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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/mnesia')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/mnesia/doc/src/mnesia.xml | 7 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | lib/mnesia/src/mnesia.erl | 40 |
2 files changed, 31 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/lib/mnesia/doc/src/mnesia.xml b/lib/mnesia/doc/src/mnesia.xml index 94f1af34bf..11b0b8e987 100644 --- a/lib/mnesia/doc/src/mnesia.xml +++ b/lib/mnesia/doc/src/mnesia.xml @@ -2077,6 +2077,13 @@ mnesia:create_table(employee, <fsummary>Starts a local Mnesia system.</fsummary> <desc> <marker id="start"></marker> + <p>Mnesia startup is asynchronous. The function call + <c>mnesia:start()</c> returns the atom <c>ok</c> and then + starts to initialize the different tables. Depending on the + size of the database, this can take some time, and the + application programmer must wait for the tables that the + application needs before they can be used. This is achieved + by using the function <c>mnesia:wait_for_tables/2</c>.</p> <p>The startup procedure for a set of Mnesia nodes is a fairly complicated operation. A Mnesia system consists of a set of nodes, with Mnesia started locally on all diff --git a/lib/mnesia/src/mnesia.erl b/lib/mnesia/src/mnesia.erl index 223dba3f90..77afb8250c 100644 --- a/lib/mnesia/src/mnesia.erl +++ b/lib/mnesia/src/mnesia.erl @@ -838,18 +838,20 @@ read(Tid, Ts, Tab, Key, LockKind) tid -> Store = Ts#tidstore.store, Oid = {Tab, Key}, - Objs = - case LockKind of - read -> - mnesia_locker:rlock(Tid, Store, Oid); - write -> - mnesia_locker:rwlock(Tid, Store, Oid); - sticky_write -> - mnesia_locker:sticky_rwlock(Tid, Store, Oid); - _ -> - abort({bad_type, Tab, LockKind}) - end, - add_written(?ets_lookup(Store, Oid), Tab, Objs); + ObjsFun = + fun() -> + case LockKind of + read -> + mnesia_locker:rlock(Tid, Store, Oid); + write -> + mnesia_locker:rwlock(Tid, Store, Oid); + sticky_write -> + mnesia_locker:sticky_rwlock(Tid, Store, Oid); + _ -> + abort({bad_type, Tab, LockKind}) + end + end, + add_written(?ets_lookup(Store, Oid), Tab, ObjsFun, LockKind); _Protocol -> dirty_read(Tab, Key) end; @@ -1202,14 +1204,20 @@ add_previous(_Tid, Ts, _Type, Tab) -> %% This routine fixes up the return value from read/1 so that %% it is correct with respect to what this particular transaction %% has already written, deleted .... etc +%% The actual read from the table is not done if not needed due to local +%% transaction context, and if so, no extra read lock is needed either. -add_written([], _Tab, Objs) -> - Objs; % standard normal fast case -add_written(Written, Tab, Objs) -> +add_written([], _Tab, ObjsFun, _LockKind) -> + ObjsFun(); % standard normal fast case +add_written(Written, Tab, ObjsFun, LockKind) -> case val({Tab, setorbag}) of bag -> - add_written_to_bag(Written, Objs, []); + add_written_to_bag(Written, ObjsFun(), []); + _ when LockKind == read; + LockKind == write -> + add_written_to_set(Written); _ -> + _ = ObjsFun(), % Fall back to request new lock and read from source add_written_to_set(Written) end. |