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| author | Christopher Faulet <[email protected]> | 2011-09-14 17:49:38 +0200 |
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| committer | Henrik Nord <[email protected]> | 2011-09-16 14:54:44 +0200 |
| commit | 04731323678eff58f709b36f864d12aa08cfe6d9 (patch) | |
| tree | 2c1646f7d690358e284296360d1da985a83228f8 /system/doc/design_principles | |
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Explain how dynamic child processes are stopped
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diff --git a/system/doc/design_principles/sup_princ.xml b/system/doc/design_principles/sup_princ.xml index 2748f21bbe..df0777559a 100644 --- a/system/doc/design_principles/sup_princ.xml +++ b/system/doc/design_principles/sup_princ.xml @@ -341,6 +341,10 @@ call:start_link(id1)</code> supervisor:terminate_child(Sup, Pid)</code> <p>where <c>Sup</c> is the pid, or name, of the supervisor and <c>Pid</c> is the pid of the child.</p> + <p>Because a <c>simple_one_for_one</c> supervisor could have many children, + it shuts them all down at same time. So, order in which they are stopped is + not defined. For the same reason, it could have an overhead with regards to + the <c>Shutdown</c> strategy.</p> </section> <section> |