diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'erts/doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/epmd.xml | 41 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erl.xml | 26 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erl_ext_dist.xml | 29 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml | 26 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erl_prim_loader.xml | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erlang.xml | 37 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/escript.xml | 32 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/notes.xml | 943 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/time_correction.xml | 4 |
11 files changed, 1121 insertions, 54 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/epmd.xml b/erts/doc/src/epmd.xml index 963d35c3c8..25f819ab50 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/epmd.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/epmd.xml @@ -58,12 +58,12 @@ of the IP address and a port number. The name of the node is an atom on the form of <c><![CDATA[Name@Node]]></c>. The job of the <c><![CDATA[epmd]]></c> daemon is to keep track of which - node name listens on which address. Hence, <c><![CDATA[epmd]]></c> map + node name listens on which address. Hence, <c><![CDATA[epmd]]></c> maps symbolic node names to machine addresses.</p> <p>The TCP/IP <c>epmd</c> daemon actually only keeps track of - the <c>Name</c> (first) part of an Erlang node name, the <c>Host</c> - part (whatever is after the <c><![CDATA[@]]></c> is implicit in the + the <c>Name</c> (first) part of an Erlang node name. The <c>Host</c> + part (whatever is after the <c><![CDATA[@]]></c>) is implicit in the node name where the <c>epmd</c> daemon was actually contacted, as is the IP address where the Erlang node can be reached. Consistent and correct TCP naming services are @@ -77,12 +77,12 @@ <p>The daemon is started automatically by the <c>erl</c> command if the node is to be distributed and there is no running instance present. If automatically launched, - environment variables has to be used to alter the behavior of + environment variables have to be used to alter the behavior of the daemon. See the <seealso marker="#environment_variables">Environment variables</seealso> section below.</p> - <p>If the -daemon argument is not given, the + <p>If the -daemon argument is not given, <c><![CDATA[epmd]]></c> runs as a normal program with the controlling terminal of the shell in which it is started. Normally, it should run as a daemon.</p> @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ comma-separated list of IP addresses and on the loopback address (which is implicitly added to the list if it has not been specified). This can also be set using the - <c><![CDATA[ERL_EPMD_ADDRESS]]></c> environment variable, see the + <c><![CDATA[ERL_EPMD_ADDRESS]]></c> environment variable. See the section <seealso marker="#environment_variables">Environment variables</seealso> below.</p> </item> @@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ <item> <p>Let this instance of epmd listen to another TCP port than default 4369. This can also be set using the - <c><![CDATA[ERL_EPMD_PORT]]></c> environment variable, see the + <c><![CDATA[ERL_EPMD_PORT]]></c> environment variable. See the section <seealso marker="#environment_variables">Environment variables</seealso> below</p> </item> @@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ <p>With relaxed command checking, the <c>epmd</c> daemon can be killed from the localhost with i.e. <c>epmd -kill</c> even if there are active nodes registered. Normally only daemons with an empty node database can be killed with the <c>epmd -kill</c> command.</p> </item> <item> - <p>The <c>epmd -stop</c> command (and the corresponding messages to epmd, as can be given using <c>erl_interface/ei</c>) is normally always ignored, as it opens up for strange situation when two nodes of the same name can be alive at the same time. A node unregisters itself by just closing the connection to epmd, why the <c>stop</c> command was only intended for use in debugging situations.</p> + <p>The <c>epmd -stop</c> command (and the corresponding messages to epmd, as can be given using <c>erl_interface/ei</c>) is normally always ignored, as it opens up the possibility of a strange situation where two nodes of the same name can be alive at the same time. A node unregisters itself by just closing the connection to epmd, which is why the <c>stop</c> command was only intended for use in debugging situations.</p> <p>With relaxed command checking enabled, you can forcibly unregister live nodes.</p> </item> </list> @@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ <section> <marker id="debug_flags"></marker> <title>DbgExtra options</title> - <p>These options are purely for debugging and testing epmd clients, they should not be used in normal operation.</p> + <p>These options are purely for debugging and testing epmd clients. They should not be used in normal operation.</p> <taglist> <tag><c><![CDATA[-packet_timeout Seconds]]></c></tag> @@ -177,9 +177,9 @@ </item> <tag><c><![CDATA[-delay_accept Seconds]]></c></tag> <item> - <p>To simulate a busy server you can insert a delay between epmd - gets notified about that a new connection is requested and - when the connections gets accepted.</p> + <p>To simulate a busy server you can insert a delay between when epmd + gets notified that a new connection is requested and + when the connection gets accepted.</p> </item> <tag><c><![CDATA[-delay_write Seconds]]></c></tag> <item> @@ -191,15 +191,15 @@ <section> <marker id="interactive_flags"></marker> <title>Interactive options</title> - <p>These options make <c>epmd</c> run as an interactive command displaying the results of sending queries ta an already running instance of <c>epmd</c>. The epmd contacted is always on the local node, but the <c>-port</c> option can be used to select between instances if several are running using different port on the host.</p> + <p>These options make <c>epmd</c> run as an interactive command, displaying the results of sending queries to an already running instance of <c>epmd</c>. The epmd contacted is always on the local node, but the <c>-port</c> option can be used to select between instances if several are running using different ports on the host.</p> <taglist> <tag><c><![CDATA[-port No]]></c></tag> <item> <p>Contacts the <c>epmd</c> listening on the given TCP port number (default 4369). This can also be set using the - <c><![CDATA[ERL_EPMD_PORT]]></c> environment variable, see the + <c><![CDATA[ERL_EPMD_PORT]]></c> environment variable. See the section <seealso marker="#environment_variables">Environment - variables</seealso> below</p> + variables</seealso> below.</p> </item> <tag><c><![CDATA[-names]]></c></tag> <item> @@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ <p>Kill the currently running <c>epmd</c>.</p> <p>Killing the running <c>epmd</c> is only allowed if <c>epmd - -names</c> show an empty database or + -names</c> shows an empty database or <c>-relaxed_command_check</c> was given when the running instance of <c>epmd</c> was started. Note that <c>-relaxed_command_check</c> is given when starting the @@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ <p>This command can only be used when contacting <c>epmd</c> instances started with the <c>-relaxed_command_check</c> flag. Note that relaxed command checking has to be enabled for - the <c>epmd</c> daemon contacted, When running epmd + the <c>epmd</c> daemon contacted. When running epmd interactively, <c>-relaxed_command_check</c> has no effect.