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Diffstat (limited to 'erts/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/driver_entry.xml | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erl.xml | 58 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erlang.xml | 24 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/notes.xml | 202 |
6 files changed, 251 insertions, 46 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/driver_entry.xml b/erts/doc/src/driver_entry.xml index 2421e0a8d9..e8c7e26457 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/driver_entry.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/driver_entry.xml @@ -196,10 +196,7 @@ typedef struct erl_drv_entry { char **rbuf, ErlDrvSizeT rlen, unsigned int *flags); /* Works mostly like 'control', a synchronous call into the driver */ - void (*event)(ErlDrvData drv_data, ErlDrvEvent event, - ErlDrvEventData event_data); - /* Called when an event selected by - driver_event() has occurred */ + void* unused_event_callback; int extended_marker; /* ERL_DRV_EXTENDED_MARKER */ int major_version; /* ERL_DRV_EXTENDED_MAJOR_VERSION */ int minor_version; /* ERL_DRV_EXTENDED_MINOR_VERSION */ diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml index 71fe08d4e6..6f6eca2a0b 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml @@ -762,13 +762,40 @@ <seealso marker="erlang#process_flag_message_queue_data"> <c>process_flag(message_queue_data, MQD)</c></seealso>.</p> </item> - <tag><c><![CDATA[+K true | false]]></c></tag> + <tag><marker id="+IOp"/><c>+IOp PollSets</c></tag> <item> - <p>Enables or disables the kernel poll functionality if supported by - the emulator. Defaults to <c><![CDATA[false]]></c> (disabled). - If the emulator does not support kernel poll, and flag - <c><![CDATA[+K]]></c> is passed to the emulator, a warning is - issued at startup.</p> + <p>Sets the number of IO pollsets to use when polling for I/O. + This option is only used on platforms that support concurrent + updates of a pollset, otherwise the same number of pollsets + are used as IO poll threads. + The default is 1. + </p> + </item> + <tag><marker id="+IOt"/><c>+IOt PollThreads</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Sets the number of IO poll threads to use when polling for I/O. + The maximum number of poll threads allowed is 1024. The default is 1. + </p> + <p>A good way to check if more IO poll threads are needed is to use + <seealso marker="runtime_tools:msacc">microstate accounting</seealso> + and see what the load of the IO poll thread is. If it is high it could + be a good idea to add more threads.</p> + </item> + <tag><marker id="+IOPp"/><c>+IOPp PollSetsPercentage</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Similar to <seealso marker="#+IOp"><c>+IOp</c></seealso> but uses + percentages to set the number of IO pollsets to create, based on the + number of poll threads configured. If both <c>+IOPp</c> and <c>+IOp</c> + are used, <c>+IOPp</c> is ignored. + </p> + </item> + <tag><marker id="+IOPt"/><c>+IOPt PollThreadsPercentage</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Similar to <seealso marker="#+IOt"><c>+IOt</c></seealso> but uses + percentages to set the number of IO poll threads to create, based on + the number of schedulers configured. If both <c>+IOPt</c> and + <c>+IOt</c> are used, <c>+IOPt</c> is ignored. + </p> </item> <tag><c><![CDATA[+l]]></c></tag> <item> @@ -1273,25 +1300,6 @@ <seealso marker="erlang#system_info_cpu_topology"> <c>erlang:system_info(cpu_topology)</c></seealso>.</p> </item> - <tag><marker id="+secio"/><c>+secio true|false</c></tag> - <item> - <p>Enables or disables eager check I/O scheduling. Defaults - to <c>true</c>. The default was changed from <c>false</c> - as from ERTS 7.0. The behavior before this - flag was introduced corresponds to <c>+secio false</c>.</p> - <p>The flag effects when schedulers will check for I/O - operations possible to execute, and when such I/O operations - will execute. As the parameter name implies, - schedulers are more eager to check for I/O when - <c>true</c> is passed. This, however, also implies that - execution of outstanding I/O operation is not - prioritized to the same extent as when <c>false</c> is - passed.</p> - <p><seealso marker="erlang#system_info_eager_check_io"> - <c>erlang:system_info(eager_check_io)</c></seealso> - returns the value of this parameter used when starting - the virtual machine.</p> - </item> <tag><marker id="+sfwi"/><c>+sfwi Interval</c></tag> <item> <p>Sets scheduler-forced wakeup interval. All run queues are diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml index 5705100ab2..ca9d458e1e 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml @@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ </note> <p>Most functions in this API are <em>not</em> thread-safe, that is, - they <em>cannot</em> be called from any thread. Functions + they <em>cannot</em> be called from arbitrary threads. Functions that are not documented as thread-safe can only be called from driver callbacks or function calls descending from a driver callback call. Notice that driver callbacks can be called from diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml index ca8ba044e7..8dbebe880d 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml @@ -6475,17 +6475,24 @@ lists:map( <p><c><anno>MSAcc_Thread_Type</anno></c>s:</p> <taglist> <tag><c>scheduler</c></tag> - <item>The main execution threads that do most of the work.