%% %% %CopyrightBegin% %% %% Copyright Ericsson AB 2016. All Rights Reserved. %% %% Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); %% you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. %% You may obtain a copy of the License at %% %% http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 %% %% Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software %% distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, %% WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. %% See the License for the specific language governing permissions and %% limitations under the License. %% %% %CopyrightEnd% %% -module(erts_literal_area_collector). -export([start/0]). %% Currently we only allow two outstanding literal %% copying jobs that garbage collect in order to %% copy the literals. Maybe we could allow more %% than two outstanding processes, but for now we %% play it safe... -define(MAX_GC_OUTSTND, 2). %% %% The erts_literal_area_collector is started at %% VM boot by the VM. It is a spawned as a system %% process, i.e, the whole VM will terminate if %% this process terminates. %% start() -> process_flag(trap_exit, true), msg_loop(undefined, 0, 0, []). %% %% The VM will send us a 'copy_literals' message %% when it has a new literal area that needs to %% be handled is added. We will also be informed %% about more areas when we call %% erts_internal:release_literal_area_switch(). %% msg_loop(Area, Outstnd, GcOutstnd, NeedGC) -> receive %% A new area to handle has arrived... copy_literals when Outstnd == 0 -> switch_area(); %% Process (_Pid) has completed the request... {copy_literals, {Area, _GcAllowed, _Pid}, ok} when Outstnd == 1 -> switch_area(); %% Last process completed... {copy_literals, {Area, false, _Pid}, ok} -> msg_loop(Area, Outstnd-1, GcOutstnd, NeedGC); {copy_literals, {Area, true, _Pid}, ok} when NeedGC == [] -> msg_loop(Area, Outstnd-1, GcOutstnd-1, []); {copy_literals, {Area, true, _Pid}, ok} -> send_copy_req(hd(NeedGC), Area, true), msg_loop(Area, Outstnd-1, GcOutstnd, tl(NeedGC)); %% Process (Pid) failed to complete the request %% since it needs to garbage collect in order to %% complete the request... {copy_literals, {Area, false, Pid}, need_gc} when GcOutstnd < ?MAX_GC_OUTSTND -> send_copy_req(Pid, Area, true), msg_loop(Area, Outstnd, GcOutstnd+1, NeedGC); {copy_literals, {Area, false, Pid}, need_gc} -> msg_loop(Area, Outstnd, GcOutstnd, [Pid|NeedGC]); %% Not handled message regarding the area that we %% currently are working with. Crash the VM so %% we notice this bug... {copy_literals, {Area, _, _}, _} = Msg when erlang:is_reference(Area) -> exit({not_handled_message, Msg}); %% Unexpected garbage message. Get rid of it... _Ignore -> msg_loop(Area, Outstnd, GcOutstnd, NeedGC) end. switch_area() -> Res = erts_internal:release_literal_area_switch(), erlang:garbage_collect(), %% Almost no live data now... case Res of false -> %% No more areas to handle... msg_loop(undefined, 0, 0, []); true -> %% Send requests to all processes to copy %% all live data they have referring to the %% literal area that is to be released... Area = make_ref(), Outstnd = send_copy_reqs(erlang:processes(), Area, false), msg_loop(Area, Outstnd, 0, []) end. send_copy_reqs(Ps, Area, GC) -> send_copy_reqs(Ps, Area, GC, 0). send_copy_reqs([], _Area, _GC, N) -> N; send_copy_reqs([P|Ps], Area, GC, N) -> send_copy_req(P, Area, GC), send_copy_reqs(Ps, Area, GC, N+1). send_copy_req(P, Area, GC) -> erts_internal:request_system_task(P, normal, {copy_literals, {Area, GC, P}, GC}).