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-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/Makefile20
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erl.xml31
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml10
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml26
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erlang.xml40
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erlc.xml10
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erlsrv.xml15
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/notes.xml70
8 files changed, 146 insertions, 76 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/Makefile b/erts/doc/src/Makefile
index cfa5527474..da245d7fe8 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/Makefile
+++ b/erts/doc/src/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#
# %CopyrightBegin%
#
-# Copyright Ericsson AB 1997-2011. All Rights Reserved.
+# Copyright Ericsson AB 1997-2012. All Rights Reserved.
#
# The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License,
# Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
@@ -174,15 +174,15 @@ $(SPECDIR)/specs_erts_alloc.xml:
include $(ERL_TOP)/make/otp_release_targets.mk
release_docs_spec: docs
- $(INSTALL_DIR) $(RELSYSDIR)/doc/pdf
- $(INSTALL_DATA) $(TOP_PDF_FILE) $(RELSYSDIR)/doc/pdf
- $(INSTALL_DIR) $(RELSYSDIR)/doc/html
+ $(INSTALL_DIR) "$(RELSYSDIR)/doc/pdf"
+ $(INSTALL_DATA) $(TOP_PDF_FILE) "$(RELSYSDIR)/doc/pdf"
+ $(INSTALL_DIR) "$(RELSYSDIR)/doc/html"
$(INSTALL_DATA) $(HTMLDIR)/* \
- $(RELSYSDIR)/doc/html
- $(INSTALL_DATA) $(INFO_FILE) $(RELSYSDIR)
- $(INSTALL_DIR) $(RELEASE_PATH)/man/man3
- $(INSTALL_DATA) $(MAN3DIR)/* $(RELEASE_PATH)/man/man3
- $(INSTALL_DIR) $(RELEASE_PATH)/man/man1
- $(INSTALL_DATA) $(MAN1_FILES) $(RELEASE_PATH)/man/man1
+ "$(RELSYSDIR)/doc/html"
+ $(INSTALL_DATA) $(INFO_FILE) "$(RELSYSDIR)"
+ $(INSTALL_DIR) "$(RELEASE_PATH)/man/man3"
+ $(INSTALL_DATA) $(MAN3DIR)/* "$(RELEASE_PATH)/man/man3"
+ $(INSTALL_DIR) "$(RELEASE_PATH)/man/man1"
+ $(INSTALL_DATA) $(MAN1_FILES) "$(RELEASE_PATH)/man/man1"
release_spec:
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
index cfbc38f176..2dea477d99 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<comref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1996</year><year>2011</year>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2012</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -442,11 +442,7 @@
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 are detected.
- <c>-smp disable</c> starts a runtime system without SMP support.
- By default <c>-smp auto</c> will be used unless a conflicting
- parameter has been passed, then <c>-smp disable</c> will be
- used. Currently only the <c>-hybrid</c> parameter conflicts
- with <c>-smp auto</c>.</p>
+ <c>-smp disable</c> starts a runtime system without SMP support.</p>
<p><em>NOTE</em>: The runtime system with SMP support will not
be available on all supported platforms. See also the
<seealso marker="#+S">+S</seealso> flag.</p>
@@ -537,7 +533,7 @@
<p>Force the <c>compressed</c> option on all ETS tables.
Only intended for test and evaluation.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[+fnl]]></c></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="file_name_encoding"></marker><c><![CDATA[+fnl]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>The VM works with file names as if they are encoded using the ISO-latin-1 encoding, disallowing Unicode characters with codepoints beyond 255. This is default on operating systems that have transparent file naming, i.e. all Unixes except MacOSX.</p>
</item>
@@ -766,6 +762,16 @@
<seealso marker="erlang#system_info_scheduler_bindings">erlang:system_info(scheduler_bindings)</seealso>.
</p>
</item>
+ <tag><marker id="+sbwt"><c>+sbwt none|very_short|short|medium|long|very_long</c></marker></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Set scheduler busy wait threshold. Default is <c>medium</c>.
+ The threshold determines how long schedulers should busy
+ wait when running out of work before going to sleep.
+ </p>
+ <p><em>NOTE:</em> This flag may be removed or changed at any time
+ without prior notice.
+ </p>
+ </item>
<tag><marker id="+scl"><c>+scl true|false</c></marker></tag>
<item>
<p>Enable or disable scheduler compaction of load. By default
@@ -901,6 +907,17 @@
<p>For more information, see
<seealso marker="erlang#system_info_cpu_topology">erlang:system_info(cpu_topology)</seealso>.</p>
</item>
+ <tag><marker id="+sws"><c>+sws default|legacy|proposal</c></marker></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Set scheduler wakeup strategy. Default is <c>legacy</c> (has been
+ used since OTP-R13B). The <c>proposal</c> strategy is the currently
+ proposed strategy for OTP-R16. Note that the <c>proposal</c> strategy
+ might change during OTP-R15.
