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2016-04-15erts: Implement tracer modulesLukas Larsson
Add the possibility to use modules as trace data receivers. The functions in the module have to be nifs as otherwise complex trace probes will be very hard to handle (complex means trace probes for ports for example). This commit changes the way that the ptab->tracer field works from always being an immediate, to now be NIL if no tracer is present or else be the tuple {TracerModule, TracerState} where TracerModule is an atom that is later used to lookup the appropriate tracer callbacks to call and TracerState is just passed to the tracer callback. The default process and port tracers have been rewritten to use the new API. This commit also changes the order which trace messages are delivered to the potential tracer process. Any enif_send done in a tracer module may be delayed indefinitely because of lock order issues. If a message is delayed any other trace message send from that process is also delayed so that order is preserved for each traced entity. This means that for some trace events (i.e. send/receive) the events may come in an unintuitive order (receive before send) to the trace receiver. Timestamps are taken when the trace message is generated so trace messages from differented processes may arrive with the timestamp out of order. Both the erlang:trace and seq_trace:set_system_tracer accept the new tracer module tracers and also the backwards compatible arguments. OTP-10267
2016-03-15update copyright-yearHenrik Nord
2015-06-18Change license text to APLv2Bruce Yinhe
2015-06-16erts: Refactor LCNTBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2015-06-15erts: Remove hashmap probabilistic heap overestimationSverker Eriksson
by adding a dynamic heap factory. "binary_to_term" is now a hybrid solution with both a call to decoded_size() to calculate needed heap space AND possible dynamic allocation of more heap space if needed for big maps. The heap size returned from decoded_size() is guaranteed to be sufficient for all term heap data except for hashmap nodes. All hashmap nodes are created at the end of dec_term() by invoking the heap factory interface that may allocate more heap space on process heap or in fragments. With this commit it is no longer guaranteed that a message is confined to only one heap fragment.
2015-05-08Optimized timer implementationRickard Green
2014-02-24erts: Make source file info available in lcLukas Larsson
2014-02-24Added support for ENEA OSELukas Larsson
This port has support for both non-smp and smp. It contains a new way to do io checking in which erts_poll_wait receives the payload of the polled entity. This has implications for all linked-in drivers.
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
2012-12-03Generalize process table implementationRickard Green
2012-12-03Implement functionality for delaying thread progress from unmanaged threadsRickard Green
2012-10-24Merge branch 'maint'Björn-Egil Dahlberg
Conflicts: erts/etc/common/heart.c
2012-10-23erts: Fix lock check assertionBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2012-08-31Merge branch 'maint'Björn-Egil Dahlberg
Conflicts: lib/diameter/autoconf/vxworks/sed.general xcomp/README.md
2012-08-31Update copyright yearsBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2012-07-31Merge branch 'maint'Rickard Green
* maint: Use static allocation of process lock queues Conflicts: erts/emulator/beam/erl_process_lock.c erts/emulator/beam/erl_process_lock.h
2012-07-31Merge branch 'rickard/proc-lock-queues/OTP-10163' into maintRickard Green
* rickard/proc-lock-queues/OTP-10163: Use static allocation of process lock queues
2012-07-31Use static allocation of process lock queuesRickard Green
By using statically allocated lock queues there is no longer any need for locking corresponding pix lock when process locks have been transferred after a wait. This costs us 3 words extra in process structure, but improves performance during contention.
2012-07-02Use process macro instead of arrayLukas Larsson
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
2012-04-16Optimize process table accessRickard Green
2012-04-16Implement possibility to use ordinary mutexes as process locksRickard Green
2012-04-10lcnt: Enhancement fixupsBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2012-04-05erts: Add lcnt port and suspend optionsRick Reed
* Add new suspend, location, and port_locks options to erts_debug:lock_counters. * Init and destroy lock counting for processes and ports as appropriate. Conflicts: erts/emulator/beam/erl_bif_info.c
2011-11-30Merge branch 'rickard/pix-mutex/OTP-9723'Rickard Green
* rickard/pix-mutex/OTP-9723: Fix warning when lock-checker is enabled Replace spinlock with mutex as pix_lock implementation
2011-11-18Replace spinlock with mutex as pix_lock implementationRickard Green
The spinlocks used implementing pix-locks have been replaced with mutexes since they perform better during heavy contention.
2011-11-07erts: Remove lock_check debug variablesBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
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.
2010-12-16Use 32-bit atomic for uaflgs in thread specific eventsRickard Green
2010-12-16Use 32-bit atomics for process lock flagsRickard Green
2010-12-15Use new atomic types in emulatorRickard Green
2010-11-18Move cpu topology functionality into erl_cpu_topology.[ch]Rickard Green
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.
2009-11-20The R13B03 release.OTP_R13B03Erlang/OTP