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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml index f94d71ee3d..3c3129d543 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -1,23 +1,24 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?> +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <!DOCTYPE chapter SYSTEM "chapter.dtd"> <chapter> <header> <copyright> - <year>2004</year><year>2013</year> + <year>2004</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> - The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License, - Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in - compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the - Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be - retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/. - - Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" - basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See - the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations - under the License. + Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); + you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. + You may obtain a copy of the License at + + http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + + Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software + distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, + WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. + See the License for the specific language governing permissions and + limitations under the License. </legalnotice> @@ -30,6 +31,4171 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to the ERTS application.</p> + +<section><title>Erts 8.0</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>The handling of <c>on_load</c> functions has been + improved. The major improvement is that if a code upgrade + fails because the <c>on_load</c> function fails, the + previous version of the module will now be retained.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12593</p> + </item> + <item> + <p><c>is_builtin(erlang, apply, 3)</c> will now return + <c>true</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13034</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix <c>enif_get_list_length</c> to return false if list + is improper or have length larger than <c>UINT_MAX</c> + (did return true and an incorrect length value).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13288 Aux Id: PR913 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Cleanup hipe signal handling code for x86 and make it + more portable.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13341 Aux Id: PR951 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Make file:datasync use fsync instead of fdatasync on Mac + OSX.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13411</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Make sure to create a crash dump when running out of + memory. This was accidentally removed in the erts-7.3 + release.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13419</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + A bug has been fixed where if erlang was started +B on a + unix platform it would be killed by a SIGUSR2 signal when + creating a crash dump.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13425</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix race between <c>process_flag(trap_exit,true)</c> and + a received exit signal.</p> + <p> + A process could terminate due to exit signal even though + <c>process_flag(trap_exit,true)</c> had returned. A very + specific timing between call to <c>process_flag/2</c> and + exit signal from another scheduler was required for this + to happen.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13452</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Don't search for non-existing Map keys twice</p> + <p>For <c>maps:get/2,3</c> and <c>maps:find/2</c>, + searching for an immediate key, e.g. an atom, in a small + map, the search was performed twice if the key did not + exist.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13459</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + When an abnormally large distribution message is about to + be sent, the VM has been changed to create a crash dump + instead of a core dump.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13474</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix <c>erlang:process_info/2</c> type specification</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13485 Aux Id: ERL-123 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix bug in <c>open_port/2</c> with option <c>{args, + List}</c>. A vm crash could be caused by an improper + <c>List</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13489 Aux Id: ERL-127 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed a race-condition bug where the emulator could crash + when <c>erlang:system_profile/1,2</c> was enabled and a + process had to be re-scheduled during termination.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13494 Aux Id: ERL-126 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed bugs where the reduction counter was not handled + correct.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13512</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed typo in description of the <c>EPMD_DUMP_REQ</c> + response.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13517</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed a bug where a process flagged as sensitive would + sometimes record its save_calls when it shouldn't.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13540</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Update configure scripts to not use hard-coded path for + /bin/pwd and /bin/rm.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13562</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + When passing a larger binary than the outputv callback of + a linked-in driver can handle in one io vector slot, the + binary is now split into multiple slots in the io vector. + This change only effects system where the max size of an + io vector slot is smaller then the word size of the + system (e.g. Windows).</p> + <p> + This change means that it is now possible on Windows to + send binaries that are larger than 4GB to port_command, + which is what is used for file:write, gen_tcp:send etc.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13628</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Workaround of Maps output in crashdumps. Currently the + atom 'undefined' is generated instead of Map data if a + Map type is encountered during crash.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13657</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + The tracing support has been extended to allow a <seealso + marker="erl_tracer">tracer module</seealso> to be the + trace event handler instead of a process or port. The + <seealso marker="erl_tracer">tracer module</seealso> + makes it possible for trace tools to filter or manipulate + trace event data without the trace event first having to + be copied from the traced process or port.</p> + <p> + With the introduction of this feature, + <c>erlang:trace(all|existing, _, _)</c> now also returns + the tracer process as part of the number of processes on + which tracing is enabled. The is incompatible with the + previous releases.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10267</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Introduce LTTng tracing of Erlang Runtime System</p> + <p> + For LTTng to be enabled OTP needs to be built with + configure option <c>--with-dynamic-trace=lttng</c>.</p> + <p> + This feature introduces tracepoints for schedulers, + drivers, memory carriers, memory and async thread pool.</p> + <p> For a list of all tracepoints, see <seealso + marker="runtime_tools:LTTng">Runtime Tools User's + Guide</seealso> .</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10282</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Make it possible to monitor/demonitor ports using the + <seealso + marker="erlang#monitor/2">erlang:monitor/2</seealso> API. + The process and port information functions have also been + updated to include information about monitors from + processes to ports.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11384</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add microstate accounting</p> + <p> + Microstate accounting is a way to track which state the + different threads within ERTS are in. The main usage area + is to pin point performance bottlenecks by checking which + states the threads are in and then from there figuring + out why and where to optimize.</p> + <p> + Since checking whether microstate accounting is on or off + is relatively expensive only a few of the states are + enabled by default and more states can be enabled through + configure.</p> + <p> + There is a convenience module called msacc that has been + added to runtime_tools that can assist in gathering and + interpreting the data from Microstate accounting.</p> + <p> + For more information see <seealso + marker="erts:erlang#statistics_microstate_accounting">erlang:statistics(microstate_accounting, + _)</seealso> and the <seealso + marker="runtime_tools:msacc">msacc</seealso> module in + runtime_tools.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12345</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The port of Erlang/OTP to the real-time operating system + OSE has been removed.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12573</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Sharing preserved copy for messages and exit signals</p> + <p> + Enable sharing preserved copy with configure option + <c>--enable-sharing-preserving</c>. This will preserve + sharing, within the process, when communication with + other processes in the Erlang node. There is a trade-off, + the copy is more costly but this cost can be reclaimed if + there is a lot of sharing in the message. In addition + literals will not be copied in a send except during a + purge phase of the module where the literals are located. + This feature is considered experimental in 19.0.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12590 Aux Id: OTP-10251 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Halfword BEAM has been removed.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12883</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Added <seealso + marker="kernel:os#perf_counter/1">os:perf_counter/1</seealso>.</p> + <p> + The perf_counter is a very very cheap and high resolution + timer that can be used to timestamp system events. It + does not have monoticity guarantees, but should on most + OS's expose a monotonous time.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12908</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Support for a fragmented young heap generation. That is, + the young heap generation can consist of multiple non + continuous memory areas. The main reason for this change + is to avoid extra copying of messages that could not be + allocated directly on the receivers heap.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13047</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Erlang linked-in driver can now force the call to + open_port to block until a call to erl_drv_init_ack is + made inside the driver. This is useful when you want to + do some asynchronous initialization, for example getting + configuration from a pipe, and you want the initial + open_port call to fail if the configuration is incomplete + or wrong. See the erl_driver documentation for more + details on the API.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13086</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Erlang linked-in drivers can now set their own pids as + seen in <c>erlang:port_info/1</c> by using the + <c>erl_drv_set_pid</c> function. For more details see the + erl_driver documentation.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13087</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The functionality behind <c>erlang:open_port/2</c> when + called with spawn or spawn_executable has been redone so + that the forking of the new program is done in a separate + process called erl_child_setup. This allows for a much + more robust implementation that uses less memory and does + not block the entire emulator if the program to be + started is on an un-accessible NFS. Benchmarks have shown + this approach to be about 3-5 times as fast as the old + approach where the fork/vfork was done by erts. This is a + pure stability and performance fix, however some error + messages may have changed, which is why it is marked as a + backwards incompatible change.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13088</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Improved yielding strategy in the implementation of + the following native functions:</p> <list> + <item><c>erlang:binary_to_list/1</c></item> + <item><c>erlang:binary_to_list/3</c></item> + <item><c>erlang:bitstring_to_list/1</c></item> + <item><c>erlang:list_to_binary/1</c></item> + <item><c>erlang:iolist_to_binary/1</c></item> + <item><c>erlang:list_to_bitstring/1</c></item> + <item><c>binary:list_to_bin/1</c></item> </list> <p>This + in order to improve performance of these functions.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13096</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + All garbage collections of processes now bump reductions. + Also the amount of reductions bumped when garbage + collecting has been adjusted. It now better corresponds + to the amount of work performed. This in order to improve + the real time characteristics of the system.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13097</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>New functions that can load multiple modules at once + have been added to the '<c>code</c>' module. The + functions are <c>code:atomic_load/1</c>, + <c>code:prepare_loading/1</c>, + <c>code:finish_loading/1</c>, and + <c>code:ensure_modules_loaded/1</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13111</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>The <c>-boot_var</c> option for <c>erl</c> now only + supports a single key and single value (as documented). + The option used to allow multiple key/value pairs, but + that behavior was undocumented.</p> + <p>The function <c>erl_prim_loader:start/3</c> has been + removed. Its documentation has also been removed.</p> + <p>The undocumented and unsupported function + <c>erl_prim_loader:get_files/2</c> has been removed.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13112</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Low level BIF <c>erlang:purge_module/1</c> is made more + robust against incorrect use. Lingering processes that + still refer the old code are now killed before the module + is purged to prevent fatal VM behavior.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13122</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Improved dirty scheduler implementation. For more + information see the <seealso + marker="erl_nif#dirty_nifs">NIF + documentation</seealso>.</p> <note><list> <item><p>The + dirty scheduler support is still + <em>experimental</em>.</p></item> <item><p>The support + for determining whether dirty NIF support exist or not at + compile time using the C preprocessor macro + <c>ERL_NIF_DIRTY_SCHEDULER_SUPPORT</c> has been + removed.</p></item> <item><p>The + <c>enif_is_on_dirty_scheduler()</c> function has been + removed. Use <seealso + marker="erl_nif#enif_thread_type"><c>enif_thread_type()</c></seealso> + instead.</p></item> </list></note> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13123</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Various optimizations done to process dictionary access.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13167</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Added max_heap_size process flag. max_heap_size allows + the user to limit the maximum heap used by a process. See + <seealso + marker="erlang#process_flag/2">erlang:process_flag</seealso> + for more details.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13174</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Allow dynamic drivers and NIF libraries to be built with + gcc option <c>-fvisibility=hidden</c> for faster loading + and more optimized code.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13227</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add <c>erlang:process_info(Pid, + garbage_collection_info)</c> which returns extended + garbage_collection information. For more details see the + documentation.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13265</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The functions <c>erlang:list_to_integer/1</c> and + <c>string:to_integer/1</c> have been optimized for large + inputs.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13293</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Improved memory allocation strategy for hipe native code + on x86_64 (amd64) architectures by reserving enough low + virtual address space needed for the HiPE/AMD64 small + code model. The default virtual address area for hipe + code is set to 512Mb, but can be changed with emulator + flag <c>+MXscs</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13359</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Introduction of configurable management of data referred + to by the message queue of a process. Each process can be + configured individually.</p> + <p> + It is now possible to configure the message queue of a + process, so that all data referred by it will be kept + outside of the heap, and by this prevent this data from + being part of garbage collections.