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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml index 02b4de404e..5b414853a3 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -31,6 +31,1553 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to the ERTS application.</p> +<section><title>Erts 9.3.3</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fixed bug in <c>ets</c> that could cause VM crash if + process A terminates after fixating a table and process B + deletes the table at "the same time". The table fixation + could be done with <c>ets:safe_fixtable</c> or if process + A terminates in the middle of a long running + <c>select</c> or <c>match</c> call.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15109</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 9.3.2</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fixed bug in <c>enif_binary_to_term</c> which could cause + memory corruption for immediate terms (atoms, small + integers, pids, ports, empty lists).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15080</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed bug in <c>erlang:system_profile/2</c> that could + cause superfluous <c>{profile,_,active,_,_}</c> messages + for terminating processes.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15085</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 9.3.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>Fixed a crash in <c>heart:get_cmd/0</c> when the + stored command was too long.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15034</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 9.3</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fixed a <c>configure</c> test for <c>libz</c> internals + that unintentionally caused various native code in OTP to + link against <c>libz</c>. Under certain circumstances + this caused the build of OTP to fail.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14840 Aux Id: ERL-529 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + File names containing unicode codepoints larger than 255 + were not correctly encoded in stack traces.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14847 Aux Id: ERL-544 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix HiPE bug for binary constructs like + <c><<X/utf8>></c> which could in rare cases + cause faulty results or VM crash.</p> + <p> + This fix affects both the <c>hipe</c> compiler and + <c>erts</c> runtime in an <em>incompatible</em> way. Old + hipe compiled files need to be recompiled to load and run + properly as native.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14850 Aux Id: PR-1664 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix <c>term_to_binary/2</c> spec for + <c>minor_version</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14876 Aux Id: ERL-548 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix bug in erlang:binary_to_integer/2 where invalid + characters were not detected for bases larger then 10. + e.g. <c>binary_to_integer(<<":">>, 16)</c> + would return 3 and not badarg as it should.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14879</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Fixed bug in <c>float_to_list/2</c> and + <c>float_to_binary/2</c> with option <c>decimals</c> that + caused a faulty rounding up of the last decimal digit for + about 6% of floats with a fraction part.</p> + <p>For example, <c>float_to_list(0.145, + [{decimals,1}])</c> returned <c>"0.2"</c> instead of + <c>"0.1"</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14890</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix bug causing slow hipe execution in modules loaded + early during boot or loaded by <c>code:atomic_load</c> or + <c>code:finish_loading</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14891</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Fixed a buffer overflow in an internal string + formatting function that could be hit if specifying a + long floating-point format specifier to + <c>erts_sprintf</c> or similar.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14920</p> + </item> + <item> + <p><c>erlang:iolist_to_iovec/1</c> and + <c>enif_inspect_iovec</c> will no longer fail when + provided with binaries that have been matched-out on a + non-byte boundary.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14921</p> + </item> + <item> + <p><c>iolist_to_binary/1</c> and + <c>erlang:iolist_to_iovec/1</c> will now badarg if + supplied with a bitstring (without a list).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14926</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Reject loading modules with names containing directory + separators ('/' or '\' on Windows).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14933 Aux Id: ERL-564, PR-1716 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix potential dead-lock when the tracer process dies + while a the traced process is running on a dirty + scheduler.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14938</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + More crash dump info such as: process binary virtual heap + stats, full info for process causing out-of-mem during + GC, more port related info, and dirty scheduler info.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14820</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 9.2.1</title> + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Improve search algorithm of abandoned memory carriers. + Instead of limited linear search, each allocator instance + maintain a balanced search tree of all its abandoned + carriers for faster and more exhaustive search.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14915 Aux Id: ERIERL-88 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + New erts_alloc command line options <c>+M_acnl</c> and + <c>+M_acfml</c> to limit carrier abandonment.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14916 Aux Id: ERIERL-88 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + New family of <c>erts_alloc</c> strategies: Age Order + First Fit. Similar to "address order", but instead the + oldest possible carrier is always chosen for allocation.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14917 Aux Id: ERIERL-88 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add possibility to change allocator options at runtime + with <c>system_info(erts_alloc, ...)