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Diffstat (limited to 'erts/doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/alt_dist.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erl_prim_loader.xml | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erlang.xml | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erlsrv.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml | 28 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/notes.xml | 356 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/start_erl.xml | 2 |
7 files changed, 379 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/alt_dist.xml b/erts/doc/src/alt_dist.xml index c30e04fce7..038950b54d 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/alt_dist.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/alt_dist.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <chapter> <header> <copyright> - <year>2000</year><year>2010</year> + <year>2000</year><year>2011</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl_prim_loader.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl_prim_loader.xml index fa3daaeecc..9f5b3f385b 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erl_prim_loader.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erl_prim_loader.xml @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ <c><anno>Bin</anno></c> is the contents of the file as a binary.</p> <p>The <c><anno>Filename</anno></c> can also be a file in an archive. For example - <c>/otp/root/lib/mnesia-4.4.7.ez/mnesia-4.4.7/ebin/mnesia_backup.beam</c>. + <c>$OTPROOT/lib/</c><c>mnesia-4.4.7.ez/mnesia-4.4.7/ebin/</c><c>mnesia.beam</c>. See <seealso marker="kernel:code">code(3)</seealso> about archive files.</p> </desc> </func> @@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ the names of all the files in the directory. The names are not sorted.</p> <p>The <c><anno>Dir</anno></c> can also be a directory in an archive. For example - <c>/otp/root/lib/mnesia-4.4.7.ez/mnesia-4.4.7/ebin</c>. + <c>$OTPROOT/lib/</c><c>mnesia-4.4.7.ez/mnesia-4.4.7/ebin</c>. See <seealso marker="kernel:code">code(3)</seealso> about archive files.</p> </desc> </func> @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ <p>See <seealso marker="kernel:file">file(3)</seealso> for more info about the record <c>file_info</c>.</p> <p>The <c><anno>Filename</anno></c> can also be a file in an archive. For example - <c>/otp/root/lib/mnesia-4.4.7.ez/mnesia-4.4.7/ebin/mnesia_backup.beam</c>. + <c>$OTPROOT/lib/</c><c>mnesia-4.4.7.ez/mnesia-4.4.7/ebin/</c><c>mnesia</c>. See <seealso marker="kernel:code">code(3)</seealso> about archive files.</p> </desc> </func> diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml index 61a1c4a0a0..45b66a4909 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml @@ -2909,11 +2909,11 @@ os_prompt%</pre> <seealso marker="stdlib:unicode_usage">stdlib users guide </seealso> for details.</p> - <note>The characters in the name (if given as a list) + <note><p>The characters in the name (if given as a list) can only be > 255 if the Erlang VM is started in Unicode file name translation mode, otherwise the name of the executable is limited to the ISO-latin-1 - character set.</note> + character set.</p></note> <p>If the <c>Command</c> cannot be run, an error exception, with the posix error code as the reason, is @@ -3026,11 +3026,11 @@ os_prompt%</pre> Unicode translation of arguments, they can be supplied as binaries in whatever encoding is deemed appropriate.</p> - <note>The characters in the arguments (if given as a + <note><p>The characters in the arguments (if given as a list of characters) can only be > 255 if the Erlang VM is started in Unicode file name mode, otherwise the arguments are limited to the - ISO-latin-1 character set.</note> + ISO-latin-1 character set.</p></note> <p>If one, for any reason, wants to explicitly set the program name in the argument vector, the <c>arg0</c> diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlsrv.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlsrv.xml index 919caa9542..c1ecbc7b77 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erlsrv.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erlsrv.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <comref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1998</year><year>2010</year> + <year>1998</year><year>2011</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml b/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml index 90347824d5..86e1e5168a 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <cref> <header> <copyright> - <year>2002</year><year>2010</year> + <year>2002</year><year>2011</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -126,9 +126,8 @@ carrier". Main multiblock carriers are never deallocated. The size of the main multiblock carrier is determined by the value of the <seealso marker="#M_mmbcs">mmbcs</seealso> parameter.</p> - <p> <marker id="mseg_mbc_sizes"></marker> - - Sizes of multiblock carriers allocated via <c>mseg_alloc</c> are + <p><marker id="mseg_mbc_sizes"></marker>Sizes of multiblock carriers + allocated via <c>mseg_alloc</c> are decided based on the values of the largest multiblock carrier size (<seealso marker="#M_lmbcs">lmbcs</seealso>), the smallest multiblock carrier size (<seealso marker="#M_smbcs">smbcs</seealso>), @@ -157,9 +156,8 @@ <p>Coalescing of free blocks are always performed immediately. Boundary tags (headers and footers) in free blocks are used which makes the time complexity for coalescing constant.</p> - <p> <marker id="strategy"></marker> - - The memory allocation strategy used for multiblock carriers by an + <p><marker id="strategy"></marker>The memory allocation strategy + used for multiblock carriers by an allocator is configurable via the <seealso marker="#M_as">as</seealso> parameter. Currently the following strategies are available:</p> <taglist> @@ -445,10 +443,10 @@ in "the <c>alloc_util</c> framework" section.</item> <tag><marker id="M_t"><c><![CDATA[+M<S>t true|false|<amount>]]></c></marker></tag> <item> - Multiple, thread specific instances of the allocator. - This option will only have any effect on the runtime system - with SMP support. Default behaviour on the runtime system with - SMP support (<c>N</c> equals the number of scheduler threads): + <p>Multiple, thread specific instances of the allocator. + This option will only have any effect on the runtime system + with SMP support. Default behaviour on the runtime system with + SMP support (<c>N</c> equals the number of scheduler threads):</p> <taglist> <tag><c>temp_alloc</c></tag> <item><c>N + 1</c> instances.