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</header>
<p>This document describes the changes made to the Tools application.</p>
+<section><title>Tools 2.11</title>
+
+ <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p> The predefined Xref analysis <c>locals_not_used</c>
+ no longer reports unused functions with the
+ <c>-on_load()</c> attribute.</p> <p> The new predefined
+ Xref variable <c>OL</c> holds all functions with the
+ <c>-on_load()</c> attribute. </p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-14344</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ In fprof when sampling multiple processes and analyzing
+ with totals set to true, the output now sums together all
+ caller and callee entries which concerns the same
+ function. Previous behaviour was to report each
+ contributing entry separately.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-14500</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+
+ <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>Lock counting can now be fully toggled at runtime in
+ the lock counting emulator (<c>-emu_type lcnt</c>).
+ Everything is enabled by default to match the old
+ behavior, but specific categories can be toggled at will
+ with minimal runtime overhead when disabled. Refer to the
+ documentation on <c>lcnt:rt_mask/1</c> for details.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-13170</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p><c>lcnt:collect</c> and <c>lcnt:clear</c> will no
+ longer block all other threads in the runtime system.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-14412</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ General Unicode improvements.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-14462</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Tools are updated to show Unicode atoms correctly.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-14464</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Add <c>erlang:iolist_to_iovec/1</c>, which converts an
+ iolist() to an erlang:iovec(), which suitable for use
+ with <c>enif_inspect_iovec</c>.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-14520</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
<section><title>Tools 2.10.1</title>
<section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>