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-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/dets.xml31
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml41
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml2
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml87
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor.xml5
5 files changed, 154 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/dets.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/dets.xml
index a0d3f95b6a..48400733d1 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/dets.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/dets.xml
@@ -399,15 +399,40 @@
kept in RAM.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p><c>{safe_fixed,</c> SafeFixed<c>}</c>. If the table
- is fixed, SafeFixed is a tuple <c>{FixedAtTime, [{Pid,RefCount}]}</c>. <c>FixedAtTime</c> is the time when
+ <p><c>{safe_fixed_monotonic_time, SafeFixed}</c>. If the table
+ is fixed, <c>SafeFixed</c> is a tuple <c>{FixedAtTime, [{Pid,RefCount}]}</c>.
+ <c>FixedAtTime</c> is the time when
the table was first fixed, and <c>Pid</c> is the pid of
the process that fixes the table <c>RefCount</c> times.
There may be any number of processes in the list. If the
table is not fixed, SafeFixed is the atom <c>false</c>.</p>
+ <p><c>FixedAtTime</c> will correspond to the result
+ returned by
+ <seealso marker="erts:erlang#monotonic_time/0">erlang:monotonic_time/0</seealso>
+ at the time of fixation. The usage of <c>safe_fixed_monotonic_time</c> is
+ <seealso marker="erts:time_correction#Time_Warp_Safe_Code">time warp
+ safe</seealso>.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p><c>{version, integer()</c>, the version of the format of
+ <p>
+ <c>{safe_fixed, SafeFixed}</c>. The same as
+ <c>{safe_fixed_monotonic_time, SafeFixed}</c> with the exception
+ of the format and value of <c>FixedAtTime</c>.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <c>FixedAtTime</c> will correspond to the result returned by
+ <seealso marker="erts:erlang#timestamp/0">erlang:timestamp/0</seealso>
+ at the time of fixation. Note that when the system is using
+ single or multi
+ <seealso marker="erts:time_correction#Time_Warp_Modes">time warp
+ modes</seealso> this might produce strange results. This
+ since the usage of <c>safe_fixed</c> is not
+ <seealso marker="erts:time_correction#Time_Warp_Safe_Code">time warp
+ safe</seealso>. Time warp safe code need to use
+ <c>safe_fixed_monotonic_time</c> instead.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p><c>{version, integer()}</c>, the version of the format of
the table.</p>
</item>
</list>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml
index 7b01109ff8..447fe51130 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml
@@ -488,14 +488,39 @@ Error: fun containing local Erlang function calls
<item><c>Item=fixed, Value=boolean()</c> <br></br>
Indicates if the table is fixed by any process or not.</item>
- <item>
- <p><c>Item=safe_fixed, Value={FirstFixed,Info}|false</c> <br></br>
+ <item><marker id="info_2_safe_fixed_monotonic_time"/>
+ <p><c>Item=safe_fixed|safe_fixed_monotonic_time, Value={FixationTime,Info}|false</c> <br></br>
</p>
- <p>If the table has been fixed using <c>safe_fixtable/2</c>,
- the call returns a tuple where <c>FirstFixed</c> is the
+ <p>If the table has been fixed using
+ <seealso marker="#safe_fixtable/2"><c>safe_fixtable/2</c></seealso>,
+ the call returns a tuple where <c>FixationTime</c> is the
time when the table was first fixed by a process, which
may or may not be one of the processes it is fixed by
right now.</p>
+ <p>The format and value of <c>FixationTime</c> depends on
+ <c>Item</c>:</p>
+ <taglist>
+ <tag><c>safe_fixed</c></tag>
+ <item><p><c>FixationTime</c> will correspond to the result
+ returned by
+ <seealso marker="erts:erlang#timestamp/0">erlang:timestamp/0</seealso>
+ at the time of fixation. Note that when the system is using
+ single or multi
+ <seealso marker="erts:time_correction#Time_Warp_Modes">time warp
+ modes</seealso> this might produce strange results. This
+ since the usage of <c>safe_fixed</c> is not
+ <seealso marker="erts:time_correction#Time_Warp_Safe_Code">time warp
+ safe</seealso>. Time warp safe code need to use
+ <c>safe_fixed_monotonic_time</c> instead.</p></item>
+
+ <tag><c>safe_fixed_monotonic_time</c></tag>
+ <item><p><c>FixationTime</c> will correspond to the result
+ returned by
+ <seealso marker="erts:erlang#monotonic_time/0">erlang:monotonic_time/0</seealso>
+ at the time of fixation. The usage of <c>safe_fixed_monotonic_time</c> is
+ <seealso marker="erts:time_correction#Time_Warp_Safe_Code">time warp
+ safe</seealso>.</p></item>
+ </taglist>
<p><c>Info</c> is a possibly empty lists of tuples
<c>{Pid,RefCount}</c>, one tuple for every process the
table is fixed by right now. <c>RefCount</c> is the value
