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| -rw-r--r-- | HOWTO/INSTALL.md | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/configure.in | 19 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/emulator/beam/erl_alloc.h | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/include/internal/ethread.h | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/include/internal/ethread_header_config.h.in | 2 |
5 files changed, 29 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/HOWTO/INSTALL.md b/HOWTO/INSTALL.md index c9f4062b83..fb18676699 100644 --- a/HOWTO/INSTALL.md +++ b/HOWTO/INSTALL.md @@ -274,6 +274,11 @@ Some of the available `configure` options are: `(g)cc` * `--enable-m32-build` - Build 32-bit binaries using the `-m32` flag to `(g)cc` +* `--with-assumed-cache-line-size=SIZE` - Set assumed cache-line size in + bytes. Default is 64. Valid values are powers of two between and + including 16 and 8192. The runtime system use this value in order to + try to avoid false sharing. A too large value wastes memory. A to + small value will increase the amount of false sharing. * `--{with,without}-termcap` - termcap (without implies that only the old Erlang shell can be used) * `--with-javac=JAVAC` - Specify Java compiler to use diff --git a/erts/configure.in b/erts/configure.in index 51e2e99c88..46e5a15751 100644 --- a/erts/configure.in +++ b/erts/configure.in @@ -347,6 +347,25 @@ AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-clock-gettime], *) clock_gettime_correction=yes ;; esac ], clock_gettime_correction=unknown) +AC_ARG_WITH(assumed-cache-line-size, +AS_HELP_STRING([--with-assumed-cache-line-size=SIZE], + [specify assumed cache line size in bytes (valid values are powers of two between and including 16 and 8192; default is 64)])) + +dnl Require the assumed cache-line size to be a power of two between 16 and 8192 +case "$with_assumed_cache_line_size" in + ""|no|yes) + with_assumed_cache_line_size=64;; + 16|32|64|128|256|512|1024|2048|4096|8192) + ;; + *) + AC_MSG_ERROR([Invalid assumed cache-line size of $with_assumed_cache_line_size bytes]) + ;; +esac + +AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(ASSUMED_CACHE_LINE_SIZE, + $with_assumed_cache_line_size, + [Assumed cache-line size (in bytes)]) + dnl Magic test for clearcase. OTP_RELEASE= if test "${ERLANG_COMMERCIAL_BUILD}" != ""; then diff --git a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_alloc.h b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_alloc.h index f83f6b39cf..942eaa47d0 100644 --- a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_alloc.h +++ b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_alloc.h @@ -209,8 +209,8 @@ int erts_is_allctr_wrapper_prelocked(void); void *erts_alloc_permanent_cache_aligned(ErtsAlcType_t type, Uint size); #ifndef ERTS_CACHE_LINE_SIZE -/* Assume a cache line size of 64 bytes */ -# define ERTS_CACHE_LINE_SIZE ((UWord) 64) +/* Assumed cache line size */ +# define ERTS_CACHE_LINE_SIZE ((UWord) ASSUMED_CACHE_LINE_SIZE) # define ERTS_CACHE_LINE_MASK (ERTS_CACHE_LINE_SIZE - 1) #endif diff --git a/erts/include/internal/ethread.h b/erts/include/internal/ethread.h index 38b8e9e9b6..3a676e2a36 100644 --- a/erts/include/internal/ethread.h +++ b/erts/include/internal/ethread.h @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ #endif /* Assume 64-byte cache line size */ -#define ETHR_CACHE_LINE_SIZE 64 +#define ETHR_CACHE_LINE_SIZE ASSUMED_CACHE_LINE_SIZE #define ETHR_CACHE_LINE_MASK (ETHR_CACHE_LINE_SIZE - 1) #define ETHR_CACHE_LINE_ALIGN_SIZE(SZ) \ diff --git a/erts/include/internal/ethread_header_config.h.in b/erts/include/internal/ethread_header_config.h.in index dd3599f86d..b36322490a 100644 --- a/erts/include/internal/ethread_header_config.h.in +++ b/erts/include/internal/ethread_header_config.h.in @@ -235,3 +235,5 @@ /* Define if you want to turn on extra sanity checking in the ethread library */ #undef ETHR_XCHK +/* Assumed cache-line size (in bytes) */ +#undef ASSUMED_CACHE_LINE_SIZE |