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authorSverker Eriksson <[email protected]>2015-04-22 14:54:00 +0200
committerSverker Eriksson <[email protected]>2015-04-22 14:54:00 +0200
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Merge branch 'sverk/pr632/prevent-illegal-nif-terms/OTP-12655'
* sverk/pr632/prevent-illegal-nif-terms/OTP-12655: erts: Reject non-finite float terms in erl_drv_output_term erts: Remove old docs about experimental NIF versions. erts: Add enif_has_pending_exception erts: Clearify erl_nif documentation about badarg exception erts: Fix compile warning in enif_make_double erts: Fix divide by zero compile error in nif_SUITE.c erts: Fix isfinite for windows Ensure NIF term creation disallows illegal values
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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml
index 3de94be9ff..4bad8b253c 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml
@@ -66,34 +66,6 @@
</list>
</warning>
- <p>The NIF concept is officially supported from R14B. NIF source code
- written for earlier experimental versions might need adaption to run on R14B
- or later versions:</p>
- <list>
- <item>No incompatible changes between <em>R14B</em> and R14A.</item>
- <item>Incompatible changes between <em>R14A</em> and R13B04:
- <list>
- <item>Environment argument removed for <c>enif_alloc</c>,
- <c>enif_realloc</c>, <c>enif_free</c>, <c>enif_alloc_binary</c>,
- <c>enif_realloc_binary</c>, <c>enif_release_binary</c>,
- <c>enif_alloc_resource</c>, <c>enif_release_resource</c>,
- <c>enif_is_identical</c> and <c>enif_compare</c>.</item>
- <item>Character encoding argument added to <c>enif_get_atom</c>
- and <c>enif_make_existing_atom</c>.</item>
- <item>Module argument added to <c>enif_open_resource_type</c>
- while changing name spaces of resource types from global to module local.</item>
- </list>
- </item>
- <item>Incompatible changes between <em>R13B04</em> and R13B03:
- <list>
- <item>The function prototypes of the NIFs have changed to expect <c>argc</c> and <c>argv</c>
- arguments. The arity of a NIF is by that no longer limited to 3.</item>
- <item><c>enif_get_data</c> renamed as <c>enif_priv_data</c>.</item>
- <item><c>enif_make_string</c> got a third argument for character encoding.</item>
- </list>
- </item>
- </list>
-
<p>A minimal example of a NIF library can look like this:</p>
<p/>
<code type="none">
@@ -806,6 +778,12 @@ typedef enum {
and return true, or return false if <c>term</c> is not an unsigned integer or is
outside the bounds of type <c>unsigned long</c>.</p></desc>
</func>
+ <func><name><ret>int</ret><nametext>enif_has_pending_exception(ErlNifEnv* env)</nametext></name>
+ <fsummary>Check if an exception has been raised.</fsummary>
+ <desc><p>Return true if a pending exception is associated
+ with the environment <c>env</c>. The only possible exception is currently
+ <c>badarg</c> (see <seealso marker="#enif_make_badarg">enif_make_badarg</seealso>).</p></desc>
+ </func>
<func><name><ret>int</ret><nametext>enif_inspect_binary(ErlNifEnv* env, ERL_NIF_TERM bin_term, ErlNifBinary* bin)</nametext></name>
<fsummary>Inspect the content of a binary</fsummary>
<desc><p>Initialize the structure pointed to by <c>bin</c> with
@@ -898,23 +876,37 @@ typedef enum {
<func><name><ret>ERL_NIF_TERM</ret><nametext>enif_make_atom(ErlNifEnv* env, const char* name)</nametext></name>
<fsummary>Create an atom term</fsummary>
<desc><p>Create an atom term from the null-terminated C-string <c>name</c>
- with iso-latin-1 encoding.</p></desc>
+ with iso-latin-1 encoding. If the length of <c>name</c> exceeds the maximum length
+ allowed for an atom (255 characters), <c>enif_make_atom</c> invokes
+ <seealso marker="#enif_make_badarg">enif_make_badarg</seealso>.
+ </p></desc>
</func>
<func><name><ret>ERL_NIF_TERM</ret><nametext>enif_make_atom_len(ErlNifEnv* env, const char* name, size_t len)</nametext></name>
<fsummary>Create an atom term</fsummary>
<desc><p>Create an atom term from the string <c>name</c> with length <c>len</c>.
