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-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml17
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/src/error_logger.erl8
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/src/file.erl2
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/src/heart.erl15
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/src/rpc.erl14
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/test/error_logger_SUITE.erl13
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/test/rpc_SUITE.erl12
7 files changed, 51 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml
index 59a046bf4d..5b5b71e521 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml
@@ -37,10 +37,7 @@
the <c>heart</c> port program is to check that the Erlang runtime system
it is supervising is still running. If the port program has not
received any heartbeats within <c>HEART_BEAT_TIMEOUT</c> seconds
- (defaults to 60 seconds), the system can be rebooted. Also, if
- the system is equipped with a hardware watchdog timer and is
- running Solaris, the watchdog can be used to supervise the entire
- system.</p>
+ (defaults to 60 seconds), the system can be rebooted.</p>
<p>An Erlang runtime system to be monitored by a heart program
is to be started with command-line flag <c>-heart</c> (see
also <seealso marker="erts:erl"><c>erl(1)</c></seealso>).
@@ -51,17 +48,13 @@
or a terminated Erlang runtime system, environment variable
<c>HEART_COMMAND</c> must be set before the system is started.
If this variable is not set, a warning text is printed but
- the system does not reboot. However, if the hardware watchdog is
- used, it still triggers a reboot <c>HEART_BEAT_BOOT_DELAY</c>
- seconds later (defaults to 60 seconds).</p>
+ the system does not reboot.</p>
<p>To reboot on Windows, <c>HEART_COMMAND</c> can be
set to <c>heart -shutdown</c> (included in the Erlang delivery)
or to any other suitable program that can activate a reboot.</p>
- <p>The hardware watchdog is not started under Solaris if
- environment variable <c>HW_WD_DISABLE</c> is set.</p>
- <p>The environment variables <c>HEART_BEAT_TIMEOUT</c> and
- <c>HEART_BEAT_BOOT_DELAY</c> can be used to configure the heart
- time-outs; they can be set in the operating system shell before Erlang
+ <p>The environment variable <c>HEART_BEAT_TIMEOUT</c>
+ can be used to configure the heart
+ time-outs; it can be set in the operating system shell before Erlang
is started or be specified at the command line:</p>
<pre>
% <input>erl -heart -env HEART_BEAT_TIMEOUT 30 ...</input></pre>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/src/error_logger.erl b/lib/kernel/src/error_logger.erl
index 3523f680a3..3ee8e2c6e6 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/src/error_logger.erl
+++ b/lib/kernel/src/error_logger.erl
@@ -360,8 +360,12 @@ init(Max) when is_integer(Max) ->
%% go back.
init({go_back, _PostState}) ->
{ok, {?buffer_size, 0, []}};
-init(_) -> %% Start and just relay to other
- {ok, []}. %% node if node(GLeader) =/= node().
+init(_) ->
+ %% The error logger process may receive a huge amount of
+ %% messages. Make sure that they are stored off heap to
+ %% avoid exessive GCs.
+ process_flag(message_queue_data, off_heap),
+ {ok, []}.
-spec handle_event(term(), state()) -> {'ok', state()}.
diff --git a/lib/kernel/src/file.erl b/lib/kernel/src/file.erl
index 58b601e456..6d94f7770f 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/src/file.erl
+++ b/lib/kernel/src/file.erl
@@ -1413,7 +1413,7 @@ path_open_first([Path|Rest], Name, Mode, LastError) ->
case open(FileName, Mode) of
{ok, Fd} ->
{ok, Fd, FileName};
- {error, enoent} ->
+ {error, Reason} when Reason =:= enoent; Reason =:= enotdir ->
path_open_first(Rest, Name, Mode, LastError);
Error ->
Error
diff --git a/lib/kernel/src/heart.erl b/lib/kernel/src/heart.erl
index eea78aabdf..8fa48d56fb 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/src/heart.erl
+++ b/lib/kernel/src/heart.erl
@@ -198,16 +198,11 @@ start_portprogram() ->
end.
get_heart_timeouts() ->
- HeartOpts = case os:getenv("HEART_BEAT_TIMEOUT") of
- false -> "";
- H when is_list(H) ->
- "-ht " ++ H
- end,
- HeartOpts ++ case os:getenv("HEART_BEAT_BOOT_DELAY") of
- false -> "";
- W when is_list(W) ->
- " -wt " ++ W
- end.
