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Communication between Erlang processes has conceptually always been
performed through asynchronous signaling. The runtime system
implementation has however previously preformed most operation
synchronously. In a system with only one true thread of execution, this
is not problematic (often the opposite). In a system with multiple threads
of execution (as current runtime system implementation with SMP support)
it becomes problematic. This since it often involves locking of structures
when updating them which in turn cause resource contention. Utilizing
true asynchronous communication often avoids these resource contention
issues.
The case that triggered this change was contention on the link lock due
to frequent updates of the monitor trees during communication with a
frequently used server. The signal order delivery guarantees of the
language makes it hard to change the implementation of only some signals
to use true asynchronous signaling. Therefore the implementations
of (almost) all signals have been changed.
Currently the following signals have been implemented as true
asynchronous signals:
- Message signals
- Exit signals
- Monitor signals
- Demonitor signals
- Monitor triggered signals (DOWN, CHANGE, etc)
- Link signals
- Unlink signals
- Group leader signals
All of the above already defined as asynchronous signals in the
language. The implementation of messages signals was quite
asynchronous to begin with, but had quite strict delivery constraints
due to the ordering guarantees of signals between a pair of processes.
The previously used message queue partitioned into two halves has been
replaced by a more general signal queue partitioned into three parts
that service all kinds of signals. More details regarding the signal
queue can be found in comments in the erl_proc_sig_queue.h file.
The monitor and link implementations have also been completely replaced
in order to fit the new asynchronous signaling implementation as good
as possible. More details regarding the new monitor and link
implementations can be found in the erl_monitor_link.h file.
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erlang:is_builtin(erlang, M, F) returns false for apply/2 and
yield/0. The documentation for erlang:is_builtin/3 says that it
returns true for BIFs that are implemented in C. apply/2 and
yield/0 are implemented in C (as BEAM instructions), and
therefore the correct return value is true.
Also see a similar argument that was made for apply/3 in the past:
http://erlang.org/pipermail/erlang-bugs/2015-October/005101.html
https://bugs.erlang.org/browse/ERL-500
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* sverker/20/binary_to_atom-utf8-crash/ERL-474/OTP-14590:
erts: Fix crash in binary_to_atom/term for invalid utf8
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such as a sub-binary, of a correct utf8 string,
that ends in the middle of a character.
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i.e the first argument to erlang:halt
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The new chunk stores atoms encoded in UTF-8.
beam_lib has also been modified to handle the new
'utf8_atoms' attribute while the 'atoms' attribute
may be a missing chunk from now on.
The binary_to_atom/2 BIF can now encode any utf8
binary with up to 255 characters.
The list_to_atom/1 BIF can now accept codepoints
higher than 255 with up to 255 characters (thanks
to Björn Gustavsson).
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to limit crash dump size
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Removed in f9cb80861f169743 when changed impl from C to Erlang.
But seems they are needed to keep dialyzer tests happy.
Also improved bif_SUITE:shadow_comments to include all exported
in module erlang, not just the "snifs".
...which detected that apply/2 was missing Shadowed comment as well.
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if too long.
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Those clause are obsolete and never used by common_test.
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As a first step to removing the test_server application as
as its own separate application, change the inclusion of
test_server.hrl to an inclusion of ct.hrl and remove the
inclusion of test_server_line.hrl.
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erlang:is_builtin(erlang, apply, 3) returns 'false'. That seems to be
an oversight in the implementation of erlang:is_builtin/3 rather than
a conscious design decision. Part of apply/3 is implemented in C (as a
special instruction), and part of it in Erlang (only used if apply/3
is used recursively). That makes apply/3 special compared to all other
BIFs.
From the viewpoint of the user, apply/3 is a built-in function,
since it cannot possibly be implemented in pure Erlang.
Noticed-by: Stavros Aronis
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This commit improves crash dumps in several ways:
* Suspends schedulers to get a current snapshot
* Dumps information about scheduler
* Dumps stack trace of current running process
(including Garbing processes)
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New BIF os:unsetenv/1 which deletes an environment variable and
returns 'true'.
Does not change any old functionality.
Calls the libc function unsetenv(3) on UNIX and
SetEnvironmentVariableW(key, NULL) on Windows. The unicode support
is the same as for os:getenv and os:putenv.
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* maint:
Update to work with space in include path
Update to work with whitespace in exec path
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OTP-10106
OTP-10107
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Conflicts:
erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
erts/emulator/beam/erl_process.c
erts/emulator/beam/erl_process.h
erts/emulator/test/bif_SUITE.erl
erts/preloaded/ebin/erlang.beam
erts/preloaded/src/erlang.erl
lib/hipe/cerl/erl_bif_types.erl
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erts/test/autoimport_SUITE tested that auto-import information in
erl_internal:bif/2 was consistent with the documentation. It did
it by scanning erlang.xml.
Since the documentation is now based on the specs in erlang.erl,
we should now test consistency of the specs and erl_internal:bif/2.
Since anyone that adds a new BIF runs the emulator test suite, it
makes sense to do this test in bif_SUITE in the emulator test suite.
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Rename the existing types/1 test case to erl_bif_types/1 to make
it clearer what it does. Also no longer test for missing type
information for BIFs (since it has become optional), but only
check that the information provided seems to be consistent.
Introduce the specs/1 test case to ensure that all BIFs have
specs.
Also introduce improper_bif_stubs/1 to check for proper stubs.
Since the BEAM loader will now silently allow stubs for BIFs, we
want to be particular about exactly what a stub look like, so that
an Erlang function is not unintentionally overridden by a BIF.
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Add a test that will verify that BIFs have type information in
hiper/cerl/erl_bif_types.erl.
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* origin/pan/otp_8579_autoimport_override:
Update preloaded modules
Update primary bootstrap
Remove outcommented code from erl_lint
Make port_command/3 auto-imported
Remove (harmless) warnings about min/max in core applications
Autoimport min/2 and max/2
Improve coverage of erl_int in testcases
Change warning to error for nowarn_bif_clash compiler directive
Add -compile({no_auto_import,[F/A]}) doc to compiler.xml
Add some testcases to compiler to verify that overriding really happens
Return nowarn_bif_clash functionality but with warning
Teach erl_lint to better override BIFs with local functions and imports
Teach compiler to override autoimport with import
First prototype for local functions overriding autoimported
OTP-8579 Local functions should override auto-imported
Local and imported functions now override the autoimported
BIFs when the names clash. The pre R14 behaviour was that
autoimported BIFs would override local functions. To avoid
that old programs change behaviour, the following will
generate an error:
Doing a call without explicit module name to a local function
having a name clashing with the name of an autoimported BIF
that was present (and autoimported) before OTP R14A
Explicitly importing a function having a name clashing with
the name of an autoimported BIF that was present (and
autoimported) before OTP R14A Using any form of the old
compiler directive nowarn_bif_clash
If the BIF was added or autoimported in OTP R14A or later,
overriding it with an import or a local function will only
result in a warning,
To resolve clashes, you can either use the explicit module
name erlang to call the BIF, or you can remove the autoimport
of that specific BIF by using the new compiler directive
-compile({no_auto_import,[F/A]})., which makes all calls to
the local or imported function without explicit module name
pass without warnings or errors.
The change makes it possible to add autoimported BIFs without
breaking or silently changing old code in the future. However
some current code ingeniously utilizing the old behaviour or
the nowarn_bif_clash compiler directive, might need changing
to be accepted by the compiler.
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