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-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml49
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erlang.xml3
-rw-r--r--erts/emulator/beam/beam_emu.c1
-rw-r--r--erts/emulator/beam/erl_alloc.c2
-rw-r--r--erts/emulator/beam/erl_alloc.h2
-rw-r--r--erts/emulator/beam/erl_alloc_util.c2
-rw-r--r--erts/emulator/beam/erl_alloc_util.h2
-rw-r--r--erts/emulator/beam/erl_port_task.h1
-rw-r--r--erts/emulator/beam/erl_process.c31
-rw-r--r--erts/emulator/beam/erl_process.h4
-rw-r--r--erts/emulator/sys/common/erl_poll.c1
-rw-r--r--erts/emulator/sys/win32/erl_poll.c8
-rw-r--r--erts/emulator/utils/loaded2
-rw-r--r--erts/include/internal/pthread/ethr_event.h4
14 files changed, 76 insertions, 36 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml
index 5987ddbd5e..4bbd4e2a54 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml
@@ -193,9 +193,9 @@ ok
A handle ("safe pointer") to this memory block can then be returned to Erlang by the use of
<seealso marker="#enif_make_resource">enif_make_resource</seealso>.
The term returned by <c>enif_make_resource</c>
- is totally opaque in nature. It can be stored and passed between processses
- on the same node, but the only real end usage is to pass it back as argument to a NIF.
- The NIF can then do <seealso marker="#enif_get_resource">enif_get_resource</seealso>
+ is totally opaque in nature. It can be stored and passed between processes
+ on the same node, but the only real end usage is to pass it back as an argument to a NIF.
+ The NIF can then call <seealso marker="#enif_get_resource">enif_get_resource</seealso>
and get back a pointer to the memory block that is guaranteed to still be
valid. A resource object will not be deallocated until the last handle term
has been garbage collected by the VM and the resource has been
@@ -212,17 +212,7 @@ ok
the garbage collector or <c>enif_release_resource</c>). Resource types
are uniquely identified by a supplied name string and the name of the
implementing module.</p>
- <p>Resource types support upgrade in runtime by allowing a loaded NIF
- library to takeover an already existing resource type and thereby
- "inherit" all existing objects of that type. The destructor of the new
- library will thereafter be called for the inherited objects and the
- library with the old destructor function can be safely unloaded. Existing
- resource objects, of a module that is upgraded, must either be deleted
- or taken over by the new NIF library. The unloading of a library will be
- postponed as long as there exist resource objects with a destructor
- function in the library.
- </p>
- <p>Here is a template example of how to create and return a resource object.</p>
+ <marker id="enif_resource_example"/><p>Here is a template example of how to create and return a resource object.</p>
<p/>
<code type="none">
ERL_NIF_TERM term;
@@ -240,8 +230,13 @@ ok
/* resource now only owned by "Erlang" */
}
return term;
-}
-</code>
+ </code>
+ <p>Note that once <c>enif_make_resource</c> creates the term to
+ return to Erlang, the code can choose to either keep its own
+ native pointer to the allocated struct and release it later, or
+ release it immediately and rely solely on the garbage collector
+ to eventually deallocate the resource object when it collects
+ the term.</p>
<p>Another usage of resource objects is to create binary terms with
user defined memory management.
<seealso marker="#enif_make_resource_binary">enif_make_resource_binary</seealso>
@@ -251,6 +246,16 @@ ok
this can be a binary term consisting of data from a <c>mmap</c>'ed file.
The destructor can then do <c>munmap</c> to release the memory
region.</p>
+ <p>Resource types support upgrade in runtime by allowing a loaded NIF
+ library to takeover an already existing resource type and thereby
+ "inherit" all existing objects of that type. The destructor of the new
+ library will thereafter be called for the inherited objects and the
+ library with the old destructor function can be safely unloaded. Existing
+ resource objects, of a module that is upgraded, must either be deleted
+ or taken over by the new NIF library. The unloading of a library will be
+ postponed as long as there exist resource objects with a destructor
+ function in the library.
