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authorDmytro Lytovchenko <[email protected]>2016-06-13 12:05:55 +0200
committerLukas Larsson <[email protected]>2016-08-12 13:39:03 +0200
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Option to erlang:garbage_collect to request minor (generational) GC
Note: Minor GC option is a hint, and GC may still decide to run fullsweep. Test case for major and minor gc on self Test case for major and minor gs on some other process + async gc test check docs fix
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@@ -1604,6 +1604,12 @@ true</pre>
the form <c>{garbage_collect,
<anno>RequestId</anno>, <anno>GCResult</anno>}</c>.
</item>
+
+ <tag><c>{type, 'major' | 'minor'}</c></tag>
+ <item>Triggers garbage collection of requested type. Default value is
+ <c>'major'</c>, which would trigger a fullsweep GC.
+ The option <c>'minor'</c> is considered a hint and may lead to
+ either minor or major GC run.</item>
</taglist>
<p>If <c><anno>Pid</anno></c> equals <c>self()</c>, and
no <c>async</c> option has been passed, the garbage