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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml index c896ee0cae..35e6e55e72 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -30,6 +30,173 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to the ERTS application.</p> +<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> |