</p> </item> @@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ <item> <p>If set prior to start, the <c>epmd</c> daemon will behave as if the <c>-relaxed_command_check</c> option was given at - start-up. If consequently setting this option before starting + start-up. Consequently, if this option is set before starting the Erlang virtual machine, the automatically started <c>epmd</c> will accept the <c>-kill</c> and <c>-stop</c> commands without restrictions.</p> @@ -287,8 +287,8 @@ remote hosts. However, only the query commands are answered (and acted upon) if the query comes from a remote host. It is always an error to try to register a nodename if the client is not a process - located on the same host as the <c>epmd</c> instance is running on, - why such requests are considered hostile and the connection is + located on the same host as the <c>epmd</c> instance is running on- + such requests are considered hostile and the connection is immediately closed.</p> <p>The queries accepted from remote nodes are:</p> @@ -307,3 +307,4 @@ </comref> + diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml index 4aa3033f40..f856b9ab86 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml @@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ <c><![CDATA[werl]]></c>, not <c><![CDATA[erl]]></c> (<c><![CDATA[oldshell]]></c>). Note also that <c><![CDATA[Ctrl-Break]]></c> is used instead of <c><![CDATA[Ctrl-C]]></c> on Windows.</p> </item> - <tag><c><![CDATA[+c]]></c></tag> + <tag><marker id="+c"><c><![CDATA[+c]]></c></marker></tag> <item> <p>Disable compensation for sudden changes of system time.</p> <p>Normally, <c><![CDATA[erlang:now/0]]></c> will not immediately reflect @@ -510,6 +510,9 @@ reflect the current system time. Note that timers are based on <c><![CDATA[erlang:now/0]]></c>. If the system time jumps, timers then time out at the wrong time.</p> + <p><em>NOTE</em>: You can check whether the adjustment is enabled or + disabled by calling + <seealso marker="erlang#system_info_tolerant_timeofday">erlang:system_info(tolerant_timeofday)</seealso>.</p> </item> <tag><c><![CDATA[+d]]></c></tag> <item> @@ -536,7 +539,7 @@ <tag><marker id="file_name_encoding"></marker><c><![CDATA[+fnl]]></c></tag> <item> <p>The VM works with file names as if they are encoded using the ISO-latin-1 encoding, disallowing Unicode characters with codepoints beyond 255.</p> - <p>See <seealso marker="stdlib:unicode_usage#unicode_file_names">STDLIB User's Guide</seealso> for more infomation about unicode file names.</p> + <p>See <seealso marker="stdlib:unicode_usage#unicode_file_names">STDLIB User's Guide</seealso> for more infomation about unicode file names. Note that this value also applies to command-line parameters and environment variables (see <seealso marker="stdlib:unicode_usage#unicode_in_environment_and_parameters">STDLIB User's Guide</seealso>).</p> </item> <tag><c><![CDATA[+fnu[{w|i|e}]]]></c></tag> <item> @@ -555,7 +558,7 @@ encountered. <c>w</c> is the default. Note that <c>file:read_link/1</c> will always return an error if the link points to an invalid file name.</p> - <p>See <seealso marker="stdlib:unicode_usage#unicode_file_names">STDLIB User's Guide</seealso> for more infomation about unicode file names.</p> + <p>See <seealso marker="stdlib:unicode_usage#unicode_file_names">STDLIB User's Guide</seealso> for more infomation about unicode file names. Note that this value also applies to command-line parameters and environment variables (see <seealso marker="stdlib:unicode_usage#unicode_in_environment_and_parameters">STDLIB User's Guide</seealso>).</p> </item> <tag><c><![CDATA[+fna[{w|i|e}]]]></c></tag> <item> @@ -572,7 +575,7 @@ settings cause the behavior of <c>+fnl</c> to be selected, then <c>w</c>, <c>i</c>, or <c>e</c> will not have any effect.</p> - <p>See <seealso marker="stdlib:unicode_usage#unicode_file_names">STDLIB User's Guide</seealso> for more infomation about unicode file names.</p> + <p>See <seealso marker="stdlib:unicode_usage#unicode_file_names">STDLIB User's Guide</seealso> for more infomation about unicode file names. Note that this value also applies to command-line parameters and environment variables (see <seealso marker="stdlib:unicode_usage#unicode_in_environment_and_parameters">STDLIB User's Guide</seealso>).</p> </item> <tag><c><![CDATA[+hms Size]]></c></tag> <item> @@ -848,6 +851,19 @@ </p> </item> <tag><marker id="+SDio"><c><![CDATA[+SDio IOSchedulers]]></c></marker></tag> + <item> + <p>Sets the number of dirty I/O scheduler threads to create when threading + support has been enabled. The valid range is 0-1024. By default, the number + of dirty I/O scheduler threads created is 10, same as the default number of + threads in the <seealso marker="#async_thread_pool_size">async thread pool + </seealso>. + </p> + <p>This option is ignored if the emulator doesn't have threading support + enabled. Currently, <em>this option is experimental</em> and is supported only + if the emulator was configured and built with support for dirty schedulers + enabled (it's disabled by default). + </p> + </item> <tag><c><![CDATA[+sFlag Value]]></c></tag> <item> <p>Scheduling specific flags.</p> @@ -1170,7 +1186,7 @@ utilization. </p> </item> - <tag><marker id="+swct"><c>+sws very_eager|eager|medium|lazy|very_lazy</c></marker></tag> + <tag><marker id="+swct"><c>+swct very_eager|eager|medium|lazy|very_lazy</c></marker></tag> <item> <p> Set scheduler wake cleanup threshold. Default is <c>medium</c>. diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml index 8da1836da7..ad37813ac0 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml @@ -315,10 +315,13 @@ <c>ERL_DRV_EXTENDED_MINOR_VERSION</c> will be incremented when new features are added. The runtime system uses the minor version of the driver to determine what features to use. - The runtime system will refuse to load a driver if the major + The runtime system will normally refuse to load a driver if the major versions differ, or if the major versions are equal and the minor version used by the driver is greater than the one used - by the runtime system.</p> + by the runtime system. Old drivers with lower major versions + will however be allowed after a bump of the major version during + a transition period of two major releases. Such old drivers might + however fail if deprecated features are used.</p> <p>The emulator will refuse to load a driver that does not use the extended driver interface, to allow for 64-bit capable drivers, diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl_ext_dist.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl_ext_dist.xml index f91ed78122..fa083db4c7 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erl_ext_dist.