+ </p>
</item>
<tag>Threads and concurrency</tag>
<item><p>A NIF is thread-safe without any explicit synchronization as
@@ -368,7 +373,7 @@ ok
environments between NIF calls. </p>
<p>A <em>process independent environment</em> is created by calling
<seealso marker="#enif_alloc_env">enif_alloc_env</seealso>. It can be
- used to store terms beteen NIF calls and to send terms with
+ used to store terms between NIF calls and to send terms with
<seealso marker="#enif_send">enif_send</seealso>. A process
independent environment with all its terms is valid until you explicitly
invalidates it with <seealso marker="#enif_free_env">enif_free_env</seealso>
@@ -832,8 +837,14 @@ typedef enum {
<fsummary>Create an opaque handle to a resource object</fsummary>
<desc><p>Create an opaque handle to a memory managed resource object
obtained by <seealso marker="#enif_alloc_resource">enif_alloc_resource</seealso>.
- No ownership transfer is done, the resource object still needs to be released by
- <seealso marker="#enif_release_resource">enif_release_resource</seealso>.</p>
+ No ownership transfer is done, as the resource object still needs to be released by
+ <seealso marker="#enif_release_resource">enif_release_resource</seealso>,
+ but note that the call to <c>enif_release_resource</c> can occur
+ immediately after obtaining the term from <c>enif_make_resource</c>,
+ in which case the resource object will be deallocated when the
+ term is garbage collected. See the
+ <seealso marker="#enif_resource_example">example of creating and
+ returning a resource object</seealso> for more details.</p>
<p>Note that the only defined behaviour of using a resource term in
an Erlang program is to store it and send it between processes on the
same node. Other operations such as matching or <c>term_to_binary</c>
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
index 78d58a1e56..c3f06982f5 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
@@ -3980,7 +3980,8 @@ os_prompt%</pre>
<tag><c>{status, Status}</c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>Status</c> is the status of the process. <c>Status</c>
- is <c>waiting</c> (waiting for a message), <c>running</c>,
+ is <c>exiting</c>, <c>garbage_collecting</c>,
+ <c>waiting</c> (for a message), <c>running</c>,
<c>runnable</c> (ready to run, but another process is
running), or <c>suspended</c> (suspended on a "busy" port
or by the <c>erlang:suspend_process/[1,2]</c> BIF).</p>
diff --git a/erts/emulator/beam/beam_emu.c b/erts/emulator/beam/beam_emu.c
index a4fb454481..e96014c665 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/beam/beam_emu.c
+++ b/erts/emulator/beam/beam_emu.c
@@ -6398,6 +6398,7 @@ call_fun(Process* p, /* Current process. */
reg[0] = module;
reg[1] = fun;
reg[2] = args;
+ reg[3] = NIL;
return ep->address;
}
}
diff --git a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_alloc.c b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_alloc.c
index 323c422c6d..775f4435a9 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_alloc.c
+++ b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_alloc.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
/*
* %CopyrightBegin%
*
- * Copyright Ericsson AB 2002-2010. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright Ericsson AB 2002-2011. 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
diff --git a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_alloc.h b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_alloc.h
index 2cd62c01c1..ce792d4d17 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_alloc.h
+++ b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_alloc.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
/*
* %CopyrightBegin%
*
- * Copyright Ericsson AB 2002-2010. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright Ericsson AB 2002-2011. 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
diff --git a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_alloc_util.c b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_alloc_util.c
