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2012-04-25Merge branch 'rickard/sched-busy-wait/OTP-10044' into maint-r15Erlang/OTP
* rickard/sched-busy-wait/OTP-10044: Add switch controlling scheduler busy wait Conflicts: erts/emulator/beam/erl_process.c erts/emulator/beam/erl_process.h
2012-04-23Merge branch 'rickard/sched-wakeup-other/OTP-10033' into ↵Rickard Green
rickard/sched-wakeup-other-r15b01/OTP-10033 Conflicts: erts/emulator/beam/erl_process.c erts/vsn.mk
2012-04-23Add switch controlling scheduler busy waitRickard Green
2012-04-23Implement proposal for new scheduler wakeup strategyRickard Green
2012-04-18Clear number of async threads if no thread supportRickard Green
2012-04-16Optimize process table accessRickard Green
2012-03-22Merge branch 'maint'Raimo Niskanen
Conflicts: erts/doc/src/erlang.xml erts/emulator/beam/erl_process.c erts/emulator/beam/erl_process.h erts/emulator/test/bif_SUITE.erl erts/preloaded/ebin/erlang.beam erts/preloaded/src/erlang.erl lib/hipe/cerl/erl_bif_types.erl
2012-03-21erts: Remove forgotten and unused function erl_exit0Raimo Niskanen
2012-03-21erts: Implement erl_haltRaimo Niskanen
2012-02-23erts: Refactor code loading with renamingSverker Eriksson
Rename lock_code_ix as seize_code_write_permission. Don't want to call it a "lock" as it can be held between schedulings and different threads and is not managed by lock checker. Rename "activate" staging as "commit" staging. Why not be consistent and use git terminology all the way.
2012-02-21erts: Activate staged code in a thread safe waySverker Eriksson
Activation of staged code is scheduled for a later moment when all schedulers have done a full memory barrier. This allow them to read active code index while executing without any memory barriers at all.
2012-02-21erts: Cleanup code loadingSverker Eriksson
2012-02-21erts: Rename "loader" code_ix as "staging" code_ixSverker Eriksson
Staging is a better and more general name as does not necessary need to involve code loading (can be deletion, tracing, etc).
2012-02-21erts: Rename erts_load_module to erts_preload_moduleSverker Eriksson
As it can only be used at initialization for preloading
2012-02-21erts: Multiple export tab's using code_ixSverker Eriksson
Still blocking code loading
2012-02-21erts: First stab at code_ix interface and beam_catches using itSverker Eriksson
Code loading still blocking
2011-12-01Merge branch 'rickard/rm-common-runq/OTP-9727'Rickard Green
* rickard/rm-common-runq/OTP-9727: Remove common run-queue in SMP case Fix scheduler suspend bug Conflicts: erts/emulator/beam/erl_init.c
2011-12-01Remove common run-queue in SMP caseRickard Green
The common run-queue implementation is removed since it is unused, untested, undocumented, unsupported, and only complicates the code. A spinlock used by the run-queue management sometimes got heavily contended. This code has now been rewritten, and the spinlock has been removed.
2011-11-18Merge branch 'rickard/sched-compact-load/OTP-9695'Rickard Green
* rickard/sched-compact-load/OTP-9695: Add switch that can disable scheduler compaction of load
2011-11-15Add switch that can disable scheduler compaction of loadRickard Green
2011-11-14BEAM loader: Clean up handling of error reasonsBjörn Gustavsson
There is no reason to have erts_load_module() return integer values, only to have the caller convert the values to atoms. Return the appropriate atom directly from the place where the error is generated instead. Return NIL if the module was successfully loaded.
2011-11-14Remove the useless -l optionBjörn Gustavsson
The -l option used to print information about modules being loaded, but now it prints very little information.
2011-11-13Merge branch 'rickard/multi-exit-bug/OTP-9705'Rickard Green
* rickard/multi-exit-bug/OTP-9705: Make sure only one thread exits the runtime system
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/thr-progress-block/OTP-9631'Rickard Green
* rickard/thr-progress-block/OTP-9631: Replace system block with thread progress block
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
2011-11-13Make sure only one thread exits the runtime systemRickard Green
The runtime system crashed if more than one thread tried to exit the runtime system at the same time.
