Merge branch 'maint'

* maint:
  Update documentation for code-loading functions
  code: Correct the types for error returns
  Eliminate run-time system crash in code:load_abs/1

5 files changed, 71 insertions, 25 deletions

diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml
index acc39145e2..d4c9a48901 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml
@@ -263,6 +263,46 @@
     was given to <c>set_path/1</c>).</p>
   </section>
 
+  <section>
+    <marker id="error_reasons"></marker>
+    <title>Error Reasons for Code-Loading Functions</title>
+
+    <p>Functions that load code (such as <c>load_file/1</c>) will
+    return <c>{error,Reason}</c> if the load operation fails.
+    Here follows a description of the common reasons.</p>
+
+    <taglist>
+      <tag><c>badfile</c></tag>
+      <item>
+	<p>The object code has an incorrect format or the module
+	name in the object code is not the expected module name.</p>
+      </item>
+
+      <tag><c>nofile</c></tag>
+      <item>
+	<p>No file with object code was found.</p>
+      </item>
+
+      <tag><c>not_purged</c></tag>
+      <item>
+	<p>The object code could not be loaded because an old version
+	of the code already existed.</p>
+      </item>
+
+      <tag><c>on_load_failure</c></tag>
+      <item>
+	<p>The module has an
+	<seealso marker="doc/reference_manual:code_loading#on_load">-on_load function</seealso>
+	that failed when it was called.</p>
+      </item>
+
+      <tag><c>sticky_directory</c></tag>
+      <item>
+	<p>The object code resides in a sticky directory.</p>
+      </item>
+
+    </taglist>
+    </section>
   <datatypes>
     <datatype>
       <name name="load_ret"/>
@@ -387,12 +427,8 @@
           be used to load object code with a module name that is
           different from the file name.</p>
         <p>Returns <c>{module, <anno>Module</anno>}</c> if successful, or
-          <c>{error, nofile}</c> if no object code is found, or
-          <c>{error, sticky_directory}</c> if the object code resides in
-          a sticky directory. Also if the loading fails, an error tuple is
-          returned. See
-          <seealso marker="erts:erlang#load_module/2">erlang:load_module/2</seealso>
-          for possible values of <c><anno>What</anno></c>.</p>
+	<c>{error, Reason}</c> if loading fails.
+	See <seealso marker="#error_reasons">Error Reasons for Code-Loading Functions</seealso> for a description of the possible error reasons.</p>
       </desc>
     </func>
     <func>
@@ -404,7 +440,7 @@
       <desc>
         <p>Does the same as <c>load_file(<anno>Module</anno>)</c>, but
           <c><anno>Filename</anno></c> is either an absolute file name, or a
-          relative file name. The code path is not searched. It returns
+           relative file name. The code path is not searched. It returns
           a value in the same way as
           <seealso marker="#load_file/1">load_file/1</seealso>. Note
           that <c><anno>Filename</anno></c> should not contain the extension (for
@@ -420,7 +456,8 @@
           <seealso marker="#load_file/1">load_file/1</seealso>,
 	  unless the module is already loaded.
           In embedded mode, however, it does not load a module which is not
-          already loaded, but returns <c>{error, embedded}</c> instead.</p>
+          already loaded, but returns <c>{error, embedded}</c> instead.
+	  See <seealso marker="#error_reasons">Error Reasons for Code-Loading Functions</seealso> for a description of other possible error reasons.</p>
       </desc>
     </func>
     <func>
@@ -437,12 +474,8 @@
           comes. Accordingly, <c><anno>Filename</anno></c> is not opened and read by
           the code server.</p>
         <p>Returns <c>{module, <anno>Module</anno>}</c> if successful, or
-          <c>{error, sticky_directory}</c> if the object code resides in
-          a sticky directory, or <c>{error, badarg}</c> if any argument
-          is invalid. Also if the loading fails, an error tuple is
-          returned. See
-          <seealso marker="erts:erlang#load_module/2">erlang:load_module/2</seealso>
-          for possible values of <c><anno>What</anno></c>.</p>
+	<c>{error, Reason}</c> if loading fails.
+	See <seealso marker="#error_reasons">Error Reasons for Code-Loading Functions</seealso> for a description of the possible error reasons.</p>
       </desc>
     </func>
     <func>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/src/code.erl b/lib/kernel/src/code.erl
index ae28c97b47..a82fc0f3d6 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/src/code.erl
+++ b/lib/kernel/src/code.erl
@@ -79,10 +79,9 @@
 %%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 -type load_error_rsn() :: 'badfile'
-                        | 'native_code'
                         | 'nofile'
                         | 'not_purged'
-                        | 'on_load'
+                        | 'on_load_failure'
                         | 'sticky_directory'.
 -type load_ret() :: {'error', What :: load_error_rsn()}
                   | {'module', Module :: module()}.
@@ -137,14 +136,16 @@ load_file(Mod) when is_atom(Mod) ->
 
 -spec ensure_loaded(Module) -> {module, Module} | {error, What} when
       Module :: module(),
-      What :: embedded | badfile | native_code | nofile | on_load.
+      What :: embedded | badfile | nofile | on_load_failure.
 ensure_loaded(Mod) when is_atom(Mod) -> 
     call({ensure_loaded,Mod}).
 
