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2012-08-31Update copyright yearsBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2012-08-27make_preload: Don't fail if Perl's default file encoding is UTF-8Björn Gustavsson
Setting Perl's default encoding for files to UTF-8, for example like this: PERL_UNICODE=DS make would crash the build with a message similar to: form size 1413 greater than size 1237 of module at utils/make_preload line 175, <FILE> chunk 1. Tell Perl to interpret the data in BEAM files as binary by using the binmode() function. The binmode() function existed before Unicode support was added to Perl, which means that make_preload should work even in old versions of Perl. Noticed-by: Aaron Harnly
2012-03-30Update copyright yearsBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2012-03-22beam_makeops: Add a simple preprocessorBjörn Gustavsson
2011-12-09Update copyright yearsBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2011-12-02Build Win64 Erlang emulator using MSYSunknown
Still does not run, just compiles.
2011-10-26Change the calling convention for BIFsBjörn Gustavsson
The current calling convention for BIFs makes it necessary to handle each arity specially, since each argument for the BIF also becomes an argument for the C function implementing the BIF, which makes it hard to allow BIFs with any number of arguments. Change the calling convention for BIFs, so that BIF arguments are passed in an array to the C function implementing the BIF.
2011-10-13make_preload: Don't output a C comment start inside a commentBjörn Gustavsson
We already avoid outputting a comment terminator ("*/") inside a comment to avoid causing a syntax error. Also avoid outputting the start of a comment ("/*") to avoid causing a compiler warning. Noticed-by: Tuncer Ayaz
2011-10-11Print transformtions sorted on the name of the first instructionBjörn Gustavsson
2011-10-11Share code for call of predicate and transformation functionsBjörn Gustavsson
2011-10-11Introduce 'try_me_else_fail'Björn Gustavsson
2011-10-11Combine 'store_var' with 'next_arg'Björn Gustavsson
'store_var' is always followed by 'next_arg'.
2011-10-11Merge 'next_instr' and 'is_op' into 'next_instr'Björn Gustavsson
'next_instr' is always followed by 'is_op'.
2011-10-11Merge 'new_instr' and 'store_op' into 'new_instr'Björn Gustavsson
Since the 'new_instr' instruction always occurs before the 'store_op' instruction, we can merge the instructions into one. Also, there is no need to include the arity of the BEAM instruction as an operand, since the arity can be looked up based on the opcode.
2011-10-11Combine a 'call' instruction with the following 'end' instructionBjörn Gustavsson
A 'call' instruction in the loader transformation language is always followed by an 'end' instruction, so we can replace the 'call' instruction with a 'call_end' instruction.
2011-10-11Get rid of redundant 'try_me_else' and 'fail' instructionsBjörn Gustavsson
If the left part of a transformation will always match, omit the the 'try_me_else' and 'fail' instructions. As part of this optimization, make it an error to have a transformation that can never be reached because of a previous transformation that will always match. (Remove one transformation from ops.tab that was found to be unreachable.)
2011-10-11Add some more information in instruction commentsBjörn Gustavsson
2011-10-11In transformations, don't store variables that are never usedBjörn Gustavsson
This optimization will save some space (in the loader tables) and some loading time.
2011-10-11Remove redundant 'next_arg' before 'next_instr'Björn Gustavsson
Fix the incorrect code that attempted to remove a single 'next_arg' instructions before 'next_instr'.
2011-10-11Generalize and rename is_set_var_instr() to is_instr()Björn Gustavsson
It is more useful to have a helper function that can test for any instruction.
