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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/kernel/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml | 46 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/config.xml | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/disk_log.xml | 25 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/error_logger.xml | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_tcp.xml | 19 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml | 44 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/kernel_app.xml | 107 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/net_kernel.xml | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/os.xml | 34 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/seq_trace.xml | 12 |
11 files changed, 288 insertions, 47 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml index 3143cdc825..c94f612c01 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>2016</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2017</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ zip:create("mnesia-4.4.7.ez", both strings and atoms, but a future release will probably only allow the arguments that are documented.</p> - <p>As from Erlang/OTP R12B, functions in this module generally fail with an + <p>Functions in this module generally fail with an exception if they are passed an incorrect type (for example, an integer or a tuple where an atom is expected). An error tuple is returned if the argument type is correct, but there are some other errors (for example, a non-existing directory @@ -899,6 +899,48 @@ rpc:call(Node, code, load_binary, [Module, Filename, Binary]), </desc> </func> <func> + <name name="module_status" arity="1"/> + <fsummary>Return the status of the module in relation to object file on disk.</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Returns:</p> + <taglist> + <tag><c>not_loaded</c></tag> + <item><p>If <c><anno>Module</anno></c> is not currently loaded.</p></item> + <tag><c>loaded</c></tag> + <item><p>If <c><anno>Module</anno></c> is loaded and the object file + exists and contains the same code.</p></item> + <tag><c>removed</c></tag> + <item><p>If <c><anno>Module</anno></c> is loaded but no + corresponding object file can be found in the code path.</p></item> + <tag><c>modified</c></tag> + <item><p>If <c><anno>Module</anno></c> is loaded but the object file + contains code with a different MD5 checksum.</p></item> + </taglist> + <p>Preloaded modules are always reported as <c>loaded</c>, without + inspecting the contents on disk. Cover compiled modules will always + be reported as <c>modified</c> if an object file exists, or as + <c>removed</c> otherwise. Modules whose load path is an empty string + (which is the convention for auto-generated code) will only be + reported as <c>loaded</c> or <c>not_loaded</c>.</p> + <p>For modules that have native code loaded (see + <seealso marker="#is_module_native/1"><c>is_module_native/1</c></seealso>), + the MD5 sum of the native code in the object file is used for the + comparison, if it exists; the Beam code in the file is ignored. + Reversely, for modules that do not currently have native code + loaded, any native code in the file will be ignored.</p> + <p>See also <seealso marker="#modified_modules/0"><c>modified_modules/0</c></seealso>.</p> + </desc> + </func> + <func> + <name name="modified_modules" arity="0"/> + <fsummary>Return a list of all modules modified on disk.</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Returns the list of all currently loaded modules for which + <seealso marker="#module_status/1"><c>module_status/1</c></seealso> + returns <c>modified</c>. See also <seealso marker="#all_loaded/0"><c>all_loaded/0</c></seealso>.</p> + </desc> + </func> + <func> <name name="is_module_native" arity="1"/> <fsummary>Test if a module has native code.</fsummary> <desc> diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/config.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/config.xml index c5f37fd036..fdb2d29f63 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>2016</year> + <year>1997</year><year>2017</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ to update the application configurations.</p> <p>This means that specifying another <c>.config</c> file, or more <c>.config</c> files, leads to inconsistent update of application - configurations. Therefore, in Erlang 5.4/OTP R10B, the syntax of - <c>sys.config</c> was extended to allow pointing out other + configurations. There is, however, a syntax for + <c>sys.config</c> that allows pointing out other <c>.config</c> files:</p> <code type="none"> [{Application, [{Par, Val}]} | File].</code> diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/disk_log.