+ </p>
+ <p><em>NOTE:</em> This flag may be removed or changed at any time
+ without prior notice.
+ </p>
+ </item>
<tag><marker id="+swt"><c>+swt very_low|low|medium|high|very_high</c></marker></tag>
<item>
<p>Set scheduler wakeup threshold. Default is <c>medium</c>.
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml
index 4fd74b783e..187c263b60 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<cref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2001</year><year>2011</year>
+ <year>2001</year><year>2012</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -1067,7 +1067,7 @@ typedef struct ErlIOVec {
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name><ret>ErlDrvBinary*</ret><nametext>driver_alloc_binary(ErlDrvSizeT size)</nametext></name>
+ <name><ret>ErlDrvBinary *</ret><nametext>driver_alloc_binary(ErlDrvSizeT size)</nametext></name>
<fsummary>Allocate a driver binary</fsummary>
<desc>
<marker id="driver_alloc_binary"></marker>
@@ -1087,7 +1087,7 @@ typedef struct ErlIOVec {
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name><ret>ErlDrvBinary*</ret><nametext>driver_realloc_binary(ErlDrvBinary *bin, ErlDrvSizeT size)</nametext></name>
+ <name><ret>ErlDrvBinary *</ret><nametext>driver_realloc_binary(ErlDrvBinary *bin, ErlDrvSizeT size)</nametext></name>
<fsummary>Resize a driver binary</fsummary>
<desc>
<marker id="driver_realloc_binary"></marker>
@@ -1277,7 +1277,7 @@ typedef struct ErlIOVec {
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name><ret>SysIOVec*</ret><nametext>driver_peekq(ErlDrvPort port, int *vlen)</nametext></name>
+ <name><ret>SysIOVec *</ret><nametext>driver_peekq(ErlDrvPort port, int *vlen)</nametext></name>
<fsummary>Get the driver queue as a vector</fsummary>
<desc>
<marker id="driver_peekq"></marker>
@@ -1481,7 +1481,7 @@ typedef struct ErlIOVec {
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name><ret>char*</ret><nametext>erl_errno_id(int error)</nametext></name>
+ <name><ret>char *</ret><nametext>erl_errno_id(int error)</nametext></name>
<fsummary>Get erlang error atom name from error number</fsummary>
<desc>
<marker id="erl_errno_id"></marker>
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml
index 5fc6508aad..f484e9eaf7 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>2011</year>
+ <year>2001</year><year>2012</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ typedef enum {
</section>
<funcs>
- <func><name><ret>void*</ret><nametext>enif_alloc(size_t size)</nametext></name>
+ <func><name><ret>void *</ret><nametext>enif_alloc(size_t size)</nametext></name>
<fsummary>Allocate dynamic memory.</fsummary>
<desc><p>Allocate memory of <c>size</c> bytes. Return NULL if allocation failed.</p></desc>
</func>
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ typedef enum {
<p>Return true on success or false if allocation failed.</p>
</desc>
</func>
- <func><name><ret>ErlNifEnv*</ret><nametext>enif_alloc_env()</nametext></name>
+ <func><name><ret>ErlNifEnv *</ret><nametext>enif_alloc_env()</nametext></name>
<fsummary>Create a new environment</fsummary>
<desc><p>Allocate a new process independent environment. The environment can
be used to hold terms that is not bound to any process. Such terms can
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ typedef enum {
<p>Return pointer to the new environment.</p>
</desc>
</func>
- <func><name><ret>void*</ret><nametext>enif_alloc_resource(ErlNifResourceType* type, unsigned size)</nametext></name>
+ <func><name><ret>void *</ret><nametext>enif_alloc_resource(ErlNifResourceType* type, unsigned size)</nametext></name>
<fsummary>Allocate a memory managed resource object</fsummary>
<desc><p>Allocate a memory managed resource object of type <c>type</c> and size <c>size</c> bytes.</p></desc>
</func>
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ typedef enum {
<desc><p>Same as <seealso marker="erl_driver#erl_drv_cond_broadcast">erl_drv_cond_broadcast</seealso>.
