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-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/absform.xml5
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/driver_entry.xml8
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erl.xml15
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml6
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erlang.xml108
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/run_erl.xml2
6 files changed, 123 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/absform.xml b/erts/doc/src/absform.xml
index 186c9a1143..1c0c3e1319 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/absform.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/absform.xml
@@ -131,11 +131,6 @@
<item>If V is <c>A = E</c>,
where <c>E</c> is an expression, then
Rep(V) = <c>{record_field,LINE,Rep(A),Rep(E)}</c>.</item>
- <item>If V is <c>A :: T</c>, where <c>T</c> is a
- type and it does not contain
- <c>undefined</c> syntactically, then Rep(V) =
- <c>{typed_record_field,{record_field,LINE,Rep(A)},Rep(undefined | T)}</c>.
- </item>
<item>If V is <c>A :: T</c>, where <c>T</c> is a type, then Rep(V) =
<c>{typed_record_field,{record_field,LINE,Rep(A)},Rep(T)}</c>.
</item>
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/driver_entry.xml b/erts/doc/src/driver_entry.xml
index bad20d6343..c802693977 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/driver_entry.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/driver_entry.xml
@@ -247,14 +247,10 @@ typedef struct erl_drv_entry {
something that the <c>WaitForMultipleObjects</c> API
function understands). (Some trickery in the emulator allows
more than the built-in limit of 64 <c>Events</c> to be used.)</p>
- <p>On Enea OSE the <c>event</c> is one or more signals that can
- be retrieved using <seealso marker="ose:ose_erl_driver#erl_drv_ose_get_signal">erl_drv_ose_get_signal</seealso>.</p>
<p>To use this with threads and asynchronous routines, create a
- pipe on unix, an Event on Windows or a unique signal number on
- Enea OSE. When the routine
+ pipe on unix and an Event on Windows. When the routine
completes, write to the pipe (use <c>SetEvent</c> on
- Windows or send a message to the emulator process on Enea OSE),
- this will make the emulator call
+ Windows), this will make the emulator call
<c>ready_input</c> or <c>ready_output</c>.</p>
<p>Spurious events may happen. That is, calls to <c>ready_input</c>
or <c>ready_output</c> even though no real events are signaled. In
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
index ec4a0dee05..b6fa4c254c 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
@@ -1334,6 +1334,21 @@
<seealso marker="kernel:error_logger#warning_map/0">error_logger(3)</seealso>
for further information.</p>
</item>
+ <tag><c><![CDATA[+xFlag Value]]></c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Default process flag settings.</p>
+ <taglist>
+ <tag><marker id="+xmqd"><c>+xmqd off_heap|on_heap|mixed</c></marker></tag>
+ <item><p>
+ Sets the default value for the process flag
+ <c>message_queue_data</c>. If <c>+xmqd</c> is not
+ passed, <c>mixed</c> will be the default. For more information,
+ see the documentation of
+ <seealso marker="erlang#process_flag_message_queue_data"><c>process_flag(message_queue_data,
+ MQD)</c></seealso>.
+ </p></item>
+ </taglist>
+ </item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[+zFlag Value]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Miscellaneous flags.</p>
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml
index e717fc0c4e..e81d38cb80 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml
@@ -1044,9 +1044,7 @@ typedef struct ErlIOVec {
<c>select</c>/<c>poll</c> can use).
On windows, the Win32 API function <c>WaitForMultipleObjects</c>
is used. This places other restrictions on the event object.
- Refer to the Win32 SDK documentation.
- On Enea OSE, the receive function is used. See the <seealso
- marker="ose:ose_erl_driver"></seealso> for more details.</p>
+ Refer to the Win32 SDK documentation.</p>
<p>The <c>on</c> parameter should be <c>1</c> for setting events
and <c>0</c> for clearing them.</p>
<p>The <c>mode</c> argument is a bitwise-or combination of
@@ -1058,7 +1056,7 @@ typedef struct ErlIOVec {
<seealso marker="driver_entry#ready_output">ready_output</seealso>.
</p>
<note>
- <p>Some OS (Windows and Enea OSE) do not differentiate between read and write events.
+ <p>Some OS (Windows) do not differentiate between read and write events.
The call-back for a fired event then only depends on the value of <c>mode</c>.</p>
</note>
<p><c>ERL_DRV_USE</c> specifies if we are using the event object or if we want to close it.