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/disk_log.xml index 0b6ee1e6a5..570d3ef9bd 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/disk_log.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/disk_log.xml @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ <taglist> <tag>halt logs</tag> <item><p>Appends items to a single file, which size can - be limited by the disk log module.</p></item> + be limited by the <c>disk_log</c> module.</p></item> <tag>wrap logs</tag> <item><p>Uses a sequence of wrap log files of limited size. As a wrap log file is filled up, further items are logged on to the next @@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ An item logged to an internally formatted log must not occupy more than 4 GB of disk space (the size must fit in 4 bytes).</p></item> <tag>external format</tag> - <item><p>Leaves it up to the user to read the logged deep byte lists. - The disk log module cannot repair externally formatted logs.</p></item> + <item><p>Leaves it up to the user to read and interpret the logged data. + The <c>disk_log</c> module cannot repair externally formatted logs.</p></item> </taglist> <p>For each open disk log, one process handles requests @@ -109,8 +109,7 @@ These functions log one or more Erlang terms. By prefixing each of the functions with a <c>b</c> (for "binary"), we get the corresponding <c>blog()</c> functions for the external format. - These functions log one or more deep lists of bytes or, alternatively, - binaries of deep lists of bytes. + These functions log one or more chunks of bytes. For example, to log the string <c>"hello"</c> in ASCII format, you can use <c>disk_log:blog(Log, "hello")</c>, or <c>disk_log:blog(Log, list_to_binary("hello"))</c>. The two @@ -219,9 +218,6 @@ <name name="dlog_head_opt"/> </datatype> <datatype> - <name name="dlog_byte"/> - </datatype> - <datatype> <name name="dlog_mode"/> </datatype> <datatype> @@ -234,9 +230,6 @@ </desc> </datatype> <datatype> - <name name="bytes"/> - </datatype> - <datatype> <name name="invalid_header"/> </datatype> <datatype> @@ -953,7 +946,7 @@ written first on the log file. If the log is a wrap log, the item <c><anno>Head</anno></c> is written first in each new file. <c><anno>Head</anno></c> is to be a term if the format is - <c>internal</c>, otherwise a deep list of bytes (or a binary). + <c>internal</c>, otherwise a sequence of bytes. Defaults to <c>none</c>, which means that no header is written first on the file. </p> @@ -965,7 +958,7 @@ The call <c>M:F(A)</c> is assumed to return <c>{ok, Head}</c>. The item <c>Head</c> is written first in each file. <c>Head</c> is to be a term if the format is - <c>internal</c>, otherwise a deep list of bytes (or a binary). + <c>internal</c>, otherwise a sequence of bytes. </p> </item> <tag><c>{mode, <anno>Mode</anno>}</c></tag> @@ -975,6 +968,12 @@ <c>read_write</c>. </p> </item> + <tag><c>{quiet, Boolean}</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Specifies if messages will be sent to + <c>error_logger</c> on recoverable errors with + the log files. Defaults to <c>true</c>.</p> + </item> </taglist> <p><c>open/1</c> returns <c>{ok, <anno>Log</anno>}</c> if the log file is successfully opened. If the file is diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/error_logger.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/error_logger.xml index 814e8eac46..27db00819f 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>2016</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2017</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -163,6 +163,19 @@ ok</pre> </desc> </func> <func> + <name name="get_format_depth" arity="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> + in the Kernel application, if Depth is an integer. Otherwise, + <c>unlimited</c> is returned.</p> + </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> diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_tcp.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_tcp.xml index e97db20062..070782e1f3 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>2016</year> + <year>1997</year><year>2017</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -140,6 +140,23 @@ do_recv(Sock, Bs) -> <fsummary>Close a TCP socket.</fsummary> <desc> <p>Closes a TCP socket.</p> + <p>Note that in most implementations of TCP, doing a <c>close</c> does + not guarantee that any data sent is delivered to the recipient before + the close is detected at the remote side. If you want to guarantee + delivery of the data to the recipient there are two common ways to + achieve this.</p> + <list type="ordered"> + <item><p>Use <seealso marker="#shutdown/2"> + <c>gen_tcp:shutdown(Sock, write)</c></seealso> to signal that + no more data is to be sent and wait for the read side of the + socket to be closed.