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diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
index 77a8caaaf6..088d78c1d6 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
@@ -4,20 +4,21 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1997</year><year>2013</year>
+ <year>1997</year><year>2015</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
- The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License,
- Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
- compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the
- Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be
- retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/.
+ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
- basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See
- the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations
- under the License.
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ limitations under the License.
</legalnotice>
@@ -116,8 +117,9 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
</desc>
</datatype>
<datatype>
- <name><marker id="type-socket">socket()</marker></name>
- <desc><p>See <seealso marker="gen_tcp#type-socket">gen_tcp(3)</seealso>
+ <name>socket()</name>
+ <desc><p><marker id="type-socket"></marker>
+ See <seealso marker="gen_tcp#type-socket">gen_tcp(3)</seealso>
and <seealso marker="gen_udp#type-socket">gen_udp(3)</seealso>.</p>
</desc>
</datatype>
@@ -221,7 +223,7 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
</p>
<p>
Do not rely too much on the order of <c><anno>Flag</anno></c> atoms or
- <c><anno>Ifopt</anno></c> tuples. There are some rules, though:
+ <c><anno>Ifopt</anno></c> tuples. There are some rules, though:</p>
<list>
<item>
Immediately after <c>{addr,_}</c> follows <c>{netmask,_}</c>
@@ -237,7 +239,6 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
tuple concerns that address.
</item>
</list>
- </p>
<p>
The <c>{hwaddr,_}</c> tuple is not returned on Solaris since the
hardware address historically belongs to the link layer and only
@@ -378,14 +379,14 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
<name name="ntoa" arity="1" />
<fsummary>Convert IPv6 / IPV4 adress to ascii</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Parses an <a href="#type-ip_address">ip_address()</a> and returns an IPv4 or IPv6 address string.</p>
+ <p>Parses an <seealso marker="#type-ip_address">ip_address()</seealso> and returns an IPv4 or IPv6 address string.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name name="parse_ipv4_address" arity="1" />
<fsummary>Parse an IPv4 address</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Parses an IPv4 address string and returns an <a href="#type-ip4_address">ip4_address()</a>.
+ <p>Parses an IPv4 address string and returns an <seealso marker="#type-ip4_address">ip4_address()</seealso>.
Accepts a shortened IPv4 shortened address string.</p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -393,14 +394,14 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
<name name="parse_ipv4strict_address" arity="1" />
<fsummary>Parse an IPv4 address strict.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Parses an IPv4 address string containing four fields, i.e <b>not</b> shortened, and returns an <a href="#type-ip4_adress">ip4_address()</a>.</p>
+ <p>Parses an IPv4 address string containing four fields, i.e <em>not</em> shortened, and returns an <seealso marker="#type-ip4_address">ip4_address()</seealso>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name name="parse_ipv6_address" arity="1" />
<fsummary>Parse an IPv6 address</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Parses an IPv6 address string and returns an <a href="#type-ip6_address">ip6_address()</a>.
+ <p>Parses an IPv6 address string and returns an <seealso marker="#type-ip6_address">ip6_address()</seealso>.
If an IPv4 address string is passed, an IPv4-mapped IPv6 address is returned.</p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -408,22 +409,22 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
<name name="parse_ipv6strict_address" arity="1" />
<fsummary>Parse an IPv6 address strict.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Parses an IPv6 address string and returns an <a href="#type-ip6_address">ip6_address()</a>.
- Does <b>not</b> accept IPv4 adresses.</p>
+ <p>Parses an IPv6 address string and returns an <seealso marker="#type-ip6_address">ip6_address()</seealso>.