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erl_ext_dist.xml @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ <header> <copyright> <year>2007</year> - <year>2013</year> + <year>2014</year> <holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -573,6 +573,33 @@ </section> <section> + <marker id="MAP_EXT"/> + <title>MAP_EXT</title> + + <table align="left"> + <row> + <cell align="center">1</cell> + <cell align="center">4</cell> + <cell align="center">N</cell> + </row> + <row> + <cell align="center">116</cell> + <cell align="center">Arity</cell> + <cell align="center">Pairs</cell> + </row> + <tcaption></tcaption></table> + <p> + <c>MAP_EXT</c> encodes a map. The <c>Arity</c> field is an unsigned + 4 byte integer in big endian format that determines the number of + key-value pairs in the map. Key and value pairs (<c>Ki => Vi</c>) + are encoded in the <c>Pairs</c> section in the following order: + <c>K1, V1, K2, V2,..., Kn, Vn</c>. + Duplicate keys are <em>not allowed</em> within the same map. + </p> + <p><em>Since: </em>OTP 17.0</p> + </section> + + <section> <marker id="NIL_EXT"/> <title>NIL_EXT</title> diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml index 8b19725c02..6b1f4cccf8 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml @@ -316,6 +316,32 @@ ok <p>The library initialization callbacks <c>load</c>, <c>reload</c> and <c>upgrade</c> are all thread-safe even for shared state data.</p> </item> + + <tag><marker id="version_management"/>Version Management</tag> + <item><p> + When a NIF library is built, information about NIF API version + is compiled into the library. When a NIF library is loaded the + runtime system verifies that the library is of a compatible version. + <c>erl_nif.h</c> defines <c>ERL_NIF_MAJOR_VERSION</c>, and + <c>ERL_NIF_MINOR_VERSION</c>. <c>ERL_NIF_MAJOR_VERSION</c> will be + incremented when NIF library incompatible changes are made to the + Erlang runtime system. Normally it will suffice to recompile the NIF + library when the <c>ERL_NIF_MAJOR_VERSION</c> has changed, but it + could, under rare circumstances, mean that NIF libraries have to + be slightly modified. If so, this will of course be documented. + <c>ERL_NIF_MINOR_VERSION</c> will be incremented when + new features are added. The runtime system uses the minor version + to determine what features to use. + </p><p> + The runtime system will normally refuse to load a NIF library if + the major versions differ, or if the major versions are equal and + the minor version used by the NIF library is greater than the one + used by the runtime system. Old NIF libraries with lower major + versions will however be allowed after a bump of the major version + during a transition period of two major releases. Such old NIF + libraries might however fail if deprecated features are used. + </p></item> + <tag>Dirty NIFs</tag> <item><p><marker id="dirty_nifs"/><em>Note that the dirty NIF functionality is experimental</em> and that you have to enable support for dirty diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl_prim_loader.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl_prim_loader.xml index 6751deda4d..171f84decc 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erl_prim_loader.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erl_prim_loader.xml @@ -148,6 +148,22 @@ </desc> </func> <func> + <name name="read_link_info" arity="1"/> + <fsummary>Get information about a link or file</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>This function works like + <seealso marker="#read_file_info/1">read_file_info/1</seealso> + except that if <c><anno>Filename</anno></c> is a symbolic link, + information about the link will be returned in the <c>file_info</c> + record and the <c>type</c> field of the record will be set to + <c>symlink</c>.</p> + <p>If <c><anno>Filename</anno></c> is not a symbolic link, this function + returns exactly the same result as <c>read_file_info/1</c>. + On platforms that do not support symbolic links, this function + is always equivalent to <c>read_file_info/1</c>.</p> + </desc> + </func> + <func> <name name="set_path" arity="1"/> <fsummary>Set the path of the loader</fsummary> <desc> diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml index aeded7c719..84168397f6 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml @@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ <fsummary>Print a term on standard output</fsummary> <desc> <p>Prints a text representation of <c><anno>Term</anno></c> on the standard - output.</p> + output. On OSE the term is printed to the ramlog.</p> <warning> <p>This BIF is intended for debugging only.</p> </warning> @@ -1784,6 +1784,15 @@ os_prompt% </pre> </desc> </func> <func> + <name name="is_map" arity="1"/> + <fsummary>Check whether a term is a map</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Returns <c>true</c> if <c><anno>Term</anno></c> is a map; + otherwise returns <c>false</c>.</p> + <p>Allowed in guard tests.</p> + </desc> + </func> + <func> <name name="is_number" arity="1"/> <fsummary>Check whether a term is a number</fsummary> <desc> @@ -2220,6 +2229,17 @@ os_prompt% </pre> </desc> </func> <func> + <name name="map_size" arity="1"/> + <fsummary>Return the size of a map</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Returns an integer which is the number of key-value pairs in <c><anno>Map</anno></c>.</p> + <pre> +> <input>map_size(#{a=>1, b=>2, c=>3}).</input> +3</pre> + <p>Allowed in guard tests.</p> + </desc> + </func> + <func> <name name="max" arity="2"/> <fsummary>Return the largest of two term</fsummary> <desc> @@ -4822,6 +4842,8 @@ true</pre> <c><anno>Node</anno></c> does not exist, a useless pid is returned. Otherwise works like <seealso marker="#spawn_opt/4">spawn_opt/4</seealso>.</p> + <note><p>The <c>monitor</c> option is currently not supported by + <c>spawn_opt/5</c>.</p></note> </desc> </func> <func> @@ -4946,7 +4968,7 @@ true</pre> <desc> <p>Note that the run-time is the sum of the run-time for all threads in the Erlang run-time system and may therefore be greater - than the wall-clock time.</p> + than the wall-clock time. The time is returned in milliseconds.</p> <pre> > <input>statistics(runtime).</input> {1690,1620} @@ -6121,8 +6143,8 @@ ok <c>erlang:system_info()</c> argument giving the exact OTP version. This since the exact OTP version in the general case is hard to determine. For more information see - <seealso marker="doc/installation_guide:otp_version">the - documentation of the OTP version in the installation + <seealso marker="doc/system_principles:versions">the + documentation of versions in the system principles guide</seealso>.</p> </item> <tag><marker id="system_info_port_parallelism"><c>port_parallelism</c></marker></tag> @@ -6273,6 +6295,13 @@ ok (<seealso marker="erts:erl_driver#driver_async">driver_async()</seealso>) as an integer.</p> </item> + <tag><marker id="system_info_tolerant_timeofday"><c>tolerant_timeofday</c></marker></tag> + <item> + <p>Returns whether compensation for sudden changes of system + time is <c>enabled</c> or <c>disabled</c>.</p> + <p>See also <seealso marker="erts:erl#+c">+c</seealso> + command line flag.</p> + </item> <tag><c>trace_control_word</c></tag> <item> <p>Returns the value of the node's trace control word. diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml b/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml index c9eca39a99..1ade41f1aa 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>2013</year> + <year>2002</year><year>2014</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -531,15 +531,9 @@ <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:</p> - <taglist> - <tag><c>ll_alloc</c></tag> - <item><c>1</c> instance.</item> - <tag>Other allocators</tag> - <item><c>NoSchedulers+1</c> instances. Each scheduler will use - a lock-free instance of its own and other threads will use - a common instance.</item> - </taglist> + SMP support is <c>NoSchedulers+1</c> instances. Each scheduler will use + a lock-free instance of its own and other threads will use + a common instance.