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-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erl_ext_dist.xml9
2 files changed, 102 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl_dist_protocol.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl_dist_protocol.xml
index c90c8f9521..185c75fe84 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erl_dist_protocol.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erl_dist_protocol.xml
@@ -532,11 +532,7 @@ io:format("old/unused name ~ts at port ~p, fd = ~p ~n",
<marker id="distribution_handshake"/>
<title>Distribution Handshake</title>
<p>This section describes the distribution handshake protocol introduced
- in Erlang/OTP R6. This description was previously located in
- <c>$ERL_TOP/lib/kernel/internal_doc/distribution_handshake.txt</c> and
- has more or less been copied and "formatted" here. It has been almost
- unchanged since 1999, but the handshake has not changed much since then
- either.</p>
+ in Erlang/OTP R6. The handshake has remained almost the same since then.</p>
<section>
<title>General</title>
@@ -847,6 +843,18 @@ DiB == gen_digest(ChA, ICA)?
of the <c>SEND_TT</c> control message.
</p>
</item>
+ <tag><c>-define(DFLAG_BIG_SEQTRACE_LABELS, 16#100000).</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>The node understands any term as the seqtrace label.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>-define(DFLAG_EXIT_PAYLOAD, 16#400000).</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Use the <c>PAYLOAD_EXIT</c>, <c>PAYLOAD_EXIT_TT</c>,
+ <c>PAYLOAD_EXIT2</c>, <c>PAYLOAD_EXIT2_TT</c>
+ and <c>PAYLOAD_MONITOR_P_EXIT</c>
+ <seealso marker="#control_message">control message</seealso>s
+ instead of the non-PAYLOAD variants.</p>
+ </item>
</taglist>
<p>
There is also function <c>dist_util:strict_order_flags/0</c>
@@ -859,7 +867,7 @@ DiB == gen_digest(ChA, ICA)?
<section>
<marker id="connected_nodes"/>
<title>Protocol between Connected Nodes</title>
- <p>As from ERTS 5.7.2 the runtime system passes a distribution flag
+ <p>Since ERTS 5.7.2 (OTP R13B) the runtime system passes a distribution flag
in the handshake stage that enables the use of a
<seealso marker="erl_ext_dist#distribution_header">distribution header
</seealso> on all messages passed. Messages passed between nodes have in
@@ -878,7 +886,7 @@ DiB == gen_digest(ChA, ICA)?
<cell align="center"><c>ControlMessage</c></cell>
<cell align="center"><c>Message</c></cell>
</row>
- <tcaption>Format of Messages Passed between Nodes (as from ERTS 5.7.2)
+ <tcaption>Format of Messages Passed between Nodes (as from ERTS 5.7.2 (OTP R13B))
</tcaption>
</table>
@@ -887,15 +895,23 @@ DiB == gen_digest(ChA, ICA)?
<item>
<p>Equal to d + n + m.</p>
</item>
+ <tag><c>DistributionHeader</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ <seealso marker="erl_ext_dist#distribution_header">Distribution header
+ describing the atom cache and fragmented distribution messages.
+ </seealso>
+ </p>
+ </item>
<tag><c>ControlMessage</c></tag>
<item>
<p>A tuple passed using the external format of Erlang.</p>
</item>
<tag><c>Message</c></tag>
<item>
- <p>The message sent to another node using the '!' (in external format).
- Notice that <c>Message</c> is only passed in combination with a
- <c>ControlMessage</c> encoding a send ('!').</p>
+ <p>The message sent to another node using the '!'
+ or the reason for a EXIT, EXIT2 or DOWN signal using
+ the external term format.</p>
</item>
</taglist>
@@ -903,7 +919,7 @@ DiB == gen_digest(ChA, ICA)?
number is omitted from the terms that follow a distribution header
</seealso>.</p>
- <p>Nodes with an ERTS version earlier than 5.7.2 does not pass the
+ <p>Nodes with an ERTS version earlier than 5.7.2 (OTP R13B) does not pass the
distribution flag that enables the distribution header. Messages passed
between nodes have in this case the following format:</p>
@@ -920,7 +936,7 @@ DiB == gen_digest(ChA, ICA)?
<cell align="center"><c>ControlMessage</c></cell>
<cell align="center"><c>Message</c></cell>
</row>
- <tcaption>Format of Messages Passed between Nodes (before ERTS 5.7.2)
+ <tcaption>Format of Messages Passed between Nodes (before ERTS 5.7.2 (OTP R13B))
</tcaption>
</table>
@@ -963,6 +979,7 @@ DiB == gen_digest(ChA, ICA)?
<tag><c>EXIT</c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>{3, FromPid, ToPid, Reason}</c></p>
+ <p>This signal is sent when a link has been broken</p>
</item>
<tag><c>UNLINK</c></tag>
<item>
@@ -985,6 +1002,7 @@ DiB == gen_digest(ChA, ICA)?
<tag><c>EXIT2</c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>{8, FromPid, ToPid, Reason}</c></p>
+ <p>This signal is sent by a call to the erlang:exit/2 bif</p>
</item>
</taglist>
</section>
@@ -1007,7 +1025,7 @@ DiB == gen_digest(ChA, ICA)?
