otp_release"><c>otp_release</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_port_parallelism"><c>port_parallelism</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_system_version"><c>system_version</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_system_architecture"><c>system_architecture</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_trace_control_word"><c>trace_control_word</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_version"><c>version</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_wordsize"><c>wordsize</c></seealso> + </p> + </item> + </taglist> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="1" + anchor="system_info_allocator"/> <!-- allocated_areas --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="2"/> <!-- allocator --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="3"/> <!-- {allocator, _} --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="4"/> <!-- alloc_util_allocators --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="5"/> <!-- {allocator_sizes, _} --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="27"/> <!-- elib_malloc --> <fsummary>Information about the system allocators.</fsummary> <type variable="Allocator" name_i="2"/> <type variable="Version" name_i="2"/> @@ -7497,12 +7636,13 @@ ok <type variable="Alloc" name_i="3"/> <desc> <marker id="system_info_allocator_tags"></marker> - <p>Returns various information about the allocators of the - current system (emulator) as specified by + <p>Returns various information about the memory allocators + of the current system (emulator) as specified by <c><anno>Item</anno></c>:</p> <marker id="system_info_allocated_areas"></marker> <taglist> - <tag><c>allocated_areas</c></tag> + <tag><marker id="system_info_allocated_areas"/> + <c>allocated_areas</c></tag> <item> <p>Returns a list of tuples with information about miscellaneous allocated memory areas.</p> @@ -7524,9 +7664,9 @@ ok <seealso marker="#memory/0"> <c>erlang:memory/0,1</c></seealso>.</p> </item> - <tag><c>allocator</c></tag> + <tag><marker id="system_info_allocator"/> + <c>allocator</c></tag> <item> - <marker id="system_info_allocator"></marker> <p>Returns <c>{<anno>Allocator</anno>, <anno>Version</anno>, <anno>Features</anno>, <anno>Settings</anno></c>, where:</p> <list type="bulleted"> @@ -7559,19 +7699,9 @@ ok <seealso marker="erts:erts_alloc#flags"> <c>erts_alloc(3)</c></seealso>.</p> </item> - <tag><c>alloc_util_allocators</c></tag> - <item> - <marker id="system_info_alloc_util_allocators"></marker> - <p>Returns a list of the names of all allocators using - the ERTS internal <c>alloc_util</c> framework - as atoms. For more information, see section - <seealso marker="erts:erts_alloc#alloc_util">The - alloc_util framework</seealso> - in <c>erts_alloc(3)</c>.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>{allocator, <anno>Alloc</anno>}</c></tag> + <tag><marker id="system_info_allocator_tuple"></marker> + <c>{allocator, <anno>Alloc</anno>}</c></tag> <item> - <marker id="system_info_allocator_tuple"></marker> <p>Returns information about the specified allocator. As from ERTS 5.6.1, the return value is a list of <c>{instance, InstanceNo, InstanceInfo}</c> tuples, @@ -7616,9 +7746,19 @@ ok values. The first value is the memory pool size and the second value is the used memory size.</p> </item> - <tag><c>{allocator_sizes, <anno>Alloc</anno>}</c></tag> + <tag><marker id="system_info_alloc_util_allocators"/> + <c>alloc_util_allocators</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Returns a list of the names of all allocators using + the ERTS internal <c>alloc_util</c> framework + as atoms. For more information, see section + <seealso marker="erts:erts_alloc#alloc_util">The + alloc_util framework</seealso> + in <c>erts_alloc(3)</c>.</p> + </item> + <tag><marker id="system_info_allocator_sizes"/> + <c>{allocator_sizes, <anno>Alloc</anno>}</c></tag> <item> - <marker id="system_info_allocator_sizes"></marker> <p>Returns various size information for the specified allocator. The information returned is a subset of the information returned by @@ -7626,14 +7766,23 @@ ok <c>erlang:system_info({allocator, <anno>Alloc</anno>})</c></seealso>.</p> </item> + <tag><marker id="system_info_elib_malloc"/> + <c>elib_malloc</c></tag> + <item> + <p>This option will be removed in a future release. + The return value will always be <c>false</c>, as the + <c>elib_malloc</c> allocator has been removed.</p> + </item> </taglist> </desc> </func> <func> <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="12" - anchor="system_info_cpu_topology"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="13"/> + anchor="system_info_cpu_topology"/> <!-- cpu_topology --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="13"/> <!-- {cpu_topology, _} --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="37"/> <!-- logical_processors --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="72"/> <!-- update_cpu_info --> <fsummary>Information about the CPU topology of the system.</fsummary> <type name="cpu_topology"/> <type name="level_entry"/> @@ -7664,7 +7813,8 @@ ok the current system (emulator) as specified by <c><anno>Item</anno></c>:</p> <taglist> - <tag><c>cpu_topology</c></tag> + <tag><marker id="system_info_cpu_topology"/> + <c>cpu_topology</c></tag> <item> <p>Returns the <c><anno>CpuTopology</anno></c> currently used by the emulator. The CPU topology is used when binding schedulers @@ -7727,31 +7877,89 @@ ok <seealso marker="#system_info_cpu_topology"> <c>cpu_topology</c></seealso>.</p> </item> + <tag><marker id="system_info_logical_processors"/> + <c>logical_processors</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Returns the detected number of logical processors configured + in the system. The return value is either an integer, or + the atom <c>unknown</c> if the emulator cannot + detect the configured logical processors.</p> + </item> + <tag><marker id="system_info_logical_processors_available"/> + <c>logical_processors_available</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Returns the detected number of logical processors available + to the Erlang runtime system. The return value is either an + integer, or the atom <c>unknown</c> if the emulator + cannot detect the available logical processors. The number + of available logical processors is less than or equal to + the number of <seealso marker="#system_info_logical_processors_online"> + logical processors online</seealso>.</p> + </item> + <tag><marker id="system_info_logical_processors_online"/> + <c>logical_processors_online</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Returns the detected number of logical processors online on + the system. The return value is either an integer, + or the atom <c>unknown</c> if the emulator cannot + detect logical processors online. The number of logical + processors online is less than or equal to the number of + <seealso marker="#system_info_logical_processors">logical processors + configured</seealso>.</p> + </item> + <tag><marker id="system_info_update_cpu_info"/> + <c>update_cpu_info</c></tag> + <item> + <p>The runtime system rereads the CPU information available + and updates its internally stored information about the + <seealso marker="#system_info_cpu_topology_detected">detected + CPU topology</seealso> and the number of logical processors + <seealso marker="#system_info_logical_processors">configured</seealso>, + <seealso marker="#system_info_logical_processors_online">online</seealso>, + and <seealso marker="#system_info_logical_processors_available"> + available</seealso>.</p> + <p>If the CPU information has changed since the last time + it was read, the atom <c>changed</c> is returned, otherwise + the atom <c>unchanged</c>. If the CPU information has changed, + you probably want to + <seealso marker="#system_flag_schedulers_online">adjust the + number of schedulers online</seealso>. You typically want + to have as many schedulers online as + <seealso marker="#system_info_logical_processors_available">logical + processors available</seealso>.</p> + </item> </taglist> </desc> </func> <func> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="29"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="30"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="38"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="39"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="40"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="41"/> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="30" + anchor="system_info_process"/> <!-- fullsweep_after --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="31"/> <!-- garbage_collection --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="32"/> <!-- heap_sizes --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="33"/> <!-- heap_type --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="39"/> <!-- max_heap_size --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="40"/> <!-- message_queue_data --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="41"/> <!-- min_heap_size --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="42"/> <!-- min_bin_vheap_size --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="56"/> <!-- procs --> <fsummary>Information about the default process heap settings.</fsummary> <type name="message_queue_data"/> <type name="max_heap_size"/> <desc> + <marker id="system_info_process_tags"/> <p>Returns information about the default process heap settings:</p> <taglist> - <tag><c>fullsweep_after</c></tag> + <tag><marker id="system_info_fullsweep_after"/> + <c>fullsweep_after</c></tag> <item> <p>Returns <c>{fullsweep_after, integer() >= 0}</c>, which is the <c>fullsweep_after</c> garbage collection setting used by default. For more information, see <c>garbage_collection</c> described below.