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diff --git a/lib/diameter/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/diameter/doc/src/notes.xml index d241e2bd19..e750b56f1e 100644 --- a/lib/diameter/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/diameter/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ <header> <copyright> <year>2011</year> -<year>2012</year> +<year>2013</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -42,7 +42,433 @@ first.</p> <!-- ===================================================================== --> -<section><title>Diameter 1.3.1</title> +<section><title>diameter 1.4.2</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fix handling of 5014 (INVALID_AVP_LENGTH) errors.</p> + <p> + This was in some cases reported as 3009 + (INVALID_AVP_BITS).</p> + <p> + Note that the correction is partially implemented in + modules generated by diameterc(1): a dictionary file must + be recompiled for the correction to apply to any messages + it defines.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11007</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix faulty capitalization in release notes.</p> + <p> + Diameter = the protocol.<br/> diameter = the Erlang + application.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11014</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix watchdog memory leak.</p> + <p> + Entries were not removed from a service-specific ets + table, causing them to be orphaned at connection + reestablishment for listening transports, and + diameter:remove_transport/2 for both listening and + connecting transports.</p> + <p> + The fault was introduced by OTP-10692 in diameter-1.4.1 + (R16B).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11019 Aux Id: OTP-10692 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix decode failure on AVP Length < 8.</p> + <p> + The failure caused the message in question to be + discarded.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11026</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Respect Host-IP-Address configuration.</p> + <p> + Addresses returned from a transport module were always + used to populate Host-IP-Address AVP's in an outgoing + CER/CEA, which precluded the sending of a VIP address. + Transport addresses are now only used if Host-IP-Address + is unspecified.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11045</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix mkdir race.</p> + <p> + Install could fail if examples/code and examples/dict + were created in parallel. Noticed on FreeBSD.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11051</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix recognition of 5001 on mandatory AVP's.</p> + <p> + An AVP setting the M-bit was not regarded as erroneous if + it was defined in the dictionary in question and its + container (message or Grouped AVP) had an 'AVP' field. + It's now regarded as a 5001 error (AVP_UNSUPPORTED), as + in the case that the AVP is not defined.</p> + <p> + Note that the correction is partially implemented in + modules generated by diameterc(1): a dictionary file must + be recompiled for the correction to apply to any messages + it defines.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11087</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix setting of Failed-AVP on handle_request + {answer_message, 5xxx} return.</p> + <p> + Failed-AVP was never in the outgoing answer-message. It + is now set with the AVP from the first entry with the + specified Result-Code in the errors field of the incoming + diameter_packet, if found.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11092</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix watchdog function_clause</p> + <p> + A listening transport on a service that allowed multiple + connections to the same peer could result in a + function_clause error in module diameter_watchdog. The + resulting crash was harmless but unseemly.</p> + <p> + Thanks to Aleksander Nycz.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11115</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix population of Failed-AVP.</p> + <p> + In cases in which diameter populated this AVP, many + values were sent instead of one as suggested by RFC 6733. + This was partially corrected by OTP-11007.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11127 Aux Id: OTP-11007 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix list-valued Vendor-Specific-Application-Id config</p> + <p> + R16B (specifically, OTP-10760) broke the handling of such + configuration, resulting in a function clause error if + the list was not of length 3, and faulty interpretation + of the list's contents otherwise. Only record-valued + configuration was properly interpreted.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11165</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Allow peer connections to be shared between Erlang nodes + for the purpose of sending outgoing requests.</p> + <p> + A diameter_app(3) pick_peer/4 callback gets a list of + remote candidates as argument, allowing a callback on one + node to select a transport connection established on + another node. The service_opt() share_peers controls the + extent to which local connections are shared with remote + nodes. The service_opt() use_shared_peers controls the + extent to which connections shared from remote nodes are + utilized on the local node.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9610</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Allow listening diameter_{tcp,sctp} transports to be + configured with remote addresses.</p> + <p> + Option 'accept' allows remote addresses to be configured + as tuples or regular expressions. Remote addresses are + matched against the configured values at connection + establishment, any non-matching address causing the + connection to be aborted.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10893</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Detect more transport_opt() configuration errors at + diameter:add_transport/2.</p> + <p> + Many errors would previously not be detected until + transport start, diameter:add_transport/2 returning 'ok' + but transport connections failing to be established. An + error tuple is now returned.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10972</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Make explicit local address configuration optional in + diameter_tcp:start/3.</p> + <p> + The default address (as determined by gen_tcp) is now + used when a local address is not explicitly configured.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10986</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Improve handling of unrecognized service options.</p> + <p> + Such options were silently ignored by + diameter:start_service/2. An error tuple is now returned.