+ case os:getenv("HEART_BEAT_TIMEOUT") of
+ false -> "";
+ H when is_list(H) ->
+ "-ht " ++ H
+ end.
check_start_heart() ->
case init:get_argument(heart) of
diff --git a/lib/kernel/src/rpc.erl b/lib/kernel/src/rpc.erl
index 21bff02214..bd6ea26678 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/src/rpc.erl
+++ b/lib/kernel/src/rpc.erl
@@ -67,17 +67,27 @@
%%------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+%% The rex server may receive a huge amount of
+%% messages. Make sure that they are stored off heap to
+%% avoid exessive GCs.
+
+-define(SPAWN_OPTS, [{spawn_opt,[{message_queue_data,off_heap}]}]).
+
%% Remote execution and broadcasting facility
-spec start() -> {'ok', pid()} | 'ignore' | {'error', term()}.
start() ->
- gen_server:start({local,?NAME}, ?MODULE, [], []).
+ gen_server:start({local,?NAME}, ?MODULE, [], ?SPAWN_OPTS).
-spec start_link() -> {'ok', pid()} | 'ignore' | {'error', term()}.
start_link() ->
- gen_server:start_link({local,?NAME}, ?MODULE, [], []).
+ %% The rex server process may receive a huge amount of
+ %% messages. Make sure that they are stored off heap to
+ %% avoid exessive GCs.
+ gen_server:start_link({local,?NAME}, ?MODULE, [], ?SPAWN_OPTS).
-spec stop() -> term().
diff --git a/lib/kernel/test/error_logger_SUITE.erl b/lib/kernel/test/error_logger_SUITE.erl
index b6e7551741..bb01c2384d 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/test/error_logger_SUITE.erl
+++ b/lib/kernel/test/error_logger_SUITE.erl
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
-export([all/0, suite/0,groups/0,init_per_suite/1, end_per_suite/1,
init_per_group/2,end_per_group/2,
+ off_heap/1,
error_report/1, info_report/1, error/1, info/1,
emulator/1, tty/1, logfile/1, add/1, delete/1]).
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ suite() ->
{timetrap,{minutes,1}}].
all() ->
- [error_report, info_report, error, info, emulator, tty,
+ [off_heap, error_report, info_report, error, info, emulator, tty,
logfile, add, delete].
groups() ->
@@ -66,6 +67,16 @@ end_per_group(_GroupName, Config) ->
%%-----------------------------------------------------------------
+off_heap(_Config) ->
+ %% The error_logger process may receive a huge amount of
+ %% messages. Make sure that they are stored off heap to
+ %% avoid exessive GCs.
+ MQD = message_queue_data,
+ {MQD,off_heap} = process_info(whereis(error_logger), MQD),
+ ok.
+
+%%-----------------------------------------------------------------
+
error_report(Config) when is_list(Config) ->
error_logger:add_report_handler(?MODULE, self()),
Rep1 = [{tag1,"data1"},{tag2,data2},{tag3,3}],
diff --git a/lib/kernel/test/rpc_SUITE.erl b/lib/kernel/test/rpc_SUITE.erl
index 1c72ddc87f..d76c4097d8 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/test/rpc_SUITE.erl
+++ b/lib/kernel/test/rpc_SUITE.erl
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
-export([all/0, suite/0,groups/0,init_per_suite/1, end_per_suite/1,
init_per_group/2,end_per_group/2]).
--export([call/1, block_call/1, multicall/1, multicall_timeout/1,
+-export([off_heap/1,
+ call/1, block_call/1, multicall/1, multicall_timeout/1,
multicall_dies/1, multicall_node_dies/1,
called_dies/1, called_node_dies/1,
called_throws/1, call_benchmark/1, async_call/1]).
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ suite() ->
{timetrap,{minutes,2}}].
all() ->
- [call, block_call, multicall, multicall_timeout,
+ [off_heap, call, block_call, multicall, multicall_timeout,
multicall_dies, multicall_node_dies, called_dies,
called_node_dies, called_throws, call_benchmark,
async_call].
@@ -55,6 +56,13 @@ init_per_group(_GroupName, Config) ->
end_per_group(_GroupName, Config) ->
Config.
+off_heap(_Config) ->
+ %% The rex server process may receive a huge amount of
+ %% messages. Make sure that they are stored off heap to
+ %% avoid exessive GCs.
+ MQD = message_queue_data,
+ {MQD,off_heap} = process_info(whereis(rex), MQD),
+ ok.
%% Test different rpc calls.
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