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-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml6
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml114
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_sctp.xml54
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml2
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml4
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/kernel_app.xml11
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/make.dep28
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/net_kernel.xml4
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml235
9 files changed, 398 insertions, 60 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml
index 6b89711924..ee687511a3 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml
@@ -229,10 +229,10 @@
<c>-code_path_choice Choice</c>. If the flag is set to <c>relaxed</c>,
the code server will instead choose a suitable directory
depending on the actual file structure. If there exists a regular
- application ebin directory,situation it will be choosen. But if it does
- not exist, the ebin directory in the archive is choosen if it
+ application ebin directory,situation it will be chosen. But if it does
+ not exist, the ebin directory in the archive is chosen if it
exists. If neither of them exists the original directory will be
- choosen.</p>
+ chosen.</p>
<p>The command line flag <c>-code_path_choice Choice</c> does also
affect how <c>init</c> interprets the <c>boot script</c>. The
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml
index 7db20e6343..772eff13cc 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml
@@ -149,6 +149,12 @@
<datatype>
<name name="mode"/>
</datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="file_info_option"/>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="sendfile_option"/>
+ </datatype>
</datatypes>
<funcs>
@@ -409,7 +415,7 @@
<name>file_info(Filename) -> {ok, FileInfo} | {error, Reason}</name>
<fsummary>Get information about a file (deprecated)</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>This function is obsolete. Use <c>read_file_info/1</c>
+ <p>This function is obsolete. Use <c>read_file_info/1,2</c>
instead.</p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -536,7 +542,7 @@
<desc>
<p>Makes a hard link from <c><anno>Existing</anno></c> to
<c><anno>New</anno></c>, on
- platforms that support links (Unix). This function returns
+ platforms that support links (Unix and Windows). This function returns
<c>ok</c> if the link was successfully created, or
<c>{error, <anno>Reason</anno>}</c>. On platforms that do not support
links, <c>{error,enotsup}</c> is returned.</p>
@@ -563,11 +569,12 @@
<name name="make_symlink" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Make a symbolic link to a file or directory</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>This function creates a symbolic link <c><anno>Name2</anno></c> to
- the file or directory <c><anno>Name1</anno></c>, on platforms that
- support
- symbolic links (most Unix systems). <c><anno>Name1</anno></c> need not
- exist. This function returns <c>ok</c> if the link was
+ <p>This function creates a symbolic link <c><anno>New</anno></c> to
+ the file or directory <c><anno>Existing</anno></c>, on platforms that
+ support symbolic links (most Unix systems and Windows beginning with
+ Vista).
+ <c><anno>Existing</anno></c> need not exist.
+ This function returns <c>ok</c> if the link was
successfully created, or <c>{error, <anno>Reason</anno>}</c>.
On platforms
that do not support symbolic links, <c>{error, enotsup}</c>
@@ -577,11 +584,11 @@
<tag><c>eacces</c></tag>
<item>
<p>Missing read or write permissions for the parent directories
- of <c><anno>Name1</anno></c> or <c><anno>Name2</anno></c>.</p>
+ of <c><anno>Existing</anno></c> or <c><anno>New</anno></c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c>eexist</c></tag>
<item>
- <p><c><anno>Name2</anno></c> already exists.</p>
+ <p><c><anno>New</anno></c> already exists.</p>
</item>
<tag><c>enotsup</c></tag>
<item>
@@ -1185,6 +1192,7 @@
</func>
<func>
<name name="read_file_info" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="read_file_info" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Get information about a file</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Retrieves information about a file. Returns
@@ -1196,6 +1204,20 @@
from which the function is called:</p>
<code type="none">
-include_lib("kernel/include/file.hrl").</code>
+ <p>The time type returned in <c>atime</c>, <c>mtime</c> and <c>ctime</c>
+ is dependent on the time type set in <c>Opts :: {time, Type}</c>.
+ Type <c>local</c> will return local time, <c>universal</c> will
+ return universal time and <c>posix</c> will return seconds since
+ or before unix time epoch which is 1970-01-01 00:00 UTC.
