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| author | Lukas Larsson <[email protected]> | 2016-09-06 09:56:53 +0200 |
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| committer | Lukas Larsson <[email protected]> | 2016-09-06 09:56:53 +0200 |
| commit | 64a986cda04f70cc071e047ea3ae19e324ea6397 (patch) | |
| tree | b29aaa78db2b90d51889888cdbaa5e5b4b49c4b2 /erts/doc | |
| parent | 678238add716b10731688de4d9e4144d04e0a55d (diff) | |
| parent | 99701ee7b52f5010da7c8540bbb35481bee053bf (diff) | |
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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
Diffstat (limited to 'erts/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erlang.xml | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml index 18a7a5b777..4a7d240009 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml @@ -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 |