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2011-03-24add support for checking if an ERL_NIF_TERM is an exceptionSteve Vinoski
Add the enif_is_exception function to allow callers to determine whether an ERL_NIF_TERM represents an exception. (Currently the only supported exception is badarg since only enif_make_badarg exists, but this will likely be expanded in future releases.) This allows NIF code to call other NIF functions that return ERL_NIF_TERM and properly check to see if the returned terms are exceptions. Without the enif_is_exception function, developers have to create their own means of checking whether a function creates an exception, such as returning boolean success/failure indicators or some other special value indicating that an exception is in effect. The declaration of enif_is_exception in erl_nif_api_funcs.h respects the order of declarations required to keep compatibility on Windows. Add a new test to verify the operation of enif_is_exception. Modify the erl_nif man page to add a description of enif_is_exception and also to clarify the requirements of calling the enif_make_badarg function. If code calls enif_make_badarg, the env passed in gets set with exception information and so the return value of the calling function MUST be the badarg term returned from enif_make_badarg. Also clarify that the result of enif_make_badarg may be passed only to enif_is_exception and not to any other NIF API functions.
2011-02-18Refuse to load NIF library on wrong VM variant (halfword/fullword)Sverker Eriksson
2011-02-03HALFWORD ETS match spec heap fragment optimizationSverker Eriksson
Introduce HAllocX to allocate heap fragments with a larger capacity than requested and by that reduce the number of fragments allocated.
2011-02-03HALFWORD Make more allocators use high mem (binary, fixed and driver)Sverker Eriksson
2011-02-03HALFWORD ETS relative termsSverker Eriksson
In halfword emulator, make ETS use a variant of the internal term format that uses relative offsets instead of absolute pointers. This will allow storage in high memory (>4G). Preprocessor macros (like list_val_rel(TERM,BASE)) are used to make normal (fullword) emulator almost completely unchanged while still reusing most of the code.
2010-11-25NIF 64-bit integer get/make bugfix for halfword emulator.Sverker Eriksson
2010-08-30Merge branch 'sverker/NIF-64bit-integers/OTP-8746' into devPatrik Nyblom
* sverker/NIF-64bit-integers/OTP-8746: Make windows 64bit types be declared more consistently Teach Windows about the int64 functions NIF doc official support note NIF 64-bit integer support
2010-08-12Increase vheap counter to Uint64Björn-Egil Dahlberg
This will reduce the risk of integer wrapping in bin vheap counting. The vheap size series will now use the golden ratio instead of doubling and fibonacci sequences. OTP #8730
2010-07-23NIF 64-bit integer supportSverker Eriksson
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.
2010-06-03Add a scheduler array for BpData at BeamInstr[-4]Björn-Egil Dahlberg
To solve the issue of multiple schedulers constantly updating the head pointer to the bp data wheel, each scheduler now has its own entrypoint to the wheel. This head pointer can be updated without a locking being taken. Previously there were no lock ...
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)
2010-05-24erl_nif: add make_atom_len, make_existing_atom_len and make_string_lenTuncer Ayaz
Add new NIF API functions - enif_make_atom_len - enif_make_existing_atom_len - enif_make_string_len These are basically the same as enif_make_atom, enif_make_existing_atom and enif_make_string except that the new functions require a length parameter instead of a null-terminated C-string. Signed-off-by: Tuncer Ayaz <[email protected]>
2010-05-24erl_nif: add enif_get_atom_length and enif_get_list_lengthTuncer Ayaz
Add new NIF API functions - enif_get_atom_length - enif_get_list_length Signed-off-by: Tuncer Ayaz <[email protected]>
2010-05-24erl_nif: add enif_is_list and enif_is_tupleTuncer Ayaz
Add new NIF API functions - enif_is_list - enif_is_tuple Signed-off-by: Tuncer Ayaz <[email protected]>
2010-05-17Add binary:longest_common_prefix/longest_common_suffixPatrik Nyblom
Add allcoator parameter to erts_get_aligned_binary_bytes_extra. Add testcases for the functions above. Add reference implementation for the functions above.
2010-04-28OTP-8474 NIF improvements after R13B04Sverker Eriksson
New NIF API function enif_make_new_binary
2010-03-10Adopt the new (R13B04) Nif functionality to the halfword codebasePatrik Nyblom
Change erl_int_sizes_config to include HALFWORD_HEAP_EMULATOR, which make it possible for the NIFs to figure out the term size.
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.
2010-02-11OTP-8335 Even more NIF featuresSverker Eriksson
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.
2009-12-09OTP-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