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2017-01-18Change exception for enif_schedule_nif() with dirty flagsRickard Green
2017-01-17Remove experimental disclaimer on dirty schedulersRickard Green
2016-12-19erts: Add some improvements to erl_nif docsSverker Eriksson
2016-09-23Merge branch 'sverker/remove-nif-reload/OTP-13908'Sverker Eriksson
* sverker/remove-nif-reload: erts: Cuddle nif_SUITE:consume_timeslice erts: Remove old doc note for erlang:load_nif erts: Remove deprecated nif 'reload' feature erts: Fix trace_nif_SUITE to load nif lib only once
2016-09-19Use more correct delimiters for erl_nif.h includeTuncer Ayaz
Anywhere but the beam sources we shouldn't #include "erl_nif.h", because what "erl_nif.h" does is: (1) fail to find it outside of -I dirs, (2) then treat it as if it was written like <erl_nif.h>. Using <erl_nif.h> skips (1). More information can be found in 6.10.2 of the C standard. Because the examples use "erl_nif.h", NIF projects in the Erlang ecosystem copy this verbatim and make the same mistake.
2016-09-19erts: Remove deprecated nif 'reload' featureSverker Eriksson
and instead let erlang:load_nif/2 return {error, {reload, _}} before even trying to load the library if a NIF library has already been successfully loaded for the calling module instance.
2016-09-01doc: Correct errors introduced by Editorial changesHans Bolinder
Fix some older errors as well.
2016-08-29Merge branch 'rickard/ds-purge-module/OTP-13808' into maintRickard Green
* rickard/ds-purge-module/OTP-13808: Perform check_process_code while process is executing dirty Conflicts: erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml
2016-08-29Perform check_process_code while process is executing dirtyRickard Green
2016-07-13erts: Review of documentation changesLukas Larsson
2016-07-13erts: Editorial changesxsipewe
2016-07-13erts: Move all functions in docs to be in alphabetical orderLukas Larsson
This commit only changes the order of functions and does some other rearrangements to that the diff with the next commit will be easier to follow. No content or XML tags are changed.
2016-06-17Minor reorganization of dirty NIF documentationRickard Green
2016-06-16Add documentation about dirty job typeRickard Green
2016-06-14erts: Fix doc xml errorsLukas Larsson
2016-06-09erts: Fix erl_nif.xml xmllint errorsBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2016-06-08Replace enif_is_on_dirty_scheduler() with enif_thread_type()Rickard Green
2016-05-31Merge branch 'rickard/ds-doc/OTP-13123'Rickard Green
* rickard/ds-doc/OTP-13123: minor fixes
2016-05-27Minor doc fixRickard Green
2016-05-23minor fixesRickard Green
2016-05-13Merge branch 'egil/erts/nif-format_term/OTP-13580'Björn-Egil Dahlberg
* egil/erts/nif-format_term/OTP-13580: runtime_tools: Change erts_snprintf to enif_snprintf erts: Document enif_snprintf erts: Add tests for enif_snprintf erts: Add enif_snprintf Conflicts: erts/emulator/beam/erl_nif_api_funcs.h
2016-05-11erts: Document enif_snprintfBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2016-05-11Add better support for communication with a process executing dirty NIFRickard Green
- Termination of a process... - Modify trace flags of process... - Process info on process... - Register/unregister of name on process... - Set group leader on process... ... while it is executing a dirty NIF.
2016-05-10Remove conditional dirty schedulers APIRickard Green
2016-04-15erts: Implement tracer modulesLukas Larsson
Add the possibility to use modules as trace data receivers. The functions in the module have to be nifs as otherwise complex trace probes will be very hard to handle (complex means trace probes for ports for example). This commit changes the way that the ptab->tracer field works from always being an immediate, to now be NIL if no tracer is present or else be the tuple {TracerModule, TracerState} where TracerModule is an atom that is later used to lookup the appropriate tracer callbacks to call and TracerState is just passed to the tracer callback. The default process and port tracers have been rewritten to use the new API. This commit also changes the order which trace messages are delivered to the potential tracer process. Any enif_send done in a tracer module may be delayed indefinitely because of lock order issues. If a message is delayed any other trace message send from that process is also delayed so that order is preserved for each traced entity. This means that for some trace events (i.e. send/receive) the events may come in an unintuitive order (receive before send) to the trace receiver. Timestamps are taken when the trace message is generated so trace messages from differented processes may arrive with the timestamp out of order. Both the erlang:trace and seq_trace:set_system_tracer accept the new tracer module tracers and also the backwards compatible arguments. OTP-10267
2016-04-15Merge branch 'lukas/erts/enif_send_null_env/OTP-13495'Lukas Larsson
* lukas/erts/enif_send_null_env/OTP-13495: erts: Add enif_send with NULL as msg env
2016-04-13Merge branch 'henrik/update-copyrightyear'Henrik Nord
* henrik/update-copyrightyear: update copyright-year
2016-04-07erts: Add enif_send with NULL as msg envLukas Larsson
This is an optimization for reducing the number of heap fragments allocated when sending a message where the majority of the message payload is on the sending process' heap.
