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-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_server.xml10
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/src/gen_server.erl2
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/src/supervisor.erl2
3 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_server.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_server.xml
index 1045766e01..edeb7dff91 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_server.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_server.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1996</year><year>2010</year>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2011</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -570,13 +570,14 @@ gen_server:abcast -----> Module:handle_cast/2
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>Module:code_change(OldVsn, State, Extra) -> {ok, NewState}</name>
+ <name>Module:code_change(OldVsn, State, Extra) -> {ok, NewState} | {error, Reason}</name>
<fsummary>Update the internal state during upgrade/downgrade.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>OldVsn = Vsn | {down, Vsn}</v>
<v>&nbsp;&nbsp;Vsn = term()</v>
<v>State = NewState = term()</v>
<v>Extra = term()</v>
+ <v>Reason = term()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>This function is called by a gen_server when it should
@@ -595,7 +596,10 @@ gen_server:abcast -----> Module:handle_cast/2
<p><c>State</c> is the internal state of the gen_server.</p>
<p><c>Extra</c> is passed as-is from the <c>{advanced,Extra}</c>
part of the update instruction.</p>
- <p>The function should return the updated internal state.</p>
+ <p>If successful, the function shall return the updated
+ internal state.</p>
+ <p>If the function returns <c>{error,Reason}</c>, the ongoing
+ upgrade will fail and roll back to the old release.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/src/gen_server.erl b/lib/stdlib/src/gen_server.erl
index 6f075bbe5a..af07bc988a 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/src/gen_server.erl
+++ b/lib/stdlib/src/gen_server.erl
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
term().
-callback code_change(OldVsn :: (term() | {down, term()}), State :: term(),
Extra :: term()) ->
- {ok, NewState :: term()}.
+ {ok, NewState :: term()} | {error, Reason :: term()}.
%%% -----------------------------------------------------------------
%%% Starts a generic server.
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/src/supervisor.erl b/lib/stdlib/src/supervisor.erl
index 2dd5ccce7a..42ea42f42e 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/src/supervisor.erl
+++ b/lib/stdlib/src/supervisor.erl
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
%%--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--type child() :: pid() | 'undefined'.
+-type child() :: 'undefined' | pid() | [pid()].
-type child_id() :: term().
-type mfargs() :: {M :: module(), F :: atom(), A :: [term()] | undefined}.
-type modules() :: [module()] | 'dynamic'.