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-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/absform.xml22
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erl.xml115
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erl_dist_protocol.xml11
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erl_ext_dist.xml163
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml391
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erl_tracer.xml19
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erlang.xml532
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml6
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/escript.xml24
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/notes.xml14
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/zlib.xml12
11 files changed, 912 insertions, 397 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/absform.xml b/erts/doc/src/absform.xml
index ab00d47425..e49c8c32e9 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/absform.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/absform.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<chapter>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2001</year><year>2016</year>
+ <year>2001</year><year>2017</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -182,10 +182,18 @@
can contain the following:</p>
<list type="bulleted">
- <item>Tuples <c>{error,E}</c> and <c>{warning,W}</c>, denoting
- syntactically incorrect forms and warnings</item>
- <item><c>{eof,LINE}</c>, denoting an end-of-stream
- encountered before a complete form had been parsed</item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Tuples <c>{error,E}</c> and <c>{warning,W}</c>, denoting
+ syntactically incorrect forms and warnings.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p><c>{eof,LOCATION}</c>, denoting an end-of-stream
+ encountered before a complete form had been parsed.
+ The word <c>LOCATION</c> represents an integer, and denotes the
+ number of the last line in the source file.
+ </p>
+ </item>
</list>
</section>
</section>
@@ -357,7 +365,7 @@
<c>{cons,LINE,Rep(E_h),Rep(E_t)}</c>.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>>If E is a fun expression <c>fun Name/Arity</c>, then Rep(E) =
+ <p>If E is a fun expression <c>fun Name/Arity</c>, then Rep(E) =
<c>{'fun',LINE,{function,Name,Arity}}</c>.</p>
</item>
<item>
@@ -886,7 +894,7 @@
Rep(Fc) = <c>[Rep(C_1), ..., Rep(C_k)]</c>.</p>
<list type="bulleted">
- <item>If C is a constraint <c>is_subtype(V, T)</c> or <c>V :: T</c>,
+ <item>If C is a constraint <c>V :: T</c>,
where <c>V</c> is a type variable
and <c>T</c> is a type, then Rep(C) =
<c>{type,LINE,constraint,[{atom,LINE,is_subtype},[Rep(V),Rep(T)]]}</c>.
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
index 8da832ac37..638e88ca31 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<comref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1996</year><year>2016</year>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2017</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -239,6 +239,13 @@
<item>
<p>Useful for debugging. Prints the arguments sent to the emulator.</p>
</item>
+ <tag><c><![CDATA[-emu_type Type]]></c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Start an emulator of a different type. For example, to start
+ the lock-counter emualator, use <c>-emu_type lcnt</c>. (The emulator
+ must already be built. Use the <c>configure</c> option
+ <c>--enable-lock-counter</c> to build the lock-counter emulator.)</p>
+ </item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[-env Variable Value]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Sets the host OS environment variable <c><![CDATA[Variable]]></c> to
@@ -372,6 +379,16 @@
<c><![CDATA[Host]]></c> is the fully qualified host name of the
current host. For short names, use flag <c><![CDATA[-sname]]></c>
instead.</p>
+ <warning>
+ <p>
+ Starting a distributed node without also specifying
+ <seealso marker="#proto_dist"><c>-proto_dist inet_tls</c></seealso>
+ will expose the node to attacks that may give the attacker
+ complete access to the node and in extension the cluster.
+ When using un-secure distributed nodes, make sure that the
+ network is configured to keep potential attackers out.
+ </p>
+ </warning>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[-noinput]]></c></tag>
<item>
@@ -421,12 +438,17 @@
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[-proto_dist Proto]]></c></tag>
<item>
+ <marker id="proto_dist"/>
<p>Specifies a protocol for Erlang distribution:</p>
<taglist>
<tag><c>inet_tcp</c></tag>
<item>TCP over IPv4 (the default)</item>
<tag><c>inet_tls</c></tag>
- <item>Distribution over TLS/SSL</item>
+ <item>Distribution over TLS/SSL, See the
+ <seealso marker="ssl:ssl_distribution">
+ Using SSL for Erlang Distribution</seealso> User's Guide
+ for details on how to setup a secure distributed node.
+ </item>
<tag><c>inet6_tcp</c></tag>
<item>TCP over IPv6</item>
</taglist>
@@ -490,6 +512,16 @@
exist between nodes running with flag <c><![CDATA[-sname]]></c>
and those running with flag <c><![CDATA[-name]]></c>, as node
names must be unique in distributed Erlang systems.</p>
+ <warning>
+ <p>
+ Starting a distributed node without also specifying
+ <seealso marker="#proto_dist"><c>-proto_dist inet_tls</c></seealso>
+ will expose the node to attacks that may give the attacker
+ complete access to the node and in extension the cluster.
+ When using un-secure distributed nodes, make sure that the
+ network is configured to keep potential attackers out.
+ </p>
+ </warning>
</item>
<tag><marker id="start_epmd"/><c>-start_epmd true | false</c></tag>
<item>
@@ -513,11 +545,11 @@
system with SMP support is available. <c>-smp auto</c> starts
the Erlang runtime system with SMP support enabled if it is
available and more than one logical processor is detected.
- <c>-smp disable</c> starts a runtime system without SMP support.</p>
+ <c>-smp disable</c> starts a runtime system without SMP support.
+ The runtime system without SMP support is deprecated and will
+ be removed in a future major release.</p>
<note>
- <p>The runtime system with SMP support is not available on all
- supported platforms. See also flag
- <seealso marker="#+S"><c>+S</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p>See also flag<seealso marker="#+S"><c>+S</c></seealso>.</p>
</note>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[-version]]></c> (emulator flag)</tag>
@@ -638,7 +670,7 @@
this value also applies to command-line parameters and environment
variables (see section <seealso
marker="stdlib:unicode_usage#unicode_in_environment_and_parameters">
- Unicode in Enviroment and Parameters</seealso> in the STDLIB
+ Unicode in Environment and Parameters</seealso> in the STDLIB
User's Guide).</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[+fnu[{w|i|e}]]]></c></tag>
@@ -674,7 +706,7 @@
this value also applies to command-line parameters and environment
variables (see section <seealso
marker="stdlib:unicode_usage#unicode_in_environment_and_parameters">
- Unicode in Enviroment and Parameters</seealso> in the STDLIB
+ Unicode in Environment and Parameters</seealso> in the STDLIB
User's Guide).</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[+fna[{w|i|e}]]]></c></tag>
@@ -695,7 +727,7 @@
this value also applies to command-line parameters and environment
variables (see section <seealso
marker="stdlib:unicode_usage#unicode_in_environment_and_parameters">
- Unicode in Enviroment and Parameters</seealso> in the STDLIB
+ Unicode in Environment and Parameters</seealso> in the STDLIB
User's Guide).</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[+hms Size]]></c></tag>
@@ -946,9 +978,7 @@
schedulers was allowed to be unlimited, dirty CPU bound jobs would
potentially starve normal jobs.</p>
<p>This option is ignored if the emulator does not have threading
- support enabled. <em>This option is experimental</em> and
- is supported only if the emulator was configured and built with
- support for dirty schedulers enabled (it is disabled by default).</p>
+ support enabled.</p>
</item>
<tag><marker id="+SDPcpu"/><c><![CDATA[+SDPcpu
DirtyCPUSchedulersPercentage:DirtyCPUSchedulersOnlinePercentage]]></c></tag>
@@ -974,9 +1004,7 @@
either order) results in 2 dirty CPU scheduler threads (50% of 4) and
1 dirty CPU scheduler thread online (25% of 4).</p>
<p>This option is ignored if the emulator does not have threading
- support enabled. <em>This option is experimental</em> and
- is supported only if the emulator was configured and built with
- support for dirty schedulers enabled (it is disabled by default).</p>
+ support enabled.</p>
</item>
<tag><marker id="+SDio"/><c><![CDATA[+SDio DirtyIOSchedulers]]></c></tag>
<item>
@@ -992,9 +1020,7 @@
bound jobs on dirty I/O schedulers, these jobs might starve ordinary
jobs executing on ordinary schedulers.</p>
<p>This option is ignored if the emulator does not have threading
- support enabled. <em>This option is experimental</em> and
- is supported only if the emulator was configured and built with
- support for dirty schedulers enabled (it is disabled by default).</p>
+ support enabled.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[+sFlag Value]]></c></tag>
<item>
@@ -1324,8 +1350,22 @@
<c><![CDATA[+sss size]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Suggested stack size, in kilowords, for scheduler threads.
- Valid range is 4-8192 kilowords. The default stack size is
- OS-dependent.</p>
+ Valid range is 20-8192 kilowords. The default suggested
+ stack size is 128 kilowords.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><marker id="dcpu_sched_thread_stack_size"/>
+ <c><![CDATA[+sssdcpu size]]></c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Suggested stack size, in kilowords, for dirty CPU scheduler
+ threads. Valid range is 20-8192 kilowords. The default
+ suggested stack size is 40 kilowords.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><marker id="dio_sched_thread_stack_size"/>
+ <c><![CDATA[+sssdio size]]></c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Suggested stack size, in kilowords, for dirty IO scheduler
+ threads. Valid range is 20-8192 kilowords. The default
+ suggested stack size is 40 kilowords.</p>
</item>
<tag><marker id="+stbt"/><c>+stbt BindType</c></tag>
<item>
@@ -1513,32 +1553,27 @@
<item>
<p><em>Unix systems</em>: This variable gives the number of seconds
that the emulator is allowed to spend writing a crash dump. When the
- given number of seconds have elapsed, the emulator is terminated by a
- <c>SIGALRM</c> signal.</p>
- <p>If the variable is <em>not</em> set or set to <c>0</c> seconds
- (<c><![CDATA[ERL_CRASH_DUMP_SECONDS=0]]></c>), the runtime system does
- not even attempt to write the crash dump file. It only terminates.</p>
- <p>If the variable is set to negative value, such as
- <c><![CDATA[ERL_CRASH_DUMP_SECONDS=-1]]></c>, the runtime system
- waits indefinitely for the crash dump file to be written.</p>
- <p>This variable is used with <seealso marker="kernel:heart">
- <c>heart(3)</c></seealso> if <c>heart</c> is running:</p>
+ given number of seconds have elapsed, the emulator is terminated.</p>
<taglist>
<tag><c><![CDATA[ERL_CRASH_DUMP_SECONDS=0]]></c></tag>
- <item>Suppresses the writing a crash dump file entirely, thus
- rebooting the runtime system immediately. This is the same as not
- setting the environment variable.
+ <item>If the variable is set to <c>0</c> seconds, the runtime system does
+ not even attempt to write the crash dump file. It only terminates.
+ This is the default if option <c>-heart</c> is passed to <c>erl</c>
+ and <c>ERL_CRASH_DUMP_SECONDS</c> is not set.
+ </item>
+ <tag><c><![CDATA[ERL_CRASH_DUMP_SECONDS=S]]></c></tag>
+ <item>If the variable is set to a positive value <c>S</c>,
+ wait for <c>S</c> seconds to complete the crash dump file and
+ then terminates the runtime system with a <c>SIGALRM</c> signal.
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[ERL_CRASH_DUMP_SECONDS=-1]]></c></tag>
- <item>Setting the environment variable to a negative value causes the
- termination of the runtime system to wait until the crash dump file
- has been completly written.
- </item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[ERL_CRASH_DUMP_SECONDS=S]]></c></tag>
- <item>Waits for <c>S</c> seconds to complete the crash dump file and
- then terminates the runtime system.
+ <item>A negative value causes the termination of the runtime system
+ to wait indefinitely until the crash dump file has been completly
+ written. This is the default if option <c>-heart</c> is <em>not</em>
+ passed to <c>erl</c> and <c>ERL_CRASH_DUMP_SECONDS</c> is not set.