</c>. Only option + <c>sbct</c> (single block carrier threshold) is currently + supported via this interface.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14918 Aux Id: ERIERL-88 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 9.2</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fix a bug in tracing where the {caller} match spec + function would be set to undefined incorrectly when used + in conjunction with return_to or return_trace on some + functions.</p> + <p> + The functions effected are: erlang:put/2, erlang:erase/1, + erlang:process_info/1,2, erlang:nif_load/2, + erts_internal:garbage_collection/1 and + erts_internal:check_process_code/1.</p> + <p> + Because of this bug, the analysis done by fprof could + become incorrect when the functions above are the + tail-call in a function.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14677</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix emulator deadlock that would happen if + <c>trap_exit</c> was set to true and a process sends an + exit signal to itself using <c>exit(self(), Reason)</c> + while receive tracing was enabled for that process.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14678 Aux Id: ERL-495 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Writing of crash dumps is significantly faster.</p> + <p>Maps are now included in crash dumps.</p> + <p>Constants terms would only be shown in one process, + while other processes referencing the same constant term + would show a marker for incomplete heap. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14685 Aux Id: OTP-14611, OTP-14603, OTP-14595 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The fallback home directory for windows has been changed + to be the PROFILE directory instead of the WINDOWS + directory. The fallback is used when the environment + variables HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH have not been set.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14691</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix bug for hipe compiled code using + <c><<X/utf32>></c> binary construction that + could cause faulty result or even VM crash.</p> + <p> + On architectures other than x86_64, code need to be + recompiled to benefit from this fix.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14740</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed bug in <c>erlang:garbage_collect/2</c> and + <c>erlang:check_process_code/3</c>, when called with + option <c>{async,ReqestId}</c>. Could cause VM crash or + heap corruption if <c>RequestId</c> was an immediate term + (like a pid, atom or small integer). Bug exists since + OTP-17.0.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14752</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>ERL_NIF_MINOR_VERSION wasn't bumped with the addition + of <c>enif_ioq_*</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14779</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Purging of loaded code that contained "fake literals" + (for example the magic reference obtained from + '<c>ets:new/2</c>') would crash the runtime system. + Corrected.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14791</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Setting the size of the atom table to a number near + 2147483647 (using the '<c>+t</c>' option) would cause the + emulator to exit with a failure to allocate a huge amount + of memory. This has been corrected. Also the usage + message for the '<c>+t</c>' option has been corrected to + show the correct upper limit 2147483647 instead of 0.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14796</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Fixed a bug that prevented registered process names + from being resolved in lcnt results.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14803</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Formatting bugs were fixed in several HiPE debug + BIFs.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14804</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>Binaries and some other data in crash dumps are now + encoded in base64 (instead of in hex), which will reduce + the size of crash dumps.</p> + <p>A few bugs in the handling of sub binaries in + <c>crashdump_viewer</c> have been fixed.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14686</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Micro optimization for send operations of messages to + other nodes. The local ack-message, which is otherwise + sent back from TPC/IP port driver to sending client + process, is now ignored earlier for distributed send + operations.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14689</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 9.1.5</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 9.1.4</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>Microstate accounting sometimes produced incorrect + results for dirty schedulers.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14707</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Fixed a regression in <c>zlib:gunzip/1</c> that + prevented it from working when the decompressed size was + a perfect multiple of 16384. This regression was + introduced in 20.1.1</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14730 Aux Id: ERL-507 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Fixed a memory corruption bug in + <c>enif_inspect_iovec</c>; writable binaries stayed + writable after entering the iovec.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14745</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Fixed a crash in <c>enif_inspect_iovec</c> on + encountering empty binaries.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14750</p> + </item> + <item> + <p><c>zlib:deflateParams/3</c> will no longer return + <c>buf_error</c> when called after <c>zlib:deflate/2</c> + with zlib <c>1.2.11</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14751</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 9.1.3</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>Added zlib:set_controlling_process/2 to move a + zstream() between processes.