</p> + <p> + For more information see the documentation of <seealso + marker="erlang#process_flag_message_queue_data"><c>process_flag(message_queue_data, + MQD)</c></seealso>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13366 Aux Id: OTP-13047 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Processes now yield when scanning large message queues + and not finding a matching message. This in order to + improve real time characteristics.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13401</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Optimized an erts internal function that is used to + traverse erlang terms. The internal function was mainly + used by term_to_binary and comparison of terms. + Benchmarks have shown up to a 10% performance increase in + those functions after the optimization.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13440</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add the following NIF API functions:</p> + <p> + <list> <item><seealso + marker="erl_nif#enif_cpu_time"><c>enif_cpu_time</c></seealso></item> + <item><seealso + marker="erl_nif#enif_now_time"><c>enif_now_time</c></seealso></item> + <item><seealso + marker="erl_nif#enif_make_unique_integer"><c>enif_make_unique_integer</c></seealso></item> + <item><seealso + marker="erl_nif#enif_is_process_alive"><c>enif_is_process_alive</c></seealso></item> + <item><seealso + marker="erl_nif#enif_is_port_alive"><c>enif_is_port_alive</c></seealso></item> + <item><seealso + marker="erl_nif#enif_term_to_binary"><c>enif_term_to_binary</c></seealso></item> + <item><seealso + marker="erl_nif#enif_binary_to_term"><c>enif_binary_to_term</c></seealso></item> + <item><seealso + marker="erl_nif#enif_port_command"><c>enif_port_command</c></seealso></item> + </list></p> + <p> + for details of what each function does, see the erl_nif + documentation.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13442</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Optimize <c>'++'</c> operator and <c>lists:append/2</c> + by using a single pass to build a new list while checking + for properness.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13487</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Handle terms (pids,ports and refs) from nodes with a + 'creation' value larger than 3. This is a preparation of + the distribution protocol to allow OTP 19 nodes to + correctly communicate with future nodes (20 or higher). + The 'creation' value differentiates different + incarnations of the same node (name).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13488</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Don't send unasked for systemd notifications in epmd</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13493 Aux Id: PR-999 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The enif_send API has been extended to allow NULL to be + used as the message environment. When used this way, a + message environment is implicitly created and the given + term is copied into that environment before sending. This + can be an optimization if many small messages are being + sent by the nif.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13495</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The tracing support has been extended to allow tracing on + ports. Ports can be traced on using the 'ports', 'send' + and 'receive' trace flags.</p> + <p> + The first argument of <seealso + marker="erts:erlang#trace/3">erlang:trace/3</seealso> has + been extended so that <c>'all'</c>, <c>'existing'</c> and + <c>'new'</c> now include both processes and ports. New + <c>Tracee</c> variants, <c>'all_processes'</c>, + <c>'all_ports'</c>, <c>'existing_processes'</c> etc have + been added to specify only processes or ports.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13496</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + When the <c>'procs'</c> trace flag is enabled, a + <c>'spawned'</c> trace event is now also generated by a + newly created process. The previous event <c>'spawn'</c> + remains, but as it is generated by the process that did + the spawn, it is not guaranteed that it is ordered with + other trace events from the newly spawned process. So + when tracking the lifetime of a process this new event + should be used as the creation event.</p> + <p> + This new trace event is marked as an incompatibility + because tools that expect certain trace events when + enabling 'procs' will have to updated.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13497</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add the <seealso + marker="erts:erlang#match_spec_test/3">erlang:match_spec_test/3</seealso> + function. The functions allows the testing of match + specifications for both tracing and ets tables. It can be + used to test that a match specification does the expected + filtering on specific data. It also returns more verbose + error reasons for incorrectly constructed match + specifications.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13501</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The erts internal tracing support has been changed to + have much less overhead and be more scalable.</p> + <p> + This rewrite does not break any backwards + incompatibilities, but it does change the ordering of + some trace messages when compared to previous releases. + It should be noted that this only applies to trace + messages sent to processes or ports, it does not apply to + the new tracer module. However in future releases they + may also be effected by this.</p> + <p> + Trace messages are only guaranteed to be ordered from one + traced process or port. In previous releases this was not + visible as a <c>'send'</c> trace message would always + arrive before the corresponding <c>'receive'</c> trace + message that is no longer always the case. This also + means that timestamped trace messages may seem to arrive + out of order as the timestamp is taken when the event is + triggered and not when it is put in the queue of the + tracer.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13503</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add possibility to filter <c>send</c> and <c>receive</c> + trace with match specifications.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13507</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add <c>maps:update_with/3,4</c> and <c>maps:take/2</c></p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13522 Aux Id: PR-1025 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Introduce LTTng tracing via Erlang tracing.</p> + <p> + For LTTng to be enabled OTP needs to be built with + configure option <c>--with-dynamic-trace=lttng</c>.</p> + <p>The dynamic trace module <c>dyntrace</c> is now + capable to be used as a LTTng sink for Erlang tracing. + For a list of all tracepoints, see <seealso + marker="runtime_tools:LTTng">Runtime Tools User's + Guide</seealso> .</p> + <p>This feature also introduces an incompatible change in + trace tags. The trace tags <c>gc_start</c> and + <c>gc_end</c> has been split into <c>gc_minor_start</c>, + <c>gc_minor_end</c> and <c>gc_major_start</c>, + <c>gc_major_end</c>.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13532</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Print heap pointers for garbing processes during + crashdump</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13541 Aux Id: PR-1026 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Changed and improved low level memory statistics returned + by <c>erlang:system_info/1</c>. The info for + <c>erts_mmap</c> has been moved from <c>mseg_alloc</c> to + its own section returned by <c>{allocator, + erts_mmap}</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13560</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add enif_snprintf to the NIF API</p> + <p> + The function <c>enif_snprintf</c> is similar to + <c>snprintf</c> call but can handle formatting of Erlang + terms via <c>%T</c> format specifier.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13580</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>The warning in the documentation for + <c>erlang:raise/3</c> has been removed. It is now + officially perfectly fine to use raise/3 in production + code.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13599</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix bugs caused by the VM sometimes truncating object + sizes or offsets to 32 bits on 64-bit hosts. These bugs + were mainly found when working with large unicode strings + and nifs environments.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13606</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add <c>-start_epmd</c> command line option, this lets you + disable automatic starting of epmd when starting a + distributed node.</p> + <p> + Add <c>-epmd_module</c> command line option, this lets + you specify a module to register and look-up node names + in. The default module is <c>erl_epmd</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13627</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + <c>erlang:halt</c> now truncates strings longer than 200 + characters instead of failing with <c>badarg</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13630</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix possible race in poller wake up on windows</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13634</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 7.3.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + <c>process_info(Pid, last_calls)</c> did not work for + <c>Pid /= self()</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13418</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Make sure to create a crash dump when running out of + memory. This was accidentally removed in the erts-7.3 + release.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13419</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Schedulers could be woken by a premature timeout on + Linux. This premature wakeup was however harmless.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13420</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + A process communicating with a port via one of the + <c>erlang:port_*</c> BIFs could potentially end up in an + inconsistent state if the port terminated during the + communication. When this occurred the process could later + block in a <c>receive</c> even though it had messages + matching in its message queue.</p> + <p> + This bug was introduced in erts version 5.10 (OTP R16A).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13424 Aux Id: OTP-10336 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The reference count of a process structure could under + rare circumstances be erroneously managed. When this + happened invalid memory accesses occurred.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13446</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix race between <c>process_flag(trap_exit,true)</c> and + a received exit signal.</p> + <p> + A process could terminate due to exit signal even though + <c>process_flag(trap_exit,true)</c> had returned. A very + specific timing between call to <c>process_flag/2</c> and + exit signal from another scheduler was required for this + to happen.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13452</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 7.3</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + The '-path' flag to 'erl' has been documented. This flag + replaces the path specified in the boot script. It has + always existed, but was earlier only documented in SASL + (script).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13060</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The <c>call_time</c> tracing functionality internally + used a time based on OS system time in order to measure + call time which could cause erroneous results if OS + system time was changed during tracing.</p> + <p> + This functionality now use Erlang monotonic time in order + to measure time. Besides fixing the erroneous results due + to OS system time being used, the results are often also + better since Erlang monotonic time often has better + accuracy and precision.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13216</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix behaviour of -delay_write command line switch of + epmd, which is used for debugging - in some cases epmd + was sleeping twice the requested amount of time.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13220</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix race between timeout and exit signal that could cause + a process to ignore the exit signal and continue + execution. Bug exist since OTP 18.0.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13245</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix bug in <c>erlang:halt/1,2</c> for large exit status + values, causing either <c>badarg</c> (on 32-bit) or exit + with a crash dump and/or core dump (on 64-bit). Make + <c>erlang:halt/1,2</c> tolerate any non negative integer + as exit status and truncate high order bits if the OS + does not support it.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13251 Aux Id: ERL-49 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + <seealso + marker="kernel:gen_tcp#accept/2"><c>gen_tcp:accept/2</c></seealso> + was not <seealso + marker="erts:time_correction#Time_Warp_Safe_Code">time + warp safe</seealso>. This since it used the same time as + returned by <seealso + marker="erts:erlang#now/0"><c>erlang:now/0</c></seealso> + when calculating timeout. This has now been fixed.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13254 Aux Id: OTP-11997, OTP-13222 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix faulty error handling when writing to a compressed + file.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13270</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix sendfile usage for large files on FreeBSD</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13271</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix bug that could cause + <c>process_info(P,current_location)</c> to crash emulator + for hipe compiled modules.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13282 Aux Id: ERL-79 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Out of memory errors have been changed to cause an exit + instead of abort.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13292</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + When calling <c>garbage_collect/[1,2]</c> or + <c>check_process_code/[2,3]</c> from a process with a + higher priority than the priority of the process operated + on, the run queues could end up in an inconsistent state. + This bug has now been fixed.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13298 Aux Id: OTP-11388 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + A workaround for an issue with older gcc versions (less + than 5) and inline assembly on 32-bit x86 caused an + emulator crash when it had been compiled with a newer gcc + version. An improved <c>configure</c> test, run when + building OTP, now detects whether the workaround should + be used or not.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13326 Aux Id: ERL-80 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>Introduced new statistics functionality in order to + more efficiently retrieve information about run able and + active processes and ports. For more information see:</p> + <list> <item><seealso + marker="erlang#statistics_total_run_queue_lengths"><c>statistics(total_run_queue_lengths)</c></seealso></item> + <item><seealso + marker="erlang#statistics_run_queue_lengths"><c>statistics(run_queue_lengths)</c></seealso></item> + <item><seealso + marker="erlang#statistics_total_active_tasks"><c>statistics(total_active_tasks)</c></seealso></item> + <item><seealso + marker="erlang#statistics_active_tasks"><c>statistics(active_tasks)</c></seealso></item> + </list> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13201</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Time warp safety improvements.</p> + <p> + Introduced the options <c>monotonic_timestamp</c>, and + <c>strict_monotonic_timestamp</c> to the trace, + sequential trace, and system profile functionality. This + since the already existing <c>timestamp</c> option is not + time warp safe.</p> + <p> + Introduced the option <c>safe_fixed_monotonic_time</c> to + <c>ets:info/2</c> and <c>dets:info/2</c>. This since the + already existing <c>safe_fixed</c> option is not time + warp safe.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13222 Aux Id: OTP-11997 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix a register race where down nodes goes undetected in + epmd</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13301</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Improved the gcc inline assembly implementing double word + atomic compare and exchange on x86/x86_64 so that it also + can be used when compiling with clang.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13336</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + An optimization preventing a long wait for a scheduler + thread looking up information about a process executing + on another scheduler thread had unintentionally been lost + in erts-5.10 (OTP R16A). This optimization has now been + reintroduced.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13365 Aux Id: OTP-9892 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 7.2.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Revert "Fix erroneous splitting of emulator path"</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13202</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix HiPE enabled emulator for FreeBSD.