</item>
</taglist>
+ <p>See also <seealso marker="kernel:heart"><c>heart(3)</c></seealso>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[ERL_CRASH_DUMP_BYTES]]></c></tag>
<item>
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl_dist_protocol.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl_dist_protocol.xml
index ee74983730..8391408a2e 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erl_dist_protocol.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erl_dist_protocol.xml
@@ -70,6 +70,17 @@
<p>The integers in all multibyte fields are in big-endian order.</p>
+ <warning>
+ <p>
+ The Erlang Distribution protocol is not by itself secure and does not
+ aim to be so. In order to get secure distribution the distributed nodes
+ should be configured to use distribution over tls.
+ See the <seealso marker="ssl:ssl_distribution">
+ Using SSL for Erlang Distribution</seealso> User's Guide
+ for details on how to setup a secure distributed node.
+ </p>
+ </warning>
+
<section>
<title>EPMD Protocol</title>
<p>The requests served by the EPMD are summarized in the following
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl_ext_dist.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl_ext_dist.xml
index 4f799f8f34..b7090d0472 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erl_ext_dist.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erl_ext_dist.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
<header>
<copyright>
<year>2007</year>
- <year>2016</year>
+ <year>2017</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
term into the external format.
To convert binary data encoding to a term, the BIF
<seealso marker="erts:erlang#binary_to_term/1">
- <c>erlang:binary_to_term/1</c>c></seealso> is used.
+ <c>erlang:binary_to_term/1</c></seealso> is used.
</p>
<p>
The distribution does this implicitly when sending messages across
@@ -119,27 +119,18 @@
<tcaption>Compressed Data Format when Expanded</tcaption></table>
<marker id="utf8_atoms"/>
<note>
- <p>As from ERTS 5.10 (OTP R16) support
- for UTF-8 encoded atoms has been introduced in the external format.
- However, only characters that can be encoded using Latin-1 (ISO-8859-1)
- are currently supported in atoms. The support for UTF-8 encoded atoms
- in the external format has been implemented to be able to support
- all Unicode characters in atoms in <em>some future release</em>.
- Until full Unicode support for atoms has been introduced,
- it is an <em>error</em> to pass atoms containing
- characters that cannot be encoded in Latin-1, and <em>the behavior is
- undefined</em>.</p>
- <p>When distribution flag <seealso marker="erl_dist_protocol#dflags">
- <c>DFLAG_UTF8_ATOMS</c></seealso> has been exchanged between both nodes
- in the <seealso marker="erl_dist_protocol#distribution_handshake">
- distribution handshake</seealso>, all atoms in the distribution header
- are encoded in UTF-8, otherwise in Latin-1. The two
- new tags <seealso marker="#ATOM_UTF8_EXT"><c>ATOM_UTF8_EXT</c></seealso>
- and <seealso marker="#SMALL_ATOM_UTF8_EXT">
- <c>SMALL_ATOM_UTF8_EXT</c></seealso>
- are only used if the distribution flag <c>DFLAG_UTF8_ATOMS</c> has
- been exchanged between nodes, or if an atom containing characters
- that cannot be encoded in Latin-1 is encountered.</p>
+ <p>As from ERTS 9.0 (OTP 20), atoms may contain any Unicode
+ characters and are always encoded using the UTF-8 external formats
+ <seealso marker="#ATOM_UTF8_EXT"><c>ATOM_UTF8_EXT</c></seealso>
+ or <seealso marker="#SMALL_ATOM_UTF8_EXT"><c>SMALL_ATOM_UTF8_EXT</c></seealso>.
+ The old Latin-1 formats <seealso marker="#ATOM_EXT"><c>ATOM_EXT</c></seealso>
+ and <seealso marker="#SMALL_ATOM_EXT"><c>SMALL_ATOM_EXT</c></seealso>
+ are deprecated and are only kept for backward
+ compatibility when decoding terms encoded by older nodes.</p>
+ <p>Support for UTF-8 encoded atoms in the external format has been
+ available since ERTS 5.10 (OTP R16). This abillity allows such old nodes
+ to decode, store and encode any Unicode atoms received from a new OTP 20
+ node.</p>
<p>The maximum number of allowed characters in an atom is 255. In the
UTF-8 case, each character can need 4 bytes to be encoded.</p>
</note>
@@ -395,28 +386,6 @@
</section>
<section>
- <marker id="ATOM_EXT"/>
- <title>ATOM_EXT</title>
- <table align="left">
- <row>
- <cell align="center">1</cell>
- <cell align="center">2</cell>
- <cell align="center">Len</cell>
- </row>
- <row>
- <cell align="center"><c>100</c></cell>
- <cell align="center"><c>Len</c></cell>
- <cell align="center"><c>AtomName</c></cell>
- </row>
- <tcaption>ATOM_EXT</tcaption></table>
- <p>
- An atom is stored with a 2 byte unsigned length in big-endian order,
- followed by <c>Len</c> numbers of 8-bit Latin-1 characters that forms
- the <c>AtomName</c>. The maximum allowed value for <c>Len</c> is 255.
- </p>
- </section>
-
- <section>
<marker id="REFERENCE_EXT"/>
<title>REFERENCE_EXT</title>
<table align="left">
@@ -437,8 +406,8 @@
Encodes a reference object (an object generated with
<seealso marker="erlang:make_ref/0">erlang:make_ref/0</seealso>).
The <c>Node</c> term is an encoded atom, that is,
- <seealso marker="#ATOM_EXT"><c>ATOM_EXT</c></seealso>,
- <seealso marker="#SMALL_ATOM_EXT"><c>SMALL_ATOM_EXT</c></seealso>, or
+ <seealso marker="#ATOM_UTF8_EXT"><c>ATOM_UTF8_EXT</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="#SMALL_ATOM_UTF8_EXT"><c>SMALL_ATOM_UTF8_EXT</c></seealso>, or
<seealso marker="#ATOM_CACHE_REF"><c>ATOM_CACHE_REF</c></seealso>.
The <c>ID</c> field contains a big-endian unsigned integer,
but <em>is to be regarded as uninterpreted data</em>,
@@ -777,39 +746,6 @@
</section>
<section>
- <marker id="SMALL_ATOM_EXT"/>
- <title>SMALL_ATOM_EXT</title>
- <table align="left">
- <row>
- <cell align="center">1</cell>
- <cell align="center">1</cell>
- <cell align="center">Len</cell>
- </row>
- <row>
- <cell align="center"><c>115</c></cell>
- <cell align="center"><c>Len</c></cell>
- <cell align="center"><c>AtomName</c></cell>
- </row>
- <tcaption>SMALL_ATOM_EXT</tcaption></table>
- <p>
- An atom is stored with a 1 byte unsigned length,
- followed by <c>Len</c> numbers of 8-bit Latin-1 characters that
- forms the <c>AtomName</c>. Longer atoms can be represented
- by <seealso marker="#ATOM_EXT"><c>ATOM_EXT</c></seealso>.
- </p>
- <note>
- <p>
- <c>SMALL_ATOM_EXT</c> was introduced in ERTS 5.7.2 and
- require an exchange of distribution flag
- <seealso marker="erl_dist_protocol#dflags">
- <c>DFLAG_SMALL_ATOM_TAGS</c></seealso> in the
- <seealso marker="erl_dist_protocol#distribution_handshake">
- distribution handshake</seealso>.
- </p>
- </note>
- </section>
-
- <section>
<marker id="FUN_EXT"/>
<title>FUN_EXT</title>
<table align="left">
@@ -843,8 +779,8 @@
<tag><c>Module</c></tag>
<item>
<p>Encoded as an atom, using
- <seealso marker="#ATOM_EXT"><c>ATOM_EXT</c></seealso>,
- <seealso marker="#SMALL_ATOM_EXT"><c>SMALL_ATOM_EXT</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="#ATOM_UTF8_EXT"><c>ATOM_UTF8_EXT</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="#SMALL_ATOM_UTF8_EXT"><c>SMALL_ATOM_UTF8_EXT</c></seealso>,
or <seealso marker="#ATOM_CACHE_REF">
<c>ATOM_CACHE_REF</c></seealso>.
This is the module that the fun is implemented in.
@@ -938,8 +874,8 @@
<tag><c>Module</c></tag>
<item>
<p>Encoded as an atom, using
- <seealso marker="#ATOM_EXT"><c>ATOM_EXT</c></seealso>,
- <seealso marker="#SMALL_ATOM_EXT"><c>SMALL_ATOM_EXT</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="#ATOM_EXT"><c>ATOM_UTF8_EXT</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="#SMALL_ATOM_EXT"><c>SMALL_ATOM_UTF8_EXT</c></seealso>,
or <seealso marker="#ATOM_CACHE_REF">
<c>ATOM_CACHE_REF</c></seealso>.
Is the module that the fun is implemented in.
@@ -1001,8 +937,8 @@
</p>
<p>
<c>Module</c> and <c>Function</c> are atoms
- (encoded using <seealso marker="#ATOM_EXT"><c>ATOM_EXT</c></seealso>,
- <seealso marker="#SMALL_ATOM_EXT"><c>SMALL_ATOM_EXT</c></seealso>, or
+ (encoded using <seealso marker="#ATOM_EXT"><c>ATOM_UTF8_EXT</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="#SMALL_ATOM_EXT"><c>SMALL_ATOM_UTF8_EXT</c></seealso>, or
<seealso marker="#ATOM_CACHE_REF"><c>ATOM_CACHE_REF</c></seealso>).
</p>
<p>
@@ -1114,6 +1050,61 @@
in the beginning of this section.
</p>
</section>
+
+ <section>
+ <marker id="ATOM_EXT"/>
+ <title>ATOM_EXT (deprecated)</title>
+ <table align="left">
+ <row>
+ <cell align="center">1</cell>
+ <cell align="center">2</cell>
+ <cell align="center">Len</cell>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <cell align="center"><c>100</c></cell>
+ <cell align="center"><c>Len</c></cell>
+ <cell align="center"><c>AtomName</c></cell>
+ </row>
+ <tcaption>ATOM_EXT</tcaption></table>
+ <p>
+ An atom is stored with a 2 byte unsigned length in big-endian order,
+ followed by <c>Len</c> numbers of 8-bit Latin-1 characters that forms
+ the <c>AtomName</c>. The maximum allowed value for <c>Len</c> is 255.
+ </p>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <marker id="SMALL_ATOM_EXT"/>
+ <title>SMALL_ATOM_EXT (deprecated)</title>
+ <table align="left">
+ <row>
+ <cell align="center">1</cell>
+ <cell align="center">1</cell>
+ <cell align="center">Len</cell>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <cell align="center"><c>115</c></cell>
+ <cell align="center"><c>Len</c></cell>
+ <cell align="center"><c>AtomName</c></cell>
+ </row>
+ <tcaption>SMALL_ATOM_EXT</tcaption></table>
+ <p>
+ An atom is stored with a 1 byte unsigned length,
+ followed by <c>Len</c> numbers of 8-bit Latin-1 characters that
+ forms the <c>AtomName</c>.
+ </p>
+ <note>
+ <p>
+ <c>SMALL_ATOM_EXT</c> was introduced in ERTS 5.7.2 and
+ require an exchange of distribution flag
+ <seealso marker="erl_dist_protocol#dflags">
+ <c>DFLAG_SMALL_ATOM_TAGS</c></seealso> in the
+ <seealso marker="erl_dist_protocol#distribution_handshake">
+ distribution handshake</seealso>.
