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diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml index 5bcc0b7c09..975518d791 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>2016</year> + <year>2004</year><year>2017</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -31,6 +31,213 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to the Kernel application.</p> +<section><title>Kernel 5.3</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fix bug where gethostname would incorrectly fail with + enametoolong on Linux.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14310</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix bug causing <c>code:is_module_native</c> to falsely + return true when <c>local</c> call trace is enabled for + the module.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14390</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add early reject of invalid node names from distributed + nodes.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14426</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Since Unicode is now allowed in atoms an extra check is + needed for node names, which are restricted to Latin-1.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13805</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Replaced usage of deprecated symbolic <seealso + marker="erts:erlang#type-time_unit"><c>time + unit</c></seealso> representations.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13831 Aux Id: OTP-13735 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p><c>file:write_file(Name, Data, [raw])</c> would turn + <c>Data</c> into a single binary before writing. This + meant it could not take advantage of the <c>writev()</c> + system call if it was given a list of binaries and told + to write with <c>raw</c> mode.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13909</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>The performance of the <c>disk_log</c> has been + somewhat improved in some corner cases (big items), and + the documentation has been clarified. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14057 Aux Id: PR-1245 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Functions for detecting changed code has been added. + <c>code:modified_modules/0</c> returns all currently + loaded modules that have changed on disk. + <c>code:module_status/1</c> returns the status for a + module. In the shell and in <c>c</c> module, <c>mm/0</c> + is short for <c>code:modified_modules/0</c>, and + <c>lm/0</c> reloads all currently loaded modules that + have changed on disk.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14059</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Introduce an event manager in Erlang to handle OS + signals. A subset of OS signals may be subscribed to and + those are described in the Kernel application.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14186</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Sockets can now be bound to device (SO_BINDTODEVICE) + on platforms where it is supported. </p> <p> This has + been implemented e.g to support VRF-Lite under Linux; see + <url + href="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/vrf.txt"> + VRF </url>, and GitHub pull request <url + href="https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/1326">#1326</url>. + </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14357 Aux Id: PR-1326 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Added option to store shell_history on disk so that the + history can be reused between sessions.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14409 Aux Id: PR-1420 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> The size of crash reports created by + <c>gen_server</c>, <c>gen_statem</c> and <c>proc_lib</c> + is limited with aid of the Kernel application variable + <c>error_logger_format_depth</c>. The purpose is to limit + the size of the <c>error_logger</c> process when + processes with huge message queues or states crash. </p> + <p> The new function + <c>error_logger:get_format_depth/0</c> can be used to + retrieve the value of the Kernel application variable + <c>error_logger_format_depth</c>. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14417</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> One of the ETS tables used by the <c>global</c> + module is created with <c>{read_concurrency, true}</c> in + order to reduce contention. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14419</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Warnings have been added to the relevant documentation + about not using un-secure distributed nodes in exposed + environments.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14425</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Kernel 5.2</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fix a race during cleanup of os:cmd that would cause + os:cmd to hang indefinitely.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14232 Aux Id: seq13275 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>The functions in the '<c>file</c>' module that take a + list of paths (e.g. <c>file:path_consult/2</c>) will now + continue to search in the path if the path contains + something that is not a directory.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14191</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Two OTP processes that are known to receive many + messages are 'rex' (used by 'rpc') and 'error_logger'. + Those processes will now store unprocessed messages + outside the process heap, which will potentially decrease + the cost of garbage collections.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14192</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Kernel 5.1.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + <c>code:add_pathsa/1</c> and command line option + <c>-pa</c> both revert the given list of directories when + adding it at the beginning of the code path. This is now + documented.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13920 Aux Id: ERL-267 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add lost runtime dependency to erts-8.1. This should have + been done in kernel-5.1 (OTP-19.1) as it cannot run + without at least erts-8.1 (OTP-19.1).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14003</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Type and doc for gen_{tcp,udp,sctp}:controlling_process/2 + has been improved.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14022 Aux Id: PR-1208 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>Kernel 5.1</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> @@ -75,7 +282,7 @@ <item> <p> Close stdin of commands run in os:cmd. This is a - backwards compatiblity fix that restores the behaviour of + backwards compatibility fix that restores the behaviour of pre 19.0 os:cmd.</p> <p> Own Id: OTP-13867 Aux Id: seq13178 </p> @@ -94,6 +301,14 @@ <p> Own Id: OTP-13564</p> </item> + <item> + <p> + Rudimentary support for DSCP has been implemented + in the guise of a <c>tclass</c> socket option + for IPv6 sockets.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13582</p> + </item> </list> </section> @@ -1412,7 +1627,7 @@ dependent, so applications aiming to be portable should consider using <c>{ipv6_v6only,true}</c> when creating an <c>inet6</c> listening/destination socket, and if - neccesary also create an <c>inet</c> socket on the same + necessary also create an <c>inet</c> socket on the same port for IPv4 traffic. See the documentation.</p> <p> Own Id: OTP-8928 Aux Id: kunagi-193 [104] </p> |