</p> <p>It was previously (before ERTS version 5.9) possible to configure a smaller amount of thread specific instances than schedulers. This is, however, not possible any more.</p> diff --git a/erts/doc/src/escript.xml b/erts/doc/src/escript.xml index d2b09d4515..9159d68f60 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/escript.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/escript.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <comref> <header> <copyright> - <year>2007</year><year>2013</year> + <year>2007</year><year>2014</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -92,6 +92,18 @@ $ <input>escript factorial 5</input> </pre> marker="stdlib:epp#encoding">encoding</seealso> it can be located on the second line.</p> + <note><p> + The encoding specified by the above mentioned comment + applies to the script itself. The encoding of the + I/O-server, however, has to be set explicitly like this: +<code>io:setopts([{encoding, unicode}])</code></p> + <p>The default encoding of the I/O-server for <c>standard_io</c> + is <c>latin1</c> + since the script runs in a non-interactive terminal + (see <seealso marker="stdlib:unicode_usage#unicode_options_summary"> + Using Unicode in Erlang</seealso>). + </p></note> + <p>On the third line (or second line depending on the presence of the Emacs directive), it is possible to give arguments to the emulator, such as </p> @@ -141,8 +153,9 @@ halt(1).</pre> -include_lib("kernel/include/file.hrl").</pre> <p>to include the record definitions for the records used by the <c>file:read_link_info/1</c> function. You can also select - encoding here, but if there is a valid encoding comment on - the second line it takes precedence.</p> + encoding by including a encoding comment here, but if there + is a valid encoding comment on the second line it takes + precedence.</p> <p>The script will be checked for syntactic and semantic correctness before being run. If there are warnings (such as @@ -163,7 +176,7 @@ halt(1).</pre> If much of the execution takes place in interpreted code it may be worthwhile to compile it, even though the compilation itself will take a little while. It is also possible to supply - <c>native</c> instead of compile, this will compile the script + <c>native</c> instead of <c>compile</c>, this will compile the script using the native flag, again depending on the characteristics of the escript this could or could not be worth while.</p> @@ -223,8 +236,13 @@ factorial 5 = 120 <v>EmuArgs = string() | 'undefined'</v> <v>Body = {source, SourceCode} | {beam, BeamCode} - | {archive, ZipArchive}</v> - <v>SourceCode = BeamCode = ZipArchive = binary()</v> + | {archive, ZipArchive} + | {archive, ZipFiles, ZipOptions}</v> + <v>SourceCode = BeamCode = file:filename() | binary()</v> + <v>ZipArchive = <seealso marker="stdlib:zip#type-filename">zip:filename()</seealso> | binary()</v> + <v>ZipFiles = [ZipFile]</v> + <v>ZipFile = file:filename() | {file:filename(), binary()} | {file:filename(), binary(), file:file_info()}</v> + <v>ZipOptions = [<seealso marker="stdlib:zip#type-create_option">zip:create_option()</seealso>]</v> </type> <desc> <p>The <marker id="create_2"></marker> <c>create/2</c> @@ -239,7 +257,7 @@ factorial 5 = 120 can either be returned as a binary or written to file.</p> <p>As an example of how the function can be used, we create an - interpreted escript which uses emu_args to set some emulator + interpreted escript which uses <c>emu_args</c> to set some emulator flag. In this case it happens to disable the smp_support. We do also extract the different sections from the newly created script:</p> diff --git a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml index b4ebef72f4..5c4bb3ed25 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -30,6 +30,943 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to the ERTS application.</p> +<section><title>Erts 6.1.2</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + OTP-11850 fixed filelib:wildcard/1 to work with broken + symlinks. This correction, however, introduced problems + since symlinks were no longer followed for functions like + filelib:ensure_dir/1, filelib:is_dir/1, + filelib:file_size/1, etc. This is now corrected.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12054 Aux Id: seq12660 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 6.1.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fixed ETHR_FORCE_INLINE which caused the build to break + on some platforms without adequate thread support + (VxWorks).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12010</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 6.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>The documentation for <c>spawn_opt/5</c> now has a + note mentioning that the <c>monitor</c> option is not + supported.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11849</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix broken system monitoring of <c>large_heap</c> for + non-smp VM. No message for <c>large_heap</c> was ever + sent on non-smp VM. Bug exist since R16B.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11852</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The emulator without SMP support crashed when passing a + message to a process without enough heap space for the + message. This bug was introduced in <c>erts-6.0</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11887 Aux Id: OTP-11388 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix race between ETS table deletion and unfixation that + could cause VM crash. The race could happen between a + terminating process that does not own the table but has a + fixation on it and another process that deletes the table + (maybe the owner terminating) at the same time. Bug + existed since R15B02.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11892</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>The string following the <c>-eval</c> option when + invoking <c>erl</c> would not be properly translated from + UTF-8 to a list of Unicode characters (as would the + arguments for <c>-run</c>).</p> + <p>That bug would cause the build of Erlang/OTP to fail + when building in a directory whose pathname contained + non-US ASCII characters encoded in UTF-8. (Thanks to Eric + Pailleau for reporting this bug.)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11916</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix erts_debug:size/1 to handle Map sizes</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11923</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Removed <c>erlang:bitstr_to_list/1</c> and + <c>erlang:list_to_bitstr/1</c>. They were added by + mistake, and have always raised an <c>undefined</c> + exception when called.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11942</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed compilation using mingw-w64 on Windows.</p> + <p> + Thanks to Jani Hakala.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11945</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The git sha is no longer printed in the shell start + header when erlang is built from a tagged git release.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11961</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed a bug where <c>send</c> trace events were + erroneously dropped when the send was done to a + registered process. This bug was introduced in R16B.