+ </p>
+ </note>
+ </section>
+
</chapter>
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml
index b5dc9037c4..3eb3e04f33 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<cref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2001</year><year>2016</year>
+ <year>2001</year><year>2017</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
<code type="none">
/* niftest.c */
-#include "erl_nif.h"
+#include &lt;erl_nif.h&gt;
static ERL_NIF_TERM hello(ErlNifEnv* env, int argc, const ERL_NIF_TERM argv[])
{
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ ok
"Hello world!"</code>
<p>A better solution for a real module is to take advantage of the new
- directive <c>on load</c> (see section
+ directive <c>on_load</c> (see section
<seealso marker="doc/reference_manual:code_loading#on_load">Running a
Function When a Module is Loaded</seealso> in the Erlang Reference
Manual) to load the NIF library automatically when the module is
@@ -135,27 +135,14 @@ ok
away by the compiler, causing loading of the NIF library to fail.</p>
</note>
- <p>A loaded NIF library is tied to the Erlang module code version
- that loaded it. If the module is upgraded with a new version, the
- new Erlang code need to load its own NIF library (or maybe choose not
- to). The new code version can, however, choose to load the
- same NIF library as the old code if it wants to. Sharing the
- dynamic library means that static data defined by the library
- is shared as well. To avoid unintentionally shared static
- data, each Erlang module code can keep its own private data. This
- private data can be set when the NIF library is loaded and
- then retrieved by calling <seealso marker="#enif_priv_data">
- <c>enif_priv_data</c></seealso>.</p>
-
- <p>A NIF library cannot be loaded explicitly. A library is
- automatically unloaded when the module code that it belongs to is purged
- by the code server.</p>
+ <p>Once loaded, a NIF library is persistent. It will not be unloaded
+ until the module code version that it belongs to is purged.</p>
</description>
<section>
<title>Functionality</title>
- <p>All functions that a NIF library needs to do with Erlang are
- performed through the NIF API functions. Functions exist
+ <p>All interaction between NIF code and the Erlang runtime system is
+ performed by calling NIF API functions. Functions exist
for the following functionality:</p>
<taglist>
@@ -286,6 +273,19 @@ return term;</code>
library is postponed as long as there exist resource objects with a
destructor function in the library.</p>
</item>
+ <tag>Module upgrade and static data</tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>A loaded NIF library is tied to the Erlang module instance
+ that loaded it. If the module is upgraded, the new module instance
+ needs to load its own NIF library (or maybe choose not to). The new
+ module instance can, however, choose to load the exact same NIF library
+ as the old code if it wants to. Sharing the dynamic library means that
+ static data defined by the library is shared as well. To avoid
+ unintentionally shared static data between module instances, each Erlang
+ module version can keep its own private data. This private data can be
+ set when the NIF library is loaded and later retrieved by calling
+ <seealso marker="#enif_priv_data"><c>enif_priv_data</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </item>
<tag>Threads and concurrency</tag>
<item>
<p>A NIF is thread-safe without any explicit synchronization as
@@ -296,8 +296,8 @@ return term;</code>
synchronization. This includes terms in process-independent
environments that are shared between threads. Resource objects also
require synchronization if you treat them as mutable.</p>
- <p>The library initialization callbacks <c>load</c>, <c>reload</c>, and
- <c>upgrade</c> are all thread-safe even for shared state data.</p>
+ <p>The library initialization callbacks <c>load</c> and
+ <c>upgrade</c> are thread-safe even for shared state data.</p>
</item>
<tag><marker id="version_management"/>Version Management</tag>
<item>
@@ -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
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ return term;</code>
<title>Initialization</title>
<taglist>
<tag><marker id="ERL_NIF_INIT"/><c>ERL_NIF_INIT(MODULE,
- ErlNifFunc funcs[], load, reload, upgrade, unload)</c></tag>
+ ErlNifFunc funcs[], load, NULL, upgrade, unload)</c></tag>
<item>
<p>This is the magic macro to initialize a NIF library. It
is to be evaluated in global file scope.</p>
@@ -507,11 +507,14 @@ return term;</code>
the macro.</p>
<p><c>funcs</c> is a static array of function descriptors for
all the implemented NIFs in this library.</p>
- <p><c>load</c>, <c>reload</c>, <c>upgrade</c> and <c>unload</c>
- are pointers to functions. One of <c>load</c>, <c>reload</c>, or
+ <p><c>load</c>, <c>upgrade</c> and <c>unload</c>
+ are pointers to functions. One of <c>load</c> or
<c>upgrade</c> is called to initialize the library.
<c>unload</c> is called to release the library. All are
described individually below.</p>
+ <p>The fourth argument <c>NULL</c> is ignored. It
+ was earlier used for the deprectated <c>reload</c> callback
+ which is no longer supported since OTP 20.</p>
<p>If compiling a NIF for static inclusion through
<c>--enable-static-nifs</c>, you must define <c>STATIC_ERLANG_NIF</c>
before the <c>ERL_NIF_INIT</c> declaration.</p>
@@ -522,7 +525,7 @@ return term;</code>
<p><c>load</c> is called when the NIF library is loaded
and no previously loaded library exists for this module.</p>
<p><c>*priv_data</c> can be set to point to some private data
- that the library needs to keep a state between NIF
+ if the library needs to keep a state between NIF
calls. <c>enif_priv_data</c> returns this pointer.
<c>*priv_data</c> is initialized to <c>NULL</c> when <c>load</c> is
called.</p>
@@ -539,7 +542,7 @@ return term;</code>
and there is old code of this module with a loaded NIF library.</p>
<p>Works as <c>load</c>, except that <c>*old_priv_data</c> already
contains the value set by the last call to <c>load</c> or
- <c>reload</c> for the old module code. <c>*priv_data</c> is
+ <c>upgrade</c> for the old module code. <c>*priv_data</c> is
initialized to <c>NULL</c> when <c>upgrade</c> is called. It is
allowed to write to both <c>*priv_data</c> and
<c>*old_priv_data.</c></p>
@@ -551,27 +554,7 @@ return term;</code>
<item>
<p><c>unload</c> is called when the module code that
the NIF library belongs to is purged as old. New code of the same
- module may or may not exist. Notice that <c>unload</c> is not
- called for a replaced library as a consequence of <c>reload</c>.</p>
- </item>
- <tag><marker id="reload"/><c>int (*reload)(ErlNifEnv* env, void**
- priv_data, ERL_NIF_TERM load_info)</c></tag>
- <item>
- <note>
- <p><em>The reload mechanism is deprecated.</em> It was only intended
- as a development feature. Do not use it as an upgrade method for
- live production systems. It can be removed in future releases.
- Ensure to pass <c>reload</c> as <c>NULL</c> to
- <seealso marker="#ERL_NIF_INIT"><c>ERL_NIF_INIT</c></seealso>
- to disable it when not used.</p>
- </note>
- <p><c>reload</c> is called when the NIF library is loaded and a
- previously loaded library already exists for this module code.</p>
- <p>Works as <c>load</c>, except that
- <c>*priv_data</c> already contains the value set by the
- previous call to <c>load</c> or <c>reload</c>.</p>
- <p>The library fails to load if <c>reload</c> returns
- anything other than <c>0</c> or if <c>reload</c> is <c>NULL</c>.</p>
+ module may or may not exist.</p>
</item>
</taglist>
</section>
@@ -659,9 +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>
@@ -695,6 +675,18 @@ typedef struct {
<p>When receiving data from untrusted sources, use option
<c>ERL_NIF_BIN2TERM_SAFE</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <tag><marker id="ErlNifMonitor"/><c>ErlNifMonitor</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>This is an opaque data type that identifies a monitor.</p>
+ <p>The nif writer is to provide the memory for storing the
+ monitor when calling <seealso marker="#enif_monitor_process">
+ <c>enif_monitor_process</c></seealso>. The
+ address of the data is not stored by the runtime system, so
+ <c>ErlNifMonitor</c> can be used as any other data, it
+ can be copied, moved in memory, forgotten, and so on.
+ To compare two monitors, <seealso marker="#enif_compare_monitors">
+ <c>enif_compare_monitors</c></seealso> must be used.</p>
+ </item>
<tag><marker id="ErlNifPid"/><c>ErlNifPid</c></tag>
<item>
<p>A process identifier (pid). In contrast to pid terms (instances of
@@ -716,11 +708,47 @@ typedef struct {
Each resource type has a unique name and a destructor function that
is called when objects of its type are released.</p>
</item>
+ <tag><marker id="ErlNifResourceTypeInit"/><c>ErlNifResourceTypeInit</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <code type="none">
+typedef struct {
+ ErlNifResourceDtor* dtor;
+ ErlNifResourceStop* stop;
+ ErlNifResourceDown* down;
+} ErlNifResourceTypeInit;</code>
+ <p>Initialization structure read by <seealso marker="#enif_open_resource_type_x">
+ enif_open_resource_type_x</seealso>.</p>
+ </item>
<tag><marker id="ErlNifResourceDtor"/><c>ErlNifResourceDtor</c></tag>
<item>
<code type="none">
typedef void ErlNifResourceDtor(ErlNifEnv* env, void* obj);</code>
<p>The function prototype of a resource destructor function.</p>
+ <p>The <c>obj</c> argument is a pointer to the resource. The only
+ allowed use for the resource in the destructor is to access its
+ user data one final time. The destructor is guaranteed to be the
+ last callback before the resource is deallocated.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><marker id="ErlNifResourceDown"/><c>ErlNifResourceDown</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <code type="none">
+typedef void ErlNifResourceDown(ErlNifEnv* env, void* obj, const ErlNifPid* pid, const ErlNifMonitor* mon);</code>
+ <p>The function prototype of a resource down function,
+ called on the behalf of <seealso marker="#enif_monitor_process">
+ enif_monitor_process</seealso>. <c>obj</c> is the resource, <c>pid</c>
+ is the identity of the monitored process that is exiting, and <c>mon</c>
+ is the identity of the monitor.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><marker id="ErlNifResourceStop"/><c>ErlNifResourceStop</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <code type="none">
+typedef void ErlNifResourceStop(ErlNifEnv* env, void* obj, ErlNifEvent event, int is_direct_call);</code>
+ <p>The function prototype of a resource stop function,
+ called on the behalf of <seealso marker="#enif_select">
+ enif_select</seealso>. <c>obj</c> is the resource, <c>event</c> is OS event,
+ <c>is_direct_call</c> is true if the call is made directly from <c>enif_select</c>
+ or false if it is a scheduled call (potentially from another thread).</p>
</item>
<tag><marker id="ErlNifCharEncoding"/><c>ErlNifCharEncoding</c></tag>
<item>
@@ -786,6 +814,29 @@ typedef enum {
</item>
</taglist>
</item>
+ <tag><marker id="ErlNifHash"/><c>ErlNifHash</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>An enumeration of the supported hash types that can be generated
+ using <seealso marker="#enif_hash"><c>enif_hash</c></seealso>.
+ </p>
+ <taglist>
+ <tag><c>ERL_NIF_INTERNAL_HASH</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Non-portable hash function that only guarantees the same hash
+ for the same term within one Erlang VM instance.</p>
+ <p>It takes 32-bit salt values and generates hashes within <c>0..2^32-1</c>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>ERL_NIF_PHASH2</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Portable hash function that gives the same hash for the
+ same Erlang term regardless of machine architecture and ERTS version.</p>
+ <p><em>It ignores salt values</em> and generates hashes within <c>0..2^27-1</c>.</p>
+ <p>Slower than <c>ERL_NIF_INTERNAL_HASH.</c>
+ It corresponds to <seealso marker="erlang#phash2-1"><c>erlang:phash2/1</c></seealso>.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ </taglist>
+ </item>
</taglist>
</section>
@@ -895,6 +946,21 @@ typedef enum {
</func>
<func>
+ <name><ret>int</ret><nametext>enif_compare_monitors(const ErlNifMonitor
+ *monitor1, const ErlNifMonitor *monitor2)</nametext></name>
+ <fsummary>Compare two monitors.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <marker id="enif_compare_monitors"></marker>
+ <p>Compares two <seealso marker="#ErlNifMonitor"><c>ErlNifMonitor</c></seealso>s.
