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-rw-r--r--INSTALL-WIN32.md24
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erl.xml45
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml7
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erlang.xml72
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml164
-rw-r--r--xcomp/README.md2
6 files changed, 124 insertions, 190 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL-WIN32.md b/INSTALL-WIN32.md
index 305792ef88..f59a8ece67 100644
--- a/INSTALL-WIN32.md
+++ b/INSTALL-WIN32.md
@@ -50,15 +50,14 @@ tools.
However, if you feel comfortable with the environment and build
system, and have all the necessary tools, you have a great opportunity
to make the Erlang/OTP distribution for Windows better. Please submit
-any suggestions and patches to the appropriate mailing lists (see
-<http://www.erlang.org/faq.html>) to let them find their way into the next
-version of Erlang. If making changes to the build system (like
-makefiles etc) please bear in mind that the same makefiles are used on
-Unix/VxWorks/OSEDelta, so that your changes don't break other
-platforms. That of course goes for C-code too, system specific code
-resides in the `$ERL_TOP/erts/emulator/sys/win32` and `$ERL_TOP/erts/etc/win32`
-directories mostly. The `$ERL_TOP/erts/emulator/beam directory` is for
-common code.
+any suggestions and patches to the appropriate [mailing lists] [1] to let
+them find their way into the next version of Erlang. If making changes
+to the build system (like makefiles etc) please bear in mind that the
+same makefiles are used on Unix/VxWorks/OSEDelta, so that your changes
+don't break other platforms. That of course goes for C-code too, system
+specific code resides in the `$ERL_TOP/erts/emulator/sys/win32` and
+`$ERL_TOP/erts/etc/win32` directories mostly. The
+`$ERL_TOP/erts/emulator/beam directory` is for common code.
Before the R9C release of Erlang/OTP, the Windows release was built
partly on a Unix (Solaris) box and partly on a Windows box, using Perl
@@ -68,8 +67,8 @@ needed at all. Now we've used this build procedure for a couple of
releases, and it has worked fine for us. Still, there might be all
sorts of troubles on different machines and with different
setups. I'll try to give hints wherever I've encountered difficulties,
-but please share your experiences by using the mailing list
-<[email protected]>. I cannot of course help everyone with all
+but please share your experiences by using the [`erlang-questions`] [1]
+mailing list. I cannot of course help everyone with all
their problems, please try to solve the problems and submit
solutions/workarounds. Remember, it's all about sharing, not about
demanding...
@@ -777,3 +776,6 @@ Copyright and License
> under the License.
>
> %CopyrightEnd%
+
+
+ [1]: http://www.erlang.org/faq.html "mailing lists"
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
index 7a2ab375d1..bb741c7836 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
@@ -131,9 +131,8 @@
see <seealso marker="kernel:app">app(4)</seealso> and
<seealso marker="kernel:application">application(3)</seealso>.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[-args_file FileName]]></c></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="args_file"><c><![CDATA[-args_file FileName]]></c></marker></tag>
<item>
- <marker id="args_file"></marker>
<p>Command line arguments are read from the file <c><![CDATA[FileName]]></c>.
The arguments read from the file replace the
'<c><![CDATA[-args_file FileName]]></c>' flag on the resulting command line.</p>
@@ -197,9 +196,8 @@
<seealso marker="kernel:app">app(4)</seealso> and
<seealso marker="kernel:application">application(3)</seealso>.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[-connect_all false]]></c></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="connect_all"><c><![CDATA[-connect_all false]]></c></marker></tag>
<item>
- <marker id="connect_all"></marker>
<p>If this flag is present, <c><![CDATA[global]]></c> will not maintain a
fully connected network of distributed Erlang nodes, and then
global name registration cannot be used. See
@@ -282,9 +280,8 @@
<p>Makes <c><![CDATA[init]]></c> write some debug information while
interpreting the boot script.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[-instr]]></c>(emulator flag)</tag>
+ <tag><marker id="instr"><c><![CDATA[-instr]]></c>(emulator flag)</marker></tag>
<item>
- <marker id="instr"></marker>
<p>Selects an instrumented Erlang runtime system (virtual
machine) to run, instead of the ordinary one. When running an
instrumented runtime system, some resource usage data can be
@@ -431,9 +428,8 @@
flag and those running with the <c><![CDATA[-name]]></c> flag, as node
names must be unique in distributed Erlang systems.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[-smp [enable|auto|disable]]]></c></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="smp"><c><![CDATA[-smp [enable|auto|disable]]]></c></marker></tag>
<item>
- <marker id="smp"></marker>
<p><c>-smp enable</c> and <c>-smp</c> starts the Erlang runtime
system with SMP support enabled. This may fail if no runtime
system with SMP support is available. <c>-smp auto</c> starts
@@ -462,9 +458,8 @@
<p><c><![CDATA[erl]]></c> invokes the code for the Erlang emulator (virtual
machine), which supports the following flags:</p>
<taglist>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[+a size]]></c></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="async_thread_stack_size"><c><![CDATA[+a size]]></c></marker></tag>
<item>
- <marker id="async_thread_stack_size"></marker>
<p>Suggested stack size, in kilowords, for threads in the
async-thread pool. Valid range is 16-8192 kilowords. The
default suggested stack size is 16 kilowords, i.e, 64
@@ -478,9 +473,8 @@
suggestion, and it might even be ignored on some
platforms.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[+A size]]></c></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="async_thread_pool_size"><c><![CDATA[+A size]]></c></marker></tag>
<item>
- <marker id="async_thread_pool_size"></marker>
<p>Sets the number of threads in async thread pool, valid range
is 0-1024. Default is 0.</p>
</item>
@@ -550,23 +544,20 @@
<p>Enables auto load tracing, displaying info while loading
code.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[+MFlag Value]]></c></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="erts_alloc"><c><![CDATA[+MFlag Value]]></c></marker></tag>
<item>
- <marker id="erts_alloc"></marker>
<p>Memory allocator specific flags, see
<seealso marker="erts_alloc">erts_alloc(3)</seealso> for
further information.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[+P Number]]></c></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="max_processes"><c><![CDATA[+P Number]]></c></marker></tag>
<item>
- <marker id="max_processes"></marker>
<p>Sets the maximum number of concurrent processes for this
system. <c><![CDATA[Number]]></c> must be in the range 16..134217727.
