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2015-11-11Merge branch 'gomoripeti/tracedoc_fix' into maintHenrik Nord
* gomoripeti/tracedoc_fix: Fix typo in trace gc_start doc OTP-13094
2015-11-04Fix typos and grammarDerek Brown
2015-11-04[erts] Correct documentationHans Bolinder
Fix mistakes found by 'xmllint'.
2015-11-03Fix typo in trace gc_start docPéter Gömöri
Conflicts: erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
2015-10-26erts: Clarify documentationIngela Anderton Andin
2015-10-26erts: Add {line_delimiter, byte()} option to inet:setopts/2Serge Aleynikov
A new {line_delimiter, byte()} option allows line-oriented TCP-based protocols to use a custom line delimiting character. It is to be used in conjunction with {packet, line}. This option also works with erlang:decode_packet/3 when its first argument is 'line'.
2015-10-06Merge branch 'sverk/erts/doc-review' into maintSverker Eriksson
* sverk/erts/doc-review: erts: Spell-check erlang.xml erts: Review newer additions to erlang.xml erts: Review module erlang docs erts: Update module erlang docs erts: Review time correction docs erts: Update erts time correction docs
2015-10-05erts: Spell-check erlang.xmlSverker Eriksson
2015-10-01erts: Review newer additions to erlang.xmlSverker Eriksson
Trying to adopt same style as done by xsipewe in e17e236cd1661bc for later additions.
2015-10-01erts: Review module erlang docsSverker Eriksson
2015-10-01erts: Update module erlang docsxsipewe
Rebased 6ac77046b05cd3cb7b117 on OTP-18.1 Conflicts: erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
2015-09-15Typos in documentation example of list_to_bitstring/1Constantin Rack
2015-06-18Change license text to APLv2Bruce Yinhe
2015-06-10Delayed node table GCRickard Green
2015-05-25Doc fixesRickard Green
2015-05-12Timer fixes, documentation, and test casesRickard Green
2015-03-24Merge branch 'rickard/time_api/OTP-11997'Rickard Green
* rickard/time_api/OTP-11997: Better OS system time implementation Documentation adjustments Fix zero timout timers erts_sys_hrtime() for lcnt Better support for poor os monotonic sources Conflicts: erts/preloaded/ebin/erlang.beam
2015-03-24Better OS system time implementationRickard Green
2015-03-24Documentation adjustmentsRickard Green
2015-03-23Better support for poor os monotonic sourcesRickard Green
2015-03-20Merge branch 'rickard/time_api/OTP-11997'Rickard Green
* rickard/time_api/OTP-11997: (22 commits) Update primary bootstrap inets: Suppress deprecated warning on erlang:now/0 inets: Cleanup of multiple copies of functions Add inets_lib with common functions used by multiple modules inets: Update comments Suppress deprecated warning on erlang:now/0 Use new time API and be back-compatible in inets Remove unused functions and removed redundant test asn1 test SUITE: Eliminate use of now/0 Disable deprecated warning on erlang:now/0 in diameter_lib Use new time API and be back-compatible in ssh Replace all calls to now/0 in CT with new time API functions test_server: Replace usage of erlang:now() with usage of new API Replace usage of erlang:now() with usage of new API Replace usage of erlang:now() with usage of new API Replace usage of erlang:now() with usage of new API Replace usage of erlang:now() with usage of new API otp_SUITE: Warn for calls to erlang:now/0 Replace usage of erlang:now() with usage of new API Multiple timer wheels Erlang based BIF timer implementation for scalability Implement ethread events with timeout ... Conflicts: bootstrap/bin/start.boot bootstrap/bin/start_clean.boot bootstrap/lib/compiler/ebin/beam_asm.beam bootstrap/lib/compiler/ebin/compile.beam bootstrap/lib/kernel/ebin/auth.beam bootstrap/lib/kernel/ebin/dist_util.beam bootstrap/lib/kernel/ebin/global.beam bootstrap/lib/kernel/ebin/hipe_unified_loader.beam bootstrap/lib/kernel/ebin/inet_db.beam bootstrap/lib/kernel/ebin/inet_dns.beam bootstrap/lib/kernel/ebin/inet_res.beam