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authorSiri Hansen <siri@erlang.org>2016-11-17 12:07:44 +0100
committerSiri Hansen <siri@erlang.org>2016-11-17 12:07:44 +0100
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Merge branch 'elbrujohalcon/expand-sup-doc/PR-1233/OTP-14037'
* elbrujohalcon/expand-sup-doc/PR-1233/OTP-14037: Expand on the behavior of supervisors
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-rw-r--r--system/doc/design_principles/sup_princ.xml4
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diff --git a/system/doc/design_principles/sup_princ.xml b/system/doc/design_principles/sup_princ.xml
index 0a24e97950..c24177d842 100644
--- a/system/doc/design_principles/sup_princ.xml
+++ b/system/doc/design_principles/sup_princ.xml
@@ -163,7 +163,9 @@ SupFlags = #{strategy => Strategy, ...}</code>
SupFlags = #{intensity => MaxR, period => MaxT, ...}</code>
<p>If more than <c>MaxR</c> number of restarts occur in the last
<c>MaxT</c> seconds, the supervisor terminates all the child
- processes and then itself.</p>
+ processes and then itself.
+ The termination reason for the supervisor itself in that case will be
+ <c>shutdown</c>.</p>
<p>When the supervisor terminates, then the next higher-level
supervisor takes some action. It either restarts the terminated
supervisor or terminates itself.</p>