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2013-05-03Fix gen_server_SUITE:call_with_huge_message_queueSiri Hansen
This test always fails when gen is native compiled, since the optmization is not implemented then. The test is now skipped when running with hipe. The test does also quite often fail on one of the test hosts which runs in a virtual machine. The reason is that the clock runs "in bursts" on this host, which is outside of the control of the erlang VM and probably due to the fact that the host runs as a virtual machine. To overcome this problem, the echo message is now sent 10000 times instead of 10 times - i.e. the test run is prolonged in order to even out the effect of the bursts.
2013-04-03Removed ?line macroFredrik Gustafsson
2013-04-02add sys:get_state/1,2 and sys:replace_state/2,3Steve Vinoski
At Erlang Factory 2013 there was discussion during one of the talks about the sys:get_status functions and how useful they were for debugging. Geoff Cant mentioned it would be very useful if the sys module also provided functions to use while debugging to get just the state of a process and also to be able to replace the state of a process, and many others in the audience appeared to agree. The sys:get_state/1,2 functions return the state of a gen_server, gen_fsm, or gen_event process. The return value varies depending on the process type: process state for a gen_server, state name and state data for a gen_fsm, and handler module, handler id, and handler state for each handler registered in a gen_event process. The sys:replace_state/2,3 functions allow the state of a gen_server, gen_fsm, or gen_event process to be replaced with a new state. These functions take a function argument that updates or replaces the process state; using a function to change the state eliminates the race condition of first reading the state via sys:get_state/1 or sys:get_state/2, using its return value to create a new state, and then replacing the old state with the new state, since during that time the process might have received other calls or messages that could have changed its state. * For a gen_server process, the state replacement function takes the process state as an argument and returns a new state. * For a gen_fsm process, the state replacement function gets a tuple of {StateName, StateData} and returns a similar tuple that specifies a new state name, new state data, or both. * For a gen_event process, the state replacement function is called for each registered event handler. It gets a tuple {Module, Id, HandlerState} and returns a similar tuple that specifies the same Module and Id values but may specify a different value for HandlerState. If the state replacement function crashes or results in an error, the original state of a gen_server or gen_fsm process is maintained; if such a crash occurs for a gen_event process, the original state of the event handler for which the state replacement function was called is maintained, but the states of other event handlers of the same gen_event process may still be updated if no errors or crashes occur while replacing their states. Add documentation for sys:get_state/1,2 and sys:replace_state/2,3. The documentation explicitly notes that the functions are intended for use during debugging. Add new tests for these functions to gen_server_SUITE, gen_fsm_SUITE, and gen_event_SUITE.
2012-10-30stdlib: Fix test timeouts in cover runsDan Gudmundsson
2012-08-31Merge branch 'maint'Björn-Egil Dahlberg
Conflicts: lib/diameter/autoconf/vxworks/sed.general xcomp/README.md
2012-08-31Update copyright yearsBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2012-07-19stdlib: Remove VxWorksBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2012-07-04Change testcase of gen_server:enter_loop/4 with global scopeGustav Simonsson
to match on result of a gen_server:call/2
2012-07-03Correct guard matching in gen_server:enter_loop/4Gustav Simonsson
to match global scope in ServerName without timeout. OTP-10130
2011-11-24Add plugin support for alternative name lookupUlf Wiger
OTP behaviour instances (gen_server, gen_fsm, gen_event) can currently register themselves either locally or globally, and the behaviour libraries (including gen.erl) support both addressing methods, as well as the normal Pid and {Name, Node}. However, there are alternative registry implementations - e.g. gproc - and one can well imagine other ways of locating a behaviour instance, e.g. on a node connected only via a TCP tunnel, rather than via Distributed Erlang. In all these cases, one needs to write extra code to identify the behaviour instance, even though the instance itself need not be aware of how it is located. This patch introduces a new way of locating a behaviour instance: {via, Module, Name}. Module is expected to export a subset of the functions in global.erl, namely: register_name(Name, Pid) -> yes | no whereis_name(Name) -> pid() | undefined unregister_name(Name) -> ok send(Name, Msg) -> Pid Semantics are expected to be the same as for global.erl This can be used in all places where {global, Name} is accepted. faulty export in gen_fsm_SUITE.erl await process death in dummy_via:reset() fix error in gen_[server|fsm]:enter_loop() fix documentation
2011-11-14Remove the undocumented function global:safe_whereis_name/1Hans Bolinder
2011-03-11Update copyright yearsBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2011-02-17Rename Suite Callback to Common Test HookLukas Larsson
2011-02-17Fix formatting for stdlibLukas 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 stdlib tests to conform with common_test standardLukas Larsson
2011-02-17Update all fin_per_testcase to end_per_testcase.Lukas Larsson
2010-05-27handle {global, term()} names in format_status/2Steve Vinoski
The gen_fsm, gen_server, and wx_object format_status implementations fail to handle global names of the form {global, term()} where term() is something other than an atom, pid, or list. Change these format_status implementations to treat names that are atoms, pids, or lists as before, but for all other terms, set the header property of the function return value to a tuple whose first element is a string describing the return value and whose second element is the name term. Add unit tests for gen_server and gen_fsm to verify sys:get_status calls work successfully for globally registered instances.