2011-11-13Use generic lock-free queue for async threadsRickard Green
Queues used for communication between async threads and scheduler threads have been replaced with lock-free queues. Drivers using the driver_async functionality are not automatically locked to the system anymore, and can be unloaded as any dynamically linked in driver. Scheduling of ready async jobs is now also interleaved in between other jobs. Previously all ready async jobs was performed at once.
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.
2011-11-13Replace 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.
2011-11-13Optimize 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.
2011-10-14Merge branch 'rickard/atomics-api/OTP-9014' and OTP_R14B04Rickard Green
Conflicts: erts/aclocal.m4 erts/emulator/beam/erl_db.c erts/emulator/sys/win32/sys.c erts/include/internal/ethread_header_config.h.in
2011-09-29Update copyright yearsBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2011-09-16Merge branch 'dev' into majorBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
* dev: Move init of smp rw mutex from init to sys_args to make sure that it is initialized before the first erts_sys_getenv call Move erts_sys_env_init() to erts_sys_pre_init() Remove _DEBUG from start_erl.c Spelling correction in erlsrv doc Convert windows start_erl to take rootdir on command line Add command start_disabled to erlsrv Add global lock for erlsrv to avoid races Change start order so that service_event gets initialized before it's used Conflicts: erts/emulator/sys/win32/sys.c
2011-08-18erl: Add +L to suppress loading of line number informationBjörn Gustavsson
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.
2011-05-26Change start order so that service_event gets initialized before it's usedPatrik Nyblom
2010-12-20Refactor timer interfaceBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2010-12-16Use 32-bit atomics for misc scheduling specific informationRickard Green
2010-12-15Use new atomic types in emulatorRickard Green
2010-11-29Teach filename to accept raw data and add filename enc option to emuPatrik Nyblom
2010-11-29Add bifs to translate between erlang filenames and native encodingPatrik Nyblom
2010-11-22ETS 'compressed' option.Sverker Eriksson
The compressed format is using a slighty modified variant of the extern format (term_to_binary). To not worsen key lookup's too much, the top tuple itself and the key element are not compressed. Table objects with only immediate non-key elements will therefor not gain anything (but actually consume one extra word for "alloc_size").
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
2010-11-18Do not use more reader groups for schedulers than schedulersRickard Green
When the runtime system had fewer schedulers than logical processors, the system could get an unnecessarily large amount reader groups.
2010-11-02Add flag-based setting for the distribution buffer busy limitScott Lystig Fritchie
Id: OTP-8912 This patch creates a new family of flags with the "+z" prefix. It further creates a new configuration option called "dbbl" (which is the first letter of the name dist_buf_busy_limit). Example usage of this flag would be "+zdbbl 1048576". This patch creates an adjustable buffer limit for the amount of data that may be buffered by the erlang distribution code (in dist.c specifically). Before this patch, this hard-coded constant was used: #define ERTS_DE_BUSY_LIMIT (128*1024) When large binaries are transmitted between nodes (or simply a lot of medium-sized binaries), it is very easy to hit the old 128KB limit. Processes that use the erlang:system_monitor() BIF to monitor system events can be spammed by {monitor, busy_dist_port, ...} message tuples at rates of tens to even hundreds of messages/second. A larger buffer limit will allow processes to buffer more outgoing messages over the distribution. When the buffer limit has been reached, sending processes will be suspended until the buffer size has shrunk. The buffer limit is per distribution channel. A higher limit will give lower latency and higher throughput at the expense of higher memory usage. A variation of this patch has been in commercial production use in at least two companies that the author is aware of. Larger buffer values can reduce the number of {monitor, busy_dist_port, ...} system messages drastically, lower overall messaging latencies, and prevent false timeouts and 'nodedown' messages in extremely busy Mnesia systems. Test suite: there are two tests: a. In erlexec_SUITE.erl to test basic set & get of the value b. In distribution_SUITE.erl, to verify that setting +zdbbl very low will actually change behavior.
2010-09-04Add scheduler wakup threshold as command line argumentRickard Green
The scheduler wakeup threshold is now possible to adjust at system boot. For more information see the `+swt' command line argument of `erl'.
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.
2010-06-07Merge OTP-8681Björn-Egil Dahlberg