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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml index 2da456d49f..57346d3935 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml @@ -1000,14 +1000,14 @@ b</pre> </func> <func> <name>exit(Pid, Reason) -> true</name> - <fsummary>Send an exit signal to a process</fsummary> + <fsummary>Send an exit signal to a process or port</fsummary> <type> - <v>Pid = pid()</v> + <v>Pid = pid() | port()</v> <v>Reason = term()</v> </type> <desc> <p>Sends an exit signal with exit reason <c>Reason</c> to - the process <c>Pid</c>.</p> + the process or port identified by <c>Pid</c>.</p> <p>The following behavior apply if <c>Reason</c> is any term except <c>normal</c> or <c>kill</c>:</p> <p>If <c>Pid</c> is not trapping exits, <c>Pid</c> itself will @@ -2875,7 +2875,7 @@ os_prompt% </pre> <v> FileNameChar = integer() (1..255 or any Unicode codepoint, see description)</v> <v> In = Out = integer()</v> <v>PortSettings = [Opt]</v> - <v> Opt = {packet, N} | stream | {line, L} | {cd, Dir} | {env, Env} | {args, [ ArgString ]} | {arg0, ArgString} | exit_status | use_stdio | nouse_stdio | stderr_to_stdout | in | out | binary | eof</v> + <v> Opt = {packet, N} | stream | {line, L} | {cd, Dir} | {env, Env} | {args, [ ArgString ]} | {arg0, ArgString} | exit_status | use_stdio | nouse_stdio | stderr_to_stdout | in | out | binary | eof | {parallelism, true|false}</v> <v> N = 1 | 2 | 4</v> <v> L = integer()</v> <v> Dir = string()</v> @@ -3173,6 +3173,18 @@ os_prompt% </pre> console window when spawning the port program. (This option has no effect on other platforms.)</p> </item> + <tag><marker id="open_port_parallelism"><c>{parallelism, Boolean}</c></marker></tag> + <item> + <p>Set scheduler hint for port parallelism. If set to <c>true</c>, + the VM will schedule port tasks when it by this can improve the + parallelism in the system. If set to <c>false</c>, the VM will + try to perform port tasks immediately and by this improving the + latency at the expense of parallelism. The default can be set on + system startup by passing the + <seealso marker="erl#+spp">+spp</seealso> command line argument + to <seealso marker="erl">erl(1)</seealso>. + </p> + </item> </taglist> <p>The default is <c>stream</c> for all types of port and <c>use_stdio</c> for spawned ports.</p> @@ -3299,10 +3311,10 @@ os_prompt% </pre> <desc> <p>Closes an open port. Roughly the same as <c>Port ! {self(), close}</c> except for the error behaviour - (see below), and that the port does <em>not</em> reply with - <c>{Port, closed}</c>. Any process may close a port with - <c>port_close/1</c>, not only the port owner (the connected - process).</p> + (see below), being synchronous, and that the port does + <em>not</em> reply with <c>{Port, closed}</c>. Any process may + close a port with <c>port_close/1</c>, not only the port owner + (the connected process).</p> <p>For comparison: <c>Port ! {self(), close}</c> fails with <c>badarg</c> if <c>Port</c> cannot be sent to (i.e., <c>Port</c> refers neither to a port nor to a process). If @@ -3314,8 +3326,12 @@ os_prompt% </pre> <p>Note that any process can close a port using <c>Port ! {PortOwner, close}</c> just as if it itself was the port owner, but the reply always goes to the port owner.</p> - <p>In short: <c>port_close(Port)</c> has a cleaner and more - logical behaviour than <c>Port ! {self(), close}</c>.</p> + <p>As of OTP-R16 <c>Port ! {PortOwner, close}</c> is truly + asynchronous. Note that this operation has always been + documented as an asynchronous operation, while the underlying + implementation has been synchronous. <c>port_close/1</c> is + however still fully synchronous. This due to its error + behavior.