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-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erlang.xml18
-rw-r--r--erts/emulator/hipe/hipe_bif0.c5
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
index 54a0a80536..dfd0b05463 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ iolist() = [char() | binary() | iolist()]
<name>erlang:cancel_timer(TimerRef) -> Time | false</name>
<fsummary>Cancel a timer</fsummary>
<type>
- <v>TimerRef = ref()</v>
+ <v>TimerRef = reference()</v>
<v>Time = int()</v>
</type>
<desc>
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ false</pre>
<name>erlang:demonitor(MonitorRef) -> true</name>
<fsummary>Stop monitoring</fsummary>
<type>
- <v>MonitorRef = ref()</v>
+ <v>MonitorRef = reference()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>If <c>MonitorRef</c> is a reference which the calling process
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ false</pre>
<name>erlang:demonitor(MonitorRef, OptionList) -> true|false</name>
<fsummary>Stop monitoring</fsummary>
<type>
- <v>MonitorRef = ref()</v>
+ <v>MonitorRef = reference()</v>
<v>OptionList = [Option]</v>
<v>Option = flush</v>
<v>Option = info</v>
@@ -2160,7 +2160,7 @@ os_prompt%</pre>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>make_ref() -> ref()</name>
+ <name>make_ref() -> reference()</name>
<fsummary>Return an almost unique reference</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns an almost unique reference.</p>
@@ -2690,7 +2690,7 @@ os_prompt%</pre>
<name>node(Arg) -> Node</name>
<fsummary>At which node is a pid, port or reference located</fsummary>
<type>
- <v>Arg = pid() | port() | ref()</v>
+ <v>Arg = pid() | port() | reference()</v>
<v>Node = node()</v>
</type>
<desc>
@@ -4098,7 +4098,7 @@ os_prompt%</pre>
<name>erlang:read_timer(TimerRef) -> int() | false</name>
<fsummary>Number of milliseconds remaining for a timer</fsummary>
<type>
- <v>TimerRef = ref()</v>
+ <v>TimerRef = reference()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p><c>TimerRef</c> is a timer reference returned by
@@ -4121,7 +4121,7 @@ os_prompt%</pre>
<name>erlang:ref_to_list(Ref) -> string()</name>
<fsummary>Text representation of a reference</fsummary>
<type>
- <v>Ref = ref()</v>
+ <v>Ref = reference()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Returns a string which corresponds to the text
@@ -4300,7 +4300,7 @@ true</pre>
<v>Dest = pid() | RegName </v>
<v>&nbsp;LocalPid = pid() (of a process, alive or dead, on the local node)</v>
<v>Msg = term()</v>
- <v>TimerRef = ref()</v>
+ <v>TimerRef = reference()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Starts a timer which will send the message <c>Msg</c>
@@ -4829,7 +4829,7 @@ true</pre>
<v>&nbsp;LocalPid = pid() (of a process, alive or dead, on the local node)</v>
<v>&nbsp;RegName = atom()</v>
<v>Msg = term()</v>
- <v>TimerRef = ref()</v>
+ <v>TimerRef = reference()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Starts a timer which will send the message
diff --git a/erts/emulator/hipe/hipe_bif0.c b/erts/emulator/hipe/hipe_bif0.c
index b0abfd2310..2a877d8ace 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/hipe/hipe_bif0.c
+++ b/erts/emulator/hipe/hipe_bif0.c
@@ -440,9 +440,12 @@ BIF_RETTYPE hipe_bifs_alloc_data_2(BIF_ALIST_2)
align != sizeof(long) && align != sizeof(double)))
BIF_ERROR(BIF_P, BADARG);
nrbytes = unsigned_val(BIF_ARG_2);
+ if (nrbytes == 0)
+ BIF_RET(make_small(0));
block = erts_alloc(ERTS_ALC_T_HIPE, nrbytes);
if ((unsigned long)block & (align-1))
- fprintf(stderr, "Yikes! erts_alloc() returned misaligned address %p\r\n", block);
+ fprintf(stderr, "%s: erts_alloc(%lu) returned %p which is not %lu-byte aligned\r\n",
+ __FUNCTION__, (unsigned long)nrbytes, block, (unsigned long)align);
BIF_RET(address_to_term(block, BIF_P));
}