Merge branch 'sverker/re-enable-big-creation/OTP-15603'

* sverker/re-enable-big-creation/OTP-15603:
  doc: Add links between dist flags and external tags (DTD updated)
  erts: Fix docs for new pid,port,ref external tags
  erts: Document new EPMD response ALIVE2_X_RESP
  erl_interface: Support 32-bit creation local cnode
  jinterface: Remove old encoding of pid,port,refs
  epmd: Support 32-bit creation values in local node
  erl_interface: Remove old encoding of pid,port,refs
  erts: Remove old encoding of pids, ports and refs
  erts: Make DFLAG_BIG_CREATION mandatory

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/lib/erl_interface/src/encode/encode_ref.c b/lib/erl_interface/src/encode/encode_ref.c
index 5ccfc32c6d..8c2e0a25f7 100644
--- a/lib/erl_interface/src/encode/encode_ref.c
+++ b/lib/erl_interface/src/encode/encode_ref.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 
 int ei_encode_ref(char *buf, int *index, const erlang_ref *p)
 {
-  const char tag = (p->creation > 3) ? ERL_NEWER_REFERENCE_EXT : ERL_NEW_REFERENCE_EXT;
   char *s = buf + *index;
   int i;
 
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ int ei_encode_ref(char *buf, int *index, const erlang_ref *p)
   /* Always encode as an extended reference; all participating parties
      are now expected to be able to decode extended references. */
   if (buf) {
-	  put8(s, tag);
+	  put8(s, ERL_NEWER_REFERENCE_EXT);
 
 	  /* first, number of integers */
 	  put16be(s, p->len);
@@ -46,15 +45,12 @@ int ei_encode_ref(char *buf, int *index, const erlang_ref *p)
 	  s = buf + *index;
 
 	  /* now the integers */
-          if (tag == ERL_NEW_REFERENCE_EXT)
-              put8(s,(p->creation & 0x03));
-          else
-              put32be(s, p->creation);
+          put32be(s, p->creation);
 	  for (i = 0; i < p->len; i++)
 	      put32be(s,p->n[i]);
   }
   
-  *index += p->len*4 + (tag == ERL_NEW_REFERENCE_EXT ? 1 : 4);
+  *index += p->len*4 + 4;
   return 0;
 }