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-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/.gitignore1
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/Makefile48
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/application.xml121
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/auth.xml12
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/book.xml5
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml104
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/config.xml15
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/disk_log.xml74
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/erl_boot_server.xml12
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/erl_ddll.xml32
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/erl_epmd.xml104
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/error_handler.xml8
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/error_logger.xml371
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml399
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_sctp.xml111
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_tcp.xml52
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_udp.xml51
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/global.xml42
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/global_group.xml22
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml25
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml478
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/inet_res.xml46
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/introduction_chapter.xml63
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/kernel_app.xml230
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/logger.xml1355
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_arch.diabin0 -> 2527 bytes
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_arch.pngbin0 -> 117205 bytes
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_chapter.xml1399
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_disk_log_h.xml168
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_filters.xml254
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_formatter.xml354
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_std_h.xml217
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/net_adm.xml22
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/net_kernel.xml45
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml773
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/os.xml130
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/part.xml37
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/pg2.xml22
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/ref_man.xml12
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/rpc.xml67
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/seq_trace.xml31
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/specs.xml6
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/wrap_log_reader.xml12
43 files changed, 6370 insertions, 960 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/.gitignore b/lib/kernel/doc/src/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c2813ac866
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.eps \ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/Makefile b/lib/kernel/doc/src/Makefile
index 0759f362d4..f8867ccf25 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/Makefile
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#
# %CopyrightBegin%
#
-# Copyright Ericsson AB 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.
+# Copyright Ericsson AB 1997-2018. All Rights Reserved.
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ XML_REF3_FILES = application.xml \
disk_log.xml \
erl_boot_server.xml \
erl_ddll.xml \
+ erl_epmd.xml \
erl_prim_loader_stub.xml \
erlang_stub.xml \
error_handler.xml \
@@ -56,6 +57,11 @@ XML_REF3_FILES = application.xml \
inet.xml \
inet_res.xml \
init_stub.xml \
+ logger.xml \
+ logger_std_h.xml \
+ logger_disk_log_h.xml \
+ logger_filters.xml \
+ logger_formatter.xml \
net_adm.xml \
net_kernel.xml \
os.xml \
@@ -70,11 +76,18 @@ XML_REF4_FILES = app.xml config.xml
XML_REF6_FILES = kernel_app.xml
-XML_PART_FILES =
-XML_CHAPTER_FILES = notes.xml
+XML_PART_FILES = part.xml
+XML_CHAPTER_FILES = \
+ notes.xml \
+ introduction_chapter.xml \
+ logger_chapter.xml
BOOK_FILES = book.xml
+# The .png file is generated from a .dia file with target 'update_png'
+IMAGE_FILES = \
+ logger_arch.png
+
XML_FILES = \
$(BOOK_FILES) $(XML_CHAPTER_FILES) \
$(XML_PART_FILES) $(XML_REF3_FILES) $(XML_REF4_FILES)\
@@ -100,6 +113,17 @@ SPECS_FILES = $(XML_REF3_FILES:%.xml=$(SPECDIR)/specs_%.xml)
TOP_SPECS_FILE = specs.xml
# ----------------------------------------------------
+# FIGURES
+# ----------------------------------------------------
+# In order to update the figures you have to have both dia
+# and imagemagick installed.
+# The generated .png file must be committed.
+
+update_png:
+ dia --export=logger_arch.eps logger_arch.dia
+ convert logger_arch.eps -resize 65% logger_arch.png
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------
# FLAGS
# ----------------------------------------------------
XML_FLAGS +=
@@ -111,7 +135,7 @@ SPECS_FLAGS = -I../../include
# ----------------------------------------------------
# Targets
# ----------------------------------------------------
-$(HTMLDIR)/%.gif: %.gif
+$(HTMLDIR)/%: %
$(INSTALL_DATA) $< $@
docs: man pdf html
@@ -120,33 +144,35 @@ $(TOP_PDF_FILE): $(XML_FILES)
pdf: $(TOP_PDF_FILE)
-html: gifs $(HTML_REF_MAN_FILE)
+html: images $(HTML_REF_MAN_FILE)
man: $(MAN3_FILES) $(MAN4_FILES) $(MAN6_FILES)
-gifs: $(GIF_FILES:%=$(HTMLDIR)/%)
+images: $(IMAGE_FILES:%=$(HTMLDIR)/%)
+
debug opt:
clean clean_docs:
rm -rf $(HTMLDIR)/*
+ rm -rf $(XMLDIR)
rm -f $(MAN3DIR)/*
rm -f $(MAN4DIR)/*
rm -f $(MAN6DIR)/*
rm -f $(TOP_PDF_FILE) $(TOP_PDF_FILE:%.pdf=%.fo)
rm -f $(SPECDIR)/*
- rm -f errs core *~
+ rm -f errs core *~ *.eps
$(SPECDIR)/specs_erl_prim_loader_stub.xml:
- escript $(SPECS_EXTRACTOR) $(SPECS_FLAGS) \
+ $(gen_verbose)escript $(SPECS_EXTRACTOR) $(SPECS_FLAGS) \
-o$(dir $@) -module erl_prim_loader_stub
$(SPECDIR)/specs_erlang_stub.xml:
- escript $(SPECS_EXTRACTOR) $(SPECS_FLAGS) \
+ $(gen_verbose)escript $(SPECS_EXTRACTOR) $(SPECS_FLAGS) \
-o$(dir $@) -module erlang_stub
$(SPECDIR)/specs_init_stub.xml:
- escript $(SPECS_EXTRACTOR) $(SPECS_FLAGS) \
+ $(gen_verbose)escript $(SPECS_EXTRACTOR) $(SPECS_FLAGS) \
-o$(dir $@) -module init_stub
$(SPECDIR)/specs_zlib_stub.xml:
- escript $(SPECS_EXTRACTOR) $(SPECS_FLAGS) \
+ $(gen_verbose)escript $(SPECS_EXTRACTOR) $(SPECS_FLAGS) \
-o$(dir $@) -module zlib_stub
# ----------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/application.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/application.xml
index 886286b76d..83a83ebad2 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/application.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/application.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1996</year><year>2016</year>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2018</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
<date></date>
<rev></rev>
</header>
- <module>application</module>
+ <module since="">application</module>
<modulesummary>Generic OTP application functions</modulesummary>
<description>
<p>In OTP, <em>application</em> denotes a component implementing
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@
</datatypes>
<funcs>
<func>
- <name name="ensure_all_started" arity="1"/>
- <name name="ensure_all_started" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="ensure_all_started" arity="1" since="OTP R16B02"/>
+ <name name="ensure_all_started" arity="2" since="OTP R16B02"/>
<fsummary>Load and start an application and its dependencies, recursively.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Equivalent to calling
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="ensure_started" arity="1"/>
- <name name="ensure_started" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="ensure_started" arity="1" since="OTP R16B01"/>
+ <name name="ensure_started" arity="2" since="OTP R16B01"/>
<fsummary>Load and start an application.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Equivalent to
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="get_all_env" arity="0"/>
- <name name="get_all_env" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="get_all_env" arity="0" since=""/>
+ <name name="get_all_env" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Get the configuration parameters for an application.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns the configuration parameters and their values for
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="get_all_key" arity="0"/>
- <name name="get_all_key" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="get_all_key" arity="0" since=""/>
+ <name name="get_all_key" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Get the application specification keys.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns the application specification keys and their values
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="get_application" arity="0"/>
- <name name="get_application" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="get_application" arity="0" since=""/>
+ <name name="get_application" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Get the name of an application containing a certain process or module.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns the name of the application to which the process
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="get_env" arity="1"/>
- <name name="get_env" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="get_env" arity="1" since=""/>
+ <name name="get_env" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Get the value of a configuration parameter.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns the value of configuration parameter <c><anno>Par</anno></c>
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="get_env" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="get_env" arity="3" since="OTP R16B"/>
<fsummary>Get the value of a configuration parameter using a default.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Works like <seealso marker="#get_env/2"><c>get_env/2</c></seealso> but returns
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="get_key" arity="1"/>
- <name name="get_key" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="get_key" arity="1" since=""/>
+ <name name="get_key" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Get the value of an application specification key.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns the value of the application specification key
@@ -180,8 +180,8 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="load" arity="1"/>
- <name name="load" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="load" arity="1" since=""/>
+ <name name="load" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Load an application.</fsummary>
<type name="application_spec"/>
<type name="application_opt"/>
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ Nodes = [cp1@cave, {cp2@cave, cp3@cave}]</code>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="loaded_applications" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="loaded_applications" arity="0" since=""/>
<fsummary>Get the currently loaded applications.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns a list with information about the applications, and included
@@ -238,7 +238,42 @@ Nodes = [cp1@cave, {cp2@cave, cp3@cave}]</code>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="permit" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="set_env" arity="1" since="OTP 21.3"/>
+ <name name="set_env" arity="2" since="OTP 21.3"/>
+ <fsummary>Sets the configuration parameters of multiple applications.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Sets the configuration <c><anno>Config</anno></c> for multiple
+ applications. It is equivalent to calling <c>set_env/4</c> on
+ each application individially, except it is more efficient.
+ The given <c><anno>Config</anno></c> is validated before the
+ configuration is set.</p>
+ <p><c>set_env/2</c> uses the standard <c>gen_server</c> time-out
+ value (5000 ms). Option <c>timeout</c> can be specified
+ if another time-out value is useful, for example, in situations
+ where the application controller is heavily loaded.</p>
+ <p>Option <c>persistent</c> can be set to <c>true</c>
+ to guarantee that parameters set with <c>set_env/2</c>
+ are not overridden by those defined in the application resource
+ file on load. This means that persistent values will stick after the application
+ is loaded and also on application reload.</p>
+ <p>If an application is given more than once or if an application
+ has the same key given more than once, the behaviour is undefined
+ and a warning message will be logged. In future releases, an error
+ will be raised.</p>
+ <p><c>set_env/1</c> is equivalent to <c>set_env(Config, [])</c>.</p>
+ <warning>
+ <p>Use this function only if you know what you are doing,
+ that is, on your own applications. It is very
+ application-dependent and
+ configuration parameter-dependent when and how often
+ the value is read by the application. Careless use
+ of this function can put the application in a
+ weird, inconsistent, and malfunctioning state.</p>
+ </warning>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ <func>
+ <name name="permit" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Change the permission for an application to run at a node.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Changes the permission for <c><anno>Application</anno></c> to run at
@@ -271,8 +306,8 @@ Nodes = [cp1@cave, {cp2@cave, cp3@cave}]</code>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="set_env" arity="3"/>
- <name name="set_env" arity="4"/>
+ <name name="set_env" arity="3" since=""/>
+ <name name="set_env" arity="4" since=""/>
<fsummary>Set the value of a configuration parameter.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Sets the value of configuration parameter <c><anno>Par</anno></c> for
@@ -302,8 +337,8 @@ Nodes = [cp1@cave, {cp2@cave, cp3@cave}]</code>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="start" arity="1"/>
- <name name="start" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="start" arity="1" since=""/>
+ <name name="start" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Load and start an application.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Starts <c><anno>Application</anno></c>. If it is not loaded,
@@ -318,8 +353,13 @@ Nodes = [cp1@cave, {cp2@cave, cp3@cave}]</code>
<c>{error,{not_started,App}}</c> is returned, where <c>App</c>
is the name of the missing application.</p>
<p>The application controller then creates an <em>application master</em>
- for the application. The application master is
- the group leader of all the processes in the application.
+ for the application. The application master becomes the
+ group leader of all the processes in the application. I/O is
+ forwarded to the previous group leader, though, this is just
+ a way to identify processes that belong to the application.
+ Used for example to find itself from any process, or,
+ reciprocally, to kill them all when it terminates.</p>
+ <p>
The application master starts the application by calling
the application callback function <c>Module:start/2</c> as
defined by the application specification key <c>mod</c>.</p>
@@ -348,7 +388,7 @@ Nodes = [cp1@cave, {cp2@cave, cp3@cave}]</code>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="start_type" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="start_type" arity="0" since=""/>
<fsummary>Get the start type of an ongoing application startup.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>This function is intended to be called by a process belonging
@@ -365,7 +405,7 @@ Nodes = [cp1@cave, {cp2@cave, cp3@cave}]</code>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="stop" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="stop" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Stop an application.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Stops <c><anno>Application</anno></c>. The application master calls
@@ -394,7 +434,7 @@ Nodes = [cp1@cave, {cp2@cave, cp3@cave}]</code>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="takeover" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="takeover" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Take over a distributed application.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Takes over the distributed application
@@ -419,7 +459,7 @@ Nodes = [cp1@cave, {cp2@cave, cp3@cave}]</code>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="unload" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="unload" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Unload an application.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Unloads the application specification for <c><anno>Application</anno></c>
@@ -430,8 +470,8 @@ Nodes = [cp1@cave, {cp2@cave, cp3@cave}]</code>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="unset_env" arity="2"/>
- <name name="unset_env" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="unset_env" arity="2" since=""/>
+ <name name="unset_env" arity="3" since=""/>
<fsummary>Unset the value of a configuration parameter.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Removes the configuration parameter <c><anno>Par</anno></c> and its value
@@ -454,8 +494,8 @@ Nodes = [cp1@cave, {cp2@cave, cp3@cave}]</code>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="which_applications" arity="0"/>
- <name name="which_applications" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="which_applications" arity="0" since=""/>
+ <name name="which_applications" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Get the currently running applications.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns a list with information about the applications that
@@ -479,7 +519,7 @@ Nodes = [cp1@cave, {cp2@cave, cp3@cave}]</code>
</section>
<funcs>
<func>
- <name>Module:start(StartType, StartArgs) -> {ok, Pid} | {ok, Pid, State} | {error, Reason}</name>
+ <name since="">Module:start(StartType, StartArgs) -> {ok, Pid} | {ok, Pid, State} | {error, Reason}</name>
<fsummary>Start an application.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>StartType = <seealso marker="#type-start_type"><c>start_type()</c></seealso></v>
@@ -521,7 +561,7 @@ Nodes = [cp1@cave, {cp2@cave, cp3@cave}]</code>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>Module:start_phase(Phase, StartType, PhaseArgs) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
+ <name since="">Module:start_phase(Phase, StartType, PhaseArgs) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
<fsummary>Extended start of an application.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Phase = atom()</v>
@@ -546,7 +586,7 @@ Nodes = [cp1@cave, {cp2@cave, cp3@cave}]</code>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>Module:prep_stop(State) -> NewState</name>
+ <name since="">Module:prep_stop(State) -> NewState</name>
<fsummary>Prepare an application for termination.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>State = NewState = term()</v>
@@ -564,7 +604,7 @@ Nodes = [cp1@cave, {cp2@cave, cp3@cave}]</code>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>Module:stop(State)</name>
+ <name since="">Module:stop(State)</name>
<fsummary>Clean up after termination of an application.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>State = term()</v>
@@ -580,7 +620,7 @@ Nodes = [cp1@cave, {cp2@cave, cp3@cave}]</code>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>Module:config_change(Changed, New, Removed) -> ok</name>
+ <name since="">Module:config_change(Changed, New, Removed) -> ok</name>
<fsummary>Update the configuration parameters for an application.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Changed = [{Par,Val}]</v>
@@ -608,4 +648,3 @@ Nodes = [cp1@cave, {cp2@cave, cp3@cave}]</code>
<seealso marker="app">app(4)</seealso></p>
</section>
</erlref>
-
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/auth.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/auth.xml
index 5901446960..a57da18de9 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/auth.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/auth.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
<date></date>
<rev></rev>
</header>
- <module>auth</module>
+ <module since="">auth</module>
<modulesummary>Erlang network authentication server.</modulesummary>
<description>
<p>This module is deprecated. For a description of the Magic
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
</datatypes>
<funcs>
<func>
- <name name="cookie" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="cookie" arity="0" since=""/>
<fsummary>Magic cookie for local node (deprecated).</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Use
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="cookie" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="cookie" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Set the magic for the local node (deprecated).</fsummary>
<type_desc variable="TheCookie">
The cookie can also be specified as a list with a single atom element.
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="is_auth" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="is_auth" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Status of communication authorization (deprecated).</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns <c>yes</c> if communication with <c><anno>Node</anno></c> is
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>node_cookie([Node, Cookie]) -> yes | no</name>
+ <name since="">node_cookie([Node, Cookie]) -> yes | no</name>
<fsummary>Set the magic cookie for a node and verify authorization (deprecated).</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Node = node()</v>
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="node_cookie" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="node_cookie" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Set the magic cookie for a node and verify authorization (deprecated).</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Sets the magic cookie of <c><anno>Node</anno></c> to
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/book.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/book.xml
index 81a87d126d..4b3573b9fe 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/book.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/book.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<book xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
<header titlestyle="normal">
<copyright>
- <year>1997</year><year>2016</year>
+ <year>1997</year><year>2018</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
<preamble>
<contents level="2"></contents>
</preamble>
+ <parts lift="yes">
+ <xi:include href="part.xml"/>
+ </parts>
<applications>
<xi:include href="ref_man.xml"/>
</applications>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml
index c94f612c01..85178da930 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1996</year><year>2017</year>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2018</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -28,32 +28,34 @@
<date></date>
<rev></rev>
</header>
- <module>code</module>
+ <module since="">code</module>
<modulesummary>Erlang code server.</modulesummary>
<description>
<p>This module contains the interface to the Erlang
<em>code server</em>, which deals with the loading of compiled
code into a running Erlang runtime system.</p>
- <p>The runtime system can be started in <em>embedded</em> or
- <em>interactive</em> mode. Which one is decided by command-line
+ <p>The runtime system can be started in <em>interactive</em> or
+ <em>embedded</em> mode. Which one is decided by the command-line
flag <c>-mode</c>:</p>
<pre>
% <input>erl -mode interactive</input></pre>
<p>The modes are as follows:</p>
<list type="bulleted">
<item>
- <p>In embedded mode, all code is loaded during system startup
- according to the boot script. (Code can also be loaded later
- by explicitly ordering the code server to do so).</p>
- </item>
- <item>
<p>In interactive mode, which is default, only some code is loaded
- during system startup, basically the modules needed by the runtime
+ during system startup, basically the modules needed by the runtime
system. Other code is dynamically loaded when first
referenced. When a call to a function in a certain module is
made, and the module is not loaded, the code server searches
for and tries to load the module.</p>
</item>
+ <item>
+ <p>In embedded mode, modules are not auto loaded. Trying to use
+ a module that has not been loaded results in an error. This mode is
+ recommended when the boot script loads all modules, as it is
+ typically done in OTP releases. (Code can still be loaded later
+ by explicitly ordering the code server to do so).</p>
+ </item>
</list>
<p>To prevent accidentally reloading of modules affecting the Erlang
runtime system, directories <c>kernel</c>, <c>stdlib</c>,
@@ -320,7 +322,7 @@ zip:create("mnesia-4.4.7.ez",
<funcs>
<func>
- <name name="set_path" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="set_path" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Set the code server search path.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Sets the code path to the list of directories <c><anno>Path</anno></c>.</p>
@@ -334,15 +336,15 @@ zip:create("mnesia-4.4.7.ez",
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="get_path" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="get_path" arity="0" since=""/>
<fsummary>Return the code server search path.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns the code path.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="add_path" arity="1"/>
- <name name="add_pathz" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="add_path" arity="1" since=""/>
+ <name name="add_pathz" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Add a directory to the end of the code path.</fsummary>
<type name="add_path_ret"/>
<desc>
@@ -355,7 +357,7 @@ zip:create("mnesia-4.4.7.ez",
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="add_patha" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="add_patha" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Add a directory to the beginning of the code path.</fsummary>
<type name="add_path_ret"/>
<desc>
@@ -368,8 +370,8 @@ zip:create("mnesia-4.4.7.ez",
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="add_paths" arity="1"/>
- <name name="add_pathsz" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="add_paths" arity="1" since=""/>
+ <name name="add_pathsz" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Add directories to the end of the code path.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Adds the directories in <c><anno>Dirs</anno></c> to the end of the code
@@ -379,7 +381,7 @@ zip:create("mnesia-4.4.7.ez",
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="add_pathsa" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="add_pathsa" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Add directories to the beginning of the code path.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Traverses <c><anno>Dirs</anno></c> and adds
@@ -395,7 +397,7 @@ zip:create("mnesia-4.4.7.ez",
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="del_path" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="del_path" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Delete a directory from the code path.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Deletes a directory from the code path. The argument can be
@@ -415,7 +417,7 @@ zip:create("mnesia-4.4.7.ez",
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="replace_path" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="replace_path" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Replace a directory with another in the code path.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Replaces an old occurrence of a directory
@@ -439,7 +441,7 @@ zip:create("mnesia-4.4.7.ez",
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="load_file" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="load_file" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Load a module.</fsummary>
<type name="load_ret"/>
<desc>
@@ -458,7 +460,7 @@ zip:create("mnesia-4.4.7.ez",
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="load_abs" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="load_abs" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Load a module, residing in a specified file.</fsummary>
<type name="load_ret"/>
<type name="loaded_filename"/>
@@ -475,7 +477,7 @@ zip:create("mnesia-4.4.7.ez",
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="ensure_loaded" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="ensure_loaded" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Ensure that a module is loaded.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Tries to load a module in the same way as
@@ -487,7 +489,7 @@ zip:create("mnesia-4.4.7.ez",
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="load_binary" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="load_binary" arity="3" since=""/>
<fsummary>Load object code for a module.</fsummary>
<type name="loaded_filename"/>
<type name="loaded_ret_atoms"/>
@@ -505,7 +507,7 @@ zip:create("mnesia-4.4.7.ez",
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="atomic_load" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="atomic_load" arity="1" since="OTP 19.0"/>
<fsummary>Load a list of modules atomically</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Tries to load all of the modules in the list
@@ -564,7 +566,7 @@ ok = code:finish_loading(Prepared),
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="prepare_loading" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="prepare_loading" arity="1" since="OTP 19.0"/>
<fsummary>Prepare a list of modules atomically</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Prepares to load the modules in the list
@@ -596,7 +598,7 @@ ok = code:finish_loading(Prepared),
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="finish_loading" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="finish_loading" arity="1" since="OTP 19.0"/>
<fsummary>Finish loading a list of prepared modules atomically</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Tries to load code for all modules that have been previously
@@ -625,7 +627,7 @@ ok = code:finish_loading(Prepared),
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="ensure_modules_loaded" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="ensure_modules_loaded" arity="1" since="OTP 19.0"/>
<fsummary>Ensure that a list of modules is loaded</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Tries to load any modules not already loaded in the list
@@ -637,7 +639,7 @@ ok = code:finish_loading(Prepared),
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="delete" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="delete" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Remove current code for a module.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Removes the current code for <c><anno>Module</anno></c>, that is,
@@ -650,7 +652,7 @@ ok = code:finish_loading(Prepared),
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="purge" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="purge" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Remove old code for a module.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Purges the code for <c><anno>Module</anno></c>, that is, removes code
@@ -666,7 +668,7 @@ ok = code:finish_loading(Prepared),
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="soft_purge" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="soft_purge" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Remove old code for a module, unless no process uses it.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Purges the code for <c><anno>Module</anno></c>, that is, removes code
@@ -681,7 +683,7 @@ ok = code:finish_loading(Prepared),
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="is_loaded" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="is_loaded" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Check if a module is loaded.</fsummary>
<type name="loaded_filename"/>
<type name="loaded_ret_atoms"/>
@@ -700,7 +702,7 @@ ok = code:finish_loading(Prepared),
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="all_loaded" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="all_loaded" arity="0" since=""/>
<fsummary>Get all loaded modules.</fsummary>
<type name="loaded_filename"/>
<type name="loaded_ret_atoms"/>
@@ -714,7 +716,7 @@ ok = code:finish_loading(Prepared),
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="which" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="which" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>The object code file of a module.</fsummary>
<type name="loaded_ret_atoms"/>
<desc>
@@ -729,7 +731,7 @@ ok = code:finish_loading(Prepared),
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="get_object_code" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="get_object_code" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Gets the object code for a module.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Searches the code path for the object code of module
@@ -748,7 +750,7 @@ rpc:call(Node, code, load_binary, [Module, Filename, Binary]),
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="root_dir" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="root_dir" arity="0" since=""/>
<fsummary>Root directory of Erlang/OTP.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns the root directory of Erlang/OTP, which is
@@ -760,7 +762,7 @@ rpc:call(Node, code, load_binary, [Module, Filename, Binary]),
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="lib_dir" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="lib_dir" arity="0" since=""/>
<fsummary>Library directory of Erlang/OTP.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns the library directory, <c>$OTPROOT/lib</c>, where
@@ -772,7 +774,7 @@ rpc:call(Node, code, load_binary, [Module, Filename, Binary]),
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="lib_dir" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="lib_dir" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Library directory for an application.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns the path
@@ -805,7 +807,7 @@ rpc:call(Node, code, load_binary, [Module, Filename, Binary]),
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="lib_dir" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="lib_dir" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Subdirectory for an application.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns the path to a subdirectory directly under the top
@@ -825,7 +827,7 @@ rpc:call(Node, code, load_binary, [Module, Filename, Binary]),
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="compiler_dir" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="compiler_dir" arity="0" since=""/>
<fsummary>Library directory for the compiler.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns the compiler library directory. Equivalent to
@@ -833,7 +835,7 @@ rpc:call(Node, code, load_binary, [Module, Filename, Binary]),
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="priv_dir" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="priv_dir" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Priv directory for an application.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns the path to the <c>priv</c> directory in an
@@ -844,7 +846,7 @@ rpc:call(Node, code, load_binary, [Module, Filename, Binary]),
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="objfile_extension" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="objfile_extension" arity="0" since=""/>
<fsummary>Object code file extension.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns the object code file extension corresponding to
@@ -852,7 +854,7 @@ rpc:call(Node, code, load_binary, [Module, Filename, Binary]),
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="stick_dir" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="stick_dir" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Mark a directory as sticky.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Marks <c><anno>Dir</anno></c> as sticky.</p>
@@ -860,7 +862,7 @@ rpc:call(Node, code, load_binary, [Module, Filename, Binary]),
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="unstick_dir" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="unstick_dir" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Remove a sticky directory mark.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Unsticks a directory that is marked as
@@ -869,7 +871,7 @@ rpc:call(Node, code, load_binary, [Module, Filename, Binary]),
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="is_sticky" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="is_sticky" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Test if a module is sticky.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns <c>true</c> if <c><anno>Module</anno></c> is the
@@ -880,7 +882,7 @@ rpc:call(Node, code, load_binary, [Module, Filename, Binary]),
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="where_is_file" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="where_is_file" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Full name of a file located in the code path.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Searches the code path for <c><anno>Filename</anno></c>, a file of
@@ -891,7 +893,7 @@ rpc:call(Node, code, load_binary, [Module, Filename, Binary]),
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="clash" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="clash" arity="0" since=""/>
<fsummary>Search for modules with identical names.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Searches all directories in the code path for module names with
@@ -899,7 +901,7 @@ rpc:call(Node, code, load_binary, [Module, Filename, Binary]),
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="module_status" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="module_status" arity="1" since="OTP 20.0"/>
<fsummary>Return the status of the module in relation to object file on disk.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns:</p>
@@ -932,7 +934,7 @@ rpc:call(Node, code, load_binary, [Module, Filename, Binary]),
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="modified_modules" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="modified_modules" arity="0" since="OTP 20.0"/>
<fsummary>Return a list of all modules modified on disk.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns the list of all currently loaded modules for which
@@ -941,7 +943,7 @@ rpc:call(Node, code, load_binary, [Module, Filename, Binary]),
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="is_module_native" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="is_module_native" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Test if a module has native code.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns:</p>
@@ -959,7 +961,7 @@ rpc:call(Node, code, load_binary, [Module, Filename, Binary]),
</func>
<func>
- <name name="get_mode" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="get_mode" arity="0" since="OTP R16B"/>
<fsummary>The mode of the code server.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns an atom describing the mode of the code server:
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/config.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/config.xml
index fdb2d29f63..714af93f4d 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/config.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/config.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<fileref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1997</year><year>2017</year>
+ <year>1997</year><year>2018</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@
data in the system configuration file <c>Name.config</c>.</p>
<p>Configuration parameter values in the configuration file
override the values in the application resource files (see
- <seealso marker="app"><c>app(4)</c></seealso>.
+ <seealso marker="app"><c>app(4)</c></seealso>).
The values in the configuration file can be
overridden by command-line flags (see
- <seealso marker="erts:erl"><c>erts:erl(1)</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <seealso marker="erts:erl"><c>erts:erl(1)</c></seealso>).</p>
<p>The value of a configuration parameter is retrieved by calling
<c>application:get_env/1,2</c>.</p>
</description>
@@ -86,8 +86,13 @@
<tag><c>File = string()</c></tag>
<item>Name of another <c>.config</c> file.
Extension <c>.config</c> can be omitted. It is
- recommended to use absolute paths. A relative path is
- relative the current working directory of the emulator.</item>
+ recommended to use absolute paths. If a relative path is used,
+ <c>File</c> is searched, first, relative from <c>sys.config</c> directory, then relative
+ to the current working directory of the emulator, for backward compatibility.
+ This allow to use a <c>sys.config</c> pointing out other <c>.config</c> files in a release
+ or in a node started manually using <c>-config ...</c> with same result whatever
+ the current working directory.
+ </item>
</taglist>
<p>When traversing the contents of <c>sys.config</c> and a filename
is encountered, its contents are read and merged with the result
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/disk_log.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/disk_log.xml
index 884cb32c0c..e308b06f3c 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/disk_log.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/disk_log.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
<rev>D</rev>
<file>disk_log.sgml</file>
</header>
- <module>disk_log</module>
+ <module since="">disk_log</module>
<modulesummary>A disk-based term logging facility.</modulesummary>
<description>
<p><c>disk_log</c> is a disk-based term logger that enables
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@
</datatypes>
<funcs>
<func>
- <name name="accessible_logs" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="accessible_logs" arity="0" since=""/>
<fsummary>Return the accessible disk logs on the current node.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns the names of the disk logs accessible on the current node.
@@ -248,8 +248,8 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="alog" arity="2"/>
- <name name="balog" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="alog" arity="2" since=""/>
+ <name name="balog" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Asynchronously log an item on to a disk log.</fsummary>
<type variable="Log"/>
<type variable="Term" name_i="1"/>
@@ -275,8 +275,8 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="alog_terms" arity="2"/>
- <name name="balog_terms" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="alog_terms" arity="2" since=""/>
+ <name name="balog_terms" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Asynchronously log many items on to a disk log.</fsummary>
<type variable="Log"/>
<type variable="TermList" name_i="1"/>
@@ -303,8 +303,8 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="block" arity="1"/>
- <name name="block" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="block" arity="1" since=""/>
+ <name name="block" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Block a disk log.</fsummary>
<type name="block_error_rsn"/>
<desc>
@@ -330,21 +330,21 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="change_header" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="change_header" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Change option head or head_func for an owner of a disk log.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Changes the value of option <c>head</c> or <c>head_func</c> for an owner of a disk log.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="change_notify" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="change_notify" arity="3" since=""/>
<fsummary>Change option notify for an owner of a disk log.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Changes the value of option <c>notify</c> for an owner of a disk log. </p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="change_size" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="change_size" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Change the size of an open disk log.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Changes the size of an open log.
@@ -384,10 +384,10 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="chunk" arity="2"/>
- <name name="chunk" arity="3"/>
- <name name="bchunk" arity="2"/>
- <name name="bchunk" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="chunk" arity="2" since=""/>
+ <name name="chunk" arity="3" since=""/>
+ <name name="bchunk" arity="2" since=""/>
+ <name name="bchunk" arity="3" since=""/>
<fsummary>Read a chunk of items written to a disk log.</fsummary>
<type variable="Log"/>
<type variable="Continuation"/>
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="chunk_info" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="chunk_info" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Return information about a chunk continuation of a disk log.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns the pair <c>{node, <anno>Node</anno>}</c>,
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="chunk_step" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="chunk_step" arity="3" since=""/>
<fsummary>Step forward or backward among the wrap log files of a disk log.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Can be used with <c>chunk/2,3</c> and <c>bchunk/2,3</c>
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="close" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="close" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Close a disk log.</fsummary>
<type name="close_error_rsn"/>
<desc>
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="format_error" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="format_error" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Return an English description of a disk log error reply.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Given the error returned by any function in this module,
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="inc_wrap_file" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="inc_wrap_file" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Change to the next wrap log file of a disk log.</fsummary>
<type name="inc_wrap_error_rsn"/>
<type name="invalid_header"/>
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="info" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="info" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Return information about a disk log.</fsummary>
<type name="dlog_info"/>
<desc>
@@ -685,8 +685,8 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="lclose" arity="1"/>
- <name name="lclose" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="lclose" arity="1" since=""/>
+ <name name="lclose" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Close a disk log on one node.</fsummary>
<type name="lclose_error_rsn"/>
<desc>
@@ -704,8 +704,8 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="log" arity="2"/>
- <name name="blog" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="log" arity="2" since=""/>
+ <name name="blog" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Log an item onto a disk log.</fsummary>
<type variable="Log"/>
<type variable="Term" name_i="1"/>
@@ -739,8 +739,8 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="log_terms" arity="2"/>
- <name name="blog_terms" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="log_terms" arity="2" since=""/>
+ <name name="blog_terms" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Log many items onto a disk log.</fsummary>
<type variable="Log"/>
<type variable="TermList" name_i="1"/>
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="open" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="open" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Open a disk log file.</fsummary>
<type name="dlog_options"/>
<type name="dlog_option"/>
@@ -1041,7 +1041,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="pid2name" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="pid2name" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Return the name of the disk log handled by a pid.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns the log name
@@ -1053,9 +1053,9 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="reopen" arity="2"/>
- <name name="reopen" arity="3"/>
- <name name="breopen" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="reopen" arity="2" since=""/>
+ <name name="reopen" arity="3" since=""/>
+ <name name="breopen" arity="3" since=""/>
<fsummary>Reopen a disk log and save the old log.</fsummary>
<type variable="Log"/>
<type variable="File" name_i="1"/>
@@ -1087,7 +1087,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="sync" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="sync" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Flush the contents of a disk log to the disk.</fsummary>
<type name="sync_error_rsn"/>
<desc>
@@ -1097,9 +1097,9 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="truncate" arity="1"/>
- <name name="truncate" arity="2"/>
- <name name="btruncate" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="truncate" arity="1" since=""/>
+ <name name="truncate" arity="2" since=""/>
+ <name name="btruncate" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Truncate a disk log.</fsummary>
<type variable="Log"/>
<type variable="Head" name_i="2"/>
@@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="unblock" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="unblock" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Unblock a disk log.</fsummary>
<type name="unblock_error_rsn"/>
<desc>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/erl_boot_server.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/erl_boot_server.xml
index 4109251387..89f9855c49 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/erl_boot_server.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/erl_boot_server.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
<date></date>
<rev></rev>
</header>
- <module>erl_boot_server</module>
+ <module since="">erl_boot_server</module>
<modulesummary>Boot server for other Erlang machines.</modulesummary>
<description>
<p>This server is used to assist diskless Erlang nodes that fetch
@@ -52,14 +52,14 @@
</description>
<funcs>
<func>
- <name name="add_slave" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="add_slave" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Add a slave to the list of allowed slaves.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Adds a <c><anno>Slave</anno></c> node to the list of allowed slave hosts.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="delete_slave" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="delete_slave" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Delete a slave from the list of allowed slaves.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Deletes a <c><anno>Slave</anno></c> node from the list of allowed slave
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="start" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="start" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Start the boot server.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Starts the boot server. <c><anno>Slaves</anno></c> is a list of
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="start_link" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="start_link" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Start the boot server and link to the the caller.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Starts the boot server and links to the caller. This function
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="which_slaves" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="which_slaves" arity="0" since=""/>
<fsummary>Return the current list of allowed slave hosts.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns the current list of allowed slave hosts.</p>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/erl_ddll.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/erl_ddll.xml
index 75114e015c..f2d5e1b397 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/erl_ddll.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/erl_ddll.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
<date></date>
<rev></rev>
</header>
- <module>erl_ddll</module>
+ <module since="">erl_ddll</module>
<modulesummary>Dynamic driver loader and linker.</modulesummary>
<description>
<p>This module provides an interface for loading
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
</datatypes>
<funcs>
<func>
- <name name="demonitor" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="demonitor" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Remove a monitor for a driver.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Removes a driver monitor in much the same way as
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="format_error" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="format_error" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Format an error descriptor.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Takes an <c><anno>ErrorDesc</anno></c> returned by load, unload, or
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="info" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="info" arity="0" since=""/>
<fsummary>Retrieve information about all drivers.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns a list of tuples <c>{<anno>DriverName</anno>, <anno>InfoList</anno>}</c>,
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="info" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="info" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Retrieve information about one driver.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns a list of tuples <c>{<anno>Tag</anno>, <anno>Value</anno>}</c>,
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="info" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="info" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Retrieve specific information about one driver.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns specific information about one aspect of a driver.
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="load" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="load" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Load a driver.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Loads and links the dynamic driver <c><anno>Name</anno></c>.
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="load_driver" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="load_driver" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Load a driver.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Works essentially as <c>load/2</c>, but loads the driver
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="loaded_drivers" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="loaded_drivers" arity="0" since=""/>
<fsummary>List loaded drivers.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns a list of all the available drivers, both
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="monitor" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="monitor" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Create a monitor for a driver.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Creates a driver monitor and works in many
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="reload" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="reload" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Replace a driver.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Reloads the driver named <c><anno>Name</anno></c> from a possibly
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="reload_driver" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="reload_driver" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Replace a driver.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Works exactly as <seealso marker="#reload/2"><c>reload/2</c></seealso>,
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="try_load" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="try_load" arity="3" since=""/>
<fsummary>Load a driver.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Provides more control than the
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="try_unload" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="try_unload" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Unload a driver.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>This is the low-level function to unload (or decrement
@@ -1116,7 +1116,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="unload" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="unload" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Unload a driver.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Unloads, or at least dereferences the driver named
@@ -1143,7 +1143,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="unload_driver" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="unload_driver" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Unload a driver.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Unloads, or at least dereferences the driver named
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/erl_epmd.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/erl_epmd.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2adbf11a28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/erl_epmd.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE erlref SYSTEM "erlref.dtd">
+
+<erlref>
+ <header>
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2018</year><year>2018</year>
+ <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
+ </copyright>
+ <legalnotice>
+ 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
+
+ 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>
+
+ <title>erl_epmd</title>
+ <prepared>Timmo Verlaan</prepared>
+ <docno>1</docno>
+ <date>2018-02-19</date>
+ <rev>A</rev>
+ </header>
+ <module since="OTP R14B">erl_epmd</module>
+ <modulesummary>
+ Erlang interface towards epmd
+ </modulesummary>
+ <description>
+ <p>This module communicates with the EPMD daemon, see <seealso
+ marker="erts:epmd">epmd</seealso>. To implement your own epmd module please
+ see <seealso marker="erts:alt_disco">ERTS User's Guide: How to Implement an
+ Alternative Service Discovery for Erlang Distribution</seealso></p>
+ </description>
+
+ <funcs>
+ <func>
+ <name name="start_link" arity="0" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Callback for erl_distribution supervisor.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>This function is invoked as this module is added as a child of the
+ <c>erl_distribution</c> supervisor.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="register_node" arity="2" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <name name="register_node" arity="3" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Registers the node with <c>epmd</c>.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Registers the node with <c>epmd</c> and tells epmd what port will be
+ used for the current node. It returns a creation number. This number is
+ incremented on each register to help with identifying if a node is
+ reconnecting to epmd.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="port_please" arity="2" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <name name="port_please" arity="3" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Returns the port number for a given node.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Requests the distribution port for the given node of an EPMD
+ instance. Together with the port it returns a distribution protocol
+ version which has been 5 since Erlang/OTP R6.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="address_please" arity="3" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Returns address and port.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Called by the distribution module. Resolves the <c>Host</c> to an IP
+ address.</p>
+ <p>Another epmd module may return port and distribution protocol version
+ as well.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="names" arity="1" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Names of Erlang nodes at a host.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Called by <seealso marker="net_adm"><c>net_adm:names/0</c></seealso>.
