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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml b/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml index 580780e73b..53e136d76c 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml @@ -68,8 +68,7 @@ fixed size data types.</item> <tag><c>exec_alloc</c></tag> <item>Allocator used by the <seealso marker="hipe:HiPE_app"><c>HiPE</c></seealso> - application for native executable code on specific architectures - (x86_64).</item> + application for native executable code.</item> <tag><c>std_alloc</c></tag> <item>Allocator used for most memory blocks not allocated through any of the other allocators described above.</item> @@ -225,6 +224,33 @@ used. The time complexity is proportional to log N, where N is the number of free blocks.</p> </item> + <tag>Age order first fit carrier address order first fit</tag> + <item> + <p>Strategy: Find the <em>oldest carrier</em> that + can satisfy the requested block size, then find a block within + that carrier using the "address order first fit" strategy.</p> + <p>Implementation: A balanced binary search tree is + used. The time complexity is proportional to log N, where + N is the number of free blocks.</p> + </item> + <tag>Age order first fit carrier best fit</tag> + <item> + <p>Strategy: Find the <em>oldest carrier</em> that + can satisfy the requested block size, then find a block within + that carrier using the "best fit" strategy.</p> + <p>Implementation: Balanced binary search trees are + used. The time complexity is proportional to log N, where + N is the number of free blocks.</p> + </item> + <tag>Age order first fit carrier address order best fit</tag> + <item> + <p>Strategy: Find the <em>oldest carrier</em> that + can satisfy the requested block size, then find a block within + that carrier using the "address order best fit" strategy.</p> + <p>Implementation: Balanced binary search trees are + used. The time complexity is proportional to log N, where + N is the number of free blocks.</p> + </item> <tag>Good fit</tag> <item> <p>Strategy: Try to find the best fit, but settle for the best fit @@ -467,7 +493,8 @@ fetched, it will function as an ordinary carrier. This feature has special requirements on the <seealso marker="#M_as">allocation strategy</seealso> used. Only - the strategies <c>aoff</c>, <c>aoffcbf</c>, and <c>aoffcaobf</c> + the strategies <c>aoff</c>, <c>aoffcbf</c>, <c>aoffcaobf</c>, + <c>ageffcaoff</c>m, <c>ageffcbf</c> and <c>ageffcaobf</c> support abandoned carriers.</p> <p>This feature also requires <seealso marker="#M_t">multiple thread specific instances</seealso> @@ -478,8 +505,30 @@ allocators based on the <c>alloc_util</c> framework, except <c>temp_alloc</c> (which would be pointless).</p> </item> + + <tag><marker id="M_acfml"/><c><![CDATA[+M<S>acfml <bytes>]]></c> + </tag> + <item> + <p>Abandon carrier free block min limit. A valid <c><![CDATA[<bytes>]]></c> + is a positive integer representing a block size limit. The largest + free block in a carrier must be at least <c>bytes</c> large, for the + carrier to be abandoned. The default is zero but can be changed + in the future.</p> + <p>See also <seealso marker="#M_acul"><c>acul</c></seealso>.</p> + </item> + + <tag><marker id="M_acnl"/><c><![CDATA[+M<S>acnl <amount>]]></c> + </tag> + <item> + <p>Abandon carrier number limit. A valid <c><![CDATA[<amount>]]></c> + is a positive integer representing max number of abandoned carriers per + allocator instance. Defaults to 1000 which will practically disable + the limit, but this can be changed in the future.</p> + <p>See also <seealso marker="#M_acul"><c>acul</c></seealso>.</p> + </item> + <tag><marker id="M_as"/> - <c><![CDATA[+M<S>as bf|aobf|aoff|aoffcbf|aoffcaobf|gf|af]]></c></tag> + <c><![CDATA[+M<S>as bf|aobf|aoff|aoffcbf|aoffcaobf|ageffcaoff|ageffcbf|ageffcaobf|gf|af]]></c></tag> <item> <p>Allocation strategy. The following strategies are valid:</p> <list type="bulleted"> @@ -490,6 +539,11 @@ </item> <item><c>aoffcaobf</c> (address order first fit carrier address order best fit)</item> + <item><c>ageffcaoff</c> (age order first fit carrier address order first fit)</item> + <item><c>ageffcbf</c> (age order first fit carrier best fit) + </item> + <item><c>ageffcaobf</c> (age order first fit carrier address + order best fit)</item> <item><c>gf</c> (good fit)</item> <item><c>af</c> (a fit)</item> </list> @@ -668,19 +722,6 @@ </section> <section> - <title>Special Flag for exec_alloc</title> - <taglist> - <tag><marker id="MXscs"/><c><![CDATA[+MXscs <size in MB>]]></c></tag> - <item> - <p><c>exec_alloc</c> super carrier size (in MB). The amount of - <em>virtual</em> address space reserved for native executable code - used by the <seealso marker="hipe:HiPE_app"><c>HiPE</c></seealso> application - on specific architectures (x86_64). Defaults to <c>512</c>.</p> - </item> - </taglist> - </section> - - <section> <title>Instrumentation Flags</title> <taglist> <tag><marker id="Mim"/><c>+Mim true|false</c></tag> |