aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/erts/emulator/Makefile.in
AgeCommit message (Collapse)Author
2012-12-03Generalize process table implementationRickard Green
2012-03-22If VM probes are not enabled, short-circuit calls to probe BIFsBjörn Gustavsson
2012-03-22Update dtrace for changes in R15Björn-Egil Dahlberg
2012-03-22Add DTrace support for OS X, Solaris, and Linux (via SystemTap), 1/4Scott Lystig Fritchie
Since it's been quite a while since I've written C code, *and* I haven't done any significant hacking on the VM itself in years, it's quite likely that I haven't done things in 100% proper style. Or my co-collaborators Dustin Sallings (CouchBase) or Michal Ptaszek (Erlang Solutions). My intent for this patch is to start discussion and review of DTrace support for consideration for the R15 release. For additional background on the motivation for this work, please see the slides for the presentation at the Erlang User Conference 2011 in Stockholm: https://www.erlang-factory.com/upload/presentations/462/euc2011-draft2.pdf Changes relative to dtrace-review2 branch: * Fix errors in OTP test suite 'kernel' file_SUITE * Fix errors in OTP test suite 'kernel' prim_file_SUITE * Fix bad pointer bug in efile_drv.c flush_write() * Move the DTrace material from the top of `README.md` into a new file, `README.dtrace.md` Changes since last push to GitHub (relative to commit 5828a4fb28, which was the former `dtrace-review1` branch): * Rebased onto 14 Nov 2011's "master" branch * Recent changes to the async task queuing mechanism means that the async worker queue length is not available. A bogus value of -1 is hard-coded until there's a good way to peek into the new queue structure and find the queue length. * Small fixes based on review comments by Mikael Pettersson, Andrew Thompson, and Andreas Schultz. Add autoconf support: use "./configure --enable-dtrace" on all supported platforms: * OS X Snow Leopard or later * Solaris 10 or OpenSolaris * Linux, via SystemTap's DTrace compatibility packages * FreeBSD 9.0RC1. FreeBSD 8 and earlier do not have support for USDT, DTrace's User-land Statically Defined Tracing. See the file `erts/emulator/beam/erlang_dtrace.d` for the definition of all DTrace probes in the virtual machine so far. Example D scripts can be found in `lib/dtrace/examples`. Note that if you see the error message `{name of probe} does not match any probes`, then there is no Erlang VM process + DTrace probes running. To fix, start a DTrace-enabled VM or remove `-q` from the `dtrace` command line. The `lib/dtrace` directory contains a small code-only OTP application that contains code that allows Erlang code to trigger a DTrace probe. Dynamic creation & deletion of DTrace probes is not currently supported, so the `dtrace:p()` function is hacked to allow a variable number of arguments (up to four integers and up to four strings) to be used. See the comments at the top of `lib/dtrace/src/dtrace.c` for more detail. One feature that may be controversial is the notion I've introduced of a special process dictionary key that can be used by Erlang code to tag I/O operations for an application-specific purpose. Right now, that tag's name is `dtrace_utag`. The dictionary keys used by `sys` and other modules start with a dollar sign. Perhaps there is some convention (but not a dollar sign?) that this tag should use? The purpose of the process dictionary key is to allow the tag to be included in trace messages, e.g. for file I/O, without changing the API of the `file.erl` module's functions. For example, here's a use of the tag when calling the `file:rename/2` function: (bar@sbb2)1> put(dtrace_utag, "GGOOOAAALL!!!!!"). undefined (bar@sbb2)2> dtrace:init(). ok %% Now start both the `user-probe.d` and `efile_drv.d` D scripts %% found in the `lib/dtrace/examples` directory. (bar@sbb2)3> dtrace:p(7, 8, 9, "one", "four"). true %% The output from the `user-probe.d` script: <0.40.0> GGOOOAAALL!!!!! 7 8 9 0 'one' 'four' '' '' (bar@sbb2)4> file:rename("old-name", "new-name"). {error,enoent} %% The output from the `efile_drv.d` script: async I/O pool port #Port<0.59> queue len 1 async I/O pool port #Port<0.59> queue len 0 efile_drv enter tag={1,110} user tag GGOOOAAALL!!!!! | RENAME (12) | args: old-name new-name , 0 0 (port #Port<0.59>) async I/O worker tag={1,110} | RENAME (12) | efile_drv-int_entry async I/O worker tag={1,110} | RENAME (12) | efile_drv-int_return efile_drv return tag={1,110} user tag GGOOOAAALL!!!!! | RENAME (12) | errno 2 I'm not exactly happy with this choice of tagging, namely using `put(dtrace_utag, Tag::list())`. But this is an experiment, so we'll see how it goes. I can't imagine changing