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| author | Bruce Yinhe <[email protected]> | 2014-10-22 16:33:39 +0200 |
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| committer | Bruce Yinhe <[email protected]> | 2014-10-22 16:33:39 +0200 |
| commit | a57d366febdbf0f41580e5497044a810918fcec6 (patch) | |
| tree | 534a4b0aea5b3da497ca7f7601419adc5abb72df /erts/doc | |
| parent | a18c56992e48de5f0f0cf65662749239fb2d9cf6 (diff) | |
| parent | 0aa4dc4f66815aa4b40e8b3b2d8b9a24c180debe (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'vinoski/crashdump-sigusr1' into maint
* vinoski/crashdump-sigusr1:
Clarify the use of SIGUSR1 for forcing crash dumps
Diffstat (limited to 'erts/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/crash_dump.xml | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erl.xml | 3 |
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/crash_dump.xml b/erts/doc/src/crash_dump.xml index d3de29b876..2b5fc877c3 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/crash_dump.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/crash_dump.xml @@ -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> diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml index f856b9ab86..e85519185f 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml @@ -525,7 +525,8 @@ core dump and no crash dump if an internal error is detected.</p> <p>Calling <c>erlang:halt/1</c> with a string argument will still - produce a crash dump.</p> + produce a crash dump. On Unix systems, sending an emulator process + a SIGUSR1 signal will also force a crash dump.</p> </item> <tag><marker id="+e"><c><![CDATA[+e Number]]></c></marker></tag> <item> |