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Diffstat (limited to 'erts/doc/src/erl.xml')
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1 files changed, 37 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml index 9724a1345a..d11f6b0c6d 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml @@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ <c><![CDATA[werl]]></c>, not <c><![CDATA[erl]]></c> (<c><![CDATA[oldshell]]></c>). Note also that <c><![CDATA[Ctrl-Break]]></c> is used instead of <c><![CDATA[Ctrl-C]]></c> on Windows.</p> </item> - <tag><c><![CDATA[+c]]></c></tag> + <tag><marker id="+c"><c><![CDATA[+c]]></c></marker></tag> <item> <p>Disable compensation for sudden changes of system time.</p> <p>Normally, <c><![CDATA[erlang:now/0]]></c> will not immediately reflect @@ -510,6 +510,9 @@ reflect the current system time. Note that timers are based on <c><![CDATA[erlang:now/0]]></c>. If the system time jumps, timers then time out at the wrong time.</p> + <p><em>NOTE</em>: You can check whether the adjustment is enabled or + disabled by calling + <seealso marker="erlang#system_info_tolerant_timeofday">erlang:system_info(tolerant_timeofday)</seealso>.</p> </item> <tag><c><![CDATA[+d]]></c></tag> <item> @@ -522,7 +525,8 @@ core dump and no crash dump if an internal error is detected.</p> <p>Calling <c>erlang:halt/1</c> with a string argument will still - produce a crash dump.</p> + produce a crash dump. On Unix systems, sending an emulator process + a SIGUSR1 signal will also force a crash dump.</p> </item> <tag><marker id="+e"><c><![CDATA[+e Number]]></c></marker></tag> <item> @@ -848,6 +852,19 @@ </p> </item> <tag><marker id="+SDio"><c><![CDATA[+SDio IOSchedulers]]></c></marker></tag> + <item> + <p>Sets the number of dirty I/O scheduler threads to create when threading + support has been enabled. The valid range is 0-1024. By default, the number + of dirty I/O scheduler threads created is 10, same as the default number of + threads in the <seealso marker="#async_thread_pool_size">async thread pool + </seealso>. + </p> + <p>This option is ignored if the emulator doesn't have threading support + enabled. Currently, <em>this option is experimental</em> and is supported only + if the emulator was configured and built with support for dirty schedulers + enabled (it's disabled by default). + </p> + </item> <tag><c><![CDATA[+sFlag Value]]></c></tag> <item> <p>Scheduling specific flags.</p> @@ -1125,6 +1142,23 @@ <p>For more information, see <seealso marker="erlang#system_info_cpu_topology">erlang:system_info(cpu_topology)</seealso>.</p> </item> + <tag><marker id="+secio"><c>+secio true|false</c></marker></tag> + <item> + <p>Enable or disable eager check I/O scheduling. The default + is currently <c>false</c>, but will most likely be changed + to <c>true</c> in OTP 18. The behaviour before this flag + was introduced corresponds to <c>+secio false</c>.</p> + <p>The flag effects when schedulers will check for I/O + operations possible to execute, and when such I/O operations + will execute. As the name of the parameter implies, + schedulers will be more eager to check for I/O when + <c>true</c> is passed. This however also implies that + execution of outstanding I/O operation will not be + prioritized to the same extent as when <c>false</c> is + passed.</p> + <p><seealso marker="erlang#system_info_eager_check_io"><c>erlang:system_info(eager_check_io)</c></seealso> + returns the value of this parameter used when starting the VM.</p> + </item> <tag><marker id="+sfwi"><c>+sfwi Interval</c></marker></tag> <item> <p>Set scheduler forced wakeup interval. All run queues will @@ -1170,7 +1204,7 @@ utilization. </p> </item> - <tag><marker id="+swct"><c>+sws very_eager|eager|medium|lazy|very_lazy</c></marker></tag> + <tag><marker id="+swct"><c>+swct very_eager|eager|medium|lazy|very_lazy</c></marker></tag> <item> <p> Set scheduler wake cleanup threshold. Default is <c>medium</c>. |