+ Can also be used to imply some artificial order on monitors,
+ for whatever reason.</p>
+ <p>Returns <c>0</c> if <c>monitor1</c> and <c>monitor2</c> are equal,
+ &lt; <c>0</c> if <c>monitor1</c> &lt; <c>monitor2</c>, and
+ &gt; <c>0</c> if <c>monitor1</c> &gt; <c>monitor2</c>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
<name><ret>void</ret>
<nametext>enif_cond_broadcast(ErlNifCond *cnd)</nametext></name>
<fsummary></fsummary>
@@ -1022,6 +1088,30 @@ typedef enum {
</func>
<func>
+ <name><ret>int</ret><nametext>enif_demonitor_process(ErlNifEnv* env, void* obj,
+ const ErlNifMonitor* mon)</nametext></name>
+ <fsummary>Cancel a process monitor.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <marker id="enif_demonitor_process"></marker>
+ <p>Cancels a monitor created earlier with <seealso marker="#enif_monitor_process">
+ <c>enif_monitor_process</c></seealso>. Argument <c>obj</c> is a pointer
+ to the resource holding the monitor and <c>*mon</c> identifies the monitor.</p>
+ <p>Returns <c>0</c> if the monitor was successfully identified and removed.
+ Returns a non-zero value if the monitor could not be identified, which means
+ it was either</p>
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>never created for this resource</item>
+ <item>already cancelled</item>
+ <item>already triggered</item>
+ <item>just about to be triggered by a concurrent thread</item>
+ </list>
+ <p>This function is only thread-safe when the emulator with SMP support
+ is used. It can only be used in a non-SMP emulator from a NIF-calling
+ thread.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
<name><ret>int</ret>
<nametext>enif_equal_tids(ErlNifTid tid1, ErlNifTid tid2)</nametext>
</name>
@@ -1306,13 +1396,12 @@ typedef enum {
<p>Returns <c>true</c> if a pending exception is associated with the
environment <c>env</c>. If <c>reason</c> is a <c>NULL</c> pointer,
ignore it. Otherwise, if a pending exception associated with
- <c>env</c> exists, set <c>ERL_NIF_TERM</c> to which <c>reason</c>
- points to the value of the exception's term. For example, if
- <seealso marker="#enif_make_badarg">
+ <c>env</c> exists, set <c>*reason</c> to the value of the exception
+ term. For example, if <seealso marker="#enif_make_badarg">
<c>enif_make_badarg</c></seealso> is called to set a pending
<c>badarg</c> exception, a later call to
<c>enif_has_pending_exception(env, &amp;reason)</c> sets
- <c>reason</c> to the atom <c>badarg</c>, then return <c>true</c>.</p>
+ <c>*reason</c> to the atom <c>badarg</c>, then return <c>true</c>.</p>
<p>See also <seealso marker="#enif_make_badarg">
<c>enif_make_badarg</c></seealso> and
<seealso marker="#enif_raise_exception">
@@ -1321,6 +1410,19 @@ typedef enum {
</func>
<func>
+ <name>
+ <ret>ErlNifUInt64</ret>
+ <nametext>enif_hash(ErlNifHash type, ERL_NIF_TERM term, ErlNifUInt64 salt)</nametext>
+ </name>
+ <fsummary>Hash terms.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Hashes <c>term</c> according to the specified
+ <seealso marker="#ErlNifHash"><c>ErlNifHash</c></seealso> <c>type</c>.</p>
+ <p>Ranges of taken salt (if any) and returned value depend on the hash type.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
<name><ret>int</ret><nametext>enif_inspect_binary(ErlNifEnv* env,
ERL_NIF_TERM bin_term, ErlNifBinary* bin)</nametext></name>
<fsummary>Inspect the content of a binary.</fsummary>
@@ -2137,6 +2239,36 @@ enif_map_iterator_destroy(env, &amp;iter);</code>
</func>
<func>
+ <name><ret>int</ret><nametext>enif_monitor_process(ErlNifEnv* env, void* obj,
+ const ErlNifPid* target_pid, ErlNifMonitor* mon)</nametext></name>
+ <fsummary>Monitor a process from a resource.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <marker id="enif_monitor_process"></marker>
+ <p>Starts monitoring a process from a resource. When a process is
+ monitored, a process exit results in a call to the provided
+ <seealso marker="#ErlNifResourceDown">
+ <c>down</c></seealso> callback associated with the resource type.</p>
+ <p>Argument <c>obj</c> is pointer to the resource to hold the monitor and
+ <c>*target_pid</c> identifies the local process to be monitored.</p>
+ <p>If <c>mon</c> is not <c>NULL</c>, a successful call stores the
+ identity of the monitor in the
+ <seealso marker="#ErlNifMonitor"><c>ErlNifMonitor</c></seealso>
+ struct pointed to by <c>mon</c>. This identifier is used to refer to the
+ monitor for later removal with
+ <seealso marker="#enif_demonitor_process"><c>enif_demonitor_process</c></seealso>
+ or compare with
+ <seealso marker="#enif_compare_monitors"><c>enif_compare_monitors</c></seealso>.
+ A monitor is automatically removed when it triggers or when
+ the resource is deallocated.</p>
+ <p>Returns <c>0</c> on success, &lt; 0 if no <c>down</c> callback is
+ provided, and &gt; 0 if the process is no longer alive.</p>
+ <p>This function is only thread-safe when the emulator with SMP support
+ is used. It can only be used in a non-SMP emulator from a NIF-calling
+ thread.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
<name><ret>ErlNifTime</ret>
<nametext>enif_monotonic_time(ErlNifTimeUnit time_unit)</nametext>
</name>
@@ -2249,10 +2381,30 @@ enif_map_iterator_destroy(env, &amp;iter);</code>
returns <c>NULL</c> and sets <c>*tried</c> to <c>flags</c>.
It is allowed to set <c>tried</c> to <c>NULL</c>.</p>
<p>Notice that <c>enif_open_resource_type</c> is only allowed to be
- called in the three callbacks
- <seealso marker="#load"><c>load</c></seealso>,
- <seealso marker="#reload"><c>reload</c></seealso>, and
+ called in the two callbacks
+ <seealso marker="#load"><c>load</c></seealso> and
<seealso marker="#upgrade"><c>upgrade</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p>See also <seealso marker="#enif_open_resource_type_x">
+ <c>enif_open_resource_type_x</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name><ret>ErlNifResourceType *</ret>
+ <nametext>enif_open_resource_type_x(ErlNifEnv* env, const char* name,
+ const ErlNifResourceTypeInit* init,
+ ErlNifResourceFlags flags, ErlNifResourceFlags* tried)</nametext>
+ </name>
+ <fsummary>Create or takeover a resource type.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Same as <seealso marker="#enif_open_resource_type"><c>enif_open_resource_type</c></seealso>
+ except it accepts additional callback functions for resource types that are
+ used together with <seealso marker="#enif_select"><c>enif_select</c></seealso>
+ and <seealso marker="#enif_monitor_process"><c>enif_monitor_process</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p>Argument <c>init</c> is a pointer to an
+ <seealso marker="#ErlNifResourceTypeInit"><c>ErlNifResourceTypeInit</c></seealso>
+ structure that contains the function pointers for destructor, down and stop callbacks
+ for the resource type.</p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -2305,10 +2457,8 @@ enif_map_iterator_destroy(env, &amp;iter);</code>
<fsummary>Get the private data of a NIF library.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns the pointer to the private data that was set by
- <seealso marker="#load"><c>load</c></seealso>,
- <seealso marker="#reload"><c>reload</c></seealso>, or
+ <seealso marker="#load"><c>load</c></seealso> or
<seealso marker="#upgrade"><c>upgrade</c></seealso>.</p>
- <p>Was previously named <c>enif_get_data</c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -2365,7 +2515,7 @@ enif_map_iterator_destroy(env, &amp;iter);</code>
<nametext>enif_release_resource(void* obj)</nametext></name>
<fsummary>Release a resource object.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Removes a reference to resource object <c>obj</c>obtained from
+ <p>Removes a reference to resource object <c>obj</c> obtained from
<seealso marker="#enif_alloc_resource">
<c>enif_alloc_resource</c></seealso>.
The resource object is destructed when the last reference is removed.
@@ -2470,9 +2620,6 @@ enif_map_iterator_destroy(env, &amp;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>
@@ -2483,13 +2630,13 @@ enif_map_iterator_destroy(env, &amp;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>
@@ -2508,6 +2655,100 @@ enif_map_iterator_destroy(env, &amp;iter);</code>
</func>
<func>
+ <name><ret>int</ret>
+ <nametext>enif_select(ErlNifEnv* env, ErlNifEvent event, enum ErlNifSelectFlags mode,
+ void* obj, const ErlNifPid* pid, ERL_NIF_TERM ref)</nametext>
+ </name>
+ <fsummary>Manage subscription on IO event.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>This function can be used to receive asynchronous notifications
+ when OS-specific event objects become ready for either read or write operations.</p>
+ <p>Argument <c>event</c> identifies the event object. On Unix
+ systems, the functions <c>select</c>/<c>poll</c> are used. The event
+ object must be a socket, pipe or other file descriptor object that
+ <c>select</c>/<c>poll</c> can use.</p>
+ <p>Argument <c>mode</c> describes the type of events to wait for. It can be
+ <c>ERL_NIF_SELECT_READ</c>, <c>ERL_NIF_SELECT_WRITE</c> or a bitwise
+ OR combination to wait for both. It can also be <c>ERL_NIF_SELECT_STOP</c>
+ which is described further below. When a read or write event is triggerred,
+ a notification message like this is sent to the process identified by
+ <c>pid</c>:</p>
+ <code type="none">{select, Obj, Ref, ready_input | ready_output}</code>
+ <p><c>ready_input</c> or <c>ready_output</c> indicates if the event object
+ is ready for reading or writing.</p>
+ <p>Argument <c>pid</c> may be <c>NULL</c> to indicate the calling process.</p>
+ <p>Argument <c>obj</c> is a resource object obtained from
+ <seealso marker="#enif_alloc_resource"><c>enif_alloc_resource</c></seealso>.
+ The purpose of the resource objects is as a container of the event object
+ to manage its state and lifetime. A handle to the resource is received
+ in the notification message as <c>Obj</c>.</p>
+ <p>Argument <c>ref</c> must be either a reference obtained from
+ <seealso marker="erlang#make_ref-0"><c>erlang:make_ref/0</c></seealso>
+ or the atom <c>undefined</c>. It will be passed as <c>Ref</c> in the notifications.
