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Diffstat (limited to 'erts/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erlang.xml | 23 |
2 files changed, 23 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml index 2b627281fe..4ec5ab78d8 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml @@ -488,18 +488,6 @@ return term;</code> sending process is not alive. Deallocation of certain internal resources, such as process heap and process control block, is delayed until the dirty NIF has completed.</p> - <p>Known issue that are planned to be fixed:</p> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>As purging of a module might need to garbage - collect a process to determine if it has - references to the module, a process executing a dirty - NIF can delay purging for a very long time. Delaying - a purge operation implies delaying <em>all</em> code - loading operations, which can cause severe problems for - the system as a whole.</p> - </item> - </list> </item> </taglist> </item> diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml index 2b7a3b85e5..51ebddc155 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml @@ -776,6 +776,29 @@ Z = erlang:adler32_combine(X,Y,iolist_size(Data2)).</code> by passing option <c>{allow_gc, false}</c>.</p> </item> </taglist> + <note> + <p> + Up until ERTS version 8.*, the check process code operation + checks for all types of references to the old code. That is, + direct references (e.g. return addresses on the process + stack), indirect references (<c>fun</c>s in process + context), and references to literals in the code. + </p> + <p> + As of ERTS version 9.0, the check process code operation + only checks for direct references to the code. Indirect + references via <c>fun</c>s will be ignored. If such + <c>fun</c>s exist and are used after a purge of the old + code, an exception will be raised upon usage (same as + the case when the <c>fun</c> is received by the process + after the purge). Literals will be taken care of (copied) + at a later stage. This behavior can as of ERTS version + 8.1 be enabled when + <seealso marker="doc/installation_guide:INSTALL#Advanced-configuration-and-build-of-ErlangOTP_Configuring">building OTP</seealso>, + and will automatically be enabled if dirty scheduler + support is enabled. + </p> + </note> <p>See also <seealso marker="kernel:code"> <c>kernel:code(3)</c></seealso>.</p> <p>Failures:</p> |