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authorLukas Larsson <[email protected]>2016-09-06 09:56:53 +0200
committerLukas Larsson <[email protected]>2016-09-06 09:56:53 +0200
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Merge branch 'kvakvs/erts/gc_minor_option/OTP-11695'
* kvakvs/erts/gc_minor_option/OTP-11695: erts: Fix req_system_task gc typespec Fix process_SUITE system_task_blast and no_priority_inversion2 Option to erlang:garbage_collect to request minor (generational) GC Conflicts: erts/emulator/beam/erl_process.c erts/preloaded/src/erts_internal.erl
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@@ -1679,6 +1679,12 @@ 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