+ If a selective <c>receive</c> statement is used to wait for the notification
+ then a reference created just before the <c>receive</c> will exploit a runtime
+ optimization that bypasses all earlier received messages in the queue.</p>
+ <p>The notifications are one-shot only. To receive further notifications of the same
+ type (read or write), repeated calls to <c>enif_select</c> must be made
+ after receiving each notification.</p>
+ <p>Use <c>ERL_NIF_SELECT_STOP</c> as <c>mode</c> in order to safely
+ close an event object that has been passed to <c>enif_select</c>. The
+ <seealso marker="#ErlNifResourceStop"><c>stop</c></seealso> callback
+ of the resource <c>obj</c> will be called when it is safe to close
+ the event object. This safe way of closing event objects must be used
+ even if all notifications have been received and no further calls to
+ <c>enif_select</c> have been made.</p>
+ <p>The first call to <c>enif_select</c> for a specific OS <c>event</c> will establish
+ a relation between the event object and the containing resource. All subsequent calls
+ for an <c>event</c> must pass its containing resource as argument
+ <c>obj</c>. The relation is dissolved when <c>enif_select</c> has
+ been called with <c>mode</c> as <c>ERL_NIF_SELECT_STOP</c> and the
+ corresponding <c>stop</c> callback has returned. A resource can contain
+ several event objects but one event object can only be contained within
+ one resource. A resource will not be destructed until all its contained relations
+ have been dissolved.</p>
+ <note>
+ <p>Use <seealso marker="#enif_monitor_process"><c>enif_monitor_process</c></seealso>
+ together with <c>enif_select</c> to detect failing Erlang
+ processes and prevent them from causing permanent leakage of resources
+ and their contained OS event objects.</p>
+ </note>
+ <p>Returns a non-negative value on success where the following bits can be set:</p>
+ <taglist>
+ <tag><c>ERL_NIF_SELECT_STOP_CALLED</c></tag>
+ <item>The stop callback was called directly by <c>enif_select</c>.</item>
+ <tag><c>ERL_NIF_SELECT_STOP_SCHEDULED</c></tag>
+ <item>The stop callback was scheduled to run on some other thread
+ or later by this thread.</item>
+ </taglist>
+ <p>Returns a negative value if the call failed where the follwing bits can be set:</p>
+ <taglist>
+ <tag><c>ERL_NIF_SELECT_INVALID_EVENT</c></tag>
+ <item>Argument <c>event</c> is not a valid OS event object.</item>
+ <tag><c>ERL_NIF_SELECT_FAILED</c></tag>
+ <item>The system call failed to add the event object to the poll set.</item>
+ </taglist>
+ <note>
+ <p>Use bitwise AND to test for specific bits in the return vaue.
+ New significant bits may be added in future releases to give more detailed
+ information for both failed and successful calls. Do NOT use equallity tests
+ like <c>==</c>, as that may cause your application to stop working.</p>
+ <p>Example:</p>
+ <code type="none">
+retval = enif_select(env, fd, ERL_NIF_SELECT_STOP, resource, ref);
+if (retval &lt; 0) {
+ /* handle error */
+}
+/* Success! */
+if (retval &amp; ERL_NIF_SELECT_STOP_CALLED) {
+ /* ... */
+}
+</code>
+ </note>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
<name><ret>ErlNifPid *</ret>
<nametext>enif_self(ErlNifEnv* caller_env, ErlNifPid* pid)</nametext>
</name>
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl_tracer.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl_tracer.xml
index 83eef374ca..fd3c17f337 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erl_tracer.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erl_tracer.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2016</year><year>2016</year>
+ <year>2016</year><year>2017</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
<item>If set the tracer has been requested to include a
time stamp.</item>
<tag><c>extra</c></tag>
- <item>If set the tracepoint has included additonal data about
+ <item>If set the tracepoint has included additional data about
the trace event. What the additional data is depends on which
<c>TraceTag</c> has been triggered. The <c>extra</c> trace data
corresponds to the fifth element in the trace tuples described in
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ ok
&lt;0.37.0&gt;
3&gt; erlang:trace(new, true, [send,{tracer, erl_msg_tracer, Tracer}]).
0
-{&lt;0.39.0&gt;,&lt;0.27.0&gt;}
+{trace,&lt;0.39.0&gt;,&lt;0.27.0&gt;}
4&gt; {ok, D} = file:open("/tmp/tmp.data",[write]).
{trace,#Port&lt;0.486&gt;,&lt;0.40.0&gt;}
{trace,&lt;0.40.0&gt;,&lt;0.21.0&gt;}
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ trace(_, _, _, _, _) ->
<p><c>erl_msg_tracer.c</c>:</p>
<pre>
-#include "erl_nif.h"
+#include &lt;erl_nif.h&gt;
/* NIF interface declarations */
static int load(ErlNifEnv* env, void** priv_data, ERL_NIF_TERM load_info);
@@ -758,18 +758,21 @@ static ERL_NIF_TERM enabled(ErlNifEnv* env, int argc, const ERL_NIF_TERM argv[])
/*
* argv[0]: TraceTag, should only be 'send'
- * argv[1]: TracerState, process to send {argv[2], argv[4]} to
+ * argv[1]: TracerState, process to send {Tracee, Recipient} to
* argv[2]: Tracee
- * argv[3]: Recipient
- * argv[4]: Options, ignored
+ * argv[3]: Message
+ * argv[4]: Options, map containing Recipient
*/
static ERL_NIF_TERM trace(ErlNifEnv* env, int argc, const ERL_NIF_TERM argv[])
{
ErlNifPid to_pid;
+ ERL_NIF_TERM recipient, msg;
if (enif_get_local_pid(env, argv[1], &amp;to_pid)) {
- ERL_NIF_TERM msg = enif_make_tuple3(env, enif_make_atom(env, "trace"), argv[2], argv[4]);
+ if (enif_get_map_value(env, argv[4], enif_make_atom(env, "extra"), &amp;recipient)) {
+ msg = enif_make_tuple3(env, enif_make_atom(env, "trace"), argv[2], recipient);
enif_send(env, &amp;to_pid, NULL, msg);
+ }
}
return enif_make_atom(env, "ok");
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
index c3b0bc0d74..d9cc5ef936 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
@@ -325,16 +325,11 @@ Z = erlang:adler32_combine(X,Y,iolist_size(Data2)).</code>
is <c>latin1</c>, one byte exists for each character
in the text representation. If <c><anno>Encoding</anno></c> is
<c>utf8</c> or
- <c>unicode</c>, the characters are encoded using UTF-8
- (that is, characters from 128 through 255 are
- encoded in two bytes).</p>
+ <c>unicode</c>, the characters are encoded using UTF-8 where
+ characters may require multiple bytes.</p>
<note>
- <p><c>atom_to_binary(<anno>Atom</anno>, latin1)</c> never
- fails, as the text representation of an atom can only
- contain characters from 0 through 255. In a future release,
- the text representation
- of atoms can be allowed to contain any Unicode character and
- <c>atom_to_binary(<anno>Atom</anno>, latin1)</c> then fails if the
+ <p>As from Erlang/OTP 20, atoms can contain any Unicode character
+ and <c>atom_to_binary(<anno>Atom</anno>, latin1)</c> may fail if the
text representation for <c><anno>Atom</anno></c> contains a Unicode
character &gt; 255.</p>
</note>
@@ -402,13 +397,11 @@ Z = erlang:adler32_combine(X,Y,iolist_size(Data2)).</code>
translation of bytes in the binary is done.
If <c><anno>Encoding</anno></c>
is <c>utf8</c> or <c>unicode</c>, the binary must contain
- valid UTF-8 sequences. Only Unicode characters up
- to 255 are allowed.</p>
+ valid UTF-8 sequences.</p>
<note>
- <p><c>binary_to_atom(<anno>Binary</anno>, utf8)</c> fails if
- the binary contains Unicode characters &gt; 255.
- In a future release, such Unicode characters can be allowed and
- <c>binary_to_atom(<anno>Binary</anno>, utf8)</c> does then not fail.
+ <p>As from Erlang/OTP 20, <c>binary_to_atom(<anno>Binary</anno>, utf8)</c>
+ is capable of encoding any Unicode character. Earlier versions would
+ fail if the binary contained Unicode characters &gt; 255.
For more information about Unicode support in atoms, see the
<seealso marker="erl_ext_dist#utf8_atoms">note on UTF-8
encoded atoms</seealso>
@@ -419,9 +412,7 @@ Z = erlang:adler32_combine(X,Y,iolist_size(Data2)).</code>
> <input>binary_to_atom(&lt;&lt;"Erlang"&gt;&gt;, latin1).</input>
'Erlang'
> <input>binary_to_atom(&lt;&lt;1024/utf8&gt;&gt;, utf8).</input>
-** exception error: bad argument
- in function binary_to_atom/2
- called as binary_to_atom(&lt;&lt;208,128&gt;&gt;,utf8)</pre>
+'Ѐ'</pre>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -733,6 +724,19 @@ hello
</func>
<func>
+ <name name="ceil" arity="1"/>
+ <fsummary>Returns the smallest integer not less than the argument</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Returns the smallest integer not less than
+ <c><anno>Number</anno></c>.
+ For example:</p>
+ <pre>
+> <input>ceil(5.5).</input>
+6</pre>
+ <p>Allowed in guard tests.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ <func>
<name name="check_old_code" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Check if a module has old code.</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -1480,6 +1484,20 @@ true</pre>
</func>
<func>
+ <name name="floor" arity="1"/>
+ <fsummary>Returns the largest integer not greater than the argument</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Returns the largest integer not greater than
+ <c><anno>Number</anno></c>.
+ For example:</p>
+ <pre>
+> <input>floor(-10.5).</input>
+-11</pre>
+ <p>Allowed in guard tests.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
<name name="fun_info" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Information about a fun.</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -1667,6 +1685,12 @@ true</pre>
the form <c>{garbage_collect,
<anno>RequestId</anno>, <anno>GCResult</anno>}</c>.
</item>
+
+ <tag><c>{type, 'major' | 'minor'}</c></tag>
+ <item>Triggers garbage collection of requested type. Default value is
+ <c>'major'</c>, which would trigger a fullsweep GC.
+ The option <c>'minor'</c> is considered a hint and may lead to
+ either minor or major GC run.</item>
</taglist>
<p>If <c><anno>Pid</anno></c> equals <c>self()</c>, and
no <c>async</c> option has been passed, the garbage
@@ -1789,8 +1813,9 @@ true</pre>
<fsummary>Get the call stack back-trace of the last exception.</fsummary>
<type name="stack_item"/>
<desc>
- <p>Gets the call stack back-trace (<em>stacktrace</em>) of the
- last exception in the calling process as a list of
+ <p>Gets the call stack back-trace (<em>stacktrace</em>) for an
+ exception that has just been caught
+ in the calling process as a list of
<c>{<anno>Module</anno>,<anno>Function</anno>,<anno>Arity</anno>,<anno>Location</anno>}</c>
tuples. Field <c><anno>Arity</anno></c> in the first tuple can be the
argument list of that function call instead of an arity integer,
@@ -1798,6 +1823,29 @@ true</pre>
<p>If there has not been any exceptions in a process, the
stacktrace is <c>[]</c>. After a code change for the process,
the stacktrace can also be reset to <c>[]</c>.</p>
+ <p><c>erlang:get_stacktrace/0</c> is only guaranteed to return
+ a stacktrace if called (directly or indirectly) from within the
+ scope of a <c>try</c> expression. That is, the following call works:</p>
+<pre>
+try Expr
+catch
+ C:R ->
+ {C,R,erlang:get_stacktrace()}
+end</pre>
+ <p>As does this call:</p>
+<pre>
+try Expr
+catch
+ C:R ->
+ {C,R,helper()}
+end
+
+helper() ->
+ erlang:get_stacktrace().</pre>
+
+ <warning><p>In a future release,
+ <c>erlang:get_stacktrace/0</c> will return <c>[]</c> if called
+ from outside a <c>try</c> expression.</p></warning>
<p>The stacktrace is the same data as operator <c>catch</c>
returns, for example:</p>
<pre>
@@ -1922,26 +1970,6 @@ os_prompt%</pre>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="hash" arity="2"/>
- <fsummary>Hash function (deprecated).</fsummary>
- <desc>
- <p>Returns a hash value for <c><anno>Term</anno></c> within the range
- <c>1..<anno>Range</anno></c>. The maximum range is 1..2^27-1.</p>
- <warning>
- <p><em>This BIF is deprecated, as the hash value can differ on
- different architectures.</em> The hash values for integer
- terms &gt; 2^27 and large binaries are
- poor. The BIF is retained for backward compatibility
- reasons (it can have been used to hash records into a file),
- but all new code is to use one of the BIFs
- <seealso marker="#phash/2"><c>erlang:phash/2</c></seealso> or
- <seealso marker="#phash2/1"><c>erlang:phash2/1,2</c></seealso>
- instead.</p>
- </warning>
- </desc>
- </func>
-
- <func>
<name name="hd" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Head of a list.</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -2368,10 +2396,10 @@ os_prompt%</pre>
<desc>
<p>Returns the atom whose text representation is
<c><anno>String</anno></c>.</p>
- <p><c><anno>String</anno></c> can only contain ISO-latin-1
- characters (that is, numbers &lt; 256) as the implementation does not
- allow Unicode characters equal to or above 256 in atoms.