index c09f0bbd77..1394b7e829 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_alloc_util.c
+++ b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_alloc_util.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
/*
* %CopyrightBegin%
*
- * Copyright Ericsson AB 2002-2010. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright Ericsson AB 2002-2011. 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
diff --git a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_alloc_util.h b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_alloc_util.h
index 5a8db5e29e..d296081714 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_alloc_util.h
+++ b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_alloc_util.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
/*
* %CopyrightBegin%
*
- * Copyright Ericsson AB 2002-2010. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright Ericsson AB 2002-2011. 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
diff --git a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_port_task.h b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_port_task.h
index 714b4ea7dd..49a0b4c63a 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_port_task.h
+++ b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_port_task.h
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ erts_port_task_init_sched(ErtsPortTaskSched *ptsp)
ERTS_GLB_INLINE int
erts_port_task_have_outstanding_io_tasks(void)
{
+ ERTS_THR_MEMORY_BARRIER;
return erts_smp_atomic_read(&erts_port_task_outstanding_io_tasks) != 0;
}
diff --git a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_process.c b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_process.c
index e8b2360ee9..428ca12eb1 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_process.c
+++ b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_process.c
@@ -811,15 +811,31 @@ erts_active_schedulers(void)
return as;
}
+#ifdef ERTS_SMP
+
+static ERTS_INLINE void
+clear_sys_scheduling(void)
+{
+ erts_smp_atomic32_set_relb(&doing_sys_schedule, 0);
+}
+
+static ERTS_INLINE int
+try_set_sys_scheduling(void)
+{
+ return 0 == erts_smp_atomic32_cmpxchg_acqb(&doing_sys_schedule, 1, 0);
+}
+
+#endif
+
static ERTS_INLINE int
prepare_for_sys_schedule(void)
{
#ifdef ERTS_SMP
while (!erts_port_task_have_outstanding_io_tasks()
- && !erts_smp_atomic32_xchg(&doing_sys_schedule, 1)) {
+ && try_set_sys_scheduling()) {
if (!erts_port_task_have_outstanding_io_tasks())
return 1;
- erts_smp_atomic32_set(&doing_sys_schedule, 0);
+ clear_sys_scheduling();
}
return 0;
#else
@@ -1149,7 +1165,7 @@ scheduler_wait(int *fcalls, ErtsSchedulerData *esdp, ErtsRunQueue *rq)
* call erl_sys_schedule() until it is handled.
*/
if (erts_port_task_have_outstanding_io_tasks()) {
- erts_smp_atomic32_set(&doing_sys_schedule, 0);
+ clear_sys_scheduling();
/*
* Got to check that we still got I/O tasks; otherwise
* we have to continue checking for I/O...
@@ -1168,7 +1184,7 @@ scheduler_wait(int *fcalls, ErtsSchedulerData *esdp, ErtsRunQueue *rq)
* sleep in erl_sys_schedule().
*/
if (erts_port_task_have_outstanding_io_tasks()) {
- erts_smp_atomic32_set(&doing_sys_schedule, 0);
+ clear_sys_scheduling();
/*
* Got to check that we still got I/O tasks; otherwise
@@ -1222,7 +1238,7 @@ scheduler_wait(int *fcalls, ErtsSchedulerData *esdp, ErtsRunQueue *rq)
sys_woken:
erts_smp_runq_lock(rq);
sys_locked_woken:
- erts_smp_atomic32_set(&doing_sys_schedule, 0);
+ clear_sys_scheduling();
if (flgs & ~ERTS_SSI_FLG_SUSPENDED)
erts_smp_atomic32_band(&ssi->flags, ERTS_SSI_FLG_SUSPENDED);
sched_active_sys(esdp->no, rq);
@@ -1285,6 +1301,7 @@ wake_scheduler(ErtsRunQueue *rq, int incq, int one)
res = sl->list != NULL;
erts_smp_spin_unlock(&sl->lock);
+ ERTS_THR_MEMORY_BARRIER;
flgs = ssi_flags_set_wake(ssi);
erts_sched_finish_poke(ssi, flgs);
@@ -1294,6 +1311,8 @@ wake_scheduler(ErtsRunQueue *rq, int incq, int one)
else {
sl->list = NULL;
erts_smp_spin_unlock(&sl->lock);
+
+ ERTS_THR_MEMORY_BARRIER;
do {