+ <c>Host</c> defaults to the localhost. Returns the names and associated
+ port numbers of the Erlang nodes that <c>epmd</c> registered at the
+ specified host. Returns <c>{error, address}</c> if <c>epmd</c> is not
+ operational.</p>
+ <p><em>Example:</em></p>
+ <pre>
+(arne@dunn)1> <input>erl_epmd:names(localhost).</input>
+{ok,[{"arne",40262}]}</pre>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ </funcs>
+
+</erlref>
+
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/error_handler.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/error_handler.xml
index e5639487dc..eb01e87aee 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/error_handler.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/error_handler.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
<date></date>
<rev></rev>
</header>
- <module>error_handler</module>
+ <module since="">error_handler</module>
<modulesummary>Default system error handler.</modulesummary>
<description>
<p>This module defines what happens when certain types
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
</description>
<funcs>
<func>
- <name name="raise_undef_exception" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="raise_undef_exception" arity="3" since="OTP R16B"/>
<fsummary>Raise an undef exception.</fsummary>
<type_desc variable="Args">
A (possibly empty) list of arguments <c>Arg1,..,ArgN</c>
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="undefined_function" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="undefined_function" arity="3" since=""/>
<fsummary>Called when an undefined function is encountered.</fsummary>
<type_desc variable="Args">
A (possibly empty) list of arguments <c>Arg1,..,ArgN</c>
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="undefined_lambda" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="undefined_lambda" arity="3" since=""/>
<fsummary>Called when an undefined lambda (fun) is encountered.</fsummary>
<type_desc variable="Args">
A (possibly empty) list of arguments <c>Arg1,..,ArgN</c>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/error_logger.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/error_logger.xml
index 91bf57cb91..c170b4fa34 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/error_logger.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/error_logger.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1996</year><year>2017</year>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2018</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -28,39 +28,40 @@
<date></date>
<rev></rev>
</header>
- <module>error_logger</module>
+ <module since="">error_logger</module>
<modulesummary>Erlang error logger.</modulesummary>
<description>
+
+ <note>
+ <p>In Erlang/OTP 21.0, a new API for logging was added. The
+ old <c>error_logger</c> module can still be used by legacy
+ code, but log events are redirected to the new Logger API. New
+ code should use the Logger API directly.</p>
+ <p><c>error_logger</c> is no longer started by default, but is
+ automatically started when an event handler is added
+ with <c>error_logger:add_report_handler/1,2</c>. The <c>error_logger</c>
+ module is then also added as a handler to the new logger.</p>
+ <p>See <seealso marker="logger"><c>logger(3)</c></seealso> and
+ the <seealso marker="logger_chapter">Logging</seealso> chapter
+ in the User's Guide for more information.</p>
+ </note>
+
<p>The Erlang <em>error logger</em> is an event manager (see
<seealso marker="doc/design_principles:des_princ">OTP Design Principles</seealso> and
<seealso marker="stdlib:gen_event"><c>gen_event(3)</c></seealso>),
- registered as <c>error_logger</c>. Errors, warnings, and info events
- are sent to the error logger from the Erlang runtime system and
- the different Erlang/OTP applications. The events are, by default,
- logged to the terminal. Notice that an event from a process <c>P</c> is
- logged at the node of the group leader of <c>P</c>. This means
- that log output is directed to the node from which a process was
- created, which not necessarily is the same node as where it is
- executing.</p>
- <p>Initially, <c>error_logger</c> has only a primitive event
- handler, which buffers and prints the raw event messages. During
- system startup, the Kernel application replaces this with a
- <em>standard event handler</em>, by default one that writes
- nicely formatted output to the terminal. Kernel can also be
- configured so that events are logged to a file instead, or not logged at all,
- see <seealso marker="kernel_app"><c>kernel(6)</c></seealso>.</p>
- <p>Also the SASL application, if started, adds its own event
- handler, which by default writes supervisor, crash, and progress
- reports to the terminal. See
- <seealso marker="sasl:sasl_app"><c>sasl(6)</c></seealso>.</p>
- <p>It is recommended that user-defined applications report
- errors through the error logger to get uniform reports.
- User-defined event handlers can be added to handle application-specific
- events, see
- <seealso marker="#add_report_handler/1"><c>add_report_handler/1,2</c></seealso>.
- Also, a useful event handler is provided in STDLIB for multi-file
- logging of events, see
- <seealso marker="stdlib:log_mf_h"><c>log_mf_h(3)</c></seealso>.</p>
+ registered as <c>error_logger</c>.</p>
+ <p>Error logger is no longer started by default, but is
+ automatically started when an event handler is added
+ with <seealso marker="#add_report_handler/1">
+ <c>add_report_handler/1,2</c></seealso>. The <c>error_logger</c>
+ module is then also added as a handler to the new logger,
+ causing log events to be forwarded from logger to error logger,
+ and consequently to all installed error logger event
+ handlers.</p>
+ <p>User-defined event handlers can be added to handle application-specific
+ events.</p>
+ <p>Existing event handlers provided by STDLIB and SASL are still
+ available, but are no longer used by OTP.</p>
<p>Warning events were introduced in Erlang/OTP R9C and are enabled
by default as from Erlang/OTP 18.0. To retain backwards compatibility
with existing user-defined event handlers, the warning events can be
@@ -75,8 +76,8 @@
</datatypes>
<funcs>
<func>
- <name name="add_report_handler" arity="1"/>
- <name name="add_report_handler" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="add_report_handler" arity="1" since=""/>
+ <name name="add_report_handler" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Add an event handler to the error logger.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Adds a new event handler to the error logger. The event
@@ -89,167 +90,213 @@
The function returns <c>ok</c> if successful.</p>
<p>The event handler must be able to handle the events in this module, see
section <seealso marker="#events">Events</seealso>.</p>
+ <p>The first time this function is called,
+ <c>error_logger</c> is added as a Logger handler, and
+ the <c>error_logger</c> process is started.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="delete_report_handler" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="delete_report_handler" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Delete an event handler from the error logger.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Deletes an event handler from the error logger by calling
<c>gen_event:delete_handler(error_logger, <anno>Handler</anno>, [])</c>,
see <seealso marker="stdlib:gen_event"><c>gen_event(3)</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p>If no more event handlers exist after the deletion,
+ <c>error_logger</c> is removed as a Logger handler, and
+ the <c>error_logger</c> process is stopped.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="error_msg" arity="1"/>
- <name name="error_msg" arity="2"/>
- <name name="format" arity="2"/>
- <fsummary>Send a standard error event to the error logger.</fsummary>
+ <name name="error_msg" arity="1" since=""/>
+ <name name="error_msg" arity="2" since=""/>
+ <name name="format" arity="2" since=""/>
+ <fsummary>Log a standard error event.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Sends a standard error event to the error logger.
- The <c><anno>Format</anno></c> and <c><anno>Data</anno></c> arguments
- are the same as the arguments of
+ <p>Log a standard error event. The <c><anno>Format</anno></c>
+ and <c><anno>Data</anno></c> arguments are the same as the
+ arguments of
<seealso marker="stdlib:io#format/2"><c>io:format/2</c></seealso>
- in STDLIB.
- The event is handled by the standard event handler.</p>
+ in STDLIB.</p>
+ <p>Error logger forwards the event to Logger, including
+ metadata that allows backwards compatibility with legacy
+ error logger event handlers.</p>
+ <p>The event is handled by the default Logger handler.</p>
+ <p>These functions are kept for backwards compatibility and
+ must not be used by new code. Use the <seealso marker="logger#macros">
+ <c>?LOG_ERROR</c></seealso> macro or
+ <seealso marker="logger#error-1"><c>logger:error/1,2,3</c></seealso>
+ instead.</p>
<p><em>Example:</em></p>
<pre>
-1> <input>error_logger:error_msg("An error occurred in ~p~n", [a_module]).</input>
-
-=ERROR REPORT==== 11-Aug-2005::14:03:19 ===
+1> <input>error_logger:error_msg("An error occurred in ~p", [a_module]).</input>
+=ERROR REPORT==== 22-May-2018::11:18:43.376917 ===
An error occurred in a_module
ok</pre>
<warning>
- <p>If called with bad arguments, this function can crash
- the standard event handler, meaning no further events are
- logged. When in doubt, use
- <seealso marker="#error_report/1"><c>error_report/1</c></seealso>
- instead.</p>
- </warning>
- <warning>
<p>If the Unicode translation modifier (<c>t</c>) is used in
- the format string, all error handlers must ensure that the
+ the format string, all event handlers must ensure that the
formatted output is correctly encoded for the I/O
device.</p>
</warning>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="error_report" arity="1"/>
- <fsummary>Send a standard error report event to the error logger.</fsummary>
+ <name name="error_report" arity="1" since=""/>
+ <fsummary>Log a standard error event.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Sends a standard error report event to the error logger.
- The event is handled by the standard event handler.</p>
+ <p>Log a standard error event. Error logger forwards the event
+ to Logger, including metadata that allows backwards
+ compatibility with legacy error logger event handlers.</p>
+ <p>The event is handled by the default Logger handler.</p>
+ <p>This functions is kept for backwards compatibility and
+ must not be used by new code. Use the <seealso marker="logger#macros">
+ <c>?LOG_ERROR</c></seealso> macro or
+ <seealso marker="logger#error-1"><c>logger:error/1,2,3</c></seealso>
+ instead.</p>
<p><em>Example:</em></p>
<pre>
2> <input>error_logger:error_report([{tag1,data1},a_term,{tag2,data}]).</input>
-
-=ERROR REPORT==== 11-Aug-2005::13:45:41 ===
+=ERROR REPORT==== 22-May-2018::11:24:23.699306 ===
tag1: data1
a_term
tag2: data
ok
3> <input>error_logger:error_report("Serious error in my module").</input>
-
-=ERROR REPORT==== 11-Aug-2005::13:45:49 ===
+=ERROR REPORT==== 22-May-2018::11:24:45.972445 ===
Serious error in my module
ok</pre>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="error_report" arity="2"/>
- <fsummary>Send a user-defined error report event to the error logger.</fsummary>
+ <name name="error_report" arity="2" since=""/>
+ <fsummary>Log a user-defined error event.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Sends a user-defined error report event to the error logger.
- An event handler to handle the event is supposed to have been
- added. The event is ignored by the standard event handler.</p>
+ <p>Log a user-defined error event. Error logger forwards the
+ event to Logger, including metadata that allows backwards
+ compatibility with legacy error logger event handlers.</p>
+ <p>Error logger also adds a <c>domain</c> field with
+ value <c>[<anno>Type</anno>]</c> to this event's metadata,
+ causing the filters of the default Logger handler to discard
+ the event. A different Logger handler, or an error logger
+ event handler, must be added to handle this event.</p>
<p>It is recommended that <c><anno>Report</anno></c> follows the same
structure as for
<seealso marker="#error_report/1"><c>error_report/1</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p>This functions is kept for backwards compatibility and
+ must not be used by new code. Use the <seealso marker="logger#macros">
+ <c>?LOG_ERROR</c></seealso> macro or
+ <seealso marker="logger#error-1"><c>logger:error/1,2,3</c></seealso>
+ instead.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="get_format_depth" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="get_format_depth" arity="0" since="OTP 20.0"/>
<fsummary>Get the value of the Kernel application variable
<c>error_logger_format_depth</c>.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns <c>max(10, Depth)</c>, where <c>Depth</c> is the
- value of
- <seealso marker="kernel:kernel_app#error_logger_format_depth">
- error_logger_format_depth</seealso>
+ value of <c>error_logger_format_depth</c>
in the Kernel application, if Depth is an integer. Otherwise,
<c>unlimited</c> is returned.</p>
+ <note>
+ <p>The <c>error_logger_format_depth</c> variable
+ is <seealso marker="kernel_app#deprecated-configuration-parameters">
+ deprecated</seealso> since
+ the <seealso marker="logger">Logger API</seealso> was
+ introduced in Erlang/OTP 21.0. The variable, and this
+ function, are kept for backwards compatibility since they
+ still might be used by legacy report handlers.</p>
+ </note>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="info_msg" arity="1"/>
- <name name="info_msg" arity="2"/>
- <fsummary>Send a standard information event to the error logger.</fsummary>
+ <name name="info_msg" arity="1" since=""/>
+ <name name="info_msg" arity="2" since=""/>
+ <fsummary>Log a standard information event.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Sends a standard information event to the error logger.
- The <c><anno>Format</anno></c> and <c><anno>Data</anno></c> arguments
- are the same as the arguments of
+ <p>Log a standard information event. The <c><anno>Format</anno></c>
+ and <c><anno>Data</anno></c> arguments are the same as the
+ arguments of
<seealso marker="stdlib:io#format/2"><c>io:format/2</c></seealso>
- in STDLIB. The event is handled by the standard event handler.</p>
+ in STDLIB.</p>
+ <p>Error logger forwards the event to Logger, including
+ metadata that allows backwards compatibility with legacy
+ error logger event handlers.</p>
+ <p>The event is handled by the default Logger handler.</p>
+ <p>These functions are kept for backwards compatibility and
+ must not be used by new code. Use the <seealso marker="logger#macros">
+ <c>?LOG_INFO</c></seealso> macro or
+ <seealso marker="logger#info-1"><c>logger:info/1,2,3</c></seealso>
+ instead.</p>
<p><em>Example:</em></p>
<pre>
-1> <input>error_logger:info_msg("Something happened in ~p~n", [a_module]).</input>
-
-=INFO REPORT==== 11-Aug-2005::14:06:15 ===
+1> <input>error_logger:info_msg("Something happened in ~p", [a_module]).</input>
+=INFO REPORT==== 22-May-2018::12:03:32.612462 ===
Something happened in a_module
ok</pre>
<warning>
- <p>If called with bad arguments, this function can crash
- the standard event handler, meaning no further events are
- logged. When in doubt, use <c>info_report/1</c> instead.</p>
- </warning>
- <warning>
<p>If the Unicode translation modifier (<c>t</c>) is used in
- the format string, all error handlers must ensure that the
+ the format string, all event handlers must ensure that the
formatted output is correctly encoded for the I/O
device.</p>
</warning>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="info_report" arity="1"/>
- <fsummary>Send a standard information report event to the error logger.</fsummary>
+ <name name="info_report" arity="1" since=""/>
+ <fsummary>Log a standard information event.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Sends a standard information report event to the error
- logger. The event is handled by the standard event handler.</p>
+ <p>Log a standard information event. Error logger forwards the
+ event to Logger, including metadata that allows backwards
+ compatibility with legacy error logger event handlers.</p>
+ <p>The event is handled by the default Logger handler.</p>
+ <p>This functions is kept for backwards compatibility and
+ must not be used by new code. Use the <seealso marker="logger#macros">
+ <c>?LOG_INFO</c></seealso> macro or
+ <seealso marker="logger#info-1"><c>logger:info/1,2,3</c></seealso>
+ instead.</p>
<p><em>Example:</em></p>
<pre>
2> <input>error_logger:info_report([{tag1,data1},a_term,{tag2,data}]).</input>
-
-=INFO REPORT==== 11-Aug-2005::13:55:09 ===
+=INFO REPORT==== 22-May-2018::12:06:35.994440 ===
tag1: data1
a_term
tag2: data
ok
3> <input>error_logger:info_report("Something strange happened").</input>
-
-=INFO REPORT==== 11-Aug-2005::13:55:36 ===
+=INFO REPORT==== 22-May-2018::12:06:49.066872 ===
Something strange happened
ok</pre>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="info_report" arity="2"/>
- <fsummary>Send a user-defined information report event to the error logger.</fsummary>
+ <name name="info_report" arity="2" since=""/>
+ <fsummary>Log a user-defined information event.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Sends a user-defined information report event to the error
- logger. An event handler to handle the event is supposed to
- have been added. The event is ignored by the standard event
- handler.</p>
+ <p>Log a user-defined information event. Error logger forwards
+ the event to Logger, including metadata that allows
+ backwards compatibility with legacy error logger event
+ handlers.</p>
+ <p>Error logger also adds a <c>domain</c> field with
+ value <c>[<anno>Type</anno>]</c> to this event's metadata,
+ causing the filters of the default Logger handler to discard
+ the event. A different Logger handler, or an error logger
+ event handler, must be added to handle this event.</p>
<p>It is recommended that <c><anno>Report</anno></c> follows the same
structure as for
<seealso marker="#info_report/1"><c>info_report/1</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p>This functions is kept for backwards compatibility and
+ must not be used by new code. Use the <seealso marker="logger#macros">
+ <c>?LOG_INFO</c></seealso> macro or
+ <seealso marker="logger#info-1"><c>logger:info/1,2,3</c></seealso>
+ instead.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="logfile" arity="1" clause_i="1"/>
- <name name="logfile" arity="1" clause_i="2"/>
- <name name="logfile" arity="1" clause_i="3"/>
+ <name name="logfile" arity="1" clause_i="1" since=""/>
+ <name name="logfile" arity="1" clause_i="2" since=""/>
+ <name name="logfile" arity="1" clause_i="3" since=""/>
<fsummary>Enable or disable error printouts to a file.</fsummary>
<type variable="Filename"/>
<type variable="OpenReason" name_i="1"/>
@@ -258,14 +305,22 @@ ok</pre>
<type name="open_error"/>
<desc>
<p>Enables or disables printout of standard events to a file.</p>
- <p>This is done by adding or deleting the standard event handler
- for output to file. Thus, calling this function overrides
- the value of the Kernel <c>error_logger</c> configuration
- parameter.</p>
- <p>Enabling file logging can be used together with calling
- <c>tty(false)</c>, to have a silent system where
- all standard events are logged to a file only.
- Only one log file can be active at a time.</p>
+ <p>This is done by adding or deleting
+ the <c>error_logger_file_h</c> event handler, and thus
+ indirectly adding <c>error_logger</c> as a Logger
+ handler.</p>
+ <p>Notice that this function does not manipulate the Logger
+ configuration directly, meaning that if the default Logger
+ handler is already logging to a file, this function can
+ potentially cause logging to a second file.</p>
+ <p>This function is useful as a shortcut during development
+ and testing, but must not be used in a production
+ system. See
+ section <seealso marker="logger_chapter">Logging</seealso>
+ in the Kernel User's Guide, and
+ the <seealso marker="logger"><c>logger(3)</c></seealso>
+ manual page for information about how to configure Logger
+ for live systems.</p>
<p><c>Request</c> is one of the following:</p>
<taglist>
<tag><c>{open, <anno>Filename</anno>}</c></tag>
@@ -291,19 +346,24 @@ ok</pre>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="tty" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="tty" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Enable or disable printouts to the terminal.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Enables (<c><anno>Flag</anno> == true</c>) or disables
(<c><anno>Flag</anno> == false</c>) printout of standard events
to the terminal.</p>
- <p>This is done by adding or deleting the standard event handler
- for output to the terminal. Thus, calling this function overrides
- the value of the Kernel <c>error_logger</c> configuration parameter.</p>
+ <p>This is done by manipulating the Logger configuration. The
+ function is useful as a shortcut during development and
+ testing, but must not be used in a production system. See
+ section <seealso marker="logger_chapter">Logging</seealso>
+ in the Kernel User's Guide, and
+ the <seealso marker="logger"><c>logger(3)</c></seealso>
+ manual page for information about how to configure Logger
+ for live systems.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="warning_map" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="warning_map" arity="0" since=""/>
<fsummary>Return the current mapping for warning events.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns the current mapping for warning events. Events sent
@@ -340,51 +400,73 @@ ok</pre>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="warning_msg" arity="1"/>
- <name name="warning_msg" arity="2"/>
- <fsummary>Send a standard warning event to the error logger.</fsummary>
+ <name name="warning_msg" arity="1" since=""/>
+ <name name="warning_msg" arity="2" since=""/>
+ <fsummary>Log a standard warning event.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Sends a standard warning event to the error logger.
- The <c><anno>Format</anno></c> and <c><anno>Data</anno></c> arguments
- are the same as the arguments of
+ <p>Log a standard warning event. The <c><anno>Format</anno></c>
+ and <c><anno>Data</anno></c> arguments are the same as the
+ arguments of
<seealso marker="stdlib:io#format/2"><c>io:format/2</c></seealso>
- in STDLIB.
- The event is handled by the standard event handler. It is tagged
- as an error, warning, or info, see
+ in STDLIB.</p>
+ <p>Error logger forwards the event to Logger, including
+ metadata that allows backwards compatibility with legacy
+ error logger event handlers.</p>
+ <p>The event is handled by the default Logger handler. The log
+ level can be changed to error or info, see
<seealso marker="#warning_map/0"><c>warning_map/0</c></seealso>.</p>
- <warning>
- <p>If called with bad arguments, this function can crash
- the standard event handler, meaning no further events are
- logged. When in doubt, use <c>warning_report/1</c> instead.</p>
- </warning>
+ <p>These functions are kept for backwards compatibility and
+ must not be used by new code. Use the <seealso marker="logger#macros">
+ <c>?LOG_WARNING</c></seealso> macro or
+ <seealso marker="logger#warning-1"><c>logger:warning/1,2,3</c></seealso>
+ instead.</p>
<warning>
<p>If the Unicode translation modifier (<c>t</c>) is used in
- the format string, all error handlers must ensure that the
+ the format string, all event handlers must ensure that the
formatted output is correctly encoded for the I/O
device.</p>
</warning>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="warning_report" arity="1"/>
- <fsummary>Send a standard warning report event to the error logger.</fsummary>
+ <name name="warning_report" arity="1" since=""/>
+ <fsummary>Log a standard warning event.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Sends a standard warning report event to the error logger.
- The event is handled by the standard event handler. It is
- tagged as an error, warning, or info, see
+ <p>Log a standard warning event. Error logger forwards the event
+ to Logger, including metadata that allows backwards
+ compatibility with legacy error logger event handlers.</p>
+ <p>The event is handled by the default Logger handler. The log
+ level can be changed to error or info, see
<seealso marker="#warning_map/0"><c>warning_map/0</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p>This functions is kept for backwards compatibility and
+ must not be used by new code. Use the <seealso marker="logger#macros">
+ <c>?LOG_WARNING</c></seealso> macro or
+ <seealso marker="logger#warning-1"><c>logger:warning/1,2,3</c></seealso>
+ instead.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="warning_report" arity="2"/>
- <fsummary>Send a user-defined warning report event to the error logger.</fsummary>
+ <name name="warning_report" arity="2" since=""/>
+ <fsummary>Log a user-defined warning event.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Sends a user-defined warning report event to the error
- logger. An event handler to handle the event is supposed to
- have been added. The event is ignored by the standard event
- handler. It is tagged as an error, warning, or info,
- depending on the value of
+ <p>Log a user-defined warning event. Error logger forwards the
+ event to Logger, including metadata that allows backwards
+ compatibility with legacy error logger event handlers.</p>
+ <p>Error logger also adds a <c>domain</c> field with
+ value <c>[<anno>Type</anno>]</c> to this event's metadata,
+ causing the filters of the default Logger handler to discard
+ the event. A different Logger handler, or an error logger
+ event handler, must be added to handle this event.</p>
+ <p>The log level can be changed to error or info, see
<seealso marker="#warning_map/0"><c>warning_map/0</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p>It is recommended that <c><anno>Report</anno></c> follows the same
+ structure as for
+ <seealso marker="#warning_report/1"><c>warning_report/1</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p>This functions is kept for backwards compatibility and
+ must not be used by new code. Use the <seealso marker="logger#macros">
+ <c>?LOG_WARNING</c></seealso> macro or
+ <seealso marker="logger#warning-1"><c>logger:warning/1,2,3</c></seealso>
+ instead.</p>
</desc>
</func>
</funcs>
@@ -448,8 +530,9 @@ ok</pre>
<section>
<title>See Also</title>
<p><seealso marker="stdlib:gen_event"><c>gen_event(3)</c></seealso>,
- <seealso marker="stdlib:log_mf_h"><c>log_mf_h(3)</c></seealso>
- <seealso marker="kernel_app"><c>kernel(6)</c></seealso>
+ <seealso marker="kernel:logger"><c>logger(3)</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="stdlib:log_mf_h"><c>log_mf_h(3)</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="kernel_app"><c>kernel(6)</c></seealso>,
<seealso marker="sasl:sasl_app"><c>sasl(6)</c></seealso></p>
</section>
</erlref>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml
index b674b3ca93..fc25e83d40 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1996</year><year>2016</year>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2018</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -28,20 +28,23 @@
<date></date>
<rev></rev>
</header>
- <module>file</module>
+ <module since="">file</module>
<modulesummary>File interface module.</modulesummary>
<description>
<p>This module provides an interface to the file system.</p>
- <p>On operating systems with thread support,
- file operations can be performed in threads of their own, allowing
- other Erlang processes to continue executing in parallel with
- the file operations. See command-line flag
- <c>+A</c> in <seealso marker="erts:erl"><c>erl(1)</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <warning>
+ <p>File operations are only guaranteed to appear atomic when going
+ through the same file server. A NIF or other OS process may observe
+ intermediate steps on certain operations on some operating systems,
+ eg. renaming an existing file on Windows, or
+ <seealso marker="#write_file_info/2"><c>write_file_info/2</c>
+ </seealso> on any OS at the time of writing.</p>
+ </warning>
<p>Regarding filename encoding, the Erlang VM can operate in
two modes. The current mode can be queried using function
- <seealso marker="#native_name_encoding"><c>native_name_encoding/0</c></seealso>.
+ <seealso marker="#native_name_encoding/0"><c>native_name_encoding/0</c></seealso>.
It returns <c>latin1</c> or <c>utf8</c>.</p>
<p>In <c>latin1</c> mode, the Erlang VM does not change the
@@ -59,7 +62,7 @@
terminal supports UTF-8, otherwise <c>latin1</c>. The default can
be overridden using <c>+fnl</c> (to force <c>latin1</c> mode)
or <c>+fnu</c> (to force <c>utf8</c> mode) when starting
- <seealso marker="erts:erl"><c>erts:erl</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <seealso marker="erts:erl"><c>erl</c></seealso>.</p>
<p>On operating systems with transparent naming, files can be
inconsistently named, for example, some files are encoded in UTF-8 while
@@ -81,6 +84,16 @@
<p>See also section <seealso marker="stdlib:unicode_usage#notes-about-raw-filenames">Notes About Raw Filenames</seealso> in the STDLIB User's Guide.</p>
+ <note><p>
+ File operations used to accept filenames containing
+ null characters (integer value zero). This caused
+ the name to be truncated and in some cases arguments
+ to primitive operations to be mixed up. Filenames
+ containing null characters inside the filename
+ are now <em>rejected</em> and will cause primitive
+ file operations fail.
+ </p></note>
+
</description>
<datatypes>
@@ -96,9 +109,21 @@
</datatype>
<datatype>
<name name="filename"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p>
+ See also the documentation of the
+ <seealso marker="#type-name_all"><c>name_all()</c></seealso> type.
+ </p>
+ </desc>
</datatype>
<datatype>
<name name="filename_all"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p>
+ See also the documentation of the
+ <seealso marker="#type-name_all"><c>name_all()</c></seealso> type.
+ </p>
+ </desc>
</datatype>
<datatype>
<name name="io_device"/>
@@ -112,21 +137,23 @@
<name name="name"/>
<desc>
<p>If VM is in Unicode filename mode, <c>string()</c> and <c>char()</c>
- are allowed to be &gt; 255.
+ are allowed to be &gt; 255. See also the documentation of the
+ <seealso marker="#type-name_all"><c>name_all()</c></seealso> type.
</p>
</desc>
</datatype>
<datatype>
<name name="name_all"/>
<desc>
- <p>If VM is in Unicode filename mode, <c>string()</c> and <c>char()</c>
+ <p>If VM is in Unicode filename mode, characters
are allowed to be &gt; 255.
<c><anno>RawFilename</anno></c> is a filename not subject to
Unicode translation,
meaning that it can contain characters not conforming to
the Unicode encoding expected from the file system
(that is, non-UTF-8 characters although the VM is started
- in Unicode filename mode).
+ in Unicode filename mode). Null characters (integer value zero)
+ are <em>not</em> allowed in filenames (not even at the end).
</p>
</desc>
</datatype>
@@ -159,7 +186,7 @@
<funcs>
<func>
- <name name="advise" arity="4"/>
+ <name name="advise" arity="4" since="OTP R14B"/>
<fsummary>Predeclare an access pattern for file data.</fsummary>
<type name="posix_file_advise"/>
<desc>
@@ -170,7 +197,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="allocate" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="allocate" arity="3" since="OTP R16B"/>
<fsummary>Allocate file space.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p><c>allocate/3</c> can be used to preallocate space for a file.</p>
@@ -182,7 +209,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="change_group" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="change_group" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Change group of a file.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Changes group of a file. See
@@ -190,7 +217,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="change_mode" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="change_mode" arity="2" since="OTP R14B"/>
<fsummary>Change permissions of a file.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Changes permissions of a file. See
@@ -198,7 +225,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="change_owner" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="change_owner" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Change owner of a file.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Changes owner of a file. See
@@ -206,7 +233,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="change_owner" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="change_owner" arity="3" since=""/>
<fsummary>Change owner and group of a file.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Changes owner and group of a file. See
@@ -214,7 +241,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="change_time" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="change_time" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Change the modification time of a file.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Changes the modification and access times of a file. See
@@ -222,7 +249,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="change_time" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="change_time" arity="3" since=""/>
<fsummary>Change the modification and last access time of a file.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Changes the modification and last access times of a file. See
@@ -230,7 +257,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="close" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="close" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Close a file.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Closes the file referenced by <c><anno>IoDevice</anno></c>. It mostly
@@ -243,7 +270,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="consult" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="consult" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Read Erlang terms from a file.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Reads Erlang terms, separated by '.', from
@@ -281,8 +308,8 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="copy" arity="2"/>
- <name name="copy" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="copy" arity="2" since=""/>
+ <name name="copy" arity="3" since=""/>
<fsummary>Copy file contents.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Copies <c><anno>ByteCount</anno></c> bytes from
@@ -319,7 +346,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="datasync" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="datasync" arity="1" since="OTP R14B"/>
<fsummary>Synchronize the in-memory data of a file, ignoring most of its metadata, with that on the physical medium.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Ensures that any buffers kept by the operating system
@@ -342,7 +369,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="del_dir" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="del_dir" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Delete a directory.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Tries to delete directory <c><anno>Dir</anno></c>.
@@ -378,7 +405,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="delete" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="delete" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Delete a file.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Tries to delete file <c><anno>Filename</anno></c>.
@@ -415,7 +442,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="eval" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="eval" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Evaluate Erlang expressions in a file.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Reads and evaluates Erlang expressions, separated by '.' (or
@@ -449,7 +476,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="eval" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="eval" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Evaluate Erlang expressions in a file.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>The same as <c>eval/1</c>, but the variable bindings
@@ -459,7 +486,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="format_error" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="format_error" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Return a descriptive string for an error reason.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Given the error reason returned by any function in this
@@ -467,7 +494,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="get_cwd" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="get_cwd" arity="0" since=""/>
<fsummary>Get the current working directory.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns <c>{ok, <anno>Dir</anno>}</c>, where <c><anno>Dir</anno></c>
@@ -489,7 +516,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="get_cwd" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="get_cwd" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Get the current working directory for the specified drive.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns <c>{ok, <anno>Dir</anno>}</c> or
@@ -520,7 +547,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="list_dir" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="list_dir" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>List files in a directory.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Lists all files in a directory, <em>except</em> files
@@ -551,7 +578,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="list_dir_all" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="list_dir_all" arity="1" since="OTP R16B"/>
<fsummary>List all files in a directory.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p><marker id="list_dir_all"/>Lists all the files in a directory,
@@ -576,7 +603,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="make_dir" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="make_dir" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Make a directory.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Tries to create directory <c><anno>Dir</anno></c>. Missing parent
@@ -610,7 +637,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="make_link" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="make_link" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Make a hard link to a file.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Makes a hard link from <c><anno>Existing</anno></c> to
@@ -639,7 +666,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="make_symlink" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="make_symlink" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Make a symbolic link to a file or directory.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Creates a symbolic link <c><anno>New</anno></c> to
@@ -675,7 +702,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="native_name_encoding" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="native_name_encoding" arity="0" since="OTP R14B01"/>
<fsummary>Return the configured filename encoding of the VM.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p><marker id="native_name_encoding"/>Returns
@@ -687,7 +714,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="open" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="open" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Open a file.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Opens file <c><anno>File</anno></c> in the mode determined
@@ -954,8 +981,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</item>
<tag><c>eisdir</c></tag>
<item>
- <p>The named file is not a regular file. It can be a
- directory, a FIFO, or a device.</p>
+ <p>The named file is a directory.</p>
</item>
<tag><c>enotdir</c></tag>
<item>
@@ -971,7 +997,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="path_consult" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="path_consult" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Read Erlang terms from a file.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Searches the path <c><anno>Path</anno></c> (a list of directory
@@ -1013,7 +1039,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="path_eval" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="path_eval" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Evaluate Erlang expressions in a file.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Searches the path <c><anno>Path</anno></c> (a list of directory
@@ -1059,7 +1085,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="path_open" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="path_open" arity="3" since=""/>
<fsummary>Open a file.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Searches the path <c><anno>Path</anno></c> (a list of directory
@@ -1088,7 +1114,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="path_script" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="path_script" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Evaluate and return the value of Erlang expressions in a file.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Searches the path <c><anno>Path</anno></c> (a list of directory
@@ -1132,7 +1158,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="path_script" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="path_script" arity="3" since=""/>
<fsummary>Evaluate and return the value of Erlang expressions in a file.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>The same as <c>path_script/2</c> but the variable bindings
@@ -1142,7 +1168,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="pid2name" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="pid2name" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Return the name of the file handled by a pid.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>If <c><anno>Pid</anno></c> is an I/O device, that is, a pid returned from
@@ -1167,7 +1193,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="position" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="position" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Set position in a file.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Sets the position of the file referenced by <c><anno>IoDevice</anno></c>
@@ -1219,7 +1245,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="pread" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="pread" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Read from a file at certain positions.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Performs a sequence of <c>pread/3</c> in one operation,
@@ -1237,7 +1263,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="pread" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="pread" arity="3" since=""/>
<fsummary>Read from a file at a certain position.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Combines <c>position/2</c> and <c>read/2</c> in one
@@ -1257,7 +1283,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="pwrite" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="pwrite" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Write to a file at certain positions.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Performs a sequence of <c>pwrite/3</c> in one operation,
@@ -1272,7 +1298,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="pwrite" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="pwrite" arity="3" since=""/>
<fsummary>Write to a file at a certain position.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Combines <c>position/2</c> and <c>write/2</c> in one
@@ -1291,7 +1317,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="read" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="read" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Read from a file.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Reads <c><anno>Number</anno></c> bytes/characters from the file
@@ -1345,7 +1371,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="read_file" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="read_file" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Read a file.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns <c>{ok, <anno>Binary</anno>}</c>, where
@@ -1381,8 +1407,8 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="read_file_info" arity="1"/>
- <name name="read_file_info" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="read_file_info" arity="1" since=""/>
+ <name name="read_file_info" arity="2" since="OTP R15B"/>
<fsummary>Retrieve information about a file.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Retrieves information about a file. Returns
@@ -1407,8 +1433,12 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
which is 1970-01-01 00:00 UTC.</p></item>
</taglist>
<p>Default is <c>{time, local}</c>.</p>
- <p>If the option <c>raw</c> is set, the file server is not called
- and only information about local files is returned.</p>
+ <p>If the option <c>raw</c> is set, the file server is not called and
+ only information about local files is returned. Note that this will
+ break this module's atomicity guarantees as it can race with a
+ concurrent call to
+ <seealso marker="#write_file_info/2"><c>write_file_info/1,2</c>
+ </seealso></p>
<note>
<p>As file times are stored in POSIX time on most OS, it is faster to
query file information with option <c>posix</c>.</p>
@@ -1532,7 +1562,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="read_line" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="read_line" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Read a line from a file.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Reads a line of bytes/characters from the file referenced by
@@ -1589,7 +1619,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="read_link" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="read_link" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>See what a link is pointing to.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p><marker id="read_link_all"/>Returns
@@ -1619,7 +1649,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="read_link_all" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="read_link_all" arity="1" since="OTP R16B"/>
<fsummary>See what a link is pointing to.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns <c>{ok, <anno>Filename</anno>}</c> if
@@ -1647,8 +1677,8 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="read_link_info" arity="1"/>
- <name name="read_link_info" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="read_link_info" arity="1" since=""/>
+ <name name="read_link_info" arity="2" since="OTP R15B"/>
<fsummary>Retrieve information about a link or file.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Works like
@@ -1656,8 +1686,12 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
except that if <c><anno>Name</anno></c> is a symbolic link, information
about the link is returned in the <c>file_info</c> record and
the <c>type</c> field of the record is set to <c>symlink</c>.</p>
- <p>If the option <c>raw</c> is set, the file server is not called
- and only information about local files is returned.</p>
+ <p>If the option <c>raw</c> is set, the file server is not called and
+ only information about local files is returned. Note that this will
+ break this module's atomicity guarantees as it can race with a
+ concurrent call to
+ <seealso marker="#write_file_info/2"><c>write_file_info/1,2</c>
+ </seealso></p>
<p>If <c><anno>Name</anno></c> is not a symbolic link, this function returns
the same result as <c>read_file_info/1</c>.
On platforms that do not support symbolic links, this function
@@ -1665,7 +1699,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="rename" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="rename" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Rename a file.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Tries to rename the file <c><anno>Source</anno></c> to
@@ -1728,7 +1762,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="script" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="script" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Evaluate and return the value of Erlang expressions in a file.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Reads and evaluates Erlang expressions, separated by '.' (or
@@ -1763,7 +1797,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="script" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="script" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Evaluate and return the value of Erlang expressions in a file.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>The same as <c>script/1</c> but the variable bindings
@@ -1773,7 +1807,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="sendfile" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="sendfile" arity="2" since="OTP R15B"/>
<fsummary>Send a file to a socket.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Sends the file <c>Filename</c> to <c>Socket</c>.
@@ -1782,7 +1816,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="sendfile" arity="5"/>
+ <name name="sendfile" arity="5" since="OTP R15B"/>
<fsummary>Send a file to a socket.</fsummary>
<type name="sendfile_option"/>
<desc>
@@ -1795,29 +1829,21 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
<p>The file used must be opened using the <c>raw</c> flag, and the process
calling <c>sendfile</c> must be the controlling process of the socket.
See <seealso marker="gen_tcp#controlling_process-2"><c>gen_tcp:controlling_process/2</c></seealso>.</p>
- <p>If the OS used does not support <c>sendfile</c>, an Erlang fallback
- using
- <seealso marker="#read/2"><c>read/2</c></seealso> and
- <seealso marker="gen_tcp#send/2"><c>gen_tcp:send/2</c></seealso> is used.</p>
+ <p>If the OS used does not support non-blocking <c>sendfile</c>, an
+ Erlang fallback using <seealso marker="#read/2"><c>read/2</c></seealso>
+ and <seealso marker="gen_tcp#send/2"><c>gen_tcp:send/2</c></seealso> is
+ used.</p>
<p>The option list can contain the following options:</p>
<taglist>
<tag><c>chunk_size</c></tag>
<item><p>The chunk size used by the Erlang fallback to send
data. If using the fallback, set this to a value
that comfortably fits in the systems memory. Default is 20 MB.</p></item>
- <tag><c>use_threads</c></tag>
- <item><p>Instructs the emulator to use the <c>async</c> thread pool for the
- <c>sendfile</c> system call. This can be useful if the OS you are running
- on does not properly support non-blocking <c>sendfile</c> calls. Notice that
- using <c>async</c> threads potentially makes your system vulnerable to slow
- client attacks. If set to <c>true</c> and no <c>async</c> threads are available,
- the <c>sendfile</c> call returns <c>{error,einval}</c>.
- Introduced in Erlang/OTP 17.0. Default is <c>false</c>.</p></item>
</taglist>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="set_cwd" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="set_cwd" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Set the current working directory.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Sets the current working directory of the file server to
@@ -1825,7 +1851,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
<p>The functions in the module <c>file</c> usually treat binaries
as raw filenames, that is, they are passed "as is" even when the
encoding of the binary does not agree with
- <seealso marker="#native_name_encoding"><c>native_name_encoding()</c></seealso>.
+ <seealso marker="#native_name_encoding/0"><c>native_name_encoding()</c></seealso>.
However, this function expects binaries to be encoded according to the
value returned by <c>native_name_encoding()</c>.</p>
<p>Typical error reasons are:</p>
@@ -1864,7 +1890,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="sync" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="sync" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Synchronize the in-memory state of a file with that on the physical medium.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Ensures that any buffers kept by the operating system
@@ -1880,7 +1906,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="truncate" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="truncate" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Truncate a file.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Truncates the file referenced by <c><anno>IoDevice</anno></c> at
@@ -1889,7 +1915,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="write" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="write" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Write to a file.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Writes <c><anno>Bytes</anno></c> to the file referenced by
@@ -1915,7 +1941,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="write_file" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="write_file" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Write a file.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Writes the contents of the <c>iodata</c> term <c><anno>Bytes</anno></c>
@@ -1952,7 +1978,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="write_file" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="write_file" arity="3" since=""/>
<fsummary>Write a file.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Same as <c>write_file/2</c>, but takes a third argument
@@ -1963,8 +1989,8 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="write_file_info" arity="2"/>
- <name name="write_file_info" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="write_file_info" arity="2" since=""/>
+ <name name="write_file_info" arity="3" since="OTP R15B"/>
<fsummary>Change file information.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Changes file information. Returns <c>ok</c> if successful,
@@ -2117,144 +2143,77 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
<section>
<title>Performance</title>
- <p>Some operating system file operations, for example, a
- <c>sync/1</c> or <c>close/1</c> on a huge file, can block their
- calling thread for seconds. If this affects the emulator main
- thread, the response time is no longer in the order of
- milliseconds, depending on the definition of "soft" in soft
- real-time system.</p>
- <p>If the device driver thread pool is active, file operations are
- done through those threads instead, so the emulator can go on
- executing Erlang processes. Unfortunately, the time for serving a
- file operation increases because of the extra scheduling required
- from the operating system.</p>
- <p>If the device driver thread pool is disabled or of size 0, large
- file reads and writes are segmented into many smaller, which
- enable the emulator to serve other processes during the file
- operation. This has the same effect as when using the thread
- pool, but with larger overhead. Other file operations, for
- example, <c>sync/1</c> or <c>close/1</c> on a huge file, still are
- a problem.</p>
- <p>For increased performance, raw files are recommended. Raw files
- use the file system of the host machine of the node.</p>
+ <p>For increased performance, raw files are recommended.</p>
+ <p>A normal file is really a process so it can be used as an I/O
+ device (see <seealso marker="stdlib:io"><c>io</c></seealso>).
+ Therefore, when data is written to a normal file, the sending of the
+ data to the file process, copies all data that are not binaries. Opening
+ the file in binary mode and writing binaries is therefore recommended.
+ If the file is opened on another node, or if the file server runs as
+ slave to the file server of another node, also binaries are copied.</p>
<note>
- <p>
- For normal files (non-raw), the file server is used to find the files,
- and if the node is running its file server as slave to the file server
- of another node, and the other node runs on some other host machine,
- they can have different file systems.
- However, this is seldom a problem.</p>
+ <p>Raw files use the file system of the host machine of the node.