Default is 32768.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[+R ReleaseNumber]]></c></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="compat_rel"><c><![CDATA[+R ReleaseNumber]]></c></marker></tag>
<item>
- <marker id="compat_rel"></marker>
<p>Sets the compatibility mode.</p>
<p>The distribution mechanism is not backwards compatible by
default. This flags sets the emulator in compatibility mode
@@ -592,9 +583,8 @@
<item>
<p>Force ets memory block to be moved on realloc.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[+S Schedulers:SchedulerOnline]]></c></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="+S"><c><![CDATA[+S Schedulers:SchedulerOnline]]></c></marker></tag>
<item>
- <marker id="+S"></marker>
<p>Sets the amount of scheduler threads to create and scheduler
threads to set online when SMP support has been enabled.
Valid range for both values are 1-1024. If the
@@ -615,9 +605,8 @@
<item>
<p>Scheduling specific flags.</p>
<taglist>
- <tag>+sbt BindType</tag>
+ <tag><marker id="+sbt"><c>+sbt BindType</c></marker></tag>
<item>
- <marker id="+sbt"></marker>
<p>Set scheduler bind type. Currently valid <c>BindType</c>s:
</p>
<taglist>
@@ -672,9 +661,8 @@
<seealso marker="erlang#system_flag_scheduler_bind_type">erlang:system_flag(scheduler_bind_type, SchedulerBindType)</seealso>.
</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>+sct CpuTopology</c></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="+sct"><c>+sct CpuTopology</c></marker></tag>
<item>
- <marker id="+sct"></marker>
<list type="bulleted">
<item><c><![CDATA[<Id> = integer(); when 0 =< <Id> =< 65535]]></c></item>
<item><c><![CDATA[<IdRange> = <Id>-<Id>]]></c></item>
@@ -791,21 +779,18 @@
</item>
</taglist>
</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[+sss size]]></c></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="sched_thread_stack_size"><c><![CDATA[+sss size]]></c></marker></tag>
<item>
- <marker id="sched_thread_stack_size"></marker>
<p>Suggested stack size, in kilowords, for scheduler threads.
Valid range is 4-8192 kilowords. The default stack size
is OS dependent.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[+t size]]></c></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="+t"><c><![CDATA[+t size]]></c></marker></tag>
<item>
- <marker id="+t"></marker>
<p>Set the maximum number of atoms the VM can handle. Default is 1048576.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[+T Level]]></c></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="+T"><c><![CDATA[+T Level]]></c></marker></tag>
<item>
- <marker id="+T"></marker>
<p>Enables modified timing and sets the modified timing level.
Currently valid range is 0-9. The timing of the runtime system
will change. A high level usually means a greater change than
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml
index 63108f41f0..5061230a33 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@
asynchronous function calls, using a thread pool provided by
Erlang. There is also a select call, that can be used for
asynchronous drivers.</item>
- <tag>Multi-threading</tag>
- <item><marker id="multi_threading"></marker>
+ <tag><marker id="multi_threading">Multi-threading</marker></tag>
+ <item>
<p>A POSIX thread like API for multi-threading is provided. The
Erlang driver thread API only provide a subset of the functionality
provided by the POSIX thread API. The subset provided is
@@ -245,9 +245,8 @@
<item>A driver can add and later remove drivers.</item>
<tag>Monitoring processes</tag>
<item>A driver can monitor a process that does not own a port.</item>
- <tag>Version management</tag>
+ <tag><marker id="version_management">Version management</marker></tag>
<item>
- <marker id="version_management"></marker>
<p>Version management is enabled for drivers that have set the
<seealso marker="driver_entry#extended_marker">extended_marker</seealso>
field of their
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
index d4fd8c8c9f..46f8df4683 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
@@ -3474,9 +3474,8 @@ os_prompt%</pre>
<p>This changes the minimum binary virtual heap size for the calling
process.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>process_flag(priority, Level)</c></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="process_flag_priority"><c>process_flag(priority, Level)</c></marker></tag>
<item>
- <marker id="process_flag_priority"></marker>
<p>This sets the process priority. <c>Level</c> is an atom.
