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-rw-r--r--docs/users_guide/runtime_control.xml15
-rw-r--r--rts/RtsFlags.c9
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/runtime_control.xml b/docs/users_guide/runtime_control.xml
index a55a1fe5e2..b7551ebcc1 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/runtime_control.xml
+++ b/docs/users_guide/runtime_control.xml
@@ -385,6 +385,21 @@ $ ./prog -f +RTS -H32m -S -RTS -h foo bar
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <option>-O</option><replaceable>size</replaceable>
+ <indexterm><primary><option>-O</option></primary><secondary>RTS option</secondary></indexterm>
+ <indexterm><primary>old generation, size</primary></indexterm>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>&lsqb;Default: 1m&rsqb; Set the minimum size of the
+ old generation. The old generation is collected whenever it
+ grows to this size or the value of the <option>-F</option> option
+ multiplied by the size of the live data at the previous major
+ collection, whichever is larger.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
<term>
<option>-n</option><replaceable>size</replaceable>
<indexterm><primary><option>-n</option></primary><secondary>RTS option</secondary></indexterm>
diff --git a/rts/RtsFlags.c b/rts/RtsFlags.c
index ef01ccb3ab..5c7fcefab3 100644
--- a/rts/RtsFlags.c
+++ b/rts/RtsFlags.c
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ usage_text[] = {
" -kb<size> Sets the stack chunk buffer size (default 1k)",
"",
" -A<size> Sets the minimum allocation area size (default 512k) Egs: -A1m -A10k",
+" -O<size> Sets the minimum size of the old generation (default 1M)",
" -M<size> Sets the maximum heap size (default unlimited) Egs: -M256k -M1G",
" -H<size> Sets the minimum heap size (default 0M) Egs: -H24m -H1G",
" -m<n> Minimum % of heap which must be available (default 3%)",
@@ -971,6 +972,14 @@ error = rtsTrue;
}
break;
+ case 'O':
+ OPTION_UNSAFE;
+ RtsFlags.GcFlags.minOldGenSize =
+ (nat)(decodeSize(rts_argv[arg], 2, BLOCK_SIZE,
+ HS_WORD_MAX)
+ / BLOCK_SIZE);
+ break;
+
case 'I': /* idle GC delay */
OPTION_UNSAFE;
if (rts_argv[arg][2] == '\0') {