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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/observer/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/observer/doc/src/etop.xml | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/observer/doc/src/notes.xml | 187 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/observer/doc/src/observer.xml | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/observer/doc/src/observer_ug.xml | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/observer/doc/src/ttb.xml | 18 |
5 files changed, 215 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/lib/observer/doc/src/etop.xml b/lib/observer/doc/src/etop.xml index d70d9d1d23..e7a83d0514 100644 --- a/lib/observer/doc/src/etop.xml +++ b/lib/observer/doc/src/etop.xml @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ <header> <copyright> <year>2002</year> - <year>2016</year> + <year>2017</year> <holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ <file></file> </header> <module>etop</module> - <modulesummary>Erlang Top is a tool for presenting information about Erlang + <modulesummary>Erlang Top is a tool for presenting information about Erlang processes similar to the information presented by "top" in UNIX.</modulesummary> <description> @@ -60,11 +60,11 @@ <p>Value: <c>atom()</c></p> <p>Mandatory</p></item> <tag><c>setcookie</c></tag> - <item><p>Cookie to use for the <c>etop</c> node. Must be same as the + <item><p>Cookie to use for the <c>etop</c> node. Must be same as the cookie on the measured node.</p> <p>Value: <c>atom()</c></p></item> <tag><c>lines</c></tag> - <item><p>Number of lines (processes) to display.</p> + <item><p>Number of lines (processes) to display.</p> <p>Value: <c>integer()</c></p> <p>Default: <c>10</c></p></item> <tag><c>interval</c></tag> @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ <p>Default: <c>on</c></p></item> </taglist> - <p>For detalis about Erlang Top, see the + <p>For details about Erlang Top, see the <seealso marker="etop_ug">User's Guide</seealso>.</p> </description> diff --git a/lib/observer/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/observer/doc/src/notes.xml index 505d0dcc89..d329be5d5a 100644 --- a/lib/observer/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/observer/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <chapter> <header> <copyright> - <year>2004</year><year>2016</year> + <year>2004</year><year>2017</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -32,6 +32,191 @@ <p>This document describes the changes made to the Observer application.</p> +<section><title>Observer 2.4</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + <c>etop</c> had a hardcoded timeout value of 1 second + when waiting for data from a remote node. When this + expired, which could happen for instance if there were + very many processes on the remote node, etop would exit + with reason <c>connection_lost</c>. To overcome this + problem, the timeout is now changed to be the same as the + update interval, which is configurable.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14393</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Show dirty-scheduler threads in performance monitor graph + and add a column with maximum allocated memory in the + Memory Allocators table.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14137</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Keep table and port selection after refresh of tables. + Store settings before shutdown and restore when starting + application.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14270</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Miscellaneous updates due to atoms containing + arbitrary Unicode characters. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14285</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + When observing a node older than OTP-19.0, a pop-up will + be displayed when trying to access port information. + Earlier, observer would crash in this situation.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14345 Aux Id: ERL-399 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Observer 2.3.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + etop erroneously reported the average scheduler + utilization since the tool was first started instead of + the scheduler utilization since last update. This is now + corrected.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14090 Aux Id: seq13232 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + crashdump_viewer crashed when the 'Slogan' had more than + one line. This is now corrected.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14093 Aux Id: ERL-318 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + When clicking an HTML-link to a port before the port tab + has been opened for the first time, observer would crash + since port info is not initiated. This is now corrected.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14151 Aux Id: PR-1296 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p>The dialyzer and observer applications will now use a + portable way to find the home directory. That means that + there is no longer any need to manually set the HOME + environment variable on Windows.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14249 Aux Id: ERL-161 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Observer 2.3</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + The shell script (priv/bin/cdv) and bat file + (priv/bin/cdv.bat) which can be used for starting + crashdump_viewer both started a distributed erlang node. + This would cause any attempt at starting a second + instance of the crashdump_viewer to fail. To solve this + problem, cdv and cdv.bat now use non-distributed nodes + when starting the crashdump_viewer.