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-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/net_kernel.xml6
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/src/net_kernel.erl2
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/test/erl_distribution_SUITE.erl8
3 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/net_kernel.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/net_kernel.xml
index a30d28d55a..d3bd7365e2 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/net_kernel.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/net_kernel.xml
@@ -102,8 +102,10 @@ $ <input>erl -sname foobar</input></pre>
<fsummary>Establish a connection to a node.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Establishes a connection to <c><anno>Node</anno></c>. Returns
- <c>true</c> if successful, <c>false</c> if not, and <c>ignored</c>
- if the local node is not alive.</p>
+ <c>true</c> if a connection was established or was already
+ established or if <c><anno>Node</anno></c> is the local node
+ itself. Returns <c>false</c> if the connection attempt failed, and
+ <c>ignored</c> if the local node is not alive.</p>
</desc>
</func>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/src/net_kernel.erl b/lib/kernel/src/net_kernel.erl
index c4e1a0ce1e..bea08242d8 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/src/net_kernel.erl
+++ b/lib/kernel/src/net_kernel.erl
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ handle_call({passive_cnct, Node}, From, State) ->
%% Explicit connect
%% The response is delayed until the connection is up and running.
%%
-handle_call({connect, _, Node, _, _}, From, State) when Node =:= node() ->
+handle_call({connect, _, Node}, From, State) when Node =:= node() ->
async_reply({reply, true, State}, From);
handle_call({connect, Type, Node}, From, State) ->
verbose({connect, Type, Node}, 1, State),
diff --git a/lib/kernel/test/erl_distribution_SUITE.erl b/lib/kernel/test/erl_distribution_SUITE.erl
index 9c6712ad74..0e13f0383e 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/test/erl_distribution_SUITE.erl
+++ b/lib/kernel/test/erl_distribution_SUITE.erl
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
init_per_group/2,end_per_group/2]).
-export([tick/1, tick_change/1,
+ connect_node/1,
nodenames/1, hostnames/1,
illegal_nodenames/1, hidden_node/1,
setopts/1,
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ suite() ->
all() ->
[tick, tick_change, nodenames, hostnames, illegal_nodenames,
+ connect_node,
hidden_node, setopts,
table_waste, net_setuptime, inet_dist_options_options,
{group, monitor_nodes}].
@@ -106,6 +108,12 @@ init_per_testcase(Func, Config) when is_atom(Func), is_list(Config) ->
end_per_testcase(_Func, _Config) ->
ok.
+connect_node(Config) when is_list(Config) ->
+ Connected = nodes(connected),
+ true = net_kernel:connect_node(node()),
+ Connected = nodes(connected),
+ ok.
+
tick(Config) when is_list(Config) ->
PaDir = filename:dirname(code:which(erl_distribution_SUITE)),