<p><c>{16, FromPid, Unused, ToName, TraceToken}</c></p>
<p>Followed by <c>Message</c>.</p>
<p><c>Unused</c> is kept for backward compatibility.</p>
- </item>
+ </item>
<tag><c>EXIT2_TT</c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>{18, FromPid, ToPid, TraceToken, Reason}</c></p>
@@ -1061,7 +1079,7 @@ DiB == gen_digest(ChA, ICA)?
<p><c>{22, FromPid, ToPid}</c></p>
<p>Followed by <c>Message</c>.</p>
<p>
- This control messages replace the <c>SEND</c> control
+ This control message replaces the <c>SEND</c> control
message and will be sent when the distribution flag
<seealso marker="erl_dist_protocol#dflags"><c>DFLAG_SEND_SENDER</c></seealso>
has been negotiated in the connection setup handshake.
@@ -1080,7 +1098,7 @@ DiB == gen_digest(ChA, ICA)?
<p><c>{23, FromPid, ToPid, TraceToken}</c></p>
<p>Followed by <c>Message</c>.</p>
<p>
- This control messages replace the <c>SEND_TT</c> control
+ This control message replaces the <c>SEND_TT</c> control
message and will be sent when the distribution flag
<seealso marker="erl_dist_protocol#dflags"><c>DFLAG_SEND_SENDER</c></seealso>
has been negotiated in the connection setup handshake.
@@ -1097,4 +1115,72 @@ DiB == gen_digest(ChA, ICA)?
</taglist>
</section>
+ <section>
+ <title>New Ctrlmessages for Erlang/OTP 22</title>
+ <note><p>
+ Messages encoded before the connection has
+ been set up may still use the non-PAYLOAD variant.
+ However, once a PAYLOAD control message has been sent,
+ no more non-PAYLOAD control messages will be sent in
+ the same direction on the connection.
+ </p></note>
+ <taglist>
+ <tag><c>PAYLOAD_EXIT</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p><c>{24, FromPid, ToPid}</c></p>
+ <p>Followed by <c>Reason</c>.</p>
+ <p>
+ This control message replaces the <c>EXIT</c> control
+ message and will be sent when the distribution flag
+ <seealso marker="erl_dist_protocol#dflags"><c>DFLAG_EXIT_PAYLOAD</c></seealso>
+ has been negotiated in the connection setup handshake.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>PAYLOAD_EXIT_TT</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p><c>{25, FromPid, ToPid}</c></p>
+ <p>Followed by <c>Reason</c>.</p>
+ <p>
+ This control message replaces the <c>EXIT_TT</c> control
+ message and will be sent when the distribution flag
+ <seealso marker="erl_dist_protocol#dflags"><c>DFLAG_EXIT_PAYLOAD</c></seealso>
+ has been negotiated in the connection setup handshake.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>PAYLOAD_EXIT2</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p><c>{26, FromPid, ToPid}</c></p>
+ <p>Followed by <c>Reason</c>.</p>
+ <p>
+ This control message replaces the <c>EXIT2</c> control
+ message and will be sent when the distribution flag
+ <seealso marker="erl_dist_protocol#dflags"><c>DFLAG_EXIT_PAYLOAD</c></seealso>
+ has been negotiated in the connection setup handshake.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>PAYLOAD_EXIT2_TT</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p><c>{27, FromPid, ToPid}</c></p>
+ <p>Followed by <c>Reason</c>.</p>
+ <p>
+ This control message replaces the <c>EXIT2_TT</c> control
+ message and will be sent when the distribution flag
+ <seealso marker="erl_dist_protocol#dflags"><c>DFLAG_EXIT_PAYLOAD</c></seealso>
+ has been negotiated in the connection setup handshake.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>PAYLOAD_MONITOR_P_EXIT</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p><c>{28, FromPid, ToPid, Ref}</c></p>
+ <p>Followed by <c>Reason</c>.</p>
+ <p>
+ This control message replaces the <c>MONITOR_P_EXIT</c> control
+ message and will be sent when the distribution flag
+ <seealso marker="erl_dist_protocol#dflags"><c>DFLAG_EXIT_PAYLOAD</c></seealso>
+ has been negotiated in the connection setup handshake.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ </taglist>
+ </section>
+
</chapter>
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl_ext_dist.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl_ext_dist.xml
index b7090d0472..29c6694a6b 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erl_ext_dist.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erl_ext_dist.xml
@@ -136,16 +136,9 @@
</note>
</section>
- <section>
+ <section>
<title>Distribution Header</title>
<p>
- <marker id="distribution_header"/>
- As from ERTS 5.7.2 the old atom cache protocol was
- dropped and a new one was introduced. This protocol
- introduced the distribution header. Nodes with an ERTS version
- earlier than 5.7.2 can still communicate with new nodes,
- but no distribution header and no atom cache are used.</p>
- <p>
The distribution header only contains an atom cache
reference section, but can in the future contain more
information. The distribution header precedes one or more Erlang
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