+ For normal files (non-raw), the file server is used to find the files,
+ and if the node is running its file server as slave to the file server
+ of another node, and the other node runs on some other host machine,
+ they can have different file systems.
+ However, this is seldom a problem.</p>
</note>
- <p>A normal file is really a process so it can be used as an I/O
- device (see
- <seealso marker="stdlib:io"><c>io</c></seealso>).
- Therefore, when data is written to a
- normal file, the sending of the data to the file process, copies
- all data that are not binaries. Opening the file in binary mode
- and writing binaries is therefore recommended. If the file is
- opened on another node, or if the file server runs as slave to
- the file server of another node, also binaries are copied.</p>
- <p>Caching data to reduce the number of file operations, or rather
- the number of calls to the file driver, generally increases
- performance. The following function writes 4 MBytes in 23
- seconds when tested:</p>
+ <p><seealso marker="#open/2"><c>open/2</c></seealso> can be given the
+ options <c>delayed_write</c> and <c>read_ahead</c> to turn on caching,
+ which will reduce the number of operating system calls and greatly
+ improve performance for small reads and writes. However, the overhead
+ won't disappear completely and it's best to keep the number of file
+ operations to a minimum. As a contrived example, the following function
+ writes 4MB in 2.5 seconds when tested:</p>
+
<code type="none"><![CDATA[
-create_file_slow(Name, N) when integer(N), N >= 0 ->
- {ok, FD} = file:open(Name, [raw, write, delayed_write, binary]),
- ok = create_file_slow(FD, 0, N),
- ok = ?FILE_MODULE:close(FD),
- ok.
-
-create_file_slow(FD, M, M) ->
+create_file_slow(Name) ->
+ {ok, Fd} = file:open(Name, [raw, write, delayed_write, binary]),
+ create_file_slow_1(Fd, 4 bsl 20),
+ file:close(Fd).
+
+create_file_slow_1(_Fd, 0) ->
ok;
-create_file_slow(FD, M, N) ->
- ok = file:write(FD, <<M:32/unsigned>>),
- create_file_slow(FD, M+1, N).]]></code>
+create_file_slow_1(Fd, M) ->
+ ok = file:write(Fd, <<0>>),
+ create_file_slow_1(Fd, M - 1).]]></code>
+
+ <p>The following functionally equivalent code writes 128 bytes per call
+ to <seealso marker="#write/2"><c>write/2</c></seealso> and so does the
+ same work in 0.08 seconds, which is roughly 30 times faster:</p>
- <p>The following, functionally equivalent, function collects 1024
- entries into a list of 128 32-byte binaries before each call to
- <seealso marker="#write/2"><c>write/2</c></seealso> and so
- does the same work in 0.52 seconds,
- which is 44 times faster:</p>
<code type="none"><![CDATA[
-create_file(Name, N) when integer(N), N >= 0 ->
- {ok, FD} = file:open(Name, [raw, write, delayed_write, binary]),
- ok = create_file(FD, 0, N),
- ok = ?FILE_MODULE:close(FD),
+create_file(Name) ->
+ {ok, Fd} = file:open(Name, [raw, write, delayed_write, binary]),
+ create_file_1(Fd, 4 bsl 20),
+ file:close(Fd),
ok.
-
-create_file(FD, M, M) ->
+
+create_file_1(_Fd, 0) ->
ok;
-create_file(FD, M, N) when M + 1024 =&lt; N ->
- create_file(FD, M, M + 1024, []),
- create_file(FD, M + 1024, N);
-create_file(FD, M, N) ->
- create_file(FD, M, N, []).
-
-create_file(FD, M, M, R) ->
- ok = file:write(FD, R);
-create_file(FD, M, N0, R) when M + 8 =&lt; N0 ->
- N1 = N0-1, N2 = N0-2, N3 = N0-3, N4 = N0-4,
- N5 = N0-5, N6 = N0-6, N7 = N0-7, N8 = N0-8,
- create_file(FD, M, N8,
- [<<N8:32/unsigned, N7:32/unsigned,
- N6:32/unsigned, N5:32/unsigned,
- N4:32/unsigned, N3:32/unsigned,
- N2:32/unsigned, N1:32/unsigned>> | R]);
-create_file(FD, M, N0, R) ->
- N1 = N0-1,
- create_file(FD, M, N1, [<<N1:32/unsigned>> | R]).]]></code>
+create_file_1(Fd, M) when M >= 128 ->
+ ok = file:write(Fd, <<0:(128)/unit:8>>),
+ create_file_1(Fd, M - 128);
+create_file_1(Fd, M) ->
+ ok = file:write(Fd, <<0:(M)/unit:8>>),
+ create_file_1(Fd, M - 1).]]></code>
- <note>
- <p>Trust only your own benchmarks. If the list length in
- <c>create_file/2</c> above is increased, it runs slightly
- faster, but consumes more memory and causes more memory
- fragmentation. How much this affects your application is
- something that this simple benchmark cannot predict.</p>
- <p>If the size of each binary is increased to 64 bytes, it
- also runs slightly faster, but the code is then twice as clumsy.
- In the current implementation, binaries larger than 64 bytes are
- stored in memory common to all processes and not copied when
- sent between processes, while these smaller binaries are stored
- on the process heap and copied when sent like any other term.</p>
- <p>So, with a binary size of 68 bytes, <c>create_file/2</c> runs
- 30 percent slower than with 64 bytes, and causes much more
- memory fragmentation. Notice that if the binaries were to be sent
- between processes (for example, a non-raw file), the results
- would probably be completely different.</p>
- </note>
- <p>A raw file is really a port. When writing data to a port, it is
- efficient to write a list of binaries. It is not needed to
- flatten a deep list before writing. On Unix hosts, scatter output,
- which writes a set of buffers in one operation, is used when
- possible. In this way <c>write(FD, [Bin1, Bin2 | Bin3])</c>
- writes the contents of the binaries without copying the data
- at all, except for perhaps deep down in the operating system
- kernel.</p>
- <p>For raw files, <c>pwrite/2</c> and <c>pread/2</c> are
- efficiently implemented. The file driver is called only once for
- the whole operation, and the list iteration is done in the file
- driver.</p>
- <p>The options <c>delayed_write</c> and <c>read_ahead</c> to
- <seealso marker="#open/2"><c>open/2</c></seealso>
- make the file driver cache data to reduce
- the number of operating system calls. The function
- <c>create_file/2</c> in the recent example takes 60 seconds
- without option <c>delayed_write</c>, which is 2.6
- times slower.</p>
- <p>As a bad example, <c>create_file_slow/2</c>
- without options <c>raw</c>, <c>binary</c>, and <c>delayed_write</c>,
- meaning it calls <c>open(Name, [write])</c>, needs
- 1 min 20 seconds for the job, which is 3.5 times slower than
- the first example, and 150 times slower than the optimized
- <c>create_file/2</c>.</p>
- <warning>
- <p>If an error occurs when accessing an open file with module
- <seealso marker="stdlib:io"><c>io</c></seealso>,
- the process handling the file exits. The dead
- file process can hang if a process tries to access it later.
- This will be fixed in a future release.</p>
- </warning>
+ <p>When writing data it's generally more efficient to write a list of
+ binaries rather than a list of integers. It is not needed to
+ flatten a deep list before writing. On Unix hosts, scatter output,
+ which writes a set of buffers in one operation, is used when
+ possible. In this way <c>write(FD, [Bin1, Bin2 | Bin3])</c>
+ writes the contents of the binaries without copying the data
+ at all, except for perhaps deep down in the operating system
+ kernel.</p>
+ <warning>
+ <p>If an error occurs when accessing an open file with module
+ <seealso marker="stdlib:io"><c>io</c></seealso>, the process
+ handling the file exits. The dead file process can hang if a process
+ tries to access it later. This will be fixed in a future release.
+ </p>
+ </warning>
</section>
<section>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_sctp.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_sctp.xml
index 737800c6b1..f70d6c24db 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>
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
<rev>A</rev>
<file>gen_sctp.xml</file>
</header>
- <module>gen_sctp</module>
+ <module since="">gen_sctp</module>
<modulesummary>Functions for communicating with sockets using the SCTP
protocol.</modulesummary>
<description>
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
<funcs>
<func>
- <name name="abort" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="abort" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Abnormally terminate the association specified by
<c>Assoc</c>, without flushing of unsent data.</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="close" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="close" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Close the socket and all associations on it.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Closes the socket and all associations on it. The unsent
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="connect" arity="4"/>
+ <name name="connect" arity="4" since=""/>
<fsummary>Same as <c>connect(Socket, Addr, Port, Opts, infinity)</c>.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Same as <c>connect(<anno>Socket</anno>, <anno>Addr</anno>,
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="connect" arity="5"/>
+ <name name="connect" arity="5" since=""/>
<fsummary>Establish a new association for socket <c>Socket</c>, with a
peer (SCTP server socket).</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ connect(Socket, Ip, Port>,
</func>
<func>
- <name name="connect_init" arity="4"/>
+ <name name="connect_init" arity="4" since="OTP R13B04"/>
<fsummary>Same as <c>connect_init(Socket, Addr, Port, Opts, infinity)</c>..</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Same as <c>connect_init(<anno>Socket</anno>, <anno>Addr</anno>,
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ connect(Socket, Ip, Port>,
</func>
<func>
- <name name="connect_init" arity="5"/>
+ <name name="connect_init" arity="5" since="OTP R13B04"/>
<fsummary>Initiate a new association for socket <c>Socket</c>, with a
peer (SCTP server socket).</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ connect(Socket, Ip, Port>,
</func>
<func>
- <name name="controlling_process" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="controlling_process" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Assign a new controlling process pid to the socket.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Assigns a new controlling process <c><anno>Pid</anno></c> to
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ connect(Socket, Ip, Port>,
</func>
<func>
- <name name="eof" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="eof" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Gracefully terminate the association specified by <c>Assoc</c>,
with flushing of all unsent data.</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ connect(Socket, Ip, Port>,
</func>
<func>
- <name name="error_string" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="error_string" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Translate an SCTP error number into a string.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Translates an SCTP error number from, for example,
@@ -283,8 +283,8 @@ connect(Socket, Ip, Port>,
</func>
<func>
- <name name="listen" arity="2" clause_i="1"/>
- <name name="listen" arity="2" clause_i="2"/>
+ <name name="listen" arity="2" clause_i="1" since=""/>
+ <name name="listen" arity="2" clause_i="2" since="OTP R15B"/>
<fsummary>Set up a socket to listen.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Sets up a socket to listen on the IP address and port number
@@ -300,10 +300,10 @@ connect(Socket, Ip, Port>,
</func>
<func>
- <name name="open" arity="0"/>
- <name name="open" arity="1" clause_i="1"/>
- <name name="open" arity="1" clause_i="2"/>
- <name name="open" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="open" arity="0" since=""/>
+ <name name="open" arity="1" clause_i="1" since=""/>
+ <name name="open" arity="1" clause_i="2" since=""/>
+ <name name="open" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Create an SCTP socket and binds it to local addresses.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Creates an SCTP socket and binds it to the local addresses
@@ -331,11 +331,42 @@ 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>
<func>
- <name name="peeloff" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="peeloff" arity="2" since="OTP R15B"/>
<fsummary>Peel off a type <c>stream</c> socket from a type
<c>seqpacket</c> one.</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -356,8 +387,8 @@ connect(Socket, Ip, Port>,
</func>
<func>
- <name name="recv" arity="1"/>
- <name name="recv" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="recv" arity="1" since=""/>
+ <name name="recv" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Receive a message from a socket.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Receives the <c><anno>Data</anno></c> message from any association
@@ -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>
@@ -488,7 +532,7 @@ connect(Socket, Ip, Port>,
</func>
<func>
- <name name="send" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="send" arity="3" since=""/>
<fsummary>Send a message using an <c>#sctp_sndrcvinfo{}</c>record.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Sends the <c><anno>Data</anno></c> message with all sending
@@ -503,7 +547,7 @@ connect(Socket, Ip, Port>,
</func>
<func>
- <name name="send" arity="4"/>
+ <name name="send" arity="4" since=""/>
<fsummary>Send a message over an existing association and specified
stream.</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -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
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_tcp.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_tcp.xml
index e6104b0c76..fc16473393 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_tcp.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_tcp.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1997</year><year>2017</year>
+ <year>1997</year><year>2018</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
<date>1997-10-24</date>
<rev>A</rev>
</header>
- <module>gen_tcp</module>
+ <module since="">gen_tcp</module>
<modulesummary>Interface to TCP/IP sockets.</modulesummary>
<description>
<p>This module provides functions for communicating
@@ -70,6 +70,32 @@ do_recv(Sock, Bs) ->
<name name="option"/>
</datatype>
<datatype>
+ <name name="pktoptions_value"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p>
+ If the platform implements the IPv4 option
+ <c>IP_PKTOPTIONS</c>, or the IPv6 option
+ <c>IPV6_PKTOPTIONS</c> or <c>IPV6_2292PKTOPTIONS</c> for the socket
+ this value is returned from
+ <seealso marker="inet#getopts/2"><c>inet:getopts/2</c></seealso>
+ when called with the option name
+ <seealso marker="#type-option_name"><c>pktoptions</c></seealso>.
+ </p>
+ <note>
+ <p>
+ This option appears to be VERY Linux specific,
+ and its existence in future Linux kernel versions
+ is also worrying since the option is part of RFC 2292
+ which is since long (2003) obsoleted by RFC 3542
+ that <em>explicitly</em> removes this possibility to get
+ packet information from a stream socket.
+ For comparision: it has existed in FreeBSD but is now removed,
+ at least since FreeBSD 10.
+ </p>
+ </note>
+ </desc>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
<name name="option_name"/>
</datatype>
<datatype>
@@ -90,8 +116,8 @@ do_recv(Sock, Bs) ->
<funcs>
<func>
- <name name="accept" arity="1"/>
- <name name="accept" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="accept" arity="1" since=""/>
+ <name name="accept" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Accept an incoming connection request on a listening socket.</fsummary>
<type_desc variable="ListenSocket">Returned by
<seealso marker="#listen/2"><c>listen/2</c></seealso>.
@@ -137,7 +163,7 @@ do_recv(Sock, Bs) ->
</func>
<func>
- <name name="close" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="close" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Close a TCP socket.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Closes a TCP socket.</p>
@@ -162,8 +188,8 @@ do_recv(Sock, Bs) ->
</func>
<func>
- <name name="connect" arity="3"/>
- <name name="connect" arity="4"/>
+ <name name="connect" arity="3" since=""/>
+ <name name="connect" arity="4" since=""/>
<fsummary>Connect to a TCP port.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Connects to a server on TCP port <c><anno>Port</anno></c> on the host
@@ -242,7 +268,7 @@ do_recv(Sock, Bs) ->
</func>
<func>
- <name name="controlling_process" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="controlling_process" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Change controlling process of a socket.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Assigns a new controlling process <c><anno>Pid</anno></c> to
@@ -266,7 +292,7 @@ do_recv(Sock, Bs) ->
</func>
<func>
- <name name="listen" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="listen" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Set up a socket to listen on a port.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Sets up a socket to listen on port <c><anno>Port</anno></c> on
@@ -323,8 +349,8 @@ do_recv(Sock, Bs) ->
</func>
<func>
- <name name="recv" arity="2"/>
- <name name="recv" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="recv" arity="2" since=""/>
+ <name name="recv" arity="3" since=""/>
<fsummary>Receive a packet from a passive socket.</fsummary>
<type_desc variable="HttpPacket">See the description of
<c>HttpPacket</c> in
@@ -349,7 +375,7 @@ do_recv(Sock, Bs) ->
</func>
<func>
- <name name="send" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="send" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Send a packet.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Sends a packet on a socket.</p>
@@ -360,7 +386,7 @@ do_recv(Sock, Bs) ->
</func>
<func>
- <name name="shutdown" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="shutdown" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Asynchronously close a socket.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Closes a socket in one or two directions.</p>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_udp.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_udp.xml
index f79566ef71..d20fc1fdfd 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_udp.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_udp.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1997</year><year>2016</year>
+ <year>1997</year><year>2018</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
<date>1997-12-03</date>
<rev>A</rev>
</header>
- <module>gen_udp</module>
+ <module since="">gen_udp</module>
<modulesummary>Interface to UDP sockets.</modulesummary>
<description>
<p>This module provides functions for communicating
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
<funcs>
<func>
- <name name="close" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="close" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Close a UDP socket.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Closes a UDP socket.</p>
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="controlling_process" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="controlling_process" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Change controlling process of a socket.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Assigns a new controlling process <c><anno>Pid</anno></c> to
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="open" arity="1"/>
- <name name="open" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="open" arity="1" since=""/>
+ <name name="open" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Associate a UDP port number with the process calling it.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Associates a UDP port number (<c><anno>Port</anno></c>) with the
@@ -147,7 +147,21 @@
at the opened port, if the socket is in an active mode, the packets
are delivered as messages to the controlling process:</p>
<code type="none">
-{udp, Socket, IP, InPortNo, Packet}</code>
+{udp, Socket, IP, InPortNo, Packet} % Without ancillary data
+{udp, Socket, IP, InPortNo, AncData, Packet} % With ancillary data
+ </code>
+ <p>
+ The message contains an <c>AncData</c> field
+ if any of 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>
+ are active, otherwise it does not.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ </p>
<p>If the socket is not in an active mode, data can be
retrieved through the
<seealso marker="#recv/2"><c>recv/2,3</c></seealso> calls.
@@ -175,18 +189,31 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="recv" arity="2"/>
- <name name="recv" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="recv" arity="2" since=""/>
+ <name name="recv" arity="3" since=""/>
<fsummary>Receive a packet from a passive socket.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Receives a packet from a socket in passive mode. Optional parameter
+ <p>
+ Receives a packet from a socket in passive mode. Optional parameter
<c><anno>Timeout</anno></c> specifies a time-out in milliseconds.
- Defaults to <c>infinity</c>.</p>
+ Defaults to <c>infinity</c>.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ If any of 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>
+ are active, the <c><anno>RecvData</anno></c> tuple contains an
+ <c><anno>AncData</anno></c> field,
+ otherwise it does not.
+ </p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="send" arity="4"/>
+ <name name="send" arity="4" since=""/>
<fsummary>Send a packet.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/global.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/global.xml
index 4442741f54..dfe71de5ce 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/global.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/global.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
<date>1997-11-17</date>
<rev></rev>
</header>
- <module>global</module>
+ <module since="">global</module>
<modulesummary>A global name registration facility.</modulesummary>
<description>
<p>This module consists of the following services:</p>
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@
<funcs>
<func>
- <name name="del_lock" arity="1"/>
- <name name="del_lock" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="del_lock" arity="1" since=""/>
+ <name name="del_lock" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Delete a lock.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Deletes the lock <c><anno>Id</anno></c> synchronously.</p>
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="notify_all_name" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="notify_all_name" arity="3" since=""/>
<fsummary>Name resolving function that notifies both pids.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Can be used as a name resolving function for
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="random_exit_name" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="random_exit_name" arity="3" since=""/>
<fsummary>Name resolving function that kills one pid.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Can be used as a name resolving function for
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="random_notify_name" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="random_notify_name" arity="3" since=""/>
<fsummary>Name resolving function that notifies one pid.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Can be used as a name resolving function for
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="re_register_name" arity="2"/>
- <name name="re_register_name" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="re_register_name" arity="2" since=""/>
+ <name name="re_register_name" arity="3" since=""/>
<fsummary>Atomically re-register a name.</fsummary>
<type name="method"/>
<type_desc name="method">{<c>Module</c>, <c>Function</c>}
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="register_name" arity="2"/>
- <name name="register_name" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="register_name" arity="2" since=""/>
+ <name name="register_name" arity="3" since=""/>
<fsummary>Globally register a name for a pid.</fsummary>
<type name="method"/>
<type_desc name="method">{<c>Module</c>, <c>Function</c>} is also
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="registered_names" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="registered_names" arity="0" since=""/>
<fsummary>All globally registered names.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns a list of all globally registered names.</p>
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="send" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="send" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Send a message to a globally registered pid.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Sends message <c><anno>Msg</anno></c> to the pid globally registered
@@ -241,9 +241,9 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="set_lock" arity="1"/>
- <name name="set_lock" arity="2"/>
- <name name="set_lock" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="set_lock" arity="1" since=""/>
+ <name name="set_lock" arity="2" since=""/>
+ <name name="set_lock" arity="3" since=""/>
<fsummary>Set a lock on the specified nodes.</fsummary>
<type name="id"/>
<type name="retries"/>
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="sync" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="sync" arity="0" since=""/>
<fsummary>Synchronize the global name server.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Synchronizes the global name server with all nodes known to
@@ -302,9 +302,9 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="trans" arity="2"/>
- <name name="trans" arity="3"/>
- <name name="trans" arity="4"/>
+ <name name="trans" arity="2" since=""/>
+ <name name="trans" arity="3" since=""/>
+ <name name="trans" arity="4" since=""/>
<fsummary>Micro transaction facility.</fsummary>
<type name="retries"/>
<type name="trans_fun"/>
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="unregister_name" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="unregister_name" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Remove a globally registered name for a pid.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Removes the globally registered name <c><anno>Name</anno></c> from
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="whereis_name" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="whereis_name" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Get the pid with a specified globally registered name.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns the pid with the globally registered name
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/global_group.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/global_group.xml
index 8f947b9adf..74d15cd476 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/global_group.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/global_group.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
<date>1998-12-18</date>
<rev>B</rev>
</header>
- <module>global_group</module>
+ <module since="">global_group</module>
<modulesummary>Grouping nodes to global name registration groups.</modulesummary>
<description>
<p>This module makes it possible to partition the nodes of a
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
<funcs>
<func>
- <name name="global_groups" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="global_groups" arity="0" since=""/>
<fsummary>Return the global group names.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns a tuple containing the name of the global group that
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="info" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="info" arity="0" since=""/>
<fsummary>Information about global groups.</fsummary>
<type name="info_item"/>
<type name="sync_state"/>
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="monitor_nodes" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="monitor_nodes" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Subscribe to node status changes.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Depending on <c><anno>Flag</anno></c>, the calling process
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="own_nodes" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="own_nodes" arity="0" since=""/>
<fsummary>Return the group nodes.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns the names of all group nodes, regardless of their
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="registered_names" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="registered_names" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Return globally registered names.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns a list of all names that are globally registered
@@ -205,8 +205,8 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="send" arity="2"/>
- <name name="send" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="send" arity="2" since=""/>
+ <name name="send" arity="3" since=""/>
<fsummary>Send a message to a globally registered pid.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Searches for <c><anno>Name</anno></c>, globally registered on
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="sync" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="sync" arity="0" since=""/>
<fsummary>Synchronize the group nodes.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Synchronizes the group nodes, that is, the global name
@@ -242,8 +242,8 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="whereis_name" arity="1"/>
- <name name="whereis_name" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="whereis_name" arity="1" since=""/>
+ <name name="whereis_name" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Get the pid with a specified globally registered name.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Searches for <c><anno>Name</anno></c>, globally registered on
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml
index 5b5b71e521..4243b1ffe8 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1996</year><year>2016</year>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2018</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
<date>1998-01-28</date>
<rev>A</rev>
</header>
- <module>heart</module>
+ <module since="">heart</module>
<modulesummary>Heartbeat monitoring of an Erlang runtime system.</modulesummary>
<description>
<p>This modules contains the interface to the <c>heart</c> process.
@@ -59,8 +59,9 @@
<pre>
% <input>erl -heart -env HEART_BEAT_TIMEOUT 30 ...</input></pre>
<p>The value (in seconds) must be in the range 10 &lt; X &lt;= 65535.</p>
- <p>Notice that if the system clock is adjusted with
- more than <c>HEART_BEAT_TIMEOUT</c> seconds, <c>heart</c>
+ <p>When running on OSs lacking support for monotonic time,
+ <c>heart</c> is susceptible to system clock adjustments of more than
+ <c>HEART_BEAT_TIMEOUT</c> seconds. When this happens, <c>heart</c>
times out and tries to reboot the system. This can occur, for
example, if the system clock is adjusted automatically by use of the
Network Time Protocol (NTP).</p>
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@
<funcs>
<func>
- <name name="set_cmd" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="set_cmd" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Set a temporary reboot command.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Sets a temporary reboot command. This command is used if
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="clear_cmd" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="clear_cmd" arity="0" since=""/>
<fsummary>Clear the temporary boot command.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Clears the temporary boot command. If the system terminates,
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="get_cmd" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="get_cmd" arity="0" since=""/>
<fsummary>Get the temporary reboot command.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Gets the temporary reboot command. If the command is cleared,
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="set_callback" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="set_callback" arity="2" since="OTP 18.3"/>
<fsummary>Set a validation callback</fsummary>
<desc>
<p> This validation callback will be executed before any
@@ -165,14 +166,14 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="clear_callback" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="clear_callback" arity="0" since="OTP 18.3"/>
<fsummary>Clear the validation callback</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Removes the validation callback call before heartbeats.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="get_callback" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="get_callback" arity="0" since="OTP 18.3"/>
<fsummary>Get the validation callback</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Get the validation callback. If the callback is cleared, <c>none</c> will be returned.</p>
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="set_options" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="set_options" arity="1" since="OTP 18.3"/>
<fsummary>Set a list of options</fsummary>
<desc>
<p> Valid options <c>set_options</c> are: </p>
@@ -198,7 +199,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="get_options" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="get_options" arity="0" since="OTP 18.3"/>
<fsummary>Get the temporary reboot command</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns <c>{ok, Options}</c> where <c>Options</c> is a list of current options enabled for heart.
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
index 169a76463b..5e33bbc3ff 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1997</year><year>2017</year>
+ <year>1997</year><year>2018</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
<date>1998-02-04</date>
<rev>A</rev>
</header>
- <module>inet</module>
+ <module since="">inet</module>
<modulesummary>Access to TCP/IP protocols.</modulesummary>
<description>
<p>This module provides access to TCP/IP protocols.</p>
@@ -177,6 +177,100 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
</desc>
</datatype>
<datatype>
+ <name name="ancillary_data"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p>
+ Ancillary data received with the data packet
+ or read with the socket option
+ <seealso marker="gen_tcp#type-pktoptions_value">
+ <c>pktoptions</c>
+ </seealso>
+ from a TCP socket.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The value(s) correspond to the currently active socket
+ <seealso marker="#type-socket_setopt">options</seealso>
+ <seealso marker="inet#option-recvtos"><c>recvtos</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="inet#option-recvtclass"><c>recvtclass</c></seealso>
+ and
+ <seealso marker="inet#option-recvttl"><c>recvttl</c></seealso>.
+ </p>
+ </desc>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="getifaddrs_ifopts"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p>
+ Interface address description list returned from
+ <seealso marker="#getifaddrs/0"><c>getifaddrs/0,1</c></seealso>
+ for a named interface, translated from the returned
+ data of the POSIX API function <c>getaddrinfo()</c>.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <c><anno>Hwaddr</anno></c> is hardware dependent,
+ for example, on Ethernet interfaces it is
+ the 6-byte Ethernet address (MAC address (EUI-48 address)).
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The tuples <c>{addr,<anno>Addr</anno>}</c>,
+ <c>{netmask,<anno>Netmask</anno>}</c>, and possibly
+ <c>{broadaddr,<anno>Broadaddr</anno>}</c> or
+ <c>{dstaddr,<anno>Dstaddr</anno>}</c>
+ are repeated in the list
+ if the interface has got multiple addresses.
+ An interface may have multiple <c>{flag,_}</c> tuples
+ for example if it has different flags
+ for different address families.
+ Multiple <c>{hwaddr,<anno>Hwaddr</anno>}</c> tuples
+ is hard to say anything definite about, though.
+ The tuple <c>{flag,<anno>Flags</anno>}</c> is mandatory,
+ all others are optional.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Do not rely too much on the order
+ of <c><anno>Flags</anno></c> atoms
+ or the <c><anno>Ifopt</anno></c> tuples.
+ There are however some rules:
+ </p>
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item><p>
+ A <c>{flag,_}</c> tuple applies to all other tuples that follow.
+ </p></item>
+ <item><p>
+ Immediately after <c>{addr,_}</c> follows <c>{netmask,_}</c>.
+ </p></item>
+ <item><p>
+ Immediately thereafter may <c>{broadaddr,_}</c> follow
+ if <c>broadcast</c> is member of <c><anno>Flags</anno></c>,
+ or <c>{dstaddr,_}</c> if <c>pointtopoint</c>
+ is member of <c><anno>Flags</anno></c>.
+ Both <c>{dstaddr,_}</c> and <c>{broadaddr,_}</c>
+ does not occur for the same <c>{addr,_}</c>.
+ </p></item>
+ <item><p>
+ Any <c>{netmask,_}</c>, <c>{broadaddr,_}</c>, or
+ <c>{dstaddr,_}</c> tuples that follow an
+ <c>{addr,<anno>Addr</anno>}</c>
+ tuple concerns the address <c><anno>Addr</anno></c>.
+ </p></item>
+ </list>
+ <p>
+ The tuple <c>{hwaddr,_}</c> is not returned on Solaris, as the
+ hardware address historically belongs to the link layer
+ and it is not returned by the Solaris API function
+ <c>getaddrinfo()</c>.
+ </p>
+ <warning>
+ <p>
+ On Windows, the data is fetched from different
+ OS API functions, so the <c><anno>Netmask</anno></c>
+ and <c><anno>Broadaddr</anno></c> values may be calculated,
+ just as some <c><anno>Flags</anno></c> values.
+ </p>
+ </warning>
+ </desc>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
<name name="posix"/>
<desc>
<p>An atom that is named from the POSIX error codes used in Unix,
@@ -197,11 +291,17 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
<datatype>
<name name="address_family"/>
</datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="socket_protocol"/>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="stat_option"/>
+ </datatype>
</datatypes>
<funcs>
<func>
- <name name="close" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="close" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Close a socket of any type.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Closes a socket of any type.</p>
@@ -209,7 +309,7 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
</func>
<func>
- <name name="format_error" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="format_error" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Return a descriptive string for an error reason.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns a diagnostic error string. For possible POSIX values and
@@ -219,7 +319,7 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
</func>
<func>
- <name name="get_rc" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="get_rc" arity="0" since=""/>
<fsummary>Return a list of IP configuration parameters.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>
@@ -238,7 +338,7 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
</func>
<func>
- <name name="getaddr" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="getaddr" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Return the IP address for a host.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns the IP address for <c><anno>Host</anno></c> as a tuple of
@@ -248,7 +348,7 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
</func>
<func>
- <name name="getaddrs" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="getaddrs" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Return the IP addresses for a host.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns a list of all IP addresses for <c><anno>Host</anno></c>.
@@ -258,7 +358,7 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
</func>
<func>
- <name name="gethostbyaddr" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="gethostbyaddr" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Return a hostent record for the host with the specified
address.</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -267,21 +367,19 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
</func>
<func>
- <name name="gethostbyname" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="gethostbyname" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Return a hostent record for the host with the specified name.
</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns a <c>hostent</c> record for the host with the specified
hostname.</p>
<p>If resolver option <c>inet6</c> is <c>true</c>,
- an IPv6 address is looked up. If that fails,
- the IPv4 address is looked up and returned on
- IPv6-mapped IPv4 format.</p>
+ an IPv6 address is looked up.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="gethostbyname" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="gethostbyname" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Return a hostent record for the host with the specified name.
</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -291,7 +389,7 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
</func>
<func>
- <name name="gethostname" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="gethostname" arity="0" since=""/>
<fsummary>Return the local hostname.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns the local hostname. Never fails.</p>
@@ -299,51 +397,81 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
</func>
<func>
- <name name="getifaddrs" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="getifaddrs" arity="0" since="OTP R14B01"/>
<fsummary>Return a list of interfaces and their addresses.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Returns a list of 2-tuples containing interface names and the
- interface addresses. <c><anno>Ifname</anno></c> is a Unicode string.
- <c><anno>Hwaddr</anno></c> is hardware dependent, for example, on
- Ethernet interfaces
- it is the 6-byte Ethernet address (MAC address (EUI-48 address)).</p>
- <p>The tuples <c>{addr,<anno>Addr</anno>}</c>, <c>{netmask,_}</c>, and
- <c>{broadaddr,_}</c> are repeated in the result list if the interface
- has multiple addresses. If you come across an interface with
- multiple <c>{flag,_}</c> or <c>{hwaddr,_}</c> tuples, you have
- a strange interface or possibly a bug in this function. The tuple
- <c>{flag,_}</c> is mandatory, all others are optional.</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 however some rules:</p>
- <list type="bulleted">
- <item><p>Immediately after
- <c>{addr,_}</c> follows <c>{netmask,_}</c>.</p></item>
- <item><p>Immediately thereafter follows <c>{broadaddr,_}</c> if flag
- <c>broadcast</c> is <em>not</em> set and flag
- <c>pointtopoint</c> <em>is</em> set.</p></item>
- <item><p>Any <c>{netmask,_}</c>, <c>{broadaddr,_}</c>, or
- <c>{dstaddr,_}</c> tuples that follow an <c>{addr,_}</c>
- tuple concerns that address.</p></item>
- </list>
- <p>The tuple <c>{hwaddr,_}</c> is not returned on Solaris, as the
- hardware address historically belongs to the link layer and only
- the superuser can read such addresses.</p>
- <warning>
- <p>On Windows, the data is fetched from different OS API functions,
- so the <c><anno>Netmask</anno></c> and <c><anno>Broadaddr</anno></c>
- values can be calculated, just as some <c><anno>Flag</anno></c>
- values. Report flagrant bugs.</p>
- </warning>
+ <p>
+ Returns a list of 2-tuples containing interface names and
+ the interfaces' addresses. <c><anno>Ifname</anno></c>
+ is a Unicode string and
+ <c><anno>Ifopts</anno></c> is a list of
+ interface address description tuples.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The interface address description tuples
+ are documented under the type of the
+ <seealso marker="#type-getifaddrs_ifopts">
+ <c><anno>Ifopts</anno></c>
+ </seealso>
+ value.
+ </p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name since="OTP 21.2">getifaddrs(Opts) ->
+ {ok, [{Ifname, Ifopts}]} | {error, Posix}
+ </name>
+ <fsummary>Return a list of interfaces and their addresses.</fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v>
+ Opts = [{netns, Namespace}]
+ </v>
+ <v>
+ Namespace =
+ <seealso marker="file#type-filename_all">
+ file:filename_all()
+ </seealso>
+ </v>
+ <v>Ifname = string()</v>
+ <v>
+ Ifopts =
+ <seealso marker="#type-getifaddrs_ifopts">
+ getifaddrs_ifopts()
+ </seealso>
+ </v>
+ <v>Posix = <seealso marker="#type-posix">posix()</seealso></v>
+ </type>
+ <desc>
+ <p>
+ The same as
+ <seealso marker="#getifaddrs/0"><c>getifaddrs/0</c></seealso>
+ but the <c>Option</c>
+ <c>{netns, Namespace}</c> sets a network namespace
+ for the OS call, on platforms that supports that feature.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ See the socket option
+ <seealso marker="#option-netns">
+ <c>{netns, Namespace}</c>
+ </seealso>
+ under
+ <seealso marker="#setopts/2"><c>setopts/2</c></seealso>.
+ </p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="getopts" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="getopts" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Get one or more options for a socket.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Gets one or more options for a socket. For a list of available
options, see
- <seealso marker="#setopts/2"><c>setopts/2</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <seealso marker="#setopts/2"><c>setopts/2</c></seealso>.
+ See also the description for the type
+ <seealso marker="gen_tcp#type-pktoptions_value">
+ <c>gen_tcp:pktoptions_value()</c>
+ </seealso>.</p>
<p>The number of elements in the returned
<c><anno>OptionValues</anno></c>
list does not necessarily correspond to the number of options
@@ -359,7 +487,7 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
socket options not (explicitly) supported by the emulator. The
use of raw socket options makes the code non-portable, but
allows the Erlang programmer to take advantage of unusual features
- present on the current platform.</p>
+ present on a particular platform.</p>
<p><c>RawOptReq</c> consists of tag <c>raw</c> followed
by the protocol level, the option number, and either a binary
or the size, in bytes, of the
@@ -404,8 +532,8 @@ get_tcpi_sacked(Sock) ->
</func>
<func>
- <name name="getstat" arity="1"/>
- <name name="getstat" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="getstat" arity="1" since=""/>
+ <name name="getstat" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Get one or more statistic options for a socket.</fsummary>
<type name="stat_option"/>
<desc>
@@ -461,7 +589,62 @@ get_tcpi_sacked(Sock) ->
</func>
<func>
- <name name="ntoa" arity="1" />
+ <name name="i" arity="0" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <name name="i" arity="1" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <name name="i" arity="2" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Displays information and statistics about sockets on the terminal</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>
+ Lists all TCP, UDP and SCTP sockets, including those that the Erlang runtime system uses as well as
+ those created by the application.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The following options are available:
+ </p>
+
+ <taglist>
+ <tag><c>port</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>The internal index of the port.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>module</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>The callback module of the socket.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>recv</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Number of bytes received by the socket.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>sent</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Number of bytes sent from the socket.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>owner</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>The socket owner process.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>local_address</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>The local address of the socket.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>foreign_address</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>The address and port of the other end of the connection.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>state</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>The connection state.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>type</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>STREAM or DGRAM or SEQPACKET.</p>
+ </item>
+ </taglist>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="ntoa" arity="1" since="OTP R16B02"/>
<fsummary>Convert IPv6/IPV4 address to ASCII.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Parses an
@@ -471,7 +654,7 @@ get_tcpi_sacked(Sock) ->
</func>
<func>
- <name name="parse_address" arity="1" />
+ <name name="parse_address" arity="1" since="OTP R16B"/>
<fsummary>Parse an IPv4 or IPv6 address.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Parses an IPv4 or IPv6 address string and returns an
@@ -482,7 +665,7 @@ get_tcpi_sacked(Sock) ->
</func>
<func>
- <name name="parse_ipv4_address" arity="1" />
+ <name name="parse_ipv4_address" arity="1" since="OTP R16B"/>
<fsummary>Parse an IPv4 address.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Parses an IPv4 address string and returns an
@@ -492,7 +675,7 @@ get_tcpi_sacked(Sock) ->
</func>
<func>
- <name name="parse_ipv4strict_address" arity="1" />
+ <name name="parse_ipv4strict_address" arity="1" since="OTP R16B"/>
<fsummary>Parse an IPv4 address strict.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Parses an IPv4 address string containing four fields, that is,
@@ -503,7 +686,7 @@ get_tcpi_sacked(Sock) ->
</func>
<func>
- <name name="parse_ipv6_address" arity="1" />
+ <name name="parse_ipv6_address" arity="1" since="OTP R16B"/>
<fsummary>Parse an IPv6 address.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Parses an IPv6 address string and returns an
@@ -514,7 +697,7 @@ get_tcpi_sacked(Sock) ->
</func>
<func>
- <name name="parse_ipv6strict_address" arity="1" />
+ <name name="parse_ipv6strict_address" arity="1" since="OTP R16B"/>
<fsummary>Parse an IPv6 address strict.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Parses an IPv6 address string and returns an
@@ -524,7 +707,20 @@ get_tcpi_sacked(Sock) ->
</func>
<func>
- <name name="parse_strict_address" arity="1" />
+ <name name="ipv4_mapped_ipv6_address" arity="1" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Convert to and from IPv4-mapped IPv6 address.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>
+ Convert an IPv4 address to an IPv4-mapped IPv6 address
+ or the reverse. When converting from an IPv6 address
+ all but the 2 low words are ignored so this function also
+ works on some other types of addresses than IPv4-mapped.
+ </p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="parse_strict_address" arity="1" since="OTP R16B"/>
<fsummary>Parse an IPv4 or IPv6 address strict.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Parses an IPv4 or IPv6 address string and returns an
@@ -535,7 +731,7 @@ get_tcpi_sacked(Sock) ->
</func>
<func>
- <name name="peername" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="peername" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Return the address and port for the other end of a connection.
</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -548,7 +744,7 @@ get_tcpi_sacked(Sock) ->
</func>
<func>
- <name name="peernames" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="peernames" arity="1" since="OTP R16B03"/>
<fsummary>Return all address/port numbers for the other end of a
connection.</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -562,7 +758,7 @@ get_tcpi_sacked(Sock) ->
</func>
<func>
- <name name="peernames" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="peernames" arity="2" since="OTP R16B03"/>
<fsummary>Return all address/port numbers for the other end of a
connection.</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -581,7 +777,7 @@ get_tcpi_sacked(Sock) ->
</func>
<func>
- <name name="port" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="port" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Return the local port number for a socket.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns the local port number for a socket.</p>
@@ -589,7 +785,7 @@ get_tcpi_sacked(Sock) ->
</func>
<func>
- <name name="setopts" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="setopts" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Set one or more options for a socket.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Sets one or more options for a socket.</p>
@@ -665,22 +861,23 @@ get_tcpi_sacked(Sock) ->
</item>
<tag><c>{buffer, Size}</c></tag>
<item>
- <p>The size of the user-level software buffer used by
- the driver.
- Not to be confused with options <c>sndbuf</c>
+ <p>The size of the user-level buffer used by
+ the driver. Not to be confused with options <c>sndbuf</c>
and <c>recbuf</c>, which correspond to the
- Kernel socket buffers. It is recommended
- to have <c>val(buffer) &gt;= max(val(sndbuf),val(recbuf))</c> to
+ Kernel socket buffers. For TCP it is recommended
+ to have <c>val(buffer) &gt;= val(recbuf)</c> to
avoid performance issues because of unnecessary copying.
+ For UDP the same recommendation applies, but the max should
+ not be larger than the MTU of the network path.
<c>val(buffer)</c> is automatically set to the above
- maximum when values <c>sndbuf</c> or <c>recbuf</c> are set.
- However, as the sizes set for <c>sndbuf</c> and <c>recbuf</c>
+ maximum when <c>recbuf</c> is set.
