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-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/crash_dump.xml31
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/epmd.xml41
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erl.xml15
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/notes.xml21
4 files changed, 74 insertions, 34 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/crash_dump.xml b/erts/doc/src/crash_dump.xml
index c59741f250..d3de29b876 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/crash_dump.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/crash_dump.xml
@@ -85,20 +85,22 @@
operating system.</p>
<list type="bulleted">
<item>"<em>&lt;A&gt;</em>: Cannot allocate <em>&lt;N&gt;</em>
- bytes of memory (of type "<em>&lt;T&gt;</em>")." - The system
- has run out of memory. &lt;A&gt; is the allocator that failed
- to allocate memory, &lt;N&gt; is the number of bytes that
- &lt;A&gt; tried to allocate, and &lt;T&gt; is the memory block
- type that the memory was needed for. The most common case is
- that a process stores huge amounts of data. In this case
- &lt;T&gt; is most often <c><![CDATA[heap]]></c>, <c><![CDATA[old_heap]]></c>,
- <c><![CDATA[heap_frag]]></c>, or <c><![CDATA[binary]]></c>. For more information on
- allocators see
- <seealso marker="erts_alloc">erts_alloc(3)</seealso>.</item>
+ bytes of memory (of type "<em>&lt;T&gt;</em>", thread
+ <em>&lt;I&gt;</em>em>)." - The system has run out of memory. &lt;A&gt;
+ is the allocator that failed to allocate memory, &lt;N&gt; is the
+ number of bytes that &lt;A&gt; tried to allocate, &lt;T&gt; is the
+ memory block type that the memory was needed for, and &lt;I&gt; is the
+ thread identifier. The most common case is that a process stores huge
+ amounts of data. In this case &lt;T&gt; is most often
+ <c><![CDATA[heap]]></c>, <c><![CDATA[old_heap]]></c>,
+ <c><![CDATA[heap_frag]]></c>, or <c><![CDATA[binary]]></c>.
+ For more information on allocators see
+ <seealso marker="erts_alloc">erts_alloc(3)</seealso>.</item>
<item>"<em>&lt;A&gt;</em>: Cannot reallocate <em>&lt;N&gt;</em>
- bytes of memory (of type "<em>&lt;T&gt;</em>")." - Same as
- above with the exception that memory was being reallocated
- instead of being allocated when the system ran out of memory.</item>
+ bytes of memory (of type "<em>&lt;T&gt;</em>", thread
+ <em>&lt;I&gt;</em>em>)." - Same as above with the exception that memory
+ was being reallocated instead of being allocated when the system ran
+ out of memory.</item>
<item>"Unexpected op code <em>N</em>" - Error in compiled
code, <c><![CDATA[beam]]></c> file damaged or error in the compiler.</item>
<item>"Module <em>Name</em> undefined" <c><![CDATA[|]]></c> "Function
@@ -246,6 +248,9 @@
<tag><em>Last scheduled in for | Current call</em></tag>
<item>The current function of the process. These fields will not
always exist.</item>
+ <tag><em>Run queue</em></tag>
+ <item>The identifier of the scheduler run queue in which the process is
+ running.</item>
<tag><em>Spawned by</em></tag>
<item>The parent of the process, i.e. the process which executed
<c><![CDATA[spawn]]></c> or <c><![CDATA[spawn_link]]></c>.</item>
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/epmd.xml b/erts/doc/src/epmd.xml
index 963d35c3c8..25f819ab50 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/epmd.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/epmd.xml
@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@
of the IP address and a port number. The name of the node is
an atom on the form of <c><![CDATA[Name@Node]]></c>.
The job of the <c><![CDATA[epmd]]></c> daemon is to keep track of which
- node name listens on which address. Hence, <c><![CDATA[epmd]]></c> map
+ node name listens on which address. Hence, <c><![CDATA[epmd]]></c> maps
symbolic node names to machine addresses.</p>
<p>The TCP/IP <c>epmd</c> daemon actually only keeps track of
- the <c>Name</c> (first) part of an Erlang node name, the <c>Host</c>
- part (whatever is after the <c><![CDATA[@]]></c> is implicit in the
+ the <c>Name</c> (first) part of an Erlang node name. The <c>Host</c>
+ part (whatever is after the <c><![CDATA[@]]></c>) is implicit in the
node name where the <c>epmd</c> daemon was actually contacted,
as is the IP address where the Erlang node can be
reached. Consistent and correct TCP naming services are
@@ -77,12 +77,12 @@
<p>The daemon is started automatically by the <c>erl</c>
command if the node is to be distributed and there is no
running instance present. If automatically launched,
- environment variables has to be used to alter the behavior of
+ environment variables have to be used to alter the behavior of
the daemon. See the <seealso
marker="#environment_variables">Environment
variables</seealso> section below.</p>
- <p>If the -daemon argument is not given, the
+ <p>If the -daemon argument is not given,
<c><![CDATA[epmd]]></c> runs as a normal program with the
controlling terminal of the shell in which it is
started. Normally, it should run as a daemon.</p>
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
comma-separated list of IP addresses and on the loopback address
(which is implicitly added to the list if it has not been
specified). This can also be set using the
- <c><![CDATA[ERL_EPMD_ADDRESS]]></c> environment variable, see the
+ <c><![CDATA[ERL_EPMD_ADDRESS]]></c> environment variable. See the
section <seealso marker="#environment_variables">Environment
variables</seealso> below.</p>
</item>
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
<item>
<p>Let this instance of epmd listen to another TCP port than
default 4369. This can also be set using the
- <c><![CDATA[ERL_EPMD_PORT]]></c> environment variable, see the
+ <c><![CDATA[ERL_EPMD_PORT]]></c> environment variable. See the
section <seealso marker="#environment_variables">Environment
variables</seealso> below</p>
</item>
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
