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Diffstat (limited to 'erts/doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erlang.xml | 46 |
2 files changed, 48 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml index c790872fe4..e6c9905039 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml @@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ <taglist> <tag>Return types for driver callbacks</tag> <item> - <p>Rrewrite driver callback + <p>Rewrite driver callback <seealso marker="driver_entry#control"><c>control</c></seealso> to use return type <c>ErlDrvSSizeT</c> instead of <c>int</c>.</p> <p>Rewrite driver callback @@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ int suggested_stack_size;</code> <p>Thread options structure passed to <seealso marker="#erl_drv_thread_create"> <c>erl_drv_thread_create</c></seealso>. - The following fields exists:</p> + The following field exists:</p> <taglist> <tag><c>suggested_stack_size</c></tag> <item>A suggestion, in kilowords, on how large a stack to use. @@ -3220,6 +3220,6 @@ erl_drv_output_term(driver_mk_port(drvport), spec, sizeof(spec) / sizeof(spec[0] <seealso marker="erlang"><c>erlang(3)</c></seealso>, <seealso marker="kernel:erl_ddll"><c>erl_ddll(3)</c></seealso>, section <seealso marker="alt_dist">How to Implement an Alternative - Carrier for the Erlang Distribution></seealso> in the User's Guide</p> + Carrier for the Erlang Distribution</seealso> in the User's Guide</p> </section> </cref> diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml index 3154fdaf8c..cff56b9cb8 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml @@ -7005,10 +7005,47 @@ ok from other events in the system. It is only guaranteed that <c><anno>Suspendee</anno></c> <em>eventually</em> suspends (unless it - is resumed). If option <c>asynchronous</c> has <em>not</em> + is resumed). If no <c>asynchronous</c> options has been passed, the caller of <c>erlang:suspend_process/2</c> is blocked until <c><anno>Suspendee</anno></c> has suspended.</p> </item> + <tag><c>{asynchronous, ReplyTag}</c></tag> + <item> + <p>A suspend request is sent to the process identified by + <c><anno>Suspendee</anno></c>. When the suspend request + has been processed, a reply message is sent to the caller + of this function. The reply is on the form <c>{ReplyTag, + State}</c> where <c>State</c> is either:</p> + <taglist> + <tag><c>exited</c></tag> + <item> + <p> + <c><anno>Suspendee</anno></c> has exited. + </p> + </item> + <tag><c>suspended</c></tag> + <item> + <p> + <c><anno>Suspendee</anno></c> is now suspended. + </p> + </item> + <tag><c>not_suspended</c></tag> + <item> + <p> + <c><anno>Suspendee</anno></c> is not suspended. + This can only happen when the process that + issued this request, have called + <c>resume_process(<anno>Suspendee</anno>)</c> + before getting the reply. + </p> + </item> + </taglist> + <p> + Appart from the reply message, the <c>{asynchronous, + ReplyTag}</c> option behaves exactly the same as the + <c>asynchronous</c> option without reply tag. + </p> + </item> <tag><c>unless_suspending</c></tag> <item> <p>The process identified by <c><anno>Suspendee</anno></c> is @@ -7032,6 +7069,13 @@ ok <warning> <p>This BIF is intended for debugging only.</p> </warning> + <warning> + <p>You can easily create deadlocks if processes suspends + each other (directly or in circles). In ERTS versions prior + to ERTS version 10.0, the runtime system prevented such + deadlocks, but this prevention has now been removed due + to performance reasons.</p> + </warning> <p>Failures:</p> <taglist> <tag><c>badarg</c></tag> |