There are currently four priority levels: <c>low</c>,
<c>normal</c>, <c>high</c>, and <c>max</c>. The default
@@ -4788,9 +4787,8 @@ true</pre>
<c>ContextSwitches</c> is the total number of context
switches since the system started.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>exact_reductions</c></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="statistics_exact_reductions"><c>exact_reductions</c></marker></tag>
<item>
- <marker id="statistics_exact_reductions"></marker>
<p>Returns
<c>{Total_Exact_Reductions, Exact_Reductions_Since_Last_Call}</c>.</p>
<p><em>NOTE:</em><c>statistics(exact_reductions)</c> is
@@ -4810,9 +4808,8 @@ true</pre>
through ports, and <c>Output</c> is the total number of
bytes output to ports.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>reductions</c></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="statistics_reductions"><c>reductions</c></marker></tag>
<item>
- <marker id="statistics_reductions"></marker>
<p>Returns
<c>{Total_Reductions, Reductions_Since_Last_Call}</c>.</p>
<p><em>NOTE:</em> From erts version 5.5 (OTP release R11B)
@@ -4983,9 +4980,8 @@ true</pre>
<p>Sets the maximum depth of call stack back-traces in the
exit reason element of <c>'EXIT'</c> tuples.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>erlang:system_flag(cpu_topology, CpuTopology)</c></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="system_flag_cpu_topology"><c>erlang:system_flag(cpu_topology, CpuTopology)</c></marker></tag>
<item>
- <marker id="system_flag_cpu_topology"></marker>
<p>Sets the user defined <c>CpuTopology</c>. The user defined
CPU topology will override any automatically detected
CPU topology. By passing <c>undefined</c> as <c>CpuTopology</c>
@@ -5047,9 +5043,8 @@ true</pre>
<seealso marker="#spawn_opt/4">spawn_opt/N</seealso> or
<seealso marker="#process_flag/2">process_flag/2</seealso>. </p>
</item>
- <tag><c>erlang:system_flag(multi_scheduling, BlockState)</c></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="system_flag_multi_scheduling"><c>erlang:system_flag(multi_scheduling, BlockState)</c></marker></tag>
<item>
- <marker id="system_flag_multi_scheduling"></marker>
<p><c>BlockState = block | unblock</c></p>
<p>If multi-scheduling is enabled, more than one scheduler
thread is used by the emulator. Multi-scheduling can be
@@ -5083,9 +5078,8 @@ true</pre>
<seealso marker="#system_info_multi_scheduling_blockers">erlang:system_info(multi_scheduling_blockers)</seealso>, and
<seealso marker="#system_info_schedulers">erlang:system_info(schedulers)</seealso>.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>erlang:system_flag(scheduler_bind_type, How)</c></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="system_flag_scheduler_bind_type"><c>erlang:system_flag(scheduler_bind_type, How)</c></marker></tag>
<item>
- <marker id="system_flag_scheduler_bind_type"></marker>
<p>Controls if and how schedulers are bound to logical
processors.</p>
<p>When <c>erlang:system_flag(scheduler_bind_type, How)</c> is
@@ -5212,9 +5206,8 @@ true</pre>
<seealso marker="#system_flag_cpu_topology">erlang:system_flag(cpu_topology, CpuTopology)</seealso>.
</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>erlang:system_flag(schedulers_online, SchedulersOnline)</c></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="system_flag_schedulers_online"><c>erlang:system_flag(schedulers_online, SchedulersOnline)</c></marker></tag>
<item>
- <marker id="system_flag_schedulers_online"></marker>
<p>Sets the amount of schedulers online. Valid range is
<![CDATA[1 <= SchedulerId <= erlang:system_info(schedulers)]]>.
