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Diffstat (limited to 'erts/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml | 24 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml index f52d973709..540390e1b1 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml @@ -1981,7 +1981,7 @@ ERL_DRV_EXT2TERM char *buf, ErlDrvUInt len thread, the following call can be used:</p> <p></p> <code type="none"><![CDATA[ - unsigned int myKey = (unsigned int) myPort; + unsigned int myKey = driver_async_port_key(myPort); r = driver_async(myPort, &myKey, myData, myFunc); ]]></code> @@ -2022,6 +2022,24 @@ ERL_DRV_EXT2TERM char *buf, ErlDrvUInt len </desc> </func> <func> + <name><ret>unsigned int</ret><nametext>driver_async_port_key (ErlDrvPort port)</nametext></name> + <fsummary>Calculate an async key from an ErlDrvPort</fsummary> + <desc> + <marker id="driver_async_port_key"></marker> + <p>This function calculates a key for later use in <seealso + marker="#driver_async">driver_async()</seealso>. The keys are + evenly distributed so that a fair mapping between port id's + and async thread id's is achieved.</p> + <note> + <p>Before OTP-R16, the actual port id could be used as a key + with proper casting, but after the rewrite of the port + subsystem, this is no longer the case. With this function, you + can achieve the same distribution based on port id's as before + OTP-R16.</p> + </note> + </desc> + </func> + <func> <name><ret>int</ret><nametext>driver_async_cancel(long id)</nametext></name> <fsummary>Cancel an asynchronous call</fsummary> <desc> @@ -2033,10 +2051,10 @@ ERL_DRV_EXT2TERM char *buf, ErlDrvUInt len The user had to implement synchronization of cancellation anyway. It also unnecessarily complicated the implementation. Therefore, as of OTP-R15B <c>driver_async_cancel()</c> is deprecated, and - scheduled for removal in OTP-R16. It will currently always fail, + scheduled for removal in OTP-R17. It will currently always fail, and return 0.</p> <warning><p><c>driver_async_cancel()</c> is deprecated and will - be removed in the OTP-R16 release.</p> + be removed in the OTP-R17 release.</p> </warning> </desc> |