the API for all file.erl functions in order pass the tag explicitly. Some modules have some extensive (ab)use of the C preprocessor to reduce the amount of #ifdefs that clutter the code. In several places, I have not #ifdef'ed automatic variables because of clutter. For the same reason, there are a handful of cases where I added DTrace-related members to a struct definition without an #ifdef. I feel that the result is easier to read than earlier drafts where I did use many more `https://github.com/slfritchie/otp/tree/dtrace-experiment+michal2` if you're curious.) I expect there may be some debate about whether the bloat of the affected structs is worthwhile. I erred on adding stuff to structs, especially in the efile_drv.c driver, not having a full grasp on what was thread-safe and what was not ... so I erred on the side of caution. The efile_drv.c has a work-around for a crazy GCC optimization bug. Thank goodness for Google, I dunno how I would've found a work-around for this silly thing. Many thanks to Trond Norbye for writing clearly about the problem in a membase Git repo commit message. /* * A note on probe naming: if "__" appears in a provider probe * definition, then two things happen during compilation: * * 1. The "__" will turn into a hypen, "-", for the probe name. * 2. The "__" will turn into a single underscore, "_", for the * macro names and function definitions that the compiler and * C developers will see. * * We'll try to use the following naming convention. We're a bit * limited because, as a USDT probe, we can only specify the 4th part * of the probe name, e.g. erlang*:::mumble. The 2nd part of the * probe name is always going to be "beam" or "beam.smp", and the 3rd * part of the probe name will always be the name of the function * that's calling the probe. * * So, all probes will be have names defined in this file using the * convention category__name or category__sub_category__name. This * will translate to probe names of category-name or * category-sub_category-name. * * Each of "category", "sub_category", and "name" may have underscores * but may not have hyphens. */ Add tentative support for sequential tracing sending, queueing, and receiving a message. I don't believe I've fully covered all the major places where it would be useful to have the sequential trace token info in a probe -- guidance from the OTP team would be helpful, if there's time to do that kind of review. Add global variable `erts_this_node_sysname`.
2012-03-14erts: Do not rebuild all emulator when preloaded changesRaimo Niskanen
2012-01-23erts: Fix make omissions for void emulatorsRaimo Niskanen
2012-01-23erts: Fix dependencies between targets generate and dependRaimo Niskanen
* Make generate and depend.mk automatically. * Do not make depend.mk for targets clean and generate. * Remove old replaced CREATE_DIRS cruft. * Fiercer remove by target clean. * Move depend.mk to Target/Type/Flavor directory.
2012-01-16erts: Cleanup dependencies for target generateRaimo Niskanen
2012-01-13erts,tools: Fix parallel make for erts/lib_srcRaimo Niskanen
Use a make timestamp file to condense dependencies to some part(s) of erts/lib_src build results.
2012-01-13erts: Fix parallel make for emulator zlibRaimo Niskanen
Convert the recursive make for zlib into a make include file.
2011-12-02Build Win64 Erlang emulator using MSYSunknown
Still does not run, just compiles.
2011-11-29erts: Remove old ELIB cruft from emulator MakefileRaimo Niskanen
2011-11-28Correct -D and -I flags for emulator make target 'depend'Raimo Niskanen
2011-11-13Merge branch 'rickard/generic-thr-queue/OTP-9632'Rickard Green
* rickard/generic-thr-queue/OTP-9632: Use generic lock-free queue for async threads Use generic lock-free queue for misc aux work Implement generic lock-free queue
2011-11-13Merge branch 'rickard/alloc-opt/OTP-7775'Rickard Green
* rickard/alloc-opt/OTP-7775: Optimize memory allocation Conflicts: erts/aclocal.m4 erts/emulator/hipe/hipe_bif_list.m4 erts/preloaded/ebin/erl_prim_loader.beam erts/preloaded/ebin/erlang.beam erts/preloaded/ebin/init.beam erts/preloaded/ebin/otp_ring0.beam erts/preloaded/ebin/prim_file.beam erts/preloaded/ebin/prim_inet.beam erts/preloaded/ebin/prim_zip.beam erts/preloaded/ebin/zlib.beam
2011-11-13Implement generic lock-free queueRickard Green
The implementation of an ERTS internal, generic, many to one, lock-free queue for communication between threads. The many to one scenario is very common in ERTS, so it can be used in a lot of places in the future. Changing to this queue from a lock based queue, however, often requires some redesigning. This since we have often used the lock of the queue to protect other information too.
