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2013-11-18Functionality for disabling garbage collectionRickard Green
Being able to disable garbage collection over context switches vastly simplifies implementation of yielding native code that builds large or complex data structures on the heap. This since the heap can be left in an inconsistent state over the context switch.
2013-11-18Execution of system tasks in context of another processRickard Green
A process requesting a system task to be executed in the context of another process will be notified by a message when the task has executed. This message will be on the form: {RequestType, RequestId, Pid, Result}. A process requesting a system task to be executed can set priority on the system task. The requester typically set the same priority on the task as its own process priority, and by this avoiding priority inversion. A request for execution of a system task is made by calling the statically linked in NIF erts_internal:request_system_task(Pid, Prio, Request). This is an undocumented ERTS internal function that should remain so. It should *only* be called from BIF implementations. Currently defined system tasks are: * garbage_collect * check_process_code Further system tasks can and will be implemented in the future. The erlang:garbage_collect/[1,2] and erlang:check_process_code/[2,3] BIFs are now implemented using system tasks. Both the 'garbage_collect' and the 'check_process_code' operations perform or may perform garbage_collections. By doing these via the system task functionality all garbage collect operations in the system will be performed solely in the context of the process being garbage collected. This makes it possible to later implement functionality for disabling garbage collection of a process over context switches. Newly introduced BIFs: * erlang:garbage_collect/2 - The new second argument is an option list. Introduced option: * {async, RequestId} - making it possible for users to issue asynchronous garbage collect requests. * erlang:check_process_code/3 - The new third argument is an option list. Introduced options: * {async, RequestId} - making it possible for users to issue asynchronous check process code requests. * {allow_gc, boolean()} - making it possible to issue requests that aren't allowed to garbage collect (operation will abort if gc should be needed). These options have been introduced as a preparation for parallelization of check_process_code operations when the code_server is about to purge a module.
2013-07-11Conditionally skip process_SUITE tests that consume large amount of memoryRickard Green
2013-05-17Introduce a better id allocation algorithm for PTabsRickard Green
2013-01-25Update copyright yearsBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2012-12-14Merge branch 'sverk/egil/r16/new-alloc-header-scheme/OTP-10273'Björn-Egil Dahlberg
OTP-10415 * sverk/egil/r16/new-alloc-header-scheme/OTP-10273: (42 commits) erts: Make ll main mbc fit into 2pow size erts: Clear entire mseg cache upon request erts: Reduce max heap sizes tests: Refactor away ?line macro in beam_SUITE tests: Fix heap_sizes check tests: Refactor away ?line macro in process_SUITE tests: Use new correct min_bin_vheap_size in test erts: Set super alignment (256kb) and limits for sbct (8Mb) and lmbcs (128Mb) erts: Do not cache segments that are misaligned erts: Add mseg cache for large sbc segments erts: Reintroduce mseg options amcbf and rmcbf erts: Optimize erl_alloc_util.c by substitute MBC_BLK_SZ erts: Fix bug when allocating size near sbc_threshold erts: Make gc sizes fit into MB Carrier blocks erts: Force sbmbc to be disabled in a crude way erts: Fix new header scheme for win64 erts: Fix mseg cache. Malplaced NULL pointer erts: Remove unused mseg options amcbf and rmcbf erts: Use aligned bits as constant in mseg_alloc erts: Don't let zero be considered a power of two ... Conflicts: erts/emulator/test/process_SUITE.erl
2012-12-14tests: Fix heap_sizes checkBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2012-12-14tests: Refactor away ?line macro in process_SUITEBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2012-12-14tests: Use new correct min_bin_vheap_size in testBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
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
2012-07-19erts: Remove VxWorks from testsBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2011-08-18Implement process_info(Pid, current_{location,stacktrace})Björn Gustavsson
2011-08-16emulator: Add a fourth element in exception stacktracesBjörn Gustavsson
This commit is a preparation for introducing location information (filename/line number) in stacktraces in exceptions. Currently a stack trace looks like: [{Mod1,Function1,Arity1}, . . . {ModN,FunctionN,ArityN}] Add a forth element to each tuple that can be used indication the filename and line number of the source file: [{Mod1,Function1,Arity1,Location1}, . . . {ModN,FunctionN,ArityN,LocationN}] In this commit, the fourth element will just be an empty list, and we will change all code that look at or manipulate stacktraces.
2011-04-11Avoid scheduling of processes being garbage collected by othersRickard Green
2011-04-07Add testcase for process_info() badarg bugRickard Green
2011-03-11Update copyright yearsBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2011-02-17Rename Suite Callback to Common Test HookLukas Larsson
2011-02-17Fix formatting for emulatorLukas Larsson
2011-02-17Add init_per_suite and end_per_suiteLukas Larsson
2011-02-17Add ts_install_scb to suite/0Lukas Larsson
2011-02-17Update emulator tests to conform with common_test standardLukas Larsson
2010-01-15Merge branch 'egil/binary-gc' into ccase/r13b04_devErlang/OTP
* egil/binary-gc: Add documentation for binary heap size settings. Add tracing capabilities for binary virtual heap Add min heap size start options to beam and erl Improve binary garbage collection OTP-8370 The default settings for garbage collection of binaries has been adjusted to be less aggressive than in R13B03. It is now also possible configure the settings for binary GC. See the documentation for spawn_opt/2-5, erlang:system_info/1, erlang:system_flag/2, process_flag/2-3, erlang:trace/3, and the documenation for erl for the new command line options +hms and +hmbs.
2010-01-13Improve binary garbage collectionBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
The garbage collector in r13b03 is too aggressive in some cases. This commit raises the level of default initial allowed binary garbage (virtual heap for binaries) before collecting from 233 words to 46368 words (181 kB on 32-bit). A new option, min_bin_vheap_size, has been added to spawn_opt, system_flag and process_flag can be used to change the default values. The option can also be used with system_info and process_info to inspect the values. For symmetry the option min_heap_size has been added to the above functions where it was previously missing. Add testcases for min_bin_vheap_size and min_heap_size for functions process_flag/2, process_info/2, system_info/2 and spawn_opt/2.
2009-11-20The R13B03 release.OTP_R13B03Erlang/OTP