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-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor.xml13
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/src/supervisor.erl12
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/test/supervisor_SUITE.erl65
3 files changed, 72 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor.xml
index cddb55e5c5..33a7f5bb6a 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor.xml
@@ -127,25 +127,18 @@ child_spec() = {Id,StartFunc,Restart,Shutdown,Type,Modules}
<p><c>StartFunc</c> defines the function call used to start
the child process. It should be a module-function-arguments
tuple <c>{M,F,A}</c> used as <c>apply(M,F,A)</c>.</p>
- <p> <br></br>
-</p>
<p>The start function <em>must create and link to</em> the child
process, and should return <c>{ok,Child}</c> or
<c>{ok,Child,Info}</c> where <c>Child</c> is the pid of
the child process and <c>Info</c> an arbitrary term which is
ignored by the supervisor.</p>
- <p> <br></br>
-</p>
<p>The start function can also return <c>ignore</c> if the child
process for some reason cannot be started, in which case
- the child specification will be kept by the supervisor but
- the non-existing child process will be ignored.</p>
- <p> <br></br>
-</p>
+ the child specification will be kept by the supervisor
+ (unless it is a temporary child) but the non-existing child
+ process will be ignored.</p>
<p>If something goes wrong, the function may also return an
error tuple <c>{error,Error}</c>.</p>
- <p> <br></br>
-</p>
<p>Note that the <c>start_link</c> functions of the different
behaviour modules fulfill the above requirements.</p>
</item>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/src/supervisor.erl b/lib/stdlib/src/supervisor.erl
index 42ea42f42e..ac5b078c29 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/src/supervisor.erl
+++ b/lib/stdlib/src/supervisor.erl
@@ -270,6 +270,8 @@ start_children(Children, SupName) -> start_children(Children, [], SupName).
start_children([Child|Chs], NChildren, SupName) ->
case do_start_child(SupName, Child) of
+ {ok, undefined} when Child#child.restart_type =:= temporary ->
+ start_children(Chs, NChildren, SupName);
{ok, Pid} ->
start_children(Chs, [Child#child{pid = Pid}|NChildren], SupName);
{ok, Pid, _Extra} ->
@@ -325,6 +327,8 @@ handle_call({start_child, EArgs}, _From, State) when ?is_simple(State) ->
#child{mfargs = {M, F, A}} = Child,
Args = A ++ EArgs,
case do_start_child_i(M, F, Args) of
+ {ok, undefined} when Child#child.restart_type =:= temporary ->
+ {reply, {ok, undefined}, State};
{ok, Pid} ->
NState = save_dynamic_child(Child#child.restart_type, Pid, Args, State),
{reply, {ok, Pid}, NState};
@@ -611,12 +615,12 @@ handle_start_child(Child, State) ->
case get_child(Child#child.name, State) of
false ->
case do_start_child(State#state.name, Child) of
+ {ok, undefined} when Child#child.restart_type =:= temporary ->
+ {{ok, undefined}, State};
{ok, Pid} ->
- {{ok, Pid},
- save_child(Child#child{pid = Pid}, State)};
+ {{ok, Pid}, save_child(Child#child{pid = Pid}, State)};
{ok, Pid, Extra} ->
- {{ok, Pid, Extra},
- save_child(Child#child{pid = Pid}, State)};
+ {{ok, Pid, Extra}, save_child(Child#child{pid = Pid}, State)};
{error, What} ->
{{error, {What, Child}}, State}
end;
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/test/supervisor_SUITE.erl b/lib/stdlib/test/supervisor_SUITE.erl
index fa6faa66f2..71b76c093f 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/test/supervisor_SUITE.erl
+++ b/lib/stdlib/test/supervisor_SUITE.erl
@@ -34,8 +34,10 @@
%% API tests
-export([ sup_start_normal/1, sup_start_ignore_init/1,
- sup_start_ignore_child/1, sup_start_error_return/1,
- sup_start_fail/1, sup_stop_infinity/1,
+ sup_start_ignore_child/1, sup_start_ignore_temporary_child/1,
+ sup_start_ignore_temporary_child_start_child/1,
+ sup_start_ignore_temporary_child_start_child_simple/1,
+ sup_start_error_return/1, sup_start_fail/1, sup_stop_infinity/1,
sup_stop_timeout/1, sup_stop_brutal_kill/1, child_adm/1,
child_adm_simple/1, child_specs/1, extra_return/1]).