+ However, as the size set for <c>recbuf</c>
usually become larger, you are encouraged to use
<seealso marker="#getopts/2"><c>getopts/2</c></seealso>
to analyze the behavior of your operating system.</p>
<p>Note that this is also the maximum amount of data that can be
- received from a single recv call. If you are using higher than
- normal MTU consider setting buffer higher.</p>
+ received from a single recv call. If you are using higher than
+ normal MTU consider setting buffer higher.</p>
</item>
<tag><c>{delay_send, Boolean}</c></tag>
<item>
@@ -855,20 +1052,29 @@ get_tcpi_sacked(Sock) ->
</item>
<tag><c>{mode, Mode :: binary | list}</c></tag>
<item>
- <p>Received <c>Packet</c> is delivered as defined by <c>Mode</c>.
+ <p>
+ Received <c>Packet</c> is delivered as defined by <c>Mode</c>.
</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>{netns, Namespace :: file:filename_all()}</c></tag>
+ <tag>
+ <marker id="option-netns"/>
+ <c>{netns, Namespace :: file:filename_all()}</c>
+ </tag>
<item>
- <p>Sets a network namespace for the socket. Parameter
+ <p>
+ Sets a network namespace for the socket. Parameter
<c>Namespace</c> is a filename defining the namespace, for
example, <c>"/var/run/netns/example"</c>, typically created by
command <c>ip netns add example</c>. This option must be used in
a function call that creates a socket, that is,
<seealso marker="gen_tcp#connect/3"><c>gen_tcp:connect/3,4</c></seealso>,
<seealso marker="gen_tcp#listen/2"><c>gen_tcp:listen/2</c></seealso>,
- <seealso marker="gen_udp#open/1"><c>gen_udp:open/1,2</c></seealso>, or
- <seealso marker="gen_sctp#open/0"><c>gen_sctp:open/0,1,2</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <seealso marker="gen_udp#open/1"><c>gen_udp:open/1,2</c></seealso>
+ or
+ <seealso marker="gen_sctp#open/0"><c>gen_sctp:open/0,1,2</c></seealso>,
+ and also
+ <seealso marker="#getifaddrs/1"><c>getifaddrs/1</c></seealso>.
+ </p>
<p>This option uses the Linux-specific syscall
<c>setns()</c>, such as in Linux kernel 3.0 or later,
and therefore only exists when the runtime system
@@ -944,6 +1150,18 @@ setcap cap_sys_admin,cap_sys_ptrace,cap_dac_read_search+epi beam.smp</code>
is turned on for the socket, which means that also small
amounts of data are sent immediately.</p>
</item>
+ <tag><c>{nopush, Boolean}</c>(TCP/IP sockets)</tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>This translates to <c>TCP_NOPUSH</c> on BSD and
+ to <c>TCP_CORK</c> on Linux.</p>
+ <p>If <c>Boolean == true</c>, the corresponding option
+ is turned on for the socket, which means that small
+ amounts of data are accumulated until a full MSS-worth
+ of data is available or this option is turned off.</p>
+ <p>Note that while <c>TCP_NOPUSH</c> socket option is available on OSX, its semantics
+ is very different (e.g., unsetting it does not cause immediate send
+ of accumulated data). Hence, <c>nopush</c> option is intentionally ignored on OSX.</p>
+ </item>
<tag><c>{packet, PacketType}</c>(TCP/IP sockets)</tag>
<item>
<p><marker id="packet"/>Defines the type of packets to use for a socket.
@@ -1045,6 +1263,100 @@ setcap cap_sys_admin,cap_sys_ptrace,cap_dac_read_search+epi beam.smp</code>
the socket. You are encouraged to use
<seealso marker="#getopts/2"><c>getopts/2</c></seealso>
to retrieve the size set by your operating system.</p>
+ <marker id="option-recvtclass"></marker>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>{recvtclass, Boolean}</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ If set to <c>true</c> activates returning the received
+ <c>TCLASS</c> value on platforms that implements
+ the protocol <c>IPPROTO_IPV6</c>
+ option <c>IPV6_RECVTCLASS</c> or <c>IPV6_2292RECVTCLASS</c>
+ for the socket.
+ The value is returned as a <c>{tclass,TCLASS}</c> tuple
+ regardless of if the platform returns an <c>IPV6_TCLASS</c>
+ or an <c>IPV6_RECVTCLASS</c> CMSG value.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ For packet oriented sockets that supports receiving
+ ancillary data with the payload data
+ (<c>gen_udp</c> and <c>gen_sctp</c>),
+ the <c>TCLASS</c> value is returned
+ in an extended return tuple contained in an
+ <seealso marker="inet#type-ancillary_data">
+ ancillary data
+ </seealso>
+ list.
+ For stream oriented sockets (<c>gen_tcp</c>)
+ the only way to get the <c>TCLASS</c>
+ value is if the platform supports the
+ <seealso marker="gen_tcp#type-pktoptions_value">
+ <c>pktoptions</c>
+ </seealso>
+ option.
+ </p>
+ <marker id="option-recvtos"></marker>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>{recvtos, Boolean}</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ If set to <c>true</c> activates returning the received
+ <c>TOS</c> value on platforms that implements
+ the protocol <c>IPPROTO_IP</c> option <c>IP_RECVTOS</c>
+ for the socket.
+ The value is returned as a <c>{tos,TOS}</c> tuple
+ regardless of if the platform returns an <c>IP_TOS</c>
+ or an <c>IP_RECVTOS</c> CMSG value.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ For packet oriented sockets that supports receiving
+ ancillary data with the payload data
+ (<c>gen_udp</c> and <c>gen_sctp</c>),
+ the <c>TOS</c> value is returned
+ in an extended return tuple contained in an
+ <seealso marker="inet#type-ancillary_data">
+ ancillary data
+ </seealso>
+ list.
+ For stream oriented sockets (<c>gen_tcp</c>)
+ the only way to get the <c>TOS</c>
+ value is if the platform supports the
+ <seealso marker="gen_tcp#type-pktoptions_value">
+ <c>pktoptions</c>
+ </seealso>
+ option.
+ </p>
+ <marker id="option-recvttl"></marker>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>{recvttl, Boolean}</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ If set to <c>true</c> activates returning the received
+ <c>TTL</c> value on platforms that implements
+ the protocol <c>IPPROTO_IP</c> option <c>IP_RECVTTL</c>
+ for the socket.
+ The value is returned as a <c>{ttl,TTL}</c> tuple
+ regardless of if the platform returns an <c>IP_TTL</c>
+ or an <c>IP_RECVTTL</c> CMSG value.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ For packet oriented sockets that supports receiving
+ ancillary data with the payload data
+ (<c>gen_udp</c> and <c>gen_sctp</c>),
+ the <c>TTL</c> value is returned
+ in an extended return tuple contained in an
+ <seealso marker="inet#type-ancillary_data">
+ ancillary data
+ </seealso>
+ list.
+ For stream oriented sockets (<c>gen_tcp</c>)
+ the only way to get the <c>TTL</c>
+ value is if the platform supports the
+ <seealso marker="gen_tcp#type-pktoptions_value">
+ <c>pktoptions</c>
+ </seealso>
+ option.
+ </p>
</item>
<tag><c>{reuseaddr, Boolean}</c></tag>
<item>
@@ -1080,7 +1392,7 @@ setcap cap_sys_admin,cap_sys_ptrace,cap_dac_read_search+epi beam.smp</code>
<seealso marker="gen_tcp#recv/2"><c>gen_tcp:recv/2</c></seealso>
gets <c>{error, closed}</c>. In active
mode, the controlling process receives a
- <c>{tcp_close, Socket}</c> message, indicating that the
+ <c>{tcp_closed, Socket}</c> message, indicating that the
peer has closed the connection.</p>
<p>Setting this option to <c>true</c> allows you to
distinguish between a connection that was closed normally,
@@ -1177,7 +1489,7 @@ inet:setopts(Sock,[{raw,6,8,<<30:32/native>>}]),]]></code>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="sockname" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="sockname" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Return the local address and port number for a socket.
</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -1190,7 +1502,7 @@ inet:setopts(Sock,[{raw,6,8,<<30:32/native>>}]),]]></code>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="socknames" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="socknames" arity="1" since="OTP R16B03"/>
<fsummary>Return all local address/port numbers for a socket.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Equivalent to
@@ -1200,7 +1512,7 @@ inet:setopts(Sock,[{raw,6,8,<<30:32/native>>}]),]]></code>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="socknames" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="socknames" arity="2" since="OTP R16B03"/>
<fsummary>Return all local address/port numbers for a socket.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns a list of all local address/port number pairs for a socket
@@ -1214,7 +1526,7 @@ inet:setopts(Sock,[{raw,6,8,<<30:32/native>>}]),]]></code>
For one-to-many style sockets, the special value <c>0</c>
is defined to mean that the returned addresses must be
without any particular association.
- How different SCTP implementations interprets this varies somewhat.
+ How different SCTP implementations interpret this varies somewhat.
</p>
</desc>
</func>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet_res.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet_res.xml
index 4ada4203c0..1904e371f7 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet_res.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet_res.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2009</year><year>2015</year>
+ <year>2009</year><year>2018</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
<date>2009-09-11</date>
<rev>A</rev>
</header>
- <module>inet_res</module>
+ <module since="">inet_res</module>
<modulesummary>A rudimentary DNS client.</modulesummary>
<description>
<p>This module performs DNS name resolving to recursive name servers.</p>
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ dns_header() = DnsHeader
inet_dns:header(DnsHeader) ->
[ {id, integer()}
| {qr, boolean()}
- | {opcode, 'query' | iquery | status | integer()}
+ | {opcode, query | iquery | status | integer()}
| {aa, boolean()}
| {tc, boolean()}
| {rd, boolean()}
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ inet_dns:record_type(_) -> undefined.</pre>
<funcs>
<func>
- <name name="getbyname" arity="2"/>
- <name name="getbyname" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="getbyname" arity="2" since=""/>
+ <name name="getbyname" arity="3" since=""/>
<fsummary>Resolve a DNS record of the specified type for the specified
host.</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -205,8 +205,8 @@ inet_dns:record_type(_) -> undefined.</pre>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="gethostbyaddr" arity="1"/>
- <name name="gethostbyaddr" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="gethostbyaddr" arity="1" since=""/>
+ <name name="gethostbyaddr" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Return a hostent record for the host with the specified
address.</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -217,9 +217,9 @@ inet_dns:record_type(_) -> undefined.</pre>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="gethostbyname" arity="1"/>
- <name name="gethostbyname" arity="2"/>
- <name name="gethostbyname" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="gethostbyname" arity="1" since=""/>
+ <name name="gethostbyname" arity="2" since=""/>
+ <name name="gethostbyname" arity="3" since=""/>
<fsummary>Return a hostent record for the host with the specified name.
</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -230,16 +230,14 @@ inet_dns:record_type(_) -> undefined.</pre>
<seealso marker="#getbyname/2"><c>getbyname/2,3</c></seealso>.
</p>
<p>If resolver option <c>inet6</c> is <c>true</c>,
- an IPv6 address is looked up. If that fails,
- the IPv4 address is looked up and returned on
- IPv6-mapped IPv4 format.</p>
+ an IPv6 address is looked up.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="lookup" arity="3"/>
- <name name="lookup" arity="4"/>
- <name name="lookup" arity="5"/>
+ <name name="lookup" arity="3" since=""/>
+ <name name="lookup" arity="4" since=""/>
+ <name name="lookup" arity="5" since=""/>
<fsummary>Resolve the DNS data for the record of the specified type
and class for the specified name.</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -259,9 +257,9 @@ inet_dns:record_type(_) -> undefined.</pre>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="resolve" arity="3"/>
- <name name="resolve" arity="4"/>
- <name name="resolve" arity="5"/>
+ <name name="resolve" arity="3" since=""/>
+ <name name="resolve" arity="4" since=""/>
+ <name name="resolve" arity="5" since=""/>
<fsummary>Resolve a DNS record of the specified type and class
for the specified name.</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -328,9 +326,9 @@ example_lookup(Name, Class, Type) ->
<funcs>
<func>
- <name name="nslookup" arity="3"/>
- <name name="nslookup" arity="4" clause_i="1"/>
- <name name="nslookup" arity="4" clause_i="2"/>
+ <name name="nslookup" arity="3" since=""/>
+ <name name="nslookup" arity="4" clause_i="1" since=""/>
+ <name name="nslookup" arity="4" clause_i="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Resolve a DNS record of the specified type and class for the
specified name.</fsummary>
<type variable="Name"/>
@@ -346,8 +344,8 @@ example_lookup(Name, Class, Type) ->
</func>
<func>
- <name name="nnslookup" arity="4"/>
- <name name="nnslookup" arity="5"/>
+ <name name="nnslookup" arity="4" since=""/>
+ <name name="nnslookup" arity="5" since=""/>
<fsummary>Resolve a DNS record of the specified type and class
for the specified name.</fsummary>
<desc>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/introduction_chapter.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/introduction_chapter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d02b1a2ee5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/introduction_chapter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE chapter SYSTEM "chapter.dtd">
+
+<chapter>
+ <header>
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2017</year><year>2018</year>
+ <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
+ </copyright>
+ <legalnotice>
+ 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
+
+ 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>
+
+ <title>Introduction</title>
+ <prepared></prepared>
+ <responsible></responsible>
+ <docno></docno>
+ <approved></approved>
+ <checked></checked>
+ <date></date>
+ <rev></rev>
+ <file>introduction.xml</file>
+ </header>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Scope</title>
+ <p>The Kernel application has all the code necessary to run
+ the Erlang runtime system: file servers, code servers,
+ and so on.</p>
+ <p>The Kernel application is the first application started. It is
+ mandatory in the sense that the minimal system based on
+ Erlang/OTP consists of Kernel and STDLIB. Kernel
+ contains the following functional areas:</p>
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>Start, stop, supervision, configuration, and distribution of applications</item>
+ <item>Code loading</item>
+ <item>Logging</item>
+ <item>Global name service</item>
+ <item>Supervision of Erlang/OTP</item>
+ <item>Communication with sockets</item>
+ <item>Operating system interface</item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Prerequisites</title>
+ <p>It is assumed that the reader is familiar with the Erlang programming
+ language.</p>
+ </section>
+</chapter>
+
+
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/kernel_app.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/kernel_app.xml
index 0762cebc94..dbd83e1a6e 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/kernel_app.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/kernel_app.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
<item>Start, stop, supervision, configuration, and distribution of applications</item>
<item>Code loading</item>
<item>Logging</item>
- <item>Error logging</item>
<item>Global name service</item>
<item>Supervision of Erlang/OTP</item>
<item>Communication with sockets</item>
@@ -51,10 +50,13 @@
</description>
<section>
- <title>Error Logger Event Handlers</title>
- <p>Two standard error logger event handlers are defined in
- the Kernel application. These are described in
- <seealso marker="error_logger"><c>error_logger(3)</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <title>Logger Handlers</title>
+ <p>Two standard logger handlers are defined in
+ the Kernel application. These are described in the
+ <seealso marker="logger_chapter">Kernel User's Guide</seealso>,
+ and in the <seealso marker="logger_std_h"><c>logger_std_h(3)</c></seealso>
+ and <seealso marker="logger_disk_log_h"><c>logger_disk_log_h(3)</c>
+ </seealso> manual pages.</p>
</section>
<section>
@@ -113,26 +115,12 @@
</section>
<section>
+ <marker id="configuration"/>
<title>Configuration</title>
<p>The following configuration parameters are defined for the Kernel
application. For more information about configuration parameters,
see file <seealso marker="app"><c>app(4)</c></seealso>.</p>
<taglist>
- <tag><c>browser_cmd = string() | {M,F,A}</c></tag>
- <item>
- <p>When pressing the <em>Help</em> button in a tool such as Debugger,
- the help text (an HTML file <c>File</c>) is by default
- displayed in a Netscape browser, which is required to be
- operational. This parameter can be used to change the command for
- how to display the help text if another browser than Netscape
- is preferred, or if another platform than Unix or Windows is
- used.</p>
- <p>If set to a string <c>Command</c>, the command
- <c>"Command File"</c> is evaluated using
- <seealso marker="os#cmd/1"><c>os:cmd/1</c></seealso>.</p>
- <p>If set to a module-function-args tuple, <c>{M,F,A}</c>,
- the call <c>apply(M,F,[File|A])</c> is evaluated.</p>
- </item>
<tag><c>distributed = [Distrib]</c></tag>
<item>
<p>Specifies which applications that are distributed and on which
@@ -176,65 +164,74 @@
<p>Permissions are described in
<seealso marker="application#permit/2"><c>application:permit/2</c></seealso>.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>error_logger = Value</c></tag>
- <item>
- <p><c>Value</c> is one of:</p>
- <taglist>
- <tag><c>tty</c></tag>
- <item><p>Installs the standard event handler, which prints error
- reports to <c>stdio</c>. This is the default option.</p></item>
- <tag><c>{file, FileName}</c></tag>
- <item><p>Installs the standard event handler, which prints error
- reports to file <c>FileName</c>, where <c>FileName</c>
- is a string. The file is opened with encoding UTF-8.</p></item>
- <tag><c>false</c></tag>
- <item>
- <p>No standard event handler is installed, but
- the initial, primitive event handler is kept, printing
- raw event messages to <c>tty</c>.</p>
- </item>
- <tag><c>silent</c></tag>
- <item>
- <p>Error logging is turned off.</p>
- </item>
- </taglist>
+ <tag><marker id="logger"/><c>logger = [Config]</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Specifies the configuration
+ for <seealso marker="logger">Logger</seealso>, except the
+ primary log level, which is specified
+ with <seealso marker="#logger_level"><c>logger_level</c></seealso>,
+ and the compatibility
+ with <seealso marker="sasl:error_logging">SASL Error
+ Logging</seealso>, which is specified
+ with <seealso marker="#logger_sasl_compatible">
+ <c>logger_sasl_compatible</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p>The <c>logger </c> parameter is described in
+ section <seealso marker="logger_chapter#logger_parameter">
+ Logging</seealso> in the Kernel User's Guide.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><marker id="logger_level"/><c>logger_level = Level</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Specifies the primary log level for Logger. Log events with
+ the same, or a more severe level, pass through the primary
+ log level check. See
+ section <seealso marker="logger_chapter">Logging</seealso>
+ in the Kernel User's Guide for more information about Logger
+ and log levels.</p>
+ <p><c>Level = emergency | alert | critical | error | warning |
+ notice | info | debug | all | none</c></p>
+ <p>To change the primary log level at runtime, use
+ <seealso marker="logger#set_primary_config/2">
+ <c>logger:set_primary_config(level, Level)</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p>Defaults to <c>notice</c>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><marker id="logger_sasl_compatible"/>
+ <c>logger_sasl_compatible = true | false</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Specifies if Logger behaves backwards compatible with the
+ SASL error logging functionality from releases prior to
+ Erlang/OTP 21.0.</p>
+ <p>If this parameter is set to <c>true</c>, the default Logger
+ handler does not log any progress-, crash-, or supervisor
+ reports. If the SASL application is then started, it adds a
+ Logger handler named <c>sasl</c>, which logs these events
+ according to values of the SASL configuration
+ parameter <c>sasl_error_logger</c>
+ and <c>sasl_errlog_type</c>.</p>
+ <p>See section
+ <seealso marker="sasl:sasl_app#deprecated_error_logger_config">
+ Deprecated Error Logger Event Handlers and
+ Configuration</seealso> in the sasl(6) manual page for
+ information about the SASL configuration parameters.</p>
+ <p>See section <seealso marker="sasl:error_logging">SASL Error
+ Logging</seealso> in the SASL User's Guide, and
+ section <seealso marker="logger_chapter#compatibility">Backwards
+ Compatibility with error_logger</seealso> in the Kernel
+ User's Guide for information about the SASL error logging
+ functionality, and how Logger can be backwards compatible
+ with this.</p>
+ <p>Defaults to <c>false</c>.</p>
+ <note>
+ <p>If this parameter is set to <c>true</c>,
+ <c>sasl_errlog_type</c> indicates that progress reports
+ shall be logged, and the configured primary log level
+ is <c>notice</c> or more severe, then SASL automatically
+ sets the primary log level to <c>info</c>. That is, this
+ setting can potentially overwrite the value of the Kernel
+ configuration parameter <c>logger_level</c>. This is to
+ allow progress reports, which have log level <c>info</c>,
+ to be forwarded to the handlers.</p>
+ </note>
</item>
- <tag><c>error_logger_format_depth = Depth</c></tag>
- <item>
- <marker id="error_logger_format_depth"></marker>
- <p>Can be used to limit the size of the
- formatted output from the error logger event handlers.</p>
-
- <note><p>This configuration parameter was introduced in OTP 18.1
- and is experimental. Based on user feedback, it
- can be changed or improved in future releases, for example,
- to gain better control over how to limit the size of the
- formatted output. We have no plans to remove this
- new feature entirely, unless it turns out to be
- useless.</p></note>
-
- <p><c>Depth</c> is a positive integer representing the maximum
- depth to which terms are printed by the error logger event
- handlers included in OTP. This
- configuration parameter is used by the two event handlers
- defined by the Kernel application and the two event
- handlers in the SASL application.
- (If you have implemented your own error handlers, this configuration
- parameter has no effect on them.)</p>
-
- <p><c>Depth</c> is used as follows: Format strings
- passed to the event handlers are rewritten.
- The format controls <c>~p</c> and <c>~w</c> are replaced with
- <c>~P</c> and <c>~W</c>, respectively, and <c>Depth</c> is
- used as the depth parameter. For details, see
- <seealso marker="stdlib:io#format/2"><c>io:format/2</c></seealso>
- in STDLIB.</p>
-
- <note><p>A reasonable starting value for <c>Depth</c> is
- <c>30</c>. We recommend to test crashing various processes in your
- application, examine the logs from the crashes, and then
- increase or decrease the value.</p></note>
- </item>
<tag><c>global_groups = [GroupTuple]</c></tag>
<item>
<marker id="global_groups"></marker>
@@ -286,9 +283,8 @@
</item>
<tag><c>inet_parse_error_log = silent</c></tag>
<item>
- <p>If set, no
- <c>error_logger</c> messages are generated when erroneous
- lines are found and skipped in the various Inet configuration
+ <p>If set, no log events are issued when erroneous lines are
+ found and skipped in the various Inet configuration
files.</p>
</item>
<tag><c>inetrc = Filename</c></tag>
@@ -314,24 +310,31 @@
<tag><c>net_ticktime = TickTime</c></tag>
<item>
<marker id="net_ticktime"></marker>
- <p>Specifies the <c>net_kernel</c> tick time. <c>TickTime</c>
- is specified in seconds. Once every <c>TickTime/4</c> second, all
- connected nodes are ticked (if anything else is written
- to a node). If nothing is received from another node
- within the last four tick times, that node is considered
- to be down. This ensures that nodes that are not responding,
- for reasons such as hardware errors, are considered to be
- down.</p>
- <p>The time <c>T</c>, in which a node that is not responding is
- detected, is calculated as <c><![CDATA[MinT < T < MaxT]]></c>, where:</p>
+ <p>Specifies the <c>net_kernel</c> tick time in seconds. This is the
+ approximate time a connected node may be unresponsive until it is
+ considered down and thereby disconnected.</p>
+ <p>Once every <c>TickTime/4</c> seconds, each connected node is ticked
+ if nothing has been sent to it during that last <c>TickTime/4</c>
+ interval. A tick is a small package sent on the connection. A connected
+ node is considered to be down if no ticks or payload packages have been
+ received during the last four <c>TickTime/4</c> intervals. This ensures
+ that nodes that are not responding, for reasons such as hardware errors,
+ are considered to be down.</p>
+ <p>As the availability is only checked every <c>TickTime/4</c> seconds,
+ the actual time <c>T</c> a node have been unresponsive when
+ detected may vary between <c>MinT</c> and <c>MaxT</c>,
+ where:</p>
<code type="none">
MinT = TickTime - TickTime / 4
MaxT = TickTime + TickTime / 4</code>
- <p><c>TickTime</c> defaults to <c>60</c> (seconds). Thus,
- <c><![CDATA[45 < T < 75]]></c> seconds.</p>
- <p>Notice that <em>all</em> communicating nodes are to have the <em>same</em>
- <c>TickTime</c> value specified.</p>
- <p>Normally, a terminating node is detected immediately.</p>
+ <p><c>TickTime</c> defaults to <c>60</c> seconds. Thus,
+ <c><![CDATA[45 < T < 75]]></c> seconds.</p>
+ <p>Notice that <em>all</em> communicating nodes are to have the
+ <em>same</em> <c>TickTime</c> value specified, as it determines both the
+ frequency of outgoing ticks and the expected frequency of incominging
+ ticks.</p>
+ <p>Normally, a terminating node is detected immediately by the transport
+ protocol (like TCP/IP).</p>
</item>
<tag><c>shutdown_timeout = integer() | infinity</c></tag>
<item>
@@ -497,6 +500,39 @@ MaxT = TickTime + TickTime / 4</code>
</section>
<section>
+ <title>Deprecated Configuration Parameters</title>
+ <p>In Erlang/OTP 21.0, a new API for logging was added. The
+ old <c>error_logger</c> event manager, and event handlers
+ running on this manager, still work, but they are no longer used
+ by default.</p>
+ <p>The following application configuration parameters can still be
+ set, but they are only used if the corresponding configuration
+ parameters for Logger are not set.</p>
+ <taglist>
+ <tag><c>error_logger</c></tag>
+ <item>Replaced by setting the <seealso
+ marker="logger_std_h#type"><c>type</c></seealso>, and possibly
+ <seealso marker="logger_std_h#file"><c>file</c></seealso> and
+ <seealso marker="logger_std_h#modes"><c>modes</c></seealso>
+ parameters of the default <c>logger_std_h</c> handler. Example:
+ <code type="none">
+erl -kernel logger '[{handler,default,logger_std_h,#{config=>#{file=>"/tmp/erlang.log"}}}]'
+ </code>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>error_logger_format_depth</c></tag>
+ <item>Replaced by setting the <seealso marker="logger_formatter#depth"><c>depth</c></seealso>
+ parameter of the default handlers formatter. Example:
+ <code type="none">
+erl -kernel logger '[{handler,default,logger_std_h,#{formatter=>{logger_formatter,#{legacy_header=>true,template=>[{logger_formatter,header},"\n",msg,"\n"],depth=>10}}}]'
+ </code>
+ </item>
+ </taglist>
+ <p>See <seealso marker="logger_chapter#compatibility">Backwards
+ compatibility with error_logger</seealso> for more
+ information.</p>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
<title>See Also</title>
<p><seealso marker="app"><c>app(4)</c></seealso>,
<seealso marker="application"><c>application(3)</c></seealso>,
@@ -504,12 +540,12 @@ MaxT = TickTime + TickTime / 4</code>
<seealso marker="disk_log"><c>disk_log(3)</c></seealso>,
<seealso marker="erl_boot_server"><c>erl_boot_server(3)</c></seealso>,
<seealso marker="erl_ddll"><c>erl_ddll(3)</c></seealso>,
- <seealso marker="error_logger"><c>error_logger(3)</c></seealso>,
<seealso marker="file"><c>file(3)</c></seealso>,
<seealso marker="global"><c>global(3)</c></seealso>,
<seealso marker="global_group"><c>global_group(3)</c></seealso>,
<seealso marker="heart"><c>heart(3)</c></seealso>,
<seealso marker="inet"><c>inet(3)</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="logger"><c>logger(3)</c></seealso>,
<seealso marker="net_kernel"><c>net_kernel(3)</c></seealso>,
<seealso marker="os"><c>os(3)</c></seealso>,
<seealso marker="pg2"><c>pg2(3)</c></seealso>,
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5bdfcf91db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,1355 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE erlref SYSTEM "erlref.dtd">
+
+<erlref>
+ <header>
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2017</year><year>2018</year>
+ <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
+ </copyright>
+ <legalnotice>
+ 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
+
+ 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>
+
+ <title>logger</title>
+ <prepared></prepared>
+ <responsible></responsible>
+ <docno></docno>
+ <approved></approved>
+ <checked></checked>
+ <date></date>
+ <rev>A</rev>
+ <file>logger.xml</file>
+ </header>
+ <module since="OTP 21.0">logger</module>
+ <modulesummary>API module for Logger, the standard logging facility
+ in Erlang/OTP.</modulesummary>
+
+ <description>
+ <p>This module implements the main API for logging in
+ Erlang/OTP. To create a log event, use the
+ <seealso marker="#logging_API">API functions</seealso> or the
+ log
+ <seealso marker="#macros">macros</seealso>, for example:</p>
+ <code>
+?LOG_ERROR("error happened because: ~p", [Reason]). % With macro
+logger:error("error happened because: ~p", [Reason]). % Without macro
+ </code>
+ <p>To configure the Logger backend,
+ use <seealso marker="kernel_app#logger">Kernel configuration
+ parameters</seealso>
+ or <seealso marker="#configuration_API">configuration
+ functions</seealso> in the Logger API.</p>
+
+ <p>By default, the Kernel application installs one log handler at
+ system start. This handler is named <c>default</c>. It receives
+ and processes standard log events produced by the Erlang runtime
+ system, standard behaviours and different Erlang/OTP
+ applications. The log events are by default printed to the
+ terminal.</p>
+ <p>If you want your systems logs to be printed to a file instead,
+ you must configure the default handler to do so. The simplest
+ way is to include the following in
+ your <seealso marker="config"><c>sys.config</c></seealso>:</p>
+ <code>
+[{kernel,
+ [{logger,
+ [{handler, default, logger_std_h,
+ #{config => #{file => "path/to/file.log"}}}]}]}].
+ </code>
+ <p>
+ For more information about:
+ </p>
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>the Logger facility in general, see
+ the <seealso marker="logger_chapter">User's
+ Guide</seealso>.</item>
+ <item>how to configure Logger, see
+ the <seealso marker="logger_chapter#configuration">Configuration</seealso>
+ section in the User's Guide.</item>
+ <item>the built-in handlers,
+ see <seealso marker="logger_std_h">logger_std_h</seealso> and
+ <seealso marker="logger_disk_log_h">logger_disk_log_h</seealso>.</item>
+ <item>the built-in formatter,
+ see <seealso marker="logger_formatter">logger_formatter</seealso>.</item>
+ <item>built-in filters,
+ see <seealso marker="logger_filters">logger_filters</seealso>.</item>
+ </list>
+
+ <note>
+ <p>Since Logger is new in Erlang/OTP 21.0, we do reserve the right
+ to introduce changes to the Logger API and functionality in
+ patches following this release. These changes might or might not
+ be backwards compatible with the initial version.</p>
+ </note>
+
+ </description>
+
+ <datatypes>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="filter"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p>A filter which can be installed as a handler filter, or as
+ a primary filter in Logger.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="filter_arg"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p>The second argument to the filter fun.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="filter_id"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p>A unique identifier for a filter.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="filter_return"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p>The return value from the filter fun.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="formatter_config"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Configuration data for the
+ formatter. See <seealso marker="logger_formatter">
+ <c>logger_formatter(3)</c></seealso>
+ for an example of a formatter implementation.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="handler_config"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Handler configuration data for Logger. The following
+ default values apply:</p>
+ <list>
+ <item><c>level => all</c></item>
+ <item><c>filter_default => log</c></item>
+ <item><c>filters => []</c></item>
+ <item><c>formatter => {logger_formatter, DefaultFormatterConfig</c>}</item>
+ </list>
+ <p>In addition to these, the following fields are
+ automatically inserted by Logger, values taken from the
+ two first parameters
+ to <seealso marker="#add_handler-3"><c>add_handler/3</c></seealso>:</p>
+ <list>
+ <item><c>id => HandlerId</c></item>
+ <item><c>module => Module</c></item>
+ </list>
+ <p>These are read-only and cannot be changed in runtime.</p>
+ <p>Handler specific configuration data is inserted by the
+ handler callback itself, in a sub structure associated with
+ the field named <c>config</c>. See
+ the <seealso marker="logger_std_h"><c>logger_std_h(3)</c></seealso>
+ and <seealso marker="logger_disk_log_h"><c>logger_disk_log_h</c></seealso>
+ manual pages for information about the specifc configuration
+ for these handlers.</p>
+ <p>See the <seealso marker="logger_formatter#type-config">
+ <c>logger_formatter(3)</c></seealso> manual page for
+ information about the default configuration for this
+ formatter.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="handler_id"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p>A unique identifier for a handler instance.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="level"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p>The severity level for the message to be logged.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="log_event"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p></p>
+ </desc>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="metadata"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Metadata for the log event.</p>
+ <p>Logger adds the following metadata to each log event:</p>
+ <list>
+ <item><c>pid => self()</c></item>
+ <item><c>gl => group_leader()</c></item>
+ <item><c>time => logger:timestamp()</c></item>
+ </list>
+ <p>When a log macro is used, Logger also inserts location
+ information:</p>
+ <list>
+ <item><c>mfa => {?MODULE, ?FUNCTION_NAME, ?FUNCTION_ARITY}</c></item>
+ <item><c>file => ?FILE</c></item>
+ <item><c>line => ?LINE</c></item>
+ </list>
+ <p>You can add custom metadata, either by specifying a map as
+ the last parameter to any of the log macros or the API
+ functions, or by setting process metadata
+ with <seealso marker="#set_process_metadata-1">
+ <c>set_process_metadata/1</c></seealso>
+ or <seealso marker="#update_process_metadata-1">
+ <c>update_process_metadata/1</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p>Logger merges all the metadata maps before forwarding the
+ log event to the handlers. If the same keys occur, values
+ from the log call overwrite process metadata, which in turn
+ overwrite values set by Logger.</p>
+ <p>The following custom metadata keys have special meaning:</p>
+ <taglist>
+ <tag><c>domain</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>The value associated with this key is used by filters
+ for grouping log events originating from, for example,
+ specific functional
+ areas. See <seealso marker="logger_filters#domain-2">
+ <c>logger_filters:domain/2</c></seealso>
+ for a description of how this field can be used.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>report_cb</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>If the log message is specified as
+ a <seealso marker="#type-report"><c>report()</c></seealso>,
+ the <c>report_cb</c> key can be associated with a fun
+ (report callback) that converts the report to a format
+ string and arguments, or directly to a string. See the
+ type definition
+ of <seealso marker="#type-report_cb"><c>report_cb()</c></seealso>,
+ and
+ section <seealso marker="logger_chapter#log_message">Log
+ Message</seealso> in the User's Guide for more
+ information about report callbacks.</p>
+ </item>
+ </taglist>
+ </desc>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="msg_fun"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p></p>
+ </desc>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="olp_config"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p></p>
+ </desc>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="primary_config"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Primary configuration data for Logger. The following
+ default values apply:</p>
+ <list>
+ <item><c>level => info</c></item>
+ <item><c>filter_default => log</c></item>
+ <item><c>filters => []</c></item>
+ </list>
+ </desc>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="report"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p></p>
+ </desc>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="report_cb"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p>A fun which converts a <seealso marker="#type-report"><c>report()</c>
+ </seealso> to a format string and arguments, or directly to a string.
+ See section <seealso marker="logger_chapter#log_message">Log
+ Message</seealso> in the User's Guide for more
+ information.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="report_cb_config"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p></p>
+ </desc>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="timestamp"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p>A timestamp produced
+ with <seealso marker="#timestamp-0">
+ <c>logger:timestamp()</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </datatype>
+ </datatypes>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Macros</title>
+ <p>The following macros are defined in <c>logger.hrl</c>, which
+ is included in a module with the directive</p>
+ <code>
+ -include_lib("kernel/include/logger.hrl").</code>
+
+ <list>
+ <item><c>?LOG_EMERGENCY(StringOrReport[,Metadata])</c></item>
+ <item><c>?LOG_EMERGENCY(FunOrFormat,Args[,Metadata])</c></item>
+ <item><c>?LOG_ALERT(StringOrReport[,Metadata])</c></item>
+ <item><c>?LOG_ALERT(FunOrFormat,Args[,Metadata])</c></item>
+ <item><c>?LOG_CRITICAL(StringOrReport[,Metadata])</c></item>
+ <item><c>?LOG_CRITICAL(FunOrFormat,Args[,Metadata])</c></item>
+ <item><c>?LOG_ERROR(StringOrReport[,Metadata])</c></item>
+ <item><c>?LOG_ERROR(FunOrFormat,Args[,Metadata])</c></item>
+ <item><c>?LOG_WARNING(StringOrReport[,Metadata])</c></item>
+ <item><c>?LOG_WARNING(FunOrFormat,Args[,Metadata])</c></item>
+ <item><c>?LOG_NOTICE(StringOrReport[,Metadata])</c></item>
+ <item><c>?LOG_NOTICE(FunOrFormat,Args[,Metadata])</c></item>
+ <item><c>?LOG_INFO(StringOrReport[,Metadata])</c></item>
+ <item><c>?LOG_INFO(FunOrFormat,Args[,Metadata])</c></item>
+ <item><c>?LOG_DEBUG(StringOrReport[,Metadata])</c></item>
+ <item><c>?LOG_DEBUG(FunOrFormat,Args[,Metadata])</c></item>
+ <item><c>?LOG(Level,StringOrReport[,Metadata])</c></item>
+ <item><c>?LOG(Level,FunOrFormat,Args[,Metadata])</c></item>
+ </list>
+
+ <p>All macros expand to a call to Logger, where <c>Level</c> is
+ taken from the macro name, or from the first argument in the
+ case of the <c>?LOG</c> macro. Location data is added to the
+ metadata as described under
+ the <seealso marker="#type-metadata"><c>metadata()</c></seealso>
+ type definition.</p>
+
+ <p>The call is wrapped in a case statement and will be evaluated
+ only if <c>Level</c> is equal to or below the configured log
+ level.</p>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <marker id="logging_API"/>
+ <title>Logging API functions</title>
+ </section>
+ <funcs>
+ <func>
+ <name since="OTP 21.0">emergency(StringOrReport[,Metadata])</name>
+ <name since="OTP 21.0">emergency(Format,Args[,Metadata])</name>
+ <name since="OTP 21.0">emergency(Fun,FunArgs[,Metadata])</name>
+ <fsummary>Logs the given message as level <c>emergency</c>.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Equivalent to
+ <seealso marker="#log-2"><c>log(emergency,...)</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name since="OTP 21.0">alert(StringOrReport[,Metadata])</name>
+ <name since="OTP 21.0">alert(Format,Args[,Metadata])</name>
+ <name since="OTP 21.0">alert(Fun,FunArgs[,Metadata])</name>
+ <fsummary>Logs the given message as level <c>alert</c>.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Equivalent to
+ <seealso marker="#log-2"><c>log(alert,...)</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name since="OTP 21.0">critical(StringOrReport[,Metadata])</name>
+ <name since="OTP 21.0">critical(Format,Args[,Metadata])</name>
+ <name since="OTP 21.0">critical(Fun,FunArgs[,Metadata])</name>
+ <fsummary>Logs the given message as level <c>critical</c>.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Equivalent to
+ <seealso marker="#log-2"><c>log(critical,...)</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name since="OTP 21.0">error(StringOrReport[,Metadata])</name>
+ <name since="OTP 21.0">error(Format,Args[,Metadata])</name>
+ <name since="OTP 21.0">error(Fun,FunArgs[,Metadata])</name>
+ <fsummary>Logs the given message as level <c>error</c>.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Equivalent to
+ <seealso marker="#log-2"><c>log(error,...)</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name since="OTP 21.0">warning(StringOrReport[,Metadata])</name>
+ <name since="OTP 21.0">warning(Format,Args[,Metadata])</name>
+ <name since="OTP 21.0">warning(Fun,FunArgs[,Metadata])</name>
+ <fsummary>Logs the given message as level <c>warning</c>.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Equivalent to
+ <seealso marker="#log-2"><c>log(warning,...)</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name since="OTP 21.0">notice(StringOrReport[,Metadata])</name>
+ <name since="OTP 21.0">notice(Format,Args[,Metadata])</name>
+ <name since="OTP 21.0">notice(Fun,FunArgs[,Metadata])</name>
+ <fsummary>Logs the given message as level <c>notice</c>.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Equivalent to
+ <seealso marker="#log-2"><c>log(notice,...)</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name since="OTP 21.0">info(StringOrReport[,Metadata])</name>
+ <name since="OTP 21.0">info(Format,Args[,Metadata])</name>
+ <name since="OTP 21.0">info(Fun,FunArgs[,Metadata])</name>
+ <fsummary>Logs the given message as level <c>info</c>.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Equivalent to
+ <seealso marker="#log-2"><c>log(info,...)</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name since="OTP 21.0">debug(StringOrReport[,Metadata])</name>
+ <name since="OTP 21.0">debug(Format,Args[,Metadata])</name>
+ <name since="OTP 21.0">debug(Fun,FunArgs[,Metadata])</name>
+ <fsummary>Logs the given message as level <c>debug</c>.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Equivalent to
+ <seealso marker="#log-2"><c>log(debug,...)</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="log" arity="2" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <name name="log" arity="3" clause_i="1" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <name name="log" arity="3" clause_i="2" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <name name="log" arity="3" clause_i="3" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <name name="log" arity="4" clause_i="1" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <name name="log" arity="4" clause_i="2" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Logs the given message.</fsummary>
+ <type variable="Level"/>
+ <type variable="StringOrReport" name_i="1"/>
+ <type variable="Format" name_i="3"/>
+ <type variable="Args" name_i="3"/>
+ <type variable="Fun" name_i="4"/>
+ <type variable="FunArgs" name_i="4"/>
+ <type variable="Metadata"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Log the given message.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ </funcs>
+
+ <section>
+ <marker id="configuration_API"/>
+ <title>Configuration API functions</title>
+ </section>
+ <funcs>
+ <func>
+ <name name="add_handler" arity="3" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Add a handler with the given configuration.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Add a handler with the given configuration.</p>
+ <p><c><anno>HandlerId</anno></c> is a unique identifier which
+ must be used in all subsequent calls referring to this
+ handler.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="add_handler_filter" arity="3" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Add a filter to the specified handler.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Add a filter to the specified handler.</p>
+ <p>The filter fun is called with the log event as the first
+ parameter, and the specified <c>filter_args()</c> as the
+ second parameter.</p>
+ <p>The return value of the fun specifies if a log event is to
+ be discarded or forwarded to the handler callback:</p>
+ <taglist>
+ <tag><c>log_event()</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>The filter <em>passed</em>. The next handler filter, if
+ any, is applied. If no more filters exist for this
+ handler, the log event is forwarded to the handler
+ callback.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>stop</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>The filter <em>did not pass</em>, and the log event is
+ immediately discarded.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>ignore</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>The filter has no knowledge of the log event. The next
+ handler filter, if any, is applied. If no more filters
+ exist for this handler, the value of
+ the <c>filter_default</c> configuration parameter for
+ the handler specifies if the log event shall be
+ discarded or forwarded to the handler callback.</p>
+ </item>
+ </taglist>
+ <p>See
+ section <seealso marker="logger_chapter#filters">Filters</seealso>
+ in the User's Guide for more information about filters.</p>
+ <p>Some built-in filters exist. These are defined in
+ <seealso marker="logger_filters"><c>logger_filters</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="add_handlers" arity="1" clause_i="1" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Set up log handlers from the application's
+ configuration parameters.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Reads the application configuration parameter <c>logger</c> and
+ calls <c>add_handlers/1</c> with its contents.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="add_handlers" arity="1" clause_i="2" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Setup logger handlers.</fsummary>
+ <type name="config_handler"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p>This function should be used by custom Logger handlers to make
+ configuration consistent no matter which handler the system uses.
