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authorHenrik Nord <[email protected]>2011-10-20 14:39:42 +0200
committerHenrik Nord <[email protected]>2011-10-20 14:39:42 +0200
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Merge branch 'cf/simple_one_for_one_shutdown'
* cf/simple_one_for_one_shutdown: Explain how dynamic child processes are stopped Stack errors when dynamic children are stopped Explicitly kill dynamic children in supervisors Conflicts: lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor.xml OTP-9647
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@@ -349,6 +349,10 @@ 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>
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