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11017</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Don't send default Inband-Security-Id in CER/CEA.</p> + <p> + RFC 6733 recommends against the use of + Inband-Security-Id. Only send a value that differs from + the default, NO_INBAND_SECURITY = 0.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11050</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Make spawn options for request processes configurable.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11060</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>diameter 1.4.1.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fix broken Vendor-Specific-Application-Id configuration.</p> + <p> + RFC 6733 changed the definition of this Grouped AVP, + changing the arity of Vendor-Id from 1* to 1. A component + Vendor-Id can now be either list- or integer-valued in + service and transport configuration, allowing it to be + used with both RFC 3588 and RFC 6733 dictionaries.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10942</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Add transport_opt() watchdog_config to allow non-standard + behaviour of the watchdog state machine.</p> + <p> + This can be useful during test but should not be used on + nodes that must conform to RFC 3539.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10898</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>diameter 1.4.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fix erroneous watchdog transition from DOWN to INITIAL.</p> + <p> + This transition took place when a peer connection was + reestablished following a failed capabilities exchange. + RFC 3539 requires DOWN to transition into REOPEN.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10692</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Add application_opt() request_errors to make the handling + of incoming requests containing decode errors + configurable.</p> + <p> + The value 'callback' ensures that a handle_request + callback takes place for all such requests, the default + being for diameter to answer 3xxx series errors itself.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10686</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add transport_opt() length_errors.</p> + <p> + The value determines how messages received over the + transport interface with an incorrect Message Length are + dealt with.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10687</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add commentary on RFC 6733 to Standards Compliance + chapter of the User's Guide.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10688</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Allow a 5xxx result code in an answer-message on peer + connections using the RFC 6733 common dictionary.</p> + <p> + RFC 6733 allows this while RFC 3588 does not. A + handle_request callback can return {answer_message, + 3000..3999|5000..5999} in the simplest case.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10759</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add dictionaries for RFC 6733.</p> + <p> + Both the common and accounting dictionaries differ from + their RFC 3588 counterparts, which is reflected in + generated record definitions. Application configuration + on a service or transport determines the dictionary that + will be used on a given peer connection.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10760</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Allow a handle_request callback to control diameter's + setting of Result-Code and Failed-AVP.</p> + <p> + Setting errors = false in a returned #diameter_packet{} + disables the setting.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10761</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>diameter 1.4</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Add registered server names to the app file.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10442</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix #diameter_header{} handling broken by OTP-10445.</p> + <p> + The fault caused the the header of a [Header | Avps] + request to be ignored if both end_to_end_id and + hop_by_hop_id were undefined.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10609</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix error handling for handle_request callback.</p> + <p> + A callback that returned a #diameter_packet{} would fail + if the incoming request had decode errors.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10614</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix timing of service start event.</p> + <p> + The event did not necessarily precede other events as + documented.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10618</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix setting of header T flag at peer failover.</p> + <p> + The flag is now set in the diameter_header record passed + to a prepare_retransmit callback.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10619</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix sending of CER/CEA timeout event at capx_timeout.</p> + <p> + The event was not sent as documented.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10628</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix improper setting of Application-ID in the Diameter + header of an answer message whose E flag is set.</p> + <p> + The value should be that of the request in question. The + fault caused it always to be 0.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10655</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix faulty handling of AVP length errors.</p> + <p> + An incorrect AVP length but no other errors caused an + incoming request to fail.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10693</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>diameter 1.3.1</title> <section><title>Known Bugs and Problems</title> <list> @@ -58,7 +484,7 @@ first.</p> </section> -<section><title>Diameter 1.3</title> +<section><title>diameter 1.3</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> <list> @@ -215,7 +641,7 @@ first.</p> </section> -<section><title>Diameter 1.2</title> +<section><title>diameter 1.2</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> <list> @@ -315,7 +741,7 @@ first.</p> </section> -<section><title>Diameter 1.1</title> +<section><title>diameter 1.1</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> <list> @@ -342,7 +768,7 @@ first.</p> </section> -<section><title>Diameter 1.0</title> +<section><title>diameter 1.0</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> <list> @@ -456,7 +882,7 @@ first.</p> </section> -<section><title>Diameter 0.10</title> +<section><title>diameter 0.10</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> <list> |