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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml index 2a823d9fe7..a34b3edd7a 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -31,6 +31,201 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to the ERTS application.</p> +<section><title>Erts 10.2</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + When a process was waiting for a TCP socket send + operation to complete, and another process closed the + socket during that send, the sending process could hang. + This bug has now been corrected.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12242 Aux Id: ERL-561 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Document <c>bit_size</c> in match specifications and + allow it in <c>ets:fun2ms</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15343 Aux Id: PR-1962 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed bug in <c>ets:select_replace</c> when called with a + fully bound key could cause a following call to + <c>ets:next</c> or <c>ets:prev</c> to crash the emulator + or return invalid result.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15346</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>When a module has been purged from memory, any + literals belonging to that module will be copied to all + processes that hold references to them. The max heap size + limit would be ignored in the garbage collection + initiated when copying literals to a process. If the max + heap size was exceeded, the process would typically be + terminated in the following garbage collection. Corrected + to terminate the process directly if copying a literal + would exceed the max heap size.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15360</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix compilation of run_erl on Solaris 11.4 and later.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15389</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Fixed a bug where <c>lists:reverse/1-2</c> could use + far too many reductions. This bug was introduced in + <c>OTP 21.1</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15436</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Fixed a bug where a dirty scheduler could stay awake + forever if a distribution entry was removed as part of a + dirty GC.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15446 Aux Id: PR-2024 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix microstate accounting handing in various places. Most + importantly the GC states when the GC is run on a dirty + scheduler are now managed correctly.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15450 Aux Id: ERIERL-229 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed bug in <c>file:sendfile</c> when the send operation + failed. For sockets in <c>active</c> modes it could cause + emulator crash or a hanging call. For sockets with + <c>{active,false}</c> an unexpected <c>{inet_reply, _, + _}</c> message could be sent to the calling process. The + bug exists since OTP-21.0.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15461 Aux Id: ERL-784 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The erts configure script has been updated to reject any + CFLAGS that does not have <c>-O</c>. This in order to + prevent the common mistake of forgetting to add + <c>-O2</c> to custom CFLAGS.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15465</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix reduction count in lists:member/2</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15474 Aux Id: ERIERL-229 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + New <c>counters</c> and <c>atomics</c> modules supplies + access to highly efficient operations on mutable fixed + word sized variables.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13468</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>There is a new module <c>persistent_term</c> that + implements a term storage suitable for terms that are + frequently used but never or infrequently updated. + Lookups are done in constant time without copying the + terms.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14669 Aux Id: PR-1989 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + A function <c>inet:getifaddrs/1</c> that takes a list + with a namespace option has been added, for platforms + that support that feature, for example Linux (only?).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15121 Aux Id: ERIERL-189, PR-1974 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Added the <c>nopush</c> option for TCP sockets, which + corresponds to <c>TCP_NOPUSH</c> on *BSD and + <c>TCP_CORK</c> on Linux.</p> + <p>This is also used internally in <c>file:sendfile</c> + to reduce latency on subsequent send operations.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15357 Aux Id: ERL-698 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p>List subtraction (The <c>--</c> operator) will now + yield properly on large inputs.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15371</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Optimize handling of send_delay for tcp sockes to better + work with the new pollthread implementation introduced in + OTP-21.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15471 Aux Id: ERIERL-229 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Optimize driver_set_timer with a zero timeout to + short-circuit and not create any timer structure, but + instead schedule the timer immediately.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15472 Aux Id: ERIERL-229 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add <c>erl_xcomp_code_model_small</c> as a cross + configure variable in order to let the emulator be build + with the assumption that a small code model will be used + on the target machine.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15473 Aux Id: ERIERL-229 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add a new pollset that is made to handle sockets that use + <c>{active, true}</c> or <c>{active, N}</c>. The new + pollset will not be polled by a pollthread, but instead + polled by a normal scheduler.</p> + <p> + This change was made because of the overhead associated + with constantly having to re-apply the ONESHOT mechanism + on fds that all input events were interesting.</p> + <p> + The new pollset is only active on platforms that support + concurrent kernel poll updates, i.e. Linux and BSD.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15475 Aux Id: ERIERL-229 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix bug where emulator would segfault if a literal + message was sent when sequence tracing was enabled.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15478 Aux Id: ERL-741 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>Erts 10.1.3</title> <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> |