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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/diameter/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter.xml | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_codec.xml | 19 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_dict.xml | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/diameter/doc/src/notes.xml | 70 |
4 files changed, 99 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter.xml b/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter.xml index 72181a42b0..2cbe48ecce 100644 --- a/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter.xml +++ b/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter.xml @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ <copyright> <year>2011</year> -<year>2016</year> +<year>2017</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -300,6 +300,17 @@ corresponding list of filters. Defaults to <c>none</c>.</p> </item> +<tag><c>{peer, &app_peer_ref;}</c></tag> +<item> +<p> +Peer to which the request in question can be sent, preempting the +selection of peers having advertised support for the Diameter +application in question. +Multiple options can be specified, and their order is +respected in the candidate lists passed to a subsequent +&app_pick_peer; callback.</p> +</item> + <tag><c>{timeout, &dict_Unsigned32;}</c></tag> <item> <p> diff --git a/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_codec.xml b/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_codec.xml index 91e96058dd..0117c1c88a 100644 --- a/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_codec.xml +++ b/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_codec.xml @@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> -<year>2012</year><year>2016</year> +<year>2012</year> +<year>2017</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -53,17 +54,17 @@ communicated to &man_app; callbacks. Similarly, outgoing Diameter messages are encoded into binary() before being passed to the appropriate &man_transport; module for transmission. -The functions in this module implement this encode/decode.</p> +The functions documented here implement the default encode/decode.</p> -<note> +<warning> <p> -Calls to this module are made by diameter itself as a consequence of -configuration passed to &mod_start_service;. -The encode/decode functions may also be useful for other purposes (eg. -test) but the diameter user does not need to call them explicitly when +The diameter user does not need to call functions here explicitly when sending and receiving messages using &mod_call; and the callback -interface documented in &man_app;.</p> -</note> +interface documented in &man_app;: diameter itself provides encode/decode +as a consequence of configuration passed to &mod_start_service;, and +the results may differ from those returned by the functions documented +here, depending on configuration.</p> +</warning> <p> The &header; and &packet; records below diff --git a/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_dict.xml b/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_dict.xml index 9584d682c2..94016d9466 100644 --- a/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_dict.xml +++ b/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_dict.xml @@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ <header> <copyright> -<year>2011</year><year>2016</year> +<year>2011</year> +<year>2017</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -307,11 +308,11 @@ The P flag has been deprecated by &the_rfc;.</p> <p> Specifies AVPs for which module Mod provides encode/decode functions. The section contents consists of AVP names. -For each such name, <c>Mod:Name(encode|decode, Type, Data)</c> is +For each such name, <c>Mod:Name(encode|decode, Type, Data, Opts)</c> is expected to provide encode/decode for values of the AVP, where Name is the name of the AVP, Type is it's type as declared in the -<c>@avp_types</c> section of the dictionary and Data is the value to -encode/decode.</p> +<c>@avp_types</c> section of the dictionary, Data is the value to +encode/decode, and Opts is a term that is passed through encode/decode.</p> <p> Example:</p> @@ -328,8 +329,8 @@ Framed-IP-Address <item> <p> Like <c>@custom_types</c> but requires the specified module to export -<c>Mod:Type(encode|decode, Name, Data)</c> rather than -<c>Mod:Name(encode|decode, Type, Data)</c>.</p> +<c>Mod:Type(encode|decode, Name, Data, Opts)</c> rather than +<c>Mod:Name(encode|decode, Type, Data, Opts)</c>.</p> <p> Example:</p> diff --git a/lib/diameter/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/diameter/doc/src/notes.xml index 50f568abaa..60478606ad 100644 --- a/lib/diameter/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/diameter/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -43,6 +43,76 @@ first.</p> <!-- ===================================================================== --> +<section><title>diameter 2.0</title> + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Let candidate peers be passed to diameter:call/4</p> + <p> + With call option peer, to allow a request to be sent to a + peer that hasn't advertised support for the application + in question.</p> + <p> + RFC 6733 2.4 requires a node to send the application + identifiers of all locally supported applications at + capabilities exchange, but not all nodes respect this for + the common application, and diameter itself will send + D[WP][RA] without the common application having been + explicitly advertised. Regarding the common application + as implicit renders Result-Code 5010 + (DIAMETER_NO_COMMON_APPLICATION) meaningless however, so + allow any request to be sent as long as there is a + configured dictionary to support it.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14338</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Improve performance of message encode/decode and related + handling.</p> + <p> + Dictionaries using @custom_types or @codecs will need to + adapt the corresponding functions to accept an additional + argument that is now passed through encode/decode, which + was required to remove various process dictionary-based + workarounds that have been used to solve problems in the + past.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14343</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add transport options to avoid deadlock and allow for + load regulation.</p> + <p> + Both diameter_tcp and diameter_sctp now accept two new + configuration options: sender and message_cb. The former + causes outgoing sends to take place in a dedicated + process, to avoid the possibility of deadlock when both + the transport process and its peer block in send. The + latter allows a callback to control the reading of + messages on the socket, to allow for backpressure towards + peers when the rate of incoming traffic is greater than + can otherwise be handled.</p> + <p> + Neither of these options are yet documented, but are + unlikely to change unless problems are discovered. The + sender option is not the default since it should probably + always be used in combination with message_cb, to prevent + incoming requests from being read at a higher rate than a + peer allows outgoing answers to be sent.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14455 Aux Id: ERL-332 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>diameter 1.12.2</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> |