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-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/alt_dist.xml2
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml6
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erlang.xml66
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erlsrv.xml17
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml14
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/notes.xml2
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/start_erl.xml29
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/zlib.xml60
8 files changed, 149 insertions, 47 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/alt_dist.xml b/erts/doc/src/alt_dist.xml
index 36d83a685b..c30e04fce7 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/alt_dist.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/alt_dist.xml
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@
( 1) typedef enum {
( 2) portTypeUnknown, /* An uninitialized port */
( 3) portTypeListener, /* A listening port/socket */
-( 4) portTypeAcceptor, /* An intermidiate stage when accepting
+( 4) portTypeAcceptor, /* An intermediate stage when accepting
( 5) on a listen port */
( 6) portTypeConnector, /* An intermediate stage when connecting */
( 7) portTypeCommand, /* A connected open port in command mode */
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml
index cdce4ec0b8..48839e9081 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml
@@ -216,14 +216,14 @@ ok
<p/>
<code type="none">
ERL_NIF_TERM term;
- MyStruct* ptr = enif_alloc_resource(my_resource_type, sizeof(MyStruct));
+ MyStruct* obj = enif_alloc_resource(my_resource_type, sizeof(MyStruct));
/* initialize struct ... */
- term = enif_make_resource(env, ptr);
+ term = enif_make_resource(env, obj);
if (keep_a_reference_of_our_own) {
- /* store 'ptr' in static variable, private data or other resource object */
+ /* store 'obj' in static variable, private data or other resource object */
}
else {
enif_release_resource(obj);
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
index 7cfab0785d..2fabc6d62d 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
@@ -518,6 +518,18 @@
</func>
<func>
+ <name>check_old_code(Module) -> boolean()</name>
+ <fsummary>Check if a module has old code</fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v>Module = atom()</v>
+ </type>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Returns <c>true</c> if the <c>Module</c> has old code,
+ and <c>false</c> otherwise.</p>
+ <p>See also <seealso marker="kernel:code">code(3)</seealso>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ <func>
<name>check_process_code(Pid, Module) -> boolean()</name>
<fsummary>Check if a process is executing old code for a module</fsummary>
<type>
@@ -1023,6 +1035,56 @@ b</pre>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
+ <name>erlang:external_size(Term) -> integer() >= 0</name>
+ <fsummary>Calculate the maximum size for a term encoded in the Erlang
+ external term format</fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v>Term = term()</v>
+ </type>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Calculates, without doing the encoding, the maximum byte size for
+ a term encoded in the Erlang external term format. The following
+ condition applies always:</p>
+ <p>
+ <pre>
+> <input>Size1 = byte_size(term_to_binary(Term)),</input>
+> <input>Size2 = erlang:external_size(Term),</input>
+> <input>true = Size1 =&lt; Size2.</input>
+true
+ </pre>
+ </p>
+ <p>This is equivalent to a call to: <code>erlang:external_size(Term, [])
+ </code></p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ <func>
+ <name>erlang:external_size(Term, [Option]) -> integer() >= 0</name>
+ <fsummary>Calculate the maximum size for a term encoded in the Erlang
+ external term format</fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v>Term = term()</v>
+ <v>Option = {minor_version, Version}</v>
+ </type>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Calculates, without doing the encoding, the maximum byte size for
+ a term encoded in the Erlang external term format. The following
+ condition applies always:</p>
+ <p>
+ <pre>
+> <input>Size1 = byte_size(term_to_binary(Term, Options)),</input>
+> <input>Size2 = erlang:external_size(Term, Options),</input>
+> <input>true = Size1 =&lt; Size2.</input>
+true
+ </pre>
+ </p>
+ <p>The option <c>{minor_version, Version}</c> specifies how floats
+ are encoded. See
+ <seealso marker="#term_to_binary/2">term_to_binary/2</seealso> for
+ a more detailed description.