+ Does <em>not</em> accept IPv4 adresses.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name name="parse_address" arity="1" />
<fsummary>Parse an IPv4 or IPv6 address.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Parses an IPv4 or IPv6 address string and returns an <a href="#type-ip4_address">ip4_address()</a> or <a href="#type-ip6_address">ip6_address()</a>. Accepts a shortened IPv4 address string.</p>
+ <p>Parses an IPv4 or IPv6 address string and returns an <seealso marker="#type-ip4_address">ip4_address()</seealso> or <seealso marker="#type-ip6_address">ip6_address()</seealso>. Accepts a shortened IPv4 address string.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name name="parse_strict_address" arity="1" />
<fsummary>Parse an IPv4 or IPv6 address strict.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Parses an IPv4 or IPv6 address string and returns an <a href="#type-ip4_address">ip4_address()</a> or <a href="#type-ip6_adress">ip6_address()</a>. Does <b>not</b> accept a shortened IPv4 address string.</p>
+ <p>Parses an IPv4 or IPv6 address string and returns an <seealso marker="#type-ip4_address">ip4_address()</seealso> or <seealso marker="#type-ip6_address">ip6_address()</seealso>. Does <em>not</em> accept a shortened IPv4 address string.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
@@ -861,10 +862,10 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
<c>CAP_SYS_ADMIN</c> according to the documentation for setns(2).
However, during testing also <c>CAP_SYS_PTRACE</c>
and <c>CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH</c> has proven to be necessary.
- Example:<code>
+ Example:</p><code>
setcap cap_sys_admin,cap_sys_ptrace,cap_dac_read_search+epi beam.smp
</code>
- Note also that the filesystem containing the virtual machine
+ <p>Note also that the filesystem containing the virtual machine
executable (<c>beam.smp</c> in the example above) has to be local,
mounted without the <c>nosetuid</c> flag,
support extended attributes and that
@@ -980,6 +981,11 @@ setcap cap_sys_admin,cap_sys_ptrace,cap_dac_read_search+epi beam.smp
indicated length are accepted and not considered invalid due
to internal buffer limitations.</p>
</item>
+ <tag><c>{line_delimiter, Char}</c>(TCP/IP sockets)</tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Sets the line delimiting character for line oriented protocols
+ (<c>line</c>). Default value is <c>$\n</c>.</p>
+ </item>
<tag><c>{priority, Priority}</c></tag>
<item> <p>Set the protocol-defined priority for all packets to be sent
@@ -1037,6 +1043,36 @@ setcap cap_sys_admin,cap_sys_ptrace,cap_dac_read_search+epi beam.smp
<marker id="option-sndbuf"></marker>
</item>
+ <tag><c>{show_econnreset, Boolean}</c>(TCP/IP sockets)</tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>When this option is set to <c>false</c>, as it is by
+ default, an RST that is received from the TCP peer is treated
+ as a normal close (as though a FIN was sent). A caller
+ to <seealso marker="gen_tcp#recv/2">gen_tcp:recv/2</seealso>
+ will get <c>{error, closed}</c>. In active
+ mode the controlling process will receive a
+ <c>{tcp_close, Socket}</c> message, indicating that the
+ peer has closed the connection.</p>
+ <p>Setting this option to <c>true</c> will allow you to
+ distinguish between a connection that was closed normally,
+ and one which was aborted (intentionally or unintentionally)
+ by the TCP peer. A call to
+ <seealso marker="gen_tcp#recv/2">gen_tcp:recv/2</seealso>
+ will return <c>{error, econnreset}</c>. In
+ active mode, the controlling process will receive a
+ <c>{tcp_error, Socket, econnreset}</c> message
+ before the usual <c>{tcp_closed, Socket}</c>, as is
+ the case for any other socket error. Calls to
+ <seealso marker="gen_tcp#send/2">gen_tcp:send/2</seealso>
+ will also return <c>{error, econnreset}</c> when it
+ is detected that a TCP peer has sent an RST.</p>
+ <p>A connected socket returned from
+ <seealso marker="gen_tcp#accept/1">gen_tcp:accept/1</seealso>
+ will inherit the <c>show_econnreset</c> setting from the
+ listening socket.</p>
+ <marker id="option-show_econnreset"></marker>
+ </item>
+
<tag><c>{sndbuf, Size}</c></tag>
<item>
<p>The minimum size of the send buffer to use for the socket.