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author | Rickard Green <[email protected]> | 2016-01-13 18:33:42 +0100 |
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committer | Rickard Green <[email protected]> | 2016-01-20 11:10:37 +0100 |
commit | dc8e62f33ad0ca7a772ec74d67b6d3e157f639b4 (patch) | |
tree | dfb9c44328ba358c34678d557941a13b79e3d281 /lib/stdlib/doc/src | |
parent | 858c6f7fa44f7b2dc363b359198d6522dd60e914 (diff) | |
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Introduce time warp safe replacement for safe_fixed option
The new time warp safe option is safe_fixed_monotonic_time which
gives erlang:monotonic_time().
The safe_fixed option was also slightly changed. It now gives
erlang:timestamp() instead of erlang:now(). This has however
not been documented, so it is considered a compatible change.
The above effects both ets, and dets.
This commit also include the bugfix OTP-13239 for
dets:info(Tab, safe_fixed). The timestamp in the result returned
by dets:info(Tab, safe_fixed) was unintentionally broken as a
result of the time API rewrites in OTP 18.0.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/stdlib/doc/src')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/dets.xml | 31 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml | 41 |
2 files changed, 62 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/dets.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/dets.xml index a0d3f95b6a..48400733d1 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/dets.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/dets.xml @@ -399,15 +399,40 @@ kept in RAM.</p> </item> <item> - <p><c>{safe_fixed,</c> SafeFixed<c>}</c>. If the table - is fixed, SafeFixed is a tuple <c>{FixedAtTime, [{Pid,RefCount}]}</c>. <c>FixedAtTime</c> is the time when + <p><c>{safe_fixed_monotonic_time, SafeFixed}</c>. If the table + is fixed, <c>SafeFixed</c> is a tuple <c>{FixedAtTime, [{Pid,RefCount}]}</c>. + <c>FixedAtTime</c> is the time when the table was first fixed, and <c>Pid</c> is the pid of the process that fixes the table <c>RefCount</c> times. There may be any number of processes in the list. If the table is not fixed, SafeFixed is the atom <c>false</c>.</p> + <p><c>FixedAtTime</c> will correspond to the result + returned by + <seealso marker="erts:erlang#monotonic_time/0">erlang:monotonic_time/0</seealso> + at the time of fixation. The usage of <c>safe_fixed_monotonic_time</c> is + <seealso marker="erts:time_correction#Time_Warp_Safe_Code">time warp + safe</seealso>.</p> </item> <item> - <p><c>{version, integer()</c>, the version of the format of + <p> + <c>{safe_fixed, SafeFixed}</c>. The same as + <c>{safe_fixed_monotonic_time, SafeFixed}</c> with the exception + of the format and value of <c>FixedAtTime</c>. + </p> + <p> + <c>FixedAtTime</c> will correspond to the result returned by + <seealso marker="erts:erlang#timestamp/0">erlang:timestamp/0</seealso> + at the time of fixation. Note that when the system is using + single or multi + <seealso marker="erts:time_correction#Time_Warp_Modes">time warp + modes</seealso> this might produce strange results. This + since the usage of <c>safe_fixed</c> is not + <seealso marker="erts:time_correction#Time_Warp_Safe_Code">time warp + safe</seealso>. Time warp safe code need to use + <c>safe_fixed_monotonic_time</c> instead.</p> + </item> + <item> + <p><c>{version, integer()}</c>, the version of the format of the table.</p> </item> </list> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml index 7b01109ff8..447fe51130 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml @@ -488,14 +488,39 @@ Error: fun containing local Erlang function calls <item><c>Item=fixed, Value=boolean()</c> <br></br> Indicates if the table is fixed by any process or not.</item> - <item> - <p><c>Item=safe_fixed, Value={FirstFixed,Info}|false</c> <br></br> + <item><marker id="info_2_safe_fixed_monotonic_time"/> + <p><c>Item=safe_fixed|safe_fixed_monotonic_time, Value={FixationTime,Info}|false</c> <br></br> </p> - <p>If the table has been fixed using <c>safe_fixtable/2</c>, - the call returns a tuple where <c>FirstFixed</c> is the + <p>If the table has been fixed using + <seealso marker="#safe_fixtable/2"><c>safe_fixtable/2</c></seealso>, + the call returns a tuple where <c>FixationTime</c> is the time when the table was first fixed by a process, which may or may not be one of the processes it is fixed by right now.</p> + <p>The format and value of <c>FixationTime</c> depends on + <c>Item</c>:</p> + <taglist> + <tag><c>safe_fixed</c></tag> + <item><p><c>FixationTime</c> will correspond to the result + returned by + <seealso marker="erts:erlang#timestamp/0">erlang:timestamp/0</seealso> + at the time of fixation. Note that when the system is using + single or multi + <seealso marker="erts:time_correction#Time_Warp_Modes">time warp + modes</seealso> this might produce strange results. This + since the usage of <c>safe_fixed</c> is not + <seealso marker="erts:time_correction#Time_Warp_Safe_Code">time warp + safe</seealso>. Time warp safe code need to use + <c>safe_fixed_monotonic_time</c> instead.</p></item> + + <tag><c>safe_fixed_monotonic_time</c></tag> + <item><p><c>FixationTime</c> will correspond to the result + returned by + <seealso marker="erts:erlang#monotonic_time/0">erlang:monotonic_time/0</seealso> + at the time of fixation. The usage of <c>safe_fixed_monotonic_time</c> is + <seealso marker="erts:time_correction#Time_Warp_Safe_Code">time warp + safe</seealso>.</p></item> + </taglist> <p><c>Info</c> is a possibly empty lists of tuples <c>{Pid,RefCount}</c>, one tuple for every process the table is fixed by right now. <c>RefCount</c> is the value @@ -1135,9 +1160,11 @@ clean_all_with_value(Tab,X,Key) -> table but never releases it, the memory used by the deleted objects will never be freed. The performance of operations on the table will also degrade significantly.</p> - <p>Use <c>info/2</c> to retrieve information about which - processes have fixed which tables. A system with a lot of - processes fixing tables may need a monitor which sends alarms + <p>Use + <seealso marker="#info_2_safe_fixed_monotonic_time"><c>info(Tab, + safe_fixed_monotonic_time)</c></seealso> to retrieve information + about which processes have fixed which tables. A system with a lot + of processes fixing tables may need a monitor which sends alarms when tables have been fixed for too long.</p> <p>Note that for tables of the <c>ordered_set</c> type, <c>safe_fixtable/2</c> is not necessary as calls to |