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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.
2010-06-15The R14A releaseOTP_R14AErlang/OTP
Final merge of all unexpected differences from dev to release.
2010-06-14OTP-8710 Fix emulator crash caused by setting CPU topologyRickard Green
A user defined CPU topology set via a call to <seealso marker="erlang#system_flag_cpu_topology">erlang:system_flag(cpu_topology, CPUTopology)</seealso> was not properly verified, and could in worst case cause an emulator crash. The emulator crash could only occur when a user defined CPU topology already existed and was redefined.
2010-06-11Update release notesBjörn Gustavsson
2010-06-11Merge branch 'se/port_SUITE_env' into devErlang/OTP
* se/port_SUITE_env: fix open_port with many unset env vars allow open_port with env vars with trailing '=' on Windows OTP-8701 se/port_SUITE_env open_port/2 with the spawn and spawn_executable options can include an {env,Env} option. In some cases unsetting variables would not work on Unix (typically if more variables were unset than were actually present in the environment).
2010-06-11Merge branch 'peppe/common_test_r14_dev_2' into devErlang/OTP
* peppe/common_test_r14_dev_2: Misc documentation updates Add documentation for run_test program Step vsn for test_server to 3.4 Make {repeat*,N} property in group execute the group N times exactly Fix so that ct_run converts relative diretories in the code path to absolute Fix bug in handling framework:end_tc timeouts Fix bug that prevents the interactive shell mode to start properly Fix failing multiply timetrap test case Minor fixes in code and test suites Add support for executing pre-loaded suites (e.g. modules loaded as binaries) Add test suite for remote loading of binary suites Fix error with {repeat,0} property in groups causing double iterations Add support for config info functions (e.g. init_per_suite/0) Add support for dynamic timetrap handling Have end_per_testcase run even after timetrap_timeout and abort_testcase Flush old DOWN messages in demonitor Add groups in test specifications Add new tests for test case groups and test specifications Improve and fix various test suites Add event_handler_init start flag that can pass init arguments to event handlers ... OTP-8703 peppe/common_test_r14_dev_2
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.
2010-06-10allow open_port with env vars with trailing '=' on WindowsSverker Eriksson
Same problem that Steve Vinoski fixed for Unix. Similar fix done in erts/emulator/sys/win32/sys_env.c for Windows. Copy-paste from his commit-message: 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=".
2010-06-09Add -erl_args flag to run_test programPeter Andersson
With -erl_args it's possible to divide the start options on the command line and this way specify explicitly which options are meant for Common Test, and which are meant for other OTP applications (or ERTS).
2010-06-09Fix error installing the run_test programPeter Andersson
2010-06-09Add run_test program for Common TestPeter Andersson
Common Test may now be started with the program run_test instead of the legacy shell script with the same name. Minor updates have also been made to the Webtool application.
2010-06-09Update preloaded filesRaimo Niskanen
2010-06-09Merge branch 'pan/otp_8692_static_config_cache' into devErlang/OTP
* pan/otp_8692_static_config_cache: Teach rc.sh to use tail -n +2 instead of tail +2 Make win32.config.cache static and copied when doing otp_build configure
2010-06-09Merge branch 'pan/otp_8669_doc_autoimported' into devErlang/OTP
* pan/otp_8669_doc_autoimported: Change documentation for erlang:min/2,max/2 and port_command/3 to OTP-8669 erlang:min, erlang:max and erlang:port_command/3 autoimported The recently added BIFs erlang:min/2, erlang:max/2 and erlang:port_command/3 are now auto-imported (as they were originally intended to be). Due to the recent compiler change (OTP-8579), the only impact on old code defining it's own min/2, max/2 or port_command/3 functions will be a warning, the local functions will still be used. The warning can be removed by using -compile({no_auto_import,[min/2,max/2,port_command/3]}). in the source file.
2010-06-08Merge branch 'bg/bif-types' into devErlang/OTP
* bg/bif-types: Add type information for erlang:garbage_collect_message_area/0 Add type information for erts_debug:* BIFs Add type information for erlang:port_call/2 Add type information for erlang:display* BIFs Add type information for the BIFs in the binary module Introduce and use the t_endian() helper Add type information for erlang:binary_part/2,3 Add type info for erlang:append/2 and erlang:subtract/2 Add type information for the erlang:adler32* BIFs Add ppc64 return for erlang:system_info(hipe_architecture) Test that all BIFs have known types erl_types: Export is_erl_type/1
2010-06-08Teach rc.sh to use tail -n +2 instead of tail +2U-KRAKEN\pan
2010-06-08Make win32.config.cache static and copied when doing otp_build configureU-KRAKEN\pan
2010-06-08Merge branch 'bg/nif_error' into devErlang/OTP
* commit 'bg/nif_error': crypto: Add type specs for all documented functions crypto: Use erlang:nif_error/1 to squelch false Dialyzer warnings Add erlang:nif_error/1,2
2010-06-08Merge branch 'pg/fix_erts_bld_string_n' into devErlang/OTP
* pg/fix_erts_bld_string_n: Fix erts_bld_string_n (called by enif_make_string and erlang:decode_packet/3) to work with 8 bits characters OTP-8685 pg/fix_erts_bld_string_n Fix bug causing erlang:decode_packet and enif_make_string to generate faulty strings with negative character values for ascii values larger than 127. (Thanks to Paul Guyot)
2010-06-07Test that all BIFs have known typesBjörn Gustavsson
Add a test that will verify that BIFs have type information in hiper/cerl/erl_bif_types.erl.