</p>
@@ -5252,9 +5245,8 @@ true</pre>
<p>Returns various information about the current system
(emulator) as specified by <c>Type</c>:</p>
<taglist>
- <tag><c>allocated_areas</c></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="system_info_allocated_areas"><c>allocated_areas</c></marker></tag>
<item>
- <marker id="system_info_allocated_areas"></marker>
<p>Returns a list of tuples with information about
miscellaneous allocated memory areas.</p>
<p>Each tuple contains an atom describing type of memory as
@@ -5274,9 +5266,8 @@ true</pre>
in the total amount of memory allocated by the emulator
see <seealso marker="#memory/0">erlang:memory/0,1</seealso>.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>allocator</c></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="system_info_allocator"><c>allocator</c></marker></tag>
<item>
- <marker id="system_info_allocator"></marker>
<p>Returns <c>{Allocator, Version, Features, Settings}.</c></p>
<p>Types:</p>
<list type="bulleted">
@@ -5317,9 +5308,8 @@ true</pre>
<p>See also "System Flags Effecting erts_alloc" in
<seealso marker="erts:erts_alloc#flags">erts_alloc(3)</seealso>.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>alloc_util_allocators</c></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="system_info_alloc_util_allocators"><c>alloc_util_allocators</c></marker></tag>
<item>
- <marker id="system_info_alloc_util_allocators"></marker>
<p>Returns a list of the names of all allocators
using the ERTS internal <c>alloc_util</c> framework
as atoms. For more information see the
@@ -5328,9 +5318,8 @@ true</pre>
erts_alloc(3)</seealso> documentation.
</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>{allocator, Alloc}</c></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="system_info_allocator_tuple"><c>{allocator, Alloc}</c></marker></tag>
<item>
- <marker id="system_info_allocator_tuple"></marker>
<p>Returns information about the specified allocator.
As of erts version 5.6.1 the return value is a list
of <c>{instance, InstanceNo, InstanceInfo}</c> tuples
@@ -5366,9 +5355,8 @@ true</pre>
values. The first value is memory pool size and
the second value used memory size.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>{allocator_sizes, Alloc}</c></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="system_info_allocator_sizes"><c>{allocator_sizes, Alloc}</c></marker></tag>
<item>
- <marker id="system_info_allocator_sizes"></marker>
<p>Returns various size information for the specified
allocator. The information returned is a subset of the
information returned by
@@ -5402,9 +5390,8 @@ true</pre>
line flag <c>+R</c>, see
<seealso marker="erts:erl#compat_rel">erl(1)</seealso>.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>cpu_topology</c></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="system_info_cpu_topology"><c>cpu_topology</c></marker></tag>
<item>
- <marker id="system_info_cpu_topology"></marker>
<p>Returns the <c>CpuTopology</c> which currently is used by the
emulator. The CPU topology is used when binding schedulers
to logical processors. The CPU topology used is the user defined
@@ -5677,9 +5664,8 @@ true</pre>
<seealso marker="erts:erl#+T">erl(1)</seealso>
command for more information on modified timing.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>multi_scheduling</c></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="system_info_multi_scheduling"><c>multi_scheduling</c></marker></tag>
<item>
- <marker id="system_info_multi_scheduling"></marker>
<p>Returns <c>disabled</c>, <c>blocked</c>, or <c>enabled</c>.
A description of the return values:</p>
<taglist>
@@ -5708,9 +5694,8 @@ true</pre>
<seealso marker="#system_info_multi_scheduling_blockers">erlang:system_info(multi_scheduling_blockers)</seealso>, and
<seealso marker="#system_info_schedulers">erlang:system_info(schedulers)</seealso>.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>multi_scheduling_blockers</c></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="system_info_multi_scheduling_blockers"><c>multi_scheduling_blockers</c></marker></tag>
<item>
- <marker id="system_info_multi_scheduling_blockers"></marker>
<p>Returns a list of <c>PID</c>s when multi-scheduling
is blocked; otherwise, the empty list. The <c>PID</c>s
in the list is <c>PID</c>s of the processes currently
@@ -5721,9 +5706,8 @@ true</pre>
<seealso marker="#system_info_multi_scheduling">erlang:system_info(multi_scheduling)</seealso>, and
<seealso marker="#system_info_schedulers">erlang:system_info(schedulers)</seealso>.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>otp_release</c></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="system_info_otp_release"><c>otp_release</c></marker></tag>
<item>
- <marker id="system_info_otp_release"></marker>
<p>Returns a string containing the OTP release number.</p>
</item>
<tag><c>process_count</c></tag>
@@ -5747,9 +5731,8 @@ true</pre>
information see the <seealso marker="erts:crash_dump">"How to interpret the Erlang crash dumps"</seealso> chapter
in the ERTS User's Guide.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>scheduler_bind_type</c></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="system_info_scheduler_bind_type"><c>scheduler_bind_type</c></marker></tag>
<item>
- <marker id="system_info_scheduler_bind_type"></marker>
<p>Returns information on how user has requested
schedulers to be bound or not bound.</p>
<p><em>NOTE:</em> Even though user has requested
@@ -5764,9 +5747,8 @@ true</pre>
<seealso marker="#system_info_scheduler_bindings">erlang:system_info(scheduler_bindings)</seealso>.
