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author | Sverker Eriksson <[email protected]> | 2013-10-15 15:19:43 +0200 |
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committer | Sverker Eriksson <[email protected]> | 2013-10-15 15:19:43 +0200 |
commit | 356c1e9312a640ac211b6d5d4110372742acfcde (patch) | |
tree | 1961a33422f0f4bdae6c1bc647b93a2441fe41e0 /erts/doc | |
parent | bbe80d2ad4ef0ca607ba557102212cb7c9a06e2c (diff) | |
parent | 5db2c05af6efaf636b2e41e3a1f305c592a71f34 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'rickard-sverker/supercarrier/OTP-11149' into maint
* rickard-sverker/supercarrier/OTP-11149: (29 commits)
erts: Add test case for erts_mmap
erts: Add mutex to init_atoms in erts_mmap.c
erts: Fix lock violation for init_atoms in erl_mmap.c
erts: Fix misc minor bugs in supercarrier initialization
erts: Add erts_mmap stats
erts: Add erts_bld_tupleX macros
erts: Rename erts_bld_atom_uint_2tup_list to *_uword_*
erts: Fix bug in lookup_free_seg
erts: Fix race bug in erts_munmap
erts: Add HARD_DBG_MSEG
erts: Refactor rbt_insert in erl_mmap
erts: erts_mmap improved free seg desc management
erts: Add documentation for +MMsc* system flags
erts: Allow page aligned erts_munmap()
erts: Sort tree in super aligned sizes (SA_SZ_ADDR_ORDER)
erts: Fix ASSERT bug and void* arithmetics
erts: Add mmap argument to erts_debug:get_internal_state
erts: Improve erts_mmap out of free descriptor management
erts: Cleanup erl_mmap
erts: Add __func__ to ERTS_ASSERT macro
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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml b/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml index 6ce2261430..9dab5b3876 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml @@ -271,6 +271,65 @@ memory segment cache is not reused if its size exceeds the requested size with more than relative max cache bad fit percent of the requested size. Default value is 20.</item> + <tag><marker id="MMscmgc"><c><![CDATA[+MMscmgc <amount>]]></c></marker></tag> + <item> + Set <seealso marker="#MMscs">super carrier</seealso> max guaranteed + no of carriers. This parameter defaults to <c>65536</c>. This + parameter determines an amount of pre-allocated structures that is + needed in order to keep track of different areas in the super carrier. + When the system runs out of such structures it may crash due to an + out of memory condition. + </item> + <tag><marker id="MMsco"><c><![CDATA[+MMsco true|false]]></c></marker></tag> + <item> + Set <seealso marker="#MMscs">super carrier</seealso> only flag. This + flag defaults to <c>true</c>. When a super carrier is used and this + flag is <c>true</c>, the system will crash when a carrier request + cannot be satisfied by the super carrier. When the flag is <c>false</c> + the system will try to create requested carrier by other means. + <br/><br/> + <em>NOTE</em>: Setting this flag to <c>false</c> may not be supported + on all systems. This flag will in that case be ignored. + <br/><br/> + <em>NOTE</em>: The super carrier cannot be enabled nor + disabled on halfword heap systems. This flag will be + ignored on halfword heap systems. + </item> + <tag><marker id="MMscrpm"><c><![CDATA[+MMscrpm true|false]]></c></marker></tag> + <item> + Set <seealso marker="#MMscs">super carrier</seealso> reserve physical + memory flag. This flag defaults to <c>true</c>. When this flag is + <c>true</c>, physical memory will be reserved for the whole super + carrier at once when it is created. The reservation will after that + be left unchanged. When this flag is set to <c>false</c> only virtual + address space will be reserved for the super carrier upon creation. + The system will attempt to reserve physical memory upon carrier + creations in the super carrier, and attempt to unreserve physical + memory upon carrier destructions in the super carrier. + <br/><br/> + <em>NOTE</em>: What reservation of physical memory actually means + highly depends on the operating system, and how it is configured. For + example, different memory overcommit settings on Linux drastically + change the behaviour. Also note, setting this flag to <c>false</c> + may not be supported on all systems. This flag will in that case + be ignored. + <br/><br/> + <em>NOTE</em>: The super carrier cannot be enabled nor + disabled on halfword heap systems. This flag will be + ignored on halfword heap systems. + </item> + <tag><marker id="MMscs"><c><![CDATA[+MMscs <size in MB>]]></c></marker></tag> + <item> + Set super carrier size (in MB). The super carrier size defaults to + zero; i.e, the super carrier is by default disabled. The super + carrier is a large continuous area in the virtual address space. + The system will always try to create new carriers in the super + carrier. + <br/><br/> + <em>NOTE</em>: The super carrier cannot be enabled nor + disabled on halfword heap systems. This flag will be + ignored on halfword heap systems. + </item> <tag><marker id="MMmcs"><c><![CDATA[+MMmcs <amount>]]></c></marker></tag> <item> Max cached segments. The maximum number of memory segments |