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index b3c4671c3d..2b5fc877c3 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/crash_dump.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/crash_dump.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE chapter SYSTEM "chapter.dtd">
<chapter>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1999</year><year>2010</year>
+ <year>1999</year><year>2013</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -85,20 +85,22 @@
operating system.</p>
<list type="bulleted">
<item>"<em>&lt;A&gt;</em>: Cannot allocate <em>&lt;N&gt;</em>
- bytes of memory (of type "<em>&lt;T&gt;</em>")." - The system
- has run out of memory. &lt;A&gt; is the allocator that failed
- to allocate memory, &lt;N&gt; is the number of bytes that
- &lt;A&gt; tried to allocate, and &lt;T&gt; is the memory block
- type that the memory was needed for. The most common case is
- that a process stores huge amounts of data. In this case
- &lt;T&gt; is most often <c><![CDATA[heap]]></c>, <c><![CDATA[old_heap]]></c>,
- <c><![CDATA[heap_frag]]></c>, or <c><![CDATA[binary]]></c>. For more information on
- allocators see
- <seealso marker="erts_alloc">erts_alloc(3)</seealso>.</item>
+ bytes of memory (of type "<em>&lt;T&gt;</em>", thread
+ <em>&lt;I&gt;</em>em>)." - The system has run out of memory. &lt;A&gt;
+ is the allocator that failed to allocate memory, &lt;N&gt; is the
+ number of bytes that &lt;A&gt; tried to allocate, &lt;T&gt; is the
+ memory block type that the memory was needed for, and &lt;I&gt; is the
+ thread identifier. The most common case is that a process stores huge
+ amounts of data. In this case &lt;T&gt; is most often
+ <c><![CDATA[heap]]></c>, <c><![CDATA[old_heap]]></c>,
+ <c><![CDATA[heap_frag]]></c>, or <c><![CDATA[binary]]></c>.
+ For more information on allocators see
+ <seealso marker="erts_alloc">erts_alloc(3)</seealso>.</item>
<item>"<em>&lt;A&gt;</em>: Cannot reallocate <em>&lt;N&gt;</em>
- bytes of memory (of type "<em>&lt;T&gt;</em>")." - Same as
- above with the exception that memory was being reallocated
- instead of being allocated when the system ran out of memory.</item>
+ bytes of memory (of type "<em>&lt;T&gt;</em>", thread
+ <em>&lt;I&gt;</em>em>)." - Same as above with the exception that memory
+ was being reallocated instead of being allocated when the system ran
+ out of memory.</item>
<item>"Unexpected op code <em>N</em>" - Error in compiled
code, <c><![CDATA[beam]]></c> file damaged or error in the compiler.</item>
<item>"Module <em>Name</em> undefined" <c><![CDATA[|]]></c> "Function
@@ -113,8 +115,9 @@
sockets/pipes can be used simultaneously by Erlang (due to
limitations in the Unix <c><![CDATA[select]]></c> call). The number of
open regular files is not affected by this.</item>
- <item>"Received SIGUSR1" - The SIGUSR1 signal was sent to the
- Erlang machine (Unix only).</item>
+ <item>"Received SIGUSR1" - Sending the SIGUSR1 signal to a
+ Erlang machine (Unix only) forces a crash dump. This slogan reflects
+ that the Erlang machine crash-dumped due to receiving that signal.</item>
<item>"Kernel pid terminated (<em>Who</em>)
(<em>Exit-reason</em>)" - The kernel supervisor has detected
a failure, usually that the <c><![CDATA[application_controller]]></c>
@@ -246,6 +249,9 @@
<tag><em>Last scheduled in for | Current call</em></tag>
<item>The current function of the process. These fields will not
always exist.</item>
+ <tag><em>Run queue</em></tag>
+ <item>The identifier of the scheduler run queue in which the process is
+ running.</item>
<tag><em>Spawned by</em></tag>
<item>The parent of the process, i.e. the process which executed
<c><![CDATA[spawn]]></c> or <c><![CDATA[spawn_link]]></c>.</item>
@@ -290,6 +296,10 @@
<em>Stack+heap</em>, <em>OldHeap</em>, <em>Heap unused</em>
and <em>OldHeap unused</em> do not exist. Instead this field
presents the size of the process' stack.</item>
+ <tag><em>Memory</em></tag>
+ <item>The total memory used by this process. This includes call stack,
+ heap and internal structures. Same as <seealso marker="erlang#process_info-2">erlang:process_info(Pid,memory)</seealso>.
+ </item>
<tag><em>Program counter</em></tag>
<item>The current instruction pointer. This is only interesting for
runtime system developers. The function into which the program