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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/stdlib/doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml index abaf64fb91..44c050a0d3 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml @@ -932,7 +932,8 @@ ets:select(Table,MatchSpec),</code> If set to <c>true</c>, the table is optimized towards concurrent write access. Different objects of the same table can be mutated (and read) by concurrent processes. This is achieved to some degree - at the expense of sequential access and concurrent reader performance. + at the expense of memory consumption and the performance of + sequential access and concurrent reading. The <c>write_concurrency</c> option can be combined with the <seealso marker="#new_2_read_concurrency">read_concurrency</seealso> option. You typically want to combine these when large concurrent @@ -944,8 +945,11 @@ ets:select(Table,MatchSpec),</code> <seealso marker="#concurrency">atomicy and isolation</seealso>. Functions that makes such promises over several objects (like <c>insert/2</c>) will gain less (or nothing) from this option.</p> - <p>Table type <c>ordered_set</c> is not affected by this option in current - implementation.</p> + <p>In current implementation, table type <c>ordered_set</c> is not + affected by this option. Also, the memory consumption inflicted by + both <c>write_concurrency</c> and <c>read_concurrency</c> is a + constant overhead per table. This overhead can be especially large + when both options are combined.</p> </item> <item> <marker id="new_2_read_concurrency"></marker> |