aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'erts/doc/src/erlang.xml')
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erlang.xml84
1 files changed, 77 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
index a118cf0c64..77a628e82b 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
@@ -2644,6 +2644,37 @@ os_prompt%</pre>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
+ <name>erlang:nif_error(Reason)</name>
+ <fsummary>Stop execution with a given reason</fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v>Reason = term()</v>
+ </type>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Works exactly like
+ <seealso marker="#error/1">erlang:error/1</seealso>,
+ but Dialyzer thinks that this BIF will return an arbitrary term.
+ When used in a stub function for a NIF to generate an
+ exception when the NIF library is not loaded, Dialyzer
+ will not generate false warnings.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ <func>
+ <name>erlang:nif_error(Reason, Args)</name>
+ <fsummary>Stop execution with a given reason</fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v>Reason = term()</v>
+ <v>Args = [term()]</v>
+ </type>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Works exactly like
+ <seealso marker="#error/2">erlang:error/2</seealso>,
+ but Dialyzer thinks that this BIF will return an arbitrary term.
+ When used in a stub function for a NIF to generate an
+ exception when the NIF library is not loaded, Dialyzer
+ will not generate false warnings.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ <func>
<name>node() -> Node</name>
<fsummary>Name of the local node</fsummary>
<type>
@@ -5152,10 +5183,21 @@ true</pre>
For more information on how to define the CPU topology, see
<seealso marker="#system_flag_cpu_topology">erlang:system_flag(cpu_topology, CpuTopology)</seealso>.
</p>
- <p><em>NOTE:</em> If other programs on the system have bound
- to processors, e.g. another Erlang runtime system, you
- may lose performance when binding schedulers. Therefore,
- schedulers are by default not bound.</p>
+ <p>The runtime system will by default bind schedulers to logical
+ processors using the <c>default_bind</c> bind type if the amount
+ of schedulers are at least equal to the amount of logical
+ processors configured, binding of schedulers is supported,
+ and a CPU topology is available at startup.
+ </p>
+ <p><em>NOTE:</em> If the Erlang runtime system is the only
+ operating system process that binds threads to logical processors,
+ this improves the performance of the runtime system. However,
+ if other operating system processes (as for example another Erlang
+ runtime system) also bind threads to logical processors, there
+ might be a performance penalty instead. If this is the case you,
+ are are advised to unbind the schedulers using the
+ <seealso marker="erl#+sbt">+sbtu</seealso> command line argument,
+ or <c>erlang:system_flag(scheduler_bind_type, unbound)</c>.</p>
<p>Schedulers can be bound in different ways. The <c>How</c>
argument determines how schedulers are bound. <c>How</c> can
currently be one of:</p>
@@ -6708,6 +6750,17 @@ true</pre>
See also
<seealso marker="#trace_pattern/3">erlang:trace_pattern/3</seealso>.</p>
</item>
+ <tag><c>call_time</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Return the call time values for this function or
+ <c>true</c> for the pseudo function <c>on_load</c> if call
+ time tracing is active. Returns <c>false</c> otherwise.
+ The call time values returned, <c>[{Pid, Count, S, Us}]</c>,
+ is a list of each process that has executed the function and its specific counters.
+ See also
+ <seealso marker="#trace_pattern/3">erlang:trace_pattern/3</seealso>.</p>
+ </item>
+
<tag><c>all</c></tag>
<item>
<p>Return a list containing the <c>{Item, Value}</c> tuples
@@ -6810,13 +6863,13 @@ true</pre>
</item>
<tag><c>restart</c></tag>
<item>
- <p>For the <c>FlagList</c> option <c>call_count</c>:
+ <p>For the <c>FlagList</c> option <c>call_count</c> and <c>call_time</c>:
restart the existing counters. The behaviour is undefined
for other <c>FlagList</c> options.</p>
</item>
<tag><c>pause</c></tag>
<item>
- <p>For the <c>FlagList</c> option <c>call_count</c>: pause
+ <p>For the <c>FlagList</c> option <c>call_count</c> and <c>call_time</c>: pause
the existing counters. The behaviour is undefined for
other <c>FlagList</c> options.</p>
</item>
@@ -6871,6 +6924,23 @@ true</pre>
<p>The counter value can be read with
<seealso marker="#trace_info/2">erlang:trace_info/2</seealso>.</p>
</item>
+ <tag><c>call_time</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Starts (<c>MatchSpec == true</c>) or stops
+ (<c>MatchSpec == false</c>) call time tracing for all
+ types of function calls. For every function a counter is
+ incremented when the function is called. Time spent in the function
+ is accumulated in two other counters, seconds and micro-seconds.
+ The counters are stored for each call traced process.</p>
+ <p>If call time tracing is started while already running,
+ the count and time is restarted from zero. Running counters can be
+ paused with <c>MatchSpec == pause</c>. Paused and running
+ counters can be restarted from zero with
+ <c>MatchSpec == restart</c>.</p>
+ <p>The counter value can be read with
+ <seealso marker="#trace_info/2">erlang:trace_info/2</seealso>.</p>
+ </item>
+
</taglist>
<p>The <c>global</c> and <c>local</c> options are mutually
exclusive and <c>global</c> is the default (if no options are
@@ -6878,7 +6948,7 @@ true</pre>
perform a kind of local tracing, and can also not be combined
with <c>global</c>. A function can be either globally or
locally traced. If global tracing is specified for a
- specified set of functions; local, meta and call count
+ specified set of functions; local, meta, call time and call count
tracing for the matching set of local functions will be
disabled, and vice versa.</p>
<p>When disabling trace, the option must match the type of trace