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| author | Lukas Larsson <[email protected]> | 2016-06-03 11:59:54 +0200 |
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| committer | Lukas Larsson <[email protected]> | 2016-06-14 10:09:37 +0200 |
| commit | 7c300789fffeacb24f1d00aa6e0797e06166c3c6 (patch) | |
| tree | 25adcae9852ee56f64486acec76b97f5d08abfe0 /lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_tcp.xml | |
| parent | 7187d9a2c3728b1b32e9403ebb97e53c66e9b261 (diff) | |
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kernel: Better explain controlling_process' tcp behaviour
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_tcp.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_tcp.xml | 8 |
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diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_tcp.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_tcp.xml index 8bd94892ad..15a2f02c76 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_tcp.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_tcp.xml @@ -223,6 +223,14 @@ do_recv(Sock, Bs) -> that receives messages from the socket. If called by any other process than the current controlling process, <c>{error, not_owner}</c> is returned.</p> + <p>If the socket is set in active mode, this function + will transfer any messages in the mailbox of the caller + to the new controlling process. + If any other process is interacting with the socket while + the transfer is happening, the transfer may not work correctly + and messages may remain in the caller's mailbox. For instance + changing the sockets active mode before the transfere is complete + may cause this.</p> </desc> </func> |