Deprecate module 'overload' in SASL

The module is deprected and will be removed in OTP 19. The reason is
that the module is not used, and that we se no obvious use case for
it.

4 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/sasl/doc/src/overload.xml b/lib/sasl/doc/src/overload.xml
index 5c3d00afeb..2f19cd9088 100644
--- a/lib/sasl/doc/src/overload.xml
+++ b/lib/sasl/doc/src/overload.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@
   <module>overload</module>
   <modulesummary>An Overload Regulation Process</modulesummary>
   <description>
+    <warning>
+      <p>
+	All functions in this module are deprecated and will be
+	removed in a future release.
+      </p>
+    </warning>
     <p><c>overload</c> is a process that indirectly regulates the CPU
       usage in the system. The idea is that a main application calls
       function 
diff --git a/lib/sasl/doc/src/sasl_app.xml b/lib/sasl/doc/src/sasl_app.xml
index 8d79251c7e..bcd446a868 100644
--- a/lib/sasl/doc/src/sasl_app.xml
+++ b/lib/sasl/doc/src/sasl_app.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <p>The <c>SASL</c> application provides the following services:</p>
     <list type="bulleted">
       <item><c>alarm_handler</c></item>
-      <item><c>overload</c></item>
+      <item><c>overload</c> (deprecated)</item>
       <item><c>rb</c></item>
       <item><c>release_handler</c></item>
       <item><c>systools</c></item>
@@ -145,11 +145,15 @@
         <p>Specifies the maximum intensity
           for <seealso marker="overload"><c>overload</c></seealso>. Default
           is <c>0.8</c>.</p>
+	<p>Note that the <c>overload</c> module is deprected and
+	  will be removed in a future release.</p>
       </item>
       <tag><c><![CDATA[overload_weight = float() > 0 ]]></c></tag>
       <item>
         <p>Specifies the <seealso marker="overload"><c>overload</c></seealso>
         weight. Default is <c>0.1</c>.</p>
+	<p>Note that the <c>overload</c> module is deprected and
+	  will be removed in a future release.</p>
       </item>
       <tag><c><![CDATA[start_prg = string() ]]></c></tag>
       <item>
diff --git a/lib/sasl/src/overload.erl b/lib/sasl/src/overload.erl
index 61b925d219..bc8ab7d5e4 100644
--- a/lib/sasl/src/overload.erl
+++ b/lib/sasl/src/overload.erl
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 %%
 -module(overload). 
 
+-deprecated(module).
+
 -export([start_link/0, request/0, set_config_data/2,
 	 get_overload_info/0]).
 
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/src/otp_internal.erl b/lib/stdlib/src/otp_internal.erl
index 2d77888512..c254ab1e46 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/src/otp_internal.erl
+++ b/lib/stdlib/src/otp_internal.erl
@@ -648,6 +648,9 @@ obsolete_1(httpd_conf, is_file, 1) ->
 obsolete_1(httpd_conf, make_integer, 1) ->
     {deprecated, "deprecated; use erlang:list_to_integer/1 instead"};
 
+obsolete_1(overload, _, _) ->
+    {deprecated, "deprecated; will be removed in OTP 19"};
+
 obsolete_1(_, _, _) ->
     no.