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14672 Aux Id: ERL-494 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix so that schedulers are bound correctly when the first + available cpu is not the first detected cpu. e.g. when + using "taskset -c X..Y" when X is not equal to 0.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14694</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 9.1.2</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <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 9.1.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>The new zlib module returned a data_error when + inflating concatenated streams, which was incompatible + with the old module's behavior of returning the + uncompressed data up to the end of the first stream.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14648</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>zlib:gunzip/1 will no longer stop at the end of the + first stream when decompressing concatenated gzip + files.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14649</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 9.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Changed <c>erlang:apply/2</c> to raise a <c>badarg</c> + exception if the second argument is not a proper list. + Previous behavior was a misleading <c>undef</c> + exception.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14490 Aux Id: ERL-432 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p>On macOS, <c>crypto</c> would crash if <c>observer</c> + had been started before <c>crypto</c>. On the beta for + macOS 10.13 (High Sierra), <c>crypto</c> would crash. + Both of those bugs have been fixed.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14499 Aux Id: ERL-251 ERL-439 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed bug in enif_whereis_pid/port that could cause heap + corruption in rare cases.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14523</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix so that trace messages generated when in a dirty nif + are flushed correctly when the dirty nif is done + executing.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14538</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix escape code handling when using ANSI color codes in + the shell.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14549 Aux Id: PR1536 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Upgraded the ERTS internal PCRE library from version 8.40 + to version 8.41. See <url + href="http://pcre.org/original/changelog.txt">http://pcre.org/original/changelog.txt</url> + for information about changes made to PCRE. This library + implements major parts of the <seealso + marker="stdlib:re"><c>re</c></seealso> regular + expressions module.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14574</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed a bug causing <c>statistics(runtime)</c> to produce + negative values and a bug in + <c>statistics(wall_clock)</c> causing it to produce + values one second too long.</p> + <p> + <c>statistics(runtime)</c> now also use + <c>getrusage()</c> as source when available preventing + the returned value from wrapping as frequent as before.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14597 Aux Id: ERL-465 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed small memory leak that could occur when sending to + a terminating port.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14609</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>A warning that the compiler may optimize away atoms + have been added to the documentation of + <c>list_to_existing_atom/1</c> and + <c>binary_to_existing_atom/2</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14614 Aux Id: ERL-453 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>Lock counting can now be fully toggled at runtime in + the lock counting emulator (<c>-emu_type lcnt</c>). + Everything is enabled by default to match the old + behavior, but specific categories can be toggled at will + with minimal runtime overhead when disabled. Refer to the + documentation on <c>lcnt:rt_mask/1</c> for details.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13170</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>The <c>zlib</c> module has been refactored and all its + operations will now yield appropriately, allowing them to + be used freely in concurrent applications.</p> <p>The + following functions have been deprecated, but will not + produce compiler warnings until OTP 21: + <c>zlib:adler32</c>, <c>zlib:crc32</c>, + <c>zlib:inflateChunk</c>, <c>zlib:getBufSize</c>, + <c>zlib:setBufSize</c>.</p> <p>The behavior of throwing + an error when a dictionary is required for decompression + has also been deprecated. Refer to the documentation on + <c>inflateSetDictionary/2</c> for details.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14185</p> + </item> + <item> + <p><c>lcnt:collect</c> and <c>lcnt:clear</c> will no + longer block all other threads in the runtime system.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14412</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Add <c>erlang:iolist_to_iovec/1</c>, which converts an + iolist() to an erlang:iovec(), which suitable for use + with <c>enif_inspect_iovec</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14520</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>When provided with bad arguments, the <c>zlib</c> + module will now raise named exceptions instead of just + <c>badarg</c>. For example, <c>not_initialized</c> when + using <c>zlib:inflate/2</c> with an uninitialized + stream.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14527</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + <c>erlang:halt/2</c> allows any Unicode string as slogan + for the crash dump.