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authorBruce Yinhe <[email protected]>2014-10-22 16:33:39 +0200
committerBruce Yinhe <[email protected]>2014-10-22 16:33:39 +0200
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Merge branch 'vinoski/crashdump-sigusr1' into maint
* vinoski/crashdump-sigusr1: Clarify the use of SIGUSR1 for forcing crash dumps
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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/crash_dump.xml b/erts/doc/src/crash_dump.xml
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@@ -115,8 +115,9 @@
sockets/pipes can be used simultaneously by Erlang (due to
limitations in the Unix <c><![CDATA[select]]></c> call). The number of
open regular files is not affected by this.</item>
- <item>"Received SIGUSR1" - The SIGUSR1 signal was sent to the
- Erlang machine (Unix only).</item>
+ <item>"Received SIGUSR1" - Sending the SIGUSR1 signal to a
+ Erlang machine (Unix only) forces a crash dump. This slogan reflects
+ that the Erlang machine crash-dumped due to receiving that signal.</item>
<item>"Kernel pid terminated (<em>Who</em>)
(<em>Exit-reason</em>)" - The kernel supervisor has detected
a failure, usually that the <c><![CDATA[application_controller]]></c>