+ Default is <c>{time, local}</c>.
+ </p>
+ <note>
+ <p>
+ Since file times is stored in posix time on most OS it is
+ faster to query file information with the <c>posix</c> option.
+ </p>
+ </note>
+
<p>The record <c>file_info</c> contains the following fields.</p>
<taglist>
<tag><c>size = integer()</c></tag>
@@ -1210,15 +1232,15 @@
<item>
<p>The current system access to the file.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>atime = <seealso marker="#type-date_time">date_time()</seealso></c></tag>
+ <tag><c>atime = <seealso marker="#type-date_time">date_time()</seealso> | integer() </c></tag>
<item>
- <p>The last (local) time the file was read.</p>
+ <p>The last time the file was read.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>mtime = <seealso marker="#type-date_time">date_time()</seealso></c></tag>
+ <tag><c>mtime = <seealso marker="#type-date_time">date_time()</seealso> | integer() </c></tag>
<item>
- <p>The last (local) time the file was written.</p>
+ <p>The last time the file was written.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>ctime = <seealso marker="#type-date_time">date_time()</seealso></c></tag>
+ <tag><c>ctime = <seealso marker="#type-date_time">date_time()</seealso> | integer() </c></tag>
<item>
<p>The interpretation of this time field depends on
the operating system. On Unix, it is the last time
@@ -1374,9 +1396,11 @@
</func>
<func>
<name name="read_link_info" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="read_link_info" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Get information about a link or file</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>This function works like <c>read_file_info/1</c>, except that
+ <p>This function works like
+ <seealso marker="#read_file_info/2">read_file_info/1,2</seealso> except that
if <c><anno>Name</anno></c> is a symbolic link, information about
the link will be returned in the <c>file_info</c> record and
the <c>type</c> field of the record will be set to
@@ -1574,6 +1598,48 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
+ <name name="sendfile" arity="2"/>
+ <fsummary>send a file to a socket</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Sends the file <c>Filename</c> to <c>Socket</c>.
+ Returns <c>{ok, BytesSent}</c> if successful,
+ otherwise <c>{error, Reason}</c>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ <func>
+ <name name="sendfile" arity="5"/>
+ <fsummary>send a file to a socket</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Sends <c>Bytes</c> from the file
+ referenced by <c>RawFile</c> beginning at <c>Offset</c> to
+ <c>Socket</c>.
+ Returns <c>{ok, BytesSent}</c> if successful,
+ otherwise <c>{error, Reason}</c>. If <c>Bytes</c> is set to
+ 0 all data after the given <c>Offset</c> is sent.</p>
+ <p>The file used must be opened using the raw flag, and the process
+ calling sendfile must be the controlling process of the socket.
+ See <seealso marker="gen_tcp#controlling_process-2">gen_tcp:controlling_process/2</seealso></p>
+ <p>If the OS used does not support sendfile, an Erlang fallback
+ using file:read and gen_tcp:send is used.</p>
+ <p>The option list can contain the following options:
+ <taglist>
+ <tag><c>chunk_size</c></tag>
+ <item>The chunk size used by the erlang fallback to send
+ data. If using the fallback, this should be set to a value
+ which comfortably fits in the systems memory. Default is 20 MB.</item>
+ </taglist>
+ </p>
+ <p>On operating systems with thread support, it is recommended to use
+ async threads. See the command line flag
+ <c>+A</c> in <seealso marker="erts:erl">erl(1)</seealso>. If it is not
+ possible to use async threads for sendfile, it is recommended to use
+ a relatively small value for the send buffer on the socket. Otherwise
+ the Erlang VM might loose some of its soft realtime guarantees.
