From 30e97f13e85efdc2d68282996cc6f907fc1cf9d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rickard Green Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 18:21:16 +0100 Subject: Documentation fix --- erts/doc/src/erlang.xml | 6 +++++- erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml | 7 +++++-- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'erts') diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml index bc38055b62..287346340c 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml @@ -5316,7 +5316,11 @@ ok As of erts version 5.6.1 the return value is a list of {instance, InstanceNo, InstanceInfo} tuples where InstanceInfo contains information about - a specific instance of the allocator. + a specific instance of the allocator. As of erts version + 5.10.4 the returned list when calling + erlang:system_info({allocator, mseg_alloc}) also + include an {erts_mmap, _} tuple as one element + in the list. If Alloc is not a recognized allocator, undefined is returned. If Alloc is disabled, false is returned.

diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml b/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml index a0ec89f398..49ee740a73 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml @@ -332,8 +332,11 @@ Set super carrier size (in MB). The super carrier size defaults to zero; i.e, the super carrier is by default disabled. The super carrier is a large continuous area in the virtual address space. - The system will always try to create new carriers in the super - carrier. + mseg_alloc will always try to create new carriers in the super + carrier if it exists. Note that the alloc_util framework may + create sys_alloc carriers. For more information on this, see the + documentation of the +MMsco + flag.

NOTE: The super carrier cannot be enabled nor disabled on halfword heap systems. This flag will be -- cgit v1.2.3