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2018-03-22Fix signal order for is_process_aliveRickard Green
2018-03-21Implementation of true asynchronous signaling between processesRickard Green
Communication between Erlang processes has conceptually always been performed through asynchronous signaling. The runtime system implementation has however previously preformed most operation synchronously. In a system with only one true thread of execution, this is not problematic (often the opposite). In a system with multiple threads of execution (as current runtime system implementation with SMP support) it becomes problematic. This since it often involves locking of structures when updating them which in turn cause resource contention. Utilizing true asynchronous communication often avoids these resource contention issues. The case that triggered this change was contention on the link lock due to frequent updates of the monitor trees during communication with a frequently used server. The signal order delivery guarantees of the language makes it hard to change the implementation of only some signals to use true asynchronous signaling. Therefore the implementations of (almost) all signals have been changed. Currently the following signals have been implemented as true asynchronous signals: - Message signals - Exit signals - Monitor signals - Demonitor signals - Monitor triggered signals (DOWN, CHANGE, etc) - Link signals - Unlink signals - Group leader signals All of the above already defined as asynchronous signals in the language. The implementation of messages signals was quite asynchronous to begin with, but had quite strict delivery constraints due to the ordering guarantees of signals between a pair of processes. The previously used message queue partitioned into two halves has been replaced by a more general signal queue partitioned into three parts that service all kinds of signals. More details regarding the signal queue can be found in comments in the erl_proc_sig_queue.h file. The monitor and link implementations have also been completely replaced in order to fit the new asynchronous signaling implementation as good as possible. More details regarding the new monitor and link implementations can be found in the erl_monitor_link.h file.
2018-03-12Merge branch 'john/erts/tuple-arityval-fixes/OTP-14963/ERL-577'John Högberg
* john/erts/tuple-arityval-fixes/OTP-14963/ERL-577: Make doc entry for maximum tuple size reflect reality Assert that sz <= MAX_ARITYVAL in make_arityval(sz)
2018-03-12Merge branch 'john/erts/assert-on-memcpy-memset-etc'John Högberg
* john/erts/assert-on-memcpy-memset-etc: Always use sys_memcpy/cmp/etc instead of plain memcpy/cmp/etc Check the arguments to sys_memcpy and friends
2018-03-09Always use sys_memcpy/cmp/etc instead of plain memcpy/cmp/etcJohn Högberg
2018-03-05Assert that sz <= MAX_ARITYVAL in make_arityval(sz)John Högberg
2018-03-05Replace usage of ERTS_PSFLG_BOUNDRickard Green
2018-02-12Merge 'sverker/maint-20/alloc-n-migration/ERIERL-88'Sverker Eriksson
into 'sverker/master/alloc-n-migration/ERIERL-88'
2018-02-12Merge 'sverker/maint-19/alloc-n-migration/ERIERL-88'Sverker Eriksson
into 'sverker/maint-20/alloc-n-migration/ERIERL-88' OTP-14915 OTP-14916 OTP-14917 OTP-14918
2018-02-12erts: Add system_flags(erts_alloc,"+M?sbct *")Sverker Eriksson
to change sbct limit in runtime for chosen allocator type. With great power comes great responsibility.
2018-01-08Remove sender punishmentJohn Högberg
The reduction cost of sending messages is now constant and will no longer scale according to the length of the receiving process' message queue.
2017-12-19Merge branch 'sverker/cleanup-some-ERTS_SMP'Sverker Eriksson
2017-12-19Redirect system_flag(scheduler_wall_time,_) to kernel_refcRickard Green
2017-12-12erts: Remove some straggling ERTS_SMPSverker Eriksson
2017-11-15Refactor erts_dsig_prepare argument dep(p)Sverker Eriksson
Don't need to be pointer-pointer
2017-11-15erts: Let send(_,_,[noconnect]) enqueue msg on pending connection.Sverker Eriksson
The least bad behavior I think: * We cannot return 'noconnect' as caller might already have enqueued monitor/link that never triggers. * We cannot block waiting for connection as that can ruin latency when 'noconnect' is used to avoid blocking auto-connect (see gen_server and gen_statem). But there might be users getting more cases of bad latency waiting for a pendig connection, instead of a fast 'noconnect'.
2017-11-15Remove obsolete erlang:dlink/1, dunlink/1 and dist_exit/3Sverker Eriksson
2017-11-15erts: Async auto-connect for monitor/2Sverker Eriksson
2017-11-15erts: Async auto-connect for group_leader/2Sverker Eriksson
2017-11-15erts: Introduce asynchronous auto-connectSverker Eriksson
2017-10-30erts: Fix a bunch of compiler warningsLukas Larsson
2017-10-01Refactor macros for accessing Beam instructionsBjörn Gustavsson
The BeamOp() macro in erl_vm.h is clumsy to use. All users cast the return value to BeamInstr. Define new macros that are easier to use. In the future, we might want to pack an operand into the same word as the pointer to the instruction, so we will define two macros. BeamIsOpCode() is used to rewrite code like this: if (Instr == (BeamInstr) BeamOp(op_i_func_info_IaaI) { ... } to: if (BeamIsOpCode(Instr, op_i_func_info_IaaI)) { ... } BeamOpCodeAddr(op_apply_bif) is used when we need the address for an instruction. Also elimiminate the global variables em_* in beam_emu.c. They are not really needed. Use the BeamOpCodeAddr() macro instead.
