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diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml index 9121186631..94624bf512 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -30,6 +30,133 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to the Kernel application.</p> +<section><title>Kernel 2.15.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Driver output has been corrected so output of large + binaries (> 4 GiB) now does not silently fail or crash + the emulator, but either outputs the binary or fails the + call. This means that writing a binary > 4 Gib to file + now works but on e.g 64-bit Windows (that has + scatter/gather I/O buffer segment lengths of 32 bits) + fails. The behaviour may change in the future to always + write the binary, in parts if necessary.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9820 Aux Id: OTP-9795 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + erts: minor fix for unnecessary condition erts: change + SENDFILE_CHUNK_SIZE from signed to unsigned (Thanks to + jovi zhang)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9872</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Two contracts in <c>gen_sctp</c> have been corrected. + </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9874</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>If a process calls a module with an running on_load + handler, the process is supposed to be suspended. But if + the module with the on_load handler was loading used + <c>code:load_binary/3</c>, the call would instead fail + with an <c>undef</c> exception.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9875</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + File name and error reason is now returned if creation of + a cookie fails. (Thanks to Magnus Henoch)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9954</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix port leak in <c>zlib</c> when passing invalid data to + <c>compress,uncompress,zip,unzip,gzip,gunzip</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9981</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Various typographical errors corrected in documentation + for the global, error_logger, etop, lists, ets and + supervisor modules and in the c_portdriver and kernel_app + documentation. (Thanks to Ricardo Catalinas Jim�nez)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9987</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Fix returned error from gen_tcp:accept/1,2 when + running out of ports + <p> + The {error, enfile} return value is badly misleading and + confusing for this case, since the Posix ENFILE errno + value has a well-defined meaning that has nothing to do + with Erlang ports. The fix changes the return value to + {error, system_limit}, which is consistent with e.g. + various file(3) functions. inet:format_error/1 has also + been updated to support system_limit in the same manner + as file:format_error/1. (Thanks to Per Hedeland)</p></p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9990</p> + </item> + <item> + <p><c>erts_debug:size/1</c> has been corrected to take + sharing in the environment of funs into account. For funs + it used to always give the same result as + <c>erts_debug:flat_size/1</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9991</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + In some cases when the process doing file:sendfile + crashes while sending the file the efile_drv code would + not clean up after itself correctly. This has now been + fixed.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9993</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + On BSD based platforms file:sendfile would sometime go + into an infinite loop when sending big files. This has + now been fixed.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9994</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.</p> + <p>The problem was addressed in OTP-9764, but the + situation was not improved in all cases.</p> + <p>(Thanks to Richard Carlsson.)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9999 Aux Id: OTP-9764 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The documentation of .app files incorrectly said that the + default value for the <c>mod</c> parameter is + <c>undefined</c>. This is now corrected to <c>[]</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10002</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>Kernel 2.15</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> |