</p> </item> - <tag><c>garbage_collection</c></tag> + <tag><marker id="system_info_garbage_collection"/> + <c>garbage_collection</c></tag> <item> <p>Returns a list describing the default garbage collection settings. A process spawned on the local node by a @@ -7764,7 +7972,30 @@ ok can spawn a process that does not use the default settings.</p> </item> - <tag><c>max_heap_size</c></tag> + <tag><marker id="system_info_heap_sizes"/> + <c>heap_sizes</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Returns a list of integers representing valid heap sizes + in words. All Erlang heaps are sized from sizes in this + list.</p> + </item> + <tag><marker id="system_info_heap_type"/> + <c>heap_type</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Returns the heap type used by the current emulator. One + heap type exists:</p> + <taglist> + <tag><c>private</c></tag> + <item> + Each process has a heap reserved for its use and no + references between heaps of different processes are + allowed. Messages passed between processes are copied + between heaps. + </item> + </taglist> + </item> + <tag><marker id="system_info_max_heap_size"/> + <c>max_heap_size</c></tag> <item> <p>Returns <c>{max_heap_size, <anno>MaxHeapSize</anno>}</c>, where <c><anno>MaxHeapSize</anno></c> is the current @@ -7792,173 +8023,364 @@ ok <seealso marker="#process_flag_message_queue_data"> <c>process_flag(message_queue_data, MQD)</c></seealso>.</p> </item> - <tag><c>min_heap_size</c></tag> + <tag><marker id="system_info_min_heap_size"/> + <c>min_heap_size</c></tag> <item> <p>Returns <c>{min_heap_size, <anno>MinHeapSize</anno>}</c>, where <c><anno>MinHeapSize</anno></c> is the current system-wide minimum heap size for spawned processes.</p> </item> - <tag><c>min_bin_vheap_size</c></tag> + <tag><marker id="system_info_min_bin_vheap_size"/> + <c>min_bin_vheap_size</c></tag> <item> <p>Returns <c>{min_bin_vheap_size, <anno>MinBinVHeapSize</anno>}</c>, where <c><anno>MinBinVHeapSize</anno></c> is the current system-wide minimum binary virtual heap size for spawned processes.</p> </item> + <tag><marker id="system_info_procs"/> + <c>procs</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Returns a binary containing a string of process and port + information formatted as in Erlang crash dumps. For more + information, see section <seealso marker="erts:crash_dump"> + How to interpret the Erlang crash dumps</seealso> + in the User's Guide.</p> + </item> </taglist> </desc> </func> <func> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="6"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="7"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="8"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="9"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="10"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="11"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="14"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="15"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="16"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="17"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="18"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="19"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="20"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="21"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="22"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="23"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="24"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="25"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="26"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="27"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="28"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="31"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="32"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="33"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="34"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="35"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="36"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="37"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="42"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="43"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="44"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="45"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="46"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="47"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="48"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="49"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="50"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="51"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="52"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="53"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="54"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="55"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="56"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="57"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="58"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="59"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="60"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="61"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="62"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="63"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="64"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="65"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="66"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="67"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="68"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="69"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="70"/> - <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="71"/> - <fsummary>Information about the system.</fsummary> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="6" + anchor="system_info_limits"/> <!-- atom_count --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="7"/> <!-- atom_limit --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="29"/> <!-- ets_limit --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="52"/> <!-- port_count --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="53"/> <!-- port_limit --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="54"/> <!-- process_count --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="55"/> <!-- process_limit --> + <fsummary>Information about various system limits.</fsummary> <desc> - <p>Returns various information about the current system - (emulator) as specified by <c><anno>Item</anno></c>:</p> + <marker id="system_info_limits"/> + <p>Returns information about the current system + (emulator) limits as specified by <c><anno>Item</anno></c>:</p> <taglist> - <tag><c>atom_count</c></tag> + <tag><marker id="system_info_atom_count"/> + <c>atom_count</c></tag> <item> - <marker id="system_info_atom_count"></marker> <p>Returns the number of atoms currently existing at the - local node. The value is given as an integer.</p> + local node. The value is given as an integer.</p> </item> - <tag><c>atom_limit</c></tag> + <tag><marker id="system_info_atom_limit"/> + <c>atom_limit</c></tag> <item> - <marker id="system_info_atom_limit"></marker> <p>Returns the maximum number of atoms allowed. - This limit can be increased at startup by passing - command-line flag - <seealso marker="erts:erl#+t"><c>+t</c></seealso> to - <c>erl(1)</c>. + This limit can be increased at startup by passing + command-line flag + <seealso marker="erts:erl#+t"><c>+t</c></seealso> to + <c>erl(1)</c>. </p> </item> - <tag><c>build_type</c></tag> + <tag><marker id="system_info_ets_limit"/> + <c>ets_limit</c></tag> <item> - <p>Returns an atom describing the build type of the runtime - system. This is normally the atom <c>opt</c> for optimized. - Other possible return values are <c>debug</c>, <c>purify</c>, - <c>quantify</c>, <c>purecov</c>, <c>gcov</c>, <c>valgrind</c>, - <c>gprof</c>, and <c>lcnt</c>. Possible return values - can be added or removed at any time without prior notice.</p> + <p>Returns the maximum number of ETS tables allowed. This + limit can be increased at startup by passing + command-line flag + <seealso marker="erts:erl#+e"><c>+e</c></seealso> to + <c>erl(1)</c> or by setting environment variable + <c>ERL_MAX_ETS_TABLES</c> before starting the Erlang + runtime system.</p> </item> - <tag><c>c_compiler_used</c></tag> + <tag><marker id="system_info_port_count"/><c>port_count</c></tag> <item> - <p>Returns a two-tuple describing the C compiler used when - compiling the runtime system. The first element is an - atom describing the name of the compiler, or <c>undefined</c> - if unknown. The second element is a term describing the - version of the compiler, or <c>undefined</c> if unknown.</p> + <p>Returns the number of ports currently existing at the + local node. The value is given as an integer. This is + the same value as returned by + <c>length(erlang:ports())</c>, but more efficient.</p> </item> - <tag><c>check_io</c></tag> + <tag><marker id="system_info_port_limit"/> + <c>port_limit</c></tag> <item> - <p>Returns a list containing miscellaneous information - about the emulators internal I/O checking. Notice that - the content of the returned list can vary between - platforms and over time. It is only guaranteed - that a list is returned.