</p> <p>Failure: <c>badarg</c> if <c>Port</c> is not an open port or the registered name of an open port.</p> </desc> @@ -3329,11 +3345,11 @@ os_prompt% </pre> </type> <desc> <p>Sends data to a port. Same as - <c>Port ! {self(), {command, Data}}</c> except for the error - behaviour (see below). Any process may send data to a port - with <c>port_command/2</c>, not only the port owner - (the connected process).</p> - <p>For comparison: <c>Port ! {self(), {command, Data}}</c> + <c>Port ! {PortOwner, {command, Data}}</c> except for the error + behaviour and being synchronous (see below). Any process may + send data to a port with <c>port_command/2</c>, not only the + port owner (the connected process).</p> + <p>For comparison: <c>Port ! {PortOwner, {command, Data}}</c> fails with <c>badarg</c> if <c>Port</c> cannot be sent to (i.e., <c>Port</c> refers neither to a port nor to a process). If <c>Port</c> is a closed port the data message disappears @@ -3344,11 +3360,14 @@ os_prompt% </pre> <p>Note that any process can send to a port using <c>Port ! {PortOwner, {command, Data}}</c> just as if it itself was the port owner.</p> - <p>In short: <c>port_command(Port, Data)</c> has a cleaner and - more logical behaviour than - <c>Port ! {self(), {command, Data}}</c>.</p> <p>If the port is busy, the calling process will be suspended until the port is not busy anymore.</p> + <p>As of OTP-R16 <c>Port ! {PortOwner, {command, Data}}</c> is + truly asynchronous. Note that this operation has always been + documented as an asynchronous operation, while the underlying + implementation has been synchronous. <c>port_command/2</c> is + however still fully synchronous. This due to its error + behavior.</p> <p>Failures:</p> <taglist> <tag><c>badarg</c></tag> @@ -3433,7 +3452,7 @@ os_prompt% </pre> </type> <desc> <p>Sets the port owner (the connected port) to <c>Pid</c>. - Roughly the same as <c>Port ! {self(), {connect, Pid}}</c> + Roughly the same as <c>Port ! {Owner, {connect, Pid}}</c> except for the following:</p> <list type="bulleted"> <item> @@ -3444,6 +3463,9 @@ os_prompt% </pre> <c>{Port,connected}</c>.</p> </item> <item> + <p><c>port_connect/1</c> is synchronous, see below.</p> + </item> + <item> <p>The new port owner gets linked to the port.</p> </item> </list> @@ -3467,9 +3489,12 @@ os_prompt% </pre> <c>Port ! {PortOwner, {connect, Pid}}</c> just as if it itself was the port owner, but the reply always goes to the port owner.</p> - <p>In short: <c>port_connect(Port, Pid)</c> has a cleaner and - more logical behaviour than - <c>Port ! {self(),{connect,Pid}}</c>.</p> + <p>As of OTP-R16 <c>Port ! {PortOwner, {connect, Pid}}</c> is + truly asynchronous. Note that this operation has always been + documented as an asynchronous operation, while the underlying + implementation has been synchronous. <c>port_connect/2</c> is + however still fully synchronous. This due to its error + behavior.</p> <p>Failure: <c>badarg</c> if <c>Port</c> is not an open port or the registered name of an open port, or if <c>Pid</c> is not an existing local pid.</p> @@ -3538,12 +3563,35 @@ os_prompt% </pre> the <c>Port</c>, or <c>undefined</c> if the port is not open. The order of the tuples is not defined, nor are all the tuples mandatory.</p> + <p>Currently the result will containt information about the + following <c>Item</c>s: <c>registered_name</c> (if the port has + a registed name), <c>id</c>, <c>connected</c>, <c>links</c>, + <c>name</c>, <c>input</c>, and <c>output</c>. For more information + about the different <c>Item</c>s, see + <seealso marker="#port_info/2">port_info/2</seealso>.</p> + <p>Failure: <c>badarg</c> if <c>Port</c> is not a local port.