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| author | Dmytro Lytovchenko <[email protected]> | 2016-06-13 12:05:55 +0200 |
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| committer | Lukas Larsson <[email protected]> | 2016-08-12 13:39:03 +0200 |
| commit | 58d8a3ac4d491c8cd962ac0839a56cd1a0e339f9 (patch) | |
| tree | ee73059b660ab09d55e3b8bc7d4dd4bf53bb07ae /erts/doc | |
| parent | 451ca8e5ca10892342ee8627de7ea961a8f06df2 (diff) | |
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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
Diffstat (limited to 'erts/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erlang.xml | 6 |
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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml index 2b7a3b85e5..90f2de594b 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml @@ -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 |