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13204 Aux Id: pr926 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 7.2</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Small documentation fixes</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13017</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix memory corruption bug caused by disabling + distribution and then re-enable distribution with a node + name that has previously been used by a remote node.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13076 Aux Id: seq12959 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Renamed variables with name bool as Visual Studio 2015 + now treats this is a keyword.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13079</p> + </item> + <item> + <p><c>erl_prim_loader</c> has not supported custom + loaders for several releases. In the documentation for + <c>erl_prim_loader</c>, all references to custom loaders + have now been removed.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13102</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed compilation of erts together with libc versions + that do not define __uint32_t.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13105</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + erl -make now returns non-zero exit codes on failure</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13107</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix crash on init:restart in embedded mode caused by + on_load handler process not being relaunched leading to + load failure for modules such as crypto and asn1rt_nif + that need it to be present for correct NIF loading.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13115</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix maps decode in erlang:binary_to_term/1</p> + <p>Decoding a term with a large (HAMT) map in an small + (FLAT) map could cause a critical error if the external + format was not produced by beam.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13125</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix very rare bug in GC when big maps with a lot of hash + collisions from a remote node are waiting in inner + message queue.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13146</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed a bug that could cause a crash dump to become + almost empty.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13150</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> Updated the xmllint target to just check the xml + files with real documentation content.<br/> Corrected + some errors and added some missing target in the DTD's. + </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13026</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add function enif_getenv to read OS environment variables + in a portable way from NIFs.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13147</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 7.1</title> + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fix bug in ETS that could cause stray objects marked for + deletion to occasionally be missed by the cleanup done by + <c>safe_fixtable(_,false)</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12870</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed VM crash that could occur if a trace port was + linked to a process, and the trace port terminated + abnormally while handling a trace message. This bug has + always existed in the runtime system with SMP support.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12901</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Instead of aborting, the vm now creates a crash dump when + a system process is terminated.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12934</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed a rare emulator dead lock that occurred when + erlang:process_flag(priority,...) was called by a process + that was also scheduled for an internal system activity.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12943</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The runtime system on various posix platforms (except for + Linux and Solaris) could crash when large amounts of + file-descriptors were in use.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12954</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + A beam file compiled by hipe for an incompatible runtime + system was sometimes not rejected by the loader, which + could lead to vm crash. This fix will also allow the same + hipe compiler to be used by both normal and debug-built + vm.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12962</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix bug in <c>maps:merge/2</c> when called by hipe + compiled code that could cause vm crash. Bug exists since + erts-7.0 (OTP 18.0).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12965</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + When tracing with <c>process_dump</c> option, the VM + could abort if there was an ongoing binary match + somewhere in the call stack of the traced process.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12968</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed possible output deadlock in tty driver when hitting + "CTRL-C" in a non-smp emulator shell on unix.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12987 Aux Id: Seq12947 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix <c>binary_to_integer</c> to throw badarg for "+" and + "-" similar to <c>list_to_integer</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12988</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Suppress warning of unused argument when using macro + enif_make_pid.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12989</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Changed default clock source used for OS system time on + MacOS X to <c>gettimeofday()</c> in order to improve + performance. The system can be configured during build to + use the previously used higher resolution clock source by + passing the switch <seealso + marker="doc/installation_guide:INSTALL#Advanced-configuration-and-build-of-ErlangOTP_Configuring"><c>--with-clock-resolution=high</c></seealso> + when configuring the build.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12945 Aux Id: OTP-12892 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Added the <c>configure</c> option <seealso + marker="doc/installation_guide:INSTALL#Advanced-configuration-and-build-of-ErlangOTP_Configuring"><c>--disable-saved-compile-time</c></seealso> + which disables saving of compile date and time in the + emulator binary.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12971</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 7.0.3</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fixed a binary memory leak when printing to shell using + the tty driver (i.e. not -oldshell).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12941</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix a bug where the standard error port sometimes crashes + with eagain as the reason.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12942</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + When tracing with <c>process_dump</c> option, the VM + could abort if there was an ongoing binary match + somewhere in the call stack of the traced process./</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12968</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 7.0.2</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + A process could end up in an inconsistent half exited + state in the runtime system without SMP support. This + could occur if the processes was traced by a port that it + also was linked to, and the port terminated abnormally + while handling a trace message for the process.</p> + <p> + This bug has always existed in the runtime system without + SMP support, but never in the runtime system with SMP + support.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12889 Aux Id: seq12885 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Removed unnecessary copying of data when retrieving + corrected Erlang monotonic time.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12894</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Changed default OS monotonic clock source chosen at build + time. This in order to improve performance. The behavior + will now on most systems be that (both OS and Erlang) + monotonic time stops when the system is suspended.</p> + <p> + If you prefer that monotonic time elapse during suspend + of the machine, you can pass the command line argument + <c>--enable-prefer-elapsed-monotonic-time-during-suspend</c> + to <c>configure</c> when building Erlang/OTP. The + configuration stage will try to find such a clock source, + but might not be able to find it. Note that there might + be a performance penalty associated with such a clock + source.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12895</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + <c>erlang:system_info(end_time)</c> returned a faulty + value on 32-bit architectures.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12896</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + The <c>configure</c> command line argument + <c>--enable-gettimeofday-as-os-system-time</c> has been + added which force usage of <c>gettimeofday()</c> for OS + system time. This will improve performance of + <c>os:system_time()</c> and <c>os:timestamp()</c> on + MacOS X, at the expense of worse accuracy, resolution and + precision of Erlang monotonic time, Erlang system time, + and OS system time.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12892</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 7.0.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fix a rare hanging of the VM seen to happen just after + emulator start. Bug exists since R14.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12859 Aux Id: seq12882 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 7.0</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fix issuing with spaces and quoting in the arguments when + using erlang:open_port spawn_executable on windows. The + behavior now mimics how unix works. This change implies a + backwards incompatibility for how spawn_executable works + on windows.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11905</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix global call trace when hipe compiled code call beam + compiled functions. Tracing of beam functions should now + alway work regardless who the caller is.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11939</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Correct cache alignment for ETS <c>write_concurrency</c> + locks to improve performance by reduced false sharing. + May increase memory footprint for tables with + <c>write_concurrency</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11974</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + All possibly blocking operations in the fd/spawn and + terminal driver have been converted to non-blocking + operations. Before this fix it was possible for the VM to + be blocked for a long time if the entity consuming + stdout/stderr did not consume it fast enough.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12239</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add missing overhead for offheap binaries created from + external format. This fix can improve the garbage + collection of large binaries originating from + <c>binary_to_term</c> or messages from remote nodes.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12554</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Ensure hashing of zero is consistent</p> + <p> Erlang treats positive and negative zero as + equal:</p> + <p> + <c>true = 0.0 =:= 0.0/-1</c></p> + <p>However, Erlangs hash functions: hash, phash and + phash2 did not reflect this behaviour. The hash values + produced by the different hash functions would not be + identical for positive and negative zero.</p> <p>This + change ensures that hash value of positive zero is always + produced regardless of the signedness of the zero float, + i.e.,</p> + <p> + <c>true = erlang:phash2(0.0) =:= + erlang:phash2(0.0/-1)</c></p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12641</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Ensure NIF term creation disallows illegal floating point + values and too long atoms. Such values will cause a NIF + to throw badarg exception when it returns.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12655</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed building of Map results from match_specs</p> + <p> + A faulty "box-value" entered into the heap which could + cause a segmentation fault in the garbage collector if it + was written on a heap fragment.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12656</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix hipe bug when matching a "writable" binary. The bug + has been seen to sometimes cause a failed binary matching + of a correct utf8 character, but other symptoms are also + possible.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12667</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Keep dirty schedulers from waking other schedulers.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12685</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Disable floating point exceptions if the VM is compiled + by clang/llvm. This is a known long-standing problem in + clang/llvm.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12717</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix bug in <c>file:sendfile</c> for FreeBSD causing not + the entire file to be sent.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12720</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix the broken Android support in erl_child_setup.c</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12751</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Faulty statistics reported by the <c>fix_alloc</c> + allocator.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12766</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix two erts_snprintf() calls to correct sizes.</p> + <p> + - run_erl.c (ose): Use the size of the signal type, not + its pointer. - erl_node_tables.c: Use the size of the + _BUFFER in erts_snprintf() to make sure we can use the + full space.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12771</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Delayed memory allocations could be delayed an + unnecessarily long time.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12812</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Make sure that timeouts on a pool of acceptors are + released in the correct order.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12817</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix segmentation fault in module_info for deleted modules</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12820</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Fix garbage collection of literals in code purge</p> + <p>During code purging and check_process_code, the + checking of the binary reference embedded in the match + binary state was omitted for the tracing tests. This + would cause the binary match state to reference + deallocated memory.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12821</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + A bug has been corrected for gen_tcp:close so when + {linger,{true,0}} is in effect it does not wait for data + in the driver queue to transfer out before closing the + port. Bug fix by Rory Byrne.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12840</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The documentation of the driver callback <seealso + marker="driver_entry#start"><c>start()</c></seealso> + erroneously stated that a return value of + <c>ERL_DRV_ERROR_ERRNO</c> caused the error value to be + passed via <c>erl_errno</c> when it should have been + <c>errno</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12855</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Add <c>md5</c> and <c>module</c> entries to + <c>?MODULE:module_info/0/1</c> and remove obsolete entry + 'import'.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11940</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Debug function <c>erlang:display/1</c> shows content of + binaries and bitstrings, not only the length.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11941</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>The time functionality of Erlang has been extended. + This both includes a <seealso + marker="time_correction#The_New_Time_API">new + API</seealso> for time, as well as <seealso + marker="time_correction#Time_Warp_Modes">time warp + modes</seealso> which alters the behavior of the system + when system time changes. <em>You are strongly encouraged + to use the new API</em> instead of the old API based on + <seealso + marker="erlang#now/0"><c>erlang:now/0</c></seealso>. + <c>erlang:now/0</c> has been deprecated since it is and + forever will be a scalability bottleneck. For more + information see the <seealso + marker="time_correction">Time and Time + Correction</seealso> chapter of the ERTS User's + Guide.</p> + <p>Besides the API changes and time warp modes a lot of + scalability and performance improvements regarding time + management has been made internally in the runtime + system. Examples of such improvements are scheduler + specific timer wheels, scheduler specific BIF timer + management, parallel retrieval of monotonic time and + system time on systems with primitives that are not + buggy.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11997</p> + </item> + <item> + <p><c>erlang:function_exported(M, F, A)</c> will now + return <c>true</c> if <c>M:F/A</c> refers to a BIF.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12099</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + New BIF: <c>erlang:get_keys/0</c>, lists all keys + associated with the process dictionary. Note: + <c>erlang:get_keys/0</c> is auto-imported.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12151 Aux Id: seq12521 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Make distributed send of large messages yield to improve + real-time characteristics.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12232</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Use high accuracy poll timeouts</p> + <p> + Where available, use poll/select API's that can handle + time resolutions less than 1ms. In the cases where such + API's are not available the timeout is rounded up to the + nearest ms.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12236</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The internal group to user_drv protocol has been changed + to be synchronous in order to guarantee that output sent + to a process implementing the user_drv protocol is + printed before replying. This protocol is used by the + standard_output device and the ssh application when + acting as a client. </p> + <p> + This change changes the previous unlimited buffer when + printing to standard_io and other devices that end up in + user_drv to 1KB.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12240</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>The previously introduced "eager check I/O" feature is + now enabled by default.</p> + <p>Eager check I/O can be disabled using the <c>erl</c> + command line argument: <seealso + marker="erl#+secio"><c>+secio false</c></seealso></p> + <p>Characteristics impact compared to previous + default:</p> <list> <item>Lower latency and smoother + management of externally triggered I/O operations.</item> + <item>A slightly reduced priority of externally triggered + I/O operations.</item> </list> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12254 Aux Id: OTP-12117 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Properly support maps in match_specs</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12270</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The notice that a crashdump has been written has been + moved to be printed before the crashdump is generated + instead of afterwords. The wording of the notice has also + been changed.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12292</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + New function <c>ets:take/2</c>. Works the same as + <c>ets:delete/2</c> but also returns the deleted + object(s).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12309</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Tracing with cpu_timestamp option has been enabled on + Linux.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12366</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + ets:info/1,2 now contains information about whether + write_concurrency or read_concurrency is enabled.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12376</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Improved usage of <c>gcc</c>'s builtins for atomic memory + access. These are used when no other implementation of + atomic memory operations is available. For example, when + compiling for ARM when <c>libatomic_ops</c> is not + available.</p> + <p> + The largest improvement will be seen when compiling with + a <c>gcc</c> with support for the <c>__atomic_*</c> + builtins (using a <c>gcc</c> of at least version 4.7), + but also when only the legacy <c>__sync_*</c> builtins + are available (using a <c>gcc</c> of at least version + 4.1) an improvement can be seen.</p> + <p> + For more information see the "<seealso + marker="doc/installation_guide:INSTALL#Advanced-configuration-and-build-of-ErlangOTP_Configuring_Atomic-Memory-Operations-and-the-VM">Atomic + Memory Operations and the VM</seealso>" section of + <c>$ERL_TOP/HOWTO/INSTALL.md</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12383</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Introduce <c>math:log2/1</c> function to math module.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12411</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>The documentation of the Abstract Format (in the ERTS + User's Guide) has been updated with types and + specification. (Thanks to Anthony Ramine.) </p> <p> The + explicit representation of parentheses used in types of + the abstract format has been removed. Instead the new + functions <c>erl_parse:type_inop_prec()</c> and + <c>erl_parse:type_preop_prec()</c> can be used for + inserting parentheses where needed. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12492</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Remove perfctr support</p> + <p> + Development of perfctr in the linux kernel ceased in + 2010. The perfctr support code in the Erlang VM is thus + effectively dead code and therefor removed.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12508</p> + </item> + <item> + <p><c>zlib:inflateChunk/2</c> has been added. It works + like <c>zlib:inflate/2</c>, but decompresses no more data + than will fit in the buffer configured by + <c>zlib:setBufSize/2</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12548</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Use linear search for small select_val arrays</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12555</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + New BIF ets:update_counter/4 with a default object as + argument, which will be inserted in the table if the key + was not found.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12563</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Export missing types from zlib module</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12584</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Use persistent hashmaps for large Maps</p> + <p>Maps will use a + persistent hashmap implementation when the number of + pairs in a Map becomes sufficiently large. The change + will occur when a Map reaches 33 pairs in size but this + limit might change in the future.</p> + <p>The most significant impact for the user by this + change is speed, and to a lesser degree memory + consumption and introspection of Maps. Memory consumption + size is probalistic but lesser than <c>gb_trees</c> or + <c>dict</c> for instance. Any other impacts will be + transparent for the user except for the following + changes.</p> + <p>Semantics of Maps have changed in two incompatible + ways compared to the experimental implementation in OTP + 17:</p> <list> <item>Hashing of maps is done different by + <c>erlang:phash2/1,2</c>, <c>erlang:phash/1</c> and + <c>erlang:hash/2</c>.</item> <item>Comparing two maps + with ==, /=, =<, <, >= and >, is done + different if the keys contain floating point + numbers.</item> </list> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12585</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Scalability improvement for <seealso + marker="erlang#make_ref/0">erlang:make_ref/0</seealso>, + and other functionality that create references. Each + scheduler now manage its own set of references. By this + no communication at all is needed when creating + references.</p> + <p> + Previous implementation generated a strictly + monotonically increasing sequence of references + corresponding to creation time on the runtime system + instance. This is <em>not</em> the case with current + implementation. You can only expect reference to be + unique. The Erlang/OTP documentation has never mentioned + anything else but the uniqueness property, so this change + <em>is</em> fully compatible. The only reason we've + marked this as a potential incompatibility is since an + early draft for an Erlang specification mentions strict + monotonicity as a property.</p> + <p> + If you need to create data with a strict monotonicity + property use <seealso + marker="erlang#unique_integer/1">erlang:unique_integer([monotonic])</seealso>. + Do <em>not</em> use the deprecated <seealso + marker="erlang#now/0">erlang:now()</seealso>.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12610</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Enable different abort signal from heart</p> + <p>By using environment variable HEART_KILL_SIGNAL, heart + can now use a different signal to kill the old running + Erlang.</p> + <p>By default the signal is SIGKILL but SIGABRT may also + be used by setting environment variable: + HEART_KILL_SIGNAL=SIGABRT</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12613 Aux Id: seq12826 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Update autconf to latest version 2015-03-04</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12646</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Optimization of timers internally in the VM. This include + process timers (<c>receive ... after</c>), port timers + (<c>driver_set_timer()</c>) as well as BIF timers + (<c>erlang:send_after()</c>/<c>erlang:start_timer()</c>).</p> + <p> + Each scheduler thread now has its own lock-free timer + service instead of one locked central service. This + dramatically improves performance of timer management on + systems with a large amount of schedulers and timers.</p> + <p> + The timer service internal data structure has also been + optimized to be able to handle more timers than before. + That is, each timer service is by its self able to handle + more timers without dramatic performance loss than the + old centralized timer service.</p> + <p> + The API of BIF timers has also been extended. Timeout + values are for example no longer limited to 32-bit + integers. For more information see the documentation of + <seealso + marker="erlang#start_timer/4"><c>erlang:start_timer/4</c></seealso>, + <seealso + marker="erlang#send_after/4"><c>erlang:send_after/4</c></seealso>, + <seealso + marker="erlang#cancel_timer/2"><c>erlang:cancel_timer/2</c></seealso>, + and <seealso + marker="erlang#read_timer/2"><c>erlang:read_timer/2</c></seealso>.</p> + <p> + Characteristics impact: Calls to the synchronous versions + of <c>erlang:cancel_timer()</c>, and + <c>erlang:read_timer()</c> may take substantially longer + time to complete than before. This occur when the timer + that is accessed is managed by a remote scheduler. You + typically want to use the new asynchronous option in + order to avoid blocking the calling process.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12650 Aux Id: OTP-11997 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Specialize instructions from common assembler patterns</p> + <p>Specialize common instructions of <c>rem</c>, + <c>band</c>, <c>minus</c> and <c>plus</c> in the beam + loader. This will reduce the number of fetches and thus + lessen the instruction dispatch pressure during runtime + and speed up those operations in some common cases.</p> + <p>Specialize move patterns from x-registers to the stack + with a new <c>move_window</c> instruction. This change + will reduce instruction dispatch pressure.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12690</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix cross compilation for Android.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12693</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix incorrect use of autoconf macro AC_EGREP_CPP, which + could cause faulty configuration if run from a path + containing the string 'yes'.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12706</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Minimal Java version is now 1.6</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12715</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Send format and args on process exit to error_logger</p> + <p> + Previously, the emulator would generate a whole string + with values and call the error_logger passing + <c>"~s~n"</c>. This changes it to a format string + containing <c>~p</c> with the respective values as + arguments.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12735</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Map error logger warnings to warning messages by default.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12755</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Configure architecture ppc64le architecture as a ppc64</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12761</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add function <c>enif_raise_exception</c> to allow a NIF + to raise an error exception with any type of reason.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12770</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Optimized node table statistics retrieval.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12777</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Map beam error logger warnings to warning messages by + default. Previously these messages were mapped to the + error channel by default.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12781</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + gen_tcp:shutdown/2 is now asynchronous</p> + <p> + This solves the following problems with the old + implementation:</p> + <p> + It doesn't block when the TCP peer is idle or slow. This + is the expected behaviour when shutdown() is called: the + caller needs to be able to continue reading from the + socket, not be prevented from doing so.</p> + <p> + It doesn't truncate the output. The current version of + gen_tcp:shutdown/2 will truncate any outbound data in the + driver queue after about 10 seconds if the TCP peer is + idle of slow. Worse yet, it doesn't even inform anyone + that the data has been truncated: 'ok' is returned to the + caller; and a FIN rather than an RST is sent to the TCP + peer.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12797</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Introduced delayed node table GC. This in order to avoid + oscillation of entries in and out of the tables. The + oscillation caused unnecessary lock contention on the + table locks. The delay length can be set by passing the + <seealso marker="erl#+zdntgc"><c>+zdntgc</c></seealso> + command line argument.</p> + <p> + Characteristics impact: The tables can grow to very large + sizes with unused entries if the node is get huge amounts + of short lived connections from other nodes. This problem + can be alleviated by shortening the length of the delay + using the <c>+zdntgc</c> command line argument.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12802</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Improved implementation of <seealso + marker="erlang#statistics/1"><c>erlang:statistics</c></seealso><c>(io)</c> + in order to reduce contention between schedulers.</p> + <p>Characteristics impact: The actual call to + <c>erlang:statistics(io)</c> takes longer time to + complete, but the overall impact on the system is + improved.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12842</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + There are many cases where user code needs to be able to + distinguish between a socket that was closed normally and + one that was aborted. Setting the option + {show_econnreset, true} enables the user to receive + ECONNRESET errors on both active and passive sockets.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12843</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Do not preallocate too large event pool</p> + <p> + A default pool size of 4000 is too excessive for the + common case. This corresponds directly to the number of + threads in the system. Change + ERTS_TS_EV_ALLOC_DEFAULT_POOL_SIZE to 2048. Change + ERTS_TS_EV_ALLOC_POOL_SIZE to 32.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12849</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 6.4.1.5</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fixed a bug that could cause a crash dump to become + almost empty.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13150</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 6.4.1.4</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + The 'raw' socket option could not be used multiple times + in one call to any e.g gen_tcp function because only one + of the occurrences were used. This bug has been fixed, + and also a small bug concerning propagating error codes + from within inet:setopts/2.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11482 Aux Id: seq12872 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + + +<section><title>Erts 6.4.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + The VTS mode in Common Test has been modified to use a + private version of the Webtool application (ct_webtool).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12704 Aux Id: OTP-10922 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 6.4</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fix missing quotation in the <c>LM_FIND_EMU_CC</c> + <c>autoconf</c> macro which could cause build failures.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12388</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix erroneous printout of monitors in crashdump file.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12537</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The runtime system without SMP support could crash in the + BIF <c>port_control/3</c> if the port that was being + accessed died during the call to the BIF.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12544 Aux Id: Seq12777 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Avoid corrupt oversized integer to be created from binary + matching. Instead throw system_limit exception which is + the correct behavior. A peculiar symptom of this bug was + that bitwise operations (band, bor, bxor) on such + oversized integers could return the empty list []. + Credit: Mikael Pettersson, Nico Kruber</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12556</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + A race condition when calling <c>port_info/1</c> could + cause a memory fault has been fixed.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12587</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix comparison of exact terms. An overflow that could + cause faulty comparisons has been fixed. Comparison of + exact terms is exclusively used within Maps.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12623</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix bug in <c>list_to_integer/1</c> for very long lists + that could cause VM crash.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12624</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Introduced a runtime system internal 64-bit API for + atomic memory operations.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12351</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add command line argument option for the initial size of + process dictionaries.</p> + <p> + Use '+hpds <size>' to set initial process + dictionary size for spawned processes.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12535 Aux Id: seq12809 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix documentation on $char for Unicode</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12545</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 6.3.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fix getifaddrs realloc pointer error</p> + <p> + When a buffer was exhausted and subsequently reallocated, + we could get an unsafe pointer pointing to faulty memory.</p> + <p> + For this to occur we would need to have a large number of + interfaces and a reallocation of memory to a lower + addresses.</p> + <p> + The symptom would be garbage returned from + erlang:port_control(Port, 25, []) + (prim_inet:getifaddrs(Port) resulting in a badarg) or a + segmentation fault.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12445</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Don't close all file descriptors twice in child_setup</p> + <p> + The commit c2b4eab25c907f453a394d382c04cd04e6c06b49 + introduced an error in which child_setup erroneously + tried to close all file descriptors twice.</p> + <p> + Use closefrom() if available when closing all file + descriptors.</p> + <p> + The function closefrom() was only used in the vfork() + case before but is now also used in the fork() case if + available.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12446</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + During a crashdump all file descriptors are closed to + ensure the closing of the epmd port and to reserve a file + descriptor for the crashdump file.</p> + <p> + If a driver (third party library) cannot handle closing + of sockets this could result in a segmentation fault in + which case a crashdump would not be produced. This is now + fixed by only closing inets sockets via an emergency + close callback to the driver and thus closing the epmd + socket.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12447</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 6.3</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fix HiPE debug lock checking on OS X 64bit</p> + <p> + Position-independent code is mandatory on OS X. We use + r11 as an intermediate register to fill + BIF_P->hipe.bif_callee. This fixes the following error + when doing `make debug FLAVOR=smp`:</p> + <p> + clang -cc1as: fatal error: error in backend: 32-bit + absolute addressing is not supported in 64-bit mode</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12188</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix race bug that could cause VM crash in + <c>erlang:port_get_data/1</c> if the port was closed by a + concurrent process. Also fix fatal bug if + <c>port_set_data/2</c> is called with a non-immediate + data term. Both bugs exist since R16B01.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12208</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Correct make variable SSL_DED_LD_RUNTIME_LIBRARY_PATH + when erl_xcomp_sysroot ends with a slash.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12216 Aux Id: seq12700 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix two cases of unreachable code caused by false use of + assigment operators.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12222</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix bug when hipe compiled code makes tail call to a BIF + that disables GC while trapping (sush as binary_to_list, + list_to_binary, binary_to_term, term_to_binary).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12231</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix bug when a migrated empty memory carrier is reused + just before it should be destroyed by the thread that + created it.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12249</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Prevents compile-time errors in NIFs, when the compiler + is instructed to treat missing field initializers as + errors, by adding an initializer for the new options + field which was added to ErlNifEntry for 17.3.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12266</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed CPU topology detection on FreeBSD systems where + Erlang/OTP is compiled by new C compilers (including, but + possibly not limited to, gcc 4.9 and clang).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12267</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Use C99 function isfinite() instead of finite() when + available on non GCC compilers.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12268</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix bug on windows where an incorrect number of links + could be returned when doing file:read_file_info on a + directory.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12269</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix rare bug when purging module on VM started with + +Meamin.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12273</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Repair run_erl terminal window size adjustment sent from + to_erl. This was broken in OTP 17.0 which could lead to + strange cursor behaviour in the to_erl shell.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12275 Aux Id: seq12739 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed bug on windows causing gen_tcp/udp to return an + error when given an fd to work with.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12289</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix various internal erts issues where negating a signed + integer in C would trigger undefined behavior. This fixes + issues when dividing with bignums and list_to_integer.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12290</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + When flushing output to stdout on windows, the emulator + could sometimes hang indefinitely waiting for the flush + to complete. This has been fixed.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12291</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix so that non-smp emulators with dirty scheduler + support shows the correct number of dirty schedulers when + calling erlang:system_info(system_version).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12295</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add <c>nif_version</c> to <c>erlang:system_info/1</c> in + order to get the NIF API version of the runtime system in + a way similar to <c>driver_version</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12298</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix bug that could cause the return value from dirty NIF + with zero arity to be treated as garbage, leading to VM + crash.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12300</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Improve allocation carrier migration search logic. This + will reduce the risk of failed migrations that could lead + to excess memory consumption. It will also improve smp + performance due to reduced memory contention on the + migration pool.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12323</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>Introduced support for eager check I/O.</p> + <p>By default eager check I/O will be disabled, but this + will most likely be changed in OTP 18. When eager check + I/O is enabled, schedulers will more frequently check for + I/O work. Outstanding I/O operations will however not be + prioritized to the same extent as when eager check I/O is + disabled.</p> + <p>Eager check I/O can be enabled using the <c>erl</c> + command line argument: <seealso + marker="erl#+secio"><c>+secio true</c></seealso></p> + <p>Characteristics impact when enabled:</p> <list> + <item>Lower latency and smoother management of externally + triggered I/O operations.</item> <item>A slightly reduced + priority of externally triggered I/O operations.</item> + </list> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12117</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix erts .app-file</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12189</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add configure option --with-ssl-incl=PATH to support + OpenSSL installations with headers and libraries at + different places.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12215 Aux Id: seq12700 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Optimization of atomic memory operations with release + barrier semantics on 32-bit PowerPC when using the + implementation included in OTP.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12250</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Minor adjustment of scheduler activation code making sure + that an activation of a scheduler is not prevented by its + run-queue being non-empty. (Thanks to Songlu Cai)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12287</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Improved support for atomic memory operations provided by + the <url + href="https://github.com/ivmai/libatomic_ops/">libatomic_ops</url> + library. Most importantly support for use of native + double word atomics when implemented by + <c>libatomic_ops</c> (for example, implemented for ARM).</p> + <p> + The <seealso + marker="doc/installation_guide:INSTALL#Advanced-configuration-and-build-of-ErlangOTP_Configuring_Atomic-Memory-Operations-and-the-VM"><c>$ERL_TOP/HOWTO/INSTALL.md</c></seealso> + document now also more clearly describes when you want to + build together with a <c>libatomic_ops</c> installation.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12302</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add configure option --with-ssl-rpath to control which + runtime library path to use for dynamic linkage toward + OpenSSL.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12316 Aux Id: seq12753 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Added systemd notify support to epmd</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12321</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 6.2.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fix bug when an migrated empty memory carrier is reused + just before it should be destroyed by the thread that + created it.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12249</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Repair run_erl terminal window size adjustment sent from + to_erl. This was broken in OTP 17.0 which could lead to + strange cursor behaviour in the to_erl shell.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12275 Aux Id: seq12739 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 6.2</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + General documentation updates.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12052</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>A bug in the VM code implementing sending of signals + to ports could cause the receiving port queue to remain + in a busy state forever. When this state had been + reached, processes sending command signals to the port + either got suspended forever, or, if the <c>nosuspend</c> + feature was used, always failed to send to the port. This + bug was introduced in ERTS version 5.10.</p> + <p>In order for this bug to be triggered on a port, one + had to at least once utilize the <c>nosuspend</c> + functionality when passing a signal to the port. This by + either calling</p> <list> <item> <seealso + marker="erlang#port_command/3"><c>port_command(Port, + Data, [nosuspend | Options])</c></seealso>, </item> + <item> <seealso + marker="erlang#send/3"><c>erlang:send(Port, {PortOwner, + {command, Data}}, [nosuspend | Options])</c></seealso>, + </item> <item> <seealso + marker="erlang#send_nosuspend/2"><c>erlang:send_nosuspend(Port, + {PortOwner, {command, Data}})</c></seealso>, or </item> + <item> <seealso + marker="erlang#send_nosuspend/3"><c>erlang:send_nosuspend(Port, + {PortOwner, {command, Data}}, Options)</c></seealso>. + </item> </list> + <p>Thanks Vasily Demidenok for reporting the issue, and + Sergey Kudryashov for providing a testcase.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12082 Aux Id: OTP-10336 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix size overflow bug at memory allocation. A memory + allocation call, with an insane size close to the entire + address space, could return successfully as if it had + allocated just a few bytes. (Thanks to Don A. Bailey for + reporting)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12091</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix various issues where negating a signed integer would + trigger undefined behaviour. This fixes issues in the + enif_make_int64 interface and some edge cases inside the + erlang runtime system.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12097</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The documentation erroneously listed the <seealso + marker="erl#+swct"><c>+swct</c></seealso> command line + argument under <c>+sws</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12102 Aux Id: OTP-10994 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Profiling messages could be delivered out of order when + profiling on <c>runnable_procs</c> and/or + <c>runnable_ports</c> using <seealso + marker="erlang#system_profile/2"><c>erlang:system_profile/2</c></seealso>. + This bug was introduced in ERTS version 5.10.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12105 Aux Id: OTP-10336 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Various logging fixes, including: Add run queue index to + the process dump in crash dumps.<br/> Add thread index to + enomem slogan when crashing.<br/> Remove error logger + message for sending messages to old instances of the same + node.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12115</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix compiler warnings reported by LLVM</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12138</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Correct conversion of <c>MIN_SMALL</c> by + <c>list_to_integer/1</c> and <c>binary_to_integer/1</c>. + The bug produced an unnormalized bignum which can cause + strange behavior such as comparing different to a correct + <c>MIN_SMALL</c> integer. The value <c>MIN_SMALL</c> is + <c>-(1 bsl 27) = -134217728</c> on a 32-bit VM and <c>-(1 + bsl 59) = -576460752303423488</c> on a 64-bit VM. (Thanks + to Jesper Louis Andersen, Mikael Pettersson and Anthony + Ramine for report, patch and optimization suggestion)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12140</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix bug in <c>term_to_binary</c> that reallocates binary + with inconsistent size information. Bug has never been + confirmed to be the cause of any faulty behavior.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12141</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Real_path method used while prim loading archive files + was not taking into account the fact that windows + directory symlinks can be across different drives.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12155</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Add log2 histogram to lcnt for lock wait time</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12059</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Introduced <seealso + marker="erl_nif#enif_schedule_nif"><c>enif_schedule_nif()</c></seealso> + to the NIF API.</p> + <p> + The <c>enif_schedule_nif()</c> function allows a + long-running NIF to be broken into separate NIF + invocations without the help of a wrapper function + written in Erlang. The NIF first executes part of the + long-running task, then calls <c>enif_schedule_nif()</c> + to schedule a NIF for later execution to continue the + task. Any number of NIFs can be scheduled in this manner, + one after another. Since the emulator regains control + between invocations, this helps avoid problems caused by + native code tying up scheduler threads for too long.</p> + <p> + The <c>enif_schedule_nif()</c> function also replaces the + <c>enif_schedule_dirty_nif()</c> in the experimental + dirty NIF API. Note that the only incompatible changes + made are in the experimental dirty NIF API.</p> + <p> + See the <seealso marker="erl_nif">NIF + documentation</seealso> for more information.</p> + <p> + Thanks to Steve Vinoski.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12128</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 6.1.2</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + OTP-11850 fixed filelib:wildcard/1 to work with broken + symlinks. This correction, however, introduced problems + since symlinks were no longer followed for functions like + filelib:ensure_dir/1, filelib:is_dir/1, + filelib:file_size/1, etc. This is now corrected.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12054 Aux Id: seq12660 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 6.1.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fixed ETHR_FORCE_INLINE which caused the build to break + on some platforms without adequate thread support + (VxWorks).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12010</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 6.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>The documentation for <c>spawn_opt/5</c> now has a + note mentioning that the <c>monitor</c> option is not + supported.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11849</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix broken system monitoring of <c>large_heap</c> for + non-smp VM. No message for <c>large_heap</c> was ever + sent on non-smp VM. Bug exist since R16B.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11852</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The emulator without SMP support crashed when passing a + message to a process without enough heap space for the + message. This bug was introduced in <c>erts-6.0</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11887 Aux Id: OTP-11388 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix race between ETS table deletion and unfixation that + could cause VM crash. The race could happen between a + terminating process that does not own the table but has a + fixation on it and another process that deletes the table + (maybe the owner terminating) at the same time. Bug + existed since R15B02.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11892</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>The string following the <c>-eval</c> option when + invoking <c>erl</c> would not be properly translated from + UTF-8 to a list of Unicode characters (as would the + arguments for <c>-run</c>).</p> + <p>That bug would cause the build of Erlang/OTP to fail + when building in a directory whose pathname contained + non-US ASCII characters encoded in UTF-8. (Thanks to Eric + Pailleau for reporting this bug.)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11916</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix erts_debug:size/1 to handle Map sizes</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11923</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Removed <c>erlang:bitstr_to_list/1</c> and + <c>erlang:list_to_bitstr/1</c>. They were added by + mistake, and have always raised an <c>undefined</c> + exception when called.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11942</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed compilation using mingw-w64 on Windows.</p> + <p> + Thanks to Jani Hakala.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11945</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The git sha is no longer printed in the shell start + header when erlang is built from a tagged git release.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11961</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed a bug where <c>send</c> trace events were + erroneously dropped when the send was done to a + registered process. This bug was introduced in R16B.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11968</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>The following native functions now bump an appropriate + amount of reductions and yield when out of + reductions:</p> <list> + <item><c>erlang:binary_to_list/1</c></item> + <item><c>erlang:binary_to_list/3</c></item> + <item><c>erlang:bitstring_to_list/1</c></item> + <item><c>erlang:list_to_binary/1</c></item> + <item><c>erlang:iolist_to_binary/1</c></item> + <item><c>erlang:list_to_bitstring/1</c></item> + <item><c>binary:list_to_bin/1</c></item> </list> + <p>Characteristics impact:</p> <taglist> + <tag>Performance</tag> <item>The functions converting + from lists got a performance loss for very small lists, + and a performance gain for very large lists.</item> + <tag>Priority</tag> <item>Previously a process executing + one of these functions effectively got an unfair priority + boost. This priority boost depended on the input size. + The larger the input was, the larger the priority boost + got. This unfair priority boost is now lost. </item> + </taglist> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11888</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The systemd features of epmd have been removed from epmd + by default. To enable them you have to build erlang with + the configure option --enable-systemd.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11921</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Removed Erlang wrapper code used when calling + <c>binary_to_term/1</c>, and <c>binary_to_term/2</c>. + This improves the performance of these BIFs especially + when they are called with small binaries as input.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11931</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add erlang:system_info(tolerant_timeofday), an API to + check whether compensation for sudden changes of system + time is enabled or not.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11970</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 6.0.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fix broken system monitoring of <c>large_heap</c> for + non-smp VM. No message for <c>large_heap</c> was ever + sent on non-smp VM. Bug exist since R16B.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11852</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed type spec of <c>erlang:system_info/1</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11859 Aux Id: OTP-11615 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 6.0</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + The option dupnames did not work as intended in re. When + looking for names with {capture, [Name, ...]}, re:run + returned a random instance of the match for that name, + instead of the leftmost matching instance, which was what + the documentation stated. This is now corrected to adhere + to the documentation. The option {capture,all_names} + along with a re:inspect/2 function is also added to + further help in using named subpatterns.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11205</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Allow loading of NIF library with unicode path name</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11408</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Allow loading of driver with unicode path name</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11549</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed a bug where starting Erlang without having an open + stdin on fd 0 would sometimes deadlock the emulator when + terminating.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11558</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The option '-names' in epmd now works on Windows (Thanks + to Johannes Weißl)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11565</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Correction of the examples in escript documentation. + (Thanks to Pierre Fenoll).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11577</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix bs_get_integer instruction</p> + <p> + The instruction bs_get_integer could unnecessarily + trigger a garbage collection in failure cases which is + unwanted or outright dangerous.</p> + <p> + Ex:</p> + <p> + <<X:Sz,_/bits>> = <<"some + binary">></p> + <p> + Previously, if Sz induced X to a bignum it would reserved + memory size this on the heap via a garbage collection + before checking if the size could actually match.</p> + <p> + It will now check the binary size before triggering a + collection.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11581</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Remove heap space overestimation in <c>binary_to_term</c> + (and remote message reception) for integers in the + intervals [-2147483648,-1] and [256,2147483647] on 64-bit + emulators.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11585</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add support for detecting the separate tinfo library from + ncurses (Thanks to Dirkjan Ochtman)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11590</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Deprecation warning for system_flag(cpu_topology) has + been extended for removal in OTP 18 (Thanks to Steve + Vinoski for the update)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11602</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Documentation improvement regarding some awkward wording + around the +spp flag. (Thanks to Brian L. Troutwine )</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11607</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed bug where sendfile would return the wrong error + code for a remotely closed socket if the socket was in + passive mode. (Thanks to Vincent Siliakus for reporting + the bug.)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11614</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Increase garbage collection tenure rate</p> + <p>The garbage collector tries to maintain the previous + heap block size during a minor gc, i.e. 'need' is not + utilized in determining the size of the new heap, instead + it relies on tenure and garbage to be sufficiently + large.</p> + <p>In instances during intense growing with exclusively + live data on the heap coupled with delayed tenure, + fullsweeps would be triggered directly after a minor gc + to make room for 'need' since the new heap would be + full.</p> + <p>To remedy this, the tenure of terms on the minor heap + will always happen (if it is below the high watermark) + instead of every other minor gc.</p> + <p>Characteristics Impact: Reduced CPU-time spent in + garbage collection but may infer delays in collecting + garbage from the heap. Tweak 'fullsweep_after' options to + increase gc pressure if needed.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11617</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix bug when comparing integers with floats larger than + 2^992. The bug could potentially cause memory corruption + on 32-bit emulators.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11618</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Cross-compilation fixes for TileraMDE-3.0.1.125620</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11635</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + sendfile no longer uses async threads by default</p> + <p> + This has been done because a slow client attack is + possible if the async thread pool is used. The scenario + is:</p> + <p> + Client does a request for a file and then slowly receives + the file one byte at a time. This will eventually fill + the async thread pool with blocking sendfile operations + and thus starving the vm of all file operations.</p> + <p> + If you still want to use the async threads pool for + sendfile an option to enable it has been introduced.</p> + <p> + Thanks to Christopher Faulet for identifying this + vulnerability.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11639</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Do proper rollback of calls to + <c>enif_open_resource_type</c> when load/upgrade + callbacks of NIF library return failure.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11722</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Changed the default configuration when configuring with + <c>$ERL_TOP/configure</c> to be the same as when + configuring with <c>$ERL_TOP/otp_build configure</c>.</p> + <p> + Previously floating point exceptions got enabled by + default on Linux when HiPE was enabled when configuring + with <c>$ERL_TOP/configure</c>, but not when configuring + with <c>$ERL_TOP/otp_build configure</c>. The default is + now in both cases not to use floating point exceptions + since there still exist unresolved issues with floating + point exceptions on Linux.</p> + <p> + For more information see <seealso + marker="doc/installation_guide:INSTALL"><c>$ERL_TOP/HOWTO/INSTALL.md</c></seealso>.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11723</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + A comment in erl_db_tree.c no longer differ from the + code. (Thanks to Cobus Carstens)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11793</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix epmd debug functionality for VxWorks (Thanks to Jay + True)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11808</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Use closefrom/2 when available in child_setup (Thanks to + Rick Reed and Anthony Ramine)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11809</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix dtrace/systemtap bug where the probe arguments would + be concatenated due to faulty length calculation. </p> + <p> + Thanks to Michal Ptaszek and Scott Lystig Fritchie</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11816</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + It is now better documented that the <c>+fn*</c> flags to + <c>erl</c> also affect how command line parameters and + environment variables are read. (Thanks to Vlad + Dumitrescu)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11818</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Options to set match_limit and match_limit_recursion are + added to re:run. The option report_errors is also added + to get more information when re:run fails due to limits + or compilation errors.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10285</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Dialyzer's <c>unmatched_return</c> warnings have been + corrected. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10908</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + A common case is to wrap an argument to + <c>list_to_binary/1</c> in a list to ensure conversion + can happen even though the argument may already be a + binary. Take special care of this case and do not copy + binary.</p> + <p> + Impact: May cause incompatibility since a single binary + is no longer copied. Use <c>binary:copy/1,2</c> instead.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11082</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Make erlang:open_port/2 spawn and spawn_executable handle + unicode.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11105</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Handle unicode (widestring) in erl, erlc, heart, etc on + windows.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11135</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The version of the PCRE library Used by Erlang's re + module is raised to 8.33 from 7.6. This means, among + other things, better Unicode and Unicode Character + Properties support. New options connected to PCRE 8.33 + are also added to the re module (ucd, notempty_atstart, + no_start_optimize). PCRE has extended the regular + expression syntax between 7.6 and 8.33, why this imposes + a potential incompatibility. Only very complicated + regular expressions may be affected, but if you know you + are using obscure features, please test run your regular + expressions and verify that their behavior has not + changed.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11204</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Filenames containing UTF-8 encoded characters can now + be handled by erlc.</p> + <p>If you have set the <c>ERLC_EMULATOR</c> environment + variable, note that <c>erlc</c> in OTP 17 will only work + with <c>erl</c> in OTP 17 since the protocol between the + <c>erlc</c> program and the <c>erl_compile</c> module has + changed.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11248</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + By giving --enable-static-{nifs,drivers} to configure it + is now possible to statically linking of nifs and drivers + to the main Erlang VM binary. At the moment only the asn1 + and crypto nifs of the Erlang/OTP nifs and drivers have + been prepared to be statically linked. For more details + see the Installation Guide in the System documentation.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11258</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Erlang/OTP has been ported to the realtime operating + system OSE. The port supports both smp and non-smp + emulator. For details around the port and how to started + see the User's Guide in the <seealso + marker="ose:ose_intro">ose</seealso> application. </p> + <p> + Note that not all parts of Erlang/OTP has been ported. </p> + <p> + Notable things that work are: non-smp and smp emulators, + OSE signal interaction, crypto, asn1, run_erl/to_erl, + tcp, epmd, distribution and most if not all non-os + specific functionality of Erlang.</p> + <p> + Notable things that does not work are: udp/sctp, os_mon, + erl_interface, binding of schedulers.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11334</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add the {active,N} socket option for TCP, UDP, and SCTP, + where N is an integer in the range -32768..32767, to + allow a caller to specify the number of data messages to + be delivered to the controlling process. Once the + socket's delivered message count either reaches 0 or is + explicitly set to 0 with inet:setopts/2 or by including + {active,0} as an option when the socket is created, the + socket transitions to passive ({active, false}) mode and + the socket's controlling process receives a message to + inform it of the transition. TCP sockets receive + {tcp_passive,Socket}, UDP sockets receive + {udp_passive,Socket} and SCTP sockets receive + {sctp_passive,Socket}. </p> + <p> + The socket's delivered message counter defaults to 0, but + it can be set using {active,N} via any gen_tcp, gen_udp, + or gen_sctp function that takes socket options as + arguments, or via inet:setopts/2. New N values are added + to the socket's current counter value, and negative + numbers can be used to reduce the counter value. + Specifying a number that would cause the socket's counter + value to go above 32767 causes an einval error. If a + negative number is specified such that the counter value + would become negative, the socket's counter value is set + to 0 and the socket transitions to passive mode. If the + counter value is already 0 and inet:setopts(Socket, + [{active,0}]) is specified, the counter value remains at + 0 but the appropriate passive mode transition message is + generated for the socket.</p> + <p> + Thanks to Steve Vinoski</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11368</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + A new optional scheduler utilization balancing mechanism + has been introduced. For more information see the + <seealso marker="erl#+sub"><c>+sub</c></seealso> command + line argument.</p> + <p> + Characteristics impact: None, when not enabled. When + enabled, changed timing in the system, normally a small + overhead due to measuring of utilization and calculating + balancing information. On some systems, such as old + Windows systems, the overhead can be quite substantial. + This time measurement overhead highly depend on the + underlying primitives provided by the OS.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11385</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + A call to either the <c>garbage_collect/1</c> BIF or the + <c>check_process_code/2</c> BIF may trigger garbage + collection of another processes than the process calling + the BIF. The previous implementations performed these + kinds of garbage collections without considering the + internal state of the process being garbage collected. In + order to be able to more easily and more efficiently + implement yielding native code, these types of garbage + collections have been rewritten. A garbage collection + like this is now triggered by an asynchronous request + signal, the actual garbage collection is performed by the + process being garbage collected itself, and finalized by + a reply signal to the process issuing the request. Using + this approach processes can disable garbage collection + and yield without having to set up the heap in a state + that can be garbage collected.</p> + <p> + The <seealso + marker="erts:erlang#garbage_collect/2"><c>garbage_collect/2</c></seealso>, + and <seealso + marker="erts:erlang#check_process_code/3"><c>check_process_code/3</c></seealso> + BIFs have been introduced. Both taking an option list as + last argument. Using these, one can issue asynchronous + requests.</p> + <p> + <c>code:purge/1</c> and <c>code:soft_purge/1</c> have + been rewritten to utilize asynchronous + <c>check_process_code</c> requests in order to + parallelize work.</p> + <p> + Characteristics impact: A call to the + <c>garbage_collect/1</c> BIF or the + <c>check_process_code/2</c> BIF will normally take longer + time to complete while the system as a whole wont be as + much negatively effected by the operation as before. A + call to <c>code:purge/1</c> and <c>code:soft_purge/1</c> + may complete faster or slower depending on the state of + the system while the system as a whole wont be as much + negatively effected by the operation as before.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11388 Aux Id: OTP-11535, OTP-11648 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Cleanup 'Buckets' and 'Time left' fields in crashdump to + ease parsing.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11419</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add sync option to file:open/2.</p> + <p> + The sync option adds the POSIX O_SYNC flag to the open + system call on platforms that support the flag or its + equivalent, e.g., FILE_FLAG_WRITE_THROUGH on Windows. For + platforms that don't support it, file:open/2 returns + {error, enotsup} if the sync option is passed in. Thank + to Steve Vinoski and Joseph Blomstedt</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11498</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + erlang:binary_to_term will now cost an appropriate amount + of reductions and will interrupt (yield) for reschedule + if the term is big. This avoids too long schedules when + binary_to_term is used. (Thanks to Svante Karlsson for + the original patch)</p> + <p> + Impact: Programs running binary_to_term on large binaries + will run more smoothly, but rescheduling will impact the + single process performance of the BIF. Single threaded + benchmarks might show degraded performance of the BIF, + while general system behaviour will be improved.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11535 Aux Id: OTP-11388 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Added high resolution icon for windows. (Thanks to Daniel + Goertz for the inspiration.)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11560</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Migration of memory carriers has been enabled by default + on all ERTS internal memory allocators based on the + <seealso + marker="erts_alloc#alloc_util"><c>alloc_util</c></seealso> + framework except for <c>temp_alloc</c>. That is, <seealso + marker="erts_alloc#M_acul"><c>+M<S>acul + de</c></seealso> is default for these allocators. Note + that this also implies changed allocation strategies for + all of these allocators. They will all now use the + "address order first fit carrier best fit" strategy.</p> + <p> + By passing <c>+Muacul 0</c> on the command line, all + configuration changes made by this change will be + reverted.</p> + <p> + Characteristics impact: Improved memory characteristics + with a smaller memory footprint at the expense of a quite + small performance cost.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11604 Aux Id: OTP-10279 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p>A clarification has been added to the documentation of + <c>-on_load()</c> in the Reference Manual that it is only + recommended for loading NIF libraries.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11611</p> + </item> + <item> + <p><c>+fnaw</c> is now default when starting the + emulator; it used to be <c>+fnl</c>.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11612</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + EEP43: New data type - Maps</p> + <p> + With Maps you may for instance:</p> + <taglist> + <tag/> <item><c>M0 = #{ a => 1, b => 2}, % create + associations</c></item> + <tag/><item><c>M1 = M0#{ a := 10 }, % update values</c></item> + <tag/><item><c>M2 = M1#{ "hi" => + "hello"}, % add new associations</c></item> + <tag/><item><c>#{ "hi" := V1, a := V2, b := V3} = M2. + % match keys with values</c></item> + </taglist> + <p> + For information on how to use Maps please see Map Expressions in the + <seealso marker="doc/reference_manual:expressions#map_expressions"> + Reference Manual</seealso>.</p> + <p> + The current implementation is without the following + features:</p> + <taglist> + <tag/><item>No variable keys</item> + <tag/><item>No single value access</item> + <tag/><item>No map comprehensions</item> + </taglist> + <p> + Note that Maps is <em>experimental</em> during OTP 17.0.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11616</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The previously deprecated driver API function + <c>driver_async_cancel()</c> has been removed. Due to + this, the driver API version has been bumped to 3.0.</p> + <p> + Thanks to Steve Vinoski.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11628</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Experimental "dirty scheduler" functionality has been + introduced. In order to try the functionality out, you + need to pass the command line argument + <c>--enable-dirty-schedulers</c> to <c>configure</c> when + building the system.</p> + <p> + Dirty schedulers can currently only be used by NIFs on a + system with SMP support. More information can be found in + the <seealso + marker="erl_nif#dirty_nifs"><c>erl_nif(3)</c></seealso> + documentation, the <seealso + marker="erl"><c>erl(1)</c></seealso> documentation, and + in the git commit comment of commit + 'c1c03ae4ee50e58b7669ea88ec4d29c6b2b67c7b'.</p> + <p> + Note that the functionality is <em>experimental</em>, and + <em>not supported</em>. This functionality <em>will</em> + be subject to backward incompatible changes. You should + <em>not</em> enable the dirty scheduler functionality on + production systems. It is only provided for testing.</p> + <p> + Thanks to Steve Vinoski.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11629</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Improve reduction cost and yielding of + <c>term_to_binary</c>. The reduction cost is increased + and garbage collection is disabled during yield.</p> + <p> + Impact: Improves system responsiveness when + <c>term_to_binary</c> is called with large terms without + significant degradation of single threaded performance.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11648 Aux Id: OTP-11388 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + By default, the system's version of zlib will be used, + provided its version is 1.2.4 or higher; otherwise the + built-in zlib will be used. The built-in version of zlib + has been bumped to 1.2.8. (Use the + <c>--enable-builtin-zlib</c> option to <c>configure</c> + to force the use of the built-in zlib.)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11669</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The default float encoding in binary_to_term and + external_size has been changed to use minor_mode 1 + instead of 0.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11738</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Introduced the <c>configure</c> option + <c>--with-assumed-cache-line-size=SIZE</c>. For more + information see <seealso + marker="doc/installation_guide:INSTALL"><c>$ERL_TOP/HOWTO/INSTALL.md</c></seealso>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11742</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Halfword emulator is marked as deprecated. It still works + as before but is planned to be removed in a future major + release.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11777</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The external format for Maps has changed in a way that is + not compatible with the format used in OTP 17.0-rc1 and + OTP 17.0-rc2.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11782</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed faulty make dependency that would make some make + versions fail while building gen_git_version.mk.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11784</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Introduced functionality for allowing old drivers and NIF + libraries to be loaded during a transition period. For + more information see <seealso + marker="erts:erl_driver#version_management">the version + management section in the <c>erl_driver(3)</c> + documentation</seealso> and <seealso + marker="erts:erl_nif#version_management">the version + management section in the <c>erl_nif(3)</c> + documentation</seealso>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11799</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Support file paths longer than 259 characters on Windows. + Long absolute paths are automatically converted to UNC + format with a <c>\\?\</c> prefix which is the only way to + represent long paths. The 259 character limit still + applies for individual file names, relative paths and the + current working directory.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11813</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Document that escript:create/2 also accepts a 3-elements + tuple containing files and zip:create/3 options to build + a zip file.</p> + <p> + Thanks to Pierre Fenoll</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11827</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add systemd socket activation for epmd.</p> + <p> + Thanks to Matwey V. Kornilov</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11829</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 5.10.4.1</title> + + <section><title>Known Bugs and Problems</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + When using gen_tcp:connect and the <c>fd</c> option with + <c>port</c> and/or <c>ip</c>, the <c>port</c> and + <c>ip</c> options were ignored. This has been fixed so + that if <c>port</c> and/or <c>ip</c> is specified + together with <c>fd</c> a bind is requested for that + <c>fd</c>. If <c>port</c> and/or <c>ip</c> is not + specified bind will not be called.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12061</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 5.10.4</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + When normalizing paths, erl_prim_loader would always + convert backslash to forward slash. This is correct on + Windows, but not on other operating systems. + erl_prim_loader now checks which OS is running before + performing this conversion.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11170</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed syslog defines and defined LOG_ERR for systems + without syslog.h. Thanks to Matt Lewandowsky.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11349</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Check all pattern arguments passed to binary:matches/2. + Thanks to Mike Sassak.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11350</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix two small silent rules omissions. Thanks to Anthony + Ramine.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11351</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Teach configure to detect if posix_memalign cannot align + to more than the system page size. </p> + <p> + For cross-compiled systems a new environment variable + called erl_xcomp_posix_memalign has been introduced to + indicate whether posix_memalign should be used.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11371</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix bsr bug occurring when shifting a huge number a huge + number of bits to the right. Thanks to Lars Hesel + Christensen.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11381</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix memory leak for distributed monitors</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11410</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix various typos in erts, kernel and ssh. Thanks to + Martin Hässler.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11414</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Crashdumps initiated by out-of-memory on process spawn + could cause the beam to segfault during crashdump writing + due to invalid pointers.</p> + <p> + The pointers are invalid since the process creation never + finished. This fix removes these processes from the + printouts. Reported by Richard Carlsson.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11420</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Crash dumps from 64-bit Erlang machines would have all + memory addresses truncated to 32 bits, which could cause + trouble inspecting processes message queues and stacks in + the crashdump viewer.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11450</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Threads other than schedulers threads could make thread + unsafe accesses when support for migration of memory + carriers had been enabled, i.e., when the <seealso + marker="erts_alloc#M_acul"><c>+M<S>acul</c></seealso> + command line flag had been passed to <seealso + marker="erl"><c>erl</c></seealso>. This could cause + corruption of the VMs internal state.</p> + <p> + This bug was introduced in erts-5.10.2 when the support + for migration of memory carriers was introduced.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11456 Aux Id: OTP-10279 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix bug in <c>binary_to_term</c> for invalid bitstrings + and very large binaries (>2Gb).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11479</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Under rare circumstances a process calling <seealso + marker="kernel:inet#close/1"><c>inet:close/1</c></seealso>, + <seealso + marker="kernel:gen_tcp#close/1"><c>gen_tcp:close/1</c></seealso>, + <seealso + marker="kernel:gen_udp#close/1"><c>gen_udp:close/1</c></seealso>, + or <seealso + marker="kernel:gen_sctp#close/1"><c>gen_sctp:close/1</c></seealso> + could hang in the call indefinitely.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11491</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix bug that could cause a 32-bit emulator to always + crash at start (since R16B01) depending on the alignment + of static data in the beam executable.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11496</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix benign bugs regarding bitstring compare. Only a + nuisance for debug and valgrind VM.