+ Normal usage is to add a call to <c>logger:add_handlers/1</c>
+ just after the processes that the handler needs are started,
+ and pass the application's <c>logger</c> configuration as the argument.
+ For example:</p>
+ <code>
+-behaviour(application).
+start(_, []) ->
+ case supervisor:start_link({local, my_sup}, my_sup, []) of
+ {ok, Pid} ->
+ ok = logger:add_handlers(my_app),
+ {ok, Pid, []};
+ Error -> Error
+ end.</code>
+ <p>This reads the <c>logger</c> configuration parameter from
+ the <c>my_app</c> application and starts the configured
+ handlers. The contents of the configuration use the same
+ rules as the
+ <seealso marker="logger_chapter#handler-configuration">logger handler configuration</seealso>.
+ </p>
+ <p>If the handler is meant to replace the default handler, the Kernel's
+ default handler have to be disabled before the new handler is added.
+ A <c>sys.config</c> file that disables the Kernel handler and adds
+ a custom handler could look like this:</p>
+ <code>
+[{kernel,
+ [{logger,
+ %% Disable the default Kernel handler
+ [{handler, default, undefined}]}]},
+ {my_app,
+ [{logger,
+ %% Enable this handler as the default
+ [{handler, default, my_handler, #{}}]}]}].
+ </code>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="add_primary_filter" arity="2" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Add a primary filter to Logger.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Add a primary filter to Logger.</p>
+ <p>The filter fun is called with the log event as the first
+ parameter, and the specified <c>filter_args()</c> as the
+ second parameter.</p>
+ <p>The return value of the fun specifies if a log event is to
+ be discarded or forwarded to the handlers:</p>
+ <taglist>
+ <tag><c>log_event()</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>The filter <em>passed</em>. The next primary filter, if
+ any, is applied. If no more primary filters exist, the
+ log event is forwarded to the handler part of Logger,
+ where handler filters are applied.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>stop</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>The filter <em>did not pass</em>, and the log event is
+ immediately discarded.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>ignore</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>The filter has no knowledge of the log event. The next
+ primary filter, if any, is applied. If no more primary
+ filters exist, the value of the
+ primary <c>filter_default</c> configuration parameter
+ specifies if the log event shall be discarded or
+ forwarded to the handler part.</p>
+ </item>
+ </taglist>
+ <p>See section <seealso marker="logger_chapter#filters">
+ Filters</seealso> in the User's Guide for more information
+ about filters.</p>
+ <p>Some built-in filters exist. These are defined
+ in <seealso marker="logger_filters"><c>logger_filters</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="get_config" arity="0" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Look up the current Logger configuration</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Look up all current Logger configuration, including primary,
+ handler, and proxy configuration, and module level settings.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="get_handler_config" arity="0" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Look up the current configuration for all handlers.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Look up the current configuration for all handlers.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="get_handler_config" arity="1" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Look up the current configuration for the given
+ handler.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Look up the current configuration for the given handler.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="get_handler_ids" arity="0" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Look up the identities for all installed handlers.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Look up the identities for all installed handlers.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="get_primary_config" arity="0" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Look up the current primary configuration for Logger.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Look up the current primary configuration for Logger.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="get_proxy_config" arity="0" since="OTP 21.3"/>
+ <fsummary>Look up the current configuration for the Logger proxy.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Look up the current configuration for the Logger proxy.</p>
+ <p>For more information about the proxy, see
+ section <seealso marker="logger_chapter#proxy">Logger
+ Proxy</seealso> in the Kernel User's Guide.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="get_module_level" arity="0" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Look up all current module levels.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Look up all current module levels. Returns a list
+ containing one <c>{Module,Level}</c> element for each module
+ for which the module level was previously set
+ with <seealso marker="#set_module_level-2">
+ <c>set_module_level/2</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="get_module_level" arity="1" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Look up the current level for the given modules.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Look up the current level for the given modules. Returns a
+ list containing one <c>{Module,Level}</c> element for each
+ of the given modules for which the module level was
+ previously set with <seealso marker="#set_module_level-2">
+ <c>set_module_level/2</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="get_process_metadata" arity="0" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Retrieve data set with set_process_metadata/1.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Retrieve data set
+ with <seealso marker="#set_process_metadata-1">
+ <c>set_process_metadata/1</c></seealso> or
+ <seealso marker="#update_process_metadata-1">
+ <c>update_process_metadata/1</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="i" arity="0" since="OTP 21.3"/>
+ <name name="i" arity="1" since="OTP 21.3"/>
+ <fsummary>Pretty print the Logger configuration.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Pretty print the Logger configuration.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="remove_handler" arity="1" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Remove the handler with the specified identity.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Remove the handler identified by <c><anno>HandlerId</anno></c>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="remove_handler_filter" arity="2" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Remove a filter from the specified handler.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Remove the filter identified
+ by <c><anno>FilterId</anno></c> from the handler identified
+ by <c><anno>HandlerId</anno></c>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="remove_primary_filter" arity="1" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Remove a primary filter from Logger.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Remove the primary filter identified
+ by <c><anno>FilterId</anno></c> from Logger.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="set_application_level" arity="2" since="OTP 21.1"/>
+ <fsummary>Set the log level for all modules in the specified application.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Set the log level for all the modules of the specified application.</p>
+ <p>This function is a convenience function that calls
+ <seealso marker="#set_module_level/2">logger:set_module_level/2</seealso>
+ for each module associated with an application.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="set_handler_config" arity="2" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Set configuration data for the specified handler.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Set configuration data for the specified handler. This
+ overwrites the current handler configuration.</p>
+ <p>To modify the existing configuration,
+ use <seealso marker="#update_handler_config-2">
+ <c>update_handler_config/2</c></seealso>, or, if a more
+ complex merge is needed, read the current configuration
+ with <seealso marker="#get_handler_config-1"><c>get_handler_config/1</c>
+ </seealso>, then do the merge before writing the new
+ configuration back with this function.</p>
+ <p>If a key is removed compared to the current configuration,
+ and the key is known by Logger, the default value is used. If
+ it is a custom key, then it is up to the handler
+ implementation if the value is removed or a default value is
+ inserted.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="set_handler_config" arity="3" clause_i="1" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <name name="set_handler_config" arity="3" clause_i="2" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <name name="set_handler_config" arity="3" clause_i="3" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <name name="set_handler_config" arity="3" clause_i="4" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <name name="set_handler_config" arity="3" clause_i="5" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Add or update configuration data for the specified
+ handler.</fsummary>
+ <type variable="HandlerId"/>
+ <type variable="Level" name_i="1"/>
+ <type variable="FilterDefault" name_i="2"/>
+ <type variable="Filters" name_i="3"/>
+ <type variable="Formatter" name_i="4"/>
+ <type variable="Config" name_i="5"/>
+ <type variable="Return"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Add or update configuration data for the specified
+ handler. If the given <c><anno>Key</anno></c> already
+ exists, its associated value will be changed
+ to the given value. If it does not exist, it will
+ be added.</p>
+ <p>If the value is incomplete, which for example can be the
+ case for the <c>config</c> key, it is up to the handler
+ implementation how the unspecified parts are set. For all
+ handlers in the Kernel application, unspecified data for
+ the <c>config</c> key is set to default values. To update
+ only specified data, and keep the existing configuration for
+ the rest, use <seealso marker="#update_handler_config-3">
+ <c>update_handler_config/3</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p>See the definition of
+ the <seealso marker="#type-handler_config">
+ <c>handler_config()</c></seealso> type for more
+ information about the different parameters.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="set_primary_config" arity="1" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Set primary configuration data for Logger.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Set primary configuration data for Logger. This
+ overwrites the current configuration.</p>
+ <p>To modify the existing configuration,
+ use <seealso marker="#update_primary_config-1">
+ <c>update_primary_config/1</c></seealso>, or, if a more
+ complex merge is needed, read the current configuration
+ with <seealso marker="#get_primary_config-0"><c>get_primary_config/0</c>
+ </seealso>, then do the merge before writing the new
+ configuration back with this function.</p>
+ <p>If a key is removed compared to the current configuration,
+ the default value is used.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="set_primary_config" arity="2" clause_i="1" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <name name="set_primary_config" arity="2" clause_i="2" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <name name="set_primary_config" arity="2" clause_i="3" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Add or update primary configuration data for Logger.</fsummary>
+ <type variable="Level" name_i="1"/>
+ <type variable="FilterDefault" name_i="2"/>
+ <type variable="Filters" name_i="3"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Add or update primary configuration data for Logger. If the
+ given <c><anno>Key</anno></c> already exists, its associated
+ value will be changed to the given value. If it does not
+ exist, it will be added.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="set_proxy_config" arity="1" since="OTP 21.3"/>
+ <fsummary>Set configuration data for the Logger proxy.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Set configuration data for the Logger proxy. This
+ overwrites the current proxy configuration. Keys that are not
+ specified in the <c><anno>Config</anno></c> map gets default
+ values.</p>
+ <p>To modify the existing configuration,
+ use <seealso marker="#update_proxy_config-1">
+ <c>update_proxy_config/1</c></seealso>, or, if a more
+ complex merge is needed, read the current configuration
+ with <seealso marker="#get_proxy_config-0"><c>get_proxy_config/0</c>
+ </seealso>, then do the merge before writing the new
+ configuration back with this function.</p>
+ <p>For more information about the proxy, see
+ section <seealso marker="logger_chapter#proxy">Logger
+ Proxy</seealso> in the Kernel User's Guide.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="set_module_level" arity="2" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Set the log level for the specified modules.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Set the log level for the specified modules.</p>
+ <p>The log level for a module overrides the primary log level
+ of Logger for log events originating from the module in
+ question. Notice, however, that it does not override the
+ level configuration for any handler.</p>
+ <p>For example: Assume that the primary log level for Logger
+ is <c>info</c>, and there is one handler, <c>h1</c>, with
+ level <c>info</c> and one handler, <c>h2</c>, with
+ level <c>debug</c>.</p>
+ <p>With this configuration, no debug messages will be logged,
+ since they are all stopped by the primary log level.</p>
+ <p>If the level for <c>mymodule</c> is now set
+ to <c>debug</c>, then debug events from this module will be
+ logged by the handler <c>h2</c>, but not by
+ handler <c>h1</c>.</p>
+ <p>Debug events from other modules are still not logged.</p>
+ <p>To change the primary log level for Logger, use
+ <seealso marker="#set_primary_config/2">
+ <c>set_primary_config(level, Level)</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p>To change the log level for a handler, use
+ <seealso marker="#set_handler_config/3">
+ <c>set_handler_config(HandlerId, level, Level)</c>
+ </seealso>.</p>
+ <note>
+ <p>The originating module for a log event is only detected
+ if the key <c>mfa</c> exists in the metadata, and is
+ associated with <c>{Module, Function, Arity}</c>. When log
+ macros are used, this association is automatically added
+ to all log events. If an API function is called directly,
+ without using a macro, the logging client must explicitly
+ add this information if module levels shall have any
+ effect.</p>
+ </note>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="set_process_metadata" arity="1" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Set metadata to use when logging from current process.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Set metadata which Logger shall automatically insert in
+ all log events produced on the current process.</p>
+ <p>Location data produced by the log macros, and/or metadata
+ given as argument to the log call (API function or macro),
+ are merged with the process metadata. If the same keys
+ occur, values from the metadata argument to the log call
+ overwrite values from the process metadata, which in turn
+ overwrite values from the location data.</p>
+ <p>Subsequent calls to this function overwrites previous data
+ set. To update existing data instead of overwriting it,
+ see <seealso marker="#update_process_metadata-1">
+ <c>update_process_metadata/1</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="unset_application_level" arity="1" since="OTP 21.1"/>
+ <fsummary>Unset the log level for all modules in the specified application.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Unset the log level for all the modules of the specified application.</p>
+ <p>This function is a convinience function that calls
+ <seealso marker="#unset_module_level/1">logger:unset_module_level/2</seealso>
+ for each module associated with an application.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="unset_module_level" arity="0" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Remove module specific log settings for all modules.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Remove module specific log settings. After this, the
+ primary log level is used for all modules.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="unset_module_level" arity="1" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Remove module specific log settings for the given
+ modules.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Remove module specific log settings. After this, the
+ primary log level is used for the specified modules.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="unset_process_metadata" arity="0" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Delete data set with set_process_metadata/1.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Delete data set
+ with <seealso marker="#set_process_metadata-1">
+ <c>set_process_metadata/1</c></seealso> or
+ <seealso marker="#update_process_metadata-1">
+ <c>update_process_metadata/1</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="update_formatter_config" arity="2" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Update the formatter configuration for the specified handler.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Update the formatter configuration for the specified handler.</p>
+ <p>The new configuration is merged with the existing formatter
+ configuration.</p>
+ <p>To overwrite the existing configuration without any merge,
+ use</p>
+ <pre>
+<seealso marker="#set_handler_config-3">set_handler_config(HandlerId, formatter,
+ {FormatterModule, FormatterConfig})</seealso>.</pre>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="update_formatter_config" arity="3" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Update the formatter configuration for the specified handler.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Update the formatter configuration for the specified handler.</p>
+ <p>This is equivalent to</p>
+ <pre>
+<seealso marker="#update_formatter_config-2">update_formatter_config(<anno>HandlerId</anno>, #{<anno>Key</anno> => <anno>Value</anno>})</seealso></pre>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="update_handler_config" arity="2" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Update configuration data for the specified handler.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Update configuration data for the specified handler. This function
+ behaves as if it was implemented as follows:</p>
+ <code type="erl">
+{ok, {_, Old}} = logger:get_handler_config(HandlerId),
+logger:set_handler_config(HandlerId, maps:merge(Old, Config)).
+ </code>
+ <p>To overwrite the existing configuration without any merge,
+ use <seealso marker="#set_handler_config-2"><c>set_handler_config/2</c>
+ </seealso>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="update_handler_config" arity="3" clause_i="1" since="OTP 21.2"/>
+ <name name="update_handler_config" arity="3" clause_i="2" since="OTP 21.2"/>
+ <name name="update_handler_config" arity="3" clause_i="3" since="OTP 21.2"/>
+ <name name="update_handler_config" arity="3" clause_i="4" since="OTP 21.2"/>
+ <name name="update_handler_config" arity="3" clause_i="5" since="OTP 21.2"/>
+ <fsummary>Add or update configuration data for the specified
+ handler.</fsummary>
+ <type variable="HandlerId"/>
+ <type variable="Level" name_i="1"/>
+ <type variable="FilterDefault" name_i="2"/>
+ <type variable="Filters" name_i="3"/>
+ <type variable="Formatter" name_i="4"/>
+ <type variable="Config" name_i="5"/>
+ <type variable="Return"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Add or update configuration data for the specified
+ handler. If the given <c><anno>Key</anno></c> already
+ exists, its associated value will be changed
+ to the given value. If it does not exist, it will
+ be added.</p>
+ <p>If the value is incomplete, which for example can be the
+ case for the <c>config</c> key, it is up to the handler
+ implementation how the unspecified parts are set. For all
+ handlers in the Kernel application, unspecified data for
+ the <c>config</c> key is not changed. To reset unspecified
+ data to default values,
+ use <seealso marker="#set_handler_config-3">
+ <c>set_handler_config/3</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p>See the definition of
+ the <seealso marker="#type-handler_config">
+ <c>handler_config()</c></seealso> type for more
+ information about the different parameters.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="update_primary_config" arity="1" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Update primary configuration data for Logger.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Update primary configuration data for Logger. This function
+ behaves as if it was implemented as follows:</p>
+ <code type="erl">
+Old = logger:get_primary_config(),
+logger:set_primary_config(maps:merge(Old, Config)).
+ </code>
+ <p>To overwrite the existing configuration without any merge,
+ use <seealso marker="#set_primary_config-1"><c>set_primary_config/1</c>
+ </seealso>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="update_process_metadata" arity="1" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Set or update metadata to use when logging from
+ current process.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Set or update metadata to use when logging from current
+ process</p>
+ <p>If process metadata exists for the current process, this
+ function behaves as if it was implemented as follows:</p>
+ <code type="erl">
+logger:set_process_metadata(maps:merge(logger:get_process_metadata(), Meta)).
+ </code>
+ <p>If no process metadata exists, the function behaves as
+ <seealso marker="#set_process_metadata-1">
+ <c>set_process_metadata/1</c>
+ </seealso>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="update_proxy_config" arity="1" since="OTP 21.3"/>
+ <fsummary>Update configuration data for the Logger proxy.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Update configuration data for the Logger proxy. This function
+ behaves as if it was implemented as follows:</p>
+ <code type="erl">
+Old = logger:get_proxy_config(),
+logger:set_proxy_config(maps:merge(Old, Config)).
+ </code>
+ <p>To overwrite the existing configuration without any merge,
+ use <seealso marker="#set_proxy_config-1"><c>set_proxy_config/1</c>
+ </seealso>.</p>
+ <p>For more information about the proxy, see
+ section <seealso marker="logger_chapter#proxy">Logger
+ Proxy</seealso> in the Kernel User's Guide.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ </funcs>
+
+ <section>
+ <marker id="misc_API"/>
+ <title>Miscellaneous API functions</title>
+ </section>
+ <funcs>
+ <func>
+ <name name="compare_levels" arity="2" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Compare the severity of two log levels.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Compare the severity of two log levels. Returns <c>gt</c>
+ if <c>Level1</c> is more severe than
+ <c>Level2</c>, <c>lt</c> if <c>Level1</c> is less severe,
+ and <c>eq</c> if the levels are equal.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="format_report" arity="1" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Convert a log message on report form to {Format, Args}.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Convert a log message on report form to <c>{Format,
+ Args}</c>. This is the default report callback used
+ by <seealso marker="logger_formatter">
+ <c>logger_formatter</c></seealso> when no custom report
+ callback is found. See
+ section <seealso marker="logger_chapter#log_message">Log
+ Message</seealso> in the Kernel User's Guide for
+ information about report callbacks and valid forms of log
+ messages.</p>
+ <p>The function produces lines of <c>Key: Value</c> from
+ key-value lists. Strings are printed with <c>~ts</c> and
+ other terms with <c>~tp</c>.</p>
+ <p>If <c><anno>Report</anno></c> is a map, it is converted to
+ a key-value list before formatting as such.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="timestamp" arity="0" since="OTP 21.3"/>
+ <fsummary>Return a timestamp to insert in meta data for a log
+ event.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Return a timestamp that can be inserted as the <c>time</c>
+ field in the meta data for a log event. It is produced with
+ <seealso marker="kernel:os#system_time-1">
+ <c>os:system_time(microsecond)</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p>Notice that Logger automatically inserts a timestamp in the
+ meta data unless it already exists. This function is
+ exported for the rare case when the timestamp must be taken
+ at a different point in time than when the log event is
+ issued.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ </funcs>
+
+ <section>
+ <marker id="handler_callback_functions"/>
+ <title>Handler Callback Functions</title>
+ <p>The following functions are to be exported from a handler
+ callback module.</p>
+ </section>
+
+ <funcs>
+ <func>
+ <name since="OTP 21.0">HModule:adding_handler(Config1) -> {ok, Config2} | {error,
+ Reason}</name>
+ <fsummary>An instance of this handler is about to be added.</fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v>Config1 = Config2 =
+ <seealso marker="#type-handler_config">handler_config()</seealso></v>
+ <v>Reason = term()</v>
+ </type>
+ <desc>
+ <p>This callback function is optional.</p>
+ <p>The function is called on a temporary process when an new
+ handler is about to be added. The purpose is to verify the
+ configuration and initiate all resources needed by the
+ handler.</p>
+ <p>The handler identity is associated with the <c>id</c> key
+ in <c>Config1</c>.</p>
+ <p>If everything succeeds, the callback function can add
+ possible default values or internal state values to the
+ configuration, and return the adjusted map
+ in <c>{ok,Config2}</c>.</p>
+ <p>If the configuration is faulty, or if the initiation fails,
+ the callback function must return <c>{error,Reason}</c>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name since="OTP 21.2">HModule:changing_config(SetOrUpdate, OldConfig, NewConfig) -> {ok, Config} | {error, Reason}</name>
+ <fsummary>The configuration for this handler is about to change.</fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v>SetOrUpdate = set | update</v>
+ <v>OldConfig = NewConfig = Config =
+ <seealso marker="#type-handler_config">handler_config()</seealso></v>
+ <v>Reason = term()</v>
+ </type>
+ <desc>
+ <p>This callback function is optional.</p>
+ <p>The function is called on a temporary process when the
+ configuration for a handler is about to change. The purpose
+ is to verify and act on the new configuration.</p>
+ <p><c>OldConfig</c> is the existing configuration
+ and <c>NewConfig</c> is the new configuration.</p>
+ <p>The handler identity is associated with the <c>id</c> key
+ in <c>OldConfig</c>.</p>
+ <p><c>SetOrUpdate</c> has the value <c>set</c> if the
+ configuration change originates from a call to
+ <seealso marker="#set_handler_config-2">
+ <c>set_handler_config/2,3</c></seealso>, and <c>update</c>
+ if it originates from <seealso marker="#update_handler_config-2">
+ <c>update_handler_config/2,3</c></seealso>. The handler can
+ use this parameteter to decide how to update the value of
+ the <c>config</c> field, that is, the handler specific
+ configuration data. Typically, if <c>SetOrUpdate</c>
+ equals <c>set</c>, values that are not specified must be
+ given their default values. If <c>SetOrUpdate</c>
+ equals <c>update</c>, the values found in <c>OldConfig</c>
+ must be used instead.</p>
+ <p>If everything succeeds, the callback function must return a
+ possibly adjusted configuration in <c>{ok,Config}</c>.</p>
+ <p>If the configuration is faulty, the callback function must
+ return <c>{error,Reason}</c>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name since="OTP 21.2">HModule:filter_config(Config) -> FilteredConfig</name>
+ <fsummary>Remove internal data from configuration.</fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v>Config = FilteredConfig =
+ <seealso marker="#type-handler_config">handler_config()</seealso></v>
+ </type>
+ <desc>
+ <p>This callback function is optional.</p>
+ <p>The function is called when one of the Logger API functions
+ for fetching the handler configuration is called, for
+ example
+ <seealso marker="#get_handler_config-1">
+ <c>logger:get_handler_config/1</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p>It allows the handler to remove internal data fields from
+ its configuration data before it is returned to the
+ caller.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name since="OTP 21.0">HModule:log(LogEvent, Config) -> void()</name>
+ <fsummary>Log the given log event.</fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v>LogEvent =
+ <seealso marker="#type-log_event">log_event()</seealso></v>
+ <v>Config =
+ <seealso marker="#type-handler_config">handler_config()</seealso></v>
+ </type>
+ <desc>
+ <p>This callback function is mandatory.</p>
+ <p>The function is called when all primary filters and all
+ handler filters for the handler in question have passed for
+ the given log event. It is called on the client process, that
+ is, the process that issued the log event.</p>
+ <p>The handler identity is associated with the <c>id</c> key
+ in <c>Config</c>.</p>
+ <p>The handler must log the event.</p>
+ <p>The return value from this function is ignored by
+ Logger.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name since="OTP 21.0">HModule:removing_handler(Config) -> ok</name>
+ <fsummary>The given handler is about to be removed.</fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v>Config =
+ <seealso marker="#type-handler_config">handler_config()</seealso></v>
+ </type>
+ <desc>
+ <p>This callback function is optional.</p>
+ <p>The function is called on a temporary process when a
+ handler is about to be removed. The purpose is to release
+ all resources used by the handler.</p>
+ <p>The handler identity is associated with the <c>id</c> key
+ in <c>Config</c>.</p>
+ <p>The return value is ignored by Logger.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ </funcs>
+
+ <section>
+ <marker id="formatter_callback_functions"/>
+ <title>Formatter Callback Functions</title>
+ <p>The following functions are to be exported from a formatter
+ callback module.</p>
+ </section>
+
+ <funcs>
+ <func>
+ <name since="OTP 21.0">FModule:check_config(FConfig) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
+ <fsummary>Validate the given formatter configuration.</fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v>FConfig =
+ <seealso marker="#type-formatter_config">formatter_config()</seealso></v>
+ <v>Reason = term()</v>
+ </type>
+ <desc>
+ <p>This callback function is optional.</p>
+ <p>The function is called by a Logger when formatter
+ configuration is set or modified. The formatter must
+ validate the given configuration and return <c>ok</c> if it
+ is correct, and <c>{error,Reason}</c> if it is faulty.</p>
+ <p>The following Logger API functions can trigger this callback:</p>
+ <list>
+ <item><seealso marker="logger#add_handler-3">
+ <c>logger:add_handler/3</c></seealso></item>
+ <item><seealso marker="logger#set_handler_config-2">
+ <c>logger:set_handler_config/2,3</c></seealso></item>
+ <item><seealso marker="logger#update_handler_config-2">
+ <c>logger:update_handler_config/2,3</c></seealso></item>
+ <item><seealso marker="logger#update_formatter_config-2">
+ <c>logger:update_formatter_config/2</c></seealso></item>
+ </list>
+ <p>See <seealso marker="logger_formatter">
+ <c>logger_formatter(3)</c></seealso>
+ for an example implementation. <c>logger_formatter</c> is the
+ default formatter used by Logger.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ <func>
+ <name since="OTP 21.0">FModule:format(LogEvent, FConfig) -> FormattedLogEntry</name>
+ <fsummary>Format the given log event.</fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v>LogEvent =
+ <seealso marker="#type-log_event">log_event()</seealso></v>
+ <v>FConfig =
+ <seealso marker="#type-formatter_config">formatter_config()</seealso></v>
+ <v>FormattedLogEntry =
+ <seealso marker="unicode#type-chardata">unicode:chardata()</seealso></v>
+ </type>
+ <desc>
+ <p>This callback function is mandatory.</p>
+ <p>The function can be called by a log handler to convert a
+ log event term to a printable string. The returned value
+ can, for example, be printed as a log entry to the console
+ or a file using <seealso marker="stdlib:io#put_chars-1">
+ <c>io:put_chars/1,2</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p>See <seealso marker="logger_formatter">
+ <c>logger_formatter(3)</c></seealso>
+ for an example implementation. <c>logger_formatter</c> is the
+ default formatter used by Logger.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ </funcs>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <p>
+ <seealso marker="config"><c>config(4)</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="erts:erlang"><c>erlang(3)</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="stdlib:io"><c>io(3)</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="logger_disk_log_h"><c>logger_disk_log_h(3)</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="logger_filters"><c>logger_filters(3)</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="logger_formatter"><c>logger_formatter(3)</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="logger_std_h"><c>logger_std_h(3)</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="stdlib:unicode"><c>unicode(3)</c></seealso>
+ </p>
+ </section>
+</erlref>
+
+
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE chapter SYSTEM "chapter.dtd">
+
+<chapter>
+ <header>
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2017</year><year>2018</year>
+ <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
+ </copyright>
+ <legalnotice>
+ 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
+
+ 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>
+
+ <title>Logging</title>
+ <prepared></prepared>
+ <docno></docno>
+ <date></date>
+ <rev></rev>
+ <file>logger_chapter.xml</file>
+ </header>
+
+ <p>Erlang/OTP 21.0 provides a standard API for logging
+ through <c>Logger</c>, which is part of the Kernel
+ application. Logger consists of the API for issuing log events,
+ and a customizable backend where log handlers, filters and
+ formatters can be plugged in.</p>
+ <p>By default, the Kernel application installs one log handler at
+ system start. This handler is named <c>default</c>. It receives
+ and processes standard log events produced by the Erlang runtime
+ system, standard behaviours and different Erlang/OTP
+ applications. The log events are by default written to the
+ terminal.</p>
+ <p>You can also configure the system so that the default handler
+ prints log events to a single file, or to a set of wrap logs
+ via <seealso marker="disk_log"><c>disk_log</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p>By configuration, you can also modify or disable the default
+ handler, replace it by a custom handler, and install additional
+ handlers.</p>
+
+ <note>
+ <p>Since Logger is new in Erlang/OTP 21.0, we do reserve the right
+ to introduce changes to the Logger API and functionality in
+ patches following this release. These changes might or might not
+ be backwards compatible with the initial version.</p>
+ </note>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Overview</title>
+ <p>A <em>log event</em> consists of a <em>log level</em>, the
+ <em>message</em> to be logged, and <em>metadata</em>.</p>
+ <p>The Logger backend forwards log events from the API, first
+ through a set of <em>primary filters</em>, then through a set of
+ secondary filters attached to each log handler. The secondary
+ filters are in the following named <em>handler filters</em>.</p>
+ <p>Each filter set consists of a <em>log level check</em>,
+ followed by zero or more <em>filter functions</em>.</p>
+ <p>The following figure shows a conceptual overview of Logger. The
+ figure shows two log handlers, but any number of handlers can be
+ installed.</p>
+
+ <!-- The image is edited with dia in logger_arch.dia file,
+ and .png file generated with make target 'png'. -->
+ <image file="logger_arch.png">
+ <icaption>Conceptual Overview</icaption>
+ </image>
+
+ <p>Log levels are expressed as atoms. Internally in Logger, the
+ atoms are mapped to integer values, and a log event passes the
+ log level check if the integer value of its log level is less
+ than or equal to the currently configured log level. That is,
+ the check passes if the event is equally or more severe than the
+ configured level. See section <seealso marker="#log_level">Log
+ Level</seealso> for a listing and description of all log
+ levels.</p>
+ <p>The primary log level can be overridden by a log level
+ configured per module. This is to, for instance, allow more
+ verbose logging from a specific part of the system.</p>
+ <p>Filter functions can be used for more sophisticated filtering
+ than the log level check provides. A filter function can stop or
+ pass a log event, based on any of the event's contents. It can
+ also modify all parts of the log event. See see
+ section <seealso marker="#filters">Filters</seealso> for more
+ details.</p>
+ <p>If a log event passes through all primary filters and all
+ handler filters for a specific handler, Logger forwards the
+ event to the <em>handler callback</em>. The handler formats and
+ prints the event to its destination. See
+ section <seealso marker="#handlers">Handlers</seealso> for more
+ details.</p>
+ <p>Everything up to and including the call to the handler
+ callbacks is executed on the client process, that is, the
+ process where the log event was issued. It is up to the handler
+ implementation if other processes are involved or not.</p>
+ <p>The handlers are called in sequence, and the order is not
+ defined.</p>
+ </section>
+ <section>
+ <marker id="logger_api"/>
+ <title>Logger API</title>
+ <p>The API for logging consists of a set
+ of <seealso marker="logger#macros">macros</seealso>, and a set
+ of functions on the form <c>logger:Level/1,2,3</c>, which are
+ all shortcuts
+ for <seealso marker="logger#log-2">
+ <c>logger:log(Level,Arg1[,Arg2[,Arg3]])</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p>The macros are defined in <c>logger.hrl</c>, which is included
+ in a module with the directive</p>
+ <code>-include_lib("kernel/include/logger.hrl").</code>
+ <p>The difference between using the macros and the exported
+ functions is that macros add location (originator) information
+ to the metadata, and performs lazy evaluation by wrapping the
+ logger call in a case statement, so it is only evaluated if the
+ log level of the event passes the primary log level check.</p>
+ <section>
+ <marker id="log_level"/>
+ <title>Log Level</title>
+ <p>The log level indicates the severity of a event. In
+ accordance with the Syslog protocol,
+ <url href="https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc5424.txt">RFC
+ 5424</url>, eight log levels can be specified. The following
+ table lists all possible log levels by name (atom), integer
+ value, and description:</p>
+
+ <table align="left">
+ <row>
+ <cell><strong>Level</strong></cell>
+ <cell align="center"><strong>Integer</strong></cell>
+ <cell><strong>Description</strong></cell>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <cell>emergency</cell>
+ <cell align="center">0</cell>
+ <cell>system is unusable</cell>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <cell>alert</cell>
+ <cell align="center">1</cell>
+ <cell>action must be taken immediately</cell>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <cell>critical</cell>
+ <cell align="center">2</cell>
+ <cell>critical conditions</cell>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <cell>error</cell>
+ <cell align="center">3</cell>
+ <cell>error conditions</cell>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <cell>warning</cell>
+ <cell align="center">4</cell>
+ <cell>warning conditions</cell>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <cell>notice</cell>
+ <cell align="center">5</cell>
+ <cell>normal but significant conditions</cell>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <cell>info</cell>
+ <cell align="center">6</cell>
+ <cell>informational messages</cell>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <cell>debug</cell>
+ <cell align="center">7</cell>
+ <cell>debug-level messages</cell>
+ </row>
+ <tcaption>Log Levels</tcaption>
+ </table>
+ <p>Notice that the integer value is only used internally in
+ Logger. In the API, you must always use the atom. To compare
+ the severity of two log levels,
+ use <seealso marker="logger#compare_levels-2">
+ <c>logger:compare_levels/2</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </section>
+ <section>
+ <marker id="log_message"/>
+ <title>Log Message</title>
+ <p>The log message contains the information to be logged. The
+ message can consist of a format string and arguments (given as
+ two separate parameters in the Logger API), a string or a
+ report. The latter, which is either a map or a key-value list,
+ can be accompanied by a <em>report callback</em> specified in
+ the log event's <seealso marker="#metadata">metadata</seealso>.
