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2012-03-30Update copyright yearsBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2012-03-22Change to more specific configure options for dtracePatrik Nyblom
2012-03-22Add user tag spreading functionality to VM and use in filePatrik Nyblom
User tags in a dynamic trace enabled VM are spread throughout the system in the same way as seq_trace tokens. This is used by the file module and various other modules to get hold of the tag from the user process without changing the protocol.
2011-12-07erl_driver.h: Enlarge types in driver output functionsRaimo Niskanen
2011-12-02erts: Fix bug in large big/float compareSverker Eriksson
Bug caused faulty result (big_SUITE:big_float_1) and an unhandled floating point exception.
2011-11-30Merge branch 'bjorn/llvm-issues/OTP-9712'Björn Gustavsson
* bjorn/llvm-issues/OTP-9712: INSTALL.md: Update build instructions for Lion Fix clang linking problem configure: Define NO_JUMP_TABLE if all we have is llvm-gcc beam_emu.c: Eliminate warnings when NO_JUMP_TABLE is defined beam_emu.c: Use the correct void* type for computed gotos MacOS X: Completely remove obsolete -no-cpp-precomp option
2011-11-28Merge branch 'lukas/erts/large_float_cmp/OTP-9497'Lukas Larsson
* lukas/erts/large_float_cmp/OTP-9497: Use CMP_TMP_HEAD_SIZE for C-stack
2011-11-28Use CMP_TMP_HEAD_SIZE for C-stackLukas Larsson
Thanks to Tuncer Ayaz
2011-11-25Fix clang linking problemBjörn Gustavsson
Inlining was not done in a portable way. clang follows the C99 semantics for inlining ('inline' essentially implies 'static' in C99, but not in GCC), so bp_sched2ix() was not visible outside beam_bp.c. Since the function need to be used from more than one source file, put the function definition in the beam_bp.h header file. Also, give it an 'erts_' prefix since it is globally visible.
2011-11-16Remove remaining gcc 4.6 assigned-but-not-used warnings from ertsPatrik Nyblom
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
2011-11-13Implement 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.
2011-10-11Do small optimisation on platforms with 32 bit EtermLukas Larsson
On 32 bit we know that a comparison with a lossfull double and a short will always give the float is being superior. So therefore we only have to check the sign on the double.
2011-10-11Optimize comparison of huge floats and smaller bignumsLukas Larsson
2011-10-11Update size of tmp cmp bignum bufferLukas Larsson
This is needed for use on 32 bit with very large floats.
2011-10-11Update heauristic to work on halfwordLukas Larsson
2011-10-11Add heauristics bignum vs float checksLukas Larsson
These tests are useful when the difference between the bignum and float is larger than one bignum segment.
2011-10-11Optimise bugnum and small comparisonLukas Larsson
As it is possible to assume that bignums are bigger than smalls, we can just check the sign of the bignum.
2011-10-11Update integer and floating point number comparisonsLukas Larsson
For floating point values which are greater than 9007199254740990.0 or smaller than -9007199254740990.0, the floating point numbers are now converted to integers during comparison with an integer. This makes number comparisons transitive for large floating point numbers.
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.
2011-05-13Merge branch 'bjorn/fix-binary-overflow/OTP-9118' into devBjörn Gustavsson
* bjorn/fix-binary-overflow/OTP-9118: Fix overflow in list_to_bitstring/1 Replace io_list_len() with erts_iolist_size() Make port_command/2 reject non-byte sized bitstrings io.c: Make io_list_vec_len() less general iolist_size/1: Fix truncation of result Test iolist_size/1 with bad arguments binary_SUITE: Remove workaround for avoiding stack overflow
2011-05-10Replace io_list_len() with erts_iolist_size()Björn Gustavsson
The io_list_len() function returns an int, where a negative return value indicates a type error. One problem is that an int only consists of 32 bits in a 64-bit emulator. Changing the return type to Sint will solve that problem, but in the 32-bit emulator, a large iolist and a iolist with a type error will both return a negative number. (Noticed by Jon Meredith.) Another problem is that for iolists whose total size exceed the word size, the result would be truncated, leading to a subsequent buffer overflow and emulator crash. Therefore, introduce the new erts_iolist_size() function which returns a status indication and writes the result size through a passed pointer. If the result size does not fit in a word, return an overflow indication.
2011-05-04Fix bug in halfword emulator causing ets:select_delete on ordered_set to crashSverker 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 ETS Real matching on relative termsSverker 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.
2010-12-20Remove timer-thread implementationBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2010-12-20Refactor timer interfaceBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2010-12-16Use 32-bit atomics for system blockRickard Green
2010-08-17erts: Remove broken elib_mallocBjörn Gustavsson
elib_malloc is an alternate memory allocator that is no longer possible to build.
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.
2010-06-30Fix bug that caused faulty 64-bit integers from drivers.Sverker Eriksson
2010-06-07Fix erts_bld_string_n (called by enif_make_string and ↵Paul Guyot
erlang:decode_packet/3) to work with 8 bits characters
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)
2010-03-10Store 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.
2010-03-10Fit all heap data into the 32-bit address rangePatrik Nyblom
This is the first step in the implementation of the half-word emulator, a 64-bit emulator where all pointers to heap data will be stored in 32-bit words. Code specific for this emulator variant is conditionally compiled when the HALFWORD_HEAP define has a non-zero value. First force all pointers to heap data to fall into a single 32-bit range, but still store them in 64-bit words. Temporary term data stored on C stack is moved into scheduler specific storage (allocated as heaps) and macros are added to make this happen only in emulators where this is needed. For a vanilla VM the temporary terms are still stored on the C stack.
2010-02-11OTP-8335 Even more NIF featuresSverker Eriksson
2010-02-08OTP-8412 Fixed numerous compiler warnings generated by gcc 4.4.1 andRickard Green
tile-cc 2.0.1.78377 when compiling the runtime system.
2010-01-13OTP-8240 Improved GC performance after BIF/NIF call when a lot of heapSverker Eriksson
fragments was created. This will mainly benefit NIFs that return large compound terms.
2009-11-20The R13B03 release.OTP_R13B03Erlang/OTP