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author | Dan Gudmundsson <[email protected]> | 2016-12-14 09:57:22 +0100 |
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committer | Dan Gudmundsson <[email protected]> | 2016-12-14 09:57:22 +0100 |
commit | c2a8b35fef671321509bfaf4f607fa83fd0ccdbe (patch) | |
tree | 38d1b7ed1eba4573c489ea0c9c773b8f0c74d564 /erts/doc/src | |
parent | e1cdd3732f5ff447195625620b78883c2f22fb65 (diff) | |
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Merge tag 'OTP-19.2'
=== OTP-19.2 ===
Changed Applications:
- common_test-1.13
- compiler-7.0.3
- crypto-3.7.2
- dialyzer-3.0.3
- edoc-0.8.1
- erl_docgen-0.6.1
- erl_interface-3.9.2
- erts-8.2
- eunit-2.3.2
- hipe-3.15.3
- inets-6.3.4
- kernel-5.1.1
- mnesia-4.14.2
- observer-2.3
- odbc-2.12
- parsetools-2.1.4
- public_key-1.3
- runtime_tools-1.11
- sasl-3.0.2
- ssh-4.4
- ssl-8.1
- stdlib-3.2
- syntax_tools-2.1.1
- tools-2.9
- wx-1.8
Unchanged Applications:
- asn1-4.0.4
- cosEvent-2.2.1
- cosEventDomain-1.2.1
- cosFileTransfer-1.2.1
- cosNotification-1.2.2
- cosProperty-1.2.1
- cosTime-1.2.2
- cosTransactions-1.3.2
- debugger-4.2.1
- diameter-1.12.1
- eldap-1.2.2
- et-1.6
- gs-1.6.2
- ic-4.4.2
- jinterface-1.7.1
- megaco-3.18.1
- orber-3.8.2
- os_mon-2.4.1
- otp_mibs-1.1.1
- percept-0.9
- reltool-0.7.2
- snmp-5.2.4
- typer-0.9.11
- xmerl-1.3.12
* tag 'OTP-19.2':
Updated OTP version
Prepare release
Conflicts:
OTP_VERSION
Diffstat (limited to 'erts/doc/src')
-rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/notes.xml | 160 |
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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml index dd260f2d1f..da6190b685 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -32,6 +32,166 @@ <p>This document describes the changes made to the ERTS application.</p> +<section><title>Erts 8.2</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fixed <c>configure</c> failures on MacOSX. Most important + <c>clock_gettime()</c> was detected when building for + MacOSX - El Capitan using XCode 8 despite it is not + available until MacOSX - Sierra.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13904 Aux Id: ERL-256 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + <c>code:add_pathsa/1</c> and command line option + <c>-pa</c> both revert the given list of directories when + adding it at the beginning of the code path. This is now + documented.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13920 Aux Id: ERL-267 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix a compilation error of erts in OpenBSD related to the + usage of the __errno variable.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13927</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed so that when enabling tracing on a process that had + an invalid tracer associated with it, the new tracer + overwrites the old tracer. Before this fix, calling + erlang:trace/3 would behave as if the tracer was still + alive and not apply the new trace.</p> + <p> + This fault was introduced in ERTS 8.0.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13928</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix parsing of <c>-profile_boot 'true' | 'false'</c></p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13955 Aux Id: ERL-280 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + A slight improvement of <c>erlang:get_stacktrace/0</c> + for exceptions raised in hipe compiled code. Beam + compiled functions in such stack trace was earlier + replaced by some unrelated function. They are now instead + omitted. This is an attempt to reduce the confusion in + the absence of a complete and correct stack trace for + mixed beam and hipe functions.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13992</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Correct type declaration of match specification head. + </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13996</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + HiPE code loading failed for x86_64 if gcc was configured + with <c>--enable-default-pie</c>. Fixed by disabling PIE, + if needed for HiPE, when building the VM.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14031 Aux Id: ERL-294, PR-1239 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Faulty arguments could be presented on exception from a + NIF that had rescheduled itself using + <c>enif_schedule_nif()</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14048</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The runtime system could crash if a garbage collection on + a process was performed immediately after a NIF had been + rescheduled using <c>enif_schedule_nif()</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14049</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + A reference to purged code could be left undetected by + the purge operation if a process just had rescheduled a + NIF call using <c>enif_schedule_nif()</c> when the + process was checked. This could cause a runtime system + crash.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14050</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Fixed a number of dirty scheduler related bugs:</p> + <list> <item><p>Process priority was not handled correct + when scheduling on a dirty scheduler.</p></item> + <item><p>The runtime system could crash when an exit + signal with a compound exit reason was sent to a process + executing on a dirty scheduler.</p></item> <item><p>The + runtime system crashed when call tracing a process + executing on a dirty scheduler.</p></item> <item><p>A + code purge operation could end up hanging forever when a + process executed on a dirty scheduler</p></item> </list> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14051</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed a number of bugs that caused faulty stack-traces to + be created on exception when a process was traced.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14055</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fix minor soft purge race bug that could incorrectly + trigger code_server to load new code for the module if + the soft purge failed and no current version of the + module existed.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13925</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + To ease troubleshooting, <c>erlang:load_nif/2</c> now + includes the return value from a failed call to + load/reload/upgrade in the text part of the error tuple. + The <c>crypto</c> NIF makes use of this feature by + returning the source line where/if the initialization + fails.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13951</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + New environment variable <c>ERL_CRASH_DUMP_BYTES</c> can + be used to limit the size of crash dumps. If the limit is + reached, crash dump generation is aborted and the + generated file will be truncated.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14046</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>Erts 8.1.1</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> |