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-rw-r--r--lib/tools/doc/src/Makefile3
-rw-r--r--lib/tools/doc/src/fprof.xml12
-rw-r--r--lib/tools/doc/src/lcnt.xml2
-rw-r--r--lib/tools/doc/src/notes.xml23
4 files changed, 34 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/tools/doc/src/Makefile b/lib/tools/doc/src/Makefile
index 4b663106a0..5ff4fe3113 100644
--- a/lib/tools/doc/src/Makefile
+++ b/lib/tools/doc/src/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#
# %CopyrightBegin%
#
-# Copyright Ericsson AB 1997-2017. All Rights Reserved.
+# Copyright Ericsson AB 1997-2018. All Rights Reserved.
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ debug opt:
clean clean_docs:
rm -rf $(HTMLDIR)/*
+ rm -rf $(XMLDIR)
rm -f $(MAN3DIR)/*
rm -f $(TOP_PDF_FILE) $(TOP_PDF_FILE:%.pdf=%.fo)
rm -f $(SPECDIR)/*
diff --git a/lib/tools/doc/src/fprof.xml b/lib/tools/doc/src/fprof.xml
index 4c9e48045e..1fd828d127 100644
--- a/lib/tools/doc/src/fprof.xml
+++ b/lib/tools/doc/src/fprof.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2001</year><year>2016</year>
+ <year>2001</year><year>2018</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -328,10 +328,16 @@
purposes. This option is only
allowed with the <c>start</c> option.</item>
<tag><c>cpu_time</c>| <c>{cpu_time, bool()}</c></tag>
- <item>The options <c>cpu_time</c> or <c>{cpu_time, true></c>
+ <item>The options <c>cpu_time</c> or <c>{cpu_time, true}</c>
makes the timestamps in the trace be in CPU time instead
of wallclock time which is the default. This option is
- only allowed with the <c>start</c> option.</item>
+ only allowed with the <c>start</c> option.
+ <warning><p>Getting correct values out of cpu_time can be difficult.
+ The best way to get correct values is to run using a single
+ scheduler and bind that scheduler to a specific CPU,
+ i.e. <c>erl +S 1 +sbt db</c>.</p>
+ </warning>
+ </item>
<tag><c>{procs, PidSpec}</c>| <c>{procs, [PidSpec]}</c></tag>
<item>Specifies which processes that shall be traced. If
this option is not given, the calling process is
diff --git a/lib/tools/doc/src/lcnt.xml b/lib/tools/doc/src/lcnt.xml
index 0c24375b91..d2595cdb60 100644
--- a/lib/tools/doc/src/lcnt.xml
+++ b/lib/tools/doc/src/lcnt.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
<header>
<copyright>
<year>2009</year>
- <year>2017</year>
+ <year>2018</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
diff --git a/lib/tools/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/tools/doc/src/notes.xml
index 45f276c09e..8b0a2ca283 100644
--- a/lib/tools/doc/src/notes.xml
+++ b/lib/tools/doc/src/notes.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<chapter>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2004</year><year>2017</year>
+ <year>2004</year><year>2018</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -31,6 +31,27 @@
</header>
<p>This document describes the changes made to the Tools application.</p>
+<section><title>Tools 3.0</title>
+
+ <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>Added <c>instrument:allocations</c> and
+ <c>instrument:carriers</c> for retrieving information
+ about memory utilization and fragmentation.</p>
+ <p>The old <c>instrument</c> interface has been removed,
+ as have the related options <c>+Mim</c> and
+ <c>+Mis</c>.</p>
+ <p>
+ *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-14961</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
<section><title>Tools 2.11.2</title>
<section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>