</p> + </item> + <item><p>Use the socket option <seealso marker="inet#packet"> + <c>{packet, N}</c></seealso> (or something similar) to make + it possible for the receiver to close the connection when it + knowns it has received all the data.</p> + </item> + </list> </desc> </func> diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml index 4c4a5c39cb..b71e8a1e5d 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>2016</year> + <year>1997</year><year>2017</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ Address ip_address() ------- ------------ ::1 {0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1} ::192.168.42.2 {0,0,0,0,0,0,(192 bsl 8) bor 168,(42 bsl 8) bor 2} -FFFF::192.168.42.2 - {16#FFFF,0,0,0,0,0,(192 bsl 8) bor 168,(42 bsl 8) bor 2} +::FFFF:192.168.42.2 + {0,0,0,0,0,16#FFFF,(192 bsl 8) bor 168,(42 bsl 8) bor 2} 3ffe:b80:1f8d:2:204:acff:fe17:bf38 {16#3ffe,16#b80,16#1f8d,16#2,16#204,16#acff,16#fe17,16#bf38} fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38 @@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38 <pre> 1> <input>inet:parse_address("192.168.42.2").</input> {ok,{192,168,42,2}} -2> <input>inet:parse_address("FFFF::192.168.42.2").</input> -{ok,{65535,0,0,0,0,0,49320,10754}}</pre> +2> <input>inet:parse_address("::FFFF:192.168.42.2").</input> +{ok,{0,0,0,0,0,65535,49320,10754}}</pre> </description> <datatypes> @@ -659,7 +659,8 @@ get_tcpi_sacked(Sock) -> <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> + 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) >= max(val(sndbuf),val(recbuf))</c> to @@ -670,6 +671,9 @@ get_tcpi_sacked(Sock) -> 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> </item> <tag><c>{delay_send, Boolean}</c></tag> <item> @@ -893,6 +897,32 @@ setcap cap_sys_admin,cap_sys_ptrace,cap_dac_read_search+epi beam.smp</code> <seealso marker="file#native_name_encoding/0"><c>file:native_name_encoding/0</c></seealso>.</p></item> </list> </item> + <tag><c>{bind_to_device, Ifname :: binary()}</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Binds a socket to a specific network interface. 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> + <p>Unlike <seealso marker="#getifaddrs/0"><c>getifaddrs/0</c></seealso>, Ifname + is encoded a binary. In the unlikely case that a system is using + non-7-bit-ASCII characters in network device names, special care + has to be taken when encoding this argument.</p> + <p>This option uses the Linux-specific socket option + <c>SO_BINDTODEVICE</c>, such as in Linux kernel 2.0.30 or later, + and therefore only exists when the runtime system + is compiled for such an operating system.</p> + <p>Before Linux 3.8, this socket option could be set, but could not retrieved + with <seealso marker="#getopts/2"><c>getopts/2</c></seealso>. Since Linux 3.8, + it is readable.</p> + <p>The virtual machine also needs elevated privileges, either + running as superuser or (for Linux) having capability + <c>CAP_NET_RAW</c>.</p> + <p>The primary use case for this option is to bind sockets into + <url href="http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/vrf.txt">Linux VRF instances</url>. + </p> + </item> <tag><c>list</c></tag> <item> <p>Received <c>Packet</c> is delivered as a list.</p> @@ -909,7 +939,7 @@ setcap cap_sys_admin,cap_sys_ptrace,cap_dac_read_search+epi beam.smp</code> </item> <tag><c>{packet, PacketType}</c>(TCP/IP sockets)</tag> <item> - <p>Defines the type of packets to use for a socket. + <p><marker id="packet"/>Defines the type of packets to use for a socket. Possible values:</p> <taglist> <tag><c>raw | 0</c></tag> diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/kernel_app.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/kernel_app.xml index df681a505f..75e1e18d86 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/kernel_app.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/kernel_app.xml @@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ <appref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1996</year><year>2016</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2017</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 @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ 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</title> @@ -58,6 +58,61 @@ </section> <section> + <marker id="erl_signal_server"/> + <title>OS Signal Event Handler</title> + <p>Asynchronous OS signals may be subscribed to via the Kernel applications 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>erl_signal_server</c>. + A default signal handler is installed which handles the following signals:</p> + <taglist> + <tag><c>sigusr1</c></tag> + <item><p>The default handler will halt Erlang and produce a crashdump + with slogan "Received SIGUSR1". + This is equivalent to calling <c>erlang:halt("Received SIGUSR1")</c>. + </p></item> + + <tag><c>sigquit</c></tag> + <item><p>The default handler will halt Erlang immediately. + This is equivalent to calling <c>erlang:halt()</c>. + </p></item> + + <tag><c>sigterm</c></tag> + <item><p>The default handler will terminate Erlang normally. + This is equivalent to calling <c>init:stop()</c>. + </p></item> + </taglist> + + <section> + <title>Events</title> + <p>Any event handler added to <c>erl_signal_server</c> must handle the following events.