bootstrap/lib/kernel/ebin/os.beam bootstrap/lib/kernel/ebin/pg2.beam bootstrap/lib/stdlib/ebin/dets.beam bootstrap/lib/stdlib/ebin/dets_utils.beam bootstrap/lib/stdlib/ebin/erl_tar.beam bootstrap/lib/stdlib/ebin/escript.beam bootstrap/lib/stdlib/ebin/file_sorter.beam bootstrap/lib/stdlib/ebin/otp_internal.beam bootstrap/lib/stdlib/ebin/qlc.beam bootstrap/lib/stdlib/ebin/random.beam bootstrap/lib/stdlib/ebin/supervisor.beam bootstrap/lib/stdlib/ebin/timer.beam erts/aclocal.m4 erts/emulator/beam/bif.c erts/emulator/beam/erl_bif_info.c erts/emulator/beam/erl_db_hash.c erts/emulator/beam/erl_init.c erts/emulator/beam/erl_process.h erts/emulator/beam/erl_thr_progress.c erts/emulator/beam/utils.c erts/emulator/sys/unix/sys.c erts/preloaded/ebin/erlang.beam erts/preloaded/ebin/erts_internal.beam erts/preloaded/ebin/init.beam erts/preloaded/src/erts_internal.erl lib/common_test/test/ct_hooks_SUITE_data/cth/tests/empty_cth.erl lib/diameter/src/base/diameter_lib.erl lib/kernel/src/os.erl lib/ssh/test/ssh_basic_SUITE.erl system/doc/efficiency_guide/advanced.xml
2015-03-20Introduce a new time APIRickard Green
The old time API is based on erlang:now/0. The major issue with erlang:now/0 is that it was intended to be used for so many unrelated things. This tied these unrelated operations together and unnecessarily caused performance, scalability as well as accuracy, and precision issues for operations that do not need to have such issues. The new API spreads different functionality over multiple functions in order to improve on this. The new API consists of a number of new BIFs: - erlang:convert_time_unit/3 - erlang:monotonic_time/0 - erlang:monotonic_time/1 - erlang:system_time/0 - erlang:system_time/1 - erlang:time_offset/0 - erlang:time_offset/1 - erlang:timestamp/0 - erlang:unique_integer/0 - erlang:unique_integer/1 - os:system_time/0 - os:system_time/1 and a number of extensions of existing BIFs: - erlang:monitor(time_offset, clock_service) - erlang:system_flag(time_offset, finalize) - erlang:system_info(os_monotonic_time_source) - erlang:system_info(time_offset) - erlang:system_info(time_warp_mode) - erlang:system_info(time_correction) - erlang:system_info(start_time) See the "Time and Time Correction in Erlang" chapter of the ERTS User's Guide for more information.
2015-03-16Merge branch 'maint'Zandra Hird
2015-03-07Correct typo in erlang(3) documentationNick Mills
2014-12-22Merge branch 'maint'Bruce Yinhe
2014-12-09erts: Allow cpu_timestamp tracing for LinuxLukas Larsson
2014-12-02fix eacces spellingMikael Pettersson
2014-11-07Merge branch 'maint'Bruce Yinhe
2014-11-02Expose NIF versionPeter Lemenkov
This patch allows checking for NIF API version in a way similar to driver version. E.g. by calling erlang:system_info(nif_version). Signed-off-by: Peter Lemenkov <[email protected]>
2014-09-25Merge branch 'rickard/maint-17/eager-check-io/OTP-12117' into ↵Rickard Green
rickard/master/eager-check-io/OTP-12117 * rickard/maint-17/eager-check-io/OTP-12117: No eager check I/O on OSE Introduce support for eager check I/O scheduling Conflicts: erts/preloaded/ebin/erlang.beam
2014-09-25Merge branch 'rickard/eager-check-io/OTP-12117' into ↵Rickard Green
rickard/maint-17/eager-check-io/OTP-12117 * rickard/eager-check-io/OTP-12117: Introduce support for eager check I/O scheduling Conflicts: erts/emulator/beam/erl_bif_info.c erts/emulator/beam/erl_init.c erts/emulator/beam/erl_process.c erts/preloaded/ebin/erlang.beam
2014-09-25Introduce support for eager check I/O schedulingRickard Green
2014-08-22erts: Document erlang:get_keys/0Björn-Egil Dahlberg
2014-08-14Merge branch 'bjorn/erts/export-bifs/OTP-12099'Björn Gustavsson
* bjorn/erts/export-bifs/OTP-12099: BIFs should be considered exported
2014-07-02erlang:statistics(runtime) returns millisecondsMagnus Henoch
Specify in the documentation that erlang:statistics(runtime) returns milliseconds.