2011-11-13Optimize memory allocationRickard Green
A number of memory allocation optimizations have been implemented. Most optimizations reduce contention caused by synchronization between threads during allocation and deallocation of memory. Most notably: * Synchronization of memory management in scheduler specific allocator instances has been rewritten to use lock-free synchronization. * Synchronization of memory management in scheduler specific pre-allocators has been rewritten to use lock-free synchronization. * The 'mseg_alloc' memory segment allocator now use scheduler specific instances instead of one instance. Apart from reducing contention this also ensures that memory allocators always create memory segments on the local NUMA node on a NUMA system.
2011-09-21Merge branch 'dev' into majorBjörn Gustavsson
* dev: erl_bif_types: Fix types for lists:key{search,find,member}/3 Fix build problems on MacOS 10.7 (Lion)
2011-09-20Fix build problems on MacOS 10.7 (Lion)Björn Gustavsson
On MacOS 10.7 (Lion) with Xcode 4.1 installed, the default C compiler is llvm-gcc-4.2. That compiler compiles beam_emu.c incorrectly, resulting in an emulator that will not start. The problem can be worked around by turning off all optimizations, but that will significantly degrade the performance of the run-time system. The problem can also be worked around manually like this: CC=gcc-4.2 ./configure To allow a working system to be built "out of the box", have the configure script set up the emulator Makefile so that gcc-4.2 will be used to compile beam_emu.c if the default compiler is llvm-based. All other C files will still be compiled with the default compiler.
2011-08-08pcre: Rename Makefile.in to pcre.mk and include itBjörn Gustavsson
To avoid issues with parallel make and to slightly speed up the build process, avoid a recursive make by replacing pcre/Makefile.in with pcre/pcre.mk and including it from the main emulator Makefile.
2011-08-08erts/emulator/Makefile.in: Support parallel makeBjörn Gustavsson
2011-08-08erts/emulator/Makefile.in: Remove clearmake supportBjörn Gustavsson
2011-07-18New allocator: Address order first fit (aoff)Sverker Eriksson
2011-05-20Update copyright yearsBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2011-02-14New files for the 64-bit backendsKostis Sagonas
2011-01-17Pass the external word size to the beam_makeops scriptBjörn Gustavsson
Giving the beam_makeops script access to the external word size (=the size of instruction words) will allow it to pack more operands into a word for the 64 bits emulator.
2011-01-17Makefile.in: Add dependency for files generated by util/beam_makeopsBjörn Gustavsson
2010-11-29Add bifs to translate between erlang filenames and native encodingPatrik Nyblom
2010-11-18Merge branch 'rickard/cpu-groups/OTP-8861' into devRickard Green
* rickard/cpu-groups/OTP-8861: Generalize reader groups Move cpu topology functionality into erl_cpu_topology.[ch] Do not use more reader groups for schedulers than schedulers Conflicts: erts/emulator/beam/erl_init.c
2010-11-18Move cpu topology functionality into erl_cpu_topology.[ch]Rickard Green
2010-10-01emulator Makefile: Add missing dependencyBjörn Gustavsson
Make sure that an update to erts/emulator/tools/make_tables will force all generated files to be re-generated.
2010-09-02Add erlang:system_info(build_type)Rickard Green
Added erlang:system_info(build_type) which makes it easier to chose drivers, NIF libraries, etc based on build type of the runtime system.
2010-08-17erts: Remove broken elib_mallocBjörn Gustavsson
elib_malloc is an alternate memory allocator that is no longer possible to build.