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11968</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>The following native functions now bump an appropriate + amount of reductions and yield when out of + reductions:</p> <list> + <item><c>erlang:binary_to_list/1</c></item> + <item><c>erlang:binary_to_list/3</c></item> + <item><c>erlang:bitstring_to_list/1</c></item> + <item><c>erlang:list_to_binary/1</c></item> + <item><c>erlang:iolist_to_binary/1</c></item> + <item><c>erlang:list_to_bitstring/1</c></item> + <item><c>binary:list_to_bin/1</c></item> </list> + <p>Characteristics impact:</p> <taglist> + <tag>Performance</tag> <item>The functions converting + from lists got a performance loss for very small lists, + and a performance gain for very large lists.</item> + <tag>Priority</tag> <item>Previously a process executing + one of these functions effectively got an unfair priority + boost. This priority boost depended on the input size. + The larger the input was, the larger the priority boost + got. This unfair priority boost is now lost. </item> + </taglist> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11888</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The systemd features of epmd have been removed from epmd + by default. To enable them you have to build erlang with + the configure option --enable-systemd.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11921</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Removed Erlang wrapper code used when calling + <c>binary_to_term/1</c>, and <c>binary_to_term/2</c>. + This improves the performance of these BIFs especially + when they are called with small binaries as input.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11931</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add erlang:system_info(tolerant_timeofday), an API to + check whether compensation for sudden changes of system + time is enabled or not.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11970</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 6.0.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fix broken system monitoring of <c>large_heap</c> for + non-smp VM. No message for <c>large_heap</c> was ever + sent on non-smp VM. Bug exist since R16B.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11852</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed type spec of <c>erlang:system_info/1</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11859 Aux Id: OTP-11615 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 6.0</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + The option dupnames did not work as intended in re. When + looking for names with {capture, [Name, ...]}, re:run + returned a random instance of the match for that name, + instead of the leftmost matching instance, which was what + the documentation stated. This is now corrected to adhere + to the documentation. The option {capture,all_names} + along with a re:inspect/2 function is also added to + further help in using named subpatterns.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11205</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Allow loading of NIF library with unicode path name</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11408</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Allow loading of driver with unicode path name</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11549</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed a bug where starting Erlang without having an open + stdin on fd 0 would sometimes deadlock the emulator when + terminating.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11558</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The option '-names' in epmd now works on Windows (Thanks + to Johannes Weißl)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11565</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Correction of the examples in escript documentation. + (Thanks to Pierre Fenoll).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11577</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix bs_get_integer instruction</p> + <p> + The instruction bs_get_integer could unnecessarily + trigger a garbage collection in failure cases which is + unwanted or outright dangerous.</p> + <p> + Ex:</p> + <p> + <<X:Sz,_/bits>> = <<"some + binary">></p> + <p> + Previously, if Sz induced X to a bignum it would reserved + memory size this on the heap via a garbage collection + before checking if the size could actually match.</p> + <p> + It will now check the binary size before triggering a + collection.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11581</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Remove heap space overestimation in <c>binary_to_term</c> + (and remote message reception) for integers in the + intervals [-2147483648,-1] and [256,2147483647] on 64-bit + emulators.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11585</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add support for detecting the separate tinfo library from + ncurses (Thanks to Dirkjan Ochtman)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11590</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Deprecation warning for system_flag(cpu_topology) has + been extended for removal in OTP 18 (Thanks to Steve + Vinoski for the update)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11602</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Documentation improvement regarding some awkward wording + around the +spp flag. (Thanks to Brian L. Troutwine )</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11607</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed bug where sendfile would return the wrong error + code for a remotely closed socket if the socket was in + passive mode. (Thanks to Vincent Siliakus for reporting + the bug.)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11614</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Increase garbage collection tenure rate</p> + <p>The garbage collector tries to maintain the previous + heap block size during a minor gc, i.e. 'need' is not + utilized in determining the size of the new heap, instead + it relies on tenure and garbage to be sufficiently + large.</p> + <p>In instances during intense growing with exclusively + live data on the heap coupled with delayed tenure, + fullsweeps would be triggered directly after a minor gc + to make room for 'need' since the new heap would be + full.</p> + <p>To remedy this, the tenure of terms on the minor heap + will always happen (if it is below the high watermark) + instead of every other minor gc.</p> + <p>Characteristics Impact: Reduced CPU-time spent in + garbage collection but may infer delays in collecting + garbage from the heap. Tweak 'fullsweep_after' options to + increase gc pressure if needed.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11617</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix bug when comparing integers with floats larger than + 2^992. The bug could potentially cause memory corruption + on 32-bit emulators.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11618</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Cross-compilation fixes for TileraMDE-3.0.1.125620</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11635</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + sendfile no longer uses async threads by default</p> + <p> + This has been done because a slow client attack is + possible if the async thread pool is used. The scenario + is:</p> + <p> + Client does a request for a file and then slowly receives + the file one byte at a time. This will eventually fill + the async thread pool with blocking sendfile operations + and thus starving the vm of all file operations.