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14553</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Add new nif API functions for managing an I/O Queue. + The added functions are:</p> <list type="bulleted"> + <item><seealso marker="erl_nif#enif_ioq_create"> + <c>enif_ioq_create()</c></seealso></item> <item><seealso + marker="erl_nif#enif_ioq_destroy"> + <c>enif_ioq_destroy()</c></seealso></item> <item><seealso + marker="erl_nif#enif_ioq_enq_binary"> + <c>enif_ioq_enq_binary()</c></seealso></item> + <item><seealso marker="erl_nif#enif_ioq_enqv"> + <c>enif_ioq_enqv()</c></seealso></item> <item><seealso + marker="erl_nif#enif_ioq_deq"> + <c>enif_ioq_deq()</c></seealso></item> <item><seealso + marker="erl_nif#enif_ioq_peek"> + <c>enif_ioq_peek()</c></seealso></item> <item><seealso + marker="erl_nif#enif_inspect_iovec"> + <c>enif_inspect_iovec()</c></seealso></item> + <item><seealso marker="erl_nif#enif_free_iovec"> + <c>enif_free_iovec()</c></seealso></item> </list> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14598</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 9.0.5</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <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> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 9.0.4</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> + Automatic cleanup of a BIF timer, when the owner process + terminated, could race with the timeout of the timer. + This could cause the VM internal data structures to + become inconsistent which very likely caused a VM crash.</p> + <p> + This bug was introduced in ERTS version 9.0 (OTP 20.0).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14554 Aux Id: OTP-14356, ERL-468 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 9.0.3</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>Binary append operations did not check for overflow, + resulting in nonsensical results when huge binaries were + appended.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14524</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 9.0.2</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Added missing release notes for OTP-14491 ("performance + bug in pre-allocators") which was included in erts-9.0.1 + (OTP-20.0.1).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14494</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 9.0.1</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> + <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. + [this release note was missing in erts-9.0.1]</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14491</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 9.0</title> + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>Fix various bugs regarding loading, upgrade and purge + of HiPE compiled code:</p> <list> <item>The native code + memory for a purged module was never deallocated.</item> + <item>Wrong functions could in some cases be called after + a module upgrade.</item> + <item><c>erlang:check_process_code</c> did not check for + recursive calls made from native code.</item> </list> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13968</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Hipe optional LLVM backend does require LLVM version 3.9 + or later as older versions forced strong dependencies on + erts internals structures.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14238</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>When an exception such as '<c>throw(HugeTerm)</c>' was + caught, <c>HugeTerm</c> term would be kept in the process + until the next exception occurred, potentially increasing + the heap size for the process. That has been + corrected.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14255 Aux Id: OTP-14400, OTP-14401 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Slogans in crash dumps have been extended to print more + complex terms.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14303</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed bug when using <c>enif_inspect_binary</c> in + combination with <c>enif_copy</c>. In some circumstances + the inspected binary could be reallocated by the + <c>enif_copy</c> call when it shouldn't have been.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14304</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The address family <c>local</c> (AF_UNIX / AF_LOCAL) now + does not ensure zero termination of Linux Abstract + Addresses so they can use all bytes.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14305</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Use <c>-fno-PIE</c> for Gentoo Hardened and others that + don't accept linker flag <c>-no-pie</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14307 Aux Id: PR-1379 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Disable hipe for <c>ppc64le</c> architecture (little + endian) as it is not, and has never been, supported. It + was earlier equated with <c>ppc64</c> (big endian) which + lead to broken build without <c>--disable-hipe</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14314 Aux Id: ERL-369, PR-1394 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix 'epmd -kill' to return a failure exit status code if + epmd was not killed because of some error.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14324</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Fixed the following dirty scheduler related bugs:</p> + <list> <item><p>the <c>+SDPcpu</c> command line argument + could cause the amount of dirty CPU schedulers to be set + to zero</p></item> + <item><p><c>erlang:system_flag(multi_scheduling, _)</c> + failed when only one normal scheduler was used together + with dirty scheduler support</p></item> </list> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14335</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix erlexec to handle mismatch in sysconf and proc fs + when figuring out the cpu topology. This behaviour has + been seen when using docker together with + <c>--cpuset-cpus</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14352</p> + </item> + <item> + <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-14360 Aux Id: ERL-401, PR-1417 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix bug causing <c>code:is_module_native</c> to falsely + return true when <c>local</c> call trace is enabled for + the module.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14390</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix emulator crash when receive tracing on a + <c>trace_delivered</c> message.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14411</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix file:sendfile error handling on SunOS when a + connection is closed during transmission.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14424</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + <c>escript</c> did not handle paths with spaces correct.