ErtsSchedulerSleepInfo *wake_ssi = ssi;
ssi = ssi->next;
@@ -5349,7 +5368,7 @@ Process *schedule(Process *p, int calls)
if (dt) erts_bump_timer(dt);
#ifdef ERTS_SMP
erts_smp_runq_lock(rq);
- erts_smp_atomic32_set(&doing_sys_schedule, 0);
+ clear_sys_scheduling();
goto continue_check_activities_to_run;
#else
if (!runnable)
diff --git a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_process.h b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_process.h
index e871a9834a..8f78a7d76e 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_process.h
+++ b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_process.h
@@ -1592,7 +1592,9 @@ ERTS_GLB_INLINE void erts_sched_poke(ErtsSchedulerSleepInfo *ssi);
ERTS_GLB_INLINE void
erts_sched_poke(ErtsSchedulerSleepInfo *ssi)
{
- erts_aint32_t flags = erts_smp_atomic32_read(&ssi->flags);
+ erts_aint32_t flags;
+ ERTS_THR_MEMORY_BARRIER;
+ flags = erts_smp_atomic32_read(&ssi->flags);
ASSERT(!(flags & ERTS_SSI_FLG_SLEEPING)
|| (flags & ERTS_SSI_FLG_WAITING));
if (flags & ERTS_SSI_FLG_SLEEPING) {
diff --git a/erts/emulator/sys/common/erl_poll.c b/erts/emulator/sys/common/erl_poll.c
index 77ac2de5f6..3ae5b8d747 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/sys/common/erl_poll.c
+++ b/erts/emulator/sys/common/erl_poll.c
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ reset_wakeup_state(ErtsPollSet ps)
{
#ifdef ERTS_SMP
erts_atomic32_set(&ps->wakeup_state, ERTS_POLL_NOT_WOKEN);
+ ERTS_THR_MEMORY_BARRIER;
#elif ERTS_POLL_ASYNC_INTERRUPT_SUPPORT
ps->wakeup_state = 0;
#endif
diff --git a/erts/emulator/sys/win32/erl_poll.c b/erts/emulator/sys/win32/erl_poll.c
index 1f2877b682..7662f190ef 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/sys/win32/erl_poll.c
+++ b/erts/emulator/sys/win32/erl_poll.c
@@ -452,12 +452,15 @@ poll_wait_timeout(ErtsPollSet ps, SysTimeval *tvp)
static ERTS_INLINE void
wake_poller(ErtsPollSet ps, int io_ready)
{
- erts_aint32_t wakeup_state = erts_atomic32_read(&ps->wakeup_state);
+ erts_aint32_t wakeup_state;
if (io_ready) {
/* We may set the event multiple times. This is, however, harmless. */
- erts_atomic32_set(&ps->wakeup_state, ERTS_POLL_WOKEN_IO_READY);
+ wakeup_state = erts_atomic32_read(&ps->wakeup_state);
+ erts_atomic32_set_relb(&ps->wakeup_state, ERTS_POLL_WOKEN_IO_READY);
}
else {
+ ERTS_THR_MEMORY_BARRIER;
+ wakeup_state = erts_atomic32_read(&ps->wakeup_state);
while (wakeup_state != ERTS_POLL_WOKEN_IO_READY
&& wakeup_state != ERTS_POLL_WOKEN_INTR) {
erts_aint32_t act = erts_atomic32_cmpxchg(&ps->wakeup_state,
@@ -518,6 +521,7 @@ reset_interrupt(ErtsPollSet ps)
break;
wakeup_state = act;
}
+ ERTS_THR_MEMORY_BARRIER;
}
static ERTS_INLINE void
diff --git a/erts/emulator/utils/loaded b/erts/emulator/utils/loaded
index 99a66e7fdb..d124a64a78 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/utils/loaded
+++ b/erts/emulator/utils/loaded
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
%%
%% %CopyrightBegin%
%%
-%% Copyright Ericsson AB 1998-2010. All Rights Reserved.
+%% Copyright Ericsson AB 1998-2011. 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
diff --git a/erts/include/internal/pthread/ethr_event.h b/erts/include/internal/pthread/ethr_event.h
index 93da8a0429..b74b76a443 100644
--- a/erts/include/internal/pthread/ethr_event.h
+++ b/erts/include/internal/pthread/ethr_event.h
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ static void ETHR_INLINE
ETHR_INLINE_FUNC_NAME_(ethr_event_set)(ethr_event *e)
{
ethr_sint32_t val;
- ETHR_WRITE_MEMORY_BARRIER;
+ ETHR_MEMORY_BARRIER;
val = ethr_atomic32_xchg(&e->futex, ETHR_EVENT_ON__);
if (val == ETHR_EVENT_OFF_WAITER__) {
int res = ETHR_FUTEX__(&e->futex, ETHR_FUTEX_WAKE__, 1);
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ static void ETHR_INLINE
ETHR_INLINE_FUNC_NAME_(ethr_event_set)(ethr_event *e)
{
ethr_sint32_t val;
- ETHR_WRITE_MEMORY_BARRIER;
+ ETHR_MEMORY_BARRIER;
val = ethr_atomic32_xchg(&e->state, ETHR_EVENT_ON__);
if (val == ETHR_EVENT_OFF_WAITER__) {
int res = pthread_mutex_lock(&e->mtx);