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14010</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + A bug caused the number of buckets to be shown in the + 'Objects' column, and the number of objects to be shown + in the 'Memory' column for ets table in crashdump_viewer. + This is now corrected.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14064</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Add option <c>queue_size</c> to ttb:tracer/2. This sets + the maximum queue size for the IP trace driver which is + used when tracing to shell and/or <c>{local,File}</c>.</p> + <p> + The default value for <c>queue_size</c> is specified by + <c>dbg</c>, and it is now changed from 50 to 200.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13829 Aux Id: seq13171 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The port information page is updated to show more + information per port.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13948 Aux Id: ERL-272 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Observer 2.2.2</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fixed error handling in observer when mnesia tables was + requested and not available.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13845 Aux Id: ERL-237 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Observer 2.2.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fixed a crash happening when observing another node, who + have a different number of schedulers than the current + one.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13702 Aux Id: ERL-171 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>Observer 2.2</title> <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> diff --git a/lib/observer/doc/src/observer.xml b/lib/observer/doc/src/observer.xml index 4d43ffe39f..843be26ee1 100644 --- a/lib/observer/doc/src/observer.xml +++ b/lib/observer/doc/src/observer.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>2011</year><year>2016</year> + <year>2011</year><year>2017</year> <holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ <seealso marker="ttb"><c>ttb</c></seealso>. </p> - <p>For detalis about how to get started, see the + <p>For details about how to get started, see the <seealso marker="observer_ug"><c>User's Guide</c></seealso>.</p> </description> <funcs> diff --git a/lib/observer/doc/src/observer_ug.xml b/lib/observer/doc/src/observer_ug.xml index 6eb72f3e58..c9204f2bbe 100644 --- a/lib/observer/doc/src/observer_ug.xml +++ b/lib/observer/doc/src/observer_ug.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <chapter> <header> <copyright> - <year>2011</year><year>2016</year> + <year>2011</year><year>2017</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ see module <seealso marker="erts:erts_alloc"><c>erts_alloc</c></seealso> in application ERTS.</p> + <p>The <c>Max Carrier size</c> column shows the maximum value seen by observer + since the last node change or since the start of the application, i.e. switching + nodes will reset the max column. Values are sampled so higher values may have + existed than what is shown. + </p> </section> <section> diff --git a/lib/observer/doc/src/ttb.xml b/lib/observer/doc/src/ttb.xml index 94ecef24b4..7cd15e15d3 100644 --- a/lib/observer/doc/src/ttb.xml +++ b/lib/observer/doc/src/ttb.xml @@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ ttb:p(all, call).</input></pre> <v>Opt = {file,Client} | {handler, FormatHandler} | {process_info,PI} | shell | {shell, ShellSpec} | {timer, TimerSpec} | {overload_check, {MSec, Module, Function}} | - {flush, MSec} | resume | {resume, FetchTimeout}</v> + {flush, MSec} | resume | {resume, FetchTimeout} | + {queue_size, QueueSize}</v> <v>TimerSpec = MSec | {MSec, StopOpts}</v> <v>MSec = FetchTimeout = integer()</v> <v>Module = Function = atom() </v> @@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ ttb:p(all, call).</input></pre> <v>FormatHandler = See format/2</v> <v>PI = true | false </v> <v>ShellSpec = true | false | only</v> + <v>QueueSize = non_neg_integer()</v> </type> <desc> <p>Starts a file trace port on all specified nodes @@ -147,6 +149,18 @@ ttb:p(all, call).</input></pre> <c>Client</c> must be <c>{local, File}</c>. All trace information is then sent to the trace control node where it is written to file.</p></item> + <tag><c>queue_size</c></tag> + <item><p>When tracing to shell or <c>{local,File}</c>, an ip + trace driver is used internally. The ip trace driver has a + queue of maximum <c>QueueSize</c> messages waiting to be + delivered. If the driver cannot deliver messages as fast as + they are produced, the queue size might be exceeded and + messages are dropped. This parameter is optional, and is + only useful if many <c>{drop,N}</c> trace messages are + received by the trace handler. It has no meaning if shell + or <c>{local,File}</c> is not used. See + <seealso marker="runtime_tools:dbg#trace_port/2">dbg:trace_port/2</seealso> + for more information about the ip trace driver.</p></item> <tag><c>process_info</c></tag> <item><p>Indicates if process information is to be collected. If <c>PI = true</c> (which is @@ -485,7 +499,7 @@ ttb:p(all, call).</input></pre> <p>For a description of the <c>match_spec()</c> syntax, see section <seealso marker="erts:match_spec"><c>Match Specifications in Erlang</c></seealso> - in <c>ERTS</c>, which explains the general match specification "language". + in ERTS, which explains the general match specification "language". </p> <note> <p>The <em>system tracer</em> for sequential tracing is |