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14433</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix erroneous lock check assertion when <c>wx</c> is run + on MacOS X.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14437 Aux Id: ERL-360 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Active-mode TCP sockets are now cleaned up properly on + send/shutdown errors.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14441 Aux Id: ERL-430 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix compilation of hipe_mkliterals when the LIBS + configure variable had to be set.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14447</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Added <c>erlang:garbage_collect/2</c> that takes an + option list as the last argument that can be used to + control whether a minor or a major garbage collection is + to be done. Doing a minor collection only collects terms + that have recently died, but is cheaper than a major + collection.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11695</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Optimized test for tuples with an atom as first element.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12148</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Erlang literals are no longer copied during process to + process messaging.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13529</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Add support in the <c>erl_nif</c> API for asynchronous + message notifications when sockets or other file + descriptors are ready to accept read or write operations. + The following functions have been added:</p> <list> + <item><p>enif_select</p></item> + <item><p>enif_monitor_process</p></item> + <item><p>enif_demonitor_process</p></item> + <item><p>enif_compare_monitors</p></item> + <item><p>enif_open_resource_type_x</p></item> </list> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13684</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>There are two new guard BIFs '<c>floor/1</c>' and + '<c>ceil/1</c>'. They both return integers. In the + '<c>math</c>' module, there are two new BIFs with the + same names that return floating point values.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13692</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Remove deprecated <c>erlang:hash/2</c>.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13827</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Replaced usage of deprecated symbolic <seealso + marker="erts:erlang#type-time_unit"><c>time + unit</c></seealso> representations.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13831 Aux Id: OTP-13735 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Added support in zlib for extraction of the inflation + dictionary.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13842</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The previously used purge strategy has been removed. The + optional purge strategy introduced in ERTS version 8.1 is + now the only strategy available.</p> + <p> + The new purge strategy is slightly incompatible with the + old strategy. Previously processes holding <c>fun</c>s + that referred to the module being purged either failed a + soft purge, or was killed during a hard purge. The new + strategy completely ignores <c>fun</c>s. If <c>fun</c>s + referring to the code being purged exist, and are used + after a purge, an exception will be raised upon usage. + That is, the behavior will be exactly the same as the + case when a <c>fun</c> is received by a process after the + purge.</p> + <p> + For more information see the documentation of <seealso + marker="erts:erlang#check_process_code/3"><c>erlang:check_process_code/3</c></seealso>.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13844 Aux Id: OTP-13833 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Dirty schedulers are now enabled by default when the + runtime system is built with SMP support.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13860</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Improved ETS lookup/insert/delete speed for large + <c>set</c>, <c>bag</c> and <c>duplicate_bag</c> by a + significant reduction of the hash load factor. This speed + improvement comes at the expense of less than one word + per table entry. Tables with less than 256 entries are + not affected at all.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13903</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The NIF library <c>reload</c> feature is not supported + anymore. It has been marked as deprecated since OTP R15B. + This means that you are only allowed to do one successful + call to <c>erlang:load_nif/2</c> for each module + instance. A second call to <c>erlang:load_nif/2</c> will + return <c>{error, {reload, _}}</c> even if the NIF + library implements the <c>reload</c> callback.</p> + <p> + Runtime upgrade of a NIF library is still supported by + using the Erlang module upgrade mechanics with a current + and an old module instance existing at the same time with + their corresponding NIF libraries.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13908</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add <c>erlang:system_info(atom_count)</c> and + <c>erlang:system_info(atom_limit)</c> to provide a way to + retrieve the current and maximum number of atoms.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13976</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>The function <c>fmod/2</c> has been added to the + <c>math</c> module.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14000</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + <c>erlang:load_nif/2</c> returns new error type + <c>notsup</c> when called for a HiPE compiled module, + which is not supported.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14002</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add driver and nif lock instrumentation to lcnt</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14069</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Reduce memory pressure by converting sub-binaries to + heap-binaries when possible. This is done during garbage + collection.