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authorJohn Högberg <[email protected]>2018-04-24 16:45:18 +0200
committerGitHub <[email protected]>2018-04-24 16:45:18 +0200
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Merge pull request #1790 from jhogberg/john/erts/more-alloc-info/OTP-14961
Improve memory instrumentation OTP-15024 OTP-14961
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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml b/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml
index 53e136d76c..0893eb291c 100644
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+++ b/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml
@@ -559,6 +559,20 @@
than this threshold, otherwise the carrier is shrunk.
See also <seealso marker="#M_rsbcst"><c>rsbcst</c></seealso>.</p>
</item>
+ <tag><marker id="M_atags"/><c><![CDATA[+M<S>atags true|false]]></c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Adds a small tag to each allocated block that contains basic
+ information about what it is and who allocated it. Use the
+ <seealso marker="tools:instrument"><c>instrument</c></seealso>
+ module to inspect this information.</p>
+
+ <p>The runtime overhead is one word per allocation when enabled. This
+ may change at any time in the future.</p>
+
+ <p>The default is <c>true</c> for <c>binary_alloc</c> and
+ <c>driver_alloc</c>, and <c>false</c> for the other allocator
+ types.</p>
+ </item>
<tag><marker id="M_e"/><c><![CDATA[+M<S>e true|false]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Enables allocator <c><![CDATA[<S>]]></c>.</p>
@@ -724,22 +738,12 @@
<section>
<title>Instrumentation Flags</title>
<taglist>
- <tag><marker id="Mim"/><c>+Mim true|false</c></tag>
- <item>
- <p>A map over current allocations is kept by the emulator.
- The allocation map can be retrieved through module
- <seealso marker="tools:instrument">
- <c>instrument(3)</c></seealso>. <c>+Mim true</c>
- implies <c>+Mis true</c>. <c>+Mim true</c> is the same as flag
- <seealso marker="erl#instr"><c>-instr</c></seealso> in
- <c>erl(1)</c>.</p>
- </item>
- <tag><marker id="Mis"/><c>+Mis true|false</c></tag>
- <item>
- <p>Status over allocated memory is kept by the emulator.
- The allocation status can be retrieved through module
- <seealso marker="tools:instrument">
- <c>instrument(3)</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <tag><c>+M&lt;S&gt;atags</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Adds a small tag to each allocated block that contains basic
+ information about what it is and who allocated it. See
+ <seealso marker="#M_atags"><c>+M&lt;S&gt;atags</c></seealso> for a
+ more complete description.</p>
</item>
<tag><marker id="Mit"/><c>+Mit X</c></tag>
<item>