</p> + <taglist> + <tag><c>sighup</c></tag> + <item><p>Hangup detected on controlling terminal or death of controlling process</p></item> + <tag><c>sigquit</c></tag> + <item><p>Quit from keyboard</p></item> + <tag><c>sigabrt</c></tag> + <item><p>Abort signal from abort</p></item> + <tag><c>sigalrm</c></tag> + <item><p>Timer signal from alarm</p></item> + <tag><c>sigterm</c></tag> + <item><p>Termination signal</p></item> + <tag><c>sigusr1</c></tag> + <item><p>User-defined signal 1</p></item> + <tag><c>sigusr2</c></tag> + <item><p>User-defined signal 2</p></item> + <tag><c>sigchld</c></tag> + <item><p>Child process stopped or terminated</p></item> + <tag><c>sigstop</c></tag> + <item><p>Stop process</p></item> + <tag><c>sigtstp</c></tag> + <item><p>Stop typed at terminal</p></item> + </taglist> + + <p>Setting OS signals are described in <seealso marker="os#set_signal/2"><c>os:set_signal/2</c></seealso>.</p> + </section> + </section> + + <section> <title>Configuration</title> <p>The following configuration parameters are defined for the Kernel application. For more information about configuration parameters, @@ -365,6 +420,29 @@ MaxT = TickTime + TickTime / 4</code> using this service.</p> <p>Defaults to <c>false</c>.</p> </item> + <tag><c>shell_history = enabled | disabled </c></tag> + <item> + <p>Specifies whether shell history should be logged to disk + between usages of <c>erl</c>.</p> + </item> + <tag><c>shell_history_drop = [string()]</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Specific log lines that should not be persisted. For + example <c>["q().", "init:stop()."]</c> will allow to + ignore commands that shut the node down. Defaults to + <c>[]</c>.</p> + </item> + <tag><c>shell_history_file_bytes = integer()</c></tag> + <item> + <p>how many bytes the shell should remember. By default, the + value is set to 512kb, and the minimal value is 50kb.</p> + </item> + <tag><c>shell_history_path = string()</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Specifies where the shell history files will be stored. + defaults to the user's cache directory as returned by + <c>filename:basedir(user_cache, "erlang-history")</c>.</p> + </item> <tag><c>shutdown_func = {Mod, Func}</c></tag> <item> <p>Where:</p> @@ -379,6 +457,28 @@ MaxT = TickTime + TickTime / 4</code> return as soon as possible for <c>application_controller</c> to terminate properly.</p> </item> + <tag><c>source_search_rules = [DirRule] | [SuffixRule] </c></tag> + <item> + <marker id="source_search_rules"></marker> + <p>Where:</p> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item><c>DirRule = {ObjDirSuffix,SrcDirSuffix}</c></item> + <item><c>SuffixRule = {ObjSuffix,SrcSuffix,[DirRule]}</c></item> + <item><c>ObjDirSuffix = string()</c></item> + <item><c>SrcDirSuffix = string()</c></item> + <item><c>ObjSuffix = string()</c></item> + <item><c>SrcSuffix = string()</c></item> + </list> + <p>Specifies a list of rules for use by <c>filelib:find_file/2</c> and + <c>filelib:find_source/2</c>. If this is set to some other value + than the empty list, it replaces the default rules. Rules can be + simple pairs of directory suffixes, such as <c>{"ebin", + "src"}</c>, which are used by <c>filelib:find_file/2</c>, or + triples specifying separate directory suffix rules depending on + file name extensions, for example <c>[{".beam", ".erl", [{"ebin", + "src"}]}</c>, which are used by <c>filelib:find_source/2</c>. Both + kinds of rules can be mixed in the list.</p> + </item> </taglist> </section> @@ -405,4 +505,3 @@ MaxT = TickTime + TickTime / 4</code> <seealso marker="stdlib:timer"><c>timer(3)</c></seealso></p> </section> </appref> - diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/net_kernel.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/net_kernel.xml index 4e2b0c69db..7ddb849824 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/net_kernel.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/net_kernel.xml @@ -64,6 +64,19 @@ $ <input>erl -sname foobar</input></pre> by the magic cookie system, see section <seealso marker="doc/reference_manual:distributed">Distributed Erlang</seealso> in the Erlang Reference Manual.