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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml b/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml index e8682db5d5..8dd9ed1398 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml @@ -271,6 +271,65 @@ memory segment cache is not reused if its size exceeds the requested size with more than relative max cache bad fit percent of the requested size. Default value is 20.</item> + <tag><marker id="MMscmgc"><c><![CDATA[+MMscmgc <amount>]]></c></marker></tag> + <item> + Set <seealso marker="#MMscs">super carrier</seealso> max guaranteed + no of carriers. This parameter defaults to <c>65536</c>. This + parameter determines an amount of pre-allocated structures that is + needed in order to keep track of different areas in the super carrier. + When the system runs out of such structures it may crash due to an + out of memory condition. + </item> + <tag><marker id="MMsco"><c><![CDATA[+MMsco true|false]]></c></marker></tag> + <item> + Set <seealso marker="#MMscs">super carrier</seealso> only flag. This + flag defaults to <c>true</c>. When a super carrier is used and this + flag is <c>true</c>, the system will crash when a carrier request + cannot be satisfied by the super carrier. When the flag is <c>false</c> + the system will try to create requested carrier by other means. + <br/><br/> + <em>NOTE</em>: Setting this flag to <c>false</c> may not be supported + on all systems. This flag will in that case be ignored. + <br/><br/> + <em>NOTE</em>: The super carrier cannot be enabled nor + disabled on halfword heap systems. This flag will be + ignored on halfword heap systems. + </item> + <tag><marker id="MMscrpm"><c><![CDATA[+MMscrpm true|false]]></c></marker></tag> + <item> + Set <seealso marker="#MMscs">super carrier</seealso> reserve physical + memory flag. This flag defaults to <c>true</c>. When this flag is + <c>true</c>, physical memory will be reserved for the whole super + carrier at once when it is created. The reservation will after that + be left unchanged. When this flag is set to <c>false</c> only virtual + address space will be reserved for the super carrier upon creation. + The system will attempt to reserve physical memory upon carrier + creations in the super carrier, and attempt to unreserve physical + memory upon carrier destructions in the super carrier. + <br/><br/> + <em>NOTE</em>: What reservation of physical memory actually means + highly depends on the operating system, and how it is configured. For + example, different memory overcommit settings on Linux drastically + change the behaviour. Also note, setting this flag to <c>false</c> + may not be supported on all systems. This flag will in that case + be ignored. + <br/><br/> + <em>NOTE</em>: The super carrier cannot be enabled nor + disabled on halfword heap systems. This flag will be + ignored on halfword heap systems. + </item> + <tag><marker id="MMscs"><c><![CDATA[+MMscs <size in MB>]]></c></marker></tag> + <item> + Set super carrier size (in MB). The super carrier size defaults to + zero; i.e, the super carrier is by default disabled. The super + carrier is a large continuous area in the virtual address space. + The system will always try to create new carriers in the super + carrier. + <br/><br/> + <em>NOTE</em>: The super carrier cannot be enabled nor + disabled on halfword heap systems. This flag will be + ignored on halfword heap systems. + </item> <tag><marker id="MMmcs"><c><![CDATA[+MMmcs <amount>]]></c></marker></tag> <item> Max cached segments. The maximum number of memory segments |