2016-03-29erts: Polish erl_nif docsSverker Eriksson
2016-03-29erts: Improve enif_binary_to_termSverker Eriksson
* Accept a raw data buffer instead of ErlNifBinary * Accept option ERL_NIF_BIN2TERM_SAFE * Return number of read bytes
2016-03-29erts: Add enif_port_commandLukas Larsson
2016-03-29erts: Add enif_term_to_binary and enif_binary_to_termLukas Larsson
2016-03-29erts: Add enif_is_process/port_aliveLukas Larsson
2016-03-29erts: Add enif_cpu/now_time and enif_make_unique_integerLukas Larsson
2016-03-15update copyright-yearHenrik Nord
2016-02-08erts: Fix error cases in enif_get_list_lengthSverker Eriksson
false if improper list false if length > UINT_MAX
2016-01-21Introduce time management in native APIsRickard Green
2015-11-27Merge branch 'sverk/cpool_fetch-dc_list-fix' into maintSverker Eriksson
OTP-13147 * sverk/cpool_fetch-dc_list-fix: erts: Reduce alloc_SUITE:rbtree runtime for valgrind erts: Remove double free in efile_drv erts: Improve alloc_SUITE:migration test erts: Pass free mem and build type to alloc_SUITE tests erts: Fix snprintf in alloc_SUITE for windows erts: Workaround for strange crash on win64 in alloc_SUITE test code erts: Refactor alloc_SUITE to use NIFs instead of drivers erts: Add enif_getenv erts: Make key argument constant for erl_drv_{get|put}env erts: Add alloc_SUITE:migration erts: Add TEST allocator erts: Fix confusion of callbacks destroying_mbc() vs remove_mbc() erts: Fix resurrection of carriers from dc_list
2015-11-26erts: Add enif_getenvSverker Eriksson
to read OS environment variables in a safe and portable way.
2015-11-04[erts] Correct documentationHans Bolinder
Fix mistakes found by 'xmllint'.
2015-06-18Change license text to APLv2Bruce Yinhe
2015-06-05Add forgotten argument to example in erl_nif docTomas Abrahamsson
In the documentation for erl_nif, in the map iterator example, the iterator argument was forgotten in the call to function enif_map_iterator_create. This is now fixed.
2015-06-01Merge branch 'vinoski/enif-raise-exception/OTP-12770'Sverker Eriksson
* vinoski/enif-raise-exception/OTP-12770: Add enif_raise_exception Enhance enif_has_pending_exception Fix for enif_schedule_nif and exceptions Conflicts: erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml
2015-05-28erts: Cleanup fsummary lines in erl_nif docsSverker Eriksson
by removing all full stop.
2015-05-28erts: Fix alphabetic order in erl_nif docSverker Eriksson
enif_make_reverse_list was at the wrong place
2015-05-28erts: Add docs for map functions in nif APISverker Eriksson
2015-05-26Add enif_raise_exceptionSteve Vinoski
Add enif_raise_exception function to allow NIFs to raise error exceptions holding any Erlang terms. This does not replace or deprecate the enif_make_badarg function, though, because raising badarg errors is so idiomatic in NIFs. Reimplement enif_make_badarg on top of enif_raise_exception. Add new tests for enif_raise_exception for both normal and dirty NIFs. Add documentation for enif_raise_exception.
2015-05-26Enhance enif_has_pending_exceptionSteve Vinoski
Sverker Eriksson came up with the following idea: to handle a future ability for NIFs to raise more than just badarg exceptions, modify the recently-added enif_has_pending_exception function to take a second argument: a pointer to ERL_NIF_TERM. If this argument is a null pointer, ignore it. Otherwise, if the first argument, an ErlNifEnv*, has an associated exception, set the pointed-to ERL_NIF_TERM of the second argument to the value of the exception term. Add new tests and documentation for this modification.
2015-04-15erts: Remove old docs about experimental NIF versions.Sverker Eriksson
2015-04-15erts: Add enif_has_pending_exceptionSverker Eriksson