</p> + <warning> + <p> + Starting a distributed node without also specifying + <seealso marker="erts:erl#proto_dist"><c>-proto_dist inet_tls</c></seealso> + will expose the node to attacks that may give the attacker + complete access to the node and in extension the cluster. + When using un-secure distributed nodes, make sure that the + network is configured to keep potential attackers out. + See the <seealso marker="ssl:ssl_distribution"> + Using SSL for Erlang Distribution</seealso> User's Guide + for details on how to setup a secure distributed node. + </p> + </warning> </description> <funcs> diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml index f5a0e68805..7127a59a0c 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <chapter> <header> <copyright> - <year>2004</year><year>2016</year> + <year>2004</year><year>2017</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ <item> <p> Close stdin of commands run in os:cmd. This is a - backwards compatiblity fix that restores the behaviour of + backwards compatibility fix that restores the behaviour of pre 19.0 os:cmd.</p> <p> Own Id: OTP-13867 Aux Id: seq13178 </p> @@ -166,6 +166,14 @@ <p> Own Id: OTP-13564</p> </item> + <item> + <p> + Rudimentary support for DSCP has been implemented + in the guise of a <c>tclass</c> socket option + for IPv6 sockets.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13582</p> + </item> </list> </section> @@ -1484,7 +1492,7 @@ dependent, so applications aiming to be portable should consider using <c>{ipv6_v6only,true}</c> when creating an <c>inet6</c> listening/destination socket, and if - neccesary also create an <c>inet</c> socket on the same + necessary also create an <c>inet</c> socket on the same port for IPv4 traffic. See the documentation.</p> <p> Own Id: OTP-8928 Aux Id: kunagi-193 [104] </p> diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/os.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/os.xml index 739ac35d2a..0e9add4161 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/os.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/os.xml @@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1997</year><year>2016</year> + <year>1997</year><year>2017</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 @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ 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>os</title> @@ -156,6 +156,33 @@ DirOut = os:cmd("dir"), % on Win32 platform</code> </func> <func> + <name name="set_signal" arity="2"/> + <fsummary>Enables or disables handling of OS signals.</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Enables or disables OS signals.</p> + <p>Each signal my be set to one of the following options:</p> + <taglist> + <tag><c>ignore</c></tag> + <item> + This signal will be ignored. + </item> + + <tag><c>default</c></tag> + <item> + This signal will use the default signal handler for the operating system. + </item> + + <tag><c>handle</c></tag> + <item> + This signal will notify + <seealso marker="kernel_app#erl_signal_server"><c>erl_signal_server</c></seealso> + when it is received by the Erlang runtime system. + </item> + </taglist> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> <name name="system_time" arity="0"/> <fsummary>Current OS system time.</fsummary> <desc> @@ -296,4 +323,3 @@ calendar:now_to_universal_time(TS), </func> </funcs> </erlref> - diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/seq_trace.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/seq_trace.xml index 5ac199b6a7..197851021f 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>2016</year> + <year>1998</year><year>2017</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ seq_trace:set_token(OldToken), % activate the trace token again <seealso marker="erts:time_correction#Erlang_Monotonic_Time">Erlang monotonic time</seealso> and a monotonically increasing integer. The time-stamp has the same format and value - as produced by <c>{erlang:monotonic_time(nano_seconds), + as produced by <c>{erlang:monotonic_time(nanosecond), erlang:unique_integer([monotonic])}</c>.</p> </item> <tag><c>set_token(monotonic_timestamp, <anno>Bool</anno>)</c></tag> @@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ seq_trace:set_token(OldToken), % activate the trace token again <seealso marker="erts:time_correction#Erlang_Monotonic_Time">Erlang monotonic time</seealso>. The time-stamp has the same format and value as produced by - <c>erlang:monotonic_time(nano_seconds)</c>.</p> + <c>erlang:monotonic_time(nanosecond)</c>.</p> </item> </taglist> <p>If multiple timestamp flags are passed, <c>timestamp</c> has @@ -427,12 +427,6 @@ prev_cnt := tcurr</code> built with <c>Erl_Interface</c> only maintains one trace token, which means that the C-node appears as one process from the sequential tracing point of view.</p> - <p>To be able to perform sequential tracing between - distributed Erlang nodes, the distribution protocol has been - extended (in a backward compatible way). An Erlang node - supporting sequential tracing can communicate with an older - (Erlang/OTP R3B) node but messages passed within that node can - not be traced.</p> </section> <section> |