</p> + <p>Returns the maximum number of simultaneously existing + ports at the local node as an integer. This limit can be + configured at startup by using command-line flag + <seealso marker="erl#+Q"><c>+Q</c></seealso> in <c>erl(1)</c>.</p> </item> - <tag><c>compat_rel</c></tag> + <tag><marker id="system_info_process_count"/> + <c>process_count</c></tag> <item> - <p>Returns the compatibility mode of the local node as - an integer. The integer returned represents the - Erlang/OTP release that the current emulator has been - set to be backward compatible with. The compatibility - mode can be configured at startup by using command-line flag - <seealso marker="erts:erl#compat_rel"><c>+R</c></seealso> in - <c>erl(1)</c>.</p> + <p>Returns the number of processes currently existing at the + local node. The value is given as an integer. This is + the same value as returned by + <c>length(processes())</c>, but more efficient.</p> </item> - <tag><c>cpu_topology</c></tag> + <tag><marker id="system_info_process_limit"/> + <c>process_limit</c></tag> <item> - <p>See <seealso - marker="#system_info_cpu_topology_tags">above</seealso>.</p> + <p>Returns the maximum number of simultaneously existing + processes at the local node. The value is given as an + integer. This limit can be configured at startup by using + command-line flag <seealso marker="erl#+P"><c>+P</c></seealso> + in <c>erl(1)</c>.</p> </item> - <tag><c>creation</c></tag> + </taglist> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="26" + anchor="system_info_time"/> <!-- end_time --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="49"/> <!-- os_monotonic_time_source --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="50"/> <!-- os_system_time_source --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="62"/> <!-- start_time --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="67"/> <!-- time_correction --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="68"/> <!-- time_offset --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="69"/> <!-- time_warp_mode --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="70"/> <!-- tolerant_timeofday --> + <fsummary>Information about system time.</fsummary> + <desc> + <marker id="system_info_time_tags"/> + <p>Returns information about the current system + (emulator) time as specified by <c><anno>Item</anno></c>:</p> + <taglist> + <tag><marker id="system_info_end_time"/><c>end_time</c></tag> <item> - <p>Returns the creation of the local node as an integer. - The creation is changed when a node is restarted. The - creation of a node is stored in process identifiers, port - identifiers, and references. This makes it (to some - extent) possible to distinguish between identifiers from - different incarnations of a node. The valid - creations are integers in the range 1..3, but this will - probably change in a future release. If the node is not - alive, <c>0</c> is returned.</p> + <p>The last <seealso marker="#monotonic_time/0">Erlang monotonic + time</seealso> in <c>native</c> + <seealso marker="#type_time_unit">time unit</seealso> that + can be represented internally in the current Erlang runtime system + instance. The time between the + <seealso marker="#system_info_start_time">start time</seealso> and + the end time is at least a quarter of a millennium.</p> </item> - <tag><c>debug_compiled</c></tag> + <tag><marker id="system_info_os_monotonic_time_source"/> + <c>os_monotonic_time_source</c></tag> <item> - <p>Returns <c>true</c> if the emulator has been - debug-compiled, otherwise <c>false</c>.</p> + <p>Returns a list containing information about the source of + <seealso marker="erts:time_correction#OS_Monotonic_Time">OS + monotonic time</seealso> that is used by the runtime system.</p> + <p>If <c>[]</c> is returned, no OS monotonic time is + available. The list contains two-tuples with <c>Key</c>s + as first element, and <c>Value</c>s as second element. The + order of these tuples is undefined. The following + tuples can be part of the list, but more tuples can be + introduced in the future:</p> + <taglist> + <tag><c>{function, Function}</c></tag> + <item><p><c>Function</c> is the name of the function + used. This tuple always exists if OS monotonic time is + available to the runtime system.</p> + </item> + <tag><c>{clock_id, ClockId}</c></tag> + <item><p>This tuple only exists if <c>Function</c> + can be used with different clocks. <c>ClockId</c> + corresponds to the clock identifier used when calling + <c>Function</c>.</p> + </item> + <tag><c>{resolution, OsMonotonicTimeResolution}</c></tag> + <item><p>Highest possible + <seealso marker="time_correction#Time_Resolution"> + resolution</seealso> + of current OS monotonic time source as parts per + second. If no resolution information can be retrieved + from the OS, <c>OsMonotonicTimeResolution</c> is + set to the resolution of the time unit of + <c>Function</c>s return value. That is, the actual + resolution can be lower than + <c>OsMonotonicTimeResolution</c>. Notice that + the resolution does not say anything about the + <seealso marker="time_correction#Time_Accuracy"> + accuracy</seealso> or whether the + <seealso marker="time_correction#Time_Precision"> + precision</seealso> aligns with the resolution. You do, + however, know that the precision is not better than + <c>OsMonotonicTimeResolution</c>.</p> + </item> + <tag><c>{extended, Extended}</c></tag> + <item><p><c>Extended</c> equals <c>yes</c> if + the range of time values has been extended; + otherwise <c>Extended</c> equals <c>no</c>. The + range must be extended if <c>Function</c> + returns values that wrap fast. This typically + is the case when the return value is a 32-bit value.</p> + </item> + <tag><c>{parallel, Parallel}</c></tag> + <item><p><c>Parallel</c> equals <c>yes</c> if + <c>Function</c> is called in parallel from multiple + threads. If it is not called in parallel, because + calls must be serialized, <c>Parallel</c> equals + <c>no</c>.</p> + </item> + <tag><c>{time, OsMonotonicTime}</c></tag> + <item><p><c>OsMonotonicTime</c> equals current OS + monotonic time in <c>native</c> + <seealso marker="#type_time_unit">time unit</seealso>.</p> + </item> + </taglist> </item> - <tag><c>delayed_node_table_gc</c></tag> + <tag><marker id="system_info_os_system_time_source"/> + <c>os_system_time_source</c></tag> <item> - <marker id="system_info_delayed_node_table_gc"></marker> - <p>Returns the amount of time in seconds garbage collection - of an entry in a node table is delayed. This limit can be set - on startup by passing command-line flag - <seealso marker="erts:erl#+zdntgc"><c>+zdntgc</c></seealso> - to <c>erl(1)</c>. For more information, see the documentation of - the command-line flag.</p> + <p>Returns a list containing information about the source of + <seealso marker="erts:time_correction#OS_System_Time">OS + system time</seealso> that is used by the runtime system.</p> + <p>The list contains two-tuples with <c>Key</c>s + as first element, and <c>Value</c>s as second element. The + order if these tuples is undefined. The following + tuples can be part of the list, but more tuples can be + introduced in the future:</p> + <taglist> + <tag><c>{function, Function}</c></tag> + <item><p><c>Function</c> is the name of the funcion used.</p> + </item> + <tag><c>{clock_id, ClockId}</c></tag> + <item><p>Exists only if <c>Function</c> + can be used with different clocks. <c>ClockId</c> + corresponds to the clock identifier used when calling + <c>Function</c>.</p> + </item> + <tag><c>{resolution, OsSystemTimeResolution}</c></tag> + <item><p>Highest possible + <seealso marker="time_correction#Time_Resolution"> + resolution</seealso> + of current OS system time source as parts per + second. If no resolution information can be retrieved + from the OS, <c>OsSystemTimeResolution</c> is + set to the resolution of the time unit of + <c>Function</c>s return value. That is, the actual + resolution can be lower than + <c>OsSystemTimeResolution</c>. Notice that + the resolution does not say anything about the + <seealso marker="time_correction#Time_Accuracy"> + accuracy</seealso> or whether the + <seealso marker="time_correction#Time_Precision"> + precision</seealso> do align with the resolution. You do, + however, know that the precision is not better than + <c>OsSystemTimeResolution</c>.</p> + </item> + <tag><c>{parallel, Parallel}</c></tag> + <item><p><c>Parallel</c> equals <c>yes</c> if + <c>Function</c> is called in parallel from multiple + threads. If it is not called in parallel, because + calls needs to be serialized, <c>Parallel</c> equals + <c>no</c>.</p> + </item> + <tag><c>{time, OsSystemTime}</c></tag> + <item><p><c>OsSystemTime</c> equals current OS + system time in <c>native</c> + <seealso marker="#type_time_unit">time unit</seealso>.</p> + </item> + </taglist> + </item> + <tag><marker id="system_info_start_time"/><c>start_time</c></tag> + <item> + <p>The <seealso marker="#monotonic_time/0">Erlang monotonic + time</seealso> in <c>native</c> + <seealso marker="#type_time_unit">time unit</seealso> at the + time when current Erlang runtime system instance started.</p> + <p>See also <seealso marker="#system_info_end_time"> + <c>erlang:system_info(end_time)</c></seealso>.</p> + </item> + <tag><marker id="system_info_time_correction"/> + <c>time_correction</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Returns a boolean value indicating whether + <seealso marker="time_correction#Time_Correction"> + time correction</seealso> is enabled or not.