</p></desc>
</func>
- <func><name><ret>ErlNifCond*</ret><nametext>enif_cond_create(char *name)</nametext></name>
+ <func><name><ret>ErlNifCond *</ret><nametext>enif_cond_create(char *name)</nametext></name>
<fsummary></fsummary>
<desc><p>Same as <seealso marker="erl_driver#erl_drv_cond_create">erl_drv_cond_create</seealso>.
</p></desc>
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ typedef enum {
<fsummary>Create an integer term from a long int</fsummary>
<desc><p>Create an integer term from a <c>long int</c>.</p></desc>
</func>
- <func><name><ret>unsigned char*</ret><nametext>enif_make_new_binary(ErlNifEnv* env, size_t size, ERL_NIF_TERM* termp)</nametext></name>
+ <func><name><ret>unsigned char *</ret><nametext>enif_make_new_binary(ErlNifEnv* env, size_t size, ERL_NIF_TERM* termp)</nametext></name>
<fsummary>Allocate and create a new binary term</fsummary>
<desc><p>Allocate a binary of size <c>size</c> bytes and create an owning
term. The binary data is mutable until the calling NIF returns. This is a
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ typedef enum {
<fsummary>Create an integer term from an unsigned long int</fsummary>
<desc><p>Create an integer term from an <c>unsigned long int</c>.</p></desc>
</func>
- <func><name><ret>ErlNifMutex*</ret><nametext>enif_mutex_create(char *name)</nametext></name>
+ <func><name><ret>ErlNifMutex *</ret><nametext>enif_mutex_create(char *name)</nametext></name>
<fsummary></fsummary>
<desc><p>Same as <seealso marker="erl_driver#erl_drv_mutex_create">erl_drv_mutex_create</seealso>.
</p></desc>
@@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ typedef enum {
<desc><p>Same as <seealso marker="erl_driver#erl_drv_mutex_unlock">erl_drv_mutex_unlock</seealso>.
</p></desc>
</func>
- <func><name><ret>ErlNifResourceType*</ret><nametext>enif_open_resource_type(ErlNifEnv* env,
+ <func><name><ret>ErlNifResourceType *</ret><nametext>enif_open_resource_type(ErlNifEnv* env,
const char* module_str, const char* name,
ErlNifResourceDtor* dtor, ErlNifResourceFlags flags, ErlNifResourceFlags* tried)</nametext></name>
<fsummary>Create or takeover a resource type</fsummary>
@@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ typedef enum {
and <seealso marker="#upgrade">upgrade</seealso>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
- <func><name><ret>void*</ret><nametext>enif_priv_data(ErlNifEnv* env)</nametext></name>
+ <func><name><ret>void *</ret><nametext>enif_priv_data(ErlNifEnv* env)</nametext></name>
<fsummary>Get the private data of a NIF library</fsummary>
<desc><p>Return the pointer to the private data that was set by <c>load</c>,
<c>reload</c> or <c>upgrade</c>.</p>
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ typedef enum {
References made by <seealso marker="#enif_make_resource">enif_make_resource</seealso>
can only be removed by the garbage collector.</p></desc>
</func>
- <func><name><ret>ErlNifRWLock*</ret><nametext>enif_rwlock_create(char *name)</nametext></name>
+ <func><name><ret>ErlNifRWLock *</ret><nametext>enif_rwlock_create(char *name)</nametext></name>
<fsummary></fsummary>
<desc><p>Same as <seealso marker="erl_driver#erl_drv_rwlock_create">erl_drv_rwlock_create</seealso>.
</p></desc>
@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ typedef enum {
<desc><p>Same as <seealso marker="erl_driver#erl_drv_rwlock_tryrwlock">erl_drv_rwlock_tryrwlock</seealso>.
</p></desc>
</func>
- <func><name><ret>ErlNifPid*</ret><nametext>enif_self(ErlNifEnv* caller_env, ErlNifPid* pid)</nametext></name>
+ <func><name><ret>ErlNifPid *</ret><nametext>enif_self(ErlNifEnv* caller_env, ErlNifPid* pid)</nametext></name>
<fsummary>Get the pid of the calling process.</fsummary>
<desc><p>Initialize the pid variable <c>*pid</c> to represent the
calling process. Return <c>pid</c>.</p></desc>
@@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@ typedef enum {
<desc><p>Same as <seealso marker="erl_driver#erl_drv_thread_join">erl_drv_thread_join </seealso>.
</p></desc>
</func>
- <func><name><ret>ErlNifThreadOpts*</ret><nametext>enif_thread_opts_create(char *name)</nametext></name>
+ <func><name><ret>ErlNifThreadOpts *</ret><nametext>enif_thread_opts_create(char *name)</nametext></name>
<fsummary></fsummary>
<desc><p>Same as <seealso marker="erl_driver#erl_drv_thread_opts_create">erl_drv_thread_opts_create</seealso>.