+ Which size to use depends on the OS/hardware and the requirements
+ of the application.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ <func>
<name name="write" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Write to a file</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -1645,6 +1711,7 @@
</func>
<func>
<name name="write_file_info" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="write_file_info" arity="3"/>
<fsummary>Change information about a file</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Change file information. Returns <c>ok</c> if successful,
@@ -1655,18 +1722,25 @@
from which the function is called:</p>
<code type="none">
-include_lib("kernel/include/file.hrl").</code>
+ <p>The time type set in <c>atime</c>, <c>mtime</c> and <c>ctime</c>
+ is dependent on the time type set in <c>Opts :: {time, Type}</c>.
+ Type <c>local</c> will interpret the time set as local, <c>universal</c> will
+ interpret it as universal time and <c>posix</c> must be seconds since
+ or before unix time epoch which is 1970-01-01 00:00 UTC.
+ Default is <c>{time, local}</c>.
+ </p>
<p>The following fields are used from the record, if they are
given.</p>
<taglist>
- <tag><c>atime = <seealso marker="#type-date_time">date_time()</seealso></c></tag>
+ <tag><c>atime = <seealso marker="#type-date_time">date_time()</seealso> | integer()</c></tag>
<item>
- <p>The last (local) time the file was read.</p>
+ <p>The last time the file was read.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>mtime = <seealso marker="#type-date_time">date_time()</seealso></c></tag>
+ <tag><c>mtime = <seealso marker="#type-date_time">date_time()</seealso> | integer()</c></tag>
<item>
- <p>The last (local) time the file was written.</p>
+ <p>The last time the file was written.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>ctime = <seealso marker="#type-date_time">date_time()</seealso></c></tag>
+ <tag><c>ctime = <seealso marker="#type-date_time">date_time()</seealso> | integer()</c></tag>
<item>
<p>On Unix, any value give for this field will be ignored
(the "ctime" for the file will be set to the current
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_sctp.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_sctp.xml
index 688cd0f78f..579b7f1f74 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_sctp.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_sctp.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,15 @@
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64) kernel 2.6.16.27-0.6-smp,
with lksctp-tools-1.0.6, briefly on Solaris 10, and later on
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 1 (x86_64)
- kernel 2.6.16.54-0.2.3-smp with lksctp-tools-1.0.7.</p>
+ kernel 2.6.16.54-0.2.3-smp with lksctp-tools-1.0.7,
+ and later also on FreeBSD 8.2.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ This module was written for one-to-many style sockets
+ (type <c>seqpacket</c>). With the addition of
+ <seealso marker="#peeloff/2">peeloff/2</seealso>, one-to-one style
+ sockets (type <c>stream</c>) were introduced.
+ </p>
<p>Record definitions for the <c>gen_sctp</c> module can be found using:</p>
<pre> -include_lib("kernel/include/inet_sctp.hrl"). </pre>
<p>These record definitions use the "new" spelling 'adaptation',
@@ -254,15 +262,19 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="listen" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="listen" arity="2" clause_i="1"/>
+ <name name="listen" arity="2" clause_i="2"/>
<fsummary>Set up a socket to listen.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Sets up a socket to listen on the IP address and port number
- it is bound to. <c><anno>IsServer</anno></c> must be <c>true</c>
- or <c>false</c>.
- In the contrast to TCP, in SCTP there is no listening queue length.
- If <c><anno>IsServer</anno></c> is <c>true</c> the socket accepts new associations, i.e.
- it will become an SCTP server socket.</p>
+ it is bound to.</p>
+ <p>For type <c>seqpacket</c> sockets (the default)
+ <c><anno>IsServer</anno></c> must be <c>true</c> or <c>false</c>.
+ In contrast to TCP, in SCTP there is no listening queue length.
+ If <c><anno>IsServer</anno></c> is <c>true</c> the socket accepts new associations, i.e.