- For more information on Unicode support in atoms, see
+ <p>As from Erlang/OTP 20, <c><anno>String</anno></c> may contain
+ any Unicode character. Earlier versions allowed only ISO-latin-1
+ characters as the implementation did not allow Unicode characters
+ above 255. For more information on Unicode support in atoms, see
<seealso marker="erl_ext_dist#utf8_atoms">note on UTF-8
encoded atoms</seealso>
in section "External Term Format" in the User's Guide.</p>
@@ -2495,6 +2523,42 @@ os_prompt%</pre>
</func>
<func>
+ <name name="list_to_port" arity="1"/>
+ <fsummary>Convert from text representation to a port.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Returns a port identifier whose text representation is a
+ <c><anno>String</anno></c>, for example:</p>
+ <pre>
+> <input>list_to_port("#Port&lt;0.4>").</input>
+#Port&lt;0.4></pre>
+ <p>Failure: <c>badarg</c> if <c><anno>String</anno></c> contains a bad
+ representation of a port identifier.</p>
+ <warning>
+ <p>This BIF is intended for debugging and is not to be used
+ in application programs.</p>
+ </warning>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="list_to_ref" arity="1"/>
+ <fsummary>Convert from text representation to a ref.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Returns a reference whose text representation is a
+ <c><anno>String</anno></c>, for example:</p>
+ <pre>
+> <input>list_to_ref("#Ref&lt;0.4192537678.4073193475.71181>").</input>
+#Ref&lt;0.4192537678.4073193475.71181></pre>
+ <p>Failure: <c>badarg</c> if <c><anno>String</anno></c> contains a bad
+ representation of a reference.</p>
+ <warning>
+ <p>This BIF is intended for debugging and is not to be used
+ in application programs.</p>
+ </warning>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
<name name="list_to_tuple" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Convert a list to a tuple.</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -2544,13 +2608,6 @@ os_prompt%</pre>
<name name="load_nif" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Load NIF library.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <note>
- <p>Before Erlang/OTP R14B, NIFs were an
- experimental feature. Versions before Erlang/OTP R14B can
- have different and possibly incompatible NIF semantics and
- interfaces. For example, in Erlang/OTP R13B03 the return value on
- failure was <c>{error,Reason,Text}</c>.</p>
- </note>
<p>Loads and links a dynamic library containing native
implemented functions (NIFs) for a module. <c><anno>Path</anno></c>
is a file path to the shareable object/dynamic library file minus
@@ -2580,14 +2637,22 @@ os_prompt%</pre>
<item>The library did not fulfill the requirements as a NIF
library of the calling module.
</item>
- <tag><c>load | reload | upgrade</c></tag>
+ <tag><c>load | upgrade</c></tag>
<item>The corresponding library callback was unsuccessful.
</item>
+ <tag><c>reload</c></tag>
+ <item>A NIF library is already loaded for this module instance.
+ The previously deprecated <c>reload</c> feature was removed in OTP 20.
+ </item>
<tag><c>old_code</c></tag>
<item>The call to <c>load_nif/2</c> was made from the old
code of a module that has been upgraded; this is not
allowed.
</item>
+ <tag><c>notsup</c></tag>
+ <item>Lack of support. Such as loading NIF library for a
+ HiPE compiled module.
+ </item>
</taglist>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -3784,9 +3849,6 @@ RealSystem = system + MissedSystem</code>
<c><anno>Term</anno></c> within the range
<c>1..<anno>Range</anno></c>. The maximum value for
<c><anno>Range</anno></c> is 2^32.</p>
- <p>This BIF can be used instead of the old deprecated BIF
- <c>erlang:hash/2</c>, as it calculates better hashes for
- all data types, but consider using <c>phash2/1,2</c> instead.</p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -3821,10 +3883,6 @@ RealSystem = system + MissedSystem</code>
<desc>
<p>Returns a string corresponding to the text
representation of <c><anno>Pid</anno></c>.</p>
- <warning>
- <p>This BIF is intended for debugging and is not to be used
- in application programs.</p>
- </warning>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -4397,10 +4455,6 @@ RealSystem = system + MissedSystem</code>
<desc>
<p>Returns a string corresponding to the text
representation of the port identifier <c><anno>Port</anno></c>.</p>
- <warning>
- <p>This BIF is intended for debugging. It is not to be used
- in application programs.</p>
- </warning>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -4597,7 +4651,7 @@ RealSystem = system + MissedSystem</code>
<p>If the process potentially can get many messages,
you are advised to set the flag to <c>off_heap</c>. This
because a garbage collection with many messages placed on
- the heap can become extremly expensive and the process can
+ the heap can become extremely expensive and the process can
consume large amounts of memory. Performance of the
actual message passing is however generally better when not
using flag <c>off_heap</c>.</p>
@@ -6094,28 +6148,60 @@ true</pre>
<fsummary>Information about active processes and ports.</fsummary>
<desc>
<marker id="statistics_active_tasks"></marker>
+ <p>Returns the same as
+ <seealso marker="#statistics_active_tasks_all">
+ <c>statistics(active_tasks_all)</c></seealso>
+ with the exception that no information about the dirty
+ IO run queue and its associated schedulers is part of
+ the result. That is, only tasks that are expected to be
+ CPU bound are part of the result.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="statistics" arity="1" clause_i="2"/>
+ <fsummary>Information about active processes and ports.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <marker id="statistics_active_tasks_all"></marker>
<p>Returns a list where each element represents the amount
of active processes and ports on each run queue and its
- associated scheduler. That is, the number of processes and
- ports that are ready to run, or are currently running. The
- element location in the list corresponds to the scheduler
- and its run queue. The first element corresponds to scheduler
- number 1 and so on. The information is <em>not</em> gathered
- atomically. That is, the result is not necessarily a
- consistent snapshot of the state, but instead quite
- efficiently gathered.</p>
+ associated schedulers. That is, the number of processes and
+ ports that are ready to run, or are currently running.
+ Values for normal run queues and their associated schedulers
+ are located first in the resulting list. The first element
+ corresponds to scheduler number 1 and so on. If support for
+ dirty schedulers exist, an element with the value for the
+ dirty CPU run queue and its associated dirty CPU schedulers
+ follow and then as last element the value for the the dirty
+ IO run queue and its associated dirty IO schedulers follow.
+ The information is <em>not</em> gathered atomically. That is,
+ the result is not necessarily a consistent snapshot of the
+ state, but instead quite efficiently gathered.</p>
+ <note><p>Each normal scheduler has one run queue that it
+ manages. If dirty schedulers schedulers are supported, all
+ dirty CPU schedulers share one run queue, and all dirty IO
+ schedulers share one run queue. That is, we have multiple
+ normal run queues, one dirty CPU run queue and one dirty
+ IO run queue. Work can <em>not</em> migrate between the
+ different types of run queues. Only work in normal run
+ queues can migrate to other normal run queues. This has
+ to be taken into account when evaluating the result.</p></note>
<p>See also
<seealso marker="#statistics_total_active_tasks">
<c>statistics(total_active_tasks)</c></seealso>,
<seealso marker="#statistics_run_queue_lengths">
- <c>statistics(run_queue_lengths)</c></seealso>, and
+ <c>statistics(run_queue_lengths)</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="#statistics_run_queue_lengths_all">
+ <c>statistics(run_queue_lengths_all)</c></seealso>,
<seealso marker="#statistics_total_run_queue_lengths">
- <c>statistics(total_run_queue_lengths)</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <c>statistics(total_run_queue_lengths)</c></seealso>, and
+ <seealso marker="#statistics_total_run_queue_lengths_all">
+ <c>statistics(total_run_queue_lengths_all)</c></seealso>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="statistics" arity="1" clause_i="2"/>
+ <name name="statistics" arity="1" clause_i="3"/>
<fsummary>Information about context switches.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns the total number of context switches since the
@@ -6124,7 +6210,7 @@ true</pre>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="statistics" arity="1" clause_i="3"/>
+ <name name="statistics" arity="1" clause_i="4"/>
<fsummary>Information about exact reductions.</fsummary>
<desc>
<marker id="statistics_exact_reductions"></marker>
@@ -6140,7 +6226,7 @@ true</pre>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="statistics" arity="1" clause_i="4"/>
+ <name name="statistics" arity="1" clause_i="5"/>
<fsummary>Information about garbage collection.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns information about garbage collection, for example:</p>
@@ -6152,7 +6238,7 @@ true</pre>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="statistics" arity="1" clause_i="5"/>
+ <name name="statistics" arity="1" clause_i="6"/>
<fsummary>Information about I/O.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns <c><anno>Input</anno></c>,
@@ -6163,7 +6249,7 @@ true</pre>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="statistics" arity="1" clause_i="6"/>
+ <name name="statistics" arity="1" clause_i="7"/>
<fsummary>Information about microstate accounting.</fsummary>
<desc>
<marker id="statistics_microstate_accounting"></marker>
@@ -6299,7 +6385,7 @@ lists:map(
</func>
<func>
- <name name="statistics" arity="1" clause_i="7"/>
+ <name name="statistics" arity="1" clause_i="8"/>
<fsummary>Information about reductions.</fsummary>
<desc>
<marker id="statistics_reductions"></marker>
@@ -6318,12 +6404,13 @@ lists:map(
</func>
<func>
- <name name="statistics" arity="1" clause_i="8"/>
+ <name name="statistics" arity="1" clause_i="9"/>
<fsummary>Information about the run-queues.</fsummary>
<desc><marker id="statistics_run_queue"></marker>
- <p>Returns the total length of the run-queues. That is, the number
+ <p>Returns the total length of all normal run-queues. That is, the number
of processes and ports that are ready to run on all available
- run-queues. The information is gathered atomically. That
+ normal run-queues. Dirty run queues are not part of the
+ result. The information is gathered atomically. That
is, the result is a consistent snapshot of the state, but
this operation is much more expensive compared to
<seealso marker="#statistics_total_run_queue_lengths">
@@ -6333,29 +6420,63 @@ lists:map(
</func>
<func>
- <name name="statistics" arity="1" clause_i="9"/>
+ <name name="statistics" arity="1" clause_i="10"/>
<fsummary>Information about the run-queue lengths.</fsummary>
<desc><marker id="statistics_run_queue_lengths"></marker>
+ <p>Returns the same as
+ <seealso marker="#statistics_run_queue_lengths_all">
+ <c>statistics(run_queue_lengths_all)</c></seealso>
+ with the exception that no information about the dirty
+ IO run queue is part of the result. That is, only
+ run queues with work that is expected to be CPU bound
+ is part of the result.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="statistics" arity="1" clause_i="11"/>
+ <fsummary>Information about the run-queue lengths.</fsummary>
+ <desc><marker id="statistics_run_queue_lengths_all"></marker>
<p>Returns a list where each element represents the amount
- of processes and ports ready to run for each run queue. The
- element location in the list corresponds to the run queue
- of a scheduler. The first element corresponds to the run
- queue of scheduler number 1 and so on. The information is
- <em>not</em> gathered atomically. That is, the result is
- not necessarily a consistent snapshot of the state, but
- instead quite efficiently gathered.</p>
+ of processes and ports ready to run for each run queue.