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14149</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Dirty schedulers are now enabled and supported on Erlang + runtime systems with SMP support.</p> + <p> + Besides support for dirty NIFs also support for dirty + BIFs and dirty garbage collection have been introduced. + All garbage collections that potentially will take a long + time to complete are now performed on dirty schedulers if + enabled.</p> + <p> + <seealso + marker="erts:erlang#statistics/1"><c>erlang:statistics/1</c></seealso> + with arguments inspecting scheduler and run queue states + have been changed due to the dirty scheduler support. + Code using this functionality may have to be rewritten + taking these incompatibilities into consideration. + Examples of such uses are calls to <seealso + marker="erts:erlang#statistics_scheduler_wall_time"><c>erlang:statistics(scheduler_wall_time)</c></seealso>, + <seealso + marker="erts:erlang#statistics_total_run_queue_lengths"><c>statistics(total_run_queue_lengths)</c></seealso>, + <seealso + marker="erts:erlang#statistics_total_active_tasks"><c>statistics(total_active_tasks)</c></seealso>, + etc.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14152</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Atoms may now contain arbitrary Unicode + characters.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14178</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Introduce an event manager in Erlang to handle OS + signals. A subset of OS signals may be subscribed to and + those are described in the Kernel application.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14186</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The <c>escript</c> program now handles symbolic links to + escripts.</p> + <p> + This is useful for standalone systems with + <c>escript</c>s residing on a bin directory not included + in the execution path (as it may cause their <c>erl</c> + program(s) to override the desired one). Instead the + <c>escript</c>s can be referred to via symbolic links + from a bin directory in the path.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14201 Aux Id: PR-1293 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + All uses of the magic binary kludge has been replaced by + uses of erlang references.</p> + <p> + A magic binary was presented as an empty binary, but + actually referred other data internally in the Erlang VM. + Since they were presented as empty binaries, different + magic binaries compared as equal, and also lost their + internal data when passed out of an erlang node.</p> + <p> + The new usage of references has not got any of these + strange semantic issues, and the usage of these + references has been optimized to give the same + performance benefits as well as memory usage benefits as + magic binaries had.</p> + <p> + A couple of examples of previous uses of magic binaries + are match specifications and NIF resources.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14205</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The non-smp emulators have been deprecated and are + scheduled for removal in OTP-21.</p> + <p> + In preparation for this, the threaded non-smp emulator is + no longer built by default and has to be enabled using + the --enable-plain-emulator to configure.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14272</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Allow HiPE to run on VM built with + <c>--enable-m32-build</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14330 Aux Id: PR-1397 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Upgraded the OTP internal PCRE library from version 8.33 + to version 8.40. This library is used for implementation + of the <seealso marker="stdlib:re"><c>re</c></seealso> + regular expressions module.</p> + <p> + Besides various bug fixes, the new version allows for + better stack protection. In order to utilize this + feature, the stack size of normal scheduler threads is + now by default set to 128 kilo words on all platforms. + The stack size of normal scheduler threads can be set + upon system start by passing the <seealso + marker="erts:erl#sched_thread_stack_size"><c>+sss</c></seealso> + command line argument to the <seealso + marker="erts:erl"><c>erl</c></seealso> command.</p> + <p> + See <url + href="http://pcre.org/original/changelog.txt">http://pcre.org/original/changelog.txt</url> + for information about changes made to PCRE between the + versions 8.33 and 8.40.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14331 Aux Id: ERL-208 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Remove generation of atoms in old latin1 external format + in the distribution between erlang nodes, + <c>erl_interface</c>, and <c>jinterface</c>. The new utf8 + format for atoms was introduced in OTP R16. An OTP 20 + node can therefore not connect to nodes older than R16.</p> + <p> + Atoms that can be encoded using latin1 are still encoded + by <c>term_to_binary()</c> using latin1 encoding. Note + that all atoms will by default be encoded using utf8 in a + future Erlang/OTP release. For more information see the + documentation of <seealso + marker="erts:erlang#term_to_binary/2"><c>erlang:term_to_binary/2</c></seealso>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14337</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Added function <c>re:version/0</c> which returns + information about the OTP internal PCRE version used for + implementation of the <c>re</c> module.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14347 Aux Id: PR-1412 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Added new debug bif <c>erlang:list_to_port/1</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14348</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Various improvements of timer management internally in + the VM. These improvements both reduced memory + consumption of timer wheels as well as reduce the amount + of work that has to be performed in order to handle + timers.