Merge branch 'rickard/null-chars/ERL-370/OTP-14543'

* rickard/null-chars/ERL-370/OTP-14543:
  Don't allow null chars in various strings

Conflicts:
	erts/emulator/beam/erl_alloc.types
	erts/preloaded/ebin/erlang.beam

3 files changed, 59 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml
index 158cf4b266..5e631aac21 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,30 @@
 
     <p>For more information about raw filenames, see the
       <seealso marker="kernel:file"><c>file</c></seealso> module.</p>
+
+    <note>
+      <p>
+	Functionality in this module generally assumes valid input and
+	does not necessarily fail on input that does not use a valid
+	encoding, but may instead very likely produce invalid output.
+      </p>
+      <p>
+	File operations used to accept filenames containing
+	null characters (integer value zero). This caused
+	the name to be truncated and in some cases arguments
+	to primitive operations to be mixed up. Filenames
+	containing null characters inside the filename
+	are now <em>rejected</em> and will cause primitive
+	file operations to fail.
+      </p>
+    </note>
+    <warning><p>
+      Currently null characters at the end of the filename
+      will be accepted by primitive file operations. Such
+      filenames are however still documented as invalid. The
+      implementation will also change in the future and
+      reject such filenames.
+    </p></warning>
   </description>
 
   <datatypes>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml
index 14fd5ef787..d2608ad542 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,10 @@
       filename by removing redundant directory separators, use
       <seealso marker="#join/1"><c>join/1</c></seealso>.</p>
 
-    <p>The module supports raw filenames in the way that if a binary is
+    <p>
+      The module supports
+      <seealso marker="unicode_usage#notes-about-raw-filenames">raw
+      filenames</seealso> in the way that if a binary is
       present, or the filename cannot be interpreted according to the return
       value of <seealso marker="kernel:file#native_name_encoding/0">
       <c>file:native_name_encoding/0</c></seealso>, a raw filename is also
@@ -56,6 +59,30 @@
       (the join operation is performed of course). For more information
       about raw filenames, see the
       <seealso marker="kernel:file"><c>file</c></seealso> module.</p>
+
+    <note>
+      <p>
+	Functionality in this module generally assumes valid input and
+	does not necessarily fail on input that does not use a valid
+	encoding, but may instead very likely produce invalid output.
+      </p>
+      <p>
+	File operations used to accept filenames containing
+	null characters (integer value zero). This caused
+	the name to be truncated and in some cases arguments
+	to primitive operations to be mixed up. Filenames
+	containing null characters inside the filename
+	are now <em>rejected</em> and will cause primitive
+	file operations to fail.
+      </p>
+    </note>
+    <warning><p>
+      Currently null characters at the end of the filename
+      will be accepted by primitive file operations. Such
+      filenames are however still documented as invalid. The
+      implementation will also change in the future and
+      reject such filenames.
+    </p></warning>
   </description>
   <datatypes>
       <datatype>
@@ -555,6 +582,7 @@ unsafe</pre>
 ["a:/","msdev","include"]</pre>
       </desc>
     </func>
+
   </funcs>
 </erlref>
 
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode_usage.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode_usage.xml
index 26dc46719e..789e063c12 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode_usage.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode_usage.xml
@@ -719,8 +719,8 @@ Eshell V5.10.1  (abort with ^G)
   </section> 
 
   <section>
-    <title>Unicode Filenames</title>
     <marker id="unicode_file_names"/>
+    <title>Unicode Filenames</title>
     <p>Most modern operating systems support Unicode filenames in some way.
       There are many different ways to do this and Erlang by default treats the
       different approaches differently:</p>
@@ -855,8 +855,12 @@ Eshell V5.10.1  (abort with ^G)
     </note>
 
     <section>
-      <title>Notes About Raw Filenames</title>
       <marker id="notes-about-raw-filenames"/>
+      <title>Notes About Raw Filenames</title>
+      <note><p>
+	Note that raw filenames <em>not</em> necessarily are encoded the
+	same way as on the OS level.
+      </p></note>
       <p>Raw filenames were introduced together with Unicode filename support
         in ERTS 5.8.2 (Erlang/OTP R14B01). The reason &quot;raw
         filenames&quot; were introduced in the system was