</item> + <item>The main execution threads that do most of the work. See + <seealso marker="erts:erl#+S">erl +S</seealso> for more details.</item> <tag><c>dirty_cpu_scheduler</c></tag> - <item>The threads for long running cpu intensive work.</item> + <item>The threads for long running cpu intensive work. See + <seealso marker="erts:erl#+SDcpu">erl +SDcpu</seealso> for more details.</item> <tag><c>dirty_io_scheduler</c></tag> - <item>The threads for long running I/O work.</item> + <item>The threads for long running I/O work. See + <seealso marker="erts:erl#+SDio">erl +SDio</seealso> for more details.</item> <tag><c>async</c></tag> <item>Async threads are used by various linked-in drivers (mainly the - file drivers) do offload non-CPU intensive work.</item> + file drivers) do offload non-CPU intensive work. See + <seealso marker="erts:erl#+async_thread_pool_size">erl +A</seealso> for more details.</item> <tag><c>aux</c></tag> <item>Takes care of any work that is not specifically assigned to a scheduler.</item> + <tag><c>poll</c></tag> + <item>Does the IO polling for the emulator. See + <seealso marker="erts:erl#+IOt">erl +IOt</seealso> for more details.</item> </taglist> <p>The following <c><anno>MSAcc_Thread_State</anno></c>s are available. All states are exclusive, meaning that a thread cannot be in two @@ -8042,15 +8049,6 @@ ok The return value will always be <c>false</c>, as the <c>elib_malloc</c> allocator has been removed.</p> </item> - <tag><marker id="system_info_eager_check_io"/> - <c>eager_check_io</c></tag> - <item> - <p>Returns the value of command-line flag - <seealso marker="erl#+secio"><c>+secio</c></seealso> in - <c>erl(1)</c>, which is either <c>true</c> or <c>false</c>. - For information about the different values, see the - documentation of the command-line flag.</p> - </item> <tag><c>ets_limit</c></tag> <item> <p>Returns the maximum number of ETS tables allowed. This diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml b/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml index d3f725ef99..580780e73b 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml @@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ the number of system calls made.</item> </taglist> - <p><c>sys_alloc</c> and <c>literal_alloc</c> are always enabled and - cannot be disabled. <c>exec_alloc</c> is only available if it is needed - and cannot be disabled. <c>mseg_alloc</c> is always enabled if it is + <p><c>sys_alloc</c>, <c>literal_alloc</c> and <c>temp_alloc</c> are always + enabled and cannot be disabled. <c>exec_alloc</c> is only available if it + is needed and cannot be disabled. <c>mseg_alloc</c> is always enabled if it is available and an allocator that uses it is enabled. All other allocators can be <seealso marker="#M_e">enabled or disabled</seealso>. By default all allocators are enabled. diff --git a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml index 10b963a4e8..9968b531f9 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -31,6 +31,208 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to the ERTS application.</p> +<section><title>Erts 9.1.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>The new zlib module returned a data_error when + inflating concatenated streams, which was incompatible + with the old module's behavior of returning the + uncompressed data up to the end of the first stream.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14648</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>zlib:gunzip/1 will no longer stop at the end of the + first stream when decompressing concatenated gzip + files.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14649</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 9.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Changed <c>erlang:apply/2</c> to raise a <c>badarg</c> + exception if the second argument is not a proper list. + Previous behavior was a misleading <c>undef</c> + exception.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14490 Aux Id: ERL-432 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p>On macOS, <c>crypto</c> would crash if <c>observer</c> + had been started before <c>crypto</c>. On the beta for + macOS 10.13 (High Sierra), <c>crypto</c> would crash. + Both of those bugs have been fixed.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14499 Aux Id: ERL-251 ERL-439 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed bug in enif_whereis_pid/port that could cause heap + corruption in rare cases.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14523</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix so that trace messages generated when in a dirty nif + are flushed correctly when the dirty nif is done + executing.