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Diffstat (limited to 'erts/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erl.xml | 19 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erlang.xml | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/notes.xml | 54 |
4 files changed, 77 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml index f2a55f6298..8da832ac37 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml @@ -1595,6 +1595,25 @@ </section> <section> + <marker id="signals"></marker> + <title>Signals</title> + <p>On Unix systems, the Erlang runtime will interpret two types of signals.</p> + <taglist> + <tag><c>SIGUSR1</c></tag> + <item> + <p>A <c>SIGUSR1</c> signal forces a crash dump.</p> + </item> + <tag><c>SIGTERM</c></tag> + <item> + <p>A <c>SIGTERM</c> will produce a <c>stop</c> message to the <c>init</c> process. + This is equivalent to a <c>init:stop/0</c> call.</p> + <p>Introduced in ERTS 8.3 (Erlang/OTP 19.3)</p> + </item> + </taglist> + <p>The signal <c>SIGUSR2</c> is reserved for internal usage. No other signals are handled.</p> + </section> + + <section> <marker id="configuration"></marker> <title>Configuration</title> <p>The standard Erlang/OTP system can be reconfigured to change the default diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml index d8bf45c523..7fbe97bc0b 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml @@ -1103,8 +1103,7 @@ r = driver_async(myPort, &myKey, myData, myFunc); ]]></code> <marker id="driver_binary_dec_refc"></marker> <p>Decrements the reference count on <c>bin</c> and returns the reference count reached after the decrement.</p> - <p>This function is only thread-safe when the emulator with SMP - support is used.</p> + <p>This function is thread-safe.</p> <note> <p>The reference count of driver binary is normally to be decremented by calling <seealso marker="#driver_free_binary"> @@ -1124,8 +1123,7 @@ r = driver_async(myPort, &myKey, myData, myFunc); ]]></code> <desc> <marker id="driver_binary_get_refc"></marker> <p>Returns the current reference count on <c>bin</c>.</p> - <p>This function is only thread-safe when the emulator with SMP - support is used.</p> + <p>This function is thread-safe.</p> </desc> </func> @@ -1137,8 +1135,7 @@ r = driver_async(myPort, &myKey, myData, myFunc); ]]></code> <marker id="driver_binary_inc_refc"></marker> <p>Increments the reference count on <c>bin</c> and returns the reference count reached after the increment.</p> - <p>This function is only thread-safe when the emulator with SMP - support is used.</p> + <p>This function is thread-safe.</p> </desc> </func> @@ -1434,8 +1431,7 @@ r = driver_async(myPort, &myKey, myData, myFunc); ]]></code> <seealso marker="#driver_alloc_binary"> <c>driver_alloc_binary</c></seealso>. As binaries in Erlang are reference counted, the binary can still be around.</p> - <p>This function is only thread-safe when the emulator with SMP - support is used.</p> + <p>This function is thread-safe.</p> </desc> </func> @@ -1872,8 +1868,7 @@ r = driver_async(myPort, &myKey, myData, myFunc); ]]></code> <p>Resizes a driver binary, while keeping the data.</p> <p>Returns the resized driver binary on success. Returns <c>NULL</c> on failure (out of memory).</p> - <p>This function is only thread-safe when the emulator with SMP - support is used.</p> + <p>This function is thread-safe.</p> </desc> </func> diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml index 9646953518..112682d713 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml @@ -4899,7 +4899,9 @@ RealSystem = system + MissedSystem</code> <p>Returns the current call stack back-trace (<em>stacktrace</em>) of the process. The stack has the same format as returned by <seealso marker="#get_stacktrace/0"> - <c>erlang:get_stacktrace/0</c></seealso>.</p> + <c>erlang:get_stacktrace/0</c></seealso>. The depth of the + stacktrace is truncated according to the <c>backtrace_depth</c> + system flag setting.</p> </item> <tag><c>{dictionary, <anno>Dictionary</anno>}</c></tag> <item> @@ -6611,7 +6613,9 @@ ok <fsummary>Set system flag <c>backtrace_depth</c>.</fsummary> <desc> <p>Sets the maximum depth of call stack back-traces in the - exit reason element of <c>'EXIT'</c> tuples.</p> + exit reason element of <c>'EXIT'</c> tuples. The flag + also limits the stacktrace depth returned by <c>process_info</c> + item <c>current_stacktrace.</c></p> <p>Returns the old value of the flag.</p> </desc> </func> diff --git a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml index da6190b685..ae1d2b1d93 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -32,6 +32,53 @@ <p>This document describes the changes made to the ERTS application.</p> +<section><title>Erts 8.2.2</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <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> + <item> + <p> + The driver efile_drv when opening a file now use fstat() + on the open file instead of stat() before opening, if + fstat() exists. This avoids a race when the file happens + to change between stat() and open().</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14184 Aux Id: seq-13266 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 8.2.1</title> + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fix a quite rare bug causing VM crash during code loading + and the use of export funs (fun M:F/A) of not yet loaded + modules. Requires a very specfic timing of concurrent + scheduler threads. Has been seen on ARM but can probably + also occure on other architectures. Bug has existed since + OTP R16.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14144 Aux Id: seq13242 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>Erts 8.2</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> @@ -145,13 +192,6 @@ <p> Own Id: OTP-14051</p> </item> - <item> - <p> - Fixed a number of bugs that caused faulty stack-traces to - be created on exception when a process was traced.</p> - <p> - Own Id: OTP-14055</p> - </item> </list> </section> |