</p></desc>
@@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@ typedef enum {
<desc><p>Same as <seealso marker="erl_driver#erl_drv_tsd_key_destroy">erl_drv_tsd_key_destroy</seealso>.
</p></desc>
</func>
- <func><name><ret>void*</ret><nametext>enif_tsd_get(ErlNifTSDKey key)</nametext></name>
+ <func><name><ret>void *</ret><nametext>enif_tsd_get(ErlNifTSDKey key)</nametext></name>
<fsummary></fsummary>
<desc><p>Same as <seealso marker="erl_driver#erl_drv_tsd_get">erl_drv_tsd_get</seealso>.
</p></desc>
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
index 0963904b83..248b755969 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
@@ -2863,6 +2863,10 @@ os_prompt% </pre>
<p>It can only be used to check the local time of day if
the time-zone info of the underlying operating system is
properly configured.</p>
+ <p>If you do not need the return value to be unique and
+ monotonically increasing, use
+ <seealso marker="kernel:os#timestamp/0">os:timestamp/0</seealso>
+ instead to avoid some overhead.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
@@ -3035,8 +3039,11 @@ os_prompt% </pre>
port process. Both <c>Name</c> and <c>Val</c> must be
strings. The one exception is <c>Val</c> being the atom
<c>false</c> (in analogy with <c>os:getenv/1</c>), which
- removes the environment variable. Not available on
- VxWorks.</p>
+ removes the environment variable.</p>
+ <p>If Unicode filename encoding is in effect (see the <seealso
+ marker="erts:erl#file_name_encoding">erl manual
+ page</seealso>), the strings (both <c>Name</c> and
+ <c>Value</c>) may contain characters with codepoints > 255.</p>
</item>
<tag><c>{args, [ string() ]}</c></tag>
<item>
@@ -3573,6 +3580,10 @@ os_prompt% </pre>
<p><c>Bytes</c> is the total number of bytes written to
the port.</p>
</item>
+ <tag><c>{os_pid, Integer | undefined}</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p><c>Integer</c> is the process identifier (or equivalent) of an OS process created with <c>open_port({spawn | spawn_executable, Command}, Options)</c>. If the port is not the result of spawning an OS process, the value is <c>undefined</c>.</p>
+ </item>
</taglist>
<p>Failure: <c>badarg</c> if <c>Port</c> is not a local port.</p>
</desc>
@@ -4005,14 +4016,6 @@ os_prompt% </pre>
<p><c>Size</c> is the size in bytes of the process. This
includes call stack, heap and internal structures.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>{message_binary, BinInfo}</c></tag>
- <item>
- <p><c>BinInfo</c> is a list containing miscellaneous information
- about binaries currently being referred to by the message
- area. This <c>InfoTuple</c> is only valid on an emulator
- using the hybrid heap type. This <c>InfoTuple</c> may be
- changed or removed without prior notice.</p>
- </item>
<tag><c>{message_queue_len, MessageQueueLen}</c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>MessageQueueLen</c> is the number of messages
@@ -5799,10 +5802,6 @@ ok
can spawn a process that does not use the default
settings.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>global_heaps_size</c></tag>
- <item>
- <p>Returns the current size of the shared (global) heap.</p>
- </item>
<tag><c>heap_sizes</c></tag>
<item>
<p>Returns a list of integers representing valid heap sizes
@@ -5812,7 +5811,7 @@ ok
<tag><c>heap_type</c></tag>
<item>
<p>Returns the heap type used by the current emulator.