 %% XXX File as an atom is allowed only for backwards compatibility.
 -spec load_abs(Filename) -> load_ret() when
       Filename :: file:filename().
-load_abs(File) when is_list(File); is_atom(File) -> call({load_abs,File,[]}).
+load_abs(File) when is_list(File); is_atom(File) ->
+    Mod = list_to_atom(filename:basename(File)),
+    call({load_abs,File,Mod}).
 
 %% XXX Filename is also an atom(), e.g. 'cover_compiled'
 -spec load_abs(Filename :: loaded_filename(), Module :: module()) -> load_ret().
diff --git a/lib/kernel/src/code_server.erl b/lib/kernel/src/code_server.erl
index 3fbbb98b94..e72f8fd1b9 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/src/code_server.erl
+++ b/lib/kernel/src/code_server.erl
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ handle_call(get_path, {_From,_Tag}, S) ->
     {reply,S#state.path,S};
 
 %% Messages to load, delete and purge modules/files.
-handle_call({load_abs,File,Mod}, Caller, S) ->
+handle_call({load_abs,File,Mod}, Caller, S) when is_atom(Mod) ->
     case modp(File) of
 	false ->
 	    {reply,{error,badarg},S};
@@ -1075,15 +1075,10 @@ modp(Atom) when is_atom(Atom) -> true;
 modp(List) when is_list(List) -> int_list(List);
 modp(_)                       -> false.
 
-load_abs(File, Mod0, Caller, St) ->
+load_abs(File, Mod, Caller, St) ->
     Ext = objfile_extension(),
     FileName0 = lists:concat([File, Ext]),
     FileName = absname(FileName0),
-    Mod = if Mod0 =:= [] ->
-		  list_to_atom(filename:basename(FileName0, Ext));
-	     true ->
-		  Mod0
-	  end,
     case erl_prim_loader:get_file(FileName) of
 	{ok,Bin,_} ->
 	    try_load_module(FileName, Mod, Bin, Caller, St);
diff --git a/lib/kernel/test/code_SUITE.erl b/lib/kernel/test/code_SUITE.erl
index 772a1e6b14..6003c8d71b 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/test/code_SUITE.erl
+++ b/lib/kernel/test/code_SUITE.erl
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ load_abs(Config) when is_list(Config) ->
     {error, nofile} = code:load_abs(TestDir ++ "/duuuumy_mod"),
     {error, badfile} = code:load_abs(TestDir ++ "/code_a_test"),
     {'EXIT', _} = (catch code:load_abs({})),
+    {'EXIT', _} = (catch code:load_abs("Non-latin-имя-файла")),
     {module, code_b_test} = code:load_abs(TestDir ++ "/code_b_test"),
     code:stick_dir(TestDir),
     {error, sticky_directory} = code:load_abs(TestDir ++ "/code_b_test"),
@@ -1449,6 +1450,17 @@ on_load_errors(Config) when is_list(Config) ->
 	    ok
     end,
 
+    %% Make sure that the code loading functions return the correct
+    %% error code.
+    Simple = simple_on_load_error,
+    SimpleList = atom_to_list(Simple),
+    {error,on_load_failure} = code:load_file(Simple),
+    {error,on_load_failure} = code:ensure_loaded(Simple),
+    {ok,SimpleCode} = file:read_file("simple_on_load_error.beam"),
+    {error,on_load_failure} = code:load_binary(Simple, "", SimpleCode),
+    {error,on_load_failure} = code:load_abs(SimpleList),
+    {error,on_load_failure} = code:load_abs(SimpleList, Simple),
+
     ok.
 
 do_on_load_error(ReturnValue) ->
diff --git a/lib/kernel/test/code_SUITE_data/on_load_errors/simple_on_load_error.erl b/lib/kernel/test/code_SUITE_data/on_load_errors/simple_on_load_error.erl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..603c282257
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/kernel/test/code_SUITE_data/on_load_errors/simple_on_load_error.erl
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+-module(simple_on_load_error).
+-on_load(on_load/0).
+
+on_load() ->
+    nope.