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
index c37ed3bea5..6ed03f3dfc 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@
</datatype>
<datatype>
+ <name name="message_queue_data"></name>
+ <desc><p>See <seealso marker="#process_flag_message_queue_data"><c>erlang:process_flag(message_queue_data, MQD)</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </datatype>
+
+ <datatype>
<name name="timestamp"></name>
<desc><p>See <seealso marker="#timestamp/0">erlang:timestamp/0</seealso>.</p>
</desc>
@@ -1105,7 +1111,7 @@
<fsummary>Prints a term on standard output.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Prints a text representation of <c><anno>Term</anno></c> on the
- standard output. On OSE, the term is printed to the ramlog.</p>
+ standard output.</p>
<warning>
<p>This BIF is intended for debugging only.</p>
</warning>
@@ -4280,9 +4286,59 @@ os_prompt% </pre>
<p>Returns the old value of the flag.</p>
</desc>
</func>
-
+ <marker id="process_flag_message_queue_data"/>
<func>
<name name="process_flag" arity="2" clause_i="5"/>
+ <fsummary>Set process flag <c>message_queue_data</c> for the calling process</fsummary>
+ <type name="message_queue_data"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p>This flag determines how messages in the message queue
+ are stored. When the flag is:</p>
+ <taglist>
+ <tag><c>off_heap</c></tag>
+ <item><p>
+ <em>All</em> messages in the message queue will be stored
+ outside of the process heap. This implies that <em>no</em>
+ messages in the message queue will be part of a garbage
+ collection of the process.
+ </p></item>
+ <tag><c>on_heap</c></tag>
+ <item><p>
+ All messages in the message queue will eventually be
+ placed on heap. They may however temporarily be stored
+ off heap. This is how messages always have been stored
+ up until ERTS version 8.0.
+ </p></item>
+ <tag><c>mixed</c></tag>
+ <item><p>
+ Messages may be placed either on the heap or outside
+ of the heap.
+ </p></item>
+ </taglist>
+ <p>
+ The default <c>message_queue_data</c> process flag is determined
+ by the <seealso marker="erl#+xmqd"><c>+xmqd</c></seealso>
+ <c>erl</c> command line argument.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ If the process potentially may get a hugh amount of messages,
+ you are recommended to set the flag to <c>off_heap</c>. This
+ since a garbage collection with lots of messages placed on
+ the heap may become extremly expensive and the process may
+ consume large amounts of memory. Performance of the
+ actual message passing is however generally better when not
+ using the <c>off_heap</c> flag.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ When changing this flag messages will be moved. This work
+ has been initiated but not completed when this function
+ call returns.
+ </p>
+ <p>Returns the old value of the flag.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ <func>
+ <name name="process_flag" arity="2" clause_i="6"/>
<fsummary>Sets process flag <c>priority</c> for the calling process.</fsummary>
<type name="priority_level"/>
<desc>
@@ -4356,7 +4412,7 @@ os_prompt% </pre>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="process_flag" arity="2" clause_i="6"/>
+ <name name="process_flag" arity="2" clause_i="7"/>
<fsummary>Sets process flag <c>save_calls</c> for the calling process.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p><c><anno>N</anno></c> must be an integer in the interval 0..10000.
@@ -4387,7 +4443,7 @@ os_prompt% </pre>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="process_flag" arity="2" clause_i="7"/>
+ <name name="process_flag" arity="2" clause_i="8"/>
<fsummary>Sets process flag <c>sensitive</c> for the calling process.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Sets or clears flag <c>sensitive</c> for the current process.