</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>scheduler_bindings</c></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="system_info_scheduler_bindings"><c>scheduler_bindings</c></marker></tag>
<item>
- <marker id="system_info_scheduler_bindings"></marker>
<p>Returns information on currently used scheduler
bindings.</p>
<p>A tuple of a size equal to
@@ -5788,18 +5770,16 @@ true</pre>
<seealso marker="#system_info_schedulers_online">erlang:system_info(schedulers_online)</seealso>.
</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>scheduler_id</c></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="system_info_scheduler_id"><c>scheduler_id</c></marker></tag>
<item>
- <marker id="system_info_scheduler_id"></marker>
<p>Returns the scheduler id (<c>SchedulerId</c>) of the
scheduler thread that the calling process is executing
on. <c>SchedulerId</c> is a positive integer; where
<c><![CDATA[1 <= SchedulerId <= erlang:system_info(schedulers)]]></c>. See also
<seealso marker="#system_info_schedulers">erlang:system_info(schedulers)</seealso>.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>schedulers</c></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="system_info_schedulers"><c>schedulers</c></marker></tag>
<item>
- <marker id="system_info_schedulers"></marker>
<p>Returns the number of scheduler threads used by
the emulator. Scheduler threads online schedules Erlang
processes and Erlang ports, and execute Erlang code
@@ -5815,9 +5795,8 @@ true</pre>
<seealso marker="#system_info_multi_scheduling">erlang:system_info(multi_scheduling)</seealso>, and
and <seealso marker="#system_info_multi_scheduling_blockers">erlang:system_info(multi_scheduling_blockers)</seealso>.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>schedulers_online</c></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="system_info_schedulers_online"><c>schedulers_online</c></marker></tag>
<item>
- <marker id="system_info_schedulers_online"></marker>
<p>Returns the amount of schedulers online. The scheduler
identifiers of schedulers online satisfy the following
relationship:
@@ -5850,9 +5829,8 @@ true</pre>
with thread support; otherwise, <c>false</c> is
returned.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>thread_pool_size</c></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="system_info_thread_pool_size"><c>thread_pool_size</c></marker></tag>
<item>
- <marker id="system_info_thread_pool_size"></marker>
<p>Returns the number of async threads in the async thread
pool used for asynchronous driver calls
(<seealso marker="erts:erl_driver#driver_async">driver_async()</seealso>)
@@ -5865,9 +5843,8 @@ true</pre>
<c>get_tcw</c> in "Match Specifications in Erlang",
<seealso marker="erts:match_spec#get_tcw">ERTS User's Guide</seealso>.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>version</c></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="system_info_version"><c>version</c></marker></tag>
<item>
- <marker id="system_info_version"></marker>
<p>Returns a string containing the version number of the
emulator.</p>
</item>
@@ -6477,9 +6454,8 @@ true</pre>
the current function cannot be determined, then the last
element <c>Arity</c> is 0.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>{trace, Pid, gc_start, Info}</c></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="gc_start"><c>{trace, Pid, gc_start, Info}</c></marker></tag>
<item>
- <marker id="gc_start"></marker>
<p>Sent when garbage collection is about to be started.
<c>Info</c> is a list of two-element tuples, where
the first element is a key, and the second is the value.
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml b/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml
index d51e5b3ea4..51a4a2bca0 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<cref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2002</year><year>2009</year>
+ <year>2002</year><year>2010</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the
Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be
retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/.
-
+
Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See
the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations
under the License.
-
+
</legalnotice>
<title>erts_alloc</title>
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
size (<seealso marker="#M_lmbcs">lmbcs</seealso>), the smallest
multiblock carrier size (<seealso marker="#M_smbcs">smbcs</seealso>),
and the multiblock carrier growth stages
- (<seealso marker="#M_smbcs">mbcgs</seealso>) parameters. If
+ (<seealso marker="#M_mbcgs">mbcgs</seealso>) parameters. If
<c>nc</c> is the current number of multiblock carriers (the main
multiblock carrier excluded) managed by an allocator, the size
