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Diffstat (limited to 'erts/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/crash_dump.xml | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erl.xml | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml | 3 |
3 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/crash_dump.xml b/erts/doc/src/crash_dump.xml index d3de29b876..2b5fc877c3 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/crash_dump.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/crash_dump.xml @@ -115,8 +115,9 @@ sockets/pipes can be used simultaneously by Erlang (due to limitations in the Unix <c><![CDATA[select]]></c> call). The number of open regular files is not affected by this.</item> - <item>"Received SIGUSR1" - The SIGUSR1 signal was sent to the - Erlang machine (Unix only).</item> + <item>"Received SIGUSR1" - Sending the SIGUSR1 signal to a + Erlang machine (Unix only) forces a crash dump. This slogan reflects + that the Erlang machine crash-dumped due to receiving that signal.</item> <item>"Kernel pid terminated (<em>Who</em>) (<em>Exit-reason</em>)" - The kernel supervisor has detected a failure, usually that the <c><![CDATA[application_controller]]></c> diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml index f3ada61f3e..16000191dc 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml @@ -525,7 +525,8 @@ core dump and no crash dump if an internal error is detected.</p> <p>Calling <c>erlang:halt/1</c> with a string argument will still - produce a crash dump.</p> + produce a crash dump. On Unix systems, sending an emulator process + a SIGUSR1 signal will also force a crash dump.</p> </item> <tag><marker id="+e"><c><![CDATA[+e Number]]></c></marker></tag> <item> diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml index 4a1aab75c7..77fc906aca 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml @@ -2033,7 +2033,8 @@ ERL_DRV_MAP int sz entry function is called. If <c>ready_async</c> is null in the driver entry, the <c>async_free</c> function is called instead.</p> - <p>The return value is a handle to the asynchronous task.</p> + <p>The return value is -1 if the <c>driver_async</c> call + fails.</p> <note> <p>As of erts version 5.5.4.3 the default stack size for threads in the async-thread pool is 16 kilowords, |