- Null-characters are treated as any other characters.</p></desc>
+ Null-characters are treated as any other characters. If <c>len</c> is greater than the maximum length
+ allowed for an atom (255 characters), <c>enif_make_atom</c> invokes
+ <seealso marker="#enif_make_badarg">enif_make_badarg</seealso>.
+ </p></desc>
</func>
<func><name><ret>ERL_NIF_TERM</ret><nametext>enif_make_badarg(ErlNifEnv* env)</nametext></name>
<fsummary>Make a badarg exception.</fsummary>
- <desc><p>Make a badarg exception to be returned from a NIF, and set
- an associated exception reason in <c>env</c>. If
- <c>enif_make_badarg</c> is called, the term it returns <em>must</em>
- be returned from the function that called it. No other return value
- is allowed. Also, the term returned from <c>enif_make_badarg</c> may
- be passed only to
- <seealso marker="#enif_is_exception">enif_is_exception</seealso> and
- not to any other NIF API function.</p></desc>
+ <desc><p>Make a badarg exception to be returned from a NIF, and associate
+ it with the environment <c>env</c>. Once a NIF or any function
+ it calls invokes <c>enif_make_badarg</c>, the runtime ensures that a
+ <c>badarg</c> exception is raised when the NIF returns, even if the NIF
+ attempts to return a non-exception term instead.
+ The return value from <c>enif_make_badarg</c> may only be used as
+ return value from the NIF that invoked it (direct or indirectly)
+ or be passed to
+ <seealso marker="#enif_is_exception">enif_is_exception</seealso>, but
+ not to any other NIF API function.</p>
+ <p>See also: <seealso marker="#enif_has_pending_exception">enif_has_pending_exception</seealso>.
+ </p>
+ <note><p>In earlier versions (older than erts-7.0, OTP 18) the return value
+ from <c>enif_make_badarg</c> had to be returned from the NIF. This
+ requirement is now lifted as the return value from the NIF is ignored
+ if <c>enif_make_badarg</c> has been invoked.</p></note></desc>
</func>
<func><name><ret>ERL_NIF_TERM</ret><nametext>enif_make_binary(ErlNifEnv* env, ErlNifBinary* bin)</nametext></name>
<fsummary>Make a binary term.</fsummary>
@@ -931,7 +923,10 @@ typedef enum {
</func>
<func><name><ret>ERL_NIF_TERM</ret><nametext>enif_make_double(ErlNifEnv* env, double d)</nametext></name>
<fsummary>Create a floating-point term</fsummary>
- <desc><p>Create a floating-point term from a <c>double</c>.</p></desc>
+ <desc><p>Create a floating-point term from a <c>double</c>. If the <c>double</c> argument is
+ not finite or is NaN, <c>enif_make_double</c> invokes
+ <seealso marker="#enif_make_badarg">enif_make_badarg</seealso>.
+ </p></desc>
</func>
<func><name><ret>int</ret><nametext>enif_make_existing_atom(ErlNifEnv* env, const char* name, ERL_NIF_TERM* atom, ErlNifCharEncoding encode)</nametext></name>
<fsummary>Create an existing atom term</fsummary>
@@ -939,7 +934,9 @@ typedef enum {
the null-terminated C-string <c>name</c> with encoding
<seealso marker="#ErlNifCharEncoding">encode</seealso>. If the atom
already exists store the term in <c>*atom</c> and return true, otherwise
- return false.</p></desc>
+ return false. If the length of <c>name</c> exceeds the maximum length
+ allowed for an atom (255 characters), <c>enif_make_existing_atom</c>
+ returns false.</p></desc>
</func>
<func><name><ret>int</ret><nametext>enif_make_existing_atom_len(ErlNifEnv* env, const char* name, size_t len, ERL_NIF_TERM* atom, ErlNifCharEncoding encoding)</nametext></name>
<fsummary>Create an existing atom term</fsummary>
@@ -947,7 +944,9 @@ typedef enum {
string <c>name</c> with length <c>len</c> and encoding
<seealso marker="#ErlNifCharEncoding">encode</seealso>. Null-characters
are treated as any other characters. If the atom already exists store the term
- in <c>*atom</c> and return true, otherwise return false.</p></desc>
+ in <c>*atom</c> and return true, otherwise return false. If <c>len</c> is greater
+ than the maximum length allowed for an atom (255 characters),
+ <c>enif_make_existing_atom_len</c> returns false.</p></desc>
</func>
<func><name><ret>ERL_NIF_TERM</ret><nametext>enif_make_int(ErlNifEnv* env, int i)</nametext></name>
<fsummary>Create an integer term</fsummary>