of the next <c>mseg_alloc</c> multiblock carrier allocated by
@@ -229,29 +229,25 @@
<p>The following flags are available for configuration of
<c>mseg_alloc</c>:</p>
<taglist>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[+MMamcbf <size>]]></c></tag>
- <item> <marker id="MMamcbf"></marker>
-
+ <tag><marker id="MMamcbf"><c><![CDATA[+MMamcbf <size>]]></c></marker></tag>
+ <item>
Absolute max cache bad fit (in kilobytes). A segment in the
memory segment cache is not reused if its size exceeds the
requested size with more than the value of this
parameter. Default value is 4096. </item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[+MMrmcbf <ratio>]]></c></tag>
- <item> <marker id="MMrmcbf"></marker>
-
+ <tag><marker id="MMrmcbf"><c><![CDATA[+MMrmcbf <ratio>]]></c></marker></tag>
+ <item>
Relative max cache bad fit (in percent). A segment in the
memory segment cache is not reused if its size exceeds the
requested size with more than relative max cache bad fit
percent of the requested size. Default value is 20.</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[+MMmcs <amount>]]></c></tag>
- <item> <marker id="MMmcs"></marker>
-
+ <tag><marker id="MMmcs"><c><![CDATA[+MMmcs <amount>]]></c></marker></tag>
+ <item>
Max cached segments. The maximum number of memory segments
stored in the memory segment cache. Valid range is
0-30. Default value is 5.</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[+MMcci <time>]]></c></tag>
- <item> <marker id="MMcci"></marker>
-
+ <tag><marker id="MMcci"><c><![CDATA[+MMcci <time>]]></c></marker></tag>
+ <item>
Cache check interval (in milliseconds). The memory segment
cache is checked for segments to destroy at an interval
determined by this parameter. Default value is 1000.</item>
@@ -259,26 +255,23 @@
<p>The following flags are available for configuration of
<c>fix_alloc</c>:</p>
<taglist>
- <tag><c>+MFe true</c></tag>
- <item> <marker id="MFe"></marker>
-
+ <tag><marker id="MFe"><c>+MFe true</c></marker></tag>
+ <item>
Enable <c>fix_alloc</c>. Note: <c>fix_alloc</c> cannot be disabled.</item>
</taglist>
<p>The following flags are available for configuration of
<c>sys_alloc</c>:</p>
<taglist>
- <tag><c>+MYe true</c></tag>
- <item> <marker id="MYe"></marker>
-
+ <tag><marker id="MYe"><c>+MYe true</c></marker></tag>
+ <item>
Enable <c>sys_alloc</c>. Note: <c>sys_alloc</c> cannot be disabled.</item>
- <tag><c>+MYm libc</c></tag>
- <item> <marker id="MYm"></marker>
-<c>malloc</c> library to use. Currently only
+ <tag><marker id="MYm"><c>+MYm libc</c></marker></tag>
+ <item>
+ <c>malloc</c> library to use. Currently only
<c>libc</c> is available. <c>libc</c> enables the standard
<c>libc</c> malloc implementation. By default <c>libc</c> is used.</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[+MYtt <size>]]></c></tag>
- <item> <marker id="MYtt"></marker>
-
+ <tag><marker id="MYtt"><c><![CDATA[+MYtt <size>]]></c></marker></tag>
+ <item>
Trim threshold size (in kilobytes). This is the maximum amount
of free memory at the top of the heap (allocated by
<c>sbrk</c>) that will be kept by <c>malloc</c> (not
@@ -289,9 +282,8 @@
trim threshold is 128. <em>Note:</em> This flag will
only have any effect when the emulator has been linked with
the GNU C library, and uses its <c>malloc</c> implementation.</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[+MYtp <size>]]></c></tag>
- <item> <marker id="MYtp"></marker>
-
+ <tag><marker id="MYtp"><c><![CDATA[+MYtp <size>]]></c></marker></tag>
+ <item>
Top pad size (in kilobytes). This is the amount of extra
memory that will be allocated by <c>malloc</c> when
<c>sbrk</c> is called to get more memory from the operating
@@ -308,43 +300,37 @@
subsystem identifier, only the specific allocator identified will be
effected:</p>
<taglist>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[+M<S>as bf|aobf|gf|af]]></c></tag>
- <item> <marker id="M_as"></marker>
-
+ <tag><marker id="M_as"><c><![CDATA[+M<S>as bf|aobf|gf|af]]></c></marker></tag>
+ <item>
Allocation strategy. Valid strategies are <c>bf</c> (best fit),
<c>aobf</c> (address order best fit), <c>gf</c> (good fit),
and <c>af</c> (a fit). See
<seealso marker="#strategy">the description of allocation strategies</seealso> in "the <c>alloc_util</c> framework" section.</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[+M<S>asbcst <size>]]></c></tag>
- <item> <marker id="M_asbcst"></marker>
-
+ <tag><marker id="M_asbcst"><c><![CDATA[+M<S>asbcst <size>]]></c></marker></tag>
+ <item>
Absolute singleblock carrier shrink threshold (in
kilobytes). When a block located in an
<c>mseg_alloc</c> singleblock carrier is shrunk, the carrier
will be left unchanged if the amount of unused memory is less
than this threshold; otherwise, the carrier will be shrunk.