+ The report callback is a convenience function that
+ the <seealso marker="#formatters">formatter</seealso> can use
+ to convert the report to a format string and arguments, or
+ directly to a string. The
+ formatter can also use its own conversion function, if no
+ callback is provided, or if a customized formatting is
+ desired.</p>
+ <p>The report callback must be a fun with one or two
+ arguments. If it takes one argument, this is the report
+ itself, and the fun returns a format string and arguments:</p>
+ <pre>fun((<seealso marker="logger#type-report"><c>logger:report()</c></seealso>) -> {<seealso marker="stdlib:io#type-format"><c>io:format()</c></seealso>,[term()]})</pre>
+ <p>If it takes two arguments, the first is the report, and the
+ second is a map containing extra data that allows direct
+ coversion to a string:</p>
+ <pre>fun((<seealso marker="logger#type-report"><c>logger:report()</c></seealso>,<seealso marker="logger#type-report_cb_config"><c>logger:report_cb_config()</c></seealso>) -> <seealso marker="stdlib:unicode#type-chardata"><c>unicode:chardata()</c></seealso>)
+ </pre>
+ <p>The fun must obey the <c>depth</c> and <c>chars_limit</c>
+ parameters provided in the second argument, as the formatter can
+ not do anything useful of these parameters with the returned
+ string. The extra data also contains a field named
+ <c>single_line</c>, indicating if the printed log message may
+ contain line breaks or not. This variant is used when the
+ formatting of the report depends on the size or single line
+ parameters.</p>
+ <p>Example, format string and arguments:</p>
+ <code>logger:error("The file does not exist: ~ts",[Filename])</code>
+ <p>Example, string:</p>
+ <code>logger:notice("Something strange happened!")</code>
+ <p>Example, report, and metadata with report callback:</p>
+ <code>
+logger:debug(#{got => connection_request, id => Id, state => State},
+ #{report_cb => fun(R) -> {"~p",[R]} end})</code>
+ <p>The log message can also be provided through a fun for lazy
+ evaluation. The fun is only evaluated if the primary log level
+ check passes, and is therefore recommended if it is expensive
+ to generate the message. The lazy fun must return a string, a
+ report, or a tuple with format string and arguments.</p>
+ </section>
+ <section>
+ <title>Metadata</title>
+ <p>Metadata contains additional data associated with a log
+ message. Logger inserts some metadata fields by default, and
+ the client can add custom metadata in two different ways:</p>
+ <taglist>
+ <tag>Set process metadata</tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Process metadata is set and updated
+ with <seealso marker="logger#set_process_metadata-1">
+ <c>logger:set_process_metadata/1</c></seealso>
+ and <seealso marker="logger#update_process_metadata-1">
+ <c>logger:update_process_metadata/1</c></seealso>,
+ respectively. This metadata applies to the process on
+ which these calls are made, and Logger adds the metadata
+ to all log events issued on that process.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag>Add metadata to a specific log event</tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Metadata associated with one specific log event is given
+ as the last parameter to the log macro or Logger API
+ function when the event is issued. For example:</p>
+ <code>?LOG_ERROR("Connection closed",#{context => server})</code>
+ </item>
+ </taglist>
+ <p>See the description of
+ the <seealso marker="logger#type-metadata">
+ <c>logger:metadata()</c></seealso> type for information
+ about which default keys Logger inserts, and how the different
+ metadata maps are merged.</p>
+ </section>
+ </section>
+ <section>
+ <marker id="filter"/>
+ <title>Filters</title>
+ <p>Filters can be primary, or attached to a specific
+ handler. Logger calls the primary filters first, and if they all
+ pass, it calls the handler filters for each handler. Logger
+ calls the handler callback only if all filters attached to the
+ handler in question also pass.</p>
+ <p>A filter is defined as:</p>
+ <pre>{FilterFun, Extra}</pre>
+ <p>where <c>FilterFun</c> is a function of arity 2,
+ and <c>Extra</c> is any term. When applying the filter, Logger
+ calls the function with the log event as the first argument,
+ and the value of <c>Extra</c> as the second
+ argument. See <seealso marker="logger#type-filter">
+ <c>logger:filter()</c></seealso> for type definitions.</p>
+ <p>The filter function can return <c>stop</c>, <c>ignore</c> or
+ the (possibly modified) log event.</p>
+ <p>If <c>stop</c> is returned, the log event is immediately
+ discarded. If the filter is primary, no handler filters or
+ callbacks are called. If it is a handler filter, the
+ corresponding handler callback is not called, but the log event
+ is forwarded to filters attached to the next handler, if
+ any.</p>
+ <p>If the log event is returned, the next filter function is
+ called with the returned value as the first argument. That is,
+ if a filter function modifies the log event, the next filter
+ function receives the modified event. The value returned from
+ the last filter function is the value that the handler callback
+ receives.</p>
+ <p>If the filter function returns <c>ignore</c>, it means that it
+ did not recognize the log event, and thus leaves to other
+ filters to decide the event's destiny.</p>
+ <p>The configuration option <c>filter_default</c> specifies the
+ behaviour if all filter functions return <c>ignore</c>, or if no
+ filters exist. <c>filter_default</c> is by default set
+ to <c>log</c>, meaning that if all existing filters ignore a log
+ event, Logger forwards the event to the handler
+ callback. If <c>filter_default</c> is set to <c>stop</c>, Logger
+ discards such events.</p>
+ <p>Primary filters are added
+ with <seealso marker="logger#add_primary_filter-2">
+ <c>logger:add_primary_filter/2</c></seealso>
+ and removed
+ with <seealso marker="logger#remove_primary_filter-1">
+ <c>logger:remove_primary_filter/1</c></seealso>. They can also
+ be added at system start via the Kernel configuration
+ parameter <seealso marker="#logger_parameter"><c>logger</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p>Handler filters are added
+ with <seealso marker="logger#add_handler_filter-3">
+ <c>logger:add_handler_filter/3</c></seealso>
+ and removed
+ with <seealso marker="logger#remove_handler_filter-2">
+ <c>logger:remove_handler_filter/2</c></seealso>. They can also
+ be specified directly in the configuration when adding a handler
+ with <seealso marker="logger#add_handler/3">
+ <c>logger:add_handler/3</c></seealso>
+ or via the Kernel configuration
+ parameter <seealso marker="#logger_parameter"><c>logger</c></seealso>.</p>
+
+ <p>To see which filters are currently installed in the system,
+ use <seealso marker="logger#get_config-0">
+ <c>logger:get_config/0</c></seealso>,
+ or <seealso marker="logger#get_primary_config-0">
+ <c>logger:get_primary_config/0</c></seealso>
+ and <seealso marker="logger#get_handler_config-1">
+ <c>logger:get_handler_config/1</c></seealso>. Filters are
+ listed in the order they are applied, that is, the first
+ filter in the list is applied first, and so on.</p>
+
+ <p>For convenience, the following built-in filters exist:</p>
+
+ <taglist>
+ <tag><seealso marker="logger_filters#domain-2">
+ <c>logger_filters:domain/2</c></seealso></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Provides a way of filtering log events based on a
+ <c>domain</c> field in <c>Metadata</c>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><seealso marker="logger_filters#level-2">
+ <c>logger_filters:level/2</c></seealso></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Provides a way of filtering log events based on the log
+ level.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><seealso marker="logger_filters#progress-2">
+ <c>logger_filters:progress/2</c></seealso></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Stops or allows progress reports from <c>supervisor</c>
+ and <c>application_controller</c>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><seealso marker="logger_filters#remote_gl-2">
+ <c>logger_filters:remote_gl/2</c></seealso></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Stops or allows log events originating from a process
+ that has its group leader on a remote node.</p>
+ </item>
+ </taglist>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <marker id="handlers"/>
+ <title>Handlers</title>
+ <p>A handler is defined as a module exporting at least the
+ following callback function:</p>
+
+ <pre><seealso marker="logger#HModule:log-2">log(LogEvent, Config) -> void()</seealso></pre>
+
+ <p>This function is called when a log event has passed through all
+ primary filters, and all handler filters attached to the handler
+ in question. The function call is executed on the client
+ process, and it is up to the handler implementation if other
+ processes are involved or not.</p>
+
+ <p>Logger allows adding multiple instances of a handler
+ callback. That is, if a callback module implementation allows
+ it, you can add multiple handler instances using the same
+ callback module. The different instances are identified by
+ unique handler identities.</p>
+
+ <p>In addition to the mandatory callback function <c>log/2</c>, a
+ handler module can export the optional callback
+ functions <c>adding_handler/1</c>, <c>changing_config/3</c>,
+ <c>filter_config/1</c>, and <c>removing_handler/1</c>. See
+ section <seealso marker="logger#handler_callback_functions">Handler
+ Callback Functions</seealso> in the logger(3) manual page for
+ more information about these function.</p>
+
+ <p>The following built-in handlers exist:</p>
+
+ <taglist>
+ <tag><c>logger_std_h</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>This is the default handler used by OTP. Multiple instances
+ can be started, and each instance will write log events to a
+ given destination, terminal or file.</p>
+ </item>
+
+ <tag><c>logger_disk_log_h</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>This handler behaves much like <c>logger_std_h</c>, except it uses
+ <seealso marker="disk_log"><c>disk_log</c></seealso> as its
+ destination.</p>
+ </item>
+
+ <tag><marker id="ErrorLoggerManager"/><c>error_logger</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>This handler is provided for backwards compatibility
+ only. It is not started by default, but will be
+ automatically started the first time an <c>error_logger</c>
+ event handler is added
+ with <seealso marker="error_logger#add_report_handler-1">
+ <c>error_logger:add_report_handler/1,2</c></seealso>.</p>
+
+ <p>The old <c>error_logger</c> event handlers in STDLIB and
+ SASL still exist, but they are not added by Erlang/OTP 21.0
+ or later.</p>
+ </item>
+ </taglist>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <marker id="formatters"/>
+ <title>Formatters</title>
+ <p>A formatter can be used by the handler implementation to do the
+ final formatting of a log event, before printing to the
+ handler's destination. The handler callback receives the
+ formatter information as part of the handler configuration,
+ which is passed as the second argument
+ to <seealso marker="logger#HModule:log-2">
+ <c>HModule:log/2</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p>The formatter information consist of a formatter
+ module, <c>FModule</c> and its
+ configuration, <c>FConfig</c>. <c>FModule</c> must export the
+ following function, which can be called by the handler:</p>
+ <pre><seealso marker="logger#FModule:format-2">format(LogEvent,FConfig)
+ -> FormattedLogEntry</seealso></pre>
+ <p>The formatter information for a handler is set as a part of its
+ configuration when the handler is added. It can also be changed
+ during runtime
+ with <seealso marker="logger#set_handler_config-3">
+ <c>logger:set_handler_config(HandlerId,formatter,{FModule,FConfig})</c>
+ </seealso>, which overwrites the current formatter information,
+ or with <seealso marker="logger#update_formatter_config-2">
+ <c>logger:update_formatter_config/2,3</c></seealso>, which
+ only modifies the formatter configuration.</p>
+ <p>If the formatter module exports the optional callback
+ function <seealso marker="logger#FModule:check_config-1">
+ <c>check_config(FConfig)</c></seealso>, Logger calls this
+ function when the formatter information is set or modified, to
+ verify the validity of the formatter configuration.</p>
+ <p>If no formatter information is specified for a handler, Logger
+ uses <c>logger_formatter</c> as default. See
+ the <seealso marker="logger_formatter"><c>logger_formatter(3)</c></seealso>
+ manual page for more information about this module.</p>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Configuration</title>
+
+ <p>At system start, Logger is configured through Kernel
+ configuration parameters. The parameters that apply to Logger
+ are described in
+ section <seealso marker="#kernel_config_params">Kernel
+ Configuration Parameters</seealso>. Examples are found in
+ section <seealso marker="#config_examples">Configuration
+ Examples</seealso>.</p>
+ <p>During runtime, Logger configuration is changed via API
+ functions. See
+ section <seealso marker="logger#configuration_API">Configuration
+ API Functions</seealso> in the <c>logger(3)</c> manual page.</p>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Primary Logger Configuration</title>
+ <p>Logger API functions that apply to the primary Logger
+ configuration are:</p>
+ <list>
+ <item><seealso marker="logger#get_primary_config-0">
+ <c>get_primary_config/0</c></seealso></item>
+ <item><seealso marker="logger#set_primary_config-1">
+ <c>set_primary_config/1,2</c></seealso></item>
+ <item><seealso marker="logger#update_primary_config-1">
+ <c>update_primary_config/1</c></seealso></item>
+ <item><seealso marker="logger#add_primary_filter-2">
+ <c>add_primary_filter/2</c></seealso></item>
+ <item><seealso marker="logger#remove_primary_filter-1">
+ <c>remove_primary_filter/1</c></seealso></item>
+ </list>
+ <p>The primary Logger configuration is a map with the following
+ keys:</p>
+ <taglist>
+ <tag><marker id="primary_level"/>
+ <c>level = </c><seealso marker="logger#type-level">
+ <c>logger:level()</c></seealso><c> | all | none</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Specifies the primary log level, that is, log event that
+ are equally or more severe than this level, are forwarded
+ to the primary filters. Less severe log events are
+ immediately discarded.</p>
+ <p>See section <seealso marker="#log_level">Log
+ Level</seealso> for a listing and description of
+ possible log levels.</p>
+ <p>The initial value of this option is set by the Kernel
+ configuration parameter <seealso marker="#logger_level">
+ <c>logger_level</c></seealso>. It is changed during
+ runtime with <seealso marker="logger#set_primary_config-2">
+ <c>logger:set_primary_config(level,Level)</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p>Defaults to <c>notice</c>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>filters = [{FilterId,Filter}]</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Specifies the primary filters.</p>
+ <list>
+ <item><c>FilterId = </c><seealso marker="logger#type-filter_id">
+ <c>logger:filter_id()</c></seealso></item>
+ <item><c>Filter = </c><seealso marker="logger#type-filter">
+ <c>logger:filter()</c></seealso></item>
+ </list>
+ <p>The initial value of this option is set by the Kernel
+ configuration
+ parameter <seealso marker="#logger_parameter"><c>logger</c></seealso>.
+ During runtime, primary filters are added and removed with
+ <seealso marker="logger#add_primary_filter-2">
+ <c>logger:add_primary_filter/2</c></seealso> and
+ <seealso marker="logger#remove_primary_filter-1">
+ <c>logger:remove_primary_filter/1</c></seealso>,
+ respectively.</p>
+ <p>See section <seealso marker="#filters">Filters</seealso>
+ for more detailed information.</p>
+ <p>Defaults to <c>[]</c>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>filter_default = log | stop</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Specifies what happens to a log event if all filters
+ return <c>ignore</c>, or if no filters exist.</p>
+ <p>See section <seealso marker="#filters">Filters</seealso>
+ for more information about how this option is used.</p>
+ <p>Defaults to <c>log</c>.</p>
+ </item>
+ </taglist>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <marker id="handler_configuration"/>
+ <title>Handler Configuration</title>
+ <p>Logger API functions that apply to handler configuration
+ are:</p>
+ <list>
+ <item><seealso marker="logger#get_handler_config-0">
+ <c>get_handler_config/0,1</c></seealso></item>
+ <item><seealso marker="logger#set_handler_config-2">
+ <c>set_handler_config/2,3</c></seealso></item>
+ <item><seealso marker="logger#update_handler_config-2">
+ <c>update_handler_config/2,3</c></seealso></item>
+ <item><seealso marker="logger#add_handler_filter-3">
+ <c>add_handler_filter/3</c></seealso></item>
+ <item><seealso marker="logger#remove_handler_filter-2">
+ <c>remove_handler_filter/2</c></seealso></item>
+ <item><seealso marker="logger#update_formatter_config-2">
+ <c>update_formatter_config/2,3</c></seealso></item>
+ </list>
+ <p>The configuration for a handler is a map with the following keys:</p>
+ <taglist>
+ <tag><c>id = </c><seealso marker="logger#type-handler_id">
+ <c>logger:handler_id()</c></seealso></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Automatically inserted by Logger. The value is the same
+ as the <c>HandlerId</c> specified when adding the handler,
+ and it cannot be changed.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>module = module()</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Automatically inserted by Logger. The value is the same
+ as the <c>Module</c> specified when adding the handler,
+ and it cannot be changed.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>level = </c><seealso marker="logger#type-level">
+ <c>logger:level()</c></seealso><c> | all | none</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Specifies the log level for the handler, that is, log
+ events that are equally or more severe than this level,
+ are forwarded to the handler filters for this
+ handler.</p>
+ <p>See section <seealso marker="#log_level">Log
+ Level</seealso> for a listing and description of
+ possible log levels.</p>
+ <p>The log level is specified when adding the handler, or
+ changed during runtime with, for
+ instance, <seealso marker="logger#set_handler_config/3">
+ <c>logger:set_handler_config(HandlerId,level,Level)</c></seealso>.
+ </p>
+ <p>Defaults to <c>all</c>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>filters = [{FilterId,Filter}]</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Specifies the handler filters.</p>
+ <list>
+ <item><c>FilterId = </c><seealso marker="logger#type-filter_id">
+ <c>logger:filter_id()</c></seealso></item>
+ <item><c>Filter = </c><seealso marker="logger#type-filter">
+ <c>logger:filter()</c></seealso></item>
+ </list>
+ <p>Handler filters are specified when adding the handler,
+ or added or removed during runtime with
+ <seealso marker="logger#add_handler_filter-3">
+ <c>logger:add_handler_filter/3</c></seealso> and
+ <seealso marker="logger#remove_handler_filter-2">
+ <c>logger:remove_handler_filter/2</c></seealso>,
+ respectively.</p>
+ <p>See <seealso marker="#filters">Filters</seealso> for more
+ detailed information.</p>
+ <p>Defaults to <c>[]</c>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>filter_default = log | stop</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Specifies what happens to a log event if all filters
+ return <c>ignore</c>, or if no filters exist.</p>
+ <p>See section <seealso marker="#filters">Filters</seealso>
+ for more information about how this option is used.</p>
+ <p>Defaults to <c>log</c>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>formatter = {FormatterModule,FormatterConfig}</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Specifies a formatter that the handler can use for
+ converting the log event term to a printable string.</p>
+ <list>
+ <item><c>FormatterModule = module()</c></item>
+ <item><c>FormatterConfig = </c>
+ <seealso marker="logger#type-formatter_config">
+ <c>logger:formatter_config()</c></seealso></item>
+ </list>
+ <p>The formatter information is specified when adding the
+ handler. The formatter configuration can be changed during
+ runtime
+ with <seealso marker="logger#update_formatter_config-2">
+ <c>logger:update_formatter_config/2,3</c></seealso>,
+ or the complete formatter information can be overwritten
+ with, for
+ instance, <seealso marker="logger#set_handler_config-3">
+ <c>logger:set_handler_config/3</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p>See
+ section <seealso marker="#formatters">Formatters</seealso>
+ for more detailed information.</p>
+ <p>Defaults
+ to <c>{logger_formatter,DefaultFormatterConfig}</c>. See
+ the <seealso marker="logger_formatter">
+ <c>logger_formatter(3)</c></seealso> manual page for
+ information about this formatter and its default
+ configuration.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>config = term()</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Handler specific configuration, that is, configuration
+ data related to a specific handler implementation.</p>
+ <p>The configuration for the built-in handlers is described
+ in
+ the <seealso marker="logger_std_h"><c>logger_std_h(3)</c></seealso>
+ and
+ <seealso marker="logger_disk_log_h"><c>logger_disk_log_h(3)</c>
+ </seealso> manual pages.</p>
+ </item>
+ </taglist>
+
+ <p>Notice that <c>level</c> and <c>filters</c> are obeyed by
+ Logger itself before forwarding the log events to each
+ handler, while <c>formatter</c> and all handler specific
+ options are left to the handler implementation.</p>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <marker id="kernel_config_params"/>
+ <title>Kernel Configuration Parameters</title>
+
+ <p>The following Kernel configuration parameters apply to
+ Logger:</p>
+ <taglist>
+ <tag><marker id="logger_parameter"/><c>logger = [Config]</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Specifies the configuration
+ for <seealso marker="logger">Logger</seealso>, except the
+ primary log level, which is specified
+ with <seealso marker="#logger_level"><c>logger_level</c></seealso>,
+ and the compatibility
+ with <seealso marker="sasl:error_logging">SASL Error
+ Logging</seealso>, which is specified
+ with <seealso marker="#logger_sasl_compatible">
+ <c>logger_sasl_compatible</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p>With this parameter, you can modify or disable the default
+ handler, add custom handlers and primary logger filters, set
+ log levels per module, and modify
+ the <seealso marker="#proxy">proxy</seealso>
+ configuration.</p>
+ <p><c>Config</c> is any (zero or more) of the following:</p>
+ <taglist>
+ <tag><c>{handler, default, undefined}</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Disables the default handler. This allows another
+ application to add its own default handler.</p>
+ <p>Only one entry of this type is allowed.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>{handler, HandlerId, Module, HandlerConfig}</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>If <c>HandlerId</c> is <c>default</c>, then this entry
+ modifies the default handler, equivalent to calling</p>
+ <pre><seealso marker="logger#remove_handler-1">
+ logger:remove_handler(default)
+ </seealso></pre>
+ <p>followed by</p>
+ <pre><seealso marker="logger#add_handler-3">
+ logger:add_handler(default, Module, HandlerConfig)
+ </seealso></pre>
+ <p>For all other values of <c>HandlerId</c>, this entry
+ adds a new handler, equivalent to calling</p>
+ <pre><seealso marker="logger:add_handler/3">
+ logger:add_handler(HandlerId, Module, HandlerConfig)
+ </seealso></pre>
+ <p>Multiple entries of this type are allowed.</p></item>
+ <tag><c>{filters, FilterDefault, [Filter]}</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Adds the specified primary filters.</p>
+ <list>
+ <item><c>FilterDefault = log | stop</c></item>
+ <item><c>Filter = {FilterId, {FilterFun, FilterConfig}}</c></item>
+ </list>
+ <p>Equivalent to calling</p>
+ <pre><seealso marker="logger#add_primary_filter/2">
+ logger:add_primary_filter(FilterId, {FilterFun, FilterConfig})
+ </seealso></pre>
+ <p>for each <c>Filter</c>.</p>
+ <p><c>FilterDefault</c> specifies the behaviour if all
+ primary filters return <c>ignore</c>, see
+ section <seealso marker="#filters">Filters</seealso>.</p>
+ <p>Only one entry of this type is allowed.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>{module_level, Level, [Module]}</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Sets module log level for the given modules. Equivalent
+ to calling</p>
+ <pre><seealso marker="logger#set_module_level/2">
+ logger:set_module_level(Module, Level)</seealso></pre>
+ <p>for each <c>Module</c>.</p>
+ <p>Multiple entries of this type are allowed.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>{proxy, ProxyConfig}</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Sets the proxy configuration, equivalent to calling</p>
+ <pre><seealso marker="logger#set_proxy_config/1">
+ logger:set_proxy_config(ProxyConfig)
+ </seealso></pre>
+ <p>Only one entry of this type is allowed.</p>
+ </item>
+ </taglist>
+ <p>See
+ section <seealso marker="#config_examples">Configuration
+ Examples</seealso> for examples using the <c>logger</c>
+ parameter for system configuration.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><marker id="logger_level"/>
+ <c>logger_level = Level</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Specifies the primary log level. See
+ the <seealso marker="kernel_app#logger_level"><c>kernel(6)</c></seealso>
+ manual page for more information about this parameter.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><marker id="logger_sasl_compatible"/>
+ <c>logger_sasl_compatible = true | false</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Specifies Logger's compatibility
+ with <seealso marker="sasl:error_logging">SASL Error
+ Logging</seealso>. See
+ the <seealso marker="kernel_app#logger_sasl_compatible">
+ <c>kernel(6)</c></seealso> manual page for more
+ information about this parameter.</p>
+ </item>
+ </taglist>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <marker id="config_examples"/>
+ <title>Configuration Examples</title>
+ <p>The value of the Kernel configuration parameter <c>logger</c>
+ is a list of tuples. It is possible to write the term on the
+ command line when starting an erlang node, but as the term
+ grows, a better approach is to use the system configuration
+ file. See
+ the <seealso marker="config"><c>config(4)</c></seealso> manual
+ page for more information about this file.</p>
+ <p>Each of the following examples shows a simple system
+ configuration file that configures Logger according to the
+ description.</p>
+ <p>Modify the default handler to print to a file instead of
+ <c>standard_io</c>:</p>
+ <code>
+[{kernel,
+ [{logger,
+ [{handler, default, logger_std_h, % {handler, HandlerId, Module,
+ #{config => #{file => "log/erlang.log"}}} % Config}
+ ]}]}].
+ </code>
+ <p>Modify the default handler to print each log event as a
+ single line:</p>
+ <code>
+[{kernel,
+ [{logger,
+ [{handler, default, logger_std_h,
+ #{formatter => {logger_formatter, #{single_line => true}}}}
+ ]}]}].
+ </code>
+ <p>Modify the default handler to print the pid of the logging
+ process for each log event:</p>
+ <code>
+[{kernel,
+ [{logger,
+ [{handler, default, logger_std_h,
+ #{formatter => {logger_formatter,
+ #{template => [time," ",pid," ",msg,"\n"]}}}}
+ ]}]}].
+ </code>
+ <p>Modify the default handler to only print errors and more
+ severe log events to "log/erlang.log", and add another handler
+ to print all log events to "log/debug.log".</p>
+ <code>
+[{kernel,
+ [{logger,
+ [{handler, default, logger_std_h,
+ #{level => error,
+ config => #{file => "log/erlang.log"}}},
+ {handler, info, logger_std_h,
+ #{level => debug,
+ config => #{file => "log/debug.log"}}}
+ ]}]}].
+ </code>
+ </section>
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <marker id="compatibility"/>
+ <title>Backwards Compatibility with error_logger</title>
+ <p>Logger provides backwards compatibility with
+ <c>error_logger</c> in the following ways:</p>
+
+ <taglist>
+ <tag>API for Logging</tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>The <c>error_logger</c> API still exists, but should only
+ be used by legacy code. It will be removed in a later
+ release.</p>
+ <p>Calls
+ to <seealso marker="error_logger#error_report-1">
+ <c>error_logger:error_report/1,2</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="error_logger#error_msg-1">
+ <c>error_logger:error_msg/1,2</c></seealso>, and
+ corresponding functions for warning and info messages, are
+ all forwarded to Logger as calls
+ to <seealso marker="logger#log-3">
+ <c>logger:log(Level,Report,Metadata)</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p><c>Level = error | warning | info</c> and is taken
+ from the function name. <c>Report</c> contains the actual
+ log message, and <c>Metadata</c> contains additional
+ information which can be used for creating backwards
+ compatible events for legacy <c>error_logger</c> event
+ handlers, see
+ section <seealso marker="#legacy_event_handlers">Legacy
+ Event Handlers</seealso>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag>Output Format</tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>To get log events on the same format as produced
+ by <c>error_logger_tty_h</c> and <c>error_logger_file_h</c>,
+ use the default formatter, <c>logger_formatter</c>, with
+ configuration parameter <c>legacy_header</c> set
+ to <c>true</c>. This is the default configuration of
+ the <c>default</c> handler started by Kernel.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag>Default Format of Log Events from OTP</tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>By default, all log events originating from within OTP,
+ except the former so called "SASL reports", look the same as
+ before.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><marker id="sasl_reports"/>SASL Reports</tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>By SASL reports we mean supervisor reports, crash reports
+ and progress reports.</p>
+ <p>Prior to Erlang/OTP 21.0, these reports were only logged
+ when the SASL application was running, and they were printed
+ trough SASL's own event handlers <c>sasl_report_tty_h</c>
+ and <c>sasl_report_file_h</c>.</p>
+ <p>The destination of these log events was configured by
+ <seealso marker="sasl:sasl_app#deprecated_error_logger_config">SASL
+ configuration parameters</seealso>.</p>
+ <p>Due to the specific event handlers, the output format
+ slightly differed from other log events.</p>
+ <p>As of Erlang/OTP 21.0, the concept of SASL reports is
+ removed, meaning that the default behaviour is as
+ follows:</p>
+ <list>
+ <item>Supervisor reports, crash reports, and progress reports
+ are no longer connected to the SASL application.</item>
+ <item>Supervisor reports and crash reports are issued
+ as <c>error</c> level log events, and are logged through
+ the default handler started by Kernel.</item>
+ <item>Progress reports are issued as <c>info</c> level log
+ events, and since the default primary log level
+ is <c>notice</c>, these are not logged by default. To
+ enable printing of progress reports, set
+ the <seealso marker="#primary_level">primary log
+ level</seealso> to <c>info</c>.</item>
+ <item>The output format is the same for all log
+ events.</item>
+ </list>
+ <p>If the old behaviour is preferred, the Kernel configuration
+ parameter <seealso marker="kernel_app#logger_sasl_compatible">
+ <c>logger_sasl_compatible</c></seealso> can be set
+ to <c>true</c>. The
+ <seealso marker="sasl:sasl_app#deprecated_error_logger_config">SASL
+ configuration parameters</seealso> can then be used as
+ before, and the SASL reports will only be printed if the
+ SASL application is running, through a second log handler
+ named <c>sasl</c>.</p>
+ <p>All SASL reports have a metadata field <c>domain</c> which
+ is set to <c>[otp,sasl]</c>. This field can be
+ used by filters to stop or allow the log events.</p>
+ <p>See section <seealso marker="sasl:error_logging">SASL User's
+ Guide</seealso> for more information about the old SASL
+ error logging functionality.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><marker id="legacy_event_handlers"/>Legacy Event Handlers</tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>To use event handlers written for <c>error_logger</c>, just
+ add your event handler with</p>
+ <code>
+error_logger:add_report_handler/1,2.
+ </code>
+ <p>This automatically starts the error logger event manager,
+ and adds <c>error_logger</c> as a handler to Logger, with
+ the following configuration:</p>
+<code>
+#{level => info,
+ filter_default => log,
+ filters => []}.
+</code>
+ <note>
+ <p>This handler ignores events that do not originate from
+ the <c>error_logger</c> API, or from within OTP. This
+ means that if your code uses the Logger API for logging,
+ then your log events will be discarded by this
+ handler.</p>
+ <p>The handler is not overload protected.</p>
+ </note>
+ </item>
+ </taglist>
+ </section>
+
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Error Handling</title>
+ <p>Logger does, to a certain extent, check its input data before
+ forwarding a log event to filters and handlers. It does,
+ however, not evaluate report callbacks, or check the validity of
+ format strings and arguments. This means that all filters and
+ handlers must be careful when formatting the data of a log
+ event, making sure that it does not crash due to bad input data
+ or faulty callbacks.</p>
+ <p>If a filter or handler still crashes, Logger will remove the
+ filter or handler in question from the configuration, and print
+ a short error message to the terminal. A debug event containing
+ the crash reason and other details is also issued.</p>
+ <p>See section <seealso marker="#log_message">Log
+ Message</seealso> for more information about report callbacks
+ and valid forms of log messages.</p>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Example: Add a handler to log info events to file</title>
+ <p>When starting an Erlang node, the default behaviour is that all
+ log events on level <c>notice</c> or more severe, are logged to
+ the terminal via the default handler. To also log info events,
+ you can either change the primary log level to <c>info</c>:</p>
+ <pre>
+1> <input>logger:set_primary_config(level, info).</input>
+ok</pre>
+ <p>or set the level for one or a few modules only:</p>
+ <pre>
+2> <input>logger:set_module_level(mymodule, info).</input>
+ok</pre>
+ <p>This allows info events to pass through to the default handler,
+ and be printed to the terminal as well. If there are many info
+ events, it can be useful to print these to a file instead.</p>
+ <p>First, set the log level of the default handler
+ to <c>notice</c>, preventing it from printing info events to the
+ terminal:</p>
+ <pre>
+3> <input>logger:set_handler_config(default, level, notice).</input>
+ok</pre>
+ <p>Then, add a new handler which prints to file. You can use the
+ handler
+ module <seealso marker="logger_std_h"><c>logger_std_h</c></seealso>,
+ and configure it to log to file:</p>
+ <pre>
+4> <input>Config = #{config => #{file => "./info.log"}, level => info}.</input>
+#{config => #{file => "./info.log"},level => info}
+5> <input>logger:add_handler(myhandler, logger_std_h, Config).</input>
+ok</pre>
+ <p>Since <c>filter_default</c> defaults to <c>log</c>, this
+ handler now receives all log events. If you want info events
+ only in the file, you must add a filter to stop all non-info
+ events. The built-in
+ filter <seealso marker="logger_filters#level-2">
+ <c>logger_filters:level/2</c></seealso>
+ can do this:</p>
+ <pre>
+6> <input>logger:add_handler_filter(myhandler, stop_non_info,
+ {fun logger_filters:level/2, {stop, neq, info}}).</input>
+ok</pre>
+ <p>See section <seealso marker="#filters">Filters</seealso> for
+ more information about the filters and the <c>filter_default</c>
+ configuration parameter.</p>
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Example: Implement a handler</title>
+ <p>Section <seealso marker="logger#handler_callback_functions">Handler
+ Callback Functions</seealso> in the logger(3) manual page
+ describes the callback functions that can be implemented for a
+ Logger handler.</p>
+ <p>A handler callback module must export:</p>
+ <list>
+ <item><c>log(Log, Config)</c></item>
+ </list>
+ <p>It can optionally also export some, or all, of the following:</p>
+ <list>
+ <item><c>adding_handler(Config)</c></item>
+ <item><c>removing_handler(Config)</c></item>
+ <item><c>changing_config(SetOrUpdate, OldConfig, NewConfig)</c></item>
+ <item><c>filter_config(Config)</c></item>
+ </list>
+ <p>When a handler is added, by for example a call
+ to <seealso marker="logger#add_handler-3">
+ <c>logger:add_handler(Id, HModule, Config)</c></seealso>,
+ Logger first calls <c>HModule:adding_handler(Config)</c>. If
+ this function returns <c>{ok,Config1}</c>, Logger
+ writes <c>Config1</c> to the configuration database, and
+ the <c>logger:add_handler/3</c> call returns. After this, the
+ handler is installed and must be ready to receive log events as
+ calls to <c>HModule:log/2</c>.</p>
+ <p>A handler can be removed by calling
+ <seealso marker="logger#remove_handler-1">
+ <c>logger:remove_handler(Id)</c></seealso>. Logger calls
+ <c>HModule:removing_handler(Config)</c>, and removes the
+ handler's configuration from the configuration database.</p>
+ <p>When <seealso marker="logger#set_handler_config-2">
+ <c>logger:set_handler_config/2,3</c></seealso>
+ or <seealso marker="logger#update_handler_config/2">
+ <c>logger:update_handler_config/2,3</c></seealso> is called,
+ Logger
+ calls <c>HModule:changing_config(SetOrUpdate, OldConfig, NewConfig)</c>. If
+ this function returns <c>{ok,NewConfig1}</c>, Logger
+ writes <c>NewConfig1</c> to the configuration database.</p>
+ <p>When <seealso marker="logger#get_config-0">
+ <c>logger:get_config/0</c></seealso> or
+ <seealso marker="logger#get_handler_config-0">
+ <c>logger:get_handler_config/0,1</c></seealso> is called,
+ Logger calls <c>HModule:filter_config(Config)</c>. This function
+ must return the handler configuration where internal data is
+ removed.</p>
+
+ <p>A simple handler that prints to the terminal can be implemented
+ as follows:</p>
+ <code>
+-module(myhandler1).
+-export([log/2]).
+
+log(LogEvent, #{formatter := {FModule, FConfig}}) ->
+ io:put_chars(FModule:format(LogEvent, FConfig)).
+ </code>
+
+ <p>Notice that the above handler does not have any overload
+ protection, and all log events are printed directly from the
+ client process.</p>
+ <p>For information and examples of overload protection, please
+ refer to
+ section <seealso marker="#overload_protection">Protecting the
+ Handler from Overload</seealso>, and the implementation
+ of <seealso marker="logger_std_h"><c>logger_std_h</c></seealso>
+ and <seealso marker="logger_disk_log_h"><c>logger_disk_log_h</c>
+ </seealso>.</p>
+ <p>The following is a simpler example of a handler which logs to a
+ file through one single process:</p>
+ <code>
+-module(myhandler2).
+-export([adding_handler/1, removing_handler/1, log/2]).
+-export([init/1, handle_call/3, handle_cast/2, terminate/2]).
+
+adding_handler(Config) ->
+ MyConfig = maps:get(config,Config,#{file => "myhandler2.log"}),
+ {ok, Pid} = gen_server:start(?MODULE, MyConfig, []),
+ {ok, Config#{config => MyConfig#{pid => Pid}}}.
+
+removing_handler(#{config := #{pid := Pid}}) ->
+ gen_server:stop(Pid).
+
+log(LogEvent,#{config := #{pid := Pid}} = Config) ->
+ gen_server:cast(Pid, {log, LogEvent, Config}).
+
+init(#{file := File}) ->
+ {ok, Fd} = file:open(File, [append, {encoding, utf8}]),
+ {ok, #{file => File, fd => Fd}}.
+
+handle_call(_, _, State) ->
+ {reply, {error, bad_request}, State}.
+
+handle_cast({log, LogEvent, Config}, #{fd := Fd} = State) ->
+ do_log(Fd, LogEvent, Config),
+ {noreply, State}.
+
+terminate(_Reason, #{fd := Fd}) ->
+ _ = file:close(Fd),
+ ok.
+
+do_log(Fd, LogEvent, #{formatter := {FModule, FConfig}}) ->
+ String = FModule:format(LogEvent, FConfig),
+ io:put_chars(Fd, String).
+ </code>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <marker id="overload_protection"/>
+ <title>Protecting the Handler from Overload</title>
+ <p>The default handlers, <seealso marker="logger_std_h">
+ <c>logger_std_h</c></seealso> and <seealso marker="logger_disk_log_h">
+ <c>logger_disk_log_h</c></seealso>, feature an overload protection
+ mechanism, which makes it possible for the handlers to survive,
+ and stay responsive, during periods of high load (when huge
+ numbers of incoming log requests must be handled).
+ The mechanism works as follows:</p>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Message Queue Length</title>
+ <p>The handler process keeps track of the length of its message
+ queue and takes some form of action when the current length exceeds a
+ configurable threshold. The purpose is to keep the handler in, or to
+ as quickly as possible get the handler into, a state where it can
+ keep up with the pace of incoming log events. The memory use of the
+ handler must never grow larger and larger, since that will eventually
+ cause the handler to crash. These three thresholds, with associated
+ actions, exist:</p>
+
+ <taglist>
+ <tag><c>sync_mode_qlen</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>As long as the length of the message queue is lower than this
+ value, all log events are handled asynchronously. This means that
+ the client process sending the log event, by calling a log function
+ in the <seealso marker="logger_chapter#logger_api">Logger API</seealso>,
+ does not wait for a response from the handler but continues
+ executing immediately after the event is sent. It is not affected
+ by the time it takes the handler to print the event to the log
+ device. If the message queue grows larger than this value,
+ the handler starts handling log events synchronously instead,
+ meaning that the client process sending the event must wait for a
+ response. When the handler reduces the message queue to a
+ level below the <c>sync_mode_qlen</c> threshold, asynchronous
+ operation is resumed. The switch from asynchronous to synchronous
+ mode can slow down the logging tempo of one, or a few, busy senders,
+ but cannot protect the handler sufficiently in a situation of many
+ busy concurrent senders.</p>
+ <p>Defaults to <c>10</c> messages.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>drop_mode_qlen</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>When the message queue grows larger than this threshold, the
+ handler switches to a mode in which it drops all new events that
+ senders want to log. Dropping an event in this mode means that the
+ call to the log function never results in a message being sent to
+ the handler, but the function returns without taking any action.
+ The handler keeps logging the events that are already in its message
+ queue, and when the length of the message queue is reduced to a level
+ below the threshold, synchronous or asynchronous mode is resumed.
+ Notice that when the handler activates or deactivates drop mode,
+ information about it is printed in the log.</p>
+ <p>Defaults to <c>200</c> messages.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>flush_qlen</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>If the length of the message queue grows larger than this threshold,
+ a flush (delete) operation takes place. To flush events, the handler
+ discards the messages in the message queue by receiving them in a
+ loop without logging. Client processes waiting for a response from a
+ synchronous log request receive a reply from the handler indicating
+ that the request is dropped. The handler process increases its
+ priority during the flush loop to make sure that no new events
+ are received during the operation. Notice that after the flush operation
+ is performed, the handler prints information in the log about how many
+ events have been deleted.</p>
+ <p>Defaults to <c>1000</c> messages.</p>
+ </item>
+ </taglist>
+
+ <p>For the overload protection algorithm to work properly, it is
+ required that:</p>
+
+ <p><c>sync_mode_qlen =&lt; drop_mode_qlen =&lt; flush_qlen</c></p>
+
+ <p>and that:</p>
+
+ <p><c>drop_mode_qlen &gt; 1</c></p>
+
+ <p>To disable certain modes, do the following:</p>
+ <list>
+ <item>If <c>sync_mode_qlen</c> is set to <c>0</c>, all log events are handled
+ synchronously. That is, asynchronous logging is disabled.</item>
+ <item>If <c>sync_mode_qlen</c> is set to the same value as
+ <c>drop_mode_qlen</c>, synchronous mode is disabled. That is, the handler
+ always runs in asynchronous mode, unless dropping or flushing is invoked.</item>
+ <item>If <c>drop_mode_qlen</c> is set to the same value as <c>flush_qlen</c>,
+ drop mode is disabled and can never occur.</item>
+ </list>
+
+ <p>During high load scenarios, the length of the handler message queue
+ rarely grows in a linear and predictable way. Instead, whenever the
+ handler process is scheduled in, it can have an almost arbitrary number
+ of messages waiting in the message queue. It is for this reason that the overload
+ protection mechanism is focused on acting quickly, and quite drastically,
+ such as immediately dropping or flushing messages, when a large queue length
+ is detected.</p>
+
+ <p>The values of the previously listed thresholds can be specified by the user.
+ This way, a handler can be configured to, for example, not drop or flush
+ messages unless the message queue length of the handler process grows extremely
+ large. Notice that large amounts of memory can be required for the node under such
+ circumstances. Another example of user configuration is when, for performance
+ reasons, the client processes must never be blocked by synchronous log requests.
+ It is possible, perhaps, that dropping or flushing events is still acceptable, since
+ it does not affect the performance of the client processes sending the log events.</p>
+
+ <p>A configuration example:</p>
+ <code type="none">
+logger:add_handler(my_standard_h, logger_std_h,
+ #{config => #{file => "./system_info.log",
+ sync_mode_qlen => 100,
+ drop_mode_qlen => 1000,
+ flush_qlen => 2000}}).
+ </code>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Controlling Bursts of Log Requests</title>
+ <p>Large bursts of log events - many events received by the handler
+ under a short period of time - can potentially cause problems, such as:</p>
+ <list>
+ <item>Log files grow very large, very quickly.</item>
+ <item>Circular logs wrap too quickly so that important data is overwritten.</item>
+ <item>Write buffers grow large, which slows down file sync operations.</item>
+ </list>
+
+ <p>For this reason, both built-in handlers offer the possibility to specify the
+ maximum number of events to be handled within a certain time frame.
+ With this burst control feature enabled, the handler can avoid choking the log with
+ massive amounts of printouts. The configuration parameters are:</p>
+ <taglist>
+ <tag><c>burst_limit_enable</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Value <c>true</c> enables burst control and <c>false</c> disables it.</p>
+ <p>Defaults to <c>true</c>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>burst_limit_max_count</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>This is the maximum number of events to handle within a
+ <c>burst_limit_window_time</c> time frame. After the limit is
+ reached, successive events are dropped until the end of the time frame.</p>
+ <p>Defaults to <c>500</c> events.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>burst_limit_window_time</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>See the previous description of <c>burst_limit_max_count</c>.</p>
+ <p>Defaults to <c>1000</c> milliseconds.</p>
+ </item>
+ </taglist>
+
+ <p>A configuration example:</p>
+ <code type="none">
+logger:add_handler(my_disk_log_h, logger_disk_log_h,
+ #{config => #{file => "./my_disk_log",
+ burst_limit_enable => true,
+ burst_limit_max_count => 20,
+ burst_limit_window_time => 500}}).
+ </code>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Terminating an Overloaded Handler</title>
+ <p>It is possible that a handler, even if it can successfully manage peaks
+ of high load without crashing, can build up a large message queue, or use a
+ large amount of memory. The overload protection mechanism includes an
+ automatic termination and restart feature for the purpose of guaranteeing
+ that a handler does not grow out of bounds. The feature is configured
+ with the following parameters:</p>
+ <taglist>
+ <tag><c>overload_kill_enable</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Value <c>true</c> enables the feature and <c>false</c> disables it.</p>
+ <p>Defaults to <c>false</c>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>overload_kill_qlen</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>This is the maximum allowed queue length. If the message queue grows
+ larger than this, the handler process is terminated.</p>
+ <p>Defaults to <c>20000</c> messages.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>overload_kill_mem_size</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>This is the maximum memory size that the handler process is allowed to use.
+ If the handler grows larger than this, the process is terminated.</p>
+ <p>Defaults to <c>3000000</c> bytes.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>overload_kill_restart_after</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>If the handler is terminated, it restarts automatically after a
+ delay specified in milliseconds. The value <c>infinity</c> prevents
+ restarts.</p>
+ <p>Defaults to <c>5000</c> milliseconds.</p>
+ </item>
+ </taglist>
+ <p>If the handler process is terminated because of overload, it prints
+ information about it in the log. It also prints information about when a
+ restart has taken place, and the handler is back in action.</p>
+ <note>
+ <p>The sizes of the log events affect the memory needs of the handler.
+ For information about how to limit the size of log events, see the
+ <seealso marker="logger_formatter"><c>logger_formatter(3)</c></seealso>
+ manual page.</p>
+ </note>
+ </section>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <marker id="proxy"/>
+ <title>Logger Proxy</title>
+ <p>The Logger proxy is an Erlang process which is part of the
+ Kernel application's supervision tree. During startup, the proxy
+ process registers itself as the <c>system_logger</c>, meaning
+ that log events produced by the emulator are sent to this
+ process.</p>
+ <p>When a log event is issued on a process which has its group
+ leader on a remote node, Logger automatically forwards the log
+ event to the group leader's node. To achieve this, it first
+ sends the log event as an Erlang message from the original
+ client process to the proxy on the local node, and the proxy in
+ turn forwards the event to the proxy on the remote node.</p>
+ <p>When receiving a log event, either from the emulator or from a
+ remote node, the proxy calls the Logger API to log the event.</p>
+ <p>The proxy process is overload protected in the same way as
+ described in
+ section <seealso marker="#overload_protection">Protecting the
+ Handler from Overload</seealso>, but with the following default
+ values:</p>
+ <code>
+ #{sync_mode_qlen => 500,
+ drop_mode_qlen => 1000,
+ flush_qlen => 5000,
+ burst_limit_enable => false,
+ overload_kill_enable => false}</code>
+ <p>For log events from the emulator, synchronous message passing
+ mode is not applicable, since all messages are passed
+ asynchronously by the emulator. Drop mode is achieved by setting
+ the <c>system_logger</c> to <c>undefined</c>, forcing the
+ emulator to drop events until it is set back to the proxy pid
+ again.</p>
+ <p>The proxy uses <seealso marker="erts:erlang#send_nosuspend/2">
+ <c>erlang:send_nosuspend/2</c></seealso> when sending log
+ events to a remote node. If the message could not be sent
+ without suspending the sender, it is dropped. This is to avoid
+ blocking the proxy process.</p>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <p>
+ <seealso marker="disk_log"><c>disk_log(3)</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="erts:erlang"><c>erlang(3)</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="error_logger"><c>error_logger(3)</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="logger"><c>logger(3)</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="logger_disk_log_h"><c>logger_disk_log_h(3)</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="logger_filters"><c>logger_filters(3)</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="logger_formatter"><c>logger_formatter(3)</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="logger_std_h"><c>logger_std_h(3)</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="sasl:sasl_app"><c>sasl(6)</c></seealso></p>
+ </section>
+</chapter>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_disk_log_h.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_disk_log_h.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5b2374690e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_disk_log_h.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE erlref SYSTEM "erlref.dtd">
+
+<erlref>
+ <header>
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2017</year><year>2018</year>
+ <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
+ </copyright>
+ <legalnotice>
+ 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
+
+ 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>
+
+ <title>logger_disk_log_h</title>
+ <prepared></prepared>
+ <responsible></responsible>
+ <docno></docno>
+ <approved></approved>
+ <checked></checked>
+ <date></date>
+ <rev>A</rev>
+ <file>logger_disk_log_h.xml</file>
+ </header>
+ <module since="OTP 21.0">logger_disk_log_h</module>
+ <modulesummary>A disk_log based handler for Logger</modulesummary>
+
+ <description>
+ <p>This is a handler for Logger that offers circular
+ (wrapped) logs by using <seealso marker="disk_log"><c>disk_log</c></seealso>.