</p> + <p> + If you still want to use the async threads pool for + sendfile an option to enable it has been introduced.</p> + <p> + Thanks to Christopher Faulet for identifying this + vulnerability.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11639</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Do proper rollback of calls to + <c>enif_open_resource_type</c> when load/upgrade + callbacks of NIF library return failure.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11722</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Changed the default configuration when configuring with + <c>$ERL_TOP/configure</c> to be the same as when + configuring with <c>$ERL_TOP/otp_build configure</c>.</p> + <p> + Previously floating point exceptions got enabled by + default on Linux when HiPE was enabled when configuring + with <c>$ERL_TOP/configure</c>, but not when configuring + with <c>$ERL_TOP/otp_build configure</c>. The default is + now in both cases not to use floating point exceptions + since there still exist unresolved issues with floating + point exceptions on Linux.</p> + <p> + For more information see <seealso + marker="doc/installation_guide:INSTALL"><c>$ERL_TOP/HOWTO/INSTALL.md</c></seealso>.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11723</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + A comment in erl_db_tree.c no longer differ from the + code. (Thanks to Cobus Carstens)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11793</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix epmd debug functionality for VxWorks (Thanks to Jay + True)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11808</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Use closefrom/2 when available in child_setup (Thanks to + Rick Reed and Anthony Ramine)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11809</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix dtrace/systemtap bug where the probe arguments would + be concatenated due to faulty length calculation. </p> + <p> + Thanks to Michal Ptaszek and Scott Lystig Fritchie</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11816</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + It is now better documented that the <c>+fn*</c> flags to + <c>erl</c> also affect how command line parameters and + environment variables are read. (Thanks to Vlad + Dumitrescu)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11818</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Options to set match_limit and match_limit_recursion are + added to re:run. The option report_errors is also added + to get more information when re:run fails due to limits + or compilation errors.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10285</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Dialyzer's <c>unmatched_return</c> warnings have been + corrected. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10908</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + A common case is to wrap an argument to + <c>list_to_binary/1</c> in a list to ensure conversion + can happen even though the argument may already be a + binary. Take special care of this case and do not copy + binary.</p> + <p> + Impact: May cause incompatibility since a single binary + is no longer copied. Use <c>binary:copy/1,2</c> instead.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11082</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Make erlang:open_port/2 spawn and spawn_executable handle + unicode.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11105</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Handle unicode (widestring) in erl, erlc, heart, etc on + windows.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11135</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The version of the PCRE library Used by Erlang's re + module is raised to 8.33 from 7.6. This means, among + other things, better Unicode and Unicode Character + Properties support. New options connected to PCRE 8.33 + are also added to the re module (ucd, notempty_atstart, + no_start_optimize). PCRE has extended the regular + expression syntax between 7.6 and 8.33, why this imposes + a potential incompatibility. Only very complicated + regular expressions may be affected, but if you know you + are using obscure features, please test run your regular + expressions and verify that their behavior has not + changed.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11204</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Filenames containing UTF-8 encoded characters can now + be handled by erlc.</p> + <p>If you have set the <c>ERLC_EMULATOR</c> environment + variable, note that <c>erlc</c> in OTP 17 will only work + with <c>erl</c> in OTP 17 since the protocol between the + <c>erlc</c> program and the <c>erl_compile</c> module has + changed.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11248</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + By giving --enable-static-{nifs,drivers} to configure it + is now possible to statically linking of nifs and drivers + to the main Erlang VM binary. At the moment only the asn1 + and crypto nifs of the Erlang/OTP nifs and drivers have + been prepared to be statically linked. For more details + see the Installation Guide in the System documentation.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11258</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Erlang/OTP has been ported to the realtime operating + system OSE. The port supports both smp and non-smp + emulator. For details around the port and how to started + see the User's Guide in the <seealso + marker="ose:ose_intro">ose</seealso> application. </p> + <p> + Note that not all parts of Erlang/OTP has been ported. </p> + <p> + Notable things that work are: non-smp and smp emulators, + OSE signal interaction, crypto, asn1, run_erl/to_erl, + tcp, epmd, distribution and most if not all non-os + specific functionality of Erlang.</p> + <p> + Notable things that does not work are: udp/sctp, os_mon, + erl_interface, binding of schedulers.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11334</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add the {active,N} socket option for TCP, UDP, and SCTP, + where N is an integer in the range -32768..32767, to + allow a caller to specify the number of data messages to + be delivered to the controlling process. Once the + socket's delivered message count either reaches 0 or is + explicitly set to 0 with inet:setopts/2 or by including + {active,0} as an option when the socket is created, the + socket transitions to passive ({active, false}) mode and + the socket's controlling process receives a message to + inform it of the transition. TCP sockets receive + {tcp_passive,Socket}, UDP sockets receive + {udp_passive,Socket} and SCTP sockets receive + {sctp_passive,Socket}. </p> + <p> + The socket's delivered message counter defaults to 0, but + it can be set using {active,N} via any gen_tcp, gen_udp, + or gen_sctp function that takes socket options as + arguments, or via inet:setopts/2. New N values are added + to the socket's current counter value, and negative + numbers can be used to reduce the counter value. + Specifying a number that would cause the socket's counter + value to go above 32767 causes an einval error. If a + negative number is specified such that the counter value + would become negative, the socket's counter value is set + to 0 and the socket transitions to passive mode. If the + counter value is already 0 and inet:setopts(Socket, + [{active,0}]) is specified, the counter value remains at + 0 but the appropriate passive mode transition message is + generated for the socket.