+ </p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ <func>
<name>float(Number) -> float()</name>
<fsummary>Convert a number to a float</fsummary>
<type>
@@ -5888,7 +5950,7 @@ true</pre>
</item>
<tag><c>wordsize</c></tag>
<item>
- <p>Same as <c>{wordsize, internal}</c></p>
+ <p>Same as <c>{wordsize, internal}.</c></p>
</item>
<tag><c>{wordsize, internal}</c></tag>
<item>
@@ -5897,7 +5959,7 @@ true</pre>
and on a pure 64-bit architecture 8 is returned. On a
halfword 64-bit emulator, 4 is returned, as the Erlang
terms are stored using a virtual wordsize of half the
- systems wordsize.</p>
+ system's wordsize.</p>
</item>
<tag><c>{wordsize, external}</c></tag>
<item>
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlsrv.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlsrv.xml
index 0dfad2a112..919caa9542 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erlsrv.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erlsrv.xml
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>erlsrv {start | stop | disable | enable} &lt;service-name></name>
+ <name>erlsrv {start | start_disabled | stop | disable | enable} &lt;service-name></name>
<fsummary>Manipulate the current service status.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>These commands are only added for convenience, the normal
@@ -287,6 +287,21 @@
service actually is stopped. Enabling a service sets it in
automatic mode, that is started at boot. This command cannot
set the service to manual. </p>
+
+ <p>The <c>start_disabled</c> command operates on a service
+ regardless of if it's enabled/disabled or started/stopped. It
+ does this by first enabling it (regardless of if it's enabled
+ or not), then starting it (if it's not already started) and
+ then disabling it. The result will be a disabled but started
+ service, regardless of its earlier state. This is useful for
+ starting services temporarily during a release upgrade. The
+ difference between using <c>start_disabled</c> and the
+ sequence <c>enable</c>, <c>start</c> and <c>disable</c> is
+ that all other <c>erlsrv</c> commands are locked out during
+ the sequence of operations in <c>start_disable</c>, making the
+ operation atomic from an <c>erlsrv</c> user's point of
+ view.</p>
+
</desc>
</func>
<func>
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml b/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml
index 452e5d990e..90347824d5 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml
@@ -180,6 +180,14 @@
used. The time complexity is proportional to log N, where
N is the number of free blocks.</p>
</item>
+ <tag>Address order first fit</tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Strategy: Find the block with the lowest address that satisfies the
+ requested block size.</p>
+ <p>Implementation: A balanced binary search tree is
+ used. The time complexity is proportional to log N, where
+ N is the number of free blocks.</p>
+ </item>
<tag>Good fit</tag>
<item>
<p>Strategy: Try to find the best fit, but settle for the best fit
@@ -320,11 +328,11 @@
subsystem identifier, only the specific allocator identified will be
effected:</p>
<taglist>
- <tag><marker id="M_as"><c><![CDATA[+M<S>as bf|aobf|gf|af]]></c></marker></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="M_as"><c><![CDATA[+M<S>as bf|aobf|aoff|gf|af]]></c></marker></tag>
<item>
Allocation strategy. Valid strategies are <c>bf</c> (best fit),
- <c>aobf</c> (address order best fit), <c>gf</c> (good fit),
- and <c>af</c> (a fit). See
+ <c>aobf</c> (address order best fit), <c>aoff</c> (address order first fit),
+ <c>gf</c> (good fit), and <c>af</c> (a fit). See
<seealso marker="#strategy">the description of allocation strategies</seealso> in "the <c>alloc_util</c> framework" section.</item>
<tag><marker id="M_asbcst"><c><![CDATA[+M<S>asbcst <size>]]></c></marker></tag>
<item>
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml
index 3733fb2db9..3e9e6a35f2 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml
@@ -4534,7 +4534,7 @@
The race occurred when a process removed a table during
termination simultaneously as another process removed the
same table via <c>ets:delete/1</c> and a third process
- created a table that accidentaly got the same internal
