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| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erlang.xml | 14 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml index 423ccdf98f..ee34f28b90 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml @@ -6839,11 +6839,7 @@ ok As from <c>ERTS</c> 5.6.1, the return value is a list of <c>{instance, InstanceNo, InstanceInfo}</c> tuples, where <c>InstanceInfo</c> contains information about - a specific instance of the allocator. As from - <c>ERTS</c> 5.10.4, the returned list when calling - <c>erlang:system_info({allocator, mseg_alloc})</c> also - includes an <c>{erts_mmap, _}</c> tuple as one element - in the list. If <c><anno>Alloc</anno></c> is not a + a specific instance of the allocator. If <c><anno>Alloc</anno></c> is not a recognized allocator, <c>undefined</c> is returned. If <c><anno>Alloc</anno></c> is disabled, <c>false</c> is returned.</p> @@ -6855,7 +6851,13 @@ ok briefly documented.</p> <p>The recognized allocators are listed in <seealso marker="erts:erts_alloc">erts_alloc(3)</seealso>. - After reading the <c>erts_alloc(3)</c> documentation, + Information about super carriers can be obtained from + <c>ERTS</c> 8.0 with <c>{allocator, erts_mmap}</c> or from + <c>ERTS</c> 5.10.4, the returned list when calling with + <c>{allocator, mseg_alloc}</c> also includes an + <c>{erts_mmap, _}</c> tuple as one element in the list.</p> + + <p>After reading the <c>erts_alloc(3)</c> documentation, the returned information more or less speaks for itself, but it can be worth explaining some things. Call counts are presented by two |