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2014-12-19erts: Improve crash dumpsLukas Larsson
This commit improves crash dumps in several ways: * Suspends schedulers to get a current snapshot * Dumps information about scheduler * Dumps stack trace of current running process (including Garbing processes)
2014-09-08erts: Print that we are crashdumping earlierLukas Larsson
Change so that we print that the we generating a crash dump before we actually generate it. So that if a huge crashdump is being dumped, the user knows that something is going on.
2014-03-09Add run queue index to process dump infoRick Reed
2013-12-07Merge branch 'rickard/garbage_collect/OTP-11388'Rickard Green
* rickard/garbage_collect/OTP-11388: Parallel check_process_code when code_server purge a module Functionality for disabling garbage collection Use asynchronous check_process_code in code_parallel_SUITE Execution of system tasks in context of another process Conflicts: bootstrap/lib/kernel/ebin/hipe_unified_loader.beam erts/preloaded/ebin/erlang.beam erts/preloaded/ebin/erts_internal.beam
2013-11-18Execution of system tasks in context of another processRickard Green
A process requesting a system task to be executed in the context of another process will be notified by a message when the task has executed. This message will be on the form: {RequestType, RequestId, Pid, Result}. A process requesting a system task to be executed can set priority on the system task. The requester typically set the same priority on the task as its own process priority, and by this avoiding priority inversion. A request for execution of a system task is made by calling the statically linked in NIF erts_internal:request_system_task(Pid, Prio, Request). This is an undocumented ERTS internal function that should remain so. It should *only* be called from BIF implementations. Currently defined system tasks are: * garbage_collect * check_process_code Further system tasks can and will be implemented in the future. The erlang:garbage_collect/[1,2] and erlang:check_process_code/[2,3] BIFs are now implemented using system tasks. Both the 'garbage_collect' and the 'check_process_code' operations perform or may perform garbage_collections. By doing these via the system task functionality all garbage collect operations in the system will be performed solely in the context of the process being garbage collected. This makes it possible to later implement functionality for disabling garbage collection of a process over context switches. Newly introduced BIFs: * erlang:garbage_collect/2 - The new second argument is an option list. Introduced option: * {async, RequestId} - making it possible for users to issue asynchronous garbage collect requests. * erlang:check_process_code/3 - The new third argument is an option list. Introduced options: * {async, RequestId} - making it possible for users to issue asynchronous check process code requests. * {allow_gc, boolean()} - making it possible to issue requests that aren't allowed to garbage collect (operation will abort if gc should be needed). These options have been introduced as a preparation for parallelization of check_process_code operations when the code_server is about to purge a module.
2013-10-30Fix truncated pointers in erl_crash.dumpBjörn Gustavsson
When dumping the heaps and stacks in the erl_crash.dump file, only the lower 32 bits of pointers would be printed. Ensure that all bits are printed. While at it, make sure that printing sub binaries with a debug compiled run-time system will work.
2013-10-18erts: Fix segfaulting crashdump writingBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
Crashdumps initiated by out-of-memory on spawn could cause the beam to segfault during crashdump writing due to invalid pointers. The pointers are invalid since the process creation never finished. This commit remedies this problem by removing the process from crashdump printout.