</p> + </item> + <tag><marker id="system_info_time_offset"/> + <c>time_offset</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Returns the state of the time offset:</p> + <taglist> + <tag><c>preliminary</c></tag> + <item> + <p>The time offset is preliminary, and will be changed + and finalized later. The preliminary time offset + is used during the preliminary phase of the + <seealso marker="time_correction#Single_Time_Warp_Mode"> + single time warp mode</seealso>.</p> + </item> + <tag><c>final</c></tag> + <item> + <p>The time offset is final. This either because + <seealso marker="time_correction#No_Time_Warp_Mode"> + no time warp mode</seealso> is used, or because the time + offset have been finalized when + <seealso marker="time_correction#Single_Time_Warp_Mode"> + single time warp mode</seealso> is used.</p> + </item> + <tag><c>volatile</c></tag> + <item> + <p>The time offset is volatile. That is, it can + change at any time. This is because + <seealso marker="time_correction#Multi_Time_Warp_Mode"> + multi-time warp mode</seealso> is used.</p> + </item> + </taglist> + </item> + <tag><marker id="system_info_time_warp_mode"/> + <c>time_warp_mode</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Returns a value identifying the + <seealso marker="time_correction#Time_Warp_Modes"> + time warp mode</seealso> that is used:</p> + <taglist> + <tag><c>no_time_warp</c></tag> + <item>The <seealso marker="time_correction#No_Time_Warp_Mode"> + no time warp mode</seealso> is used. + </item> + <tag><c>single_time_warp</c></tag> + <item>The <seealso marker="time_correction#Single_Time_Warp_Mode"> + single time warp mode</seealso> is used. + </item> + <tag><c>multi_time_warp</c></tag> + <item>The <seealso marker="time_correction#Multi_Time_Warp_Mode"> + multi-time warp mode</seealso> is used. + </item> + </taglist> </item> - <tag><c>dirty_cpu_schedulers</c></tag> + <tag><marker id="system_info_tolerant_timeofday"/> + <c>tolerant_timeofday</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Returns whether a pre ERTS 7.0 backwards compatible + compensation for sudden changes of system time is <c>enabled</c> + or <c>disabled</c>. Such compensation is <c>enabled</c> when the + <seealso marker="#system_info_time_offset">time offset</seealso> + is <c>final</c>, and + <seealso marker="#system_info_time_correction"> + time correction</seealso> is enabled.</p> + </item> + </taglist> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="17" + anchor="system_info_scheduler"/> <!-- dirty_cpu_schedulers --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="18"/> <!-- dirty_cpu_schedulers_online --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="19"/> <!-- dirty_io_schedulers --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="44"/> <!-- multi_scheduling --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="45"/> <!-- multi_scheduling_blockers --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="47"/> <!-- normal_multi_scheduling_blockers --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="57"/> <!-- scheduler_bind_type --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="58"/> <!-- scheduler_bindings --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="59"/> <!-- scheduler_id --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="60"/> <!-- schedulers --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="61"/> <!-- smp_support --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="65"/> <!-- threads --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="66"/> <!-- thread_pool_size --> + <fsummary>Information about system schedulers.</fsummary> + <desc> + <marker id="system_info_scheduler_tags"/> + <p>Returns information about schedulers, scheduling and threads in the + current system as specified by <c><anno>Item</anno></c>:</p> + <taglist> + <tag><marker id="system_info_dirty_cpu_schedulers"/> + <c>dirty_cpu_schedulers</c></tag> <item> - <marker id="system_info_dirty_cpu_schedulers"></marker> <p>Returns the number of dirty CPU scheduler threads used by the emulator. Dirty CPU schedulers execute CPU-bound native functions, such as NIFs, linked-in driver code, @@ -7989,9 +8411,9 @@ ok <c>erlang:system_flag(schedulers_online, SchedulersOnline)</c></seealso>.</p> </item> - <tag><c>dirty_cpu_schedulers_online</c></tag> + <tag><marker id="system_info_dirty_cpu_schedulers_online"/> + <c>dirty_cpu_schedulers_online</c></tag> <item> - <marker id="system_info_dirty_cpu_schedulers_online"></marker> <p>Returns the number of dirty CPU schedulers online. The return value satisfies <c><![CDATA[1 <= DirtyCPUSchedulersOnline <= N]]></c>, @@ -8013,9 +8435,9 @@ ok <c>erlang:system_flag(dirty_cpu_schedulers_online, DirtyCPUSchedulersOnline)</c></seealso>.</p> </item> - <tag><c>dirty_io_schedulers</c></tag> + <tag><marker id="system_info_dirty_io_schedulers"/> + <c>dirty_io_schedulers</c></tag> <item> - <marker id="system_info_dirty_io_schedulers"></marker> <p>Returns the number of dirty I/O schedulers as an integer. Dirty I/O schedulers execute I/O-bound native functions, such as NIFs and linked-in driver code, which cannot be @@ -8032,179 +8454,9 @@ ok <c>erlang:system_flag(dirty_cpu_schedulers_online, DirtyCPUSchedulersOnline)</c></seealso>.</p> </item> - <tag><c>dist</c></tag> - <item> - <p>Returns a binary containing a string of distribution - information formatted as in Erlang crash dumps. For more - information, see section <seealso marker="erts:crash_dump"> - How to interpret the Erlang crash dumps</seealso> - in the User's Guide.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>dist_buf_busy_limit</c></tag> - <item> - <marker id="system_info_dist_buf_busy_limit"></marker> - <p>Returns the value of the distribution buffer busy limit - in bytes. This limit can be set at startup by passing - command-line flag - <seealso marker="erts:erl#+zdbbl"><c>+zdbbl</c></seealso> - to <c>erl(1)</c>.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>dist_ctrl</c></tag> - <item> - <p>Returns a list of tuples - <c>{<anno>Node</anno>, <anno>ControllingEntity</anno>}</c>, - one entry for each connected remote node. - <c><anno>Node</anno></c> is the node name - and <c><anno>ControllingEntity</anno></c> is the port or process - identifier responsible for the communication to that node. - More specifically, <c><anno>ControllingEntity</anno></c> for - nodes connected through TCP/IP (the normal case) is the socket - used in communication with the specific node.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>driver_version</c></tag> - <item> - <p>Returns a string containing the Erlang driver version - used by the runtime system. It has the form - <seealso marker="erts:erl_driver#version_management"> - "<major ver>.<minor ver>"</seealso>.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>dynamic_trace</c></tag> - <item> - <p>Returns an atom describing the dynamic trace framework - compiled into the virtual machine. It can be - <c>dtrace</c>, <c>systemtap</c>, or <c>none</c>. For a - commercial or standard build, it is always <c>none</c>. - The other return values indicate a custom configuration - (for example, <c>./configure --with-dynamic-trace=dtrace</c>). - For more information about dynamic tracing, see - <seealso marker="runtime_tools:dyntrace"> - <c>dyntrace(3)</c></seealso> manual page and the - <c>README.dtrace</c>/<c>README.systemtap</c> files in the - Erlang source code top directory.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>dynamic_trace_probes</c></tag> + <tag><marker id="system_info_multi_scheduling"/> + <c>multi_scheduling</c></tag> <item> - <p>Returns a <c>boolean()</c> indicating if dynamic trace - probes (<c>dtrace</c> or <c>systemtap</c>) are built into - the emulator. This can only be <c>true</c> if the virtual - machine was built for dynamic tracing (that is, - <c>system_info(dynamic_trace)</c> returns - <c>dtrace</c> or <c>systemtap</c>).</p> - </item> - <tag><marker id="system_info_end_time"/><c>end_time</c></tag> - <item> - <p>The last <seealso marker="#monotonic_time/0">Erlang monotonic - time</seealso> in <c>native</c> - <seealso marker="#type_time_unit">time unit</seealso> that - can be represented internally in the current Erlang runtime system - instance. The time between the - <seealso marker="#system_info_start_time">start time</seealso> and - the end time is at least a quarter of a millennium.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>elib_malloc</c></tag> - <item> - <p>This option will be removed in a future release. - The return value will always be <c>false</c>, as the - <c>elib_malloc</c> allocator has been removed.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>ets_limit</c></tag> - <item> - <p>Returns the maximum number of ETS tables allowed. This - limit can be increased at startup by passing - command-line flag - <seealso marker="erts:erl#+e"><c>+e</c></seealso> to - <c>erl(1)</c> or by setting environment variable - <c>ERL_MAX_ETS_TABLES</c> before starting the Erlang - runtime system.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>heap_sizes</c></tag> - <item> - <p>Returns a list of integers representing valid heap sizes - in words. All Erlang heaps are sized from sizes in this - list.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>heap_type</c></tag> - <item> - <p>Returns the heap type used by the current emulator. One - heap type exists:</p> - <taglist> - <tag><c>private</c></tag> - <item> - Each process has a heap reserved for its use and no - references between heaps of different processes are - allowed. Messages passed between processes are copied - between heaps. - </item> - </taglist> - </item> - <tag><c>info</c></tag> - <item> - <p>Returns a binary containing a string of miscellaneous - system information formatted as in Erlang crash dumps. - For more information, see section - <seealso marker="erts:crash_dump"> - How to interpret the Erlang crash dumps</seealso> - in the User's Guide.