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diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_sctp.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_sctp.xml
index 737800c6b1..1e08b25f66 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_sctp.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_sctp.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2007</year><year>2016</year>
+ <year>2007</year><year>2018</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -331,6 +331,37 @@ connect(Socket, Ip, Port>,
with <anno>SockType</anno> <c>seqpacket</c>, and with reasonably large
<seealso marker="inet#option-sndbuf">kernel</seealso> and driver
<seealso marker="inet#option-buffer">buffers</seealso>.</p>
+ <p>
+ If the socket is in
+ <seealso marker="#option-active">passive</seealso>
+ mode data can be received through the
+ <seealso marker="#recv/1"><c>recv/1,2</c></seealso>
+ calls.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ If the socket is in
+ <seealso marker="#option-active">active</seealso>
+ mode data received data is delivered to the controlling process
+ as messages:
+ </p>
+ <code type="none">
+{sctp, <anno>Socket</anno>, FromIP, FromPort, {AncData, Data}}
+ </code>
+ <p>
+ See
+ <seealso marker="#recv/1"><c>recv/1,2</c></seealso>
+ for a description of the message fields.
+ </p>
+ <note>
+ <p>
+ This message format unfortunately differs slightly from the
+ <seealso marker="gen_udp#open/1"><c>gen_udp</c></seealso>
+ message format with ancillary data,
+ and from the
+ <seealso marker="#recv/1"><c>recv/1,2</c></seealso>
+ return tuple format.
+ </p>
+ </note>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -380,6 +411,19 @@ connect(Socket, Ip, Port>,
socket option
<seealso marker="#option-sctp_get_peer_addr_info"><c>sctp_get_peer_addr_info</c></seealso>,
but this does still not produce the stream number).</p>
+ <p>
+ <c><anno>AncData</anno></c> may also contain
+ <seealso marker="inet#type-ancillary_data">
+ ancillary data
+ </seealso>
+ from the socket
+ <seealso marker="#type-option">options</seealso>
+ <seealso marker="inet#option-recvtos"><c>recvtos</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="inet#option-recvtclass"><c>recvtclass</c></seealso>
+ or
+ <seealso marker="inet#option-recvttl"><c>recvttl</c></seealso>,
+ if that is supported by the platform for the socket.
+ </p>
<p>The <c><anno>Data</anno></c> received can be a <c>binary()</c>
or a <c>list()</c> of bytes (integers in the range 0 through 255)
depending on the socket mode, or an SCTP event.</p>
@@ -544,12 +588,25 @@ connect(Socket, Ip, Port>,
<seealso marker="#recv/1"><c>recv</c></seealso> call
to retrieve the available data from the socket.</p>
</item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ If <c>true|once|N</c> (active modes)
+ received data or events are sent to the owning process.
+ See <seealso marker="#open/0"><c>open/0..2</c></seealso>
+ for the message format.
+ </p>
+ </item>
<item>
- <p>If <c>true</c> (full active mode), the pending data or events are
- sent to the owning process.</p>
- <p>Notice that this can cause the message queue to overflow,
- as there is no way to throttle the sender in this case
- (no flow control).</p>
+ <p>
+ If <c>true</c> (full active mode) there is no flow control.
+ </p>
+ <note>
+ <p>
+ Note that this can cause the message queue to overflow
+ causing for example the virtual machine
+ to run out of memory and crash.
+ </p>
+ </note>
</item>
<item>
<p>If <c>once</c>, only one message is automatically placed