+ Values for normal run queues are located first in the
+ resulting list. The first element corresponds to the
+ normal run queue of scheduler number 1 and so on. If
+ support for dirty schedulers exist, values for the dirty
+ CPU run queue and the dirty IO run queue follow (in that
+ order) at the end. The information is <em>not</em>
+ gathered atomically. That is, the result is not
+ necessarily a consistent snapshot of the state, but
+ instead quite efficiently gathered.</p>
+ <note><p>Each normal scheduler has one run queue that it
+ manages. If dirty schedulers schedulers are supported, all
+ dirty CPU schedulers share one run queue, and all dirty IO
+ schedulers share one run queue. That is, we have multiple
+ normal run queues, one dirty CPU run queue and one dirty
+ IO run queue. Work can <em>not</em> migrate between the
+ different types of run queues. Only work in normal run
+ queues can migrate to other normal run queues. This has
+ to be taken into account when evaluating the result.</p></note>
<p>See also
+ <seealso marker="#statistics_run_queue_lengths">
+ <c>statistics(run_queue_lengths)</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="#statistics_total_run_queue_lengths_all">
+ <c>statistics(total_run_queue_lengths_all)</c></seealso>,
<seealso marker="#statistics_total_run_queue_lengths">
<c>statistics(total_run_queue_lengths)</c></seealso>,
<seealso marker="#statistics_active_tasks">
- <c>statistics(active_tasks)</c></seealso>, and
+ <c>statistics(active_tasks)</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="#statistics_active_tasks_all">
+ <c>statistics(active_tasks_all)</c></seealso>, and
<seealso marker="#statistics_total_active_tasks">
- <c>statistics(total_active_tasks)</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <c>statistics(total_active_tasks)</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="#statistics_total_active_tasks_all">
+ <c>statistics(total_active_tasks_all)</c></seealso>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="statistics" arity="1" clause_i="10"/>
+ <name name="statistics" arity="1" clause_i="12"/>
<fsummary>Information about runtime.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns information about runtime, in milliseconds.</p>
@@ -6370,7 +6491,7 @@ lists:map(
</func>
<func>
- <name name="statistics" arity="1" clause_i="11"/>
+ <name name="statistics" arity="1" clause_i="13"/>
<fsummary>Information about each schedulers work time.</fsummary>
<desc>
<marker id="statistics_scheduler_wall_time"></marker>
@@ -6383,12 +6504,17 @@ lists:map(
<c><anno>TotalTime</anno></c> is the total time duration since
<seealso marker="#system_flag_scheduler_wall_time">
<c>scheduler_wall_time</c></seealso>
- activation. The time unit is undefined and can be subject
- to change between releases, OSs, and system restarts.
- <c>scheduler_wall_time</c> is only to be used to
- calculate relative values for scheduler-utilization.
- <c><anno>ActiveTime</anno></c> can never exceed
- <c><anno>TotalTime</anno></c>.</p>
+ activation for the specific scheduler. Note that
+ activation time can differ significantly between
+ schedulers. Currently dirty schedulers are activated
+ at system start while normal schedulers are activated
+ some time after the <c>scheduler_wall_time</c>
+ functionality is enabled. The time unit is undefined
+ and can be subject to change between releases, OSs,
+ and system restarts. <c>scheduler_wall_time</c> is only
+ to be used to calculate relative values for scheduler
+ utilization. <c><anno>ActiveTime</anno></c> can never
+ exceed <c><anno>TotalTime</anno></c>.</p>
<p>The definition of a busy scheduler is when it is not idle
and is not scheduling (selecting) a process or port,
that is:</p>
@@ -6406,15 +6532,37 @@ lists:map(
<c>scheduler_wall_time</c></seealso> is turned off.</p>
<p>The list of scheduler information is unsorted and can
appear in different order between calls.</p>
+ <p>As of ERTS version 9.0, also dirty CPU schedulers will
+ be included in the result. That is, all scheduler threads
+ that are expected to handle CPU bound work. If you also
+ want information about dirty I/O schedulers, use
+ <seealso marker="#statistics_scheduler_wall_time_all"><c>statistics(scheduler_wall_time_all)</c></seealso>
+ instead.</p>
+
+ <p>Normal schedulers will have scheduler identifiers in
+ the range <c>1 =&lt; <anno>SchedulerId</anno> =&lt;
+ </c><seealso marker="#system_info_schedulers"><c>erlang:system_info(schedulers)</c></seealso>.
+ Dirty CPU schedulers will have scheduler identifiers in
+ the range <c>erlang:system_info(schedulers) &lt;
+ <anno>SchedulerId</anno> =&lt; erlang:system_info(schedulers)
+ +
+ </c><seealso marker="#system_info_dirty_cpu_schedulers"><c>erlang:system_info(dirty_cpu_schedulers)</c></seealso>.
+ </p>
+ <note><p>The different types of schedulers handle
+ specific types of jobs. Every job is assigned to a specific
+ scheduler type. Jobs can migrate between different schedulers
+ of the same type, but never between schedulers of different
+ types. This fact has to be taken under consideration when
+ evaluating the result returned.</p></note>
<p>Using <c>scheduler_wall_time</c> to calculate
- scheduler-utilization:</p>
+ scheduler utilization:</p>
<pre>
> <input>erlang:system_flag(scheduler_wall_time, true).</input>
false
> <input>Ts0 = lists:sort(erlang:statistics(scheduler_wall_time)), ok.</input>
ok</pre>
<p>Some time later the user takes another snapshot and calculates
- scheduler-utilization per scheduler, for example:</p>
+ scheduler utilization per scheduler, for example:</p>
<pre>
> <input>Ts1 = lists:sort(erlang:statistics(scheduler_wall_time)), ok.</input>
ok
@@ -6429,11 +6577,32 @@ ok
{7,0.973237033077876},
{8,0.9741297293248656}]</pre>
<p>Using the same snapshots to calculate a total
- scheduler-utilization:</p>
+ scheduler utilization:</p>
<pre>
> <input>{A, T} = lists:foldl(fun({{_, A0, T0}, {_, A1, T1}}, {Ai,Ti}) ->
- {Ai + (A1 - A0), Ti + (T1 - T0)} end, {0, 0}, lists:zip(Ts0,Ts1)), A/T.</input>
+ {Ai + (A1 - A0), Ti + (T1 - T0)} end, {0, 0}, lists:zip(Ts0,Ts1)),
+ TotalSchedulerUtilization = A/T.</input>
+0.9769136803764825</pre>
+ <p>Total scheduler utilization will equal <c>1.0</c> when
+ all schedulers have been active all the time between the
+ two measurements.</p>
+ <p>Another (probably more) useful value is to calculate
+ total scheduler utilization weighted against maximum amount
+ of available CPU time:</p>
+ <pre>
+> <input>WeightedSchedulerUtilization = (TotalSchedulerUtilization
+ * (erlang:system_info(schedulers)
+ + erlang:system_info(dirty_cpu_schedulers)))
+ / erlang:system_info(logical_processors_available).</input>
0.9769136803764825</pre>
+ <p>This weighted scheduler utilization will reach <c>1.0</c>
+ when schedulers are active the same amount of time as
+ maximum available CPU time. If more schedulers exist
+ than available logical processors, this value may
+ be greater than <c>1.0</c>.</p>
+ <p>As of ERTS version 9.0, the Erlang runtime system
+ with SMP support will as default have more schedulers
+ than logical processors. This due to the dirty schedulers.</p>
<note>
<p><c>scheduler_wall_time</c> is by default disabled. To
enable it, use
@@ -6443,47 +6612,72 @@ ok
</func>
<func>
- <name name="statistics" arity="1" clause_i="12"/>
+ <name name="statistics" arity="1" clause_i="14"/>
+ <fsummary>Information about each schedulers work time.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <marker id="statistics_scheduler_wall_time_all"></marker>
+ <p>The same as
+ <seealso marker="#statistics_scheduler_wall_time"><c>statistics(scheduler_wall_time)</c></seealso>,
+ except that it also include information about all dirty I/O
+ schedulers.</p>
+ <p>Dirty IO schedulers will have scheduler identifiers in
+ the range
+ <seealso marker="#system_info_schedulers"><c>erlang:system_info(schedulers)</c></seealso><c>
+ +
+ </c><seealso marker="#system_info_dirty_cpu_schedulers"><c>erlang:system_info(dirty_cpu_schedulers)</c></seealso><c> &lt;
+ <anno>SchedulerId</anno> =&lt; erlang:system_info(schedulers)
+ + erlang:system_info(dirty_cpu_schedulers)
+ +
+ </c><seealso marker="#system_info_dirty_io_schedulers"><c>erlang:system_info(dirty_io_schedulers)</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <note><p>Note that work executing on dirty I/O schedulers
+ are expected to mainly wait for I/O. That is, when you
+ get high scheduler utilization on dirty I/O schedulers,
+ CPU utilization is <em>not</em> expected to be high due to
+ this work.</p></note>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ <func>
+ <name name="statistics" arity="1" clause_i="15"/>
<fsummary>Information about active processes and ports.</fsummary>
<desc><marker id="statistics_total_active_tasks"></marker>
- <p>Returns the total amount of active processes and ports in
- the system. That is, the number of processes and ports that
- are ready to run, or are currently running. The information
- is <em>not</em> gathered atomically. That is, the result
- is not necessarily a consistent snapshot of the state, but
- instead quite efficiently gathered.</p>
- <p>See also
- <seealso marker="#statistics_active_tasks">
- <c>statistics(active_tasks)</c></seealso>,
- <seealso marker="#statistics_run_queue_lengths">
- <c>statistics(run_queue_lengths)</c></seealso>, and
- <seealso marker="#statistics_total_run_queue_lengths">
- <c>statistics(total_run_queue_lengths)</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p>The same as calling
+ <c>lists:sum(</c><seealso marker="#statistics_active_tasks"><c>statistics(active_tasks)</c></seealso><c>)</c>,
+ but more efficient.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="statistics" arity="1" clause_i="13"/>
+ <name name="statistics" arity="1" clause_i="16"/>
+ <fsummary>Information about active processes and ports.</fsummary>
+ <desc><marker id="statistics_total_active_tasks_all"></marker>
+ <p>The same as calling
+ <c>lists:sum(</c><seealso marker="#statistics_active_tasks_all"><c>statistics(active_tasks_all)</c></seealso><c>)</c>,
+ but more efficient.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="statistics" arity="1" clause_i="17"/>
<fsummary>Information about the run-queue lengths.</fsummary>
<desc><marker id="statistics_total_run_queue_lengths"></marker>
- <p>Returns the total length of the run queues. That is, the number
- of processes and ports that are ready to run on all available
- run queues. The information is <em>not</em> gathered atomically.
- That is, the result is not necessarily a consistent snapshot of
- the state, but much more efficiently gathered compared to
- <seealso marker="#statistics_run_queue">
- <c>statistics(run_queue)</c></seealso>.</p>
- <p>See also <seealso marker="#statistics_run_queue_lengths">
- <c>statistics(run_queue_lengths)</c></seealso>,
- <seealso marker="#statistics_total_active_tasks">
- <c>statistics(total_active_tasks)</c></seealso>, and
- <seealso marker="#statistics_active_tasks">
- <c>statistics(active_tasks)</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p>The same as calling
+ <c>lists:sum(</c><seealso marker="#statistics_run_queue_lengths"><c>statistics(run_queue_lengths)</c></seealso><c>)</c>,
+ but more efficient.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="statistics" arity="1" clause_i="14"/>
+ <name name="statistics" arity="1" clause_i="18"/>
+ <fsummary>Information about the run-queue lengths.</fsummary>
+ <desc><marker id="statistics_total_run_queue_lengths_all"></marker>
+ <p>The same as calling
+ <c>lists:sum(</c><seealso marker="#statistics_run_queue_lengths_all"><c>statistics(run_queue_lengths_all)</c></seealso><c>)</c>,
+ but more efficient.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="statistics" arity="1" clause_i="19"/>
<fsummary>Information about wall clock.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns information about wall clock. <c>wall_clock</c> can
@@ -6689,11 +6883,6 @@ ok
down to 3. Similarly, the number of dirty CPU schedulers
online increases proportionally to increases in the number of
schedulers online.</p>
- <note>
- <p>The dirty schedulers functionality is experimental.
