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Diffstat (limited to 'erts/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erlang.xml | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/notes.xml | 48 |
2 files changed, 58 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml index 5ed7b92896..5afac46d21 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml @@ -1951,23 +1951,26 @@ os_prompt%</pre> <item>The runtime system exits with integer value <c><anno>Status</anno></c> as status code to the calling environment (OS). + <note> + <p>On many platforms, the OS supports only status + codes 0-255. A too large status code is truncated by clearing + the high bits.</p> + </note> </item> <tag>string()</tag> <item>An Erlang crash dump is produced with <c><anno>Status</anno></c> as slogan. Then the runtime system exits with status code <c>1</c>. - Note that only code points in the range 0-255 may be used - and the string will be truncated if longer than 200 characters. + The string will be truncated if longer than 200 characters. + <note> + <p>Before ERTS 9.1 (OTP-20.1) only code points in the range 0-255 + was accepted in the string. Now any unicode string is valid.</p> + </note> </item> <tag><c>abort</c></tag> <item>The runtime system aborts producing a core dump, if that is enabled in the OS. </item> </taglist> - <note> - <p>On many platforms, the OS supports only status - codes 0-255. A too large status code is truncated by clearing - the high bits.</p> - </note> <p>For integer <c><anno>Status</anno></c>, the Erlang runtime system closes all ports and allows async threads to finish their operations before exiting. To exit without such flushing, use diff --git a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml index ff7d593edb..f6bc6e984b 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -31,6 +31,54 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to the ERTS application.</p> +<section><title>Erts 9.0.4</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + A timer internal bit-field used for storing scheduler id + was too small. As a result, VM internal timer data + structures could become inconsistent when using 1024 + schedulers on the system. Note that systems with less + than 1024 schedulers are not effected by this bug.</p> + <p> + This bug was introduced in ERTS version 7.0 (OTP 18.0).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14548 Aux Id: OTP-11997, ERL-468 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Automatic cleanup of a BIF timer, when the owner process + terminated, could race with the timeout of the timer. + This could cause the VM internal data structures to + become inconsistent which very likely caused a VM crash.</p> + <p> + This bug was introduced in ERTS version 9.0 (OTP 20.0).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14554 Aux Id: OTP-14356, ERL-468 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 9.0.3</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>Binary append operations did not check for overflow, + resulting in nonsensical results when huge binaries were + appended.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14524</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>Erts 9.0.2</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> |