+ Multiple instances of this handler can be added to Logger, and each instance
+ prints to its own disk log file, created with the name and settings specified
+ in the handler configuration.</p>
+ <p>The default standard handler,
+ <seealso marker="logger_std_h"><c>logger_std_h</c></seealso>, can be
+ replaced by a disk_log handler at startup of the Kernel application.
+ See an example of this below.</p>
+ <p>The handler has an overload protection mechanism that keeps the handler
+ process and the Kernel application alive during high loads of log
+ events. How overload protection works, and how to configure it, is
+ described in the
+ <seealso marker="logger_chapter#overload_protection"><c>User's Guide</c>
+ </seealso>.</p>
+ <p>To add a new instance of the disk_log handler, use
+ <seealso marker="logger#add_handler-3"><c>logger:add_handler/3</c>
+ </seealso>. The handler configuration argument is a map which can contain
+ general configuration parameters, as documented in the
+ <seealso marker="logger_chapter#handler_configuration"><c>User's Guide</c>
+ </seealso>, and handler specific parameters. The specific data
+ is stored in a sub map with the key <c>config</c>, and can contain the
+ following parameters:</p>
+ <taglist>
+ <tag><c>file</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>This is the full name of the disk log file. The option
+ corresponds to the <c>name</c> property in the
+ <seealso marker="disk_log#open-1"><c>dlog_option()</c></seealso>
+ datatype.</p>
+ <p>The value is set when the handler is added, and it can not
+ be changed in runtime.</p>
+ <p>Defaults to the same name as the handler identity, in the
+ current directory.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>type</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>This is the disk log type, <c>wrap</c> or <c>halt</c>. The option
+ corresponds to the <c>type</c> property in the
+ <seealso marker="disk_log#open-1"><c>dlog_option()</c></seealso>
+ datatype.</p>
+ <p>The value is set when the handler is added, and it can not
+ be changed in runtime.</p>
+ <p>Defaults to <c>wrap</c>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>max_no_files</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>This is the maximum number of files that disk_log uses
+ for its circular logging. The option
+ corresponds to the <c>MaxNoFiles</c> element in the <c>size</c> property in the
+ <seealso marker="disk_log#open-1"><c>dlog_option()</c></seealso>
+ datatype.</p>
+ <p>The value is set when the handler is added, and it can not
+ be changed in runtime.</p>
+ <p>Defaults to <c>10</c>.</p>
+ <p>The setting has no effect on a halt log.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>max_no_bytes</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>This is the maximum number of bytes that is written to
+ a log file before disk_log proceeds with the next file in order, or
+ generates an error in case of a full halt log. The option
+ corresponds to the <c>MaxNoBytes</c> element in the <c>size</c> property in the
+ <seealso marker="disk_log#open-1"><c>dlog_option()</c></seealso>
+ datatype.</p>
+ <p>The value is set when the handler is added, and it can not
+ be changed in runtime.</p>
+ <p>Defaults to <c>1048576</c> bytes for a wrap log, and
+ <c>infinity</c> for a halt log.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>filesync_repeat_interval</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>This value, in milliseconds, specifies how often the handler does
+ a disk_log sync operation to write buffered data to disk. The handler attempts
+ the operation repeatedly, but only performs a new sync if something has
+ actually been logged.</p>
+ <p>Defaults to <c>5000</c> milliseconds.</p>
+ <p>If <c>no_repeat</c> is set as value, the repeated sync operation
+ is disabled. The user can also call the
+ <seealso marker="logger_disk_log_h#filesync-1"><c>filesync/1</c>
+ </seealso> function to perform a disk_log sync.</p>
+ </item>
+ </taglist>
+ <p>Other configuration parameters exist, to be used for customizing
+ the overload protection behaviour. The same parameters are used both in the
+ standard handler and the disk_log handler, and are documented in the
+ <seealso marker="logger_chapter#overload_protection"><c>User's Guide</c>
+ </seealso>.</p>
+ <p>Notice that when changing the configuration of the handler in runtime, the
+ disk_log options (<c>file</c>, <c>type</c>, <c>max_no_files</c>,
+ <c>max_no_bytes</c>) must not be modified.</p>
+ <p>Example of adding a disk_log handler:</p>
+ <code type="none">
+logger:add_handler(my_disk_log_h, logger_disk_log_h,
+ #{config => #{file => "./my_disk_log",
+ type => wrap,
+ max_no_files => 4,
+ max_no_bytes => 10000},
+ filesync_repeat_interval => 1000}}).
+ </code>
+ <p>To use the disk_log handler instead of the default standard
+ handler when starting an Erlang node, change the Kernel default logger to
+ use <c>logger_disk_log_h</c>. Example:</p>
+ <code type="none">
+erl -kernel logger '[{handler,default,logger_disk_log_h,
+ #{config => #{file => "./system_disk_log"}}}]'
+ </code>
+ </description>
+
+ <funcs>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="filesync" arity="1" clause_i="1" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Writes buffered data to disk.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Write buffered data to disk.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ </funcs>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <p><seealso marker="logger"><c>logger(3)</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="logger_std_h"><c>logger_std_h(3)</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="disk_log"><c>disk_log(3)</c></seealso></p>
+ </section>
+</erlref>
+
+
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_filters.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_filters.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a02342864
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_filters.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,254 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE erlref SYSTEM "erlref.dtd">
+
+<erlref>
+ <header>
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2018</year>
+ <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
+ </copyright>
+ <legalnotice>
+ 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
+
+ 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>
+
+ <title>logger_filters</title>
+ <prepared></prepared>
+ <responsible></responsible>
+ <docno></docno>
+ <approved></approved>
+ <checked></checked>
+ <date></date>
+ <rev>A</rev>
+ <file>logger_filters.xml</file>
+ </header>
+ <module since="OTP 21.0">logger_filters</module>
+ <modulesummary>Filters to use with Logger.</modulesummary>
+
+ <description>
+ <p>All functions exported from this module can be used as primary
+ or handler
+ filters. See <seealso marker="logger#add_primary_filter-2">
+ <c>logger:add_primary_filter/2</c></seealso>
+ and <seealso marker="logger#add_handler_filter-3">
+ <c>logger:add_handler_filter/3</c></seealso> for more information
+ about how filters are added.</p>
+ <p>Filters are removed with <seealso marker="logger#remove_primary_filter-1">
+ <c>logger:remove_primary_filter/1</c></seealso>
+ and <seealso marker="logger#remove_handler_filter-2">
+ <c>logger:remove_handler_filter/2</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </description>
+
+ <funcs>
+ <func>
+ <name name="domain" arity="2" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Filter log events based on the domain field in
+ metadata.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>This filter provides a way of filtering log events based on a
+ <c>domain</c> field in <c>Metadata</c>. This field is
+ optional, and the purpose of using it is to group log events
+ from, for example, a specific functional area. This allows
+ filtering or other specialized treatment in a Logger
+ handler.</p>
+
+ <p>A domain field must be a list of atoms, creating smaller
+ and more specialized domains as the list grows longer. The
+ greatest domain is <c>[]</c>, which comprises all possible
+ domains.</p>
+
+ <p>For example, consider the following domains:</p>
+ <pre>
+D1 = [otp]
+D2 = [otp, sasl]</pre>
+
+ <p><c>D1</c> is the greatest of the two, and is said to be a
+ super-domain of <c>D2</c>. <c>D2</c> is a
+ sub-domain <c>D1</c>. Both <c>D1</c> and <c>D2</c> are
+ sub-domains of <c>[]</c>.</p>
+
+ <p>The above domains are used for logs originating from
+ Erlang/OTP. D1 specifies that the log event comes from
+ Erlang/OTP in general, and D2 indicates that the log event
+ is a so
+ called <seealso marker="logger_chapter#sasl_reports">SASL
+ report</seealso>.</p>
+
+ <p>The <c><anno>Extra</anno></c> parameter to
+ the <c>domain/2</c> function is specified when adding the
+ filter via <seealso marker="logger#add_primary_filter-2">
+ <c>logger:add_primary_filter/2</c></seealso>
+ or <seealso marker="logger#add_handler_filter-3">
+ <c>logger:add_handler_filter/3</c></seealso>.</p>
+
+ <p>The filter compares the value of the <c>domain</c> field in
+ the log event's metadata (<c>Domain</c>) against
+ <c><anno>MatchDomain</anno></c>. The filter matches if the
+ value of <c>Compare</c> is:</p>
+
+ <taglist>
+ <tag><c>sub</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>and <c>Domain</c> is equal to or a sub-domain
+ of <c>MatchDomain</c>, that is, if <c>MatchDomain</c> is
+ a prefix of <c>Domain</c>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>super</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>and <c>Domain</c> is equal to or a super-domain
+ of <c>MatchDomain</c>, that is, if <c>Domain</c> is a
+ prefix of <c>MatchDomain</c>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>equal</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>and <c>Domain</c> is equal to <c>MatchDomain</c>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>not_equal</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>and <c>Domain</c> differs from <c>MatchDomain</c>, or
+ if there is no domain field in metadata.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>undefined</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>and there is no domain field in metadata. In this
+ case <c><anno>MatchDomain</anno></c> must be set
+ to <c>[]</c>.</p>
+ </item>
+ </taglist>
+
+ <p>If the filter matches and <c><anno>Action</anno></c> is
+ <c>log</c>, the log event is allowed. If the filter matches
+ and <c><anno>Action</anno></c> is <c>stop</c>, the log event
+ is stopped.</p>
+
+ <p>If the filter does not match, it returns <c>ignore</c>,
+ meaning that other filters, or the value of the
+ configuration parameter <c>filter_default</c>, decide if the
+ event is allowed or not.</p>
+
+ <p>Log events that do not contain any domain field, match only
+ when <c><anno>Compare</anno></c> is equal
+ to <c>undefined</c> or <c>not_equal</c>.</p>
+
+ <p>Example: stop all events with domain <c>[otp,
+ sasl | _]</c></p>
+
+ <code>
+logger:set_handler_config(h1, filter_default, log). % this is the default
+Filter = {fun logger_filters:domain/2, {stop, sub, [otp, sasl]}}.
+logger:add_handler_filter(h1, no_sasl, Filter).
+ok</code>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="level" arity="2" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Filter log events based on the log level.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>This filter provides a way of filtering log events based
+ on the log level. It matches log events by comparing the
+ log level with a specified <c>MatchLevel</c></p>
+
+ <p>The <c><anno>Extra</anno></c> parameter is specified when
+ adding the filter
+ via <seealso marker="logger#add_primary_filter-2">
+ <c>logger:add_primary_filter/2</c></seealso>
+ or <seealso marker="logger#add_handler_filter-3">
+ <c>logger:add_handler_filter/3</c></seealso>.</p>
+
+ <p>The filter compares the value of the event's log level
+ (<c>Level</c>) to <c><anno>MatchLevel</anno></c> by
+ calling <seealso marker="logger#compare_levels-2">
+ <c>logger:compare_levels(Level, MatchLevel)</c></seealso>.
+ The filter matches if the value
+ of <c><anno>Operator</anno></c> is:</p>
+
+ <taglist>
+ <tag><c>neq</c></tag>
+ <item><p>and the compare function returns <c>lt</c>
+ or <c>gt</c>.</p></item>
+ <tag><c>eq</c></tag>
+ <item><p>and the compare function returns <c>eq</c>.</p></item>
+ <tag><c>lt</c></tag>
+ <item><p>and the compare function returns <c>lt</c>.</p></item>
+ <tag><c>gt</c></tag>
+ <item><p>and the compare function returns <c>gt</c>.</p></item>
+ <tag><c>lteq</c></tag>
+ <item><p>and the compare function returns <c>lt</c>
+ or <c>eq</c>.</p></item>
+ <tag><c>gteq</c></tag>
+ <item><p>and the compare function returns <c>gt</c>
+ or <c>eq</c>.</p></item>
+ </taglist>
+
+ <p>If the filter matches and <c><anno>Action</anno></c> is
+ <c>log</c>, the log event is allowed. If the filter
+ matches and <c><anno>Action</anno></c> is <c>stop</c>, the
+ log event is stopped.</p>
+
+ <p>If the filter does not match, it returns <c>ignore</c>,
+ meaning that other filters, or the value of the
+ configuration parameter <c>filter_default</c>, will decide
+ if the event is allowed or not.</p>
+
+ <p>Example: only allow debug level log events</p>
+
+ <code>
+logger:set_handler_config(h1, filter_default, stop).
+Filter = {fun logger_filters:level/2, {log, eq, debug}}.
+logger:add_handler_filter(h1, debug_only, Filter).
+ok</code>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="progress" arity="2" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Filter progress reports from supervisor and application_controller.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>This filter matches all progress reports
+ from <c>supervisor</c> and <c>application_controller</c>.</p>
+
+ <p>If <c><anno>Extra</anno></c> is <c>log</c>, the progress
+ reports are allowed. If <c><anno>Extra</anno></c>
+ is <c>stop</c>, the progress reports are stopped.</p>
+
+ <p>The filter returns <c>ignore</c> for all other log events.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="remote_gl" arity="2" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Filter events with group leader on remote node.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>This filter matches all events originating from a process
+ that has its group leader on a remote node.</p>
+
+ <p>If <c><anno>Extra</anno></c> is <c>log</c>, the matching
+ events are allowed. If <c><anno>Extra</anno></c>
+ is <c>stop</c>, the matching events are stopped.</p>
+
+ <p>The filter returns <c>ignore</c> for all other log events.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ </funcs>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <p>
+ <seealso marker="logger"><c>logger(3)</c></seealso>
+ </p>
+ </section>
+</erlref>
+
+
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_formatter.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_formatter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6dc83d24e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_formatter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,354 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE erlref SYSTEM "erlref.dtd">
+
+<erlref>
+ <header>
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2017</year><year>2018</year>
+ <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
+ </copyright>
+ <legalnotice>
+ 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
+
+ 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>
+
+ <title>logger_formatter</title>
+ <prepared></prepared>
+ <responsible></responsible>
+ <docno></docno>
+ <approved></approved>
+ <checked></checked>
+ <date></date>
+ <rev>A</rev>
+ <file>logger_formatter.xml</file>
+ </header>
+ <module since="OTP 21.0">logger_formatter</module>
+ <modulesummary>Default formatter for Logger.</modulesummary>
+
+ <description>
+ <p>Each Logger handler has a configured formatter specified as a
+ module and a configuration term. The purpose of the formatter is
+ to translate the log events to a final printable string
+ (<seealso marker="stdlib:unicode#type-chardata"><c>unicode:chardata()</c>
+ </seealso>) which can be written to the output device of the
+ handler. See
+ sections <seealso marker="logger_chapter#handlers">Handlers</seealso>
+ and <seealso marker="logger_chapter#formatters">Formatters</seealso>
+ in the Kernel User's Guide for more information.</p>
+ <p><c>logger_formatter</c> is the default formatter used by
+ Logger.</p>
+ </description>
+
+
+ <datatypes>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="config"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p>The configuration term for <c>logger_formatter</c> is a
+ <seealso marker="stdlib:maps">map</seealso>, and the
+ following keys can be set as configuration parameters:</p>
+ <taglist>
+ <tag><marker id="chars_limit"/>
+ <c>chars_limit = integer() > 0 | unlimited</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>A positive integer representing the value of the option
+ with the same name to be used when calling
+ <seealso marker="stdlib:io_lib#format-3">
+ <c>io_lib:format/3</c></seealso>.
+ This value limits the total number of characters printed
+ for each log event. Notice that this is a soft limit. For a
+ hard truncation limit, see option <c>max_size</c>.</p>
+ <p>Defaults to <c>unlimited</c>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><marker id="depth"/><c>depth = integer() > 0 | unlimited</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>A positive integer representing the maximum depth to
+ which terms shall be printed by this formatter. Format
+ strings passed to this formatter are rewritten. The
+ format controls ~p and ~w are replaced with ~P and ~W,
+ respectively, and the value is used as the depth
+ parameter. For details, see
+ <seealso marker="stdlib:io#format-2"><c>io:format/2,3</c></seealso>
+ in STDLIB.</p>
+ <p>Defaults to <c>unlimited</c>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>legacy_header = boolean()</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>If set to <c>true</c> a header field is added to
+ logger_formatter's part of <c>Metadata</c>. The value of
+ this field is a string similar to the header created by
+ the
+ old <seealso marker="error_logger"><c>error_logger</c></seealso>
+ event handlers. It can be included in the log event by
+ adding the list <c>[logger_formatter,header]</c> to the
+ template. See the description of
+ the <seealso marker="#type-template"><c>template()</c></seealso>
+ type for more information.</p>
+ <p>Defaults to <c>false</c>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><marker id="max_size"/>
+ <c>max_size = integer() > 0 | unlimited</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>A positive integer representing the absolute maximum size a
+ string returned from this formatter can have. If the
+ formatted string is longer, after possibly being limited
+ by <c>chars_limit</c> or <c>depth</c>, it is truncated.</p>
+ <p>Defaults to <c>unlimited</c>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>report_cb = </c><seealso marker="logger#type-report_cb">
+ <c>logger:report_cb()</c></seealso></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>A report callback is used by the formatter to transform
+ log messages on report form to a format string and
+ arguments. The report callback can be specified in the
+ metadata for the log event. If no report callback exists
+ in metadata, <c>logger_formatter</c> will
+ use <seealso marker="logger#format_report-1">
+ <c>logger:format_report/1</c></seealso> as default
+ callback.</p>
+ <p>If this configuration parameter is set, it replaces
+ both the default report callback, and any report
+ callback found in metadata. That is, all reports are
+ converted by this configured function.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>single_line = boolean()</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>If set to <c>true</c>, each log event is printed as a
+ single line. To achieve this, <c>logger_formatter</c>
+ sets the field width to <c>0</c> for all <c>~p</c>
+ and <c>~P</c> control sequences in the format a string
+ (see <seealso marker="stdlib:io#format-2">
+ <c>io:format/2</c></seealso>), and replaces all
+ newlines in the message with <c>", "</c>. White spaces
+ following directly after newlines are removed. Notice
+ that newlines added by the <c>template</c> parameter are
+ not replaced.</p>
+ <p>Defaults to <c>true</c>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><marker id="template"/>
+ <c>template = </c><seealso marker="#type-template"><c>template()</c>
+ </seealso></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>The template describes how the formatted string is
+ composed by combining different data values from the log
+ event. See the description of
+ the <seealso marker="#type-template"><c>template()</c></seealso>
+ type for more information about this.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>time_designator = byte()</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Timestamps are formatted according to RFC3339, and the
+ time designator is the character used as date and time
+ separator.</p>
+ <p>Defaults to <c>$T</c>.</p>
+ <p>The value of this parameter is used as
+ the <c>time_designator</c> option
+ to <seealso marker="stdlib:calendar#system_time_to_rfc3339-2">
+ <c>calendar:system_time_to_rcf3339/2</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>time_offset = integer() | [byte()]</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>The time offset, either a string or an integer, to be
+ used when formatting the timestamp.</p>
+ <p>An empty string is interpreted as local time. The
+ values <c>"Z"</c>, <c>"z"</c> or <c>0</c> are
+ interpreted as Universal Coordinated Time (UTC).</p>
+ <p>Strings, other than <c>"Z"</c>, <c>"z"</c>,
+ or <c>""</c>, must be on the form <c>±[hh]:[mm]</c>, for
+ example <c>"-02:00"</c> or <c>"+00:00"</c>.</p>
+ <p>Integers must be in microseconds, meaning that the
+ offset <c>7200000000</c> is equivalent
+ to <c>"+02:00"</c>.</p>
+ <p>Defaults to an empty string, meaning that timestamps
+ are displayed in local time. However, for backwards
+ compatibility, if the SASL configuration
+ parameter <seealso marker="sasl:sasl_app#utc_log">
+ <c>utc_log</c></seealso><c>=true</c>, the default is
+ changed to <c>"Z"</c>, meaning that timestamps are displayed
+ in UTC.</p>
+ <p>The value of this parameter is used as
+ the <c>offset</c> option
+ to <seealso marker="stdlib:calendar#system_time_to_rfc3339-2">
+ <c>calendar:system_time_to_rcf3339/2</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </item>
+ </taglist>
+ </desc>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="metakey"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p></p>
+ </desc>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="template"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p>The template is a list of atoms, atom lists, tuples and strings. The
+ atoms <c>level</c> or <c>msg</c>, are treated as
+ placeholders for the severity level and the log message,
+ respectively. Other atoms or atom lists are interpreted as
+ placeholders for metadata, where atoms are expected to match
+ top level keys, and atom lists represent paths to sub keys when
+ the metadata is a nested map. For example the
+ list <c>[key1,key2]</c> is replaced by the value of
+ the <c>key2</c> field in the nested map below. The
+ atom <c>key1</c> on its own is replaced by the complete
+ value of the <c>key1</c> field. The values are converted to
+ strings.</p>
+
+ <code>
+#{key1 => #{key2 => my_value,
+ ...}
+ ...}</code>
+
+ <p>Tuples in the template express if-exist tests for metadata
+ keys. For example, the following tuple says that
+ if <c>key1</c> exists in the metadata map,
+ print <c>"key1=Value"</c>, where <c>Value</c> is the value
+ that <c>key1</c> is associated with in the metadata map. If
+ <c>key1</c> does not exist, print nothing.</p>
+ <code>
+{key1, ["key1=",key1], []}</code>
+
+ <p>Strings in the template are printed literally.</p>
+ <p>The default value for the <c>template</c> configuration
+ parameter depends on the value of the <c>single_line</c>
+ and <c>legacy_header</c> configuration parameters as
+ follows.</p>
+
+ <p>The log event used in the examples is:</p>
+ <code>
+?LOG_ERROR("name: ~p~nexit_reason: ~p", [my_name, "It crashed"])</code>
+
+ <taglist>
+ <tag><c>legacy_header = true, single_line = false</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Default
+ template: <c>[[logger_formatter,header],"\n",msg,"\n"]</c></p>
+
+ <p>Example log entry:</p>
+ <code type="none">
+=ERROR REPORT==== 17-May-2018::18:30:19.453447 ===
+name: my_name
+exit_reason: "It crashed"</code>
+
+ <p>Notice that all eight levels can occur in the heading,
+ not only <c>ERROR</c>, <c>WARNING</c> or <c>INFO</c> as
+ <seealso marker="error_logger"><c>error_logger</c></seealso>
+ produces. And microseconds are added at the end of the
+ timestamp.</p>
+ </item>
+
+ <tag><c>legacy_header = true, single_line = true</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Default
+ template: <c>[[logger_formatter,header],"\n",msg,"\n"]</c></p>
+
+ <p>Notice that the template is here the same as
+ for <c>single_line=false</c>, but the resulting log entry
+ differs in that there is only one line after the
+ heading:</p>
+ <code type="none">
+=ERROR REPORT==== 17-May-2018::18:31:06.952665 ===
+name: my_name, exit_reason: "It crashed"</code>
+ </item>
+
+ <tag><c>legacy_header = false, single_line = true</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Default template: <c>[time," ",level,": ",msg,"\n"]</c></p>
+
+ <p>Example log entry:</p>
+ <code type="none">
+2018-05-17T18:31:31.152864+02:00 error: name: my_name, exit_reason: "It crashed"</code>
+ </item>
+
+ <tag><c>legacy_header = false, single_line = false</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Default template: <c>[time," ",level,":\n",msg,"\n"]</c></p>
+
+ <p>Example log entry:</p>
+ <code type="none">
+2018-05-17T18:32:20.105422+02:00 error:
+name: my_name
+exit_reason: "It crashed"</code>
+ </item>
+ </taglist>
+ </desc>
+ </datatype>
+ </datatypes>
+
+ <funcs>
+ <func>
+ <name name="check_config" arity="1" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Validates the given formatter configuration.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>The function is called by Logger when the formatter
+ configuration for a handler is set or modified. It
+ returns <c>ok</c> if the configuration is valid,
+ and <c>{error,term()}</c> if it is faulty.</p>
+ <p>The following Logger API functions can trigger this callback:</p>
+ <list>
+ <item><seealso marker="logger#add_handler-3">
+ <c>logger:add_handler/3</c></seealso></item>
+ <item><seealso marker="logger#set_handler_config-2">
+ <c>logger:set_handler_config/2,3</c></seealso></item>
+ <item><seealso marker="logger#update_handler_config-2">
+ <c>logger:update_handler_config/2</c></seealso></item>
+ <item><seealso marker="logger#update_formatter_config-2">
+ <c>logger:update_formatter_config/2</c></seealso></item>
+ </list>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ <func>
+ <name name="format" arity="2" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Formats the given message.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>This the formatter callback function to be called from
+ handlers. The log event is processed as follows:</p>
+ <list>
+ <item>If the message is on report form, it is converted to
+ <c>{Format,Args}</c> by calling the report callback. See
+ section <seealso marker="logger_chapter#log_message">Log
+ Message</seealso> in the Kernel User's Guide for more
+ information about report callbacks and valid forms of log
+ messages.</item>
+ <item>The message size is limited according to the values of
+ configuration parameters <seealso marker="#chars_limit">
+ <c>chars_limit</c></seealso>
+ and <seealso marker="#depth"><c>depth</c></seealso>.</item>
+ <item>The full log entry is composed according to
+ the <seealso marker="#template"><c>template</c></seealso>.</item>
+ <item>If the final string is too long, it is truncated
+ according to the value of configuration
+ parameter <seealso marker="#max_size"><c>max_size</c></seealso>.</item>
+ </list>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ </funcs>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <p>
+ <seealso marker="stdlib:calendar"><c>calendar(3)</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="error_logger"><c>error_logger(3)</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="stdlib:io"><c>io(3)</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="stdlib:io_lib"><c>io_lib(3)</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="logger"><c>logger(3)</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="stdlib:maps"><c>maps(3)</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="sasl:sasl_app"><c>sasl(6)</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="stdlib:unicode"><c>unicode(3)</c></seealso>
+ </p>
+ </section>
+</erlref>
+
+
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_std_h.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_std_h.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5ed1a2f210
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_std_h.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,217 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE erlref SYSTEM "erlref.dtd">
+
+<erlref>
+ <header>
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2017</year><year>2018</year>
+ <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
+ </copyright>
+ <legalnotice>
+ 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
+
+ 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>
+
+ <title>logger_std_h</title>
+ <prepared></prepared>
+ <responsible></responsible>
+ <docno></docno>
+ <approved></approved>
+ <checked></checked>
+ <date></date>
+ <rev>A</rev>
+ <file>logger_std_h.xml</file>
+ </header>
+ <module since="OTP 21.0">logger_std_h</module>
+ <modulesummary>Standard handler for Logger.</modulesummary>
+
+ <description>
+ <p>This is the standard handler for Logger.
+ Multiple instances of this handler can be added to
+ Logger, and each instance prints logs to <c>standard_io</c>,
+ <c>standard_error</c>, or to file.</p>
+ <p>The handler has an overload protection mechanism that keeps the handler
+ process and the Kernel application alive during high loads of log
+ events. How overload protection works, and how to configure it, is
+ described in the
+ <seealso marker="logger_chapter#overload_protection"><c>User's Guide</c>
+ </seealso>.</p>
+ <p>To add a new instance of the standard handler, use
+ <seealso marker="logger#add_handler-3"><c>logger:add_handler/3</c>
+ </seealso>. The handler configuration argument is a map which can contain
+ general configuration parameters, as documented in the
+ <seealso marker="logger_chapter#handler_configuration"><c>User's Guide</c>
+ </seealso>, and handler specific parameters. The specific data
+ is stored in a sub map with the key <c>config</c>, and can contain the
+ following parameters:</p>
+ <taglist>
+ <tag><marker id="type"/><c>type = standard_io | standard_error | file</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Specifies the log destination.</p>
+ <p>The value is set when the handler is added, and it can not
+ be changed in runtime.</p>
+ <p>Defaults to <c>standard_io</c>, unless
+ parameter <seealso marker="#file"><c>file</c></seealso> is
+ given, in which case it defaults to <c>file</c>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><marker id="file"/><c>file = </c><seealso marker="file#type-filename"><c>file:filename()</c></seealso></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>This specifies the name of the log file when the handler is
+ of type <c>file</c>.</p>
+ <p>The value is set when the handler is added, and it can not
+ be changed in runtime.</p>
+ <p>Defaults to the same name as the handler identity, in the
+ current directory.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><marker id="modes"/><c>modes = [</c><seealso marker="file#type-mode"><c>file:mode()</c></seealso><c>]</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>This specifies the file modes to use when opening the log
+ file,
+ see <seealso marker="file#open-2"><c>file:open/2</c></seealso>.
+ If <c>modes</c> are not specified, the default list used
+ is <c>[raw,append,delayed_write]</c>. If <c>modes</c> are
+ specified, the list replaces the default modes list with the
+ following adjustments:</p>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ If <c>raw</c> is not found in the list, it is added.
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ If none of <c>write</c>, <c>append</c> or <c>exclusive</c> is
+ found in the list, <c>append</c> is added.</item>
+ <item>If none of <c>delayed_write</c>
+ or <c>{delayed_write,Size,Delay}</c> is found in the
+ list, <c>delayed_write</c> is added.</item>
+ </list>
+ <p>Log files are always UTF-8 encoded. The encoding can not be
+ changed by setting the mode <c>{encoding,Encoding}</c>.</p>
+ <p>The value is set when the handler is added, and it can not
+ be changed in runtime.</p>
+ <p>Defaults to <c>[raw,append,delayed_write]</c>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><marker id="max_no_bytes"/><c>max_no_bytes = pos_integer() | infinity</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>This parameter specifies if the log file should be rotated
+ or not. The value <c>infinity</c> means the log file will
+ grow indefinitely, while an integer value specifies at which
+ file size (bytes) the file is rotated.</p>
+ <p>Defaults to <c>infinity</c>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><marker id="max_no_files"/><c>max_no_files = non_neg_integer()</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>This parameter specifies the number of rotated log file
+ archives to keep. This has meaning only
+ if <seealso marker="#max_no_bytes"><c>max_no_bytes</c></seealso>
+ is set to an integer value.</p>
+ <p>The log archives are
+ named <c>FileName.0</c>, <c>FileName.1</c>,
+ ... <c>FileName.N</c>, where <c>FileName</c> is the name of
+ the current log file. <c>FileName.0</c> is the newest of the
+ archives. The maximum value for <c>N</c> is the value
+ of <c>max_no_files</c> minus 1.</p>
+ <p>Notice that setting this value to <c>0</c> does not turn of
+ rotation. It only specifies that no archives are kept.</p>
+ <p>Defaults to <c>0</c>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><marker id="compress_on_rotate"/><c>compress_on_rotate = boolean()</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>This parameter specifies if the rotated log file archives
+ shall be compressed or not. If set to <c>true</c>, all
+ archives are compressed with <c>gzip</c>, and renamed
+ to <c>FileName.N.gz</c></p>
+ <p><c>compress_on_rotate</c> has no meaning if <seealso
+ marker="#max_no_bytes"><c>max_no_bytes</c></seealso> has the
+ value <c>infinity</c>.</p>
+ <p>Defaults to <c>false</c>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><marker id="file_check"/><c>file_check = non_neg_integer()</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>When <c>logger_std_h</c> logs to a file, it reads the file
+ information of the log file prior to each write
+ operation. This is to make sure the file still exists and
+ has the same inode as when it was opened. This implies some
+ performance loss, but ensures that no log events are lost in
+ the case when the file has been removed or renamed by an
+ external actor.</p>
+ <p>In order to allow minimizing the performance loss, the
+ <c>file_check</c> parameter can be set to a positive integer
+ value, <c>N</c>. The handler will then skip reading the file
+ information prior to writing, as long as no more
+ than <c>N</c> milliseconds have passed since it was last
+ read.</p>
+ <p>Notice that the risk of loosing log events grows when
+ the <c>file_check</c> value grows.</p>
+ <p>Defaults to 0.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>filesync_repeat_interval = pos_integer() | no_repeat</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>This value, in milliseconds, specifies how often the handler does
+ a file sync operation to write buffered data to disk. The handler attempts
+ the operation repeatedly, but only performs a new sync if something has
+ actually been logged.</p>
+ <p>If <c>no_repeat</c> is set as value, the repeated file sync operation
+ is disabled, and it is the operating system settings that determine
+ how quickly or slowly data is written to disk. The user can also call
+ the <seealso marker="logger_std_h#filesync-1"><c>filesync/1</c></seealso>
+ function to perform a file sync.</p>
+ <p>Defaults to <c>5000</c> milliseconds.</p>
+ </item>
+ </taglist>
+ <p>Other configuration parameters exist, to be used for customizing
+ the overload protection behaviour. The same parameters are used both in the
+ standard handler and the disk_log handler, and are documented in the
+ <seealso marker="logger_chapter#overload_protection"><c>User's Guide</c>
+ </seealso>.</p>
+ <p>Notice that if changing the configuration of the handler in
+ runtime, the <c>type</c>, <c>file</c>, or <c>modes</c> parameters
+ must not be modified.</p>
+ <p>Example of adding a standard handler:</p>
+ <code type="none">
+logger:add_handler(my_standard_h, logger_std_h,
+ #{config => #{file => "./system_info.log",
+ filesync_repeat_interval => 1000}}).
+ </code>
+ <p>To set the default handler, that starts initially with
+ the Kernel application, to log to file instead of <c>standard_io</c>,
+ change the Kernel default logger configuration. Example:</p>
+ <code type="none">
+erl -kernel logger '[{handler,default,logger_std_h,
+ #{config => #{file => "./log.log"}}}]'
+ </code>
+ <p>An example of how to replace the standard handler with a disk_log handler
+ at startup is found in the
+ <seealso marker="logger_disk_log_h"><c>logger_disk_log_h</c></seealso>
+ manual.</p>
+ </description>
+
+ <funcs>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="filesync" arity="1" clause_i="1" since="OTP 21.0"/>
+ <fsummary>Writes buffered data to disk.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Write buffered data to disk.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ </funcs>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <p><seealso marker="logger"><c>logger(3)</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="logger_disk_log_h">
+ <c>logger_disk_log_h(3)</c></seealso></p>
+ </section>
+</erlref>
+
+
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/net_adm.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/net_adm.xml
index 6957a3b5e4..c3e1619f1b 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/net_adm.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/net_adm.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
<date>1996-09-10</date>
<rev>A</rev>
</header>
- <module>net_adm</module>
+ <module since="">net_adm</module>
<modulesummary>Various Erlang net administration routines.</modulesummary>
<description>
<p>This module contains various network utility functions.</p>
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
<funcs>
<func>
- <name name="dns_hostname" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="dns_hostname" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Official name of a host.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns the official name of <c><anno>Host</anno></c>, or
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="host_file" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="host_file" arity="0" since=""/>
<fsummary>Read file <c>.hosts.erlang</c>.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Reads file <c>.hosts.erlang</c>, see section
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="localhost" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="localhost" arity="0" since=""/>
<fsummary>Name of the local host.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns the name of the local host. If Erlang was started
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="names" arity="0"/>
- <name name="names" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="names" arity="0" since=""/>
+ <name name="names" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Names of Erlang nodes at a host.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Similar to <c>epmd -names</c>, see
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="ping" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="ping" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Set up a connection to a node.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Sets up a connection to <c><anno>Node</anno></c>. Returns
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="world" arity="0"/>
- <name name="world" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="world" arity="0" since=""/>
+ <name name="world" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Lookup and connect to all nodes at all hosts in
<c>.hosts.erlang</c>.</fsummary>
<type name="verbosity"/>
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="world_list" arity="1"/>
- <name name="world_list" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="world_list" arity="1" since=""/>
+ <name name="world_list" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Lookup and connect to all nodes at specified hosts.</fsummary>
<type name="verbosity"/>
<desc>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/net_kernel.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/net_kernel.xml
index 0b94fc0fa6..419d3cad84 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/net_kernel.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/net_kernel.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1996</year><year>2017</year>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2018</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
<date>1996-09-10</date>
<rev>A</rev>
</header>
- <module>net_kernel</module>
+ <module since="">net_kernel</module>
<modulesummary>Erlang networking kernel.</modulesummary>
<description>
<p>The net kernel is a system process, registered as
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ $ <input>erl -sname foobar</input></pre>
<p>Normally, connections are established automatically when
another node is referenced. This functionality can be disabled
by setting Kernel configuration parameter
- <c>dist_auto_connect</c> to <c>false</c>, see
+ <c>dist_auto_connect</c> to <c>never</c>, see
<seealso marker="kernel_app"><c>kernel(6)</c></seealso>. In this case,
connections must be established explicitly by calling
<seealso marker="#connect_node/1"><c>connect_node/1</c></seealso>.</p>
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ $ <input>erl -sname foobar</input></pre>
<funcs>
<func>
- <name name="allow" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="allow" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Permit access to a specified set of nodes</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Permits access to the specified set of nodes.</p>
@@ -98,17 +98,19 @@ $ <input>erl -sname foobar</input></pre>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="connect_node" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="connect_node" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Establish a connection to a node.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Establishes a connection to <c><anno>Node</anno></c>. Returns
- <c>true</c> if successful, <c>false</c> if not, and <c>ignored</c>
- if the local node is not alive.</p>
+ <c>true</c> if a connection was established or was already
+ established or if <c><anno>Node</anno></c> is the local node
+ itself. Returns <c>false</c> if the connection attempt failed, and
+ <c>ignored</c> if the local node is not alive.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="get_net_ticktime" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="get_net_ticktime" arity="0" since=""/>
<fsummary>Get <c>net_ticktime</c>.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Gets <c>net_ticktime</c> (see
@@ -129,7 +131,7 @@ $ <input>erl -sname foobar</input></pre>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="getopts" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="getopts" arity="2" since="OTP 19.1"/>
<fsummary>Get distribution socket options.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Get one or more options for the distribution socket
@@ -144,8 +146,8 @@ $ <input>erl -sname foobar</input></pre>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="monitor_nodes" arity="1"/>
- <name name="monitor_nodes" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="monitor_nodes" arity="1" since=""/>
+ <name name="monitor_nodes" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Subscribe to node status change messages.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>The calling process subscribes or unsubscribes to node
@@ -230,7 +232,12 @@ $ <input>erl -sname foobar</input></pre>
<item>
<p>The tuple <c>{nodedown_reason, Reason}</c> is included in
<c>InfoList</c> in <c>nodedown</c> messages.</p>
- <p><c>Reason</c> can be any of the following:</p>
+ <p>
+ <c>Reason</c> can, depending on which
+ distribution module or process that is used be any term,
+ but for the standard TCP distribution module it is
+ any of the following:
+ </p>
<taglist>
<tag><c>connection_setup_failed</c></tag>
<item><p>The connection setup failed (after <c>nodeup</c>
@@ -260,8 +267,8 @@ $ <input>erl -sname foobar</input></pre>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="set_net_ticktime" arity="1"/>
- <name name="set_net_ticktime" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="set_net_ticktime" arity="1" since=""/>
+ <name name="set_net_ticktime" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Set <c>net_ticktime</c>.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Sets <c>net_ticktime</c> (see
@@ -317,7 +324,7 @@ $ <input>erl -sname foobar</input></pre>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="setopts" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="setopts" arity="2" since="OTP 19.1"/>
<fsummary>Set distribution socket options.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Set one or more options for distribution sockets.