See also <seealso marker="#M_rsbcst">rsbcst</seealso>.</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[+M<S>e true|false]]></c></tag>
- <item> <marker id="M_e"></marker>
-
+ <tag><marker id="M_e"><c><![CDATA[+M<S>e true|false]]></c></marker></tag>
+ <item>
Enable allocator <c><![CDATA[<S>]]></c>.</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[+M<S>lmbcs <size>]]></c></tag>
- <item> <marker id="M_lmbcs"></marker>
-
+ <tag><marker id="M_lmbcs"><c><![CDATA[+M<S>lmbcs <size>]]></c></marker></tag>
+ <item>
Largest (<c>mseg_alloc</c>) multiblock carrier size (in
kilobytes). See <seealso marker="#mseg_mbc_sizes">the description
on how sizes for mseg_alloc multiblock carriers are decided</seealso>
in "the <c>alloc_util</c> framework" section.</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[+M<S>mbcgs <ratio>]]></c></tag>
- <item> <marker id="M_mbcgs"></marker>
-
+ <tag><marker id="M_mbcgs"><c><![CDATA[+M<S>mbcgs <ratio>]]></c></marker></tag>
+ <item>
(<c>mseg_alloc</c>) multiblock carrier growth stages. See
<seealso marker="#mseg_mbc_sizes">the description on how sizes for
mseg_alloc multiblock carriers are decided</seealso>
in "the <c>alloc_util</c> framework" section.</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[+M<S>mbsd <depth>]]></c></tag>
- <item> <marker id="M_mbsd"></marker>
-
+ <tag><marker id="M_mbsd"><c><![CDATA[+M<S>mbsd <depth>]]></c></marker></tag>
+ <item>
Max block search depth. This flag has effect only if the
good fit strategy has been selected for allocator
<c><![CDATA[<S>]]></c>. When the good fit strategy is used, free
@@ -353,47 +339,41 @@
search depth sets a limit on the maximum number of blocks to
inspect in a free list during a search for suitable block
satisfying the request.</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[+M<S>mmbcs <size>]]></c></tag>
- <item> <marker id="M_mmbcs"></marker>
-
+ <tag><marker id="M_mmbcs"><c><![CDATA[+M<S>mmbcs <size>]]></c></marker></tag>
+ <item>
Main multiblock carrier size. Sets the size of the main
multiblock carrier for allocator <c><![CDATA[<S>]]></c>. The main
multiblock carrier is allocated via <c><![CDATA[sys_alloc]]></c> and is
never deallocated.</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[+M<S>mmmbc <amount>]]></c></tag>
- <item> <marker id="M_mmmbc"></marker>
-
+ <tag><marker id="M_mmmbc"><c><![CDATA[+M<S>mmmbc <amount>]]></c></marker></tag>
+ <item>
Max <c>mseg_alloc</c> multiblock carriers. Maximum number of
multiblock carriers allocated via <c>mseg_alloc</c> by
allocator <c><![CDATA[<S>]]></c>. When this limit has been reached,
new multiblock carriers will be allocated via
<c>sys_alloc</c>.</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[+M<S>mmsbc <amount>]]></c></tag>
- <item> <marker id="M_mmsbc"></marker>
-
+ <tag><marker id="M_mmsbc"><c><![CDATA[+M<S>mmsbc <amount>]]></c></marker></tag>
+ <item>
Max <c>mseg_alloc</c> singleblock carriers. Maximum number of
singleblock carriers allocated via <c>mseg_alloc</c> by
allocator <c><![CDATA[<S>]]></c>. When this limit has been reached,
new singleblock carriers will be allocated via
<c>sys_alloc</c>.</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[+M<S>ramv <bool>]]></c></tag>
- <item> <marker id="M_ramv"></marker>
-
+ <tag><marker id="M_ramv"><c><![CDATA[+M<S>ramv <bool>]]></c></marker></tag>
+ <item>
Realloc always moves. When enabled, reallocate operations will
more or less be translated into an allocate, copy, free sequence.
This often reduce memory fragmentation, but costs performance.
</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[+M<S>rmbcmt <ratio>]]></c></tag>
- <item> <marker id="M_rmbcmt"></marker>
-
+ <tag><marker id="M_rmbcmt"><c><![CDATA[+M<S>rmbcmt <ratio>]]></c></marker></tag>
+ <item>
Relative multiblock carrier move threshold (in percent). When
a block located in a multiblock carrier is shrunk,
the block will be moved if the ratio of the size of the returned
memory compared to the previous size is more than this threshold;
otherwise, the block will be shrunk at current location.</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[+M<S>rsbcmt <ratio>]]></c></tag>
- <item> <marker id="M_rsbcmt"></marker>
-
+ <tag><marker id="M_rsbcmt"><c><![CDATA[+M<S>rsbcmt <ratio>]]></c></marker></tag>
+ <item>
Relative singleblock carrier move threshold (in percent). When
a block located in a singleblock carrier is shrunk to
a size smaller than the value of the
@@ -401,32 +381,28 @@
the block will be left unchanged in the singleblock carrier if
the ratio of unused memory is less than this threshold;
otherwise, it will be moved into a multiblock carrier. </item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[+M<S>rsbcst <ratio>]]></c></tag>
- <item> <marker id="M_rsbcst"></marker>
-
+ <tag><marker id="M_rsbcst"><c><![CDATA[+M<S>rsbcst <ratio>]]></c></marker></tag>
+ <item>
Relative singleblock carrier shrink threshold (in
percent). When a block located in an <c>mseg_alloc</c>
singleblock carrier is shrunk, the carrier will be left
unchanged if the ratio of unused memory is less than this
threshold; otherwise, the carrier will be shrunk.
