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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/tools/doc/src/instrument.xml | 13 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/tools/doc/src/instrument.xml b/lib/tools/doc/src/instrument.xml index 9fd9332373..79bacb2927 100644 --- a/lib/tools/doc/src/instrument.xml +++ b/lib/tools/doc/src/instrument.xml @@ -111,15 +111,18 @@ default, but this can be configured an a per-allocator basis with the <seealso marker="erts:erts_alloc#M_atags"><c>+M<S>atags</c> </seealso> emulator option.</p> - <p>If tagged allocations are not enabled on any of the specified - allocator types, the call will fail with - <c>{error, not_enabled}</c>.</p> + <p>If the specified allocator types are not enabled, the call will fail + with <c>{error, not_enabled}</c>.</p> <p>The following options can be used:</p> <taglist> <tag><c>allocator_types</c></tag> <item> - <p>The allocator types that will be searched. Defaults to all - <c>alloc_util</c> allocators.</p> + <p>The allocator types that will be searched. Note that blocks can + move freely between allocator types, so restricting the search to + certain allocators may return unexpected types (e.g. process + heaps when searching binary_alloc), or hide blocks that were + migrated out.</p> + <p>Defaults to all <c>alloc_util</c> allocators.</p> </item> <tag><c>scheduler_ids</c></tag> <item> |