2014-06-05Merge branch 'etsukata/system_info_tolerant_timeofday/OTP-11970' into maintLukas Larsson
* etsukata/system_info_tolerant_timeofday/OTP-11970: Add erlang:system_info(tolerant_timeofday)
2014-05-12BIFs should be considered exportedBjörn Gustavsson
All BIFs now have stub functions and are exported. For example in the erlang module: -export([..., is_list/1, ...]). . . . is_list(_Term) -> erlang:nif_error(undefined). But erlang:function_exported(erlang, is_list, 1) returns false, which is weird. Change erlang:function_exported/3 to return true for BIFs.
2014-04-28Add erlang:system_info(tolerant_timeofday)Eiichi Tsukata
Add erlang:system_info(tolerant_timeofday), an API to check whether compensation for sudden changes of system time is enabled or not.
2014-04-23Document that spawn_opt/5 does not support the 'monitor' optionBjörn Gustavsson
2014-04-01Merge branch 'egil/maps-doc'Björn-Egil Dahlberg
* egil/maps-doc: doc: Add Maps example for sequential programming doc: Mention map expressions and map guards doc: Add maps to reference manual edoc: Add map/0 as a new predefined type doc: Descripe Maps type syntax doc: Clearify language of user-defined attributes doc: Document Maps datatype in reference manual erts: Document map guard functions erts: Fix is_map/1 spec
2014-03-27Merge branch 'lukas/ose/master-17.0/OTP-11334'Lukas Larsson
* lukas/ose/master-17.0/OTP-11334: ose: Fix erts assert failed printouts ose: fix for packet_bytes in fd/spawn driver. ose: Prepare slave for running on OSE ose: Fix bug when hunting for signal proxy ose: Implement tcp inet driver for OSE ose: Add ifdefs for HAVE_UDP ose: Yielding has to be done differently for background processes. ose: Print faults in aio sys driver calls ose: Prinout errno when to_erl read fails ose: erlang display goes to ramlog printf ose: Initiate stdin/stdout/stderr ose: Break lmconf into one per load module ose: Reset busy port when pdq empty ose: Restore the owner of the signal
2014-03-26ose: erlang display goes to ramlog printfLukas Larsson
2014-03-20Verify runtime_dependencies when running 'otp_build patch_app'Rickard Green
2014-03-16erts: Document map guard functionsBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
* erlang:is_map/1 * erlang:map_size/1
2014-02-24Merge branch 'lukas/erts/float_encoding/OTP-11738'Lukas Larsson
* lukas/erts/float_encoding/OTP-11738: erts: Set default external enc to use new float scheme
2014-02-24Merge branch 'vinoski/ds2'Rickard Green
* vinoski/ds2: further enhancements for dirty schedulers allow optional whitespace in dirty scheduler erl options
2014-02-24further enhancements for dirty schedulersSteve Vinoski
Add support for setting the number of dirty CPU schedulers online via erlang:system_flag/2. Assuming the emulator is built with dirty schedulers enabled, the number of dirty CPU schedulers online may not be less than 1, nor greater than the number of dirty CPU schedulers available, nor greater than the number of normal schedulers online. Dirty CPU scheduler threads that are taken offline via system_flag/2 are suspended. The number of dirty CPU schedulers online may be adjusted independently of the number of normal schedulers online, but if system_flag/2 is used to set the number of normal schedulers online to a value less than the current number of normal schedulers online, the number of dirty CPU schedulers online is decreased proportionally. Likewise, if the number of normal schedulers online is increased, the number of dirty CPU schedulers online is increased proportionally. For example, if 8 normal schedulers and 4 dirty CPU schedulers are online, and system_flag/2 is called to set the number of normal schedulers online to 4, the number of dirty CPU schedulers online is also decreased by half, to 2. Subsequently setting the number of normal schedulers online back to 8 also sets the number of dirty CPU schedulers online back to 4. Augment the system_flag/2 documentation in the erlang man page to explain this relationship between schedulers_online and dirty_cpu_schedulers_online. Also ensure that all dirty CPU and I/O schedulers are suspended when multi-scheduling is blocked via system_flag/2, and brought back online when multi-scheduling is unblocked. Add Rickard Green's rewritten check_enqueue_in_prio_queue() function that inspects process state more thoroughly to determine if to enqueue it and if so on what queue, including dirty queues when appropriate. Make sure dirty NIF jobs do not trigger erlang:system_monitor long_schedule messages. Add more dirty scheduler testing to the scheduler test suite. Remove the erts_no_dirty_cpu_schedulers_online global variable, since it's no longer needed. Execute dirty NIFs on a normal scheduler thread while multi-scheduling blocking is in effect. Evacuate any dirty jobs residing in the dirty run queues over to a normal run queue when multi-scheduling is blocked. Allow dirty schedulers to execute aux work. Set the dirty run queues halt_in_progress flag when halting the normal schedulers. Change dirty scheduler numbers to a structure including both scheduler number and type, either dirty CPU or dirty I/O. Add some assertions to ensure that dirty CPU schedulers operate only on dirty CPU scheduler process flags, and the same for dirty I/O schedulers.