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>kernel_poll</c></tag> - <item> - <p>Returns <c>true</c> if the emulator uses some kind of - kernel-poll implementation, otherwise <c>false</c>.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>loaded</c></tag> - <item> - <p>Returns a binary containing a string of loaded module - information formatted as in Erlang crash dumps. For more - information, see section - <seealso marker="erts:crash_dump">How to interpret the Erlang - crash dumps</seealso> in the User's Guide.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>logical_processors</c></tag> - <item> - <marker id="logical_processors"></marker> - <p>Returns the detected number of logical processors configured - in the system. The return value is either an integer, or - the atom <c>unknown</c> if the emulator cannot - detect the configured logical processors.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>logical_processors_available</c></tag> - <item> - <marker id="logical_processors_available"></marker> - <p>Returns the detected number of logical processors available - to the Erlang runtime system. The return value is either an - integer, or the atom <c>unknown</c> if the emulator - cannot detect the available logical processors. The number - of available logical processors is less than or equal to - the number of <seealso marker="#logical_processors_online"> - logical processors online</seealso>.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>logical_processors_online</c></tag> - <item> - <marker id="logical_processors_online"></marker> - <p>Returns the detected number of logical processors online on - the system. The return value is either an integer, - or the atom <c>unknown</c> if the emulator cannot - detect logical processors online. The number of logical - processors online is less than or equal to the number of - <seealso marker="#logical_processors">logical processors - configured</seealso>.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>machine</c></tag> - <item> - <p>Returns a string containing the Erlang machine name.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>modified_timing_level</c></tag> - <item> - <p>Returns the modified timing-level (an integer) if - modified timing is enabled, otherwise <c>undefined</c>. - For more information about modified timing, see - command-line flag - <seealso marker="erts:erl#+T"><c>+T</c></seealso> - in <c>erl(1)</c></p> - </item> - <tag><c>multi_scheduling</c></tag> - <item> - <marker id="system_info_multi_scheduling"></marker> <p>Returns one of the following:</p> <taglist> <tag><c>disabled</c></tag> @@ -8244,9 +8496,9 @@ ok and <seealso marker="#system_info_schedulers"> <c>erlang:system_info(schedulers)</c></seealso>.</p> </item> - <tag><c>multi_scheduling_blockers</c></tag> + <tag><marker id="system_info_multi_scheduling_blockers"/> + <c>multi_scheduling_blockers</c></tag> <item> - <marker id="system_info_multi_scheduling_blockers"></marker> <p>Returns a list of <c><anno>Pid</anno></c>s when multi-scheduling is blocked, otherwise the empty list is returned. The <c><anno>Pid</anno></c>s in the list @@ -8264,15 +8516,9 @@ ok and <seealso marker="#system_info_schedulers"> <c>erlang:system_info(schedulers)</c></seealso>.</p> </item> - <tag><c>nif_version</c></tag> + <tag><marker id="system_info_normal_multi_scheduling_blockers"/> + <c>normal_multi_scheduling_blockers</c></tag> <item> - <p>Returns a string containing the version of the Erlang NIF - interface used by the runtime system. It is on the form - "<major ver>.<minor ver>".</p> - </item> - <tag><c>normal_multi_scheduling_blockers</c></tag> - <item> - <marker id="system_info_normal_multi_scheduling_blockers"></marker> <p>Returns a list of <c><anno>Pid</anno></c>s when normal multi-scheduling is blocked (that is, all normal schedulers but one is blocked), otherwise the empty list is returned. @@ -8290,192 +8536,9 @@ ok and <seealso marker="#system_info_schedulers"> <c>erlang:system_info(schedulers)</c></seealso>.</p> </item> - <tag><marker id="system_info_otp_release"/> - <c>otp_release</c></tag> - <item> - <marker id="system_info_otp_release"></marker> - <p>Returns a string containing the OTP release number of the - OTP release that the currently executing ERTS application - is part of.</p> - <p>As from Erlang/OTP 17, the OTP release number corresponds to - the major OTP version number. No - <c>erlang:system_info()</c> argument gives the exact OTP - version. This is because the exact OTP version in the general case - is difficult to determine. For more information, see the - description of versions in - <seealso marker="doc/system_principles:versions"> - System principles</seealso> in System Documentation.</p> - </item> - <tag><marker id="system_info_os_monotonic_time_source"/> - <c>os_monotonic_time_source</c></tag> + <tag><marker id="system_info_scheduler_bind_type"/> + <c>scheduler_bind_type</c></tag> <item> - <p>Returns a list containing information about the source of - <seealso marker="erts:time_correction#OS_Monotonic_Time">OS - monotonic time</seealso> that is used by the runtime system.</p> - <p>If <c>[]</c> is returned, no OS monotonic time is - available. The list contains two-tuples with <c>Key</c>s - as first element, and <c>Value</c>s as second element. The - order of these tuples is undefined. The following - tuples can be part of the list, but more tuples can be - introduced in the future:</p> - <taglist> - <tag><c>{function, Function}</c></tag> - <item><p><c>Function</c> is the name of the function - used. This tuple always exists if OS monotonic time is - available to the runtime system.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>{clock_id, ClockId}</c></tag> - <item><p>This tuple only exists if <c>Function</c> - can be used with different clocks. <c>ClockId</c> - corresponds to the clock identifier used when calling - <c>Function</c>.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>{resolution, OsMonotonicTimeResolution}</c></tag> - <item><p>Highest possible - <seealso marker="time_correction#Time_Resolution"> - resolution</seealso> - of current OS monotonic time source as parts per - second. If no resolution information can be retrieved - from the OS, <c>OsMonotonicTimeResolution</c> is - set to the resolution of the time unit of - <c>Function</c>s return value. That is, the actual - resolution can be lower than - <c>OsMonotonicTimeResolution</c>. Notice that - the resolution does not say anything about the - <seealso marker="time_correction#Time_Accuracy"> - accuracy</seealso> or whether the - <seealso marker="time_correction#Time_Precision"> - precision</seealso> aligns with the resolution. You do, - however, know that the precision is not better than - <c>OsMonotonicTimeResolution</c>.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>{extended, Extended}</c></tag> - <item><p><c>Extended</c> equals <c>yes</c> if - the range of time values has been extended; - otherwise <c>Extended</c> equals <c>no</c>. The - range must be extended if <c>Function</c> - returns values that wrap fast. This typically - is the case when the return value is a 32-bit value.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>{parallel, Parallel}</c></tag> - <item><p><c>Parallel</c> equals <c>yes</c> if - <c>Function</c> is called in parallel from multiple - threads. If it is not called in parallel, because - calls must be serialized, <c>Parallel</c> equals - <c>no</c>.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>{time, OsMonotonicTime}</c></tag> - <item><p><c>OsMonotonicTime</c> equals current OS - monotonic time in <c>native</c> - <seealso marker="#type_time_unit">time unit</seealso>.</p> - </item> - </taglist> - </item> - <tag><marker id="system_info_os_system_time_source"/> - <c>os_system_time_source</c></tag> - <item> - <p>Returns a list containing information about the source of - <seealso marker="erts:time_correction#OS_System_Time">OS - system time</seealso> that is used by the runtime system.</p> - <p>The list contains two-tuples with <c>Key</c>s - as first element, and <c>Value</c>s as second element. The - order if these tuples is undefined. The following - tuples can be part of the list, but more tuples can be - introduced in the future:</p> - <taglist> - <tag><c>{function, Function}</c></tag> - <item><p><c>Function</c> is the name of the funcion used.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>{clock_id, ClockId}</c></tag> - <item><p>Exists only if <c>Function</c> - can be used with different clocks. <c>ClockId</c> - corresponds to the clock identifier used when calling - <c>Function</c>.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>{resolution, OsSystemTimeResolution}</c></tag> - <item><p>Highest possible - <seealso marker="time_correction#Time_Resolution"> - resolution</seealso> - of current OS system time source as parts per - second. If no resolution information can be retrieved - from the OS, <c>OsSystemTimeResolution</c> is - set to the resolution of the time unit of - <c>Function</c>s return value. That is, the actual - resolution can be lower than - <c>OsSystemTimeResolution</c>. Notice that - the resolution does not say anything about the - <seealso marker="time_correction#Time_Accuracy"> - accuracy</seealso> or whether the - <seealso marker="time_correction#Time_Precision"> - precision</seealso> do align with the resolution. You do, - however, know that the precision is not better than - <c>OsSystemTimeResolution</c>.