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2016-02-18erts: Fix lock checker for process locksSverker Eriksson
Do lock order check *before* trying to seize lock... duh!
2015-09-28erts: Remove assertion that ptab is emptyLukas Larsson
Another process may already have been placed in this slot since the free och the process struct can be scheduled for later.
2015-06-18Change license text to APLv2Bruce Yinhe
2015-05-08Optimized timer implementationRickard Green
2014-02-24erts: Make source file info available in lcLukas 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
2012-12-03Improve configuration of process and port tablesRickard Green
2012-12-03Generalize process table implementationRickard Green
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.
2012-04-27Merge 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
2012-04-16Implement possibility to use ordinary mutexes as process locksRickard Green
2012-04-10lcnt: Enhancement fixupsBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2012-03-30erts: Fix memory leak caused by race on exiting processSverker Eriksson
Seen with valgrind running ets_SUITE:delete_large_tab or delete_large_named_table.
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.
2011-11-13Optimize 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.
2011-06-14Use 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.
2011-06-14Improve ethread atomicsRickard Green
The ethread atomics API now also provide double word size atomics. Double word size atomics are implemented using native atomic instructions on x86 (when the cmpxchg8b instruction is available) and on x86_64 (when the cmpxchg16b instruction is available). On other hardware where 32-bit atomics or word size atomics are available, an optimized fallback is used; otherwise, a spinlock, or a mutex based fallback is used. The ethread library now performs runtime tests for presence of hardware features, such as for example SSE2 instructions, instead of requiring this to be determined at compile time. There are now functions implementing each atomic operation with the following implied memory barrier semantics: none, read, write, acquire, release, and full. Some of the operation-barrier combinations aren't especially useful. But instead of filtering useful ones out, and potentially miss a useful one, we implement them all. A much smaller set of functionality for native atomics are required to be implemented than before. More or less only cmpxchg and a membar macro are required to be implemented for each atomic size. Other functions will automatically be constructed from these. It is, of course, often wise to implement more that this if possible from a performance perspective.
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