</p> + </desc> + </func> + <func> + <name>erlang:port_info(Port, Item) -> {Item, Info} | undefined | []</name> + <fsummary>Information about a port</fsummary> + <type> + <v>Port = port() | atom()</v> + <v>Item, Info -- see below</v> + </type> + <desc> + <p>Returns information about <c>Port</c> as specified + by <c>Item</c>, or <c>undefined</c> if the port is not open. + Also, if <c>Item == registered_name</c> and the port has no + registered name, [] is returned.</p> + <p>Valid values of <c>Item</c>, and corresponding <c>{Item, Info}</c> + tuples:</p> <taglist> <tag><c>{registered_name, RegName}</c></tag> <item> <p><c>RegName</c> (an atom) is the registered name of - the port. If the port has no registered name, this tuple - is not present in the list.</p> + the port. If the port has no registered name, <c>[]</c> + is returned.</p> </item> <tag><c>{id, Index}</c></tag> <item> @@ -3574,29 +3622,44 @@ os_prompt% </pre> <p><c>Bytes</c> is the total number of bytes written to the port.</p> </item> + <tag><c>{monitors, Monitors}</c></tag> + <item> + <p><c>Monitors</c> represent processes that this port + is monitoring. Note that the type of <c>Monitors</c> is + likey to change in the future.</p> + </item> + <tag><c>{parallelism, Boolean}</c></tag> + <item> + <p><c>Boolean</c> corresponds to the port parallelism + hint being used by this port. For more information see + the <seealso marker="#open_port_parallelism">parallelism</seealso> + option of <seealso marker="#open_port/2">open_port/2</seealso>.</p> + </item> + <tag><c>{memory, MemSz}</c></tag> + <item> + <p><c>MemSz</c> is the total amount of memory, in bytes, + allocated for this port by the runtime system. Note that + the port itself might have allocated memory which is not + included in <c>MemSz</c>.</p> + </item> + <tag><c>{queue_size, QSz}</c></tag> + <item> + <p><c>QSz</c> is the total amount of data, in bytes, queued + by the port using the ERTS driver queue implementation.</p> + </item> + <tag><c>{locking, Locking}</c></tag> + <item> + <p><c>Locking</c> is currently either <c>false</c> (emulator + without SMP support), <c>port_level</c> (port specific locking), + or <c>driver_level</c> (driver specific locking). Note that + these results are highly implementation specific and might + change in the future.</p> + </item> </taglist> <p>Failure: <c>badarg</c> if <c>Port</c> is not a local port.</p> </desc> </func> <func> - <name>erlang:port_info(Port, Item) -> {Item, Info} | undefined | []</name> - <fsummary>Information about a port</fsummary> - <type> - <v>Port = port() | atom()</v> - <v>Item, Info -- see below</v> - </type> - <desc> - <p>Returns information about <c>Port</c> as specified - by <c>Item</c>, or <c>undefined</c> if the port is not open. - Also, if <c>Item == registered_name</c> and the port has no - registered name, [] is returned.</p> - <p>For valid values of <c>Item</c>, and corresponding - values of <c>Info</c>, see - <seealso marker="#port_info/1">erlang:port_info/1</seealso>.</p> - <p>Failure: <c>badarg</c> if <c>Port</c> is not a local port.</p> - </desc> - </func> - <func> <name>erlang:port_to_list(Port) -> string()</name> <fsummary>Text representation of a port identifier</fsummary> <type> @@ -5954,6 +6017,11 @@ ok <item> <p>Returns a string containing the OTP release number.</p> </item> + <tag><marker id="system_info_port_parallelism"><c>port_parallelism</c></marker></tag> + <item><p>Returns the default port parallelism scheduling hint used. + For more information see the + <seealso marker="erl#+spp">+spp</seealso> command line argument + of <seealso marker="erl">erl(1)</seealso>.</p></item> <tag><c>process_count</c></tag> <item> <p>Returns the number of ports currently existing at |