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Diffstat (limited to 'erts/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml | 30 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erlang.xml | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/notes.xml | 2 |
4 files changed, 36 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml index 190ec12d0e..3820132d71 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml @@ -3037,7 +3037,8 @@ enif_map_iterator_destroy(env, &iter);</code> <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 triggered, + or <c>ERL_NIF_SELECT_CANCEL</c> which are described further + below. When a read or write event is triggered, 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> @@ -3058,13 +3059,21 @@ enif_map_iterator_destroy(env, &iter);</code> <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><c>ERL_NIF_SELECT_CANCEL</c> can be used to cancel previously + selected events. It must be used in a bitwise OR combination with + <c>ERL_NIF_SELECT_READ</c> and/or <c>ERL_NIF_SELECT_WRITE</c> to + indicate which type of event to cancel. The return value will + tell if the event was actualy cancelled or if a notification may + already have been sent.</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> + even if all notifications have been received (or cancelled) and no + further calls to <c>enif_select</c> have been made. + <c>ERL_NIF_SELECT_STOP</c> will first cancel any selected events + before it calls or schedules the <c>stop</c> callback.</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 @@ -3086,7 +3095,15 @@ enif_map_iterator_destroy(env, &iter);</code> <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> + or later by this thread.</item> + <tag><c>ERL_NIF_SELECT_READ_CANCELLED</c></tag> + <item>A read event was cancelled by <c>ERL_NIF_SELECT_CANCEL</c> or + <c>ERL_NIF_SELECT_STOP</c> and is guaranteed not to generate a + <c>ready_input</c> notification message.</item> + <tag><c>ERL_NIF_SELECT_WRITE_CANCELLED</c></tag> + <item>A write event was cancelled by <c>ERL_NIF_SELECT_CANCEL</c> or + <c>ERL_NIF_SELECT_STOP</c> and is guaranteed not to generate a + <c>ready_output</c> notification message.</item> </taglist> <p>Returns a negative value if the call failed where the following bits can be set:</p> <taglist> @@ -3112,6 +3129,11 @@ if (retval & ERL_NIF_SELECT_STOP_CALLED) { } </code> </note> + <note><p>The mode flag <c>ERL_NIF_SELECT_CANCEL</c> and the return flags + <c>ERL_NIF_SELECT_READ_CANCELLED</c> and + <c>ERL_NIF_SELECT_WRITE_CANCELLED</c> were introduced in erts-11.0 + (OTP-22.0).</p> + </note> </desc> </func> diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml index 8e014c3010..bd33e35603 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml @@ -1751,6 +1751,10 @@ true</pre> <item> <p><c>Pid</c> is the process identifier of the process that originally created the fun.</p> + <p>It might point to the <c>init</c> process if the + <c>Fun</c> was statically allocated when module was + loaded (this optimisation is performed for local + functions that do not capture the enviornment).</p> </item> <tag><c>{index, Index}</c></tag> <item> diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml b/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml index a094217959..962bc9a244 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml @@ -487,11 +487,10 @@ utilization value used. Once a carrier is abandoned, no new allocations are made in it. When an allocator instance gets an increased multiblock carrier need, it first tries to fetch an - abandoned carrier from an allocator instance of the same - allocator type. If no abandoned carrier can be fetched, it - creates a new empty carrier. When an abandoned carrier has been - fetched, it will function as an ordinary carrier. This feature has - special requirements on the + abandoned carrier from another allocator instance. If no abandoned + carrier can be fetched, it creates a new empty carrier. When an + abandoned carrier has been fetched, it will function as an ordinary + carrier. This feature has special requirements on the <seealso marker="#M_as">allocation strategy</seealso> used. Only the strategies <c>aoff</c>, <c>aoffcbf</c>, <c>aoffcaobf</c>, <c>ageffcaoff</c>m, <c>ageffcbf</c> and <c>ageffcaobf</c> @@ -584,7 +583,7 @@ carriers are decided in section <seealso marker="#mseg_mbc_sizes"> The alloc_util Framework</seealso>. On - 32-bit Unix style OS this limit cannot be set > 128 MB.</p> + 32-bit Unix style OS this limit cannot be set > 64 MB.</p> </item> <tag><marker id="M_mbcgs"/><c><![CDATA[+M<S>mbcgs <ratio>]]></c></tag> <item> diff --git a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml index d9ff8d9688..f55b665552 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -10471,7 +10471,7 @@ you use erlang:halt/2 with an integer first argument and an option list containing {flush,false} as the second argument. Note that now is flushing not dependant of the - exit code, and you can not only flush async threads + exit code, and you cannot only flush async threads operations which we deemed as a strange behaviour anyway. </p> <p>Also, erlang:halt/1,2 has gotten a new feature: If the |