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diff --git a/system/doc/design_principles/Makefile b/system/doc/design_principles/Makefile index b3fe136644..bffff75be2 100644 --- a/system/doc/design_principles/Makefile +++ b/system/doc/design_principles/Makefile @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # # %CopyrightBegin% # -# Copyright Ericsson AB 1997-2009. All Rights Reserved. +# Copyright Ericsson AB 1997-2011. All Rights Reserved. # # The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License, # Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in @@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ DVIPS_FLAGS += # ---------------------------------------------------- # Targets # ---------------------------------------------------- +_create_dirs := $(shell mkdir -p $(HTMLDIR)) + $(HTMLDIR)/%.gif: %.gif $(INSTALL_DATA) $< $@ diff --git a/system/doc/design_principles/appