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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml index 3b86a4dcdf..08f6732036 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <chapter> <header> <copyright> - <year>2004</year><year>2016</year> + <year>2004</year><year>2017</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -32,40 +32,52 @@ <p>This document describes the changes made to the ERTS application.</p> -<section><title>Erts 8.3.2</title> +<section><title>Erts 8.3.3</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> <list> <item> <p> - The <c>+Bi</c> command line argument of <c>erl</c> - erroneously caused <c>SIGTERM</c> to be ignored by the VM - as well as of all its child processes. This bug was - introduced in erts version 8.3.</p> + Fixed memory segment cache used for multiblock carriers. + Huge (> 2GB) memory segments could cause a VM crash. + Creation of such huge memory segments used for multiblock + carriers is however very uncommon.</p> <p> - Own Id: OTP-14358 Aux Id: OTP-14085 </p> + Own Id: OTP-14360 Aux Id: ERL-401, PR-1417 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix release note for OTP-14290 in ERTS version 8.3.1. It + was erroneously placed under "Known Bugs and Problems".</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14363 Aux Id: OTP-14290 </p> </item> </list> </section> </section> -<section><title>Erts 8.3.1</title> +<section><title>Erts 8.3.2</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> <list> <item> <p> - Trying to open a directory with file:read_file/1 on Unix - leaked a file descriptor. This bug has now been fixed.</p> + The <c>+Bi</c> command line argument of <c>erl</c> + erroneously caused <c>SIGTERM</c> to be ignored by the VM + as well as of all its child processes. This bug was + introduced in erts version 8.3.</p> <p> - Own Id: OTP-14308 Aux Id: ERL-383 </p> + Own Id: OTP-14358 Aux Id: OTP-14085 </p> </item> </list> </section> +</section> - <section><title>Known Bugs and Problems</title> +<section><title>Erts 8.3.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> <list> <item> <p> @@ -76,6 +88,13 @@ <p> Own Id: OTP-14290</p> </item> + <item> + <p> + Trying to open a directory with file:read_file/1 on Unix + leaked a file descriptor. This bug has now been fixed.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14308 Aux Id: ERL-383 </p> + </item> </list> </section> @@ -1654,6 +1673,96 @@ </section> +<section><title>Erts 7.3.1.3</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <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 Aux Id: ERL-94 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Calls to <c>erl_drv_send_term()</c> or + <c>erl_drv_output_term()</c> from a non-scheduler thread + while the corresponding port was invalid caused the + emulator to enter an inconsistent state which eventually + caused an emulator crash.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13866</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Driver and NIF operations accessing processes or ports + could cause an emulator crash when used from + non-scheduler threads. Those operations are:</p> <list> + <item><c>erl_drv_send_term()</c></item> + <item><c>driver_send_term()</c></item> + <item><c>erl_drv_output_term()</c></item> + <item><c>driver_output_term()</c></item> + <item><c>enif_send()</c></item> + <item><c>enif_port_command()</c></item> </list> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13869</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix bug in <c>binary_to_term</c> for binaries created by + <c>term_to_binary </c> with option <c>compressed</c>. The + bug can cause <c>badarg</c> exception for a valid binary + when Erlang VM is linked against a <c>zlib</c> library of + version 1.2.9 or newer. Bug exists since OTP 17.0.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14159 Aux Id: ERL-340 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 7.3.1.2</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fixed a race that could cause a lost wakeup of a process + that timed out in a <c>receive ... after</c>. This bug + was introduced in ERTS version 7.0.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13798 Aux Id: OTP-11997 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed segfault after writing an erl crash dump.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13799</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 7.3.1.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fix scheduler deadlock bug in <c>ets:update_counter/4</c> + when key is not found and inserting the default object + causes the table to grow.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13731 Aux Id: ERL-188 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>Erts 7.3.1</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> @@ -1905,6 +2014,31 @@ </section> +<section><title>Erts 7.2.1.1</title> + + <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> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>Erts 7.2.1</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> |