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14538</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix escape code handling when using ANSI color codes in + the shell.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14549 Aux Id: PR1536 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Upgraded the ERTS internal PCRE library from version 8.40 + to version 8.41. See <url + href="http://pcre.org/original/changelog.txt">http://pcre.org/original/changelog.txt</url> + for information about changes made to PCRE. This library + implements major parts of the <seealso + marker="stdlib:re"><c>re</c></seealso> regular + expressions module.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14574</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed a bug causing <c>statistics(runtime)</c> to produce + negative values and a bug in + <c>statistics(wall_clock)</c> causing it to produce + values one second too long.</p> + <p> + <c>statistics(runtime)</c> now also use + <c>getrusage()</c> as source when available preventing + the returned value from wrapping as frequent as before.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14597 Aux Id: ERL-465 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed small memory leak that could occur when sending to + a terminating port.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14609</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix bug causing VM crash when a module with + <c>-on_load</c> directive is loaded while + <c>erlang:trace(on_load, ...)</c> is enabled.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14612</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>A warning that the compiler may optimize away atoms + have been added to the documentation of + <c>list_to_existing_atom/1</c> and + <c>binary_to_existing_atom/2</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14614 Aux Id: ERL-453 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>Lock counting can now be fully toggled at runtime in + the lock counting emulator (<c>-emu_type lcnt</c>). + Everything is enabled by default to match the old + behavior, but specific categories can be toggled at will + with minimal runtime overhead when disabled. Refer to the + documentation on <c>lcnt:rt_mask/1</c> for details.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13170</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>The <c>zlib</c> module has been refactored and all its + operations will now yield appropriately, allowing them to + be used freely in concurrent applications.</p> <p>The + following functions have been deprecated, but will not + produce compiler warnings until OTP 21: + <c>zlib:adler32</c>, <c>zlib:crc32</c>, + <c>zlib:inflateChunk</c>, <c>zlib:getBufSize</c>, + <c>zlib:setBufSize</c>.</p> <p>The behavior of throwing + an error when a dictionary is required for decompression + has also been deprecated. Refer to the documentation on + <c>inflateSetDictionary/2</c> for details.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14185</p> + </item> + <item> + <p><c>lcnt:collect</c> and <c>lcnt:clear</c> will no + longer block all other threads in the runtime system.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14412</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Add <c>erlang:iolist_to_iovec/1</c>, which converts an + iolist() to an erlang:iovec(), which suitable for use + with <c>enif_inspect_iovec</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14520</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>When provided with bad arguments, the <c>zlib</c> + module will now raise named exceptions instead of just + <c>badarg</c>. For example, <c>not_initialized</c> when + using <c>zlib:inflate/2</c> with an uninitialized + stream.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14527</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + <c>erlang:halt/2</c> allows any Unicode string as slogan + for the crash dump.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14553</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Add new nif API functions for managing an I/O Queue. + The added functions are:</p> <list type="bulleted"> + <item><seealso marker="erl_nif#enif_ioq_create"> + <c>enif_ioq_create()</c></seealso></item> <item><seealso + marker="erl_nif#enif_ioq_destroy"> + <c>enif_ioq_destroy()</c></seealso></item> <item><seealso + marker="erl_nif#enif_ioq_enq_binary"> + <c>enif_ioq_enq_binary()</c></seealso></item> + <item><seealso marker="erl_nif#enif_ioq_enqv"> + <c>enif_ioq_enqv()</c></seealso></item> <item><seealso + marker="erl_nif#enif_ioq_deq"> + <c>enif_ioq_deq()</c></seealso></item> <item><seealso + marker="erl_nif#enif_ioq_peek"> + <c>enif_ioq_peek()</c></seealso></item> <item><seealso + marker="erl_nif#enif_inspect_iovec"> + <c>enif_inspect_iovec()</c></seealso></item> + <item><seealso marker="erl_nif#enif_free_iovec"> + <c>enif_free_iovec()</c></seealso></item> </list> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14598</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>Erts 9.0.5</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> |