From 5f7f86be7bc7ec7a1c9b0042ff08254dca063d76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Bj=C3=B6rn=20Gustavsson?= Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2017 13:27:09 +0100 Subject: Store messages for 'rex' and 'error_logger' off heap Performance for processes that receive huge amounts of messages can be increased by storing the incoming messages outside the heap (that avoids copying the message in a garbage collection). Two OTP processes that are known to receive many messages are 'rex' (used by 'rpc') and 'error_logger'. --- lib/kernel/src/rpc.erl | 14 ++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'lib/kernel/src/rpc.erl') diff --git a/lib/kernel/src/rpc.erl b/lib/kernel/src/rpc.erl index 21bff02214..bd6ea26678 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/src/rpc.erl +++ b/lib/kernel/src/rpc.erl @@ -67,17 +67,27 @@ %%------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +%% The rex server may receive a huge amount of +%% messages. Make sure that they are stored off heap to +%% avoid exessive GCs. + +-define(SPAWN_OPTS, [{spawn_opt,[{message_queue_data,off_heap}]}]). + %% Remote execution and broadcasting facility -spec start() -> {'ok', pid()} | 'ignore' | {'error', term()}. start() -> - gen_server:start({local,?NAME}, ?MODULE, [], []). + gen_server:start({local,?NAME}, ?MODULE, [], ?SPAWN_OPTS). -spec start_link() -> {'ok', pid()} | 'ignore' | {'error', term()}. start_link() -> - gen_server:start_link({local,?NAME}, ?MODULE, [], []). + %% The rex server process may receive a huge amount of + %% messages. Make sure that they are stored off heap to + %% avoid exessive GCs. + gen_server:start_link({local,?NAME}, ?MODULE, [], ?SPAWN_OPTS). -spec stop() -> term(). -- cgit v1.2.3