+ created a table that accidentally got the same internal
table index as the table being removed.</p>
<p>
Own Id: OTP-7349</p>
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/start_erl.xml b/erts/doc/src/start_erl.xml
index 21cc901f52..6f6930af7e 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/start_erl.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/start_erl.xml
@@ -69,12 +69,29 @@
<c><![CDATA[erl]]></c> program. Everything <em>after</em><c><![CDATA[++]]></c> is
interpreted as options to <c><![CDATA[start_erl]]></c> itself.</item>
<tag>-reldir &lt;release root&gt;</tag>
- <item>Mandatory if the environment variable <c><![CDATA[RELDIR]]></c> is not
- specified. Tells start_erl where the root of the
- release tree is placed in the file-system
- (like &lt;Erlang root&gt;\\releases). The
- <c><![CDATA[start_erl.data]]></c> file is expected to be placed in
- this directory (if not otherwise specified).</item>
+
+ <item>Mandatory if the environment variable
+ <c><![CDATA[RELDIR]]></c> is not specified and no
+ <c>-rootdir</c> option is given. Tells start_erl where the
+ root of the release tree is placed in the file-system (typically
+ &lt;Erlang root&gt;\\releases). The
+ <c><![CDATA[start_erl.data]]></c> file is expected to be
+ placed in this directory (if not otherwise specified). If
+ only the <c>-rootdir</c> option is given, the directory is
+ assumed to be &lt;Erlang root&gt;\\releases.</item>
+
+ <tag>-rootdir &lt;Erlang root directory&gt;</tag>
+
+ <item>Mandatory if <c>-reldir</c> is not given and there is
+ no <c><![CDATA[RELDIR]]></c> in the environment. This
+ specifies the Erlang installation root directory (under
+ which the <c>lib</c>, <c>releases</c> and
+ <c>erts-&lt;Version&gt;</c> directories are placed). If only
+ <c>-reldir</c> (or the environment variable
+ <c><![CDATA[RELDIR]]></c>) is given, the Erlang root is assumed to
+ be the directory exactly one level above the release
+ directory.</item>
+
<tag>-data &lt;data file name&gt;</tag>
<item>Optional, specifies another data file than start_erl.data
in the &lt;release root&gt;. It is specified relative to the
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/zlib.xml b/erts/doc/src/zlib.xml
index 47a649af02..8917ab5c3a 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/zlib.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/zlib.xml
@@ -378,31 +378,31 @@ unpack(Z, Compressed, Dict) ->
<name name="crc32" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Calculate CRC</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Calculate the CRC checksum for <c><anno>Binary</anno></c>.</p>
+ <p>Calculate the CRC checksum for <c><anno>Data</anno></c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name name="crc32" arity="3"/>
<fsummary>Calculate CRC</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Update a running CRC checksum for <c><anno>Binary</anno></c>.
- If <c><anno>Binary</anno></c> is the empty binary, this function returns
+ <p>Update a running CRC checksum for <c><anno>Data</anno></c>.
+ If <c><anno>Data</anno></c> is the empty binary or the empty iolist, this function returns
the required initial value for the crc.</p>
<pre>
-Crc = lists:foldl(fun(Bin,Crc0) ->
- zlib:crc32(Z, Crc0, Bin),
- end, zlib:crc32(Z,&lt;&lt; &gt;&gt;), Bins)</pre>
+Crc = lists:foldl(fun(Data,Crc0) ->
+ zlib:crc32(Z, Crc0, Data),
+ end, zlib:crc32(Z,&lt;&lt; &gt;&gt;), Datas)</pre>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name name="crc32_combine" arity="4"/>
<fsummary>Combine two CRC's</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Combine two CRC checksums into one. For two binaries,
- <c>Bin1</c> and <c>Bin2</c> with sizes of <c>Size1</c> and
+ <p>Combine two CRC checksums into one. For two binaries or iolists,
+ <c>Data1</c> and <c>Data2</c> with sizes of <c>Size1</c> and
<c><anno>Size2</anno></c>, with CRC checksums <c><anno>CRC1</anno></c> and
<c><anno>CRC2</anno></c>. <c>crc32_combine/4</c> returns the <c><anno>CRC</anno></c>
- checksum of <c>&lt;&lt;Bin1/binary,Bin2/binary&gt;&gt;</c>, requiring
+ checksum of <c>[Data1,Data2]</c>, requiring
only <c><anno>CRC1</anno></c>, <c><anno>CRC2</anno></c>, and <c><anno>Size2</anno></c>.