2010-05-12Extend format_status for gen_server/gen_fsm termination error loggingSteve Vinoski
When a gen_server or gen_fsm process terminates abnormally, sometimes the text representation of the process state can occupy many lines of the error log, depending on the definition of the state term. Developers sometimes would like a way to trim out parts of the state from the log if those parts don't contribute to documenting the circumstances of the error, thereby helping to reduce the amount of logged output. Since the format_status callback can already format and specialize gen_server and gen_fsm state for inclusion in the term returned from sys:get_status, this patch extends format_status in a backward-compatible way to also be able to specialize the state logged for abnormal gen_server and gen_fsm termination, and includes new unit tests to verify the new functionality. This patch also eliminates the previous restriction that the status returned by format_status must be a list. It can now be any term. The documentation is extended to cover the new usage for format_status, and it's been improved to recommend a form for the normal case that allows the returned status to fit well with the rest of the term returned by sys:get_status. The documentation is clear that this form is only recommended, not required.
2010-05-12Merge branch 'bg/opt-receive' into devErlang/OTP
* bg/opt-receive: Test that gen_server:call/2,3 are fast even with a huge message queue erts: Add tests for the receive optimization Update primary bootstrap erts: Implement recv_mark/1 and recv_set/1 for real compiler tests: Cover the error handling code in beam_receive compiler test: Test optimization of receive statements Optimize selective receives in the presence of a large message queue Introduce the new recv_mark/1 and recv_mark/1 instructions Compile tests that communicate with R12 nodes with the r12 option Move p_run/2 to test_lib gen: Inline wait_resp_mon/2 to help the compiler optimize OTP-8623 bg/opt-receive reveive statements that can only read out a newly created reference are now specially optimized so that it will execute in constant time regardless of the number of messages in the receive queue for the process. That optimization will benefit calls to gen_server:call(). (See gen:do_call/4 for an example of a receive statement that will be optimized.)
2010-05-11Test that gen_server:call/2,3 are fast even with a huge message queueBjörn Gustavsson
2009-12-01Teach sys:get_status/1,2 to call Mod:format_status/2Steve Vinoski
Restore the ability for gen_server and gen_fsm callback modules to format their own state for display under the sys:get_status/1,2 calls. This ability is extremely useful for new behavior modules based on gen_server or gen_fsm, so that they can display their status in a more meaningful way than just dumping the state record. It is also generally useful for applications wanting to display their gen_server or gen_fsm callback module state in something other than the default manner. Also document the previously undocumented the gen_server:format_status/2 and gen_fsm:format_status/2 optional callback functions that, if exported by the callback module, are invoked when sys:get_status/1,2 are called. Add unit tests to ensure that format_status/2 functions exported from a gen_fsm callback module and a gen_server callback module are called when sys:get_status/1,2 are called.
2009-11-20The R13B03 release.OTP_R13B03Erlang/OTP