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2015-05-07Set module_info md5 for native modules properlyRichard Carlsson
Use the md5 of the native code chunk instead of the Beam code md5.
2015-01-26hipe: remove two obsolete BIFsMikael Pettersson
The hipe_bifs:make_native_stub/2 and hipe_bifs:get_emu_address/1 BIFs were originally used by hipe_unified_loader.erl, but the code been obsolete and disabled for ages. Remove the BIFs and all references to them. In hipe_unified_loader.erl, remove the no-op emu_make_stubs/1 function.
2014-03-07Support the LLVM backend in HiPEYiannis Tsiouris
Add flags to enable and use the LLVM backend: * to_llvm: use the LLVM pipeline for compilation (default optimization level is O3), * llvm_save_temps: save the intermediate files in current directory in order to be able to debug or optimize the LLVM assembly, * {to_llvm, O}: set the optimization level of LLVM opt and llc tools. Add some debug support to the loader; no semantic change intented.
2014-02-28Delay patching of closures to eliminate a race conditionBjörn Gustavsson
The loader of native code tries to avoid race condition by bringing down the system to a single scheduler. Unfortunately, that will not completely avoid race conditions beacuse other processes may still run while the code is being loaded. Therefore, we must still make sure that native code has been fully fixed up before it can be executed. Under unlucky circumstances, it was possible for the global name register process to call a fun in native code before the native code for the fun had been fully fixed up. The run-time system would crash when running the not-fully-fixed-up code. Here is a way to make the bug 100% reproducible. First add this function to the 'global' module: silly_looper(List) -> lists:foreach(fun(E) -> put(any_atom, E) end, List), silly_looper(List). Then insert the following code at the beginning of the init/1 function in the 'global' module: spawn_link(fun() -> silly_looper(lists:seq(1, 100)) end), The run-time system will crash during start up when the native code for the 'global' module is being loaded. What will happen is that lists:foreach/2 (which runs in native code) will call the native code for the fun in silly_looper/1 before the reference to 'any_atom' has been changed from a 0 to the proper tagged atom value. The put/2 BIF will exit when attempting to calculate the hash value for the illegal value 0 (it is not properly tagged). To eliminate this race condition, we must delay patching the native code addresses for a fun into the fun entry until the native code has been fully fixed up. We will use the new BIFs introduced in the previous commit. While we are at it, we will also make sure that we erase any temporary variables in the process dictionary used by the hipe_unified_loader module.
2014-02-28hipe: Break apart hipe_bif:make_fe/3 into two BIFsBjörn Gustavsson
This commit is a preparation for eliminating a race condition loading the native code for modules whose BEAM code has already been loaded. Here we introduce two new BIFs so that looking up a fun entry is separate from setting the native address in the fun entry.
2013-09-09Merge branch 'maint'Fredrik Gustafsson
Conflicts: bootstrap/lib/kernel/ebin/hipe_unified_loader.beam
2013-09-04Cleanup of the fileKostis Sagonas
Consisting of three items: - Eliminate uses of is_subtype/2 in specs - Change module-local void functions to return 'ok' instead of [] - Make sure there are no dialyzer warnings with --Wunmatched_returns
2013-05-06Fix unmatched_return warnings in kernelSiri Hansen
2013-02-13Change the return value of hipe_bifs:remove_refs_from/1Kostis Sagonas
In order to avoid an ummatched return warning in erts and make the code more sane, the return value of the bif was changed from [] to 'ok'. (Probably more hipe_bifs need such changes but they will have to wait.) While at it, the code of various functions in hipe_unified_loader was shortened by using lists:foreach/1 instead of explicit recursion.
2012-05-11kernel: Disable hipe compilation for hipe_unified_loaderSverker Eriksson
Workaround for crash in code_server.
2012-02-17hipe,erts: Add DEBUG support with MFA's in stack descriptorsSverker Eriksson
2012-02-09hipe: Fix address_to_mfa in hipe loaderSverker Eriksson
Strange that the effect of this bug is not more fatal. Kudos to Fabian and Tom for spotting this one.
2012-01-24beam_load.c: Allow stubs for BIFsBjörn Gustavsson
We want to be able to write type specifications for BIFs in the same way as for any other function. Currently, the type for BIFs need to be described in erl_bif_types. To avoid extending the compiler and Dialyzer with special directives for providing specifications for BIFs, we have decided to let the loader accept a local definition for a function which exists as a BIF. As an example, here is how a stub for lists:reverse/2 can be defined: -export([reverse/2]). -spec reverse([term()], term()) -> [term()]. reverse(_, _) -> erlang:nif_error(undef). Essentially, the loader will discard the local definition of reverse/2. Other functions in the same module must *not* do local calls to a BIF stub. If a local call to a BIF is found, the loader will refuse to load the module. That is, the following call is not allowed: reverse(List) -> reverse(List, []). but the following is: reverse(List) -> ?MODULE:reverse(List, []). A few words about the implementation. It turns out to be too complicated to actually discard the BIF stubs. Although it would be possibly with some jiggery pokery in ops.tab, the code would be difficult to maintain and it could slow down loading of modules that don't define BIFs (which are almost all modules). Therefore, the stub functions are kept in the loaded code, but their names in the func_info instruction are invalidated so that module_info(functions) can filter them out.
2011-11-26code: Clean up loading of code_server prerequisitesBjörn Gustavsson
Reorganize in a systematic way the code that loads the modules needed by the code_server process. While at it, remove the useless hipe_unified_loader:load_hipe_modules/0 function.
2011-02-14Added loader for ppc64Kostis Sagonas
2010-02-09hipe_unified_loader: only block SMP scheduling when necessaryMikael Pettersson
This avoids costly scheduling changes during module loading if native code is disabled in erts, or not present in the module being loaded. Signed-off-by: Mikael Pettersson <[email protected]>
2010-01-27fix hipe loader SMP non-atomicity errorMikael Pettersson
Loading native code is a multi-step operation that needs to be atomic, but the HiPE loader failed to ensure that. This caused corruption of runtime system structure in some cases. Fix by blocking multi_scheduling around main loader entry points. Signed-off-by: Mikael Pettersson <[email protected]>
2009-11-20The R13B03 release.OTP_R13B03Erlang/OTP