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authorLukas Larsson <lukas.larsson@erlang-solutions.com>2015-11-16 14:57:12 +0100
committerLukas Larsson <lukas.larsson@erlang-solutions.com>2015-11-16 15:45:06 +0100
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erts: Add garbage_collection_info to process_info/2
This info request returns greater details about the current gc state. This info is not included in the default process_info/1 as it would clutter the default printout with too much information.
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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
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@@ -4621,6 +4621,17 @@ os_prompt% </pre>
The content of <c><anno>GCInfo</anno></c> can be changed without
prior notice.</p>
</item>
+ <tag><c>{garbage_collection_info, <anno>GCInfo</anno>}</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p><c><anno>GCInfo</anno></c> is a list containing miscellaneous
+ detailed information about garbage collection for this process.
+ The content of <c><anno>GCInfo</anno></c> can be changed without
+ prior notice.
+ See <seealso marker="#gc_start">gc_start</seealso> in
+ <seealso marker="#trace/3">erlang:trace/3</seealso> for details about
+ what each item means.
+ </p>
+ </item>
<tag><c>{group_leader, <anno>GroupLeader</anno>}</c></tag>
<item>
<p><c><anno>GroupLeader</anno></c> is group leader for the I/O of