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Implementation of true asynchronous signaling between processes
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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The previously used message queue partitioned into two halves has been
replaced by a more general signal queue partitioned into three parts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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Conflicts:
OTP_VERSION
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HiPE: Optimise receives matching unique references
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* lukas/docs/xmllint_fixes/OTP-14721:
ssl/ssh: Remove/ignore unused XML_FILES doc files
Refactor xmllint check and make it fail on failure
Add toplevel xmllint make target
Conflicts:
lib/crypto/doc/src/Makefile
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Document HiPE limitations
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which don't seem to be true.
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This commit also adds a check to see that all files that
are part of an xi:include also have part of XML_FILES
and vice versa. It also fixes any applications where this
was not true.
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* lars/doc-cleanup/OTP-14475:
[edoc] Remove unused module otpsgml_layout.erl
Remove unused files from the documentation build
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This reverts commit eaf8ca41dfa4850437ad270d3897399c9358ced0.
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This reverts commit dc57404252c47520f352834ad9be45ad684f96c9.
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* maint:
Updated OTP version
Prepare release
Conflicts:
OTP_VERSION
lib/typer/doc/src/notes.xml
lib/typer/vsn.mk
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* maint:
Fix xml warnings in old release notes
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This reverts commit e020f75c10410a6943cd055bfa072a2641eab7da.
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This reverts commit bd64ad8e15d66e48b36dbe3584315dd5cfc8b59a.
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Fix mistakes found by 'xmllint'.
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The R16B03 release
Conflicts:
lib/sasl/vsn.mk
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