</p> + <p> + Thanks to Steve Vinoski</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11368</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + A new optional scheduler utilization balancing mechanism + has been introduced. For more information see the + <seealso marker="erl#+sub"><c>+sub</c></seealso> command + line argument.</p> + <p> + Characteristics impact: None, when not enabled. When + enabled, changed timing in the system, normally a small + overhead due to measuring of utilization and calculating + balancing information. On some systems, such as old + Windows systems, the overhead can be quite substantial. + This time measurement overhead highly depend on the + underlying primitives provided by the OS.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11385</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + A call to either the <c>garbage_collect/1</c> BIF or the + <c>check_process_code/2</c> BIF may trigger garbage + collection of another processes than the process calling + the BIF. The previous implementations performed these + kinds of garbage collections without considering the + internal state of the process being garbage collected. In + order to be able to more easily and more efficiently + implement yielding native code, these types of garbage + collections have been rewritten. A garbage collection + like this is now triggered by an asynchronous request + signal, the actual garbage collection is performed by the + process being garbage collected itself, and finalized by + a reply signal to the process issuing the request. Using + this approach processes can disable garbage collection + and yield without having to set up the heap in a state + that can be garbage collected.</p> + <p> + The <seealso + marker="erts:erlang#garbage_collect/2"><c>garbage_collect/2</c></seealso>, + and <seealso + marker="erts:erlang#check_process_code/3"><c>check_process_code/3</c></seealso> + BIFs have been introduced. Both taking an option list as + last argument. Using these, one can issue asynchronous + requests.</p> + <p> + <c>code:purge/1</c> and <c>code:soft_purge/1</c> have + been rewritten to utilize asynchronous + <c>check_process_code</c> requests in order to + parallelize work.</p> + <p> + Characteristics impact: A call to the + <c>garbage_collect/1</c> BIF or the + <c>check_process_code/2</c> BIF will normally take longer + time to complete while the system as a whole wont be as + much negatively effected by the operation as before. A + call to <c>code:purge/1</c> and <c>code:soft_purge/1</c> + may complete faster or slower depending on the state of + the system while the system as a whole wont be as much + negatively effected by the operation as before.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11388 Aux Id: OTP-11535, OTP-11648 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Cleanup 'Buckets' and 'Time left' fields in crashdump to + ease parsing.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11419</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add sync option to file:open/2.</p> + <p> + The sync option adds the POSIX O_SYNC flag to the open + system call on platforms that support the flag or its + equivalent, e.g., FILE_FLAG_WRITE_THROUGH on Windows. For + platforms that don't support it, file:open/2 returns + {error, enotsup} if the sync option is passed in. Thank + to Steve Vinoski and Joseph Blomstedt</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11498</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + erlang:binary_to_term will now cost an appropriate amount + of reductions and will interrupt (yield) for reschedule + if the term is big. This avoids too long schedules when + binary_to_term is used. (Thanks to Svante Karlsson for + the original patch)</p> + <p> + Impact: Programs running binary_to_term on large binaries + will run more smoothly, but rescheduling will impact the + single process performance of the BIF. Single threaded + benchmarks might show degraded performance of the BIF, + while general system behaviour will be improved.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11535 Aux Id: OTP-11388 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Added high resolution icon for windows. (Thanks to Daniel + Goertz for the inspiration.)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11560</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Migration of memory carriers has been enabled by default + on all ERTS internal memory allocators based on the + <seealso + marker="erts_alloc#alloc_util"><c>alloc_util</c></seealso> + framework except for <c>temp_alloc</c>. That is, <seealso + marker="erts_alloc#M_acul"><c>+M<S>acul + de</c></seealso> is default for these allocators. Note + that this also implies changed allocation strategies for + all of these allocators. They will all now use the + "address order first fit carrier best fit" strategy.</p> + <p> + By passing <c>+Muacul 0</c> on the command line, all + configuration changes made by this change will be + reverted.</p> + <p> + Characteristics impact: Improved memory characteristics + with a smaller memory footprint at the expense of a quite + small performance cost.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11604 Aux Id: OTP-10279 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p>A clarification has been added to the documentation of + <c>-on_load()</c> in the Reference Manual that it is only + recommended for loading NIF libraries.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11611</p> + </item> + <item> + <p><c>+fnaw</c> is now default when starting the + emulator; it used to be <c>+fnl</c>.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11612</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + EEP43: New data type - Maps</p> + <p> + With Maps you may for instance: <taglist> <item><c>M0 = + #{ a => 1, b => 2}, % create + associations</c></item> <item><c>M1 = M0#{ a := 10 }, % + update values</c></item> <item><c>M2 = M1#{ "hi" => + "hello"}, % add new associations</c></item> <item><c>#{ + "hi" := V1, a := V2, b := V3} = M2. % match keys with + values</c></item> </taglist></p> + <p> + For information on how to use Maps please see Map Expressions in the + <seealso marker="doc/reference_manual:expressions#map_expressions"> + Reference Manual</seealso>.</p> + <p> + The current implementation is without the following + features: <taglist> <item>No variable keys</item> + <item>No single value access</item> <item>No map + comprehensions</item> </taglist></p> + <p> + Note that Maps is <em>experimental</em> during OTP 17.0.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11616</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The previously deprecated driver API function + <c>driver_async_cancel()</c> has been removed. Due to + this, the driver API version has been bumped to 3.0.</p> + <p> + Thanks to Steve Vinoski.