+ it will become an SCTP server socket.</p>
+ <p>For type <c>stream</c> sockets <anno>Backlog</anno> defines
+ the backlog queue length just like in TCP.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
@@ -295,12 +307,40 @@
is used. In particular, the socket is opened in
<seealso marker="#option-binary">binary</seealso> and
<seealso marker="#option-active">passive</seealso> mode,
+ with <anno>SockType</anno> <c>seqpacket</c>,
and with reasonably large
<seealso marker="#option-sndbuf">kernel</seealso> and driver
<seealso marker="#option-buffer">buffers.</seealso></p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
+ <name name="peeloff" arity="2"/>
+ <fsummary>
+ Peel off a type <c>stream</c> socket from a type <c>seqpacket</c> one
+ </fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>
+ Branch off an existing association <anno>Assoc</anno>
+ in a socket <anno>Socket</anno> of type <c>seqpacket</c>
+ (one-to-may style) into
+ a new socket <anno>NewSocket</anno> of type <c>stream</c>
+ (one-to-one style).
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The existing association argument <anno>Assoc</anno>
+ can be either a
+ <seealso marker="#record-sctp_assoc_change">
+ #sctp_assoc_change{}
+ </seealso>
+ record as returned from e.g
+ <seealso marker="#recv-2">recv/*</seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="#connect-5">connect/*</seealso> or
+ from a listening socket in active mode. Or it can be just
+ the field <c>assoc_id</c> integer from such a record.
+ </p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ <func>
<name name="recv" arity="1"/>
<name name="recv" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Receive a message from a socket</fsummary>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml
index e2dbcbe63d..26d1e27822 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
system.</p>
<p>An Erlang runtime system to be monitored by a heart program,
should be started with the command line flag <c>-heart</c> (see
- also <seealso marker="erts:erl">erl(1)</seealso>. The <c>heart</c>
+ also <seealso marker="erts:erl">erl(1)</seealso>). The <c>heart</c>
process is then started automatically:</p>
<pre>
% <input>erl -heart ...</input></pre>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
index fad5af85bb..1a05b4ba99 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
@@ -573,6 +573,10 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
is longer than the max allowed length, the packet is
considered invalid. The same happens if the packet header
is too big for the socket receive buffer.</p>
+ <p>For line oriented protocols (<c>line</c>,<c>http*</c>),
+ option <c>packet_size</c> also guarantees that lines up to the
+ indicated length are accepted and not considered invalid due
+ to internal buffer limitations.</p>
</item>
<tag><c>{read_packets, Integer}</c>(UDP sockets)</tag>
<item>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/kernel_app.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/kernel_app.xml
index bf513b7815..0f71a4f0f2 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/kernel_app.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/kernel_app.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<appref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1996</year><year>2009</year>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2011</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -231,6 +231,15 @@ MaxT = TickTime + TickTime / 4</code>
<p><em>Note:</em> Normally, a terminating node is detected
immediately.</p>
</item>
+ <tag><c>shutdown_timeout = integer() | infinity</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Specifies the time <c>application_controller</c> will wait
+ for an application to terminate during node shutdown. If the
+ timer expires, <c>application_controller</c> will brutally
+ kill <c>application_master</c> of the hanging
+ application. If this parameter is undefined, it defaults
+ to <c>infinity</c>.</p>
+ </item>
<tag><c>sync_nodes_mandatory = [NodeName]</c></tag>
<item>
<p>Specifies which other nodes <em>must</em> be alive in order
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/make.dep b/lib/kernel/doc/src/make.dep
deleted file mode 100644
index f79d1c6367..0000000000
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/make.dep
