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From c0f293afcecca2007805ecd02fe9017052425428 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rickard Green <rickard@erlang.org>
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2022 14:10:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [erts] Use multi time warp mode by default

---
 erts/doc/src/time_correction.xml              | 60 +++++++++++--------
 erts/emulator/beam/erl_init.c                 |  2 +-
 .../upcoming_incompatibilities.xml            | 13 ----
 3 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)

diff --git a/erts/doc/src/time_correction.xml b/erts/doc/src/time_correction.xml
index b3a36b907e..17263c26fe 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/time_correction.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/time_correction.xml
@@ -34,29 +34,42 @@
   </header>
 
   <section>
-    <title>New Extended Time Functionality</title>
-    <note><p>As from Erlang/OTP 18 (ERTS 7.0) the time functionality
-    has been extended. This includes a
+    <title>Extended Time Functionality</title>
+
+    <p>As of Erlang/OTP 18 (ERTS 7.0) the time functionality
+    was extended. This includes a
     <seeguide marker="#The_New_Time_API">new API</seeguide>
     for time and
     <seeguide marker="#Time_Warp_Modes">time warp
     modes</seeguide> that change the system behavior when
     system time changes.</p>
 
-    <p>The <seeguide marker="#No_Time_Warp_Mode">default
-    time warp mode</seeguide> has the same behavior as before, and the
-    old API still works. Thus, you are not required to change
-    anything unless you want to. However, <em>you are strongly
-    encouraged to use the new API</em> instead of the old API based
-    on <seemfa marker="erlang#now/0"><c>erlang:now/0</c></seemfa>.
-    <c>erlang:now/0</c> is deprecated, as it is and
-    will be a scalability bottleneck.</p>
-
-    <p>By using the new API, you
-    automatically get scalability and performance improvements. This
-    also enables you to use the
-    <seeguide marker="#Multi_Time_Warp_Mode">multi-time warp mode</seeguide>
-    that improves accuracy and precision of time measurements.</p>
+    <note>
+      <p>
+        As of Erlang/OTP 26 (ERTS 14.0) the
+        <seeguide marker="#Multi_Time_Warp_Mode">multi time warp
+        mode</seeguide> is enabled by default. This assumes that all
+        code executing on the system is
+        <seeguide marker="#Time_Warp_Safe_Code">time warp safe</seeguide>.
+      </p>
+      <p>
+        If you have old code in the system that is not time warp
+        safe, you now explicitly need to start the system in
+        <seeguide marker="#No_Time_Warp_Mode">no time warp
+        mode</seeguide> (or
+        <seeguide marker="#Single_Time_Warp_Mode">singe time warp
+        mode</seeguide> if it is partially time warp safe) in order
+        to avoid problems. When starting the system in no time warp
+        mode, the system behaves as it did prior to the introduction
+        of the extended time functionality introduced in OTP 18.
+      </p>
+      <p>
+        If you have code that is not time warp safe, you are strongly
+        encouraged to change this so that you can use multi time
+        warp mode. Compared to no time warp mode, multi time warp
+        mode improves scalability and performance as well as accuracy
+        and precision of time measurements.
+      </p>
     </note>
   </section>
 
@@ -405,13 +418,9 @@
     <section>
       <title>No Time Warp Mode</title>
       <p>The time offset is determined at runtime system start
-      and does not change later. This is the default behavior, but
-      not because it is the best mode (which it is not). It is
-      default <em>only</em> because this is how the runtime system
-      behaved until ERTS 7.0.
-      Ensure that your Erlang code that can execute during a time
-      warp is <seeguide marker="#Time_Warp_Safe_Code">time warp
-      safe</seeguide> before enabling other modes.</p>
+      and does not change later. This is the same behavior as was
+      default prior to OTP 26 (ERTS 14.0), and the only behavior
+      prior to OTP 18 (ERTS 7.0).</p>
 
       <p>As the time offset is not allowed to change, time
       correction must adjust the frequency of the Erlang
@@ -558,7 +567,8 @@
       better, and behave better on almost all platforms.
       Also, the accuracy and precision of time measurements
       are better. Only Erlang runtime systems executing on
-      ancient platforms benefit from another configuration.</p>
+      ancient platforms benefit from another configuration.
+      As of OTP 26 (ERTS 14.0) this is also the default.</p>
 
       <p>The time offset can change at any time without limitations.
       That is, Erlang system time can perform time warps both
diff --git a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_init.c b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_init.c
index 872fa6b613..62c11668ed 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_init.c
+++ b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_init.c
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ static ERTS_INLINE void
 set_default_time_adj(int *time_correction_p, ErtsTimeWarpMode *time_warp_mode_p)
 {
     *time_correction_p = 1;
-    *time_warp_mode_p = ERTS_NO_TIME_WARP_MODE;
+    *time_warp_mode_p = ERTS_MULTI_TIME_WARP_MODE;
     if (!erts_check_time_adj_support(*time_correction_p,
 				     *time_warp_mode_p)) {
 	*time_correction_p = 0;
diff --git a/system/doc/general_info/upcoming_incompatibilities.xml b/system/doc/general_info/upcoming_incompatibilities.xml
index 59003d2243..90774672bd 100644
--- a/system/doc/general_info/upcoming_incompatibilities.xml
+++ b/system/doc/general_info/upcoming_incompatibilities.xml
@@ -132,18 +132,5 @@
       </list>
     </section>
 
-    <section>
-      <title>The default timewarp mode will change to multi-time warp mode</title>
-      <p>
-	The default <seeguide marker="erts:time_correction#Time_Warp_Modes">
-        Time Warp Mode</seeguide> will be changed from
-        <seeguide marker="erts:time_correction#No_Time_Warp_Mode">
-        no time warp mode</seeguide> to <seeguide marker="erts:time_correction#Multi_Time_Warp_Mode">
-        multi-time warp mode</seeguide>. See <seeguide marker="erts:time_correction">
-        Time and Time Correction in Erlang</seeguide> for details on how this will
-        effect your system.
-      </p>
-    </section>
-
   </section>
 </chapter>
-- 
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