See also <seealso marker="#M_asbcst">asbcst</seealso>.</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[+M<S>sbct <size>]]></c></tag>
- <item> <marker id="M_sbct"></marker>
-
+ <tag><marker id="M_sbct"><c><![CDATA[+M<S>sbct <size>]]></c></marker></tag>
+ <item>
Singleblock carrier threshold. Blocks larger than this
threshold will be placed in singleblock carriers. Blocks
smaller than this threshold will be placed in multiblock
carriers.</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[+M<S>smbcs <size>]]></c></tag>
- <item> <marker id="M_smbcs"></marker>
-
+ <tag><marker id="M_smbcs"><c><![CDATA[+M<S>smbcs <size>]]></c></marker></tag>
+ <item>
Smallest (<c>mseg_alloc</c>) multiblock carrier size (in
kilobytes). See <seealso marker="#mseg_mbc_sizes">the description
on how sizes for mseg_alloc multiblock carriers are decided</seealso>
in "the <c>alloc_util</c> framework" section.</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[+M<S>t true|false|<amount>]]></c></tag>
- <item> <marker id="M_t"></marker>
-
+ <tag><marker id="M_t"><c><![CDATA[+M<S>t true|false|<amount>]]></c></marker></tag>
+ <item>
Multiple, thread specific instances of the allocator.
This option will only have any effect on the runtime system
with SMP support. Default behaviour on the runtime system with
@@ -451,16 +427,15 @@
<c>alloc_util</c>, i.e. all allocators based on <c>alloc_util</c>
will be effected:</p>
<taglist>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[+Muycs <size>]]></c></tag>
- <item> <marker id="Muycs"></marker>
-<c>sys_alloc</c> carrier size. Carriers allocated via
+ <tag><marker id="Muycs"><c><![CDATA[+Muycs <size>]]></c></marker></tag>
+ <item>
+ <c>sys_alloc</c> carrier size. Carriers allocated via
<c>sys_alloc</c> will be allocated in sizes which are
multiples of the <c>sys_alloc</c> carrier size. This is not
true for main multiblock carriers and carriers allocated
during a memory shortage, though.</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[+Mummc <amount>]]></c></tag>
- <item> <marker id="Mummc"></marker>
-
+ <tag><marker id="Mummc"><c><![CDATA[+Mummc <amount>]]></c></marker></tag>
+ <item>
Max <c>mseg_alloc</c> carriers. Maximum number of carriers
placed in separate memory segments. When this limit has been
reached, new carriers will be placed in memory retrieved from
@@ -468,23 +443,20 @@
</taglist>
<p>Instrumentation flags:</p>
<taglist>
- <tag><c>+Mim true|false</c></tag>
- <item> <marker id="Mim"></marker>
-
+ <tag><marker id="Mim"><c>+Mim true|false</c></marker></tag>
+ <item>
A map over current allocations is kept by the emulator. The
allocation map can be retrieved via the <c>instrument</c>
module. <c>+Mim true</c> implies <c>+Mis true</c>.
<c>+Mim true</c> is the same as
<seealso marker="erl#instr">-instr</seealso>.</item>
- <tag><c>+Mis true|false</c></tag>
- <item> <marker id="Mis"></marker>
-
+ <tag><marker id="Mis"><c>+Mis true|false</c></marker></tag>
+ <item>
Status over allocated memory is kept by the emulator. The
allocation status can be retrieved via the <c>instrument</c>
module.</item>
- <tag><c>+Mit X</c></tag>
- <item> <marker id="Mit"></marker>
-
+ <tag><marker id="Mit"><c>+Mit X</c></marker></tag>
+ <item>
Reserved for future use. Do <em>not</em> use this flag.</item>
</taglist>
<note>
@@ -493,8 +465,8 @@
</note>
<p>Other flags:</p>
<taglist>
- <tag><c>+Mea min|max|r9c|r10b|r11b|config</c></tag>
- <item> <marker id="Mea"></marker>
+ <tag><marker id="Mea"><c>+Mea min|max|r9c|r10b|r11b|config</c></marker></tag>
+ <item>
<taglist>
<tag><c>min</c></tag>
<item>
diff --git a/xcomp/README.md b/xcomp/README.md
index 19a692143a..bc2696c046 100644
--- a/xcomp/README.md
+++ b/xcomp/README.md
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Other files that might need to be updated are:
- `$ERL_TOP/xcomp/erl-xcomp-vars.sh`
- `$ERL_TOP/erl-build-tool-vars.sh`
- `$ERL_TOP/erts/aclocal.m4`
-- `$ERL_TOP/xcomp/README`
+- `$ERL_TOP/xcomp/README.md`
- `$ERL_TOP/xcomp/erl-xcomp-*.conf`
Note that this might be an incomplete list of files that need to be updated.