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2017-03-06Merge branch 'maint'Lukas Larsson
2017-03-03erts: Clarify process_info(pid(), binary) docsLukas Larsson
Correct id for 7b419c0a38bd4db: OTP-14234
2017-02-14Fixed typos in ertsAndrew Dryga
2017-02-02Merge branch 'egil/remove-warnings/OTP-14180'Björn-Egil Dahlberg
* egil/remove-warnings/OTP-14180: erts: Remove unnecessary warnings
2017-02-01Merge branch 'josevalim/atu8-chunk/PR-1078/OTP-14178'Björn Gustavsson
* josevalim/atu8-chunk/PR-1078/OTP-14178: Add new AtU8 beam chunk
2017-01-30Add new AtU8 beam chunkJosé Valim
The new chunk stores atoms encoded in UTF-8. beam_lib has also been modified to handle the new 'utf8_atoms' attribute while the 'atoms' attribute may be a missing chunk from now on. The binary_to_atom/2 BIF can now encode any utf8 binary with up to 255 characters. The list_to_atom/1 BIF can now accept codepoints higher than 255 with up to 255 characters (thanks to Björn Gustavsson).
2017-01-30erts: Remove unnecessary warningsBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2017-01-25erts: Remove erlang:hash/2 from documentationBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2017-01-17Remove experimental disclaimer on dirty schedulersRickard Green
2017-01-17Scheduler wall time support for dirty schedulersRickard Green
2016-12-20Merge branch 'maint'Sverker Eriksson
2016-12-20erts: add erlang:system_info(atom_count)Mikael Pettersson
2016-12-12erts: Make depth of current_stacktrace configurableHåkan Mattsson
The BIF process_info(Pid, current_stacktrace) truncates the stacktrace. The old behavior was to truncate long stacktraces to max 8 items. And this was hard coded. Now it is truncated to the value of system_flag(backtrace_depth) instead. The backtrace_depth defaults to 8, but is configurable.
2016-11-02Merge branch 'sverker/hipe-load_nif-error/OTP-14002'Sverker Eriksson
2016-11-02Merge branch 'maint'Hans Bolinder
* maint: Update preloaded erts: Correct type declaration of match specification head Conflicts: erts/preloaded/ebin/erlang.beam erts/preloaded/ebin/erts_internal.beam
2016-11-01erts: Add notsup error for load_nif/2 from hipe codeSverker Eriksson
2016-11-01erts: Correct type declaration of match specification headHans Bolinder
Bug reported by Peti Gömöri <[email protected]>.
2016-10-19Merge branch 'gsantomaggio/erts/system_info_atoms/PR-1198/OTP-13976'Lukas Larsson
* gsantomaggio/erts/system_info_atoms/PR-1198/OTP-13976: erts: Fix some system_info docs inconsistencies Add system_info(atom_limit)
2016-10-14erts: Fix some system_info docs inconsistenciesLukas Larsson
2016-10-13Add system_info(atom_limit)Gabriele Santomaggio
Add system_info(atom_limit) to provide a way to retrieve the maximum number of atoms allowed. Add tests and documentation for it too. Also split system_info_SUITE:start_node/2 to start_node_ets/2 and start_node_atm/2 to avoid code duplication.
2016-10-03Merge branch 'maint'Lukas Larsson
2016-09-27erts: Add examples to binary_to_term and term_to_binaryLukas Larsson
2016-09-19erts: Remove old doc note for erlang:load_nifSverker Eriksson
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.
2016-09-14Merge branch 'maint'Björn-Egil Dahlberg
2016-09-13Typo in documentation fixedCherep
2016-09-06Merge branch 'kvakvs/erts/gc_minor_option/OTP-11695'Lukas Larsson
* kvakvs/erts/gc_minor_option/OTP-11695: erts: Fix req_system_task gc typespec Fix process_SUITE system_task_blast and no_priority_inversion2 Option to erlang:garbage_collect to request minor (generational) GC Conflicts: erts/emulator/beam/erl_process.c erts/preloaded/src/erts_internal.erl
2016-09-05Implement the new ceil/1 and floor/1 guard BIFsBjörn Gustavsson
Implement as ceil/1 and floor/1 as new guard BIFs (essentially part of Erlang language). They are guard BIFs because trunc/1 is a guard BIF. It would be strange to have trunc/1 as a part of the language, but not ceil/1 and floor/1.
2016-09-01doc: Correct errors introduced by Editorial changesHans Bolinder
Fix some older errors as well.
2016-08-31Fix xmllint-warningsHans Bolinder
2016-08-30Merge branch 'rickard/time-unit/OTP-13735' into maintRickard Green
* rickard/time-unit/OTP-13735: Update test-cases to use new symbolic time units Replace misspelled symbolic time units Conflicts: erts/doc/src/erlang.xml erts/emulator/test/long_timers_test.erl
2016-08-29Merge branch 'rickard/fun-purge-bug/OTP-13809' and ↵Rickard Green
'rickard/new-purge-strategy/OTP-13833' into maint * rickard/fun-purge-bug/OTP-13809: Fix purge of code Reclaim literal area after purge has completed Separate literal area from code Conflicts: erts/doc/src/erlang.xml erts/emulator/beam/beam_bif_load.c erts/emulator/beam/erl_init.c erts/preloaded/ebin/init.beam
2016-08-29Fix purge of codeRickard Green
Ensure that we cannot get any dangling pointers into code that has been purged. This is done by a two phase purge. At first phase all fun entries pointing into the code to purge are marked for purge. All processes trying to call these funs will be suspended and by this we avoid getting new direct references into the code. When all processes has been checked, these processes are resumed. The new purge strategy now also completely ignore the existence of indirect references to the code (funs). If such exist, they will cause bad fun exceptions to the caller, but will not prevent a soft purge or cause a kill of a process having such live references during a hard purge. This since it is impossible to give any guarantees that no processes in the system have such indirect references. Even when the system is completely clean from such references, new ones can appear via distribution and/or disk.