- Enable support for dirty schedulers when building OTP to
- try out the functionality.</p>
- </note>
<p>For more information, see
<seealso marker="#system_info_dirty_cpu_schedulers">
<c>erlang:system_info(dirty_cpu_schedulers)</c></seealso> and
@@ -7196,8 +7385,8 @@ ok
</func>
<func>
- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="10"/>
- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="11"/>
+ <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="12"/>
+ <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="13"/>
<fsummary>Information about the CPU topology of the system.</fsummary>
<type name="cpu_topology"/>
<type name="level_entry"/>
@@ -7297,12 +7486,12 @@ ok
</func>
<func>
- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="27"/>
- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="28"/>
- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="36"/>
- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="37"/>
+ <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="29"/>
+ <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="30"/>
<name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="38"/>
<name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="39"/>
+ <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="40"/>
+ <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="41"/>
<fsummary>Information about the default process heap settings.</fsummary>
<type name="message_queue_data"/>
<type name="max_heap_size"/>
@@ -7345,12 +7534,6 @@ ok
see <seealso marker="#process_flag_max_heap_size">
<c>process_flag(max_heap_size, MaxHeapSize)</c></seealso>.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>min_heap_size</c></tag>
- <item>
- <p>Returns <c>{min_heap_size, <anno>MinHeapSize</anno>}</c>,
- where <c><anno>MinHeapSize</anno></c> is the current
- system-wide minimum heap size for spawned processes.</p>
- </item>
<tag><marker id="system_info_message_queue_data"/>
<c>message_queue_data</c></tag>
<item>
@@ -7363,6 +7546,12 @@ ok
<seealso marker="#process_flag_message_queue_data">
<c>process_flag(message_queue_data, MQD)</c></seealso>.</p>
</item>
+ <tag><c>min_heap_size</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Returns <c>{min_heap_size, <anno>MinHeapSize</anno>}</c>,
+ where <c><anno>MinHeapSize</anno></c> is the current
+ system-wide minimum heap size for spawned processes.</p>
+ </item>
<tag><c>min_bin_vheap_size</c></tag>
<item>
<p>Returns <c>{min_bin_vheap_size,
@@ -7379,8 +7568,8 @@ ok
<name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="7"/>
<name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="8"/>
<name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="9"/>
- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="12"/>
- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="13"/>
+ <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="10"/>
+ <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="11"/>
<name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="14"/>
<name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="15"/>
<name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="16"/>
@@ -7394,15 +7583,15 @@ ok
<name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="24"/>
<name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="25"/>
<name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="26"/>
- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="29"/>
- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="30"/>
+ <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="27"/>
+ <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="28"/>
<name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="31"/>
<name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="32"/>
<name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="33"/>
<name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="34"/>
<name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="35"/>
- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="40"/>
- <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="41"/>
+ <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="36"/>
+ <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="37"/>
<name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="42"/>
<name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="43"/>
<name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="44"/>
@@ -7431,16 +7620,28 @@ ok
<name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="67"/>
<name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="68"/>
<name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="69"/>
+ <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="70"/>
+ <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="71"/>
<fsummary>Information about the system.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns various information about the current system
(emulator) as specified by <c><anno>Item</anno></c>:</p>
<taglist>
- <tag><c>allocated_areas</c>, <c>allocator</c>,
- <c>alloc_util_allocators</c>, <c>allocator_sizes</c></tag>
+ <tag><c>atom_count</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <marker id="system_info_atom_count"></marker>
+ <p>Returns the number of atoms currently existing at the
+ local node. The value is given as an integer.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>atom_limit</c></tag>
<item>
- <p>See <seealso marker="#system_info_allocator_tags">
- above</seealso>.</p>
+ <marker id="system_info_atom_limit"></marker>
+ <p>Returns the maximum number of atoms allowed.
+ This limit can be increased at startup by passing
+ command-line flag
+ <seealso marker="erts:erl#+t"><c>+t</c></seealso> to
+ <c>erl(1)</c>.
+ </p>
</item>
<tag><c>build_type</c></tag>
<item>
@@ -7526,9 +7727,6 @@ ok
<seealso marker="erts:erl#+SDcpu"><c>+SDcpu</c></seealso> or
<seealso marker="erts:erl#+SDPcpu"><c>+SDPcpu</c></seealso> in
<c>erl(1)</c>.</p>
- <p>Notice that the dirty schedulers functionality is
- experimental. Enable support for dirty schedulers when
- building OTP to try out the functionality.</p>
<p>See also
<seealso marker="#system_flag_dirty_cpu_schedulers_online">
<c>erlang:system_flag(dirty_cpu_schedulers_online,
@@ -7558,9 +7756,6 @@ ok
startup by passing command-line flag
<seealso marker="erts:erl#+SDcpu"><c>+SDcpu</c></seealso> in
<c>erl(1)</c>.</p>
- <p>Notice that the dirty schedulers functionality is
- experimental. Enable support for dirty schedulers when
- building OTP to try out the functionality.</p>
<p>For more information, see
<seealso marker="#system_info_dirty_cpu_schedulers">
<c>erlang:system_info(dirty_cpu_schedulers)</c></seealso>,
@@ -7582,9 +7777,6 @@ ok
<p>This value can be set at startup by passing command-line
argument <seealso marker="erts:erl#+SDio"><c>+SDio</c></seealso>
in <c>erl(1)</c>.</p>
- <p>Notice that the dirty schedulers functionality is
- experimental. Enable support for dirty schedulers when
- building OTP to try out the functionality.</p>
<p>For more information, see
<seealso marker="#system_info_dirty_cpu_schedulers">
<c>erlang:system_info(dirty_cpu_schedulers)</c></seealso>,
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml b/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml
index 8ab35851c1..d3f725ef99 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<cref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2002</year><year>2016</year>
+ <year>2002</year><year>2017</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@
utilization value &gt; 0 is used, allocator instances
are allowed to abandon multiblock carriers. If <c>de</c> (default
enabled) is passed instead of a <c><![CDATA[<utilization>]]></c>,
- a recomended non-zero utilization value is used. The value
+ a recommended non-zero utilization value is used. The value
chosen depends on the allocator type and can be changed between
ERTS versions. Defaults to <c>de</c>, but this
can be changed in the future.</p>
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@
</item>
<tag><marker id="M_sbct"/><c><![CDATA[+M<S>sbct <size>]]></c></tag>
<item>
- <p>Singleblock carrier threshold. Blocks larger than this
+ <p>Singleblock carrier threshold (in kilobytes). Blocks larger than this
threshold are placed in singleblock carriers. Blocks
smaller than this threshold are placed in multiblock
carriers. On 32-bit Unix style OS this threshold cannot be set
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/escript.xml b/erts/doc/src/escript.xml
index 1d5d280338..9b0d42185e 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/escript.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/escript.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<comref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2007</year><year>2016</year>
+ <year>2007</year><year>2017</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -35,6 +35,28 @@
<p><c>escript</c> provides support for running short Erlang programs
without having to compile them first, and an easy way to retrieve the
command-line arguments.</p>
+
+ <p>It is possible to bundle <c>escript</c>(s) with an Erlang
+ runtime system to make it self-sufficient and relocatable. In such
+ a standalone system, the <c>escript</c>(s) should be located in
+ the top <c>bin</c> directory of the standalone system and given
+ <c>.escript</c> as file extension. Further the (built-in)
+ <c>escript</c> program should be copied to the same directory and
+ given the scripts original name (without the <c>.escript</c>
+ extension). This will enable use of the bundled Erlang runtime
+ system.</p>
+
+ <p>The (built-in) <c>escript</c> program first determines which
+ Erlang runtime system to use and then starts it to execute your
+ script. Usually the runtime system is located in the same Erlang
+ installation as the <c>escript</c> program itself. But for
+ standalone systems with one or more escripts it may be the case
+ that the <c>escript</c> program in your path actually starts the
+ runtime system bundled with the escript. This is intentional, and
+ typically happens when the standalone system <c>bin</c> directory is not
+ in the execution path (as it may cause its <c>erl</c> program to
+ override the desired one) and the <c>escript</c>(s) are referred to via
+ symbolic links from a <c>bin</c> directory in the path.</p>
</description>
<funcs>
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml
index d70b734809..e61114c504 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@
<list>
<item>
<p>
- Fixed a VM crash that occured in a garbage collection of
+ Fixed a VM crash that occurred in a garbage collection of
a process when it had received binaries. This bug was
introduced in ERTS version 8.0 (OTP 19.0).</p>
<p>
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@
<list>
<item>
<p>
- Fixed a VM crash that occured in garbage collection of a
+ Fixed a VM crash that occurred in garbage collection of a
process when it had received maps over the distribution.
This bug was introduced in ERTS version 8.0 (OTP 19.0).</p>
<p>
@@ -6142,7 +6142,7 @@
dependent, so applications aiming to be portable should
consider using <c>{ipv6_v6only,true}</c> when creating an
<c>inet6</c> listening/destination socket, and if
- neccesary also create an <c>inet</c> socket on the same
+ necessary also create an <c>inet</c> socket on the same
port for IPv4 traffic. See the documentation.</p>
<p>
Own Id: OTP-8928 Aux Id: kunagi-193 [104] </p>
@@ -6523,7 +6523,7 @@
This change of default value will reduce lock contention
on ETS tables using the <c>read_concurrency</c> option at
the expense of memory consumption when the amount of
- schedulers and logical processors are beween 8 and 64.
+ schedulers and logical processors are between 8 and 64.
For more information, see documentation of the <c>+rg</c>
command line argument of <c>erl(1)</c>.</p>
<p>
@@ -7500,7 +7500,7 @@
<p>
For the subsection about process_flag(save_calls, N)
there's an unrelated paragraph about process priorities
- which was copied from the preceeding subsection regarding
+ which was copied from the preceding subsection regarding
process_flag(priority, Level). (Thanks to Filipe David
Manana)</p>
<p>
@@ -8715,7 +8715,7 @@
<item>
<p>
Wx on MacOS X generated complains on stderr about certain
- cocoa functions not beeing called from the "Main thread".
+ cocoa functions not being called from the "Main thread".
This is now corrected.</p>
<p>
Own Id: OTP-9081</p>
@@ -9706,7 +9706,7 @@
</item>
<item>
<p>The <c>empd</c> program could loop and consume 100%
- CPU time if an unexpected error ocurred in
+ CPU time if an unexpected error occurred in
<c>listen()</c> or <c>accept()</c>. Now <c>epmd</c> will
terminate if a non-recoverable error occurs. (Thanks to
Michael Santos.)</p>
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/zlib.xml b/erts/doc/src/zlib.xml
index f8140544b7..1d272c4c18 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/zlib.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/zlib.xml
@@ -585,6 +585,18 @@ unpack(Z, Compressed, Dict) ->
</func>
<func>
+ <name name="inflateGetDictionary" arity="1"/>
+ <fsummary>Return the decompression dictionary.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Returns the decompression dictionary currently in use
+ by the stream. This function must be called between
+ <seealso marker="#inflateInit/1"><c>inflateInit/1,2</c></seealso>
+ and <seealso marker="#inflateEnd/1"><c>inflateEnd</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p>Only supported if ERTS was compiled with zlib >= 1.2.8.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
<name name="open" arity="0"/>
<fsummary>Open a stream and return a stream reference.</fsummary>
<desc>