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| author | Zandra Hird <[email protected]> | 2015-02-03 11:28:38 +0100 |
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| committer | Zandra Hird <[email protected]> | 2015-02-03 11:28:38 +0100 |
| commit | 42d6afe554e11813385dbf175fce58f995c2f9e5 (patch) | |
| tree | cf80330bfcfea1cb07daf13e50d27d2285fbe8b5 /erts/doc/src/notes.xml | |
| parent | 0fee86f864a4ba2a7a363927a50c81c43994ca9a (diff) | |
| parent | 6c40ea37d6ba97b12c888cc3143fbeacfb5527b0 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'maint-17' into maint
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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml index c896ee0cae..af0d4d7377 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -30,6 +30,65 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to the ERTS application.</p> +<section><title>Erts 6.3.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fix getifaddrs realloc pointer error</p> + <p> + When a buffer was exhausted and subsequently reallocated, + we could get an unsafe pointer pointing to faulty memory.</p> + <p> + For this to occur we would need to have a large number of + interfaces and a reallocation of memory to a lower + addresses.</p> + <p> + The symptom would be garbage returned from + erlang:port_control(Port, 25, []) + (prim_inet:getifaddrs(Port) resulting in a badarg) or a + segmentation fault.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12445</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Don't close all file descriptors twice in child_setup</p> + <p> + The commit c2b4eab25c907f453a394d382c04cd04e6c06b49 + introduced an error in which child_setup erroneously + tried to close all file descriptors twice.</p> + <p> + Use closefrom() if available when closing all file + descriptors.</p> + <p> + The function closefrom() was only used in the vfork() + case before but is now also used in the fork() case if + available.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12446</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + During a crashdump all file descriptors are closed to + ensure the closing of the epmd port and to reserve a file + descriptor for the crashdump file.</p> + <p> + If a driver (third party library) cannot handle closing + of sockets this could result in a segmentation fault in + which case a crashdump would not be produced. This is now + fixed by only closing inets sockets via an emergency + close callback to the driver and thus closing the epmd + socket.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12447</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>Erts 6.3</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> |