2014-02-24erts: Set default external enc to use new float schemeLukas Larsson
This change was triggered by the OSE float printing function not working exactly the same way as linux/win32. But it is also a good one in general as it cuts size in more than half for floats.
2014-02-19Misc adjustments of OTP versionRickard Green
2014-01-28initial support for dirty schedulers and dirty NIFsSteve Vinoski
Add initial support for dirty schedulers. There are two types of dirty schedulers: CPU schedulers and I/O schedulers. By default, there are as many dirty CPU schedulers as there are normal schedulers and as many dirty CPU schedulers online as normal schedulers online. There are 10 dirty I/O schedulers (similar to the choice of 10 as the default for async threads). By default, dirty schedulers are disabled and conditionally compiled out. To enable them, you must pass --enable-dirty-schedulers to the top-level configure script when building Erlang/OTP. Current dirty scheduler support requires the emulator to be built with SMP support. This restriction will be lifted in the future. You can specify the number of dirty schedulers with the command-line options +SDcpu (for dirty CPU schedulers) and +SDio (for dirty I/O schedulers). The +SDcpu option is similar to the +S option in that it takes two numbers separated by a colon: C1:C2, where C1 specifies the number of dirty schedulers available and C2 specifies the number of dirty schedulers online. The +SDPcpu option allows numbers of dirty CPU schedulers available and dirty CPU schedulers online to be specified as percentages, similar to the existing +SP option for normal schedulers. The number of dirty CPU schedulers created and dirty CPU schedulers online may not exceed the number of normal schedulers created and normal schedulers online, respectively. The +SDio option takes only a single number specifying the number of dirty I/O schedulers available and online. There is no support yet for programmatically changing at run time the number of dirty CPU schedulers online via erlang:system_flag/2. Also, changing the number of normal schedulers online via erlang:system_flag(schedulers_online, NewSchedulersOnline) should ensure that there are no more dirty CPU schedulers than normal schedulers, but this is not yet implemented. You can retrieve the number of dirty schedulers by passing dirty_cpu_schedulers, dirty_cpu_schedulers_online, or dirty_io_schedulers to erlang:system_info/1. Currently only NIFs are able to access dirty scheduler functionality. Neither drivers nor BIFs currently support dirty schedulers. This restriction will be addressed in the future. If dirty scheduler support is present in the runtime, the initial status line Erlang prints before presenting its interactive prompt will include the indicator "[ds:C1:C2:I]" where "ds" indicates "dirty schedulers", "C1" indicates the number of dirty CPU schedulers available, "C2" indicates the number of dirty CPU schedulers online, and "I" indicates the number of dirty I/O schedulers. Document The dirty NIF API in the erl_nif man page. The API closely follows Rickard Green's presentation slides from his talk "Future Extensions to the Native Interface", presented at the 2011 Erlang Factory held in the San Francisco Bay Area. Rickard's slides are available online at http://bit.ly/1m34UHB . Document the new erl command-line options, the additions to erlang:system_info/1, and also add the erlang:system_flag/2 dirty scheduler documentation even though it's not yet implemented. To determine whether the dirty NIF API is available, native code can check to see whether the C preprocessor macro ERL_NIF_DIRTY_SCHEDULER_SUPPORT is defined. To check if dirty schedulers are available at run time, native code can call the boolean enif_have_dirty_schedulers() function, and Erlang code can call erlang:system_info(dirty_cpu_schedulers), which raises badarg if no dirty scheduler support is available. Add a simple dirty NIF test to the emulator NIF suite.
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