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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml index 02b4de404e..7368d3e174 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -31,6 +31,200 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to the ERTS application.</p> +<section><title>Erts 8.3.5.6</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fixed small memory leak that could occur when sending to + a terminating port.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14609 Aux Id: ERIERL-238 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 8.3.5.5</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>Fixed a race condition in the inet driver that could + cause receive to hang when the emulator was compiled with + gcc 8.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15158 Aux Id: ERL-654 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed a bug causing some Erlang references to be + inconsistently ordered. This could for example cause + failure to look up certain elements with references as + keys in search data structures. This bug was introduced + in R13B02.</p> + <p> + Thanks to Simon Cornish for finding the bug and supplying + a fix.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15225</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 8.3.5.4</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>Fixed a bug in file closure on Unix; close(2) was + retried on EINTR which could cause a different (recently + opened) file to be closed as well.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14775</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + A race-condition when tearing down a connection with + active node monitors could cause the runtime system to + crash.</p> + <p> + This bug was introduced in ERTS version 8.0 (OTP 19.0).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14781 Aux Id: OTP-13047 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 8.3.5.3</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + A timer internal bit-field used for storing scheduler id + was too small. As a result, VM internal timer data + structures could become inconsistent when using 1024 + schedulers on the system. Note that systems with less + than 1024 schedulers are not effected by this bug.</p> + <p> + This bug was introduced in ERTS version 7.0 (OTP 18.0).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14548 Aux Id: OTP-11997, ERL-468 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed bug in <c>binary_to_term</c> and + <c>binary_to_atom</c> that could cause VM crash. + Typically happens when the last character of an UTF8 + string is in the range 128 to 255, but truncated to only + one byte. Bug exists in <c>binary_to_term</c> since ERTS + version 5.10.2 (OTP_R16B01) and <c>binary_to_atom</c> + since ERTS version 9.0 (OTP-20.0).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14590 Aux Id: ERL-474 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix bug causing VM crash when a module with + <c>-on_load</c> directive is loaded while + <c>erlang:trace(on_load, ...)</c> is enabled.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14612</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed bug that could cause a VM crash when a corrupt + message is received on distribution channel from other + node.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14661 Aux Id: ERIERL-80 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 8.3.5.2</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fix performance bug in pre-allocators that could cause + them to permanently fall back on normal more expensive + memory allocation. Pre-allocators are used for quick + allocation of short lived meta data used by messages and + other scheduled tasks. Bug exists since OTP_R15B02.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14491</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Fixed a bug that prevented TCP sockets from being + closed properly on send timeouts.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14509</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed bug in operator <c>bxor</c> causing erroneuos + result when one operand is a big <em>negative</em> + integer with the lowest <c>N*W</c> bits as zero and the + other operand not larger than <c>N*W</c> bits. <c>N</c> + is an integer of 1 or larger and <c>W</c> is 32 or 64 + depending on word size.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14514</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 8.3.5.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fixed a bug in gen_tcp:send where it never returned when + repeatedly called on a remotely closed TCP socket.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13939 Aux Id: ERL-193 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed segfault that could happen during cleanup of + aborted erlang:port_command/3 calls. A port_command is + aborted if the port is closed at the same time as the + port_command was issued. This bug was introduced in + erts-8.0.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14481</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed implementation of <c>statistics(wall_clock)</c> and + <c>statistics(runtime)</c> so that values do not + unnecessarily wrap due to the emulator. Note that the + values returned by <c>statistics(runtime)</c> may still + wrap due to limitations in the underlying functionality + provided by the operating system.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14484</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> <section><title>Erts 8.3.5</title> @@ -562,6 +756,22 @@ </section> +<section><title>Erts 8.1.1.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + A code purge operation could under certain circumstances + expand the size of hibernated processes.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14444 Aux Id: ERIERL-24 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>Erts 8.1.1</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> |