@@ -338,9 +345,9 @@ $ <input>erl -sname foobar</input></pre>
</func>
<func>
- <name>start([Name]) -> {ok, pid()} | {error, Reason}</name>
- <name>start([Name, NameType]) -> {ok, pid()} | {error, Reason}</name>
- <name>start([Name, NameType, Ticktime]) -> {ok, pid()} | {error, Reason}</name>
+ <name since="">start([Name]) -> {ok, pid()} | {error, Reason}</name>
+ <name since="">start([Name, NameType]) -> {ok, pid()} | {error, Reason}</name>
+ <name since="">start([Name, NameType, Ticktime]) -> {ok, pid()} | {error, Reason}</name>
<fsummary>Turn an Erlang runtime system into a distributed node.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Name = atom()</v>
@@ -357,7 +364,7 @@ $ <input>erl -sname foobar</input></pre>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="stop" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="stop" arity="0" since=""/>
<fsummary>Turn a node into a non-distributed Erlang runtime system.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Turns a distributed node into a non-distributed node. For
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml
index 09844f1502..61bd598145 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>2017</year>
+ <year>2004</year><year>2018</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -31,6 +31,777 @@
</header>
<p>This document describes the changes made to the Kernel application.</p>
+<section><title>Kernel 6.3.1</title>
+
+ <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>Fixed a performance regression when reading files
+ opened with the <c>compressed</c> flag.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-15706 Aux Id: ERIERL-336 </p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
+<section><title>Kernel 6.3</title>
+
+ <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ If for example the <c>/etc/hosts</c> did not come into
+ existence until after the kernel application had started,
+ its content was never read. This bug has now been
+ corrected.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-14702 Aux Id: PR-2066 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Fix bug where doing <c>seq_trace:reset_trace()</c> while
+ another process was doing a garbage collection could
+ cause the run-time system to segfault.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-15490</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Fix <c>erl_epmd:port_please</c> spec to include
+ <c>atom()</c> and <c>string()</c>.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-15557 Aux Id: PR-2117 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ The Logger handler logger_std_h now keeps track of the
+ inode of its log file in order to re-open the file if the
+ inode changes. This may happen, for instance, if the log
+ file is opened and saved by an editor.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-15578 Aux Id: ERL-850 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ When user specific file modes are given to the logger
+ handler <c>logger_std_h</c>, they were earlier accepted
+ without any control. This is now changes, so Logger will
+ adjust the file modes as follows:</p>
+ <p>
+ - If <c>raw</c> is not found in the list, it is
+ added.<br/> - If none of <c>write</c>, <c>append</c> or
+ <c>exclusive</c> are found in the list, <c>append</c> is
+ added.<br/> - If none of <c>delayed_write</c> or
+ <c>{delayed_write,Size,Delay}</c> are found in the list,
+ <c>delayed_write</c> is added.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-15602</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+
+ <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ The standard logger handler, <c>logger_std_h</c>, now has
+ a new internal feature for log rotation. The rotation
+ scheme is as follows:</p>
+ <p>
+ The log file to which the handler currently writes always
+ has the same name, i.e. the name which is configured for
+ the handler. The archived files have the same name, but
+ with extension ".N", where N is an integer. The newest
+ archive has extension ".0", and the oldest archive has
+ the highest number. </p>
+ <p>
+ The size at which the log file is rotated, and the number
+ of archive files that are kept, is specified with the
+ handler specific configuration parameters
+ <c>max_no_bytes</c> and <c>max_no_files</c> respectively. </p>
+ <p>
+ Archives can be compressed, in which case they get a
+ ".gz" file extension after the integer. Compression is
+ specified with the handler specific configuration
+ parameter <c>compress_on_rotate</c>.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-15479</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ The new functions <c>logger:i/0</c> and <c>logger:i/1</c>
+ are added. These provide the same information as
+ <c>logger:get_config/0</c> and other
+ <c>logger:get_*_config</c> functions, but the information
+ is more logically sorted and more readable.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-15600</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Logger is now protected against overload due to massive
+ amounts of log events from the emulator or from remote
+ nodes.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-15601</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Logger now uses os:system_time/1 instead of
+ erlang:system_time/1 to generate log event timestamps.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-15625</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Add functions <c>application:set_env/1,2</c> and
+ <c>application:set_env/2</c>. These take a list of
+ application configuration parameters, and the behaviour
+ is equivalent to calling <c>application:set_env/4</c>
+ individually for each application/key combination, except
+ it is more efficient.</p>
+ <p>
+ <c>set_env/1,2</c> warns about duplicated applications or
+ keys. The warning is also emitted during boot, if
+ applications or keys are duplicated within one
+ configuration file, e.g. sys.config.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-15642 Aux Id: PR-2164 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Handler specific configuration parameters for the
+ standard handler <c>logger_std_h</c> are changed to be
+ more intuitive and more similar to the disk_log handler.</p>
+ <p>
+ Earlier there was only one parameter, <c>type</c>, which
+ could have the values <c>standard_io</c>,
+ <c>standard_error</c>, <c>{file,FileName}</c> or
+ <c>{file,FileName,Modes}</c>.</p>
+ <p>
+ This is now changed, so the following parameters are
+ allowed:</p>
+ <p>
+ <c>type = standard_io | standard_error | file</c><br/>
+ <c>file = file:filename()</c><br/> <c>modes =
+ [file:mode()]</c></p>
+ <p>
+ All parameters are optional. <c>type</c> defaults to
+ <c>standard_io</c>, unless a file name is given, in which
+ case it defaults to <c>file</c>. If <c>type</c> is set to
+ <c>file</c>, the file name defaults to the same as the
+ handler id.</p>
+ <p>
+ The potential incompatibility is that
+ <c>logger:get_config/0</c> and
+ <c>logger:get_handler_config/1</c> now returns the new
+ parameters, even if the configuration was set with the
+ old variant, e.g. <c>#{type=>{file,FileName}}</c>.</p>
+ <p>
+ *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-15662</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ The new configuration parameter <c>file_check</c> is
+ added to the Logger handler <c>logger_std_h</c>. This
+ parameter specifies how long (in milliseconds) the
+ handler may wait before checking if the log file still
+ exists and the inode is the same as when it was opened.</p>
+ <p>
+ The default value is 0, which means that this check is
+ done prior to each write operation. Setting a higher
+ number may improve performance, but adds the risk of
+ loosing log events.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-15663</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
+<section><title>Kernel 6.2.1</title>
+
+ <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Setting the <c>recbuf</c> size of an inet socket the
+ <c>buffer</c> is also automatically increased. Fix a bug
+ where the auto adjustment of inet buffer size would be
+ triggered even if an explicit inet buffer size had
+ already been set.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-15651 Aux Id: ERIERL-304 </p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
+<section><title>Kernel 6.2</title>
+
+ <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ A new function, <c>logger:update_handler_config/3</c> is
+ added, and the handler callback <c>changing_config</c>
+ now has a new argument, <c>SetOrUpdate</c>, which
+ indicates if the configuration change comes from
+ <c>set_handler_config/2,3</c> or
+ <c>update_handler_config/2,3</c>.</p>
+ <p>
+ This allows the handler to consistently merge the new
+ configuration with the old (if the change comes from
+ <c>update_handler_config/2,3</c>) or with the default (if
+ the change comes from <c>set_handler_config/2,3</c>).</p>
+ <p>
+ The built-in handlers <c>logger_std_h</c> and
+ <c>logger_disk_log_h</c> are updated accordingly. A bug
+ which could cause inconsistency between the handlers'
+ internal state and the stored configuration is also
+ corrected.</p>
+ <p>
+ *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-15364</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Fix fallback when custom erl_epmd client does not
+ implement address_please.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-15388 Aux Id: PR-1983 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ The logger ets table did not have the
+ <c>read_concurrency</c> option. This is now added.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-15453 Aux Id: ERL-782 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ During system start, logger has a simple handler which
+ prints to stdout. After the kernel supervision is
+ started, this handler is removed and replaced by the
+ default handler. Due to a bug, logger earlier issued a
+ debug printout saying it received an unexpected message,
+ which was the EXIT message from the simple handler's
+ process. This is now corrected. The simple handler's
+ process now unlinks from the logger process before
+ terminating.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-15466 Aux Id: ERL-788 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ The logger handler <c>logger_std_h</c> would not
+ re-create it's log file if it was removed. Due to this it
+ could not be used with tools like 'logrotate'. This is
+ now corrected.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-15469</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+
+ <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ A function <c>inet:getifaddrs/1</c> that takes a list
+ with a namespace option has been added, for platforms
+ that support that feature, for example Linux (only?).</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-15121 Aux Id: ERIERL-189, PR-1974 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Added the <c>nopush</c> option for TCP sockets, which
+ corresponds to <c>TCP_NOPUSH</c> on *BSD and
+ <c>TCP_CORK</c> on Linux.</p>
+ <p>This is also used internally in <c>file:sendfile</c>
+ to reduce latency on subsequent send operations.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-15357 Aux Id: ERL-698 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Optimize handling of send_delay for tcp sockes to better
+ work with the new pollthread implementation introduced in
+ OTP-21.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-15471 Aux Id: ERIERL-229 </p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
+<section><title>Kernel 6.1.1</title>
+
+ <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Fix bug causing net_kernel process crash on connection
+ attempt from node with name identical to local node.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-15438 Aux Id: ERL-781 </p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
+<section><title>Kernel 6.1</title>
+
+ <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ The values <c>all</c> and <c>none</c> are documented as
+ valid value for the Kernel configuration parameter
+ <c>logger_level</c>, but would cause a crash during node
+ start. This is now corrected.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-15143</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Fix some potential buggy behavior in how ticks are sent
+ on inter node distribution connections. Tick is now sent
+ to c-node even if there are unsent buffered data, as
+ c-nodes need ticks in order to send reply ticks. The
+ amount of sent data was also calculated wrongly when
+ ticks were suppressed due to unsent buffered data.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-15162 Aux Id: ERIERL-191 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Non semantic change in dist_util.erl to silence dialyzer
+ warning.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-15170</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Fixed <c>net_kernel:connect_node(node())</c> to return
+ <c>true</c> (and do nothing) as it always has before
+ OTP-21.0. Also documented this successful "self connect"
+ as the expected behavior.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-15182 Aux Id: ERL-643 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ The single_line option on logger_formatter would in some
+ cases add an unwanted comma after the association arrows
+ in a map. This is now corrected.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-15228</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Improved robustness of distribution connection setup. In
+ OTP-21.0 a truly asynchronous connection setup was
+ introduced. This is further improvement on that work to
+ make the emulator more robust and also be able to recover
+ in cases when involved Erlang processes misbehave.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-15297 Aux Id: OTP-15279, OTP-15280 </p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+
+ <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ A new macro, <c>?LOG(Level,...)</c>, is added. This is
+ equivalent to the existing <c>?LOG_&lt;LEVEL&gt;(...)</c>
+ macros.</p>
+ <p>
+ A new variant of Logger report callback is added, which
+ takes an extra argument containing options for size
+ limiting and line breaks. Module <c>proc_lib</c> in
+ <c>STDLIB</c> uses this for crash reports.</p>
+ <p>
+ Logger configuration is now checked a bit more for
+ errors.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-15132</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ The socket options <c>recvtos</c>, <c>recvttl</c>,
+ <c>recvtclass</c> and <c>pktoptions</c> have been
+ implemented in the socket modules. See the documentation
+ for the <c>gen_tcp</c>, <c>gen_udp</c> and <c>inet</c>
+ modules. Note that support for these in the runtime
+ system is platform dependent. Especially for
+ <c>pktoptions</c> which is very Linux specific and
+ obsoleted by the RFCs that defined it.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-15145 Aux Id: ERIERL-187 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Add <c>logger:set_application_level/2</c> for setting the
+ logger level of all modules in one application.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-15146</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
+<section><title>Kernel 6.0.1</title>
+
+ <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Fixed bug in <c>net_kernel</c> that could cause an
+ emulator crash if certain connection attempts failed. Bug
+ exists since kernel-6.0 (OTP-21.0).</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-15280 Aux Id: ERIERL-226, OTP-15279 </p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
+<section><title>Kernel 6.0</title>
+
+ <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p> Clarify the documentation of <c>rpc:multicall/5</c>.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-10551</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ The DNS resolver when getting econnrefused from a server
+ retained an invalid socket so look up towards the next
+ server(s) also failed.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-13133 Aux Id: PR-1557 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ No resolver backend returns V4Mapped IPv6 addresses any
+ more. This was inconsistent before, some did, some did
+ not. To facilitate working with such addresses a new
+ function <c>inet:ipv4_mapped_ipv6_address/1</c> has been
+ added.</p>
+ <p>
+ *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-13761 Aux Id: ERL-503 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ The type specifications for <c>file:posix/0</c> and
+ <c>inet:posix/0</c> have been updated according to which
+ errors file and socket operations should be able to
+ return.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-14019 Aux Id: ERL-550 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Fix name resolving in IPv6 only environments when doing
+ the initial distributed connection.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-14501</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p> File operations used to accept <seealso
+ marker="kernel:file#type-name_all">filenames</seealso>
+ containing null characters (integer value zero). This
+ caused the name to be truncated and in some cases
+ arguments to primitive operations to be mixed up.
+ Filenames containing null characters inside the filename
+ are now <em>rejected</em> and will cause primitive file
+ operations to fail. </p> <p> Also environment variable
+ operations used to accept <seealso
+ marker="kernel:os#type-env_var_name">names</seealso> and
+ <seealso
+ marker="kernel:os#type-env_var_value">values</seealso> of
+ environment variables containing null characters (integer
+ value zero). This caused operations to silently produce
+ erroneous results. Environment variable names and values
+ containing null characters inside the name or value are
+ now <em>rejected</em> and will cause environment variable
+ operations to fail. </p> <p>Primitive environment
+ variable operations also used to accept the <c>$=</c>
+ character in environment variable names causing various
+ problems. <c>$=</c> characters in environment variable
+ names are now also <em>rejected</em>. </p> <p>Also
+ <seealso
+ marker="kernel:os#cmd/1"><c>os:cmd/1</c></seealso> now
+ reject null characters inside its <seealso
+ marker="kernel:os#type-os_command">command</seealso>.
+ </p> <p><seealso
+ marker="erts:erlang#open_port/2"><c>erlang:open_port/2</c></seealso>
+ will also reject null characters inside the port name
+ from now on.</p>
+ <p>
+ *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-14543 Aux Id: ERL-370 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p><c>os:putenv</c> and <c>os:getenv</c> no longer access
+ the process environment directly and instead work on a
+ thread-safe emulation. The only observable difference is
+ that it's <em>not</em> kept in sync with libc
+ <c>getenv(3)</c> / <c>putenv(3)</c>, so those who relied
+ on that behavior in drivers or NIFs will need to add
+ manual synchronization.</p> <p>On Windows this means that
+ you can no longer resolve DLL dependencies by modifying
+ the <c>PATH</c> just before loading the driver/NIF. To
+ make this less of a problem, the emulator now adds the
+ target DLL's folder to the DLL search path.</p>
+ <p>
+ *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-14666</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Fixed connection tick toward primitive hidden nodes
+ (erl_interface) that could cause faulty tick timeout in
+ rare cases when payload data is sent to hidden node but
+ not received.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-14681</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Make group react immediately on an EXIT-signal from shell
+ in e.g ssh.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-14991 Aux Id: PR1705 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Calls to <c>gen_tcp:send/2</c> on closed sockets now
+ returns <c>{error, closed}</c> instead of
+ <c>{error,enotconn}</c>.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-15001</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ The <c>included_applications</c> key are no longer
+ duplicated as application environment variable. Earlier,
+ the included applications could be read both with
+ <c>application:get[_all]_env(...)</c> and
+ <c>application:get[_all]_key(...)</c> functions. Now, it
+ can only be read with
+ <c>application:get[_all]_key(...)</c>.</p>
+ <p>
+ *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-15071</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Owner and group changes through
+ <c>file:write_file_info</c>, <c>file:change_owner</c>,
+ and <c>file:change_group</c> will no longer report
+ success on permission errors.</p>
+ <p>
+ *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-15118</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+
+ <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>A new logging API is added to Erlang/OTP, see the
+ <seealso
+ marker="kernel:logger"><c>logger(3)</c></seealso> manual
+ page, and section <seealso
+ marker="kernel:logger_chapter">Logging</seealso> in the
+ Kernel User's Guide.</p>
+ <p>Calls to <c>error_logger</c> are automatically
+ redirected to the new API, and legacy error logger event
+ handlers can still be used. It is, however, recommended
+ to use the Logger API directly when writing new code.</p>
+ <p>Notice the following potential incompatibilities:</p>
+ <list> <item><p>Kernel configuration parameters
+ <c>error_logger</c> still works, but is overruled if the
+ default handler's output destination is configured with
+ Kernel configuration parameter <c>logger</c>.</p> <p>In
+ general, parameters for configuring error logger are
+ overwritten by new parameters for configuring
+ Logger.</p></item> <item><p>The concept of SASL error
+ logging is deprecated, meaning that by default the SASL
+ application does not affect which log events are
+ logged.</p> <p>By default, supervisor reports and crash
+ reports are logged by the default Logger handler started
+ by Kernel, and end up at the same destination (terminal
+ or file) as other standard log event from Erlang/OTP.</p>
+ <p>Progress reports are not logged by default, but can be
+ enabled by setting the primary log level to info, for
+ example with the Kernel configuration parameter
+ <c>logger_level</c>.</p> <p>To obtain backwards
+ compatibility with the SASL error logging functionality
+ from earlier releases, set Kernel configuration parameter
+ <c>logger_sasl_compatible</c> to <c>true</c>. This
+ prevents the default Logger handler from logging any
+ supervisor-, crash-, or progress reports. Instead, SASL
+ adds a separate Logger handler during application start,
+ which takes care of these log events. The SASL
+ configuration parameters <c>sasl_error_logger</c> and
+ <c>sasl_errlog_type</c> specify the destination (terminal
+ or file) and severity level to log for these
+ events.</p></item></list>
+ <p>
+ Since Logger is new in Erlang/OTP 21.0, we do reserve the
+ right to introduce changes to the Logger API and
+ functionality in patches following this release. These
+ changes might or might not be backwards compatible with
+ the initial version.</p>
+ <p>
+ *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-13295</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ The function <c>inet:i/0</c> has been documented.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-13713 Aux Id: PR-1645 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Typespecs for <c>netns</c> and <c>bind_to_device</c>
+ options have been added to <c>gen_tcp</c>, <c>gen_udp</c>
+ and <c>gen_sctp</c> functions.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-14359 Aux Id: PR-1816 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ New functionality for implementation of alternative
+ carriers for the Erlang distribution has been introduced.
+ This mainly consists of support for usage of distribution
+ controller processes (previously only ports could be used
+ as distribution controllers). For more information see
+ <seealso marker="erts:alt_dist#distribution_module">ERTS
+ User's Guide ➜ How to implement an Alternative Carrier
+ for the Erlang Distribution ➜ Distribution
+ Module</seealso>.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-14459</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p><c>seq_trace</c> labels may now be any erlang
+ term.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-14899</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ The SSL distribution protocol <c>-proto inet_tls</c> has
+ stopped setting the SSL option
+ <c>server_name_indication</c>. New verify funs for client
+ and server in <c>inet_tls_dist</c> has been added, not
+ documented yet, that checks node name if present in peer
+ certificate. Usage is still also yet to be documented.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-14969 Aux Id: OTP-14465, ERL-598 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Changed timeout of <c>gen_server</c> calls to <c>auth</c>
+ server from default 5 seconds to <c>infinity</c>.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-15009 Aux Id: ERL-601 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>The callback module passed as <c>-epmd_module</c> to
+ erl has been expanded to be able to do name and port
+ resolving.</p> <p>Documentation has also been added in
+ the <seealso
+ marker="kernel:erl_epmd"><c>erl_epmd</c></seealso>
+ reference manual and ERTS User's Guide <seealso
+ marker="erts:alt_disco">How to Implement an Alternative
+ Service Discovery for Erlang Distribution</seealso>.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-15086 Aux Id: PR-1694 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Included config file specified with relative path in
+ sys.config are now first searched for relative to the
+ directory of sys.config itself. If not found, it is also
+ searched for relative to the current working directory.
+ The latter is for backwards compatibility.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-15137 Aux Id: PR-1838 </p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
+<section><title>Kernel 5.4.3.2</title>
+
+ <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Non semantic change in dist_util.erl to silence dialyzer
+ warning.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-15170</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
+<section><title>Kernel 5.4.3.1</title>
+
+ <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Fix some potential buggy behavior in how ticks are sent
+ on inter node distribution connections. Tick is now sent
+ to c-node even if there are unsent buffered data, as
+ c-nodes need ticks in order to send reply ticks. The
+ amount of sent data was calculated wrongly when ticks
+ where suppressed due to unsent buffered data.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-15162 Aux Id: ERIERL-191 </p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
<section><title>Kernel 5.4.3</title>
<section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/os.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/os.xml
index 7ce2f54542..0500e4cfb3 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/os.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/os.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1997</year><year>2017</year>
+ <year>1997</year><year>2018</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
<date></date>
<rev></rev>
</header>
- <module>os</module>
+ <module since="">os</module>
<modulesummary>Operating system-specific functions.</modulesummary>
<description>
<p>The functions in this module are operating system-specific.
@@ -36,11 +36,85 @@
only run on a specific platform. On the other hand, with careful
use, these functions can be of help in enabling a program to run on
most platforms.</p>
+
+ <note>
+ <p>
+ File operations used to accept filenames containing
+ null characters (integer value zero). This caused
+ the name to be truncated and in some cases arguments
+ to primitive operations to be mixed up. Filenames
+ containing null characters inside the filename
+ are now <em>rejected</em> and will cause primitive
+ file operations to fail.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Also environment variable operations used to accept
+ names and values of environment variables containing
+ null characters (integer value zero). This caused
+ operations to silently produce erroneous results.
+ Environment variable names and values containing
+ null characters inside the name or value are now
+ <em>rejected</em> and will cause environment variable
+ operations to fail.
+ </p>
+ </note>
</description>
<datatypes>
<datatype>
+ <name name="env_var_name"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p>A string containing valid characters on the specific
+ OS for environment variable names using
+ <seealso marker="file#native_name_encoding/0"><c>file:native_name_encoding()</c></seealso>
+ encoding. Note that specifically null characters (integer
+ value zero) and <c>$=</c> characters are not allowed.
+ However, note that not all invalid characters necessarily
+ will cause the primitiv operations to fail, but may instead
+ produce invalid results.
+ </p>
+ </desc>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="env_var_value"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p>A string containing valid characters on the specific
+ OS for environment variable values using
+ <seealso marker="file#native_name_encoding/0"><c>file:native_name_encoding()</c></seealso>
+ encoding. Note that specifically null characters (integer
+ value zero) are not allowed. However, note that not all
+ invalid characters necessarily will cause the primitiv
+ operations to fail, but may instead produce invalid results.
+ </p>
+ </desc>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="env_var_name_value"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p>
+ Assuming that environment variables has been correctly
+ set, a strings containing valid characters on the specific
+ OS for environment variable names and values using
+ <seealso marker="file#native_name_encoding/0"><c>file:native_name_encoding()</c></seealso>
+ encoding. The first <c>$=</c> characters appearing in
+ the string separates environment variable name (on the
+ left) from environment variable value (on the right).
+ </p>
+ </desc>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
<name name="os_command"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p>All characters needs to be valid characters on the
+ specific OS using
+ <seealso marker="file#native_name_encoding/0"><c>file:native_name_encoding()</c></seealso>
+ encoding. Note that specifically null characters (integer
+ value zero) are not allowed. However, note that not all
+ invalid characters not necessarily will cause
+ <seealso marker="#cmd/1"><c>os:cmd/1</c></seealso>
+ to fail, but may instead produce invalid results.
+ </p>
+ </desc>
</datatype>
<datatype>
<name name="os_command_opts"/>
@@ -60,13 +134,18 @@
<funcs>
<func>
- <name name="cmd" arity="1"/>
- <name name="cmd" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="cmd" arity="1" since=""/>
+ <name name="cmd" arity="2" since="OTP 20.2.3"/>
<fsummary>Execute a command in a shell of the target OS.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Executes <c><anno>Command</anno></c> in a command shell of the
- target OS, captures the standard output of the command,
+ target OS, captures the standard output of the command,
and returns this result as a string.</p>
+ <warning><p>Previous implementation used to allow all characters
+ as long as they were integer values greater than or equal to zero.
+ This sometimes lead to unwanted results since null characters
+ (integer value zero) often are interpreted as string termination. The
+ current implementation rejects these.</p></warning>
<p><em>Examples:</em></p>
<code type="none">
LsOut = os:cmd("ls"), % on unix platform
@@ -94,8 +173,8 @@ DirOut = os:cmd("dir"), % on Win32 platform</code>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="find_executable" arity="1"/>
- <name name="find_executable" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="find_executable" arity="1" since=""/>
+ <name name="find_executable" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Absolute filename of a program.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>These two functions look up an executable program, with the
@@ -111,7 +190,7 @@ DirOut = os:cmd("dir"), % on Win32 platform</code>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="getenv" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="getenv" arity="0" since=""/>
<fsummary>List all environment variables.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns a list of all environment variables.
@@ -126,7 +205,7 @@ DirOut = os:cmd("dir"), % on Win32 platform</code>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="getenv" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="getenv" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Get the value of an environment variable.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns the <c><anno>Value</anno></c> of the environment variable
@@ -141,7 +220,7 @@ DirOut = os:cmd("dir"), % on Win32 platform</code>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="getenv" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="getenv" arity="2" since="OTP 18.0"/>
<fsummary>Get the value of an environment variable.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns the <c><anno>Value</anno></c> of the environment variable
@@ -156,7 +235,7 @@ DirOut = os:cmd("dir"), % on Win32 platform</code>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="getpid" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="getpid" arity="0" since=""/>
<fsummary>Return the process identifier of the emulator
process.</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -172,7 +251,7 @@ DirOut = os:cmd("dir"), % on Win32 platform</code>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="putenv" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="putenv" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Set a new value for an environment variable.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Sets a new <c><anno>Value</anno></c> for environment variable
@@ -185,11 +264,20 @@ DirOut = os:cmd("dir"), % on Win32 platform</code>
<p>On Unix platforms, the environment is set using UTF-8 encoding
if Unicode filename translation is in effect. On Windows, the
environment is set using wide character interfaces.</p>
+ <note>
+ <p>
+ <c><anno>VarName</anno></c> is not allowed to contain
+ an <c>$=</c> character. Previous implementations used
+ to just let the <c>$=</c> character through which
+ silently caused erroneous results. Current implementation
+ will instead throw a <c>badarg</c> exception.
+ </p>
+ </note>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="set_signal" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="set_signal" arity="2" since="OTP 20.0"/>
<fsummary>Enables or disables handling of OS signals.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Enables or disables OS signals.</p>
@@ -216,7 +304,7 @@ DirOut = os:cmd("dir"), % on Win32 platform</code>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="system_time" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="system_time" arity="0" since="OTP 18.0"/>
<fsummary>Current OS system time.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns the current
@@ -229,7 +317,7 @@ DirOut = os:cmd("dir"), % on Win32 platform</code>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="system_time" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="system_time" arity="1" since="OTP 18.0"/>
<fsummary>Current OS system time.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns the current
@@ -244,7 +332,7 @@ DirOut = os:cmd("dir"), % on Win32 platform</code>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="timestamp" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="timestamp" arity="0" since=""/>
<fsummary>Current OS system time on the <c>erlang:timestamp/0</c> format.</fsummary>
<type_desc variable="Timestamp">Timestamp = {MegaSecs, Secs, MicroSecs}</type_desc>
<desc>
@@ -285,7 +373,7 @@ calendar:now_to_universal_time(TS),
</func>
<func>
- <name name="perf_counter" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="perf_counter" arity="0" since="OTP 19.0"/>
<fsummary>Returns a performance counter</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns the current performance counter value in <c>perf_counter</c>
@@ -295,7 +383,7 @@ calendar:now_to_universal_time(TS),
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="perf_counter" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="perf_counter" arity="1" since="OTP 19.0"/>
<fsummary>Returns a performance counter</fsummary>
<desc><p>Returns a performance counter that can be used as a very fast and
high resolution timestamp. This counter is read directly from the hardware or operating
@@ -309,7 +397,7 @@ calendar:now_to_universal_time(TS),
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="type" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="type" arity="0" since=""/>
<fsummary>Return the OS family and, in some cases, the OS name of the
current OS.</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -329,7 +417,7 @@ calendar:now_to_universal_time(TS),
</func>
<func>
- <name name="unsetenv" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="unsetenv" arity="1" since="OTP R16B03"/>
<fsummary>Delete an environment variable.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Deletes the environment variable <c><anno>VarName</anno></c>.</p>
@@ -341,7 +429,7 @@ calendar:now_to_universal_time(TS),
</func>
<func>
- <name name="version" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="version" arity="0" since=""/>
<fsummary>Return the OS versions.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns the OS version.
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/part.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/part.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fa7e92835f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/part.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE part SYSTEM "part.dtd">
+
+<part xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
+ <header>
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2018</year>
+ <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
+ </copyright>
+ <legalnotice>
+ 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
+
+ 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>
+
+ <title>Kernel User's Guide</title>
+ <prepared>OTP Team</prepared>
+ <docno></docno>
+ <date>2018-06-06</date>
+ <file>part.xml</file>
+ </header>
+ <description>
+ <p></p>
+ </description>
+ <xi:include href="introduction_chapter.xml"/>
+ <xi:include href="logger_chapter.xml"/>
+</part>
+
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/pg2.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/pg2.xml
index 0631b317b4..058d711756 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/pg2.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/pg2.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
<rev>A2</rev>
<file>pg2.xml</file>
</header>
- <module>pg2</module>
+ <module since="">pg2</module>
<modulesummary>Distributed named process groups.</modulesummary>
<description>
<p>This module implements process groups. Each message can be sent
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
<funcs>
<func>
- <name name="create" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="create" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Create a new, empty process group.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Creates a new, empty process group. The group is globally
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="delete" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="delete" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Delete a process group.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Deletes a process group.</p>
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="get_closest_pid" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="get_closest_pid" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Common dispatch function.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>A useful dispatch function that can be used from
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="get_local_members" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="get_local_members" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Return all local processes in a group.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns all processes running on the local node in the
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="get_members" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="get_members" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Return all processes in a group.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns all processes in the group <c>Name</c>. This
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="join" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="join" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Join a process to a group.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Joins the process <c>Pid</c> to the group <c>Name</c>.
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="leave" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="leave" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Make a process leave a group.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Makes the process <c>Pid</c> leave the group <c>Name</c>.
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="start" arity="0"/>
- <name name="start_link" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="start" arity="0" since=""/>
+ <name name="start_link" arity="0" since=""/>
<fsummary>Start the <c>pg2</c> server.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Starts the <c>pg2</c> server. Normally, the server does not need
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="which_groups" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="which_groups" arity="0" since=""/>
<fsummary>Return a list of all known groups.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns a list of all known groups.</p>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/ref_man.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/ref_man.xml
index 5cd77e0f6f..d3b947527f 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/ref_man.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/ref_man.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<application xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1996</year><year>2016</year>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2018</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -32,12 +32,15 @@
</description>
<xi:include href="kernel_app.xml"/>
+ <xi:include href="app.xml"/>
<xi:include href="application.xml"/>
<xi:include href="auth.xml"/>
<xi:include href="code.xml"/>
+ <xi:include href="config.xml"/>
<xi:include href="disk_log.xml"/>
<xi:include href="erl_boot_server.xml"/>
<xi:include href="erl_ddll.xml"/>
+ <xi:include href="erl_epmd.xml"/>
<xi:include href="erl_prim_loader_stub.xml"/>
<xi:include href="erlang_stub.xml"/>
<xi:include href="error_handler.xml"/>
@@ -52,6 +55,11 @@
<xi:include href="inet.xml"/>
<xi:include href="inet_res.xml"/>
<xi:include href="init_stub.xml"/>
+ <xi:include href="logger.xml"/>
+ <xi:include href="logger_filters.xml"/>
+ <xi:include href="logger_formatter.xml"/>
+ <xi:include href="logger_std_h.xml"/>
+ <xi:include href="logger_disk_log_h.xml"/>
<xi:include href="net_adm.xml"/>
<xi:include href="net_kernel.xml"/>
<xi:include href="os.xml"/>
@@ -61,6 +69,4 @@
<xi:include href="user.xml"/>
<xi:include href="wrap_log_reader.xml"/>
<xi:include href="zlib_stub.xml"/>
- <xi:include href="app.xml"/>
- <xi:include href="config.xml"/>
</application>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/rpc.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/rpc.xml
index adec2d9520..c55454506e 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/rpc.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/rpc.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1996</year><year>2016</year>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2018</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
<date>1996-09-10</date>
<rev>A</rev>
</header>
- <module>rpc</module>
+ <module since="">rpc</module>
<modulesummary>Remote Procedure Call services.</modulesummary>
<description>
<p>This module contains services similar to Remote
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
<funcs>
<func>
- <name name="abcast" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="abcast" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Broadcast a message asynchronously to a registered process on
all nodes.</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="abcast" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="abcast" arity="3" since=""/>
<fsummary>Broadcast a message asynchronously to a registered process on
specific nodes.</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="async_call" arity="4"/>
+ <name name="async_call" arity="4" since=""/>
<fsummary>Evaluate a function call on a node, asynchronous
version.</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="block_call" arity="4"/>
+ <name name="block_call" arity="4" since=""/>
<fsummary>Evaluate a function call on a node in the RPC server's
context.</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="block_call" arity="5"/>
+ <name name="block_call" arity="5" since=""/>
<fsummary>Evaluate a function call on a node in the RPC server's
context.</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="call" arity="4"/>
+ <name name="call" arity="4" since=""/>
<fsummary>Evaluate a function call on a node.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Evaluates <c>apply(<anno>Module</anno>, <anno>Function</anno>,
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="call" arity="5"/>
+ <name name="call" arity="5" since=""/>
<fsummary>Evaluate a function call on a node.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Evaluates <c>apply(<anno>Module</anno>, <anno>Function</anno>,
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="cast" arity="4"/>
+ <name name="cast" arity="4" since=""/>
<fsummary>Run a function on a node ignoring the result.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Evaluates <c>apply(<anno>Module</anno>, <anno>Function</anno>,
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="eval_everywhere" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="eval_everywhere" arity="3" since=""/>
<fsummary>Run a function on all nodes, ignoring the result.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Equivalent to <c>eval_everywhere([node()|nodes()],
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="eval_everywhere" arity="4"/>
+ <name name="eval_everywhere" arity="4" since=""/>
<fsummary>Run a function on specific nodes, ignoring the
result.</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="multi_server_call" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="multi_server_call" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Interact with the servers on a number of nodes.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Equivalent to <c>multi_server_call([node()|nodes()],
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="multi_server_call" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="multi_server_call" arity="3" since=""/>
<fsummary>Interact with the servers on a number of nodes.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Can be used when interacting with servers called
@@ -217,14 +217,14 @@
<list type="bulleted">
<item>A list of the nodes that do not exist</item>
<item>A list of the nodes where the server does not exist</item>
- <item>A list of the nodes where the server terminatd before sending
+ <item>A list of the nodes where the server terminated before sending
any reply.</item>
</list>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="multicall" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="multicall" arity="3" since=""/>
<fsummary>Evaluate a function call on a number of nodes.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Equivalent to <c>multicall([node()|nodes()], <anno>Module</anno>,
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="multicall" arity="4" clause_i="1"/>
+ <name name="multicall" arity="4" clause_i="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Evaluate a function call on a number of nodes.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Equivalent to <c>multicall(<anno>Nodes</anno>, <anno>Module</anno>,
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="multicall" arity="4" clause_i="2"/>
+ <name name="multicall" arity="4" clause_i="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Evaluate a function call on a number of nodes.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Equivalent to <c>multicall([node()|nodes()], <anno>Module</anno>,
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="multicall" arity="5"/>
+ <name name="multicall" arity="5" since=""/>
<fsummary>Evaluate a function call on a number of nodes.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>In contrast to an RPC, a multicall is an RPC that is sent
@@ -268,8 +268,9 @@
on the specified nodes and collects the answers. It returns
<c>{<anno>ResL</anno>, <anno>BadNodes</anno>}</c>, where
<c><anno>BadNodes</anno></c> is a list
- of the nodes that terminated or timed out during computation,
- and <c><anno>ResL</anno></c> is a list of the return values.
+ of the nodes that do not exist,
+ and <c><anno>ResL</anno></c> is a list of the return values,
+ or <c>{badrpc, <anno>Reason</anno>}</c> for failing calls.
<c><anno>Timeout</anno></c> is a time (integer) in milliseconds, or
<c>infinity</c>.</p>
<p>The following example is useful when new object code is to
@@ -287,7 +288,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="nb_yield" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="nb_yield" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Deliver the result of evaluating a function call on a node
(non-blocking).</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -296,7 +297,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="nb_yield" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="nb_yield" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Deliver the result of evaluating a function call on a node
(non-blocking).</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -314,7 +315,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="parallel_eval" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="parallel_eval" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Evaluate many function calls on all nodes in
parallel.</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -327,7 +328,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="pinfo" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="pinfo" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Information about a process.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Location transparent version of the BIF
@@ -336,8 +337,8 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="pinfo" arity="2" clause_i="1"/>
- <name name="pinfo" arity="2" clause_i="2"/>
+ <name name="pinfo" arity="2" clause_i="1" since=""/>
+ <name name="pinfo" arity="2" clause_i="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Information about a process.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Location transparent version of the BIF
@@ -346,8 +347,8 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="pmap" arity="3"/>
- <fsummary>Parallell evaluation of mapping a function over a
+ <name name="pmap" arity="3" since=""/>
+ <fsummary>Parallel evaluation of mapping a function over a
list.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Evaluates <c>apply(<anno>Module</anno>, <anno>Function</anno>,
@@ -359,7 +360,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="sbcast" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="sbcast" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Broadcast a message synchronously to a registered process on
all nodes.</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -369,7 +370,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="sbcast" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="sbcast" arity="3" since=""/>
<fsummary>Broadcast a message synchronously to a registered process on
specific nodes.</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -390,7 +391,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="server_call" arity="4"/>
+ <name name="server_call" arity="4" since=""/>
<fsummary>Interact with a server on a node.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Can be used when interacting with a server called
@@ -409,7 +410,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="yield" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="yield" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Deliver the result of evaluating a function call on a node
(blocking).</fsummary>
<desc>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/seq_trace.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/seq_trace.xml
index 197851021f..aa29223dd0 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/seq_trace.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/seq_trace.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1998</year><year>2017</year>
+ <year>1998</year><year>2018</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
<date>1998-04-16</date>
<rev>A</rev>
</header>
- <module>seq_trace</module>
+ <module since="">seq_trace</module>
<modulesummary>Sequential tracing of messages.</modulesummary>
<description>
<p>Sequential tracing makes it possible to trace all messages
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
</datatypes>
<funcs>
<func>
- <name name="set_token" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="set_token" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Set the trace token</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Sets the trace token for the calling process to <c><anno>Token</anno></c>.
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ seq_trace:set_token(OldToken), % activate the trace token again
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="set_token" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="set_token" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Set a component of the trace token</fsummary>
<type name="component"/>
<type name="flag"/>
@@ -80,13 +80,18 @@ seq_trace:set_token(OldToken), % activate the trace token again
<p>Sets the individual <c><anno>Component</anno></c> of the trace token to
<c><anno>Val</anno></c>. Returns the previous value of the component.</p>
<taglist>
- <tag><c>set_token(label, <anno>Integer</anno>)</c></tag>
+ <tag><c>set_token(label, <anno>Label</anno>)</c></tag>
<item>
- <p>The <c>label</c> component is an integer which
+ <p>The <c>label</c> component is a term which
identifies all events belonging to the same sequential
trace. If several sequential traces can be active
simultaneously, <c>label</c> is used to identify
the separate traces. Default is 0.</p>
+ <warning>
+ <p>Labels were restricted to small signed integers (28 bits)
+ prior to OTP 21. The trace token will be silenty dropped if it
+ crosses over to a node that does not support the label.</p>
+ </warning>
</item>
<tag><c>set_token(serial, SerialValue)</c></tag>
<item>
@@ -153,7 +158,7 @@ seq_trace:set_token(OldToken), % activate the trace token again
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="get_token" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="get_token" arity="0" since=""/>
<fsummary>Return the value of the trace token</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns the value of the trace token for the calling process.
@@ -164,7 +169,7 @@ seq_trace:set_token(OldToken), % activate the trace token again
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="get_token" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="get_token" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Return the value of a trace token component</fsummary>
<type name="component"/>
<type name="flag"/>
@@ -177,7 +182,7 @@ seq_trace:set_token(OldToken), % activate the trace token again
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="print" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="print" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Put the Erlang term <c>TraceInfo</c>into the sequential trace output</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Puts the Erlang term <c><anno>TraceInfo</anno></c> into the sequential
@@ -187,7 +192,7 @@ seq_trace:set_token(OldToken), % activate the trace token again
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="print" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="print" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Put the Erlang term <c>TraceInfo</c>into the sequential trace output</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Same as <c>print/1</c> with the additional condition that
@@ -196,7 +201,7 @@ seq_trace:set_token(OldToken), % activate the trace token again
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="reset_trace" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="reset_trace" arity="0" since=""/>
<fsummary>Stop all sequential tracing on the local node</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Sets the trace token to empty for all processes on the
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ seq_trace:set_token(OldToken), % activate the trace token again
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="set_system_tracer" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="set_system_tracer" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Set the system tracer</fsummary>
<type name="tracer"/>
<desc>
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ seq_trace:set_token(OldToken), % activate the trace token again
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="get_system_tracer" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="get_system_tracer" arity="0" since=""/>
<fsummary>Return the pid() or port() of the current system tracer.</fsummary>
<type name="tracer"/>
<desc>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/specs.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/specs.xml
index 29d52f23bb..b8c25ca53b 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/specs.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/specs.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
<xi:include href="../specs/specs_disk_log.xml"/>
<xi:include href="../specs/specs_erl_boot_server.xml"/>
<xi:include href="../specs/specs_erl_ddll.xml"/>
+ <xi:include href="../specs/specs_erl_epmd.xml"/>
<xi:include href="../specs/specs_erl_prim_loader_stub.xml"/>
<xi:include href="../specs/specs_erlang_stub.xml"/>
<xi:include href="../specs/specs_error_handler.xml"/>
@@ -20,6 +21,11 @@
<xi:include href="../specs/specs_inet.xml"/>
<xi:include href="../specs/specs_inet_res.xml"/>
<xi:include href="../specs/specs_init_stub.xml"/>
+ <xi:include href="../specs/specs_logger.xml"/>
+ <xi:include href="../specs/specs_logger_filters.xml"/>
+ <xi:include href="../specs/specs_logger_formatter.xml"/>
+ <xi:include href="../specs/specs_logger_std_h.xml"/>
+ <xi:include href="../specs/specs_logger_disk_log_h.xml"/>
<xi:include href="../specs/specs_net_adm.xml"/>
<xi:include href="../specs/specs_net_kernel.xml"/>
<xi:include href="../specs/specs_os.xml"/>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/wrap_log_reader.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/wrap_log_reader.xml
index 7fb9c1c023..5f37e7ec5f 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/wrap_log_reader.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/wrap_log_reader.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
<rev>A</rev>
<file>wrap_log_reader.sgml</file>
</header>
- <module>wrap_log_reader</module>
+ <module since="">wrap_log_reader</module>
<modulesummary>A service to read internally formatted wrap disk logs.
</modulesummary>
<description>
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@
<funcs>
<func>
- <name name="chunk" arity="1"/>
- <name name="chunk" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="chunk" arity="1" since=""/>
+ <name name="chunk" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Read a chunk of objects written to a wrap log.</fsummary>
<type name="chunk_ret"/>
<desc>
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="close" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="close" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Close a log.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Closes a log file properly.</p>
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="open" arity="1"/>
- <name name="open" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="open" arity="1" since=""/>
+ <name name="open" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Open a log file.</fsummary>
<type name="open_ret"/>
<desc>