</item> @@ -459,10 +457,10 @@ <c>16</c>. <c>16</c> instances when <c>N</c> is greater than <c>16</c>.</item> </taglist> - <c>temp_alloc</c> will always use <c>N + 1</c> instances when - this option has been enabled regardless of the amount passed. - Other allocators will use the same amount of instances as the - amount passed as long as it isn't greater than <c>N</c>. + <p><c>temp_alloc</c> will always use <c>N + 1</c> instances when + this option has been enabled regardless of the amount passed. + Other allocators will use the same amount of instances as the + amount passed as long as it isn't greater than <c>N</c>.</p> </item> </taglist> <p>Currently the following flags are available for configuration of diff --git a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml index 3e9e6a35f2..4cef9669dd 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -30,6 +30,344 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to the ERTS application.</p> +<section><title>Erts 5.8.5</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Several bugs concerning constant binary constructions + such as <<0:4294967295>> have been corrected. + Depending on the actual size of the binary and the type + of run-time system (32-bit, halfword, 64-bit), such + expression could either crash the run-time system or make + the loader refuse loading of the module.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9284</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The Erlsrv utility failed to stop the erlang machine if + no StopAction was defined when the service was stopped. + This is now corrected.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9344</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Due to a bug in glibc the runtime system could abort + while trying to destroy a mutex. A fix for this was + introduced in R14B02. This fix did, however, not solve + the problem. The runtime system will now issue a warning + instead of aborting.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9373 Aux Id: OTP-9009 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Replace atom in DRV macro in prim_file with string</p> + <p> + An experimental version of Dialyzer discovered that the + atom that replaced the DRV macro in prim_file ends up in + calls to erlang:open_port({spawn, Driver}, Portopts) as + the Driver argument. The documentation states that this + call requires a string there.</p> + <p> + This change is also consistent with the one introduced in + commit 0f03b1e9d2bef3bc830c31a369261af4c5234727 by Kostis + Sagonas.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9377</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix typos in the epmd documentation (Thanks to Holger + Wei� )</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9387</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix faulty integer terms created by NIF API from 64-bit + integers on halfword emulator. (Thanks to Paolo Negri and + Paul Davis)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9394</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix <c>epmd</c> crash on vxworks caused by faulty + argument to select() system call.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9427 Aux Id: seq11855 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The ets:test_ms function could in rare cases truncate the + error messages. This is now corrected.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9435</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix bug related to hibernate and HiPE (clear + F_HIBERNATE_SCHED flag)</p> + <p> + F_HIBERNATE_SCHED flag that was introduced in + b7ecdcd1ae9e11b8f75e must be cleared in hipe_mode_switch + as well. Otherwise, processes running HiPE code that + hibernate, wake up and then trap into a BIF will not be + rescheduled.(Thanks to Paul Guyot)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9452</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix bug in FreeBSD topology detection code (Thanks to + Paul Guyot)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9453</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix use of logical operator && with constant + operand instead of bitwise & (Thanks to Cristian + Greco)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9454</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + inet: error if fd does not match socket domain</p> + <p> + If an IPv4 fd is opened as an IPv6 socket, unexpected + behaviour can occur. For example, if an IPv4 UDP socket + is opened and passed into Erlang as an IPv6 socket, the + first 3 bytes (corresponding to 1 byte representing the + protocol family, 2 bytes set to the port) are stripped + from the payload. The cause of the UDP payload truncation + happens in inet_drv.c:packet_inet_input when a call to + inet_get_address fails silently because the family is set + to PF_INET6 but the buffer len is the size of an IPv4 + struct sockaddr_in.</p> + <p> + (Thanks to Andrew Tunnell-Jones for finding the bug and + the test case!)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9455</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + erts: use a union to avoid strict aliasing issues</p> + <p> + Use a union for pointer type conversion to avoid compiler + warnings about strict-aliasing violations with gcc-4.1. + gcc >= 4.2 does not emit the warning. erts: adapt + matrix_nif to R14 erl_nif API changes (Thanks To Tuncer + Ayaz)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9487</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + fix 64-bit issues in the garbage collection (Thanks to + Richard Carlsson)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9488</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + epmd: fix compiler warnings</p> + <p> + Suppress compiler warnings about ignored return values. + (Thanks to Michael Santos )</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9500</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix non-existing function (erlang:disconnect/1) in + distributed reference manual (Thanks to Fabian Kr�l)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9504</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Document fdatasync -lrt requirement (SunOS <= 5.10) + (Thanks to Tuncer Ayaz)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9512</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Let epmd ignore empty ERL_EPMD_ADDRESS</p> + <p> + If the environment variable ERL_EPMD_ADDRESS is set to + the empty string, empd now behaves like it does by + default when ERL_EPMD_ADDRESS is unset. That is, in this + case, epmd now listens on all available interfaces + instead of using only the loopback interface, which + happened because epmd added the loopback address to the + (in this case empty) list of addresses specified via + ERL_EPMD_ADDRESS.