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11501</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Silence warnings (Thanks to Anthony Ramine)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11517</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The default wordsize of the emulator (beam) is now + determined by compiler default on Mac OSX (Darwin). This + was previously forced to 32bits by the configure script + unless otherwise specified.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11521</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + A new memory allocation feature called "super carrier" + has been introduced. The super carrier feature can be + used in different ways. It can for example be used for + pre-allocation of all memory that the runtime system + should be able to use.</p> + <p> + By default the super carrier is disabled. It is enabled + by passing the <seealso + marker="erts:erts_alloc#MMscs"><c>+MMscs <size in + MB></c></seealso> command line argument. For more + information see the documentation of the <seealso + marker="erts:erts_alloc#MMsco"><c>+MMsco</c></seealso>, + <seealso + marker="erts:erts_alloc#MMscrfsd"><c>+MMscrfsd</c></seealso>, + <seealso + marker="erts:erts_alloc#MMscrpm"><c>+MMscrpm</c></seealso>, + <seealso + marker="erts:erts_alloc#MMscs"><c>+MMscs</c></seealso>, + <seealso + marker="erts:erts_alloc#Musac"><c>+MMusac</c></seealso>, + and, <seealso + marker="erts:erts_alloc#Mlpm"><c>+Mlpm</c></seealso> + command line arguments in the <seealso + marker="erts:erts_alloc"><c>erts_alloc(3)</c></seealso> + documentation.</p> + <p> + Since it is disabled by default there should be no impact + on system characteristics if not used.</p> + <p> + This change has been marked as a potential + incompatibility since the returned list when calling + <seealso + marker="erts:erlang#system_info_allocator_tuple"><c>erlang:system_info({allocator, + mseg_alloc})</c></seealso> now also include an + <c>{erts_mmap, _}</c> tuple as one element in the list.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11149</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Added erlang:system_info(ets_limit) to provide a way to + retrieve the runtime's maximum number of ETS tables. + Thanks to Steve Vinoski</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11362</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add new BIF os:unsetenv/1 which deletes an environment + variable. Thanks to Martin Hässler.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11446</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Introduced a new guarantee regarding exit signals + from ports: </p><p> If the process calling one of the + synchronous port BIFs listed below is linked to the port + identified by the first argument, and the port exits + before sending the result of the port operation, the exit + signal issued due to this link will be received by the + processes before the BIF returns, or fail with an + exception due to the port not being open. </p><p> The + synchronous port BIFs are: </p> <list> <item><seealso + marker="erlang#port_close/1"><c>port_close/1</c></seealso></item> + <item><seealso + marker="erlang#port_command/2"><c>port_command/2</c></seealso></item> + <item><seealso + marker="erlang#port_command/3"><c>port_command/3</c></seealso></item> + <item><seealso + marker="erlang#port_connect/2"><c>port_connect/2</c></seealso></item> + <item><seealso + marker="erlang#port_control/3"><c>port_control/3</c></seealso></item> + <item><seealso + marker="erlang#port_call/3"><c>erlang:port_call/3</c></seealso></item> + <item><seealso + marker="erlang#port_info/1"><c>erlang:port_info/1</c></seealso></item> + <item><seealso + marker="erlang#port_info/2"><c>erlang:port_info/2</c></seealso></item> + </list> <p> Note that some ports under certain + circumstances unlink themselves from the calling process + before exiting, i.e. even though the process linked + itself to the port there might be no link triggering an + exit signal. </p> <p>Characteristics impact: The return + or exception from the synchronous port BIF will be + delayed if the port simultaneously exit due to some issue + unrelated to the outstanding synchronous port BIF call. + In all other cases characteristics are unchanged. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11489</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 5.10.3.1</title> + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Memory allocators will be able to create <c>sys_alloc</c> + carriers as fallback, if <c>mseg_alloc</c> cannot create + more carriers, on systems with <c>posix_memalign()</c> + support. This is similar to how it worked in pre-R16 + releases.</p> + <p> + Windows systems will create carriers using + <c>_aligned_malloc()</c> and can by this use the new + optimized allocator header scheme introduced in R16 on + other platforms.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11318</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 5.10.3</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> The documentation of predefined types and built-in + types has been corrected. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11090</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix changing terminal parameters in to_erl</p> + <p> + Change the behaviour of to_erl to use TCSADRAIN instead + of TCSANOW when changing terminal parameters. This makes + the serial driver wait for the output queues to be empty + before applying the terminal parameter change. Thanks to + Stefan Zegenhagen.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11206</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The default value of {flush, boolean()} in erlang:halt/2 + is documented to be 'true' if the status is an integer. + The implementation behaviour was reversed. The + Implementation is now corrected to adhere to the + documentation. Thanks to Jose Valim for reporting the + error.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11218</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix serious race bug in R16B01 that could cause PID + mix-ups when a lot of processes were spawned and + terminated in a very rapid pace on an SMP emulator with + at least two scheduler threads.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11225</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Validating a trace pattern with the option silent no + longer incorrectly enables/disables the silent option of + the calling process.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11232</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed a bug where GCC 4.8 and later use a more aggressive + loop optimization algorithm that broke some previously + working code in the efile driver. Thanks to Tomas + Abrahamsson for reporting this issue.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11246</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed bug when printing memory allocator acul option in + crash dump.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11264</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Opening a new compressed file on Windows could in rare + (random) cases result in {error,eisdir} or other error + codes although it should have succeeded. This is now + corrected.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11265</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed a race condition when closing a trace port that + would cause the emulator to crash.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11290</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + There is a new somewhat experimental socket option + 'netns' that can set the network namespace for a socket + on Linux:es where it is supported. See the documentation.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11157</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + New allocator strategy <c>aoffcbf</c> (address order + first fit carrier best fit). Supports carrier migration + but with better CPU performance than <c>aoffcaobf</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11174</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Introduced functionality for inspection of system and + build configuration.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11196</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix matching of floating point middle-endian machines. + Thanks to Johannes Weissl.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11201</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix compile error on ARM and GCC versions greater than + 4.1.0. Thanks to Johannes Weissl.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11214</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + run_erl: Redirect standard streams to /dev/null. Thanks + to Johannes Weissl.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11215</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Misc. corrections in documentation for erl_driver. Thanks + to Giacomo Olgeni.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11227</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix documentation regarding binary_part.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11239</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Make edlin understand a few important control keys. + Thanks to Stefan Zegenhagen.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11251</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Export type zlib:zstream/0. Thanks to Loic Hoguin.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11278</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add erl option to set schedulers by percentages. </p> + <p> + For applications where measurements show enhanced + performance from the use of a non-default number of + emulator scheduler threads, having to accurately set the + right number of scheduler threads across multiple hosts + each with different numbers of logical processors is + difficult because the erl +S option requires absolute + numbers of scheduler threads and scheduler threads online + to be specified.</p> + <p> + To address this issue, add a +SP option to erl, similar + to the existing +S option but allowing the number of + scheduler threads and scheduler threads online to be set + as percentages of logical processors configured and + logical processors available, respectively. For example, + "+SP 50:25" sets the number of scheduler threads to 50% + of the logical processors configured, and the number of + scheduler threads online to 25% of the logical processors + available. The +SP option also interacts with any + settings specified with the +S option, such that the + combination of options "+S 4:4 +SP 50:50" (in either + order) results in 2 scheduler threads and 2 scheduler + threads online.</p> + <p> + Thanks to Steve Vinoski</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11282</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Extend erl_driver interface with lock names</p> + <p> + Lock and thread names are already a feature in the driver + interface. This extension will let developers read these + names which eases debugging.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11303</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix incorrect values returned by integer_to_binary/2. + Thanks to Juan Jose Comellas.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11311</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix system_flag scheduling_statistics - disable . Thanks + to Steve Vinoski.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11317</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> The documentation of predefined types has been + corrected Thanks to Kostis Sagonas. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11321</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>Erts 5.10.2</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> @@ -321,7 +4487,7 @@ <item> <p> Support wide characters in the shell through wcwidth(). - Thanks to Anthony Ramine. Reported by Lo�c Hoguin.</p> + Thanks to Anthony Ramine. Reported by Loïc Hoguin.</p> <p> Own Id: OTP-11088</p> </item> @@ -342,7 +4508,7 @@ <item> <p> Remove 'query' from the list of reserved words in docs. - Thanks to Matthias Endler and Lo�c Hoguin.</p> + Thanks to Matthias Endler and Loïc Hoguin.</p> <p> Own Id: OTP-11158</p> </item> @@ -1500,8 +5666,7 @@ <p> Fix erl_prim_loader errors in handling of primary archive. The following errors have been corrected:</p> - <p> - <list> <item> If primary archive was named "xxx", then a + <list> <item> If primary archive was named "xxx", then a file in the same directory named "xxxyyy" would be interpreted as a file named "yyy" inside the archive. </item> <item> erl_prim_loader did not correctly create @@ -1516,7 +5681,8 @@ erl_prim_loader:list_dir/1 would sometimes return an empty string inside the file list. This was a virtual element representing the top directory of the archive. - This has been removed. </item> </list></p> + This has been removed. </item> + </list> <p> Thanks to Tuncer Ayaz and Shunichi Shinohara for reporting and co-authoring corrections.</p> @@ -1961,7 +6127,7 @@ <item> <p> Fix typo in supervisor behaviour doc (Thanks to Ricardo - Catalinas Jim�nez)</p> + Catalinas Jiménez)</p> <p> Own Id: OTP-9924</p> </item> @@ -2225,7 +6391,7 @@ <item> <p> Fixes module erlang doc style: option description (Thanks - to Ricardo Catalinas Jim�nez)</p> + to Ricardo Catalinas Jiménez)</p> <p> Own Id: OTP-9697</p> </item> @@ -2674,7 +6840,7 @@ <item> <p> Fix typos in the epmd documentation (Thanks to Holger - Wei� )</p> + Weiß )</p> <p> Own Id: OTP-9387</p> </item> @@ -2779,7 +6945,7 @@ <item> <p> Fix non-existing function (erlang:disconnect/1) in - distributed reference manual (Thanks to Fabian Kr�l)</p> + distributed reference manual (Thanks to Fabian Król)</p> <p> Own Id: OTP-9504</p> </item> @@ -2807,7 +6973,7 @@ only separator characters (comma and space).</p> <p> The same applies to epmd's -address option.(Thanks to - Holger Wei�)</p> + Holger Weiß)</p> <p> Own Id: OTP-9525</p> </item> @@ -2951,7 +7117,7 @@ <p> Add support for querying the number of configured and online processors on SGI systems running IRIX.(Thanks to - Holger Wei�)</p> + Holger Weiß)</p> <p> Own Id: OTP-9531</p> </item> @@ -3061,7 +7227,7 @@ using a comma-separated list. If the loopback address is not in this list, it will be added implicitly, so that the daemon can be queried by an interactive epmd - process.(Thanks to Holger Wei�)</p> + process.(Thanks to Holger Weiß)</p> <p> Own Id: OTP-9213</p> </item> @@ -3096,7 +7262,7 @@ value over to dbg_gen_printf(). This fixes the problem that errno had been reset to zero by the time it was used (to print the corresponding error message) in the - dbg_gen_printf() function. (Thanks to Holger Wei�)</p> + dbg_gen_printf() function. (Thanks to Holger Weiß)</p> <p> Own Id: OTP-9223</p> </item> @@ -3482,7 +7648,7 @@ Mention that "-detached" implies "-noinput"</p> <p> Clarify that specifying "-noinput" is unnecessary if the - "-detached" flag is given. (thanks to Holger Wei�)</p> + "-detached" flag is given. (thanks to Holger Weiß)</p> <p> Own Id: OTP-9086</p> </item> @@ -3613,7 +7779,7 @@ <item> <p> The <c>configure</c> command line argument <seealso - marker="doc/installation_guide:INSTALL#How-to-Build-and-Install-ErlangOTP_A-Closer-Look-at-the-individual-Steps_Configuring">--enable-ethread-pre-pentium4-compatibility</seealso> + marker="doc/installation_guide:INSTALL#Advanced-configuration-and-build-of-ErlangOTP">--enable-ethread-pre-pentium4-compatibility</seealso> had no effect. This option is now also automatically enabled if required on the build machine.</p> <p> @@ -3959,12 +8125,12 @@ Own Id: OTP-8726 Aux Id: seq11617 </p> </item> <item> - <p>Fix libm linking with --as-needed flag + <p>Fix libm linking with --as-needed flag</p> <p> When building with "--as-needed" linker flags on Linux the build will fail. This has now been fixed.</p> <p> - (Thanks to Christian Faulhammer)</p></p> + (Thanks to Christian Faulhammer)</p> <p> Own Id: OTP-8728</p> </item> @@ -4192,7 +8358,7 @@ platforms than before. If <c>configure</c> warns about no atomic implementation available, try using the <c>libatomic_ops</c> library. Use the <seealso - marker="doc/installation_guide:INSTALL#How-to-Build-and-Install-ErlangOTP_A-Closer-Look-at-the-individual-Steps_Configuring">--with-libatomic_ops=PATH</seealso> + marker="doc/installation_guide:INSTALL#Advanced-configuration-and-build-of-ErlangOTP">--with-libatomic_ops=PATH</seealso> <c>configure</c> command line argument when specifying where the <c>libatomic_ops</c> installation is located. The <c>libatomic_ops</c> library can be downloaded from: @@ -4210,7 +8376,7 @@ the pentium 4 processor. If you want the runtime system to be compatible with older processors (back to 486) you need to pass the <seealso - marker="doc/installation_guide:INSTALL#How-to-Build-and-Install-ErlangOTP_A-Closer-Look-at-the-individual-Steps_Configuring">--enable-ethread-pre-pentium4-compatibility</seealso> + marker="doc/installation_guide:INSTALL#Advanced-configuration-and-build-of-ErlangOTP">--enable-ethread-pre-pentium4-compatibility</seealso> <c>configure</c> command line argument when configuring the system.</p> <p> @@ -4988,7 +9154,7 @@ failed to detect gcc C compilers with other command line names than gcc. `configure' now substitute GCC into the makefiles. If CC is a gcc C compiler, GCC will have the - value yes. (Thanks to Jean-S�bastien P�dron)</p> + value yes. (Thanks to Jean-Sébastien Pédron)</p> <p> Own Id: OTP-8373</p> </item> @@ -7358,7 +11524,7 @@ <p> IPv6 name resolving has now been fixed to use getaddrinfo() patch (thoroughly reworked) courtesy of Love - H�rnquist-�strand submitted by Fredrik Thulin. It also + Hörnquist-Åstrand submitted by Fredrik Thulin. It also can use gethostname2() patch (also reworked) courtesy of Mikael Magnusson for debian submitted by Sergei Golovan.</p> <p> |