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authorRickard Green <[email protected]>2010-11-02 11:52:22 +0100
committerRickard Green <[email protected]>2010-11-02 11:52:22 +0100
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Merge branch 'sf/erts_de_busy_limit' into dev
* sf/erts_de_busy_limit: Add flag-based setting for the distribution buffer busy limit
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-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erl.xml19
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erlang.xml7
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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
index e36d0adb0d..09c9cf6812 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
@@ -906,6 +906,25 @@
<seealso marker="kernel:error_logger#warning_map/0">error_logger(3)</seealso>
for further information.</p>
</item>
+ <tag><c><![CDATA[+zFlag Value]]></c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Miscellaneous flags.</p>
+ <taglist>
+ <tag><marker id="+zdbbl"><c>+zdbbl size</c></marker></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Set the distribution buffer busy limit
+ (<seealso marker="erlang#system_info_dist_buf_busy_limit">dist_buf_busy_limit</seealso>)
+ in kilobytes. Valid range is 1-2097151. Default is 128.</p>
+ <p>A larger buffer limit will allow processes to buffer
+ more outgoing messages over the distribution. When the
+ buffer limit has been reached, sending processes will be
+ suspended until the buffer size has shrunk. The buffer
+ limit is per distribution channel. A higher limit will
+ give lower latency and higher throughput at the expense
+ of higher memory usage.</p>
+ </item>
+ </taglist>
+ </item>
</taglist>
</section>
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
index 59ac3dc66c..25c92bdbb7 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
@@ -5624,6 +5624,13 @@ true</pre>
The return value will always be <c>false</c> since
the elib_malloc allocator has been removed.</p>
</item>
+ <tag><marker id="system_info_dist_buf_busy_limit"><c>dist_buf_busy_limit</c></marker></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Returns the value of the distribution buffer busy limit
+ in bytes. This limit can be set on startup by passing the
+ <seealso marker="erl#+zdbbl">+zdbbl</seealso> command line
+ flag to <c>erl</c>.</p>
+ </item>
<tag><c>fullsweep_after</c></tag>
<item>
<p>Returns <c>{fullsweep_after, int()}</c> which is the