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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
2011-11-13Use 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.
2011-11-13Replace 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The ERTS internal system block functionality has been replaced by new functionality for blocking the system.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.
2011-11-08Merge branch 'bjorn/create-less-garbage'Björn Gustavsson
* bjorn/create-less-garbage: Optimize filename:basename/1 to produce less garbage Optimize filename:extension/1 to produce less garbage sys.c for Unix: Undo caching of utsname in os_flavor() Pre-build the tuples returned by os:type/0 and os:version/0
2011-11-07erts: "initialized" is only used with CHLDWTHRBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
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
2011-10-09sys.c for Unix: Undo caching of utsname in os_flavor()Björn Gustavsson
Since his function will be called only once, caching is a waste of memory.
2011-09-19Merge branch 'dev' into majorBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
* dev: gs: Update to modern type guards in examples os_mon: Check results from fgets in cpu_sup erts: Remove compiler warning in sys.c
2011-09-16erts: Remove compiler warning in sys.cBjörn-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
2011-07-08Move init of smp rw mutex from init to sys_args to make sure that it is ↵Lukas Larsson
initialized before the first erts_sys_getenv call
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.
2011-03-11Update copyright yearsBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2011-03-02Remove race in main thread stealing due to reading and writing to pipe from ↵Patrik Nyblom
same thread
2011-03-02Make MacOS (NS) wx use the main threadPatrik Nyblom
2011-02-25Merge branch 'rickard/poll-wake/OTP-9019' into devRickard Green
* rickard/poll-wake/OTP-9019: Simplify erts_poll_wait() wakeup logic
2011-02-25Simplify erts_poll_wait() wakeup logicRickard Green
2011-02-18HALFWORD ETS Fix copyright year in some source filesSverker 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
2010-12-15Use new atomic types in emulatorRickard Green
2010-11-18Move cpu topology functionality into erl_cpu_topology.[ch]Rickard Green
2010-09-07Merge branch 'mk/net-dragonfly-bsd-patches' into devBjörn Gustavsson
* mk/net-dragonfly-bsd-patches: Remove unused variables Use proper install method Add support for DragonFly BSD Add support for NetBSD
2010-08-30Merge branch 'pan/list_to_float/OTP-7178' into devPatrik Nyblom
* pan/list_to_float/OTP-7178: Teach Unix sys_float.c to ignore underflow in list_to_float and return 0.0
2010-08-20Merge branch 'bjorn/solaris-fp-exception' into devBjörn Gustavsson
* bjorn/solaris-fp-exception: Solaris/x86: Handle floating point exceptions properly in driver threads
2010-08-17Solaris/x86: Handle floating point exceptions properly in driver threadsBjörn Gustavsson
On Solaris/x86, the floating point exceptions bits seems to be propagated to child threads, so if scheduler threads use floating points exceptions, also driver threads will have floating points exception enabled. The problem is that erts_thread_init_float() has not been called for driver threads, and because of that matherr() will crash when called. Fix matherr() so that it will work even if erts_thread_init_float() has not been called. This fix was suggested by Mikael Pettersson.
2010-08-17erts: Remove broken elib_mallocBjörn Gustavsson
elib_malloc is an alternate memory allocator that is no longer possible to build.
2010-08-17erts: Remove stray pre-ISO-C compatibility macrosBjörn Gustavsson
A long time ago, the Erlang run-time system could be build with pre-ANSI/ISO-C (K&R) C compilers, but that is no longer possible. Remove the remaining uses of the compatibility macros that made it possible that possible.
2010-08-13Add support for NetBSDMartti Kuparinen
These are the current NetBSD pkgsrc patches.
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.
2010-06-23Teach Unix sys_float.c to ignore underflow in list_to_float and return 0.0Patrik Nyblom
OTP-7178
2010-06-10fix open_port with many unset env varsSverker Eriksson
The erlang:open_port spawn and spawn_executable directives can include an {env, Env} directive to set up environment variables for the spawned process. Variables can be unset with {"NameOfVariable",false}. A bug in ert/emulator/sys/unix/sys.c could cause unset variables to not be unset. This would typically happen if there where more variables to be unset than there where already set variables in the destination evironment. Fix this problem for unix and add a new regression test for it to the port test suite. Windows does not seem to have the same problem.
2010-06-07Merge OTP-8681Björn-Egil Dahlberg
2010-06-01Remove stray SAE supportBjörn Gustavsson
The experimental Standalone Erlang (SAE) support based on Joe Armstrong's work has long been broken. Remove the remaining code and Makefile rules.
2010-05-03allow open_port to set env vars containing a trailing '=' characterSteve Vinoski
The erlang:open_port spawn and spawn_executable directives can include an {env, Env} directive to set up environment variables for the spawned process. A bug in ert/emulator/sys/unix/sys.c prevented applications from using {env, Env} to set an environment variable whose value ended with a '=' (equal sign) character; the code mistook the trailing equal sign as an indication that an environment variable was to be cleared from the environment of the spawned process. For example, passing an {env, Env} of {env, [{"foo", "bar="}]} would result in the code in sys.c seeing a string of the form "foo=bar=" The code would see the final '=' character and assume the directive wanted to clear a variable named "foo=bar" from the environment of the spawned process, rather than seeing it as a directive to set the environment variable "foo" to the value "bar=". Fix this problem and add a new regression test for it to the port test suite.
2010-04-30emulator: Eliminate #ifdef for sys_tty_reset()Björn Gustavsson
In the erts/emulator/beam sources #ifdef SOME_OPERATING_SYSTEM should be avoided. Instead, call a function implemented in sys/OPERATING_SYSTEM/sys.c.
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.
2009-11-20The R13B03 release.OTP_R13B03Erlang/OTP