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-# ----------------------------------------------------
-# >>>> Do not edit this file <<<<
-# This file was automaticly generated by
-# /home/otp/bin/docdepend
-# ----------------------------------------------------
-
-
-# ----------------------------------------------------
-# TeX files that the DVI file depend on
-# ----------------------------------------------------
-
-book.dvi: app.tex application.tex auth.tex book.tex \
- code.tex config.tex disk_log.tex erl_boot_server.tex \
- erl_ddll.tex erl_prim_loader_stub.tex erlang_stub.tex \
- error_handler.tex error_logger.tex file.tex \
- gen_sctp.tex gen_tcp.tex gen_udp.tex global.tex \
- global_group.tex heart.tex inet.tex inet_res.tex \
- init_stub.tex kernel_app.tex net_adm.tex net_kernel.tex \
- os.tex packages.tex pg2.tex ref_man.tex rpc.tex \
- seq_trace.tex user.tex wrap_log_reader.tex \
- zlib_stub.tex
-
-# ----------------------------------------------------
-# Source inlined when transforming from source to LaTeX
-# ----------------------------------------------------
-
-book.tex: ref_man.xml
-
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/net_kernel.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/net_kernel.xml
index 3b7a710664..e54a427ff0 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/net_kernel.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/net_kernel.xml
@@ -210,6 +210,10 @@
<p><c>net_kernel</c> is currently changing
<c>net_ticktime</c> to <c><anno>NetTicktime</anno></c> seconds.</p>
</item>
+ <tag><c>ignored</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>The local node is not alive.</p>
+ </item>
</taglist>
</desc>
</func>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml
index ec57b03bd9..9121186631 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,241 @@
</header>
<p>This document describes the changes made to the Kernel application.</p>
+<section><title>Kernel 2.15</title>
+
+ <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p> Calls to <c>global:whereis_name/1</c> have been
+ substituted for calls to
+ <c>global:safe_whereis_name/1</c> since the latter is not
+ safe at all.</p>
+ <p>The reason for not doing this earlier is that setting
+ a global lock masked out a bug concerning the restart of
+ supervised children. The bug has now been fixed by a
+ modification of <c>global:whereis_name/1</c>. (Thanks to
+ Ulf Wiger for code contribution.)</p>
+ <p>A minor race conditions in <c>gen_fsm:start*</c> has
+ been fixed: if one of these functions returned <c>{error,
+ Reason}</c> or ignore, the name could still be registered
+ (either locally or in <c>global</c>. (This is the same
+ modification as was done for gen_server in OTP-7669.)</p>
+ <p>The undocumented function
+ <c>global:safe_whereis_name/1</c> has been removed. </p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9212 Aux Id: seq7117, OTP-4174 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Honor option <c>packet_size</c> for http packet parsing
+ by both TCP socket and <c>erlang:decode_packet</c>. This
+ gives the ability to accept HTTP headers larger than the
+ default setting, but also avoid DoS attacks by accepting
+ lines only up to whatever length you wish to allow. For
+ consistency, packet type <c>line</c> also honor option
+ <c>packet_size</c>. (Thanks to Steve Vinoski)</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9389</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p> <c>disk_log:reopen/2,3</c> and
+ <c>disk_log:breopen/3</c> could return the error reason
+ from <c>file:rename/2</c> rather than the reason
+ <c>{file_error, Filename, Reason}</c>. This bug has been
+ fixed. </p> <p> The message <c>{disk_log, Node, {error,
+ disk_log_stopped}}</c> which according the documentation
+ is sent upon failure to truncate or reopen a disk log was
+ sometimes turned into a reply. This bug has been fixed.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9508</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Environment variable 'shutdown_timeout' is added to
+ kernel application. Earlier, application_controller would
+ hang forever if an application top supervisor did not
+ terminate upon a shutdown request. If this new
+ environment variable is set to a positive integer T, then
+ application controller will now give up after T
+ milliseconds and instead brutally kill the application.