</p> + <p> + Also, epmd now ignores ERL_EPMD_ADDRESS if it contains + only separator characters (comma and space).</p> + <p> + The same applies to epmd's -address option.(Thanks to + Holger Wei�)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9525</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Remove dead code in erl_compile (Thanks to Tuncer Ayaz)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9527</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add erlang:external_size/2 BIF</p> + <p> + This BIF's second parameter is a list of options. + Currently the only allowed option is {minor_version, + Version} where version is either 0 (default) or 1. + (Thanks to Filipe David Manana )</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9528</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix enif_compare on 64bits machines</p> + <p> + In 64bits machines the Sint type has a size of 8 bytes, + while on 32bits machines it has a 4 bytes size. + enif_compare was ignoring this and therefore returning + incorrect values when the result of the CMP function + (which returns a Sint value) doesn't fit in 4 bytes. + (Thanks to Filipe David Manana)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9533</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Implement or fix -Werror option</p> + <p> + If -Werror is enabled and there are warnings no output + file is written. Also make sure that error/warning + reporting is consistent. (Thanks to Tuncer Ayaz)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9536</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>In some rare cases we did not have a run queue when + scheduling misc ops. This is now fixed.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9537</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Remove misc. compiler warnings</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9542</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Two bugs in gen_sctp has been corrected: getopts/setopts + hence also send could only be called from socket owner, + and options 'linger', 'rcvbuf' and 'sndbuf' was read from + wrong protocol layer hence read wrong values by getopts.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9544</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Erlang/OTP can now be built on MacOS X Lion.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9547</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> XML files have been corrected. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9550 Aux Id: OTP-9541 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix potential errors inspired by running cppcheck(1) + (Thanks to Christian von Roques)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9557</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>When auxiliary work was enqueued on a scheduler, the + wakeup of the scheduler in order to handle this work + could be lost. Wakeups in order to handle ordinary work + were not effected by this bug. The bug only effected + runtime systems with SMP support as follows:</p> <list> + <item>Deallocation of some ETS data structures could be + delayed.</item> <item>On Linux systems not using the NPTL + thread library (typically ancient systems with kernel + versions prior to 2.6) and Windows systems, the <c>{Port, + {exit_status, Status}}</c> message from a terminating + port program could be delayed. That is, it only effected + port programs which had been started by passing + <c>exit_status</c> as an option to + <c>open_port/2</c>.</item> </list> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9567</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Handle rare race in the crypto key server functionality</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9586</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> Types and specifications have been added. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9356</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + New allocator strategy "address order first fit". May + ease the emptying of memory carriers and thereby real + release of memory back to the OS.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9424</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The new <c>erlang:check_old_code/1</c> BIF checks whether + a module has old code.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9495</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Update documentation and specifications of some of + the zlib functions. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9506</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Detect the available CPUs on IRIX</p> + <p> + Add support for querying the number of configured and + online processors on SGI systems running IRIX.(Thanks to + Holger Wei�)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9531</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>Erts 5.8.4</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> @@ -1949,6 +2287,24 @@ </section> +<section><title>Erts 5.7.5.2</title> + + <section><title>Known Bugs and Problems</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Two bugs in gen_sctp has been corrected: getopts/setopts + hence also send could only be called from socket owner, + and options 'linger', 'rcvbuf' and 'sndbuf' was read from + wrong protocol layer hence read wrong values by getopts.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9544</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>Erts 5.7.5.1</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> diff --git a/erts/doc/src/start_erl.xml b/erts/doc/src/start_erl.xml index 6f6930af7e..92d87b095a 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/start_erl.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/start_erl.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <comref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1998</year><year>2009</year> + <year>1998</year><year>2011</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> |