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-rw-r--r--lib/common_test/doc/src/cover_chapter.xml27
-rw-r--r--lib/common_test/doc/src/ct_run.xml2
-rw-r--r--lib/common_test/doc/src/run_test_chapter.xml5
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diff --git a/lib/common_test/doc/src/cover_chapter.xml b/lib/common_test/doc/src/cover_chapter.xml
index 803a71de07..b2e64bfff0 100644
--- a/lib/common_test/doc/src/cover_chapter.xml
+++ b/lib/common_test/doc/src/cover_chapter.xml
@@ -109,6 +109,33 @@
</section>
<section>
+ <marker id="cover_stop"></marker>
+ <title>Stopping the cover tool when tests are completed</title>
+ <p>By default the Cover tool is automatically stopped when the
+ tests are completed. This causes the original (non cover
+ compiled) modules to be loaded back in to the test node. If a
+ process at this point is still running old code of any of the
+ modules that are cover compiled, meaning that it has not done
+ any fully qualified function call after the cover compilation,
+ the process will now be killed. To avoid this it is possible to
+ set the value of the <c>cover_stop</c> option to
+ <c>false</c>. This means that the modules will stay cover
+ compiled, and it is therefore only recommended if the erlang
+ node(s) under test is terminated after the test is completed
+ or if cover can be manually stopped.</p>
+
+ <p>The option can be set by using the <c>-cover_stop</c> flag with
+ <c>ct_run</c>, by adding <c>{cover_stop,true|false}</c> to the
+ Opts argument to <c><seealso
+ marker="ct#run_test-1">ct:run_test/1</seealso></c>, or by adding
+ a <c>cover_stop</c> term in your test specification (see chapter
+ about <seealso
+ marker="run_test_chapter#test_specifications">test
+ specifications</seealso>).</p>
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
<title>The cover specification file</title>
<p>These are the terms allowed in a cover specification file:</p>
diff --git a/lib/common_test/doc/src/ct_run.xml b/lib/common_test/doc/src/ct_run.xml
index c6749d6960..0750f560b3 100644
--- a/lib/common_test/doc/src/ct_run.xml
+++ b/lib/common_test/doc/src/ct_run.xml
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@
[-silent_connections [ConnType1 ConnType2 .. ConnTypeN]]
[-stylesheet CSSFile]
[-cover CoverCfgFile]
+ [-cover_stop Bool]
[-event_handler EvHandler1 EvHandler2 .. EvHandlerN] |
[-event_handler_init EvHandler1 InitArg1 and
EvHandler2 InitArg2 and .. EvHandlerN InitArgN]
@@ -138,6 +139,7 @@
[-silent_connections [ConnType1 ConnType2 .. ConnTypeN]]
[-stylesheet CSSFile]
[-cover CoverCfgFile]
+ [-cover_stop Bool]
[-event_handler EvHandler1 EvHandler2 .. EvHandlerN] |
[-event_handler_init EvHandler1 InitArg1 and
EvHandler2 InitArg2 and .. EvHandlerN InitArgN]
diff --git a/lib/common_test/doc/src/run_test_chapter.xml b/lib/common_test/doc/src/run_test_chapter.xml
index a0b2c96006..b804f134c6 100644
--- a/lib/common_test/doc/src/run_test_chapter.xml
+++ b/lib/common_test/doc/src/run_test_chapter.xml
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@
<item><c><![CDATA[-stylesheet <css_file>]]></c>, points out a user HTML style sheet (see below).</item>
<item><c><![CDATA[-cover <cover_cfg_file>]]></c>, to perform code coverage test (see
<seealso marker="cover_chapter#cover">Code Coverage Analysis</seealso>).</item>
+ <item><c><![CDATA[-cover_stop <bool>]]></c>, to specify if the cover tool shall be stopped after the test is completed (see
+ <seealso marker="cover_chapter#cover_stop">Code Coverage Analysis</seealso>).</item>
<item><c><![CDATA[-event_handler <event_handlers>]]></c>, to install
<seealso marker="event_handler_chapter#event_handling">event handlers</seealso>.</item>
<item><c><![CDATA[-event_handler_init <event_handlers>]]></c>, to install
@@ -658,6 +660,9 @@
{cover, CoverSpecFile}.
{cover, NodeRefs, CoverSpecFile}.
+ {cover_stop, Bool}.
+ {cover_stop, NodeRefs, Bool}.
+
{include, IncludeDirs}.
{include, NodeRefs, IncludeDirs}.