@@ -4441,6 +4497,7 @@ os_prompt% </pre>
<type name="process_info_result_item"/>
<type name="priority_level"/>
<type name="stack_item"/>
+ <type name="message_queue_data" />
<desc>
<p>Returns a list containing <c><anno>InfoTuple</anno></c>s with
miscellaneous information about the process identified by
@@ -4493,6 +4550,7 @@ os_prompt% </pre>
<type name="process_info_result_item"/>
<type name="stack_item"/>
<type name="priority_level"/>
+ <type name="message_queue_data" />
<desc>
<p>Returns information about the process identified by
<c><anno>Pid</anno></c>, as specified by
@@ -4661,6 +4719,15 @@ os_prompt% </pre>
monitor by name, the list item is
<c>{process, {<anno>RegName</anno>, <anno>Node</anno>}}</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <tag><c>{message_queue_data, <anno>MQD</anno>}</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Returns the current state of the <c>message_queue_data</c>
+ process flag. <c><anno>MQD</anno></c> is either <c>off_heap</c>,
+ <c>on_heap</c>, or <c>mixed</c>. For more information, see the
+ documentation of
+ <seealso marker="#process_flag_message_queue_data"><c>process_flag(message_queue_data,
+ MQD)</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </item>
<tag><c>{priority, <anno>Level</anno>}</c></tag>
<item>
<p><c><anno>Level</anno></c> is the current priority level for
@@ -5429,6 +5496,8 @@ true</pre>
<name name="spawn_opt" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Creates a new process with a fun as entry point.</fsummary>
<type name="priority_level"/>
+ <type name="message_queue_data" />
+ <type name="spawn_opt_option" />
<desc>
<p>Returns the process identifier (pid) of a new process
started by the application of <c><anno>Fun</anno></c>
@@ -5444,6 +5513,8 @@ true</pre>
<name name="spawn_opt" arity="3"/>
<fsummary>Creates a new process with a fun as entry point on a given node.</fsummary>
<type name="priority_level"/>
+ <type name="message_queue_data" />
+ <type name="spawn_opt_option" />
<desc>
<p>Returns the process identifier (pid) of a new process started
by the application of <c><anno>Fun</anno></c> to the
@@ -5458,6 +5529,8 @@ true</pre>
<name name="spawn_opt" arity="4"/>
<fsummary>Creates a new process with a function as entry point.</fsummary>
<type name="priority_level"/>
+ <type name="message_queue_data" />
+ <type name="spawn_opt_option" />
<desc>
<p>Works as
<seealso marker="#spawn/3">spawn/3</seealso>, except that an
@@ -5559,6 +5632,18 @@ true</pre>
fine-tuning an application and to measure the execution
time with various <c><anno>VSize</anno></c> values.</p>
</item>
+ <tag><c>{message_queue_data, <anno>MQD</anno>}</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Sets the state of the <c>message_queue_data</c> process
+ flag. <c><anno>MQD</anno></c> should be either <c>off_heap</c>,
+ <c>on_heap</c>, or <c>mixed</c>. The default
+ <c>message_queue_data</c> process flag is determined by the
+ <seealso marker="erl#+xmqd"><c>+xmqd</c></seealso> <c>erl</c>
+ command line argument. For more information, see the
+ documentation of
+ <seealso marker="#process_flag_message_queue_data"><c>process_flag(message_queue_data,
+ <anno>MQD</anno>)</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </item>
</taglist>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -5567,6 +5652,8 @@ true</pre>
<name name="spawn_opt" arity="5"/>
<fsummary>Creates a new process with a function as entry point on a given node.</fsummary>
<type name="priority_level"/>
+ <type name="message_queue_data" />
+ <type name="spawn_opt_option" />
<desc>
<p>Returns the process identifier (pid) of a new process started
by the application
@@ -6639,6 +6726,7 @@ ok
<name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="65"/>
<name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="66"/>
<name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="67"/>
+ <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="68"/>
<fsummary>Information about the system.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns various information about the current system
@@ -7044,7 +7132,17 @@ ok
used by the runtime system. It is on the form
"&lt;major ver&gt;.&lt;minor ver&gt;".</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>otp_release</c></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="system_info_message_queue_data"><c>message_queue_data</c></marker></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Returns the default value of the <c>message_queue_data</c>
+ process flag which is either <c>off_heap</c>, <c>on_heap</c>, or <c>mixed</c>.
+ This default is set by the <c>erl</c> command line argument
+ <seealso marker="erl#+xmqd"><c>+xmqd</c></seealso>. For more information on the
+ <c>message_queue_data</c> process flag, see documentation of
+ <seealso marker="#process_flag_message_queue_data"><c>process_flag(message_queue_data,
+ MQD)</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><marker id="system_info_otp_release"><c>otp_release</c></marker></tag>
<item>
<marker id="system_info_otp_release"></marker>
<p>Returns a string containing the OTP release number of the
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/run_erl.xml b/erts/doc/src/run_erl.xml
index 0a5b2c6136..faec3c68c1 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/run_erl.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/run_erl.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
first argument to run_erl on the command line.</item>
<tag>pipe_dir</tag>
<item>This is where to put the named pipe, usually
- <c><![CDATA[/tmp/]]></c> on Unix or <c><![CDATA[/pipe/]]></c> on OSE. It shall be suffixed by a <c><![CDATA[/]]></c> (slash),
+ <c><![CDATA[/tmp/]]></c>. It shall be suffixed by a <c><![CDATA[/]]></c> (slash),
i.e. not <c><![CDATA[/tmp/epipies]]></c>, but <c><![CDATA[/tmp/epipes/]]></c>. </item>
<tag>log_dir</tag>
<item>This is where the log files are written. There will be one