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-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_sctp.xml69
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_tcp.xml16
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_udp.xml35
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml123
4 files changed, 230 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_sctp.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_sctp.xml
index 737800c6b1..1e08b25f66 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>
@@ -331,6 +331,37 @@ 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>
@@ -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>
@@ -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..cf649991d0 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>
@@ -70,6 +70,20 @@ 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> (probably Linux specific), 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>
+ </desc>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
<name name="option_name"/>
</datatype>
<datatype>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_udp.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_udp.xml
index f79566ef71..840ca3c188 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>
@@ -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.
@@ -179,9 +193,22 @@
<name name="recv" arity="3"/>
<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>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
index f281d61459..ed775d67eb 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
@@ -177,6 +177,27 @@ 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="posix"/>
<desc>
<p>An atom that is named from the POSIX error codes used in Unix,
@@ -344,7 +365,11 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
<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
@@ -360,7 +385,7 @@ 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
@@ -1115,6 +1140,100 @@ 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>