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diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml index 9121186631..8e911a406b 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <chapter> <header> <copyright> - <year>2004</year><year>2011</year> + <year>2004</year><year>2012</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -30,6 +30,224 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to the Kernel application.</p> +<section><title>Kernel 2.15.2</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fixed issue where using controlling_process/2 with self() + as the second argument caused the port to leak if self() + crashes. (Thanks to Ricardo Catalinas Jim�nez)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10094</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + When sending large files using the file:sendfile fallback + file:sendfile would crash. This is now fixed.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10098</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix rpc:call/5 for local calls with a finite Timeout + (Thanks to Tomer Chachamu)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10149</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + fix escript/primary archive reloading</p> + <p> + If the mtime of an escript/primary archive file changes + after being added to the code path, correctly reload the + archive and update the cache. (Thanks to Tuncer Ayaz)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10151</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Support added for home directories named with non-ASCII + characters (codepoints above 127) on a system running in + Unicode file mode (e.g. on MacOSX or Linux with startup + arguments +fnu or +fna with the right LOCALE). Also + environment variables with Unicode content are supported + in applicable environments.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10160</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Allow mixed IPv4 and IPv6 addresses to sctp_bindx</p> + <p> + Also allow mixed address families to bind, since the + first address on a multihomed sctp socket must be bound + with bind, while the rest are to be bound using + sctp_bindx. At least Linux supports adding address of + mixing families. Make inet_set_faddress function + available also when HAVE_SCTP is not defined, since we + use it to find an address for bind to be able to mix ipv4 + and ipv6 addresses. Thanks to Tomas Abrahamsson</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10217</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>Document inet options: high_watermark, priority, + linger and a some other options that previously was + undocumented.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10053</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Remove bit8 option support from inet</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10056</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> The type of the disk log header has been corrected. + (Thanks to Niclas Eklund.) </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10131</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Kernel 2.15.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Driver output has been corrected so output of large + binaries (> 4 GiB) now does not silently fail or crash + the emulator, but either outputs the binary or fails the + call. This means that writing a binary > 4 Gib to file + now works but on e.g 64-bit Windows (that has + scatter/gather I/O buffer segment lengths of 32 bits) + fails. The behaviour may change in the future to always + write the binary, in parts if necessary.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9820 Aux Id: OTP-9795 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + erts: minor fix for unnecessary condition erts: change + SENDFILE_CHUNK_SIZE from signed to unsigned (Thanks to + jovi zhang)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9872</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Two contracts in <c>gen_sctp</c> have been corrected. + </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9874</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>If a process calls a module with an running on_load + handler, the process is supposed to be suspended. But if + the module with the on_load handler was loading used + <c>code:load_binary/3</c>, the call would instead fail + with an <c>undef</c> exception.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9875</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + File name and error reason is now returned if creation of + a cookie fails. (Thanks to Magnus Henoch)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9954</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix port leak in <c>zlib</c> when passing invalid data to + <c>compress,uncompress,zip,unzip,gzip,gunzip</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9981</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Various typographical errors corrected in documentation + for the global, error_logger, etop, lists, ets and + supervisor modules and in the c_portdriver and kernel_app + documentation. (Thanks to Ricardo Catalinas Jim�nez)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9987</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Fix returned error from gen_tcp:accept/1,2 when + running out of ports + <p> + The {error, enfile} return value is badly misleading and + confusing for this case, since the Posix ENFILE errno + value has a well-defined meaning that has nothing to do + with Erlang ports. The fix changes the return value to + {error, system_limit}, which is consistent with e.g. + various file(3) functions. inet:format_error/1 has also + been updated to support system_limit in the same manner + as file:format_error/1. (Thanks to Per Hedeland)</p></p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9990</p> + </item> + <item> + <p><c>erts_debug:size/1</c> has been corrected to take + sharing in the environment of funs into account. For funs + it used to always give the same result as + <c>erts_debug:flat_size/1</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9991</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + In some cases when the process doing file:sendfile + crashes while sending the file the efile_drv code would + not clean up after itself correctly. This has now been + fixed.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9993</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + On BSD based platforms file:sendfile would sometime go + into an infinite loop when sending big files. This has + now been fixed.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9994</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>While <c>disk_log</c> eagerly collects logged terms + for better performance, collecting too much data may + choke the system and cause huge binaries to be + written.</p> + <p>The problem was addressed in OTP-9764, but the + situation was not improved in all cases.</p> + <p>(Thanks to Richard Carlsson.)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9999 Aux Id: OTP-9764 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The documentation of .app files incorrectly said that the + default value for the <c>mod</c> parameter is + <c>undefined</c>. This is now corrected to <c>[]</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10002</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>Kernel 2.15</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> |