@@ -85,8 +87,10 @@ all() ->
groups() ->
[{sup_start, [],
[sup_start_normal, sup_start_ignore_init,
- sup_start_ignore_child, sup_start_error_return,
- sup_start_fail]},
+ sup_start_ignore_child, sup_start_ignore_temporary_child,
+ sup_start_ignore_temporary_child_start_child,
+ sup_start_ignore_temporary_child_start_child_simple,
+ sup_start_error_return, sup_start_fail]},
{sup_stop, [],
[sup_stop_infinity, sup_stop_timeout,
sup_stop_brutal_kill]},
@@ -191,6 +195,59 @@ sup_start_ignore_child(Config) when is_list(Config) ->
[2,1,0,2] = get_child_counts(sup_test).
%%-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+%% Tests what happens if child's init-callback returns ignore for a
+%% temporary child when ChildSpec is returned directly from supervisor
+%% init callback.
+%% Child spec shall NOT be saved!!!
+sup_start_ignore_temporary_child(Config) when is_list(Config) ->
+ process_flag(trap_exit, true),
+ Child1 = {child1, {supervisor_1, start_child, [ignore]},
+ temporary, 1000, worker, []},
+ Child2 = {child2, {supervisor_1, start_child, []}, temporary,
+ 1000, worker, []},
+ {ok, _Pid} = start_link({ok, {{one_for_one, 2, 3600}, [Child1,Child2]}}),
+
+ [{child2, CPid2, worker, []}] = supervisor:which_children(sup_test),
+ true = is_pid(CPid2),
+ [1,1,0,1] = get_child_counts(sup_test).
+
+%%-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+%% Tests what happens if child's init-callback returns ignore for a
+%% temporary child when child is started with start_child/2.
+%% Child spec shall NOT be saved!!!
+sup_start_ignore_temporary_child_start_child(Config) when is_list(Config) ->
+ process_flag(trap_exit, true),
+ {ok, _Pid} = start_link({ok, {{one_for_one, 2, 3600}, []}}),
+ Child1 = {child1, {supervisor_1, start_child, [ignore]},
+ temporary, 1000, worker, []},
+ Child2 = {child2, {supervisor_1, start_child, []}, temporary,
+ 1000, worker, []},
+
+ {ok, undefined} = supervisor:start_child(sup_test, Child1),
+ {ok, CPid2} = supervisor:start_child(sup_test, Child2),
+
+ [{child2, CPid2, worker, []}] = supervisor:which_children(sup_test),
+ [1,1,0,1] = get_child_counts(sup_test).
+
+%%-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+%% Tests what happens if child's init-callback returns ignore for a
+%% temporary child when child is started with start_child/2, and the
+%% supervisor is simple_one_for_one.
+%% Child spec shall NOT be saved!!!
+sup_start_ignore_temporary_child_start_child_simple(Config)
+ when is_list(Config) ->
+ process_flag(trap_exit, true),
+ Child1 = {child1, {supervisor_1, start_child, [ignore]},
+ temporary, 1000, worker, []},
+ {ok, _Pid} = start_link({ok, {{simple_one_for_one, 2, 3600}, [Child1]}}),
+
+ {ok, undefined} = supervisor:start_child(sup_test, []),
+ {ok, CPid2} = supervisor:start_child(sup_test, []),
+
+ [{undefined, CPid2, worker, []}] = supervisor:which_children(sup_test),
+ [1,1,0,1] = get_child_counts(sup_test).
+
+%%-------------------------------------------------------------------------
%% Tests what happens if init-callback returns a invalid value.
sup_start_error_return(Config) when is_list(Config) ->
process_flag(trap_exit, true),