2010-06-07Merge branch 'ms/file-exclusive-mode' into devErlang/OTP
* ms/file-exclusive-mode: Update preloaded modules Support opening files in exclusive mode OTP-8670 ms/file-exclusive-mode There is a new option 'exclusive' to file:open/2 that uses the OS O_EXCL flag where supported to open the file in exclusive mode.
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
2010-06-07Merge OTP-8681Björn-Egil Dahlberg
2010-06-04Merge branch 'egil/call-time-trace-patterns' into devErlang/OTP
* egil/call-time-trace-patterns: Fix ops.tab to include i_return_time_trace Let trace_call_time_SUITE scheduling test be more relaxed Add documentation for call time breakpoints Fix bp_hash_put to do hash value after rehash Extend trace_call_time_SUITE with bif-tests Fix assertion in trace_pattern for bifs Teach erlang:system_info/1 to list snifs Add bif tests to call time trace tests Teach call time trace patterns to include bifs Fix BeamInstr code array in export.h Add trace call_time tests for nifs and bifs Teach call count tracing to use atomics Add first phase of trace call time test suite Add a scheduler array for BpData at BeamInstr[-4] Add search keys in breakpoints and a searchfunction Fix BeamInstr for call_time Teach call_time trace to use intruction pointers Add return_time trace and PSD deletions Remove trailing character in beam_bif_load Fix set_function_break to use correct breakpoint ... OTP-8677 egil/call-time-trace-patterns
2010-06-04Change documentation for erlang:min/2,max/2 and port_command/3 toPatrik Nyblom
reflect auto-import
2010-06-04Update preloaded modulesRaimo Niskanen
2010-06-04Support opening files in exclusive modeMichael Santos
Add an option that atomically tests for the existence of a file and creates it if the file does not exist, by passing the O_EXCL flag to open() on Unix and CREATE_NEW flag on Windows. Support for O_EXCL varies across platforms and filesystems. {ok, Fd} = file:open("/tmp/foo", [write,exclusive]), {error, eexist} = file:open("/tmp/foo", [write,exclusive]).
2010-06-04Fix scheduler_suspend test when schedulers online isn't equal to the amount ↵Rickard Green
of schedulers
2010-06-03Fix ops.tab to include i_return_time_traceBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
Without the instruction defined in ops the interpreter will not compile when using NO_JUMPTABLE.
2010-06-03Let trace_call_time_SUITE scheduling test be more relaxedBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2010-06-03Add documentation for call time breakpointsBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
Documented call time breakpoints in - erlang:trace_pattern/3 - erlang:trace_info/2
2010-06-03Fix bp_hash_put to do hash value after rehashBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
If a rehash was done the old hash value was used. This was incorrect.
2010-06-03Extend trace_call_time_SUITE with bif-testsBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2010-06-03Fix assertion in trace_pattern for bifsBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2010-06-03Teach erlang:system_info/1 to list snifsBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
erlang:system_info(snifs) lists all static native implemented functions. The function presents the lists with three tuple values containing MFAs [{Module, Function, Arity}, ...].
2010-06-03Add bif tests to call time trace testsBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2010-06-03Teach call time trace patterns to include bifsBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2010-06-03Fix BeamInstr code array in export.hBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2010-06-03Add trace call_time tests for nifs and bifsBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2010-06-03Teach call count tracing to use atomicsBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
Call count previously used a global lock for accessing and writing its counter in the breakpoint. This is now changed to atomics instead. The change will let call count tracing and cprof to scale better when increasing the number of schedulers.
2010-06-03Add first phase of trace call time test suiteBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2010-06-03Add a scheduler array for BpData at BeamInstr[-4]Björn-Egil Dahlberg
To solve the issue of multiple schedulers constantly updating the head pointer to the bp data wheel, each scheduler now has its own entrypoint to the wheel. This head pointer can be updated without a locking being taken. Previously there were no lock ...
2010-06-03Add search keys in breakpoints and a searchfunctionBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2010-06-03Fix BeamInstr for call_timeBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2010-06-03Teach call_time trace to use intruction pointersBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
call_time trace will use instruction pointers instead of breakpoint data pointers. More costly lookup but the bdt structure might be deallocated, we do not want that. Remove unnecessary pattern lock.
2010-06-03Add return_time trace and PSD deletionsBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2010-06-03Remove trailing character in beam_bif_loadBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2010-06-03Fix set_function_break to use correct breakpointBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
op_i_time_breakpoint is now used
2010-06-03Add processes hashes for call time breakpointsBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
Call time breakpoint tracing traces per call trace per process. - Add hashes to support the extra dimension. - Teach trace_info/2 to handle the extra information dimension.
2010-06-03Fix lock-checking for PSD call_time breakpointsBjörn-Egil Dahlberg