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14356</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Sockets can now be bound to device (SO_BINDTODEVICE) + on platforms where it is supported. </p> <p> This has + been implemented e.g to support VRF-Lite under Linux; see + <url + href="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/vrf.txt"> + VRF </url>, and GitHub pull request <url + href="https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/1326">#1326</url>. + </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14357 Aux Id: PR-1326 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Added the following <seealso + marker="erl"><c>erl</c></seealso> command line arguments + with which you can set suggested stack for dirty + schedulers:</p> <taglist> <tag><seealso + marker="erl#dcpu_sched_thread_stack_size"><c>+sssdcpu</c></seealso></tag> + <item><p>for dirty CPU schedulers</p></item> + <tag><seealso + marker="erl#dio_sched_thread_stack_size"><c>+sssdio</c></seealso></tag> + <item><p>for dirty IO schedulers</p></item> </taglist> + <p>The default suggested stack size for dirty schedulers + is 40 kilo words.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14380</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Changed erts startup program name, argv 0, to use the + environment variable <c>ESCRIPT_NAME</c> so that + <c>erlc</c>, <c>dialyzer</c>, <c>typer</c>, + <c>ct_run</c>, or the escript name can be seen with + external programs, such as ps and htop (depending on + options), on unix.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14381</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Improvements of <c>escript</c> documentation.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14384 Aux Id: OTP-14201 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add function <c>enif_hash</c> for NIFs to calculate hash + values of arbitrary terms.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14385 Aux Id: PR-1413 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p>'<c>./configure --enable-lock-counter</c>' will + enabling building of an additional emulator that has + support for lock counting. (The option previously + existed, but would turn on lock counting in the default + emulator being built.) To start the lock-counting + emulator, use '<c>erl -emu_type lcnt</c>'.</p> + <p>On Windows, <c>erl</c> recognized the undocumented + option <c>-debug</c> for starting a debug-compiled + emulator. That option has been removed. Use '<c>erl + -emu_type debug</c>' instead.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14407</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Warnings have been added to the relevant documentation + about not using un-secure distributed nodes in exposed + environments.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14425</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Improvement of the documentation of the environment + variable <c>ERL_CRASH_DUMP_SECONDS</c> as well as the + default behavior when it is not set.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14434</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Enabled off-heap message queue for some system processes + that might receive large amounts of messages.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14438</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>ETS lock indexes have been replaced with the table + name in LCNT results.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14442 Aux Id: ERIERL-22 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Introduced the new functions <seealso + marker="erl_nif#enif_whereis_pid"><c>enif_whereis_pid()</c></seealso> + and <seealso + marker="erl_nif#enif_whereis_port"><c>enif_whereis_port()</c></seealso>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14453 Aux Id: PR-1400 </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 +2109,22 @@ </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> @@ -894,7 +2457,7 @@ <list> <item> <p> - Fixed a VM crash that occured in a garbage collection of + Fixed a VM crash that occurred in a garbage collection of a process when it had received binaries. This bug was introduced in ERTS version 8.0 (OTP 19.0).</p> <p> @@ -911,7 +2474,7 @@ <list> <item> <p> - Fixed a VM crash that occured in garbage collection of a + Fixed a VM crash that occurred in garbage collection of a process when it had received maps over the distribution. This bug was introduced in ERTS version 8.0 (OTP 19.0).</p> <p> @@ -1722,6 +3285,148 @@ </section> +<section><title>Erts 7.3.1.4</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 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> + <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> + </list> + </section> +</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> @@ -1973,6 +3678,31 @@ </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> @@ -6012,7 +7742,7 @@ dependent, so applications aiming to be portable should consider using <c>{ipv6_v6only,true}</c> when creating an <c>inet6</c> listening/destination socket, and if - neccesary also create an <c>inet</c> socket on the same + necessary also create an <c>inet</c> socket on the same port for IPv4 traffic. See the documentation.</p> <p> Own Id: OTP-8928 Aux Id: kunagi-193 [104] </p> @@ -6393,7 +8123,7 @@ This change of default value will reduce lock contention on ETS tables using the <c>read_concurrency</c> option at the expense of memory consumption when the amount of - schedulers and logical processors are beween 8 and 64. + schedulers and logical processors are between 8 and 64. For more information, see documentation of the <c>+rg</c> command line argument of <c>erl(1)</c>.</p> <p> @@ -7370,7 +9100,7 @@ <p> For the subsection about process_flag(save_calls, N) there's an unrelated paragraph about process priorities - which was copied from the preceeding subsection regarding + which was copied from the preceding subsection regarding process_flag(priority, Level). (Thanks to Filipe David Manana)</p> <p> @@ -8585,7 +10315,7 @@ <item> <p> Wx on MacOS X generated complains on stderr about certain - cocoa functions not beeing called from the "Main thread". + cocoa functions not being called from the "Main thread". This is now corrected.</p> <p> Own Id: OTP-9081</p> @@ -9576,7 +11306,7 @@ </item> <item> <p>The <c>empd</c> program could loop and consume 100% - CPU time if an unexpected error ocurred in + CPU time if an unexpected error occurred in <c>listen()</c> or <c>accept()</c>. Now <c>epmd</c> will terminate if a non-recoverable error occurs. (Thanks to Michael Santos.)</p> |