</p>
</desc>
@@ -411,75 +411,75 @@ Crc = lists:foldl(fun(Bin,Crc0) ->
<name name="adler32" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Calculate the adler checksum</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Calculate the Adler-32 checksum for <c><anno>Binary</anno></c>.</p>
+ <p>Calculate the Adler-32 checksum for <c><anno>Data</anno></c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name name="adler32" arity="3"/>
<fsummary>Calculate the adler checksum</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Update a running Adler-32 checksum for <c><anno>Binary</anno></c>.
- If <c><anno>Binary</anno></c> is the empty binary, this function returns
+ <p>Update a running Adler-32 checksum for <c><anno>Data</anno></c>.
+ If <c><anno>Data</anno></c> is the empty binary or the empty iolist, this function returns
the required initial value for the checksum.</p>
<pre>
-Crc = lists:foldl(fun(Bin,Crc0) ->
- zlib:adler32(Z, Crc0, Bin),
- end, zlib:adler32(Z,&lt;&lt; &gt;&gt;), Bins)</pre>
+Crc = lists:foldl(fun(Data,Crc0) ->
+ zlib:adler32(Z, Crc0, Data),
+ end, zlib:adler32(Z,&lt;&lt; &gt;&gt;), Datas)</pre>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name name="adler32_combine" arity="4"/>
<fsummary>Combine two Adler-32 checksums</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Combine two Adler-32 checksums into one. For two binaries,
- <c>Bin1</c> and <c>Bin2</c> with sizes of <c>Size1</c> and
+ <p>Combine two Adler-32 checksums into one. For two binaries or iolists,
+ <c>Data1</c> and <c>Data2</c> with sizes of <c>Size1</c> and
<c><anno>Size2</anno></c>, with Adler-32 checksums <c><anno>Adler1</anno></c> and
<c><anno>Adler2</anno></c>. <c>adler32_combine/4</c> returns the <c><anno>Adler</anno></c>
- checksum of <c>&lt;&lt;Bin1/binary,Bin2/binary&gt;&gt;</c>, requiring
+ checksum of <c>[Data1,Data2]</c>, requiring
only <c><anno>Adler1</anno></c>, <c><anno>Adler2</anno></c>, and <c><anno>Size2</anno></c>.
</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name name="compress" arity="1"/>
- <fsummary>Compress a binary with standard zlib functionality</fsummary>
+ <fsummary>Compress data with standard zlib functionality</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Compress a binary (with zlib headers and checksum).</p>
+ <p>Compress data (with zlib headers and checksum).</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name name="uncompress" arity="1"/>
- <fsummary>Uncompress a binary with standard zlib functionality</fsummary>
+ <fsummary>Uncompress data with standard zlib functionality</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Uncompress a binary (with zlib headers and checksum).</p>
+ <p>Uncompress data (with zlib headers and checksum).</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name name="zip" arity="1"/>
- <fsummary>Compress a binary without the zlib headers</fsummary>
+ <fsummary>Compress data without the zlib headers</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Compress a binary (without zlib headers and checksum).</p>
+ <p>Compress data (without zlib headers and checksum).</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name name="unzip" arity="1"/>
- <fsummary>Uncompress a binary without the zlib headers</fsummary>
+ <fsummary>Uncompress data without the zlib headers</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Uncompress a binary (without zlib headers and checksum).</p>
+ <p>Uncompress data (without zlib headers and checksum).</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name name="gzip" arity="1"/>
- <fsummary>Compress a binary with gz header</fsummary>
+ <fsummary>Compress data with gz header</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Compress a binary (with gz headers and checksum).</p>
+ <p>Compress data (with gz headers and checksum).</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name name="gunzip" arity="1"/>
- <fsummary>Uncompress a binary with gz header</fsummary>
+ <fsummary>Uncompress data with gz header</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Uncompress a binary (with gz headers and checksum).</p>
+ <p>Uncompress data (with gz headers and checksum).</p>
</desc>
</func>
</funcs>