2010-08-12Merge branch 'bjorn/remove-obsolete-driver-support/OTP-8758' into devBjörn Gustavsson
* bjorn/remove-obsolete-driver-support/OTP-8758: Remove obsolete/driver.h and the associated functionality
2010-08-11Remove obsolete/driver.h and the associated functionalityBjörn Gustavsson
The obsolete/driver.h header file has been obsolete since R8B. Remove that file, along with obsolete thread APIs for drivers in the emulator and the test cases.
2010-08-10Rewrite ethread libraryRickard Green
Large parts of the ethread library have been rewritten. The ethread library is an Erlang runtime system internal, portable thread library used by the runtime system itself. Most notable improvement is a reader optimized rwlock implementation which dramatically improve the performance of read-lock/read-unlock operations on multi processor systems by avoiding ping-ponging of the rwlock cache lines. The reader optimized rwlock implementation is used by miscellaneous rwlocks in the runtime system that are known to be read-locked frequently, and can be enabled on ETS tables by passing the `{read_concurrency, true}' option upon table creation. See the documentation of `ets:new/2' for more information. The ethread library can now also use the libatomic_ops library for atomic memory accesses. This makes it possible for the Erlang runtime system to utilize optimized atomic operations on more platforms than before. Use the `--with-libatomic_ops=PATH' configure command line argument when specifying where the libatomic_ops installation is located. The libatomic_ops library can be downloaded from: http://www.hpl.hp.com/research/linux/atomic_ops/ The changed API of the ethread library has also caused modifications in the Erlang runtime system. Preparations for the to come "delayed deallocation" feature has also been done since it depends on the ethread library. Note: When building for x86, the ethread library will now use instructions that first appeared on the pentium 4 processor. If you want the runtime system to be compatible with older processors (back to 486) you need to pass the `--enable-ethread-pre-pentium4-compatibility' configure command line argument when configuring the system.
2010-06-01Remove stray SAE supportBjörn Gustavsson
The experimental Standalone Erlang (SAE) support based on Joe Armstrong's work has long been broken. Remove the remaining code and Makefile rules.
2010-05-17Move binary module bif's to erl_bif_binary.cPatrik Nyblom
2010-04-30Makefiles: Remove stray OSE/Delta supportBjörn Gustavsson
2010-02-11OTP-8335 Even more NIF featuresSverker Eriksson
2010-02-08Merge branch 'gc/hipe_darwin_amd64' into ccase/r13b04_devErlang/OTP
* gc/hipe_darwin_amd64: Fix hipe memory allocation problems on darwin/amd64 Porting x86 darwin fixes to amd64 darwin hipe asm/m4 code Automatically enable hipe for darwin/amd64 builds Allow configure to enable_hipe for darwin/amd64 builds OTP-8416 HiPE now works in the 64-bit emulator on Mac OS X. (Thanks to Geoff Cant.)
2010-02-08OTP-8412 Fixed numerous compiler warnings generated by gcc 4.4.1 andRickard Green
tile-cc 2.0.1.78377 when compiling the runtime system.
2010-02-06Fix hipe memory allocation problems on darwin/amd64Geoff Cant
HiPE on amd64 needs to be able to allocate memory in the 0x20000000+ range so that compiled code will be addressable with 32bit pointers (when sign extended). By default, when building 64bit executables on OS X, PAGEZERO occupies the first 4GB of virtual memory. The PAGEZERO segment cannot be mmap(ed) or vm_allocate(d) into. To avoid this problem we use the -pagezero_size linker flag to reduce the size of PAGEZERO and free up the 0x20000000+ space.
2010-01-19OTP-8373 ERTS makefiles used to detect the use of a gcc C compiler byRickard Green
checking if CC equaled gcc. That is, the makefiles failed to detect gcc C compilers with other command line names than gcc. `configure' now substitute GCC into the makefiles. If CC is a gcc C compiler, GCC will have the value yes. (Thanks to Jean-S�bastien P�dron)
2009-12-14Fix 'make clean' in erts with debug builds under DarwinSimon Cornish
The Apple compiler creates DWARF debugging symbols in a bundle (ie. a directory) named <name>.dSYM In order for make clean to work correctly, the rm command needs -r
2009-11-20The R13B03 release.OTP_R13B03Erlang/OTP