2011-09-29Update copyright yearsBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2011-08-03beam_load.c: Add overflow check of tag valuesBjörn Gustavsson
The handling of large values for other tags than TAG_i (integer) is buggy. Any tag value equal to or greater than 2^40 (5 bytes) will abort loading. Tag values fitting in 5 bytes will be truncated to 4 bytes values. Those bugs cause real problems because the bs_init2/6 and bs_init_bits/6 instructions unfortunately use TAG_u to encode literal sizes (using TAG_i would have been a better choice, but it is too late to change that now). Any binary size that cannot fit in an Uint should cause a system_limit exception at run-time, but instead the buggy handling will either cause an emulator crash (for values in the range 2^32 to 2^40-1) or abort loading. In this commit, implement overflow checking of tag values as a preparation for fixing the binary construction instructions. If any tag value cannot fit in an Uint (except for TAG_i), change the tag to the special TAG_o overflow tag.
2011-08-03beam_makeops: Add some sanity checksBjörn Gustavsson
We want to make sure that a tag/type name is not defined more than once and that we don't define too many primitive tags. Primitive tags must be named with lowercase letters (or they will be confused with variable names in transformations in the ops.tab file).
2011-02-28Fixed end date in copyright note.Micael Karlberg
2011-02-26Add the erts/emulator/utils/loaded scriptBjörn Gustavsson
2011-01-17beam_makeops: Support jumping to common code from an instruction macroBjörn Gustavsson
2011-01-17Support packing of the 'I' type in a 64-bit emulatorBjörn Gustavsson
In many (not all) cases, the value for the 'I' type will fit into 32 bits.
2011-01-17beam_makeops: Refactor packing code to facilitate extensionsBjörn Gustavsson
We don't want the packable types listed in two places.
2011-01-17BEAM loader: Pack more instructions using a new 'Q' typeBjörn Gustavsson
Introduce a new 'Q' type, similar to 'P' except that it can be packed.
2011-01-17If the wordsize is 64 bits, pack up to 4 operands into a wordBjörn Gustavsson
In the 32-bit BEAM emulator, it is only possible to pack 3 register operands into one word. Therefore, the move2 instruction (that has 4 operands) needs two words for its operands. Take advantage of the larger wordsize in the 64-bit emulator and pack up to 4 operands into a single word.
2011-01-17Pass the external word size to the beam_makeops scriptBjörn Gustavsson
Giving the beam_makeops script access to the external word size (=the size of instruction words) will allow it to pack more operands into a word for the 64 bits emulator.
2011-01-17BEAM loader: Combine is_type/1 and is_eq/1 instructionsBjörn Gustavsson
In the transformation engine in the loader, an is_eq/1 instruction is currently always preceded by an is_type/1 instruction. Therefore, save a word and slight amount of time by combining those instructions into an is_type_eq/2 instruction.
2011-01-17BEAM loader: Omit type tests for instructions that don't need themBjörn Gustavsson
2011-01-17beam_makeops: Allow -pack and -nonext to be combinedBjörn Gustavsson
2011-01-17beam_makeops: Relax requirements for having specific instructionsBjörn Gustavsson
2011-01-17Add utils/count for counting the static instruction frequencyBjörn Gustavsson
2010-03-22Merge branch 'pan/otp_8332_halfword' into devErlang/OTP
* pan/otp_8332_halfword: Teach testcase in driver_suite the new prototype for driver_async wx: Correct usage of driver callbacks from wx thread Adopt the new (R13B04) Nif functionality to the halfword codebase Support monitoring and demonitoring from driver threads Fix further test-suite problems Correct the VM to work for more test suites Teach {wordsize,internal|external} to system_info/1 Make tracing and distribution work Turn on instruction packing in the loader and virtual machine Add the BeamInstr data type for loaded BEAM code Fix the BEAM dissambler for the half-word emulator Store pointers to heap data in 32-bit words Add a custom mmap wrapper to force heaps into the lower address range Fit all heap data into the 32-bit address range
2010-03-10Turn on instruction packing in the loader and virtual machinePatrik Nyblom
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.
2009-12-09beam_makepos: Do not put any dates in generated filesBjörn Gustavsson
We don't want to have dates in files that are checked-in as part of the bootstrap compiler (such as beam_opcodes.{erl,hrl}) as a new version will be created every time.
2009-11-20The R13B03 release.OTP_R13B03Erlang/OTP