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11628</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Experimental "dirty scheduler" functionality has been + introduced. In order to try the functionality out, you + need to pass the command line argument + <c>--enable-dirty-schedulers</c> to <c>configure</c> when + building the system.</p> + <p> + Dirty schedulers can currently only be used by NIFs on a + system with SMP support. More information can be found in + the <seealso + marker="erl_nif#dirty_nifs"><c>erl_nif(3)</c></seealso> + documentation, the <seealso + marker="erl"><c>erl(1)</c></seealso> documentation, and + in the git commit comment of commit + 'c1c03ae4ee50e58b7669ea88ec4d29c6b2b67c7b'.</p> + <p> + Note that the functionality is <em>experimental</em>, and + <em>not supported</em>. This functionality <em>will</em> + be subject to backward incompatible changes. You should + <em>not</em> enable the dirty scheduler functionality on + production systems. It is only provided for testing.</p> + <p> + Thanks to Steve Vinoski.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11629</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Improve reduction cost and yielding of + <c>term_to_binary</c>. The reduction cost is increased + and garbage collection is disabled during yield.</p> + <p> + Impact: Improves system responsiveness when + <c>term_to_binary</c> is called with large terms without + significant degradation of single threaded performance.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11648 Aux Id: OTP-11388 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + By default, the system's version of zlib will be used, + provided its version is 1.2.4 or higher; otherwise the + built-in zlib will be used. The built-in version of zlib + has been bumped to 1.2.8. (Use the + <c>--enable-builtin-zlib</c> option to <c>configure</c> + to force the use of the built-in zlib.)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11669</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The default float encoding in binary_to_term and + external_size has been changed to use minor_mode 1 + instead of 0.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11738</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Introduced the <c>configure</c> option + <c>--with-assumed-cache-line-size=SIZE</c>. For more + information see <seealso + marker="doc/installation_guide:INSTALL"><c>$ERL_TOP/HOWTO/INSTALL.md</c></seealso>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11742</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Halfword emulator is marked as deprecated. It still works + as before but is planned to be removed in a future major + release.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11777</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The external format for Maps has changed in a way that is + not compatible with the format used in OTP 17.0-rc1 and + OTP 17.0-rc2.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11782</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed faulty make dependency that would make some make + versions fail while building gen_git_version.mk.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11784</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Introduced functionality for allowing old drivers and NIF + libraries to be loaded during a transition period. For + more information see <seealso + marker="erts:erl_driver#version_management">the version + management section in the <c>erl_driver(3)</c> + documentation</seealso> and <seealso + marker="erts:erl_nif#version_management">the version + management section in the <c>erl_nif(3)</c> + documentation</seealso>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11799</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Support file paths longer than 259 characters on Windows. + Long absolute paths are automatically converted to UNC + format with a <c>\\?\</c> prefix which is the only way to + represent long paths. The 259 character limit still + applies for individual file names, relative paths and the + current working directory.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11813</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Document that escript:create/2 also accepts a 3-elements + tuple containing files and zip:create/3 options to build + a zip file.</p> + <p> + Thanks to Pierre Fenoll</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11827</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add systemd socket activation for epmd.</p> + <p> + Thanks to Matwey V. Kornilov</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11829</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 5.10.4.1</title> + + <section><title>Known Bugs and Problems</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + When using gen_tcp:connect and the <c>fd</c> option with + <c>port</c> and/or <c>ip</c>, the <c>port</c> and + <c>ip</c> options were ignored. This has been fixed so + that if <c>port</c> and/or <c>ip</c> is specified + together with <c>fd</c> a bind is requested for that + <c>fd</c>. If <c>port</c> and/or <c>ip</c> is not + specified bind will not be called.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12061</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>Erts 5.10.4</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> @@ -4122,7 +5059,7 @@ <item> <p> The <c>configure</c> command line argument <seealso - marker="doc/installation_guide:INSTALL#How-to-Build-and-Install-ErlangOTP_A-Closer-Look-at-the-individual-Steps_Configuring">--enable-ethread-pre-pentium4-compatibility</seealso> + marker="doc/installation_guide:INSTALL#Advanced-configuration-and-build-of-ErlangOTP">--enable-ethread-pre-pentium4-compatibility</seealso> had no effect. This option is now also automatically enabled if required on the build machine.</p> <p> @@ -4701,7 +5638,7 @@ platforms than before. If <c>configure</c> warns about no atomic implementation available, try using the <c>libatomic_ops</c> library. Use the <seealso - marker="doc/installation_guide:INSTALL#How-to-Build-and-Install-ErlangOTP_A-Closer-Look-at-the-individual-Steps_Configuring">--with-libatomic_ops=PATH</seealso> + marker="doc/installation_guide:INSTALL#Advanced-configuration-and-build-of-ErlangOTP">--with-libatomic_ops=PATH</seealso> <c>configure</c> command line argument when specifying where the <c>libatomic_ops</c> installation is located. The <c>libatomic_ops</c> library can be downloaded from: @@ -4719,7 +5656,7 @@ the pentium 4 processor. If you want the runtime system to be compatible with older processors (back to 486) you need to pass the <seealso - marker="doc/installation_guide:INSTALL#How-to-Build-and-Install-ErlangOTP_A-Closer-Look-at-the-individual-Steps_Configuring">--enable-ethread-pre-pentium4-compatibility</seealso> + marker="doc/installation_guide:INSTALL#Advanced-configuration-and-build-of-ErlangOTP">--enable-ethread-pre-pentium4-compatibility</seealso> <c>configure</c> command line argument when configuring the system.</p> <p> diff --git a/erts/doc/src/time_correction.xml b/erts/doc/src/time_correction.xml index d52cc7f3e2..7f7c28fc30 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/time_correction.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/time_correction.xml @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf8" ?> +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <!DOCTYPE chapter SYSTEM "chapter.dtd"> <chapter> <header> <copyright> - <year>1999</year><year>2013</year> + <year>1999</year><year>2014</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> |