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>{parallel, Parallel}</c></tag> - <item><p><c>Parallel</c> equals <c>yes</c> if - <c>Function</c> is called in parallel from multiple - threads. If it is not called in parallel, because - calls needs to be serialized, <c>Parallel</c> equals - <c>no</c>.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>{time, OsSystemTime}</c></tag> - <item><p><c>OsSystemTime</c> equals current OS - system time in <c>native</c> - <seealso marker="#type_time_unit">time unit</seealso>.</p> - </item> - </taglist> - </item> - <tag><c>port_parallelism</c></tag> - <item> - <marker id="system_info_port_parallelism"></marker> - <p>Returns the default port parallelism scheduling hint used. - For more information, see command-line argument - <seealso marker="erl#+spp"><c>+spp</c></seealso> - in <c>erl(1)</c>.</p> - </item> - <tag><marker id="system_info_port_count"/><c>port_count</c></tag> - <item> - <p>Returns the number of ports currently existing at the - local node. The value is given as an integer. This is - the same value as returned by - <c>length(erlang:ports())</c>, but more efficient.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>port_limit</c></tag> - <item> - <marker id="system_info_port_limit"></marker> - <p>Returns the maximum number of simultaneously existing - ports at the local node as an integer. This limit can be - configured at startup by using command-line flag - <seealso marker="erl#+Q"><c>+Q</c></seealso> in <c>erl(1)</c>.</p> - </item> - <tag><marker id="system_info_process_count"/> - <c>process_count</c></tag> - <item> - <p>Returns the number of processes currently existing at the - local node. The value is given as an integer. This is - the same value as returned by - <c>length(processes())</c>, but more efficient.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>process_limit</c></tag> - <item> - <marker id="system_info_process_limit"></marker> - <p>Returns the maximum number of simultaneously existing - processes at the local node. The value is given as an - integer. This limit can be configured at startup by using - command-line flag <seealso marker="erl#+P"><c>+P</c></seealso> - in <c>erl(1)</c>.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>procs</c></tag> - <item> - <p>Returns a binary containing a string of process and port - information formatted as in Erlang crash dumps. For more - information, see section <seealso marker="erts:crash_dump"> - How to interpret the Erlang crash dumps</seealso> - in the User's Guide.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>scheduler_bind_type</c></tag> - <item> - <marker id="system_info_scheduler_bind_type"></marker> <p>Returns information about how the user has requested schedulers to be bound or not bound.</p> <p>Notice that although a user has requested @@ -8489,9 +8552,9 @@ ok <seealso marker="#system_info_scheduler_bindings"> <c>erlang:system_info(scheduler_bindings)</c></seealso>.</p> </item> - <tag><c>scheduler_bindings</c></tag> + <tag><marker id="system_info_scheduler_bindings"/> + <c>scheduler_bindings</c></tag> <item> - <marker id="system_info_scheduler_bindings"></marker> <p>Returns information about the currently used scheduler bindings.</p> <p>A tuple of a size equal to @@ -8515,9 +8578,9 @@ ok <seealso marker="#system_info_schedulers_online"> <c>erlang:system_info(schedulers_online)</c></seealso>.</p> </item> - <tag><c>scheduler_id</c></tag> + <tag><marker id="system_info_scheduler_id"/> + <c>scheduler_id</c></tag> <item> - <marker id="system_info_scheduler_id"></marker> <p>Returns the scheduler ID (<c>SchedulerId</c>) of the scheduler thread that the calling process is executing on. <c><anno>SchedulerId</anno></c> is a positive integer, @@ -8527,9 +8590,9 @@ ok <seealso marker="#system_info_schedulers"> <c>erlang:system_info(schedulers)</c></seealso>.</p> </item> - <tag><c>schedulers</c></tag> + <tag><marker id="system_info_schedulers"/> + <c>schedulers</c></tag> <item> - <marker id="system_info_schedulers"></marker> <p>Returns the number of scheduler threads used by the emulator. Scheduler threads online schedules Erlang processes and Erlang ports, and execute Erlang code @@ -8556,9 +8619,9 @@ ok <c>erlang:system_info(multi_scheduling_blockers)</c></seealso>. </p> </item> - <tag><c>schedulers_online</c></tag> + <tag><marker id="system_info_schedulers_online"/> + <c>schedulers_online</c></tag> <item> - <marker id="system_info_schedulers_online"></marker> <p>Returns the number of schedulers online. The scheduler identifiers of schedulers online satisfy the relationship <c><![CDATA[1 <= SchedulerId <= @@ -8570,34 +8633,18 @@ ok <c>erlang:system_flag(schedulers_online, SchedulersOnline)</c></seealso>.</p> </item> - <tag><c>smp_support</c></tag> + <tag><marker id="system_info_smp_support"/> + <c>smp_support</c></tag> <item> <p>Returns <c>true</c>.</p> </item> - <tag><marker id="system_info_start_time"/><c>start_time</c></tag> - <item> - <p>The <seealso marker="#monotonic_time/0">Erlang monotonic - time</seealso> in <c>native</c> - <seealso marker="#type_time_unit">time unit</seealso> at the - time when current Erlang runtime system instance started.</p> - <p>See also <seealso marker="#system_info_end_time"> - <c>erlang:system_info(end_time)</c></seealso>.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>system_version</c></tag> - <item> - <p>Returns a string containing version number and - some important properties, such as the number of schedulers.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>system_architecture</c></tag> - <item> - <p>Returns a string containing the processor and OS - architecture the emulator is built for.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>threads</c></tag> + <tag><marker id="system_info_threads"/> + <c>threads</c></tag> <item> <p>Returns <c>true</c>.</p> </item> - <tag><c>thread_pool_size</c></tag> + <tag><marker id="system_info_thread_pool_size"/> + <c>thread_pool_size</c></tag> <item> <marker id="system_info_thread_pool_size"></marker> <p>Returns the number of async threads in the async thread @@ -8606,111 +8653,341 @@ ok <c>erl_driver:driver_async()</c></seealso>). The value is given as an integer.</p> </item> - <tag><c>time_correction</c></tag> + </taglist> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="14" + anchor="system_info_dist"/> <!-- creation --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="16"/> <!-- delayed_node_table_gc --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="20"/> <!-- dist --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="21"/> <!-- dist_buf_busy_limit --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="22"/> <!-- dist_ctrl --> + <fsummary>Information about erlang distribution.</fsummary> + <desc> + <marker id="system_info_dist_tags"/> + <p>Returns information about Erlang Distribution in the + current system as specified by <c><anno>Item</anno></c>:</p> + <taglist> + <tag><marker id="system_info_creation"/> + <c>creation</c></tag> <item> - <marker id="system_info_time_correction"></marker> - <p>Returns a boolean value indicating whether - <seealso marker="time_correction#Time_Correction"> - time correction</seealso> is enabled or not.</p> + <p>Returns the creation of the local node as an integer. + The creation is changed when a node is restarted. The + creation of a node is stored in process identifiers, port + identifiers, and references. This makes it (to some + extent) possible to distinguish between identifiers from + different incarnations of a node. The valid + creations are integers in the range 1..3, but this will + probably change in a future release. If the node is not + alive, <c>0</c> is returned.</p> </item> - <tag><c>time_offset</c></tag> + <tag><marker id="system_info_delayed_node_table_gc"/> + <c>delayed_node_table_gc</c></tag> <item> - <marker id="system_info_time_offset"></marker> - <p>Returns the state of the time offset:</p> - <taglist> - <tag><c>preliminary</c></tag> - <item> - <p>The time offset is preliminary, and will be changed - and finalized later. The preliminary time offset - is used during the preliminary phase of the - <seealso marker="time_correction#Single_Time_Warp_Mode"> - single time warp mode</seealso>.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>final</c></tag> - <item> - <p>The time offset is final. This either because - <seealso marker="time_correction#No_Time_Warp_Mode"> - no time warp mode</seealso> is used, or because the time - offset have been finalized when - <seealso marker="time_correction#Single_Time_Warp_Mode"> - single time warp mode</seealso> is used.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>volatile</c></tag> - <item> - <p>The time offset is volatile. That is, it can - change at any time. This is because - <seealso marker="time_correction#Multi_Time_Warp_Mode"> - multi-time warp mode</seealso> is used.</p> - </item> - </taglist> + <p>Returns the amount of time in seconds garbage collection + of an entry in a node table is delayed. This limit can be set + on startup by passing command-line flag + <seealso marker="erts:erl#+zdntgc"><c>+zdntgc</c></seealso> + to <c>erl(1)</c>. For more information, see the documentation of + the command-line flag.