2013-06-12Update copyright yearsBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2013-05-21Bump crash dump versionLukas Larsson
2013-05-13Print process memory usage info in crash dumpLukas Larsson
2012-12-07Merge branch 'rickard/port-optimizations/OTP-10336' into ↵Rickard Green
rickard/r16/port-optimizations/OTP-10336 * rickard/port-optimizations/OTP-10336: Change annotate level for emacs-22 in cerl Update etp-commands Add documentation on communication in Erlang Add support for busy port message queue Add driver callback epilogue Implement true asynchronous signaling between processes and ports Add erl_drv_[send|output]_term Move busy port flag Use rwlock for driver list Optimize management of port tasks Improve configuration of process and port tables Remove R9 compatibility features Use ptab functionality also for ports Prepare for use of ptab functionality also for ports Atomic port state Generalize process table implementation Implement functionality for delaying thread progress from unmanaged threads Conflicts: erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml erts/doc/src/erlang.xml erts/emulator/beam/beam_bif_load.c erts/emulator/beam/beam_bp.c erts/emulator/beam/beam_emu.c erts/emulator/beam/bif.c erts/emulator/beam/copy.c erts/emulator/beam/erl_alloc.c erts/emulator/beam/erl_alloc.types erts/emulator/beam/erl_bif_info.c erts/emulator/beam/erl_bif_port.c erts/emulator/beam/erl_bif_trace.c erts/emulator/beam/erl_init.c erts/emulator/beam/erl_message.c erts/emulator/beam/erl_port_task.c erts/emulator/beam/erl_process.c erts/emulator/beam/erl_process.h erts/emulator/beam/erl_process_lock.c erts/emulator/beam/erl_trace.c erts/emulator/beam/export.h erts/emulator/beam/global.h erts/emulator/beam/io.c erts/emulator/sys/unix/sys.c erts/emulator/sys/vxworks/sys.c erts/emulator/test/port_SUITE.erl erts/etc/unix/cerl.src erts/preloaded/ebin/erlang.beam erts/preloaded/ebin/prim_inet.beam erts/preloaded/src/prim_inet.erl lib/hipe/cerl/erl_bif_types.erl lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml lib/kernel/src/inet.erl
2012-12-06Merge branch 'maint'Ingela Anderton Andin
Conflicts: erts/emulator/sys/vxworks/sys.c erts/vsn.mk lib/ssl/src/ssl_connection.erl lib/ssl/test/ssl_basic_SUITE.erl
2012-12-03Use ptab functionality also for portsRickard Green
2012-12-03Prepare for use of ptab functionality also for portsRickard Green
2012-12-03Generalize process table implementationRickard Green
2012-11-30erts: Change default of erl_crash.dumpBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
* Create an erl_crash.dump if no heart exists and no ERL_CRASH_DUMP_SECONDS is set (behaviour changed) * Don't create an erl_crash.dump if heart do exists and no ERL_CRASH_DUMP_SECONDS is set (behaviour not changed) This changes the behaviour back to the R15B02 default considering if a beam was running with no heart. The motivation is that we want a fast heart to fast restart erlang if it crashes but to be able to get non-truncated erl_crash.dumps via setting ERL_CRASH_DUMP_SECONDS if we so desire.
2012-10-24Merge branch 'maint'Björn-Egil Dahlberg
Conflicts: erts/etc/common/heart.c
2012-10-16erts: Change ERL_CRASH_DUMP_SECONDS behaviourBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
Not setting ERL_CRASH_DUMP_SECONDS will now terminate beam immediately on a crash without writing a crash dump file. Setting ERL_CRASH_DUMP_SECONDS to 0 will also terminate beam immediately on a crash without writing a crash dump file, i.e. same as not setting ERL_CRASH_DUMP_SECONDS environment variable. Setting ERL_CRASH_DUMP_SECONDS to a negative value will let the beam wait indefinitely on the crash dump file being written. Setting ERL_CRASH_DUMP_SECONDS to a positive value will let the beam wait that many seconds on the crash dump file being written. A positive value will set both an alarm in beam AND a heart timeout for restart if heart is running. This is due to the change of 'heart' behavior when 'heart' is listening for a crash.
2012-08-20Merge branch 'maint'Patrik Nyblom
Conflicts: erts/doc/src/erlang.xml erts/preloaded/ebin/init.beam lib/kernel/doc/src/os.xml lib/stdlib/test/filename_SUITE.erl
2012-08-14Make get/putenv and erlexec understand UnicodePatrik Nyblom
Putenv and getenv needs to convert to the proper environment strings in Unicode depending on platform and user settings for filename encoding. Also erlexec needs to pass environment strings in an appropriate way for kernel to pick up. All environment strings on the command line, as well as home directory, is now passed in UTF8 on windows and in whatever encoding you have on Unix, kernel tries to convert all parameters and environments from UTF8 before making strings.
2012-04-27Merge branch 'rickard/proc-sched/OTP-9892'Rickard Green
* rickard/proc-sched/OTP-9892: Teach etp-commands to understand new emulator internal data structures Optimize process state changes Optimize process table access Implement possibility to use ordinary mutexes as process locks Conflicts: erts/emulator/beam/erl_alloc.types
2012-04-27Optimize process state changesRickard Green
2012-04-16Optimize process table accessRickard Green
2012-02-21erts: Multiple module tables using code_ixSverker Eriksson
2012-02-21erts: Refactor Module structSverker Eriksson
2012-02-19Misc memory barrier fixesRickard Green
- Document barrier semantics - Introduce ddrb suffix on atomic ops - Barrier macros for both non-SMP and SMP case - Make the thread progress API a bit more intuitive
2011-12-02Make whole of OTP build and release on Win64Patrik Nyblom
Removed symbolic links from repository.