- Currently the following heap types exist:</p>
+ Currently only the following heap type exists:</p>
<taglist>
<tag><c>private</c></tag>
<item>
@@ -5821,17 +5820,6 @@ ok
allowed. Messages passed between processes are copied
between heaps.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>shared</c></tag>
- <item>
- <p>One heap for use by all processes. Messages passed
- between processes are passed by reference.</p>
- </item>
- <tag><c>hybrid</c></tag>
- <item>
- <p>A hybrid of the <c>private</c> and <c>shared</c> heap
- types. A shared heap as well as private heaps are
- used.</p>
- </item>
</taglist>
</item>
<tag><c>info</c></tag>
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlc.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlc.xml
index ebf76a2afe..81dffe45cf 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erlc.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erlc.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<comref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1997</year><year>2011</year>
+ <year>1997</year><year>2012</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
<item>
<p>Instructs the compiler to search for include files in
the specified directory. When encountering an
- <c><![CDATA[-include]]></c> or <c><![CDATA[-include_dir]]></c> directive, the
+ <c><![CDATA[-include]]></c> or <c><![CDATA[-include_lib]]></c> directive, the
compiler searches for header files in the following
directories:</p>
<list type="ordered">
@@ -129,12 +129,6 @@
This option will be ignored by compilers that have a
a single output format.</p>
</item>
- <tag>-hybrid</tag>
- <item>
- <p>Compile using the hybrid-heap emulator. This is mainly useful
- for compiling native code, which needs to be compiled with the same
- run-time system that it should be run on.</p>
- </item>
<tag>-smp</tag>
<item>
<p>Compile using the SMP emulator. This is mainly useful
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlsrv.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlsrv.xml
index c1ecbc7b77..365ae21d39 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erlsrv.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erlsrv.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<comref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1998</year><year>2011</year>
+ <year>1998</year><year>2012</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -357,11 +357,12 @@ The environment of an Erlang machine started
the console subsystem and programs running as window
applications. An application which runs in the console subsystem
(normal for port programs) uses the win32 function
- <c><![CDATA[SetConsoleCtrlHandler]]></c> to a control handler that returns
- TRUE in answer to the <c><![CDATA[CTRL_LOGOFF_EVENT]]></c>. Other
- applications just forward <c><![CDATA[WM_ENDSESSION]]></c> and
- <c><![CDATA[WM_QUERYENDSESSION]]></c> to the default window procedure. Here
- is a brief example in C of how to set the console control
+ <c><![CDATA[SetConsoleCtrlHandler]]></c> to register a control handler
+ that returns TRUE in answer to the <c><![CDATA[CTRL_LOGOFF_EVENT]]></c>
+ and <c><![CDATA[CTRL_SHUTDOWN_EVENT]]></c> events. Other applications
+ just forward <c><![CDATA[WM_ENDSESSION]]></c> and
+ <c><![CDATA[WM_QUERYENDSESSION]]></c> to the default window procedure.
+ Here is a brief example in C of how to set the console control
handler:</p>
<code type="none"><![CDATA[
#include <windows.h>
@@ -372,6 +373,8 @@ The environment of an Erlang machine started
BOOL WINAPI service_aware_handler(DWORD ctrl){
if(ctrl == CTRL_LOGOFF_EVENT)
return TRUE;
+ if(ctrl == CTRL_SHUTDOWN_EVENT)
+ return TRUE;
return FALSE;
}
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml
index 028a2bbf3d..36e9b1fe24 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<chapter>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2004</year><year>2011</year>
+ <year>2004</year><year>2012</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -30,6 +30,74 @@
</header>
<p>This document describes the changes made to the ERTS application.</p>
+<section><title>Erts 5.9.1.1</title>
+
+ <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ If threads support for the runtime system had been
+ disabled at compile time (<c>--disable-threads</c> had
+ been passed to <c>configure</c>), and the <c>+A</c>
+ command line argument of <c>erl</c> was passed when
+ starting the runtime system, <seealso
+ marker="erl_driver#driver_system_info">driver_system_info()</seealso>
+ erroneously claimed that the runtime system had async
+ threads even though it had not.</p>
+ <p>
+ Due to this bug the file driver did not split tasks into
+ smaller chunks, but instead completed the whole task at
+ once, i.e., the scheduler got occupied with I/O for a
+ longer time than intended.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-10059</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+
+ <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ A proposal for a new scheduler wakeup strategy has been
+ implemented. For more information see the documentation
+ of the <seealso marker="erl#+sws">+sws</seealso> command
+ line argument of <c>erl</c>.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-10033 Aux Id: Seq12025 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ A switch for configuration of busy wait length for
+ scheduler threads has been added. For more information
+ see the documentation of the <seealso
+ marker="erl#+sbwt">+sbwt</seealso> command line argument
+ of <c>erl</c>.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-10044 Aux Id: Seq11976 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ The extra memory barriers introduced by bug-fix OTP-9281
+ were unnecessarily used also on tables without the
+ <c>write_concurrency</c> option enabled. This could
+ unnecessarily degrade performance of ETS tables without
+ <c>write_concurrency</c> on some hardware (e.g. PowerPC)
+ while not effecting performance at all on other hardware
+ (e.g. x86/x86_64).</p>
+ <p>
+ OTP-9281 (R14B03): ETS tables using the
+ <c>write_concurrency</c> option could potentially get
+ into an internally inconsistent state.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-10048 Aux Id: OTP-9281 </p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
<section><title>Erts 5.9.1</title>
<section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>