@@ -1135,9 +1160,11 @@ clean_all_with_value(Tab,X,Key) ->
table but never releases it, the memory used by the deleted
objects will never be freed. The performance of operations on
the table will also degrade significantly.</p>
- <p>Use <c>info/2</c> to retrieve information about which
- processes have fixed which tables. A system with a lot of
- processes fixing tables may need a monitor which sends alarms
+ <p>Use
+ <seealso marker="#info_2_safe_fixed_monotonic_time"><c>info(Tab,
+ safe_fixed_monotonic_time)</c></seealso> to retrieve information
+ about which processes have fixed which tables. A system with a lot
+ of processes fixing tables may need a monitor which sends alarms
when tables have been fixed for too long.</p>
<p>Note that for tables of the <c>ordered_set</c> type,
<c>safe_fixtable/2</c> is not necessary as calls to
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml
index 77e262dbe6..1d4ffc10f9 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
<desc>
<p>Converts <c><anno>Path</anno></c> to a form accepted by the command shell
and native applications on the current platform. On Windows,
- forward slashes is converted to backward slashes. On all
+ forward slashes are converted to backward slashes. On all
platforms, the name is normalized as done by <c>join/1</c>.</p>
<pre>
19> <input>filename:nativename("/usr/local/bin/").</input> % Unix
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml
index 267a993a1b..5d4f9d912f 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,93 @@
</header>
<p>This document describes the changes made to the STDLIB application.</p>
+<section><title>STDLIB 2.8</title>
+
+ <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Fix evaluation in matching of bound map key variables in
+ the interpreter.</p>
+ <p>
+ Prior to this patch, the following code would not
+ evaluate: <c>X = key,(fun(#{X := value}) -&gt; true
+ end)(#{X => value})</c></p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-13218</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p> Fix <c>erl_eval</c> not using non-local function
+ handler. </p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-13228 Aux Id: ERL-32 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p> The Erlang Code Linter no longer crashes if there is
+ a <c>-deprecated()</c> attribute but no <c>-module()</c>
+ declaration. </p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-13230 Aux Id: ERL-62 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ The timestamp in the result returned by <c>dets:info(Tab,
+ safe_fixed)</c> was unintentionally broken as a result of
+ the time API rewrites in OTP 18.0. This has now been
+ fixed.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-13239 Aux Id: OTP-11997 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>A rare race condition in <c>beam_lib</c> when using
+ encrypted abstract format has been eliminated.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-13278</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Improved maps:with/2 and maps:without/2 algorithms</p>
+ <p>
+ The new implementation speeds up the execution
+ significantly for all sizes of input.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-13376</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+
+ <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Time warp safety improvements.</p>
+ <p>
+ Introduced the options <c>monotonic_timestamp</c>, and
+ <c>strict_monotonic_timestamp</c> to the trace,
+ sequential trace, and system profile functionality. This
+ since the already existing <c>timestamp</c> option is not
+ time warp safe.</p>
+ <p>
+ Introduced the option <c>safe_fixed_monotonic_time</c> to
+ <c>ets:info/2</c> and <c>dets:info/2</c>. This since the
+ already existing <c>safe_fixed</c> option is not time
+ warp safe.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-13222 Aux Id: OTP-11997 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ In the shell Ctrl+W (delete word) will no longer consider
+ "." as being part of a word.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-13281</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
<section><title>STDLIB 2.7</title>
<section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor.xml
index 24ff251ce3..815bf4a489 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor.xml
@@ -543,7 +543,10 @@
</item>
<item>
<p><c>active</c> - the count of all actively running child processes
- managed by this supervisor.</p>
+ managed by this supervisor. In the case of <c>simple_one_for_one</c>
+ supervisors, no check is carried out to ensure that each child process
+ is still alive, though the result provided here is likely to be very
+ accurate unless the supervisor is heavily overloaded.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p><c>supervisors</c> - the count of all children marked as