Commit 25a3dd3f authored by Austin Clements's avatar Austin Clements

doc/go1.9: runtime release notes

Several of the CLs that were against the runtime are noted in other
places in the release notes, depending on where they are most
user-visible.

Change-Id: I167dc7ff17a4c5f9a5d22d5bd123aa0e99f5639e
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/45137Reviewed-by: 's avatarAlex Brainman <alex.brainman@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: 's avatarBrad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: 's avatarRick Hudson <rlh@golang.org>
parent 385ea724
......@@ -106,6 +106,13 @@ type T1 = T2
environment variable <code>GO19CONCURRENTCOMPILATION</code> to <code>0</code>.
</p>
<h3 id="compiler">Compiler Toolchain</h3>
<p><!-- CL 37441 -->
Complex division is now C99-compatible. This has always been the
case in gccgo and is now fixed in the gc toolchain.
</p>
<h3 id="go-test-list">Go test</h3>
<p> <!-- CL 41195 -->
......@@ -128,7 +135,6 @@ type T1 = T2
<!-- CL 36983: https://golang.org/cl/36983: cmd/link: write dwarf sections -->
<!-- CL 40331: https://golang.org/cl/40331: cmd/link,runtime/cgo: enable PT_TLS generation on OpenBSD -->
<!-- CL 38343: https://golang.org/cl/38343: cmd/pprof: use proxy from environment -->
<!-- CL 36015: https://golang.org/cl/36015: cmd/trace: Record mark assists in execution traces -->
<h2 id="performance">Performance</h2>
......@@ -505,36 +511,30 @@ type T1 = T2
<dl id="runtime"><dt><a href="/pkg/runtime/">runtime</a></dt>
<dd>
<p><!-- CL 29341 -->
TODO: <a href="https://golang.org/cl/29341">https://golang.org/cl/29341</a>: use cpuset_getaffinity for runtime.NumCPU() on FreeBSD
</p>
<p><!-- CL 35710 -->
TODO: <a href="https://golang.org/cl/35710">https://golang.org/cl/35710</a>: make time correctly update on Wine
</p>
<p><!-- CL 37233 -->
TODO: <a href="https://golang.org/cl/37233">https://golang.org/cl/37233</a>: use inlining tables to generate accurate tracebacks
</p>
<p><!-- CL 37441 -->
TODO: <a href="https://golang.org/cl/37441">https://golang.org/cl/37441</a>: make complex division c99 compatible
</p>
<p><!-- CL 37726 -->
TODO: <a href="https://golang.org/cl/37726">https://golang.org/cl/37726</a>: strongly encourage CallersFrames with the result of Callers
<p><!-- CL 37233, CL 37726 -->
Tracebacks generated by the runtime and recorded in profiles are
now accurate in the presence of inlining.
To retrieve tracebacks programmatically, applications should use
<a href="/pkg/runtime/#CallersFrames"><code>runtime.CallersFrames</code></a>
rather than directly iterating over the results of
<a href="/pkg/runtime/#Callers"><code>runtime.Callers</code></a>.
</p>
<p><!-- CL 38403 -->
TODO: <a href="https://golang.org/cl/38403">https://golang.org/cl/38403</a>: reduce Windows timer resolution when idle
On Windows, Go no longer forces the system timer to run at high
resolution when the program is idle.
This should reduce the impact of Go programs on battery life.
</p>
<p><!-- CL 40810 -->
TODO: <a href="https://golang.org/cl/40810">https://golang.org/cl/40810</a>: make sweep trace events encompass entire sweep loop
<p><!-- CL 29341 -->
On FreeBSD, <code>GOMAXPROCS</code> and
<a href="/pkg/runtime/#NumCPU"><code>runtime.NumCPU</code></a>
are now based on the process' CPU mask, rather than the total
number of CPUs.
</p>
<p><!-- CL 43641 -->
TODO: <a href="https://golang.org/cl/43641">https://golang.org/cl/43641</a>: use pselect6 for usleep on linux/amd64 and linux/arm
The runtime has preliminary support for Android O.
</p>
</dl><!-- runtime -->
......@@ -547,6 +547,26 @@ type T1 = T2
</dl><!-- runtime/pprof -->
<dl id="runtime/trace"><dt><a href="/pkg/runtime/trace/">runtime/trace</a></dt>
<dd>
<p><!-- CL 36015 -->
The execution trace now displays mark assist events, which
indicate when an application goroutine is forced to assist
garbage collection because it is allocating too quickly.
</p>
<p><!-- CL 40810 -->
"Sweep" events now encompass the entire process of finding free
space for an allocation, rather than recording each individual
span that is swept.
This reduces allocation latency when tracing allocation-heavy
programs.
The sweep event shows how many bytes were swept and how many
were reclaimed.
</p>
</dl><!-- runtime/trace -->
<dl id="sync"><dt><a href="/pkg/sync/">sync</a></dt>
<dd>
<p><!-- CL 34310 -->
......@@ -601,5 +621,9 @@ type T1 = T2
TODO: <a href="https://golang.org/cl/36615">https://golang.org/cl/36615</a>: add Duration.Truncate and Duration.Round
</p>
<p><!-- CL 35710 -->
Retrieving the time and sleeping now work correctly under Wine.
</p>
</dl><!-- time -->
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