</p> </item> - <tag><marker id="system_info_time_warp_mode"/> - <c>time_warp_mode</c></tag> + <tag><marker id="system_info_dist"/> + <c>dist</c></tag> <item> - <p>Returns a value identifying the - <seealso marker="time_correction#Time_Warp_Modes"> - time warp mode</seealso> that is used:</p> - <taglist> - <tag><c>no_time_warp</c></tag> - <item>The <seealso marker="time_correction#No_Time_Warp_Mode"> - no time warp mode</seealso> is used. - </item> - <tag><c>single_time_warp</c></tag> - <item>The <seealso marker="time_correction#Single_Time_Warp_Mode"> - single time warp mode</seealso> is used. - </item> - <tag><c>multi_time_warp</c></tag> - <item>The <seealso marker="time_correction#Multi_Time_Warp_Mode"> - multi-time warp mode</seealso> is used. - </item> - </taglist> + <p>Returns a binary containing a string of distribution + information formatted as in Erlang crash dumps. For more + information, see section <seealso marker="erts:crash_dump"> + How to interpret the Erlang crash dumps</seealso> + in the User's Guide.</p> </item> - <tag><c>tolerant_timeofday</c></tag> + <tag><marker id="system_info_dist_buf_busy_limit"/> + <c>dist_buf_busy_limit</c></tag> <item> - <marker id="system_info_tolerant_timeofday"></marker> - <p>Returns whether a pre ERTS 7.0 backwards compatible - compensation for sudden changes of system time is <c>enabled</c> - or <c>disabled</c>. Such compensation is <c>enabled</c> when the - <seealso marker="#system_info_time_offset">time offset</seealso> - is <c>final</c>, and - <seealso marker="#system_info_time_correction"> - time correction</seealso> is enabled.</p> + <p>Returns the value of the distribution buffer busy limit + in bytes. This limit can be set at startup by passing + command-line flag + <seealso marker="erts:erl#+zdbbl"><c>+zdbbl</c></seealso> + to <c>erl(1)</c>.</p> + </item> + <tag><marker id="system_info_dist_ctrl"/> + <c>dist_ctrl</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Returns a list of tuples + <c>{<anno>Node</anno>, <anno>ControllingEntity</anno>}</c>, + one entry for each connected remote node. + <c><anno>Node</anno></c> is the node name + and <c><anno>ControllingEntity</anno></c> is the port or process + identifier responsible for the communication to that node. + More specifically, <c><anno>ControllingEntity</anno></c> for + nodes connected through TCP/IP (the normal case) is the socket + used in communication with the specific node.</p> + </item> + </taglist> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="1"/> allocated_areas --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="2"/> allocated --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="3"/> {allocator, _} --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="4"/> alloc_util_allocators --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="5"/> {allocator_sizes, _} --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="6"/> atom_count --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="7"/> atom_limit --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="8" + anchor="system_info_misc"/> <!-- build_type --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="9"/> <!-- c_compiler_used --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="10"/> <!-- check_io --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="11"/> <!-- compat_rel --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="12"/> cpu_topology --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="13"/> {cpu_topology, _} --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="14"/> creation --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="15"/> <!-- debug_compiled --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="16"/> delayed_node_table_gc --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="17"/> dirty_cpu_schedulers --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="18"/> dirty_cpu_schedulers_online --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="19"/> dirty_io_schedulers --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="20"/> dist --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="21"/> dist_buf_busy_limit --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="22"/> dist_ctrl --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="23"/> <!-- driver_version --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="24"/> <!-- dynamic_trace --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="25"/> <!-- dynamic_trace_probes --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="26"/> end_time --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="27"/> elib_malloc --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="28"/> eager_check_io, removed --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="29"/> ets_limit --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="30"/> fullsweep_after --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="31"/> garbage_collection --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="32"/> heap_sizes --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="33"/> heap_type --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="34"/> <!-- info --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="35"/> <!-- kernel_poll --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="36"/> <!-- loaded --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="37"/> logical_processors --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="38"/> <!-- machine --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="39"/> max_heap_size --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="40"/> message_queue_data --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="41"/> min_heap_size --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="42"/> min_bin_vheap_size --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="43"/> <!-- modified_timing_level --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="44"/> multi_scheduling --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="45"/> multi_scheduling_blockers --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="46"/> <!-- nif_version --> + <!-- n<name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="47"/> ormal_multi_scheduling_blockers --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="48"/> <!-- otp_release --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="49"/> os_monotonic_time_source --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="50"/> os_system_time_source --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="51"/> <!-- port_parallelism --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="52"/> port_count --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="53"/> port_limit --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="54"/> process_count --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="55"/> process_limit --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="56"/> procs --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="57"/> scheduler_bind_type --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="58"/> scheduler_bindings --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="59"/> scheduler_id --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="60"/> schedulers --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="61"/> smp_support --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="62"/> start_time --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="63"/> <!-- system_version --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="64"/> <!-- system_architecture --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="65"/> threads --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="66"/> thread_pool_size --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="67"/> time_correction --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="68"/> time_offset --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="69"/> time_warp_mode --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="70"/> tolerant_timeofday --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="71"/> <!-- trace_control_word --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="72"/> update_cpu_info --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="73"/> <!-- version --> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="74"/> <!-- wordsize --> + <!-- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="75"/> overview --> + <fsummary>Information about the system.</fsummary> + <desc> + <marker id="system_info_misc_tags"/> + <p>Returns various information about the current system + (emulator) as specified by <c><anno>Item</anno></c>:</p> + <taglist> + <tag><marker id="system_info_build_type"/> + <c>build_type</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Returns an atom describing the build type of the runtime + system. This is normally the atom <c>opt</c> for optimized. + Other possible return values are <c>debug</c>, <c>purify</c>, + <c>quantify</c>, <c>purecov</c>, <c>gcov</c>, <c>valgrind</c>, + <c>gprof</c>, and <c>lcnt</c>. Possible return values + can be added or removed at any time without prior notice.</p> + </item> + <tag><marker id="system_info_c_compiler_used"/> + <c>c_compiler_used</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Returns a two-tuple describing the C compiler used when + compiling the runtime system. The first element is an + atom describing the name of the compiler, or <c>undefined</c> + if unknown. The second element is a term describing the + version of the compiler, or <c>undefined</c> if unknown.</p> </item> - <tag><c>trace_control_word</c></tag> + <tag><marker id="system_info_check_io"/> + <c>check_io</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Returns a list containing miscellaneous information + about the emulators internal I/O checking. Notice that + the content of the returned list can vary between + platforms and over time. It is only guaranteed + that a list is returned.