From 379064981ecccc8c099623cdb93894d02a6bcdc1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Bj=C3=B6rn=20Gustavsson?= Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 05:41:28 +0200 Subject: Allow refc binaries in literal pools To simplify the implementation of literal pools (constant pools) for the R12 release, a shortcut was taken regarding binaries -- all binaries would be stored as heap binaries regardless of size. To allow a module containing literals to be unloaded, literal terms are copied when sent to another process. That means that huge literal binaries will also be copied if they are sent to another process, which could be surprising. Another problem is that the arity field in the header for the heap object may not be wide enough to handle big binaries. Therefore, bite the bullet and allow refc binaries to be stored in literal pools. In short, the following need to be changed: * Each loaded module needs a MSO list, linking all refc binaries in the literal pool. * When check_process_code/2 copies literals to a process heap, it must link each referenced binary into the MSO list for the process and increment the reference counter for the binary. * purge_module/1 must decrement the reference counter for each refc binary in the literal pool. --- erts/emulator/beam/global.h | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'erts/emulator/beam/global.h') diff --git a/erts/emulator/beam/global.h b/erts/emulator/beam/global.h index 9f19172e08..b247576f1c 100644 --- a/erts/emulator/beam/global.h +++ b/erts/emulator/beam/global.h @@ -1126,7 +1126,9 @@ void erts_init_gc(void); int erts_garbage_collect(Process*, int, Eterm*, int); void erts_garbage_collect_hibernate(Process* p); Eterm erts_gc_after_bif_call(Process* p, Eterm result, Eterm* regs, Uint arity); -void erts_garbage_collect_literals(Process* p, Eterm* literals, Uint lit_size); +void erts_garbage_collect_literals(Process* p, Eterm* literals, + Uint lit_size, + struct erl_off_heap_header* oh); Uint erts_next_heap_size(Uint, Uint); Eterm erts_heap_sizes(Process* p); -- cgit v1.2.3