2016-08-25Replace misspelled symbolic time unitsRickard Green
Besides using two words for 'milliseconds' et. al. they are also changed from plural to singular.
2016-08-12Option to erlang:garbage_collect to request minor (generational) GCDmytro Lytovchenko
Note: Minor GC option is a hint, and GC may still decide to run fullsweep. Test case for major and minor gc on self Test case for major and minor gs on some other process + async gc test check docs fix
2016-07-14erts: Update msacc docs with dirty scheduler infoLukas Larsson
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.
2016-06-14erts: Fix doc xml errorsLukas Larsson
2016-06-10erts: Add port monitorsDmytro Lytovchenko
* erlang:monitor/2 with port argument is added, erlang:demonitor, using port task API and avoiding locking; * port_info and process_info support for monitored ports (with named port monitors support); * Exit signals contain type 'process' or 'port'; * Propagation of port exit signals; * Self-cleaning when origin process dies with monitor on; * 8 test cases + testcase for port driver crashing; * Documentation for all of the above (monitor, demonitor, port_info and process_info) updated
2016-05-27Merge branch 'richcarl/erts/fix-init-stop/PR-911/OTP-13630/OTP-13631'Sverker Eriksson
2016-05-25Remove the 'message_queue_data' option 'mixed'Rickard Green
2016-05-25erts: Make erlang:halt/2 truncate string argSverker Eriksson
if too long.
2016-05-20Clarify limitation on halt/2 slogan stringRichard Carlsson
2016-05-18Merge branch 'hasse/erl_docgen/datatype_anchors/OTP-13600/ERL-141'Hans Bolinder
* hasse/erl_docgen/datatype_anchors/OTP-13600/ERL-141: kernel: Remove no longer needed anchors in documentation stdlib: Remove no longer needed anchors in documentation erts: Remove no longer needed anchors in documentation erl_docgen: Add anchors to datatypes without name attribute
2016-05-17erts: Remove no longer needed anchors in documentationHans Bolinder
2016-05-16Remove the warning about using erlang:raise/3Björn Gustavsson
There is no good reason to say that erlang:raise/3 is only for debugging. Here is an example where it can be extremely useful: try do_something(Args) catch Class:Error -> Stack = erlang:get_stacktrace(), io:format("Args: ~p\n", [Args]), erlang:raise(Class, Error, Stack) That is, we can let it crash, but log additional useful information before crashing. Noticed-by: Per Hedeland
2016-05-10erts: Fix pre-bif yield current_functionLukas Larsson
2016-05-10erts: Implement max_heap_size process flagLukas Larsson
The max_heap_size process flag can be used to limit the growth of a process heap by killing it before it becomes too large to handle. It is possible to set the maximum using the `erl +hmax` option, `system_flag(max_heap_size, ...)`, `spawn_opt(Fun, [{max_heap_size, ...}])` and `process_flag(max_heap_size, ...)`. It is possible to configure the behaviour of the process when the maximum heap size is reached. The process may be sent an untrappable exit signal with reason kill and/or send an error_logger message with details on the process state. A new trace event called gc_max_heap_size is also triggered for the garbage_collection trace flag when the heap grows larger than the configured size. If kill and error_logger are disabled, it is still possible to see that the maximum has been reached by doing garbage collection tracing on the process. The heap size is defined as the sum of the heap memory that the process is currently using. This includes all generational heaps, the stack, any messages that are considered to be part of the heap and any extra memory the garbage collector may need during collection. In the current implementation this means that when a process is set using on_heap message queue data mode, the messages that are in the internal message queue are counted towards this value. For off_heap, only matched messages count towards the size of the heap. For mixed, it depends on race conditions within the VM whether a message is part of the heap or not. Below is an example run of the new behaviour: Eshell V8.0 (abort with ^G) 1> f(P),P = spawn_opt(fun() -> receive ok -> ok end end, [{max_heap_size, 512}]). <0.60.0> 2> erlang:trace(P, true, [garbage_collection, procs]). 1 3> [P ! lists:duplicate(M,M) || M <- lists:seq(1,15)],ok. ok 4> =ERROR REPORT==== 26-Apr-2016::16:25:10 === Process: <0.60.0> Context: maximum heap size reached Max heap size: 512 Total heap size: 723 Kill: true Error Logger: true GC Info: [{old_heap_block_size,0}, {heap_block_size,609}, {mbuf_size,145}, {recent_size,0}, {stack_size,9}, {old_heap_size,0}, {heap_size,211}, {bin_vheap_size,0}, {bin_vheap_block_size,46422}, {bin_old_vheap_size,0}, {bin_old_vheap_block_size,46422}] flush(). Shell got {trace,<0.60.0>,gc_start, [{old_heap_block_size,0}, {heap_block_size,233}, {mbuf_size,145}, {recent_size,0}, {stack_size,9}, {old_heap_size,0}, {heap_size,211}, {bin_vheap_size,0}, {bin_vheap_block_size,46422}, {bin_old_vheap_size,0}, {bin_old_vheap_block_size,46422}]} Shell got {trace,<0.60.0>,gc_max_heap_size, [{old_heap_block_size,0}, {heap_block_size,609}, {mbuf_size,145}, {recent_size,0}, {stack_size,9}, {old_heap_size,0}, {heap_size,211}, {bin_vheap_size,0}, {bin_vheap_block_size,46422}, {bin_old_vheap_size,0}, {bin_old_vheap_block_size,46422}]} Shell got {trace,<0.60.0>,exit,killed}