<p>With relaxed command checking, the <c>epmd</c> daemon can be killed from the localhost with i.e. <c>epmd -kill</c> even if there are active nodes registered. Normally only daemons with an empty node database can be killed with the <c>epmd -kill</c> command.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>The <c>epmd -stop</c> command (and the corresponding messages to epmd, as can be given using <c>erl_interface/ei</c>) is normally always ignored, as it opens up for strange situation when two nodes of the same name can be alive at the same time. A node unregisters itself by just closing the connection to epmd, why the <c>stop</c> command was only intended for use in debugging situations.</p>
+ <p>The <c>epmd -stop</c> command (and the corresponding messages to epmd, as can be given using <c>erl_interface/ei</c>) is normally always ignored, as it opens up the possibility of a strange situation where two nodes of the same name can be alive at the same time. A node unregisters itself by just closing the connection to epmd, which is why the <c>stop</c> command was only intended for use in debugging situations.</p>
<p>With relaxed command checking enabled, you can forcibly unregister live nodes.</p>
</item>
</list>
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
<section>
<marker id="debug_flags"></marker>
<title>DbgExtra options</title>
- <p>These options are purely for debugging and testing epmd clients, they should not be used in normal operation.</p>
+ <p>These options are purely for debugging and testing epmd clients. They should not be used in normal operation.</p>
<taglist>
<tag><c><![CDATA[-packet_timeout Seconds]]></c></tag>
@@ -177,9 +177,9 @@
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[-delay_accept Seconds]]></c></tag>
<item>
- <p>To simulate a busy server you can insert a delay between epmd
- gets notified about that a new connection is requested and
- when the connections gets accepted.</p>
+ <p>To simulate a busy server you can insert a delay between when epmd
+ gets notified that a new connection is requested and
+ when the connection gets accepted.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[-delay_write Seconds]]></c></tag>
<item>
@@ -191,15 +191,15 @@
<section>
<marker id="interactive_flags"></marker>
<title>Interactive options</title>
- <p>These options make <c>epmd</c> run as an interactive command displaying the results of sending queries ta an already running instance of <c>epmd</c>. The epmd contacted is always on the local node, but the <c>-port</c> option can be used to select between instances if several are running using different port on the host.</p>
+ <p>These options make <c>epmd</c> run as an interactive command, displaying the results of sending queries to an already running instance of <c>epmd</c>. The epmd contacted is always on the local node, but the <c>-port</c> option can be used to select between instances if several are running using different ports on the host.</p>
<taglist>
<tag><c><![CDATA[-port No]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Contacts the <c>epmd</c> listening on the given TCP port number
(default 4369). This can also be set using the
- <c><![CDATA[ERL_EPMD_PORT]]></c> environment variable, see the
+ <c><![CDATA[ERL_EPMD_PORT]]></c> environment variable. See the
section <seealso marker="#environment_variables">Environment
- variables</seealso> below</p>
+ variables</seealso> below.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[-names]]></c></tag>
<item>
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
<p>Kill the currently running <c>epmd</c>.</p>
<p>Killing the running <c>epmd</c> is only allowed if <c>epmd
- -names</c> show an empty database or
+ -names</c> shows an empty database or
<c>-relaxed_command_check</c> was given when the running
instance of <c>epmd</c> was started. Note that
<c>-relaxed_command_check</c> is given when starting the
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
<p>This command can only be used when contacting <c>epmd</c>
instances started with the <c>-relaxed_command_check</c>
flag. Note that relaxed command checking has to be enabled for
- the <c>epmd</c> daemon contacted, When running epmd
+ the <c>epmd</c> daemon contacted. When running epmd
interactively,
<c>-relaxed_command_check</c> has no effect.</p>
</item>
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
<item>
<p>If set prior to start, the <c>epmd</c> daemon will behave
as if the <c>-relaxed_command_check</c> option was given at
- start-up. If consequently setting this option before starting
+ start-up. Consequently, if this option is set before starting
the Erlang virtual machine, the automatically started
<c>epmd</c> will accept the <c>-kill</c> and <c>-stop</c>
commands without restrictions.</p>
@@ -287,8 +287,8 @@
remote hosts. However, only the query commands are answered (and
acted upon) if the query comes from a remote host. It is always an
error to try to register a nodename if the client is not a process
- located on the same host as the <c>epmd</c> instance is running on,
- why such requests are considered hostile and the connection is
+ located on the same host as the <c>epmd</c> instance is running on-
+ such requests are considered hostile and the connection is
immediately closed.</p>
<p>The queries accepted from remote nodes are:</p>
@@ -307,3 +307,4 @@
</comref>
+
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
index f8f4d14436..f856b9ab86 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
@@ -851,6 +851,19 @@
</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>
@@ -1173,7 +1186,7 @@
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>.
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml
index 086d29c668..5c4bb3ed25 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml
@@ -940,6 +940,27 @@
Thanks to Matwey V. Kornilov</p>
<p>
Own Id: OTP-11829</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
+<section><title>Erts 5.10.4.1</title>
+
+ <section><title>Known Bugs and Problems</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ When using gen_tcp:connect and the <c>fd</c> option with
+ <c>port</c> and/or <c>ip</c>, the <c>port</c> and
+ <c>ip</c> options were ignored. This has been fixed so
+ that if <c>port</c> and/or <c>ip</c> is specified
+ together with <c>fd</c> a bind is requested for that
+ <c>fd</c>. If <c>port</c> and/or <c>ip</c> is not
+ specified bind will not be called.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-12061</p>
</item>
</list>
</section>