+ For backwards compatibility, the default value for
+ shutdown_timeout is 'infinity'.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9540</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Add '-callback' attributes in stdlib's behaviours</p>
+ <p>
+ Replace the behaviour_info(callbacks) export in stdlib's
+ behaviours with -callback' attributes for all the
+ callbacks. Update the documentation with information on
+ the callback attribute Automatically generate
+ 'behaviour_info' function from '-callback' attributes</p>
+ <p>
+ 'behaviour_info(callbacks)' is a special function that is
+ defined in a module which describes a behaviour and
+ returns a list of its callbacks.</p>
+ <p>
+ This function is now automatically generated using the
+ '-callback' specs. An error is returned by lint if user
+ defines both '-callback' attributes and the
+ behaviour_info/1 function. If no type info is needed for
+ a callback use a generic spec for it. Add '-callback'
+ attribute to language syntax</p>
+ <p>
+ Behaviours may define specs for their callbacks using the
+ familiar spec syntax, replacing the '-spec' keyword with
+ '-callback'. Simple lint checks are performed to ensure
+ that no callbacks are defined twice and all types
+ referred are declared.</p>
+ <p>
+ These attributes can be then used by tools to provide
+ documentation to the behaviour or find discrepancies in
+ the callback definitions in the callback module.</p>
+ <p>
+ Add callback specs into 'application' module in kernel
+ Add callback specs to tftp module following internet
+ documentation Add callback specs to inets_service module
+ following possibly deprecated comments</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9621</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ make tab completion work in remote shells (Thanks to Mats
+ Cronqvist)</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9673</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Add missing parenthesis in heart doc.</p>
+ <p>
+ Add missing spaces in the Reference Manual distributed
+ section.</p>
+ <p>
+ In the HTML version of the doc those spaces are necessary
+ to separate those words.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9693</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Fixes net_kernel:get_net_ticktime() doc</p>
+ <p>
+ Adds missing description when `ignored' is returned.
+ (Thanks to Ricardo Catalinas Jim�nez )</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9713</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p> While <c>disk_log</c> eagerly collects logged terms
+ for better performance, collecting too much data may
+ choke the system and cause huge binaries to be written.
+ In order to remedy the situation a (small) limit on the
+ amount of data that is collected before writing to disk
+ has been introduced. </p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9764</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ <list> <item><p>Correct callback spec in application
+ module</p></item> <item><p>Refine warning about callback
+ specs with extra ranges</p></item> <item><p>Cleanup
+ autoimport compiler directives</p></item> <item><p>Fix
+ Dialyzer's warnings in typer</p></item> <item><p>Fix
+ Dialyzer's warning for its own code</p></item>
+ <item><p>Fix bug in Dialyzer's behaviours
+ analysis</p></item> <item><p>Fix crash in
+ Dialyzer</p></item> <item><p>Variable substitution was
+ not generalizing any unknown variables.</p></item>
+ </list></p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9776</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Fix a crash when file:change_time/2,3 are called with
+ invalid dates</p>
+ <p>
+ Calling file:change_time/2,3 with an invalid date tuple
+ (e.g file:change_time("file.txt", {undefined,
+ undefined})) will cause file_server_2 to crash.
+ error_logger will shutdown and the whole VM will stop.
+ Change behavior to validate given dates on system
+ boundaries. (i.e before issuing a server call).(Thanks to
+ Ahmed Omar)</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9785</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+
+ <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p> An option list argument can now be passed to
+ <c>file:read_file_info/2, file:read_link_info/2</c> and
+ <c>file:write_file_info/3</c> and set time type
+ information in the call. Valid options are <c>{time,
+ local}, {time, universal}</c> and <c>{time, posix}</c>.
+ In the case of <c>posix</c> time no conversions are made
+ which makes the operation a bit faster. </p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-7687</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p><c>file:list_dir/1,2</c> will now fill an buffer
+ entire with filenames from the efile driver before
+ sending it to an erlang process. This will speed up this
+ file operation in most cases.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9023</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>gen_sctp:open/0-2 may now return
+ {error,eprotonosupport} if SCTP is not supported</p>
+ <p>gen_sctp:peeloff/1 has been implemented and creates a
+ one-to-one socket which also are supported now</p>
+ <p>
+ *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9239</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Sendfile has been added to the file module's API.
+ sendfile/2 is used to read data from a file and send it
+ to a tcp socket using a zero copying mechanism if
+ available on that OS.</p>
+ <p>
+ Thanks to Tuncer Ayaz and Steve Vinovski for original
+ implementation</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9240</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Tuple funs (a two-element tuple with a module name and a
+ function) are now officially deprecated and will be
+ removed in R16. Use '<c>fun M:F/A</c>' instead. To make
+ you aware that your system uses tuple funs, the very
+ first time a tuple fun is applied, a warning will be sent
+ to the error logger.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9649</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
<section><title>Kernel 2.14.5</title>
<section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
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