</p> + </item> + <tag><marker id="system_info_compat_rel"/> + <c>compat_rel</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Returns the compatibility mode of the local node as + an integer. The integer returned represents the + Erlang/OTP release that the current emulator has been + set to be backward compatible with. The compatibility + mode can be configured at startup by using command-line flag + <seealso marker="erts:erl#compat_rel"><c>+R</c></seealso> in + <c>erl(1)</c>.</p> + </item> + <tag><marker id="system_info_debug_compiled"/> + <c>debug_compiled</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Returns <c>true</c> if the emulator has been + debug-compiled, otherwise <c>false</c>.</p> + </item> + <tag><marker id="system_info_driver_version"/> + <c>driver_version</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Returns a string containing the Erlang driver version + used by the runtime system. It has the form + <seealso marker="erts:erl_driver#version_management"> + "<major ver>.<minor ver>"</seealso>.</p> + </item> + <tag><marker id="system_info_dynamic_trace"/> + <c>dynamic_trace</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Returns an atom describing the dynamic trace framework + compiled into the virtual machine. It can be + <c>dtrace</c>, <c>systemtap</c>, or <c>none</c>. For a + commercial or standard build, it is always <c>none</c>. + The other return values indicate a custom configuration + (for example, <c>./configure --with-dynamic-trace=dtrace</c>). + For more information about dynamic tracing, see + <seealso marker="runtime_tools:dyntrace"> + <c>dyntrace(3)</c></seealso> manual page and the + <c>README.dtrace</c>/<c>README.systemtap</c> files in the + Erlang source code top directory.</p> + </item> + <tag><marker id="system_info_dynamic_trace_probes"/> + <c>dynamic_trace_probes</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Returns a <c>boolean()</c> indicating if dynamic trace + probes (<c>dtrace</c> or <c>systemtap</c>) are built into + the emulator. This can only be <c>true</c> if the virtual + machine was built for dynamic tracing (that is, + <c>system_info(dynamic_trace)</c> returns + <c>dtrace</c> or <c>systemtap</c>).</p> + </item> + <tag><marker id="system_info_info"/> + <c>info</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Returns a binary containing a string of miscellaneous + system information formatted as in Erlang crash dumps. + For more information, see section + <seealso marker="erts:crash_dump"> + How to interpret the Erlang crash dumps</seealso> + in the User's Guide.</p> + </item> + <tag><marker id="system_info_kernel_poll"/> + <c>kernel_poll</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Returns <c>true</c> if the emulator uses some kind of + kernel-poll implementation, otherwise <c>false</c>.</p> + </item> + <tag><marker id="system_info_loaded"/> + <c>loaded</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Returns a binary containing a string of loaded module + information formatted as in Erlang crash dumps. For more + information, see section + <seealso marker="erts:crash_dump">How to interpret the Erlang + crash dumps</seealso> in the User's Guide.</p> + </item> + <tag><marker id="system_info_machine"/> + <c>machine</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Returns a string containing the Erlang machine name.</p> + </item> + <tag><marker id="system_info_modified_timing_level"/> + <c>modified_timing_level</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Returns the modified timing-level (an integer) if + modified timing is enabled, otherwise <c>undefined</c>. + For more information about modified timing, see + command-line flag + <seealso marker="erts:erl#+T"><c>+T</c></seealso> + in <c>erl(1)</c></p> + </item> + <tag><marker id="system_info_nif_version"/> + <c>nif_version</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Returns a string containing the version of the Erlang NIF + interface used by the runtime system. It is on the form + "<major ver>.<minor ver>".</p> + </item> + <tag><marker id="system_info_otp_release"/> + <c>otp_release</c></tag> + <item> + <marker id="system_info_otp_release"></marker> + <p>Returns a string containing the OTP release number of the + OTP release that the currently executing ERTS application + is part of.</p> + <p>As from Erlang/OTP 17, the OTP release number corresponds to + the major OTP version number. No + <c>erlang:system_info()</c> argument gives the exact OTP + version. This is because the exact OTP version in the general case + is difficult to determine. For more information, see the + description of versions in + <seealso marker="doc/system_principles:versions"> + System principles</seealso> in System Documentation.</p> + </item> + <tag><marker id="system_info_port_parallelism"/> + <c>port_parallelism</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Returns the default port parallelism scheduling hint used. + For more information, see command-line argument + <seealso marker="erl#+spp"><c>+spp</c></seealso> + in <c>erl(1)</c>.</p> + </item> + <tag><marker id="system_info_system_version"/> + <c>system_version</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Returns a string containing version number and + some important properties, such as the number of schedulers.</p> + </item> + <tag><marker id="system_info_system_architecture"/> + <c>system_architecture</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Returns a string containing the processor and OS + architecture the emulator is built for.</p> + </item> + <tag><marker id="system_info_trace_control_word"/> + <c>trace_control_word</c></tag> <item> <p>Returns the value of the node trace control word. For more information, see function <c>get_tcw</c> in section <seealso marker="erts:match_spec#get_tcw"> Match Specifications in Erlang</seealso> in the User's Guide.</p> </item> - <tag><c>update_cpu_info</c></tag> + <tag><marker id="system_info_version"/> + <c>version</c></tag> <item> - <marker id="update_cpu_info"></marker> - <p>The runtime system rereads the CPU information available - and updates its internally stored information about the - <seealso marker="#system_info_cpu_topology_detected">detected - CPU topology</seealso> and the number of logical processors - <seealso marker="#logical_processors">configured</seealso>, - <seealso marker="#logical_processors_online">online</seealso>, - and <seealso marker="#logical_processors_available"> - available</seealso>.</p> - <p>If the CPU information has changed since the last time - it was read, the atom <c>changed</c> is returned, otherwise - the atom <c>unchanged</c>. If the CPU information has changed, - you probably want to - <seealso marker="#system_flag_schedulers_online">adjust the - number of schedulers online</seealso>. You typically want - to have as many schedulers online as - <seealso marker="#logical_processors_available">logical - processors available</seealso>.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>version</c></tag> - <item> - <marker id="system_info_version"></marker> <p>Returns a string containing the version number of the emulator.</p> </item> - <tag><c>wordsize</c></tag> + <tag><marker id="system_info_wordsize"/> + <c>wordsize</c></tag> <item> <p>Same as <c>{wordsize, internal}</c>.</p> </item> @@ -8732,13 +9009,6 @@ ok 64-bit architecture, 8 is returned.</p> </item> </taglist> - <note> - <p>Argument <c>scheduler</c> has changed name to - <c>scheduler_id</c> to avoid mix up with argument - <c>schedulers</c>. Argument <c>scheduler</c> was - introduced in ERTS 5.5 and renamed in - ERTS 5.5.1.</p> - </note> </desc> </func> diff --git a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml index 3109da6738..7ef42c2318 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -10964,7 +10964,7 @@ <c>update_cpu_info</c> will make the runtime system reread and update the internally stored CPU information. For more information see the documentation of <seealso - marker="erlang#update_cpu_info">erlang:system_info(update_cpu_info)</seealso>.</p> + marker="erlang#system_info_update_cpu_info">erlang:system_info(update_cpu_info)</seealso>.</p> <p> The CPU topology is now automatically detected on Windows systems with less than 33 logical processors. The runtime diff --git a/erts/preloaded/src/erlang.erl b/erts/preloaded/src/erlang.erl index d352e11751..370ecdc3f6 100644 --- a/erts/preloaded/src/erlang.erl +++ b/erts/preloaded/src/erlang.erl @@ -2563,10 +2563,10 @@ tuple_to_list(_Tuple) -> Settings :: [{Subsystem :: atom(), [{Parameter :: atom(), Value :: term()}]}]; - (alloc_util_allocators) -> [Alloc] when - Alloc :: atom(); ({allocator, Alloc}) -> [_] when %% More or less anything Alloc :: atom(); + (alloc_util_allocators) -> [Alloc] when + Alloc :: atom(); ({allocator_sizes, Alloc}) -> [_] when %% More or less anything Alloc :: atom(); (atom_count) -> pos_integer(); @@ -2593,6 +2593,7 @@ tuple_to_list(_Tuple) -> (driver_version) -> string(); (dynamic_trace) -> none | dtrace | systemtap; (dynamic_trace_probes) -> boolean(); + (end_time) -> non_neg_integer(); (elib_malloc) -> false; (eager_check_io) -> boolean(); (ets_limit) -> pos_integer(); @@ -2620,6 +2621,7 @@ tuple_to_list(_Tuple) -> (otp_release) -> string(); (os_monotonic_time_source) -> [{atom(),term()}]; (os_system_time_source) -> [{atom(),term()}]; + (port_parallelism) -> boolean(); (port_count) -> non_neg_integer(); (port_limit) -> pos_integer(); (process_count) -> pos_integer(); @@ -2649,7 +2651,8 @@ tuple_to_list(_Tuple) -> (trace_control_word) -> non_neg_integer(); (update_cpu_info) -> changed | unchanged; (version) -> string(); - (wordsize | {wordsize, internal} | {wordsize, external}) -> 4 | 8. + (wordsize | {wordsize, internal} | {wordsize, external}) -> 4 | 8; + (overview) -> boolean(). system_info(_Item) -> erlang:nif_error(undefined). |