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Diffstat (limited to 'erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml')
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml index 185ecd9ed9..74a551d60b 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml @@ -402,14 +402,14 @@ return term;</code> <tag><marker id="dirty_nifs"/>Dirty NIF</tag> <item> <note> - <p><em>The dirty NIF functionality described here - is experimental</em>. Dirty NIF support is available only when - the emulator is configured with dirty schedulers enabled. This - feature is disabled by default. The Erlang runtime - without SMP support does not support dirty schedulers even when - the dirty scheduler support is enabled. To check at runtime for - the presence of dirty scheduler threads, code can use the - <seealso marker="#enif_system_info"> + <p>Dirty NIF support is available only when the emulator is + configured with dirty scheduler support. As of ERTS version + 9.0, dirty scheduler support is enabled by default on the + runtime system with SMP support. The Erlang runtime without + SMP support does <em>not</em> support dirty schedulers even + when the dirty scheduler support is explicitly enabled. To + check at runtime for the presence of dirty scheduler threads, + code can use the <seealso marker="#enif_system_info"> <c>enif_system_info()</c></seealso> API function.</p> </note> <p>A NIF that cannot be split and cannot execute in a millisecond @@ -642,9 +642,6 @@ typedef struct { <p><c>flags</c> can be used to indicate that the NIF is a <seealso marker="#dirty_nifs">dirty NIF</seealso> that is to be executed on a dirty scheduler thread.</p> - <p><em>The dirty NIF functionality described here is - experimental.</em> You have to enable support for dirty - schedulers when building OTP to try out the functionality.</p> <p>If the dirty NIF is expected to be CPU-bound, its <c>flags</c> field is to be set to <c>ERL_NIF_DIRTY_JOB_CPU_BOUND</c> or <c>ERL_NIF_DIRTY_JOB_IO_BOUND</c>.</p> @@ -2450,9 +2447,6 @@ enif_map_iterator_destroy(env, &iter);</code> application to break up long-running work into multiple regular NIF calls or to schedule a <seealso marker="#dirty_nifs"> dirty NIF</seealso> to execute on a dirty scheduler thread.</p> - <p><em>The dirty NIF functionality described here is - experimental.</em> You have to enable support for dirty - schedulers when building OTP to try out the functionality.</p> <taglist> <tag><c>fun_name</c></tag> <item> @@ -2463,13 +2457,13 @@ enif_map_iterator_destroy(env, &iter);</code> <tag><c>flags</c></tag> <item> <p>Must be set to <c>0</c> for a regular NIF. If the emulator was - built with the experimental dirty scheduler support enabled, + built with dirty scheduler support enabled, <c>flags</c> can be set to either <c>ERL_NIF_DIRTY_JOB_CPU_BOUND</c> if the job is expected to be CPU-bound, or <c>ERL_NIF_DIRTY_JOB_IO_BOUND</c> for jobs that will be I/O-bound. If dirty scheduler threads are not available in the emulator, an attempt to schedule such a job - results in a <c>badarg</c> exception.</p> + results in a <c>notsup</c> exception.</p> </item> <tag><c>argc</c> and <c>argv</c></tag> <item> |