2017-09-11erts: Remove possibility to disable dirty schedulersLukas Larsson
2017-08-31Eliminate three arguments for erts_hibernate()Björn Gustavsson
We don't need to pass x(0), x(1), and x(2) because they can already be found in the register array.
2017-08-28Merge branch 'rickard/dist/OTP-14459' into rickard/dist/master/OTP-14459Rickard Green
Conflicts: erts/emulator/beam/bif.c erts/emulator/beam/dist.c erts/emulator/beam/dist.h erts/emulator/beam/erl_bif_info.c erts/emulator/beam/erl_node_tables.c erts/emulator/beam/erl_node_tables.h erts/emulator/beam/external.c
2017-08-28Introduce sender in distributed signals and dflag configurationRickard Green
2017-08-28Optimize dist entry managementRickard Green
2017-08-23Merge branch 'maint'Rickard Green
* maint: Unicode support for erlang:display_string/1
2017-08-23Merge branch 'rickard/unicode-display_string/OTP-14545' into maintRickard Green
* rickard/unicode-display_string/OTP-14545: Unicode support for erlang:display_string/1
2017-08-23Unicode support for erlang:display_string/1Rickard Green
2017-08-23Merge branch 'maint'Sverker Eriksson
2017-08-23Merge branch 'sverker/halt-unicode-slogan/OTP-14553' into maintSverker Eriksson
* sverker/halt-unicode-slogan/OTP-14553: erts: Allow any unicode string as crash dump slogan erts: Generate crash_dump slogan string as UTF8 erts: Refactor erts_unicode_list_to_buf
2017-08-23erts: Allow any unicode string as crash dump sloganSverker Eriksson
i.e the first argument to erlang:halt
2017-07-17erts: Replace usage of all erts_smp prefixes to just ertsLukas Larsson
2017-07-17erts: Cleanup removal of non-smp emulatorsLukas Larsson
2017-07-17erts: Remove ERTS_SMP and USE_THREAD definesLukas Larsson
This refactor was done using the unifdef tool like this: for file in $(find erts/ -name *.[ch]); do unifdef -t -f defile -o $file $file; done where defile contained: #define ERTS_SMP 1 #define USE_THREADS 1 #define DDLL_SMP 1 #define ERTS_HAVE_SMP_EMU 1 #define SMP 1 #define ERL_BITS_REENTRANT 1 #define ERTS_USE_ASYNC_READY_Q 1 #define FDBLOCK 1 #undef ERTS_POLL_NEED_ASYNC_INTERRUPT_SUPPORT #define ERTS_POLL_ASYNC_INTERRUPT_SUPPORT 0 #define ERTS_POLL_USE_WAKEUP_PIPE 1 #define ERTS_POLL_USE_UPDATE_REQUESTS_QUEUE 1 #undef ERTS_HAVE_PLAIN_EMU #undef ERTS_SIGNAL_STATE
2017-07-06erts: Generate crash_dump slogan string as UTF8Sverker Eriksson
the same as atoms.
2017-07-06Merge branch 'john/erts/runtime-lcnt' into maintJohn Högberg
* john/erts/runtime-lcnt: Document rt_mask and add warnings about copy_save Add an emulator test suite for lock counting Break erts_debug:lock_counters/1 into separate BIFs Allow toggling lock counting at runtime Move lock flags to a common header Enable register_SUITE for lcnt builds Enable lcnt smoke test on all builds that have lcnt enabled Make lock counter info independent of the locks being counted OTP-14412 OTP-13170 OTP-14413
2017-07-06Allow toggling lock counting at runtimeJohn Högberg
The implementation is still hidden behind ERTS_ENABLE_LOCK_COUNT, and all categories are still enabled by default, but the actual counting can be toggled at will. OTP-13170
2017-07-06erts: Refactor erts_unicode_list_to_bufSverker Eriksson
to get bytes written when truncated.
2017-05-21erts: Make bif's do_send() staticSalikhov Dinislam
2017-05-04Update copyright yearRaimo Niskanen
2017-04-25Merge branch 'lukas/erts/list_to_port/OTP-14348'Lukas Larsson
* lukas/erts/list_to_port/OTP-14348: erts: Add erlang:list_to_port/1 debug bif erts: Auto-import port_to_list for consistency erts: Polish off erlang:list_to_ref/1
2017-04-25erts: Add erlang:list_to_port/1 debug bifLukas Larsson
2017-04-24Handle chardata in string:to_float and string:to_listDan Gudmundsson
2017-04-11Fix multi-scheduling with only one normal schedulerRickard Green
2017-03-22list_to_ref/1Rickard Green
2017-02-20Merge branch 'master' into sverker/enif_selectSverker Eriksson
Conflicts: erts/emulator/beam/erl_binary.h erts/emulator/beam/erl_monitors.c erts/emulator/beam/erl_nif.c erts/emulator/beam/global.h erts/emulator/test/nif_SUITE_data/nif_SUITE.c
2017-02-14Fixed typos in ertsAndrew Dryga
2017-02-09erts: Add enif_monitor_process and enif_demonitor_processSverker Eriksson