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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/kernel/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/Makefile | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml | 19 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/kernel_app.xml | 37 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_chapter.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml | 16 |
5 files changed, 50 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/Makefile b/lib/kernel/doc/src/Makefile index fceba14515..f8867ccf25 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/Makefile +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/Makefile @@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ debug opt: clean clean_docs: rm -rf $(HTMLDIR)/* + rm -rf $(XMLDIR) rm -f $(MAN3DIR)/* rm -f $(MAN4DIR)/* rm -f $(MAN6DIR)/* diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml index e6a7962c5a..f281d61459 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml @@ -734,22 +734,23 @@ 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) >= max(val(sndbuf),val(recbuf))</c> to + Kernel socket buffers. For TCP it is recommended + to have <c>val(buffer) >= 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> diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/kernel_app.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/kernel_app.xml index 93756d2278..15dbdb47dc 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/kernel_app.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/kernel_app.xml @@ -310,24 +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> diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_chapter.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_chapter.xml index dc68d5c761..30172f6ca6 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_chapter.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_chapter.xml @@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ logger:debug(#{got => connection_request, id => Id, state => State}, 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>, + <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> diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml index 6e88e98c6d..5884f93878 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -314,6 +314,22 @@ </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> |