2011-11-13Merge branch 'rickard/thr-progress-block/OTP-9631'Rickard Green
* rickard/thr-progress-block/OTP-9631: Replace system block with thread progress block
2011-11-13Replace system block with thread progress blockRickard Green
The ERTS internal system block functionality has been replaced by new functionality for blocking the system. The old system block functionality had contention issues and complexity issues. The new functionality piggy-backs on thread progress tracking functionality needed by newly introduced lock-free synchronization in the runtime system. When the functionality for blocking the system isn't used there is more or less no overhead at all. This since the functionality for tracking thread progress is there and needed anyway.
2011-10-26Use the proper macros in all BIFsBjörn Gustavsson
As a preparation for changing the calling convention for BIFs, make sure that all BIFs use the macros. Also, eliminate all calls from one BIF to another, since that also breaks the calling convention abstraction.
2011-06-14Use new atomic API in runtime systemRickard Green
All uses of the old deprecated atomic API in the runtime system have been replaced with the use of the new atomic API. In a lot of places this change imply a relaxation of memory barriers used.
2011-03-16erts_printf %be to print integers of size EtermSverker Eriksson
Existing %bp to print pointer size integers does not work in halfword emulator to print Eterm size integers.
2010-12-20Refactor timer interfaceBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2010-12-15Use new atomic types in emulatorRickard Green
2010-07-20One off-heap list, to eliminate two words per ETS object.Sverker Eriksson
Merging the three off-heap lists (binaries, funs and externals) into one list. This reduces memory consumption by two words (pointers) per ETS object.
2010-06-03OTP-8555 Send message from NIFSverker Eriksson
New NIF features: Send messages from a NIF, or from thread created by NIF, to any local process (enif_send) Store terms between NIF calls (enif_alloc_env, enif_make_copy) Create binary terms with user defined memory management (enif_make_resource_binary)
2010-04-30emulator: Remove stray OSE/Delta supportBjörn Gustavsson
2010-04-08system_info(procs): Fix the value for "OldHeap unused"Satoshi Kinoshita
The value for "OldHeap unused" in the output of erlang:system_info(procs) and in crash dumps, was incorrectly calculated as the size of the entire old heap.
2010-03-22Merge branch 'pan/otp_8332_halfword' into devErlang/OTP
* pan/otp_8332_halfword: Teach testcase in driver_suite the new prototype for driver_async wx: Correct usage of driver callbacks from wx thread Adopt the new (R13B04) Nif functionality to the halfword codebase Support monitoring and demonitoring from driver threads Fix further test-suite problems Correct the VM to work for more test suites Teach {wordsize,internal|external} to system_info/1 Make tracing and distribution work Turn on instruction packing in the loader and virtual machine Add the BeamInstr data type for loaded BEAM code Fix the BEAM dissambler for the half-word emulator Store pointers to heap data in 32-bit words Add a custom mmap wrapper to force heaps into the lower address range Fit all heap data into the 32-bit address range
2010-03-10Add the BeamInstr data type for loaded BEAM codePatrik Nyblom
For cleanliness, use BeamInstr instead of the UWord data type to any machine-sized words that are used for BEAM instructions. Only use UWord for untyped words in general.
2010-03-10Store pointers to heap data in 32-bit wordsPatrik Nyblom
Store Erlang terms in 32-bit entities on the heap, expanding the pointers to 64-bit when needed. This works because all terms are stored on addresses in the 32-bit address range (the 32 most significant bits of pointers to term data are always 0). Introduce a new datatype called UWord (along with its companion SWord), which is an integer having the exact same size as the machine word (a void *), but might be larger than Eterm/Uint. Store code as machine words, as the instructions are pointers to executable code which might reside outside the 32-bit address range. Continuation pointers are stored on the 32-bit stack and hence must point to addresses in the low range, which means that loaded beam code much be placed in the low 32-bit address range (but, as said earlier, the instructions themselves are full words). No Erlang term data can be stored on C stacks (enforced by an earlier commit). This version gives a prompt, but test cases still fail (and dump core). The loader (and emulator loop) has instruction packing disabled. The main issues has been in rewriting loader and actual virtual machine. Subsystems (like distribution) does not work yet.
2009-12-09OTP-8304 Incompatible changes in the experimental NIF feature. Changed theSverker Eriksson
NIF function prototypes in order to allow more than 3 function arguments. Also an incompatible change in the return value of erlang:load_nif/2. Added support for references, floats and term comparison in NIFs. Read more in the documentation of erl_nif and erlang:load_nif/2.
2009-11-20The R13B03 release.OTP_R13B03Erlang/OTP