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Diffstat (limited to 'erts/doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/driver_entry.xml | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erlang.xml | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/notes.xml | 49 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/run_erl.xml | 8 |
5 files changed, 79 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/driver_entry.xml b/erts/doc/src/driver_entry.xml index 7860d83d83..8bdd154cb9 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/driver_entry.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/driver_entry.xml @@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ typedef struct erl_drv_entry { int (*control)(ErlDrvData drv_data, unsigned int command, char *buf, int len, char **rbuf, int rlen); /* "ioctl" for drivers - invoked by - port_control/3) */ + port_control/3 */ void (*timeout)(ErlDrvData drv_data); /* Handling of timeout in driver */ void (*outputv)(ErlDrvData drv_data, ErlIOVec *ev); /* called when we have output from erlang @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ typedef struct erl_drv_entry { before 'stop' can be called */ int (*call)(ErlDrvData drv_data, unsigned int command, char *buf, int len, char **rbuf, int rlen, unsigned int *flags); - /* Works mostly like 'control', a syncronous + /* Works mostly like 'control', a synchronous call into the driver. */ void (*event)(ErlDrvData drv_data, ErlDrvEvent event, ErlDrvEventData event_data); diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml index 4bbd4e2a54..cdce4ec0b8 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml @@ -688,6 +688,10 @@ typedef enum { <fsummary>Determine if a term is an empty list</fsummary> <desc><p>Return true if <c>term</c> is an empty list.</p></desc> </func> + <marker id="enif_is_exception"/><func><name><ret>int</ret><nametext>enif_is_exception(ErlNifEnv* env, ERL_NIF_TERM term)</nametext></name> + <fsummary>Determine if a term is an exception</fsummary> + <desc><p>Return true if <c>term</c> is an exception.</p></desc> + </func> <func><name><ret>int</ret><nametext>enif_is_fun(ErlNifEnv* env, ERL_NIF_TERM term)</nametext></name> <fsummary>Determine if a term is a fun</fsummary> <desc><p>Return true if <c>term</c> is a fun.</p></desc> @@ -738,7 +742,14 @@ typedef enum { </func> <func><name><ret>ERL_NIF_TERM</ret><nametext>enif_make_badarg(ErlNifEnv* env)</nametext></name> <fsummary>Make a badarg exception.</fsummary> - <desc><p>Make a badarg exception to be returned from a NIF.</p></desc> + <desc><p>Make a badarg exception to be returned from a NIF, and set + an associated exception reason in <c>env</c>. If + <c>enif_make_badarg</c> is called, the term it returns <em>must</em> + be returned from the function that called it. No other return value + is allowed. Also, the term returned from <c>enif_make_badarg</c> may + be passed only to + <seealso marker="#enif_is_exception">enif_is_exception</seealso> and + not to any other NIF API function.</p></desc> </func> <func><name><ret>ERL_NIF_TERM</ret><nametext>enif_make_binary(ErlNifEnv* env, ErlNifBinary* bin)</nametext></name> <fsummary>Make a binary term.</fsummary> diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml index 19f501391f..f98e15cb52 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml @@ -2356,6 +2356,14 @@ os_prompt%</pre> <seealso marker="tools:instrument">instrument(3)</seealso> and/or <seealso marker="erts:erl">erl(1)</seealso>.</p> </item> + <tag><c>low</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Only on 64-bit halfword emulator.</p> + <p>The total amount of memory allocated in low memory areas + that are restricted to less than 4 Gb even though + the system may have more physical memory.</p> + <p>May be removed in future releases of halfword emulator.</p> + </item> </taglist> <note> <p>The <c>system</c> value is not complete. Some allocated diff --git a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml index c231a57a0e..7383ea381d 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -30,6 +30,55 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to the ERTS application.</p> +<section><title>Erts 5.8.3.2</title> + + <section><title>Known Bugs and Problems</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fix halfword emulator bug in <c>ets:select_delete</c> for + <c>ordered_set</c> that caused emulator to crash.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9258 Aux Id: seq11836 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 5.8.3.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Ets table type ordered_set could order large integer keys + wrongly on pure 64bit platforms. This is now corrected.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9181</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The status of a process was unnecessarily set to waiting + before a process was enqueued in a run queue. This bug + was harmless up until OTP-R14B01. In OTP-R14B02 + <c>erlang:hibernate/3</c> was fixed (OTP-9125). After the + introduction of OTP-9125, the previously harmless process + status bug sometimes caused erroneous badarg exceptions + from <c>process_info()</c>.</p> + <p> + OTP-9125 also introduced a thread unsafe access to the + status field of a process which now also have been fixed.</p> + <p> + *** INCOMPATIBILITY with noxs ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9197</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>Erts 5.8.3</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> diff --git a/erts/doc/src/run_erl.xml b/erts/doc/src/run_erl.xml index 7bf7f559c5..da08859c7b 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/run_erl.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/run_erl.xml @@ -144,6 +144,14 @@ <item>The size (in bytes) of a log file before switching to a new log file. Default is 100000, minimum is 1000 and maximum is approximately 2^30.</item> + <tag>RUN_ERL_DISABLE_FLOWCNTRL</tag> + <item>If defined, disables input and output flow control for the pty opend by run_erl. + Useful if you want to remove any risk of accidentally blocking the flow control + by hit Ctrl-S (instead of Ctrl-D to detach). + Which may result in blocking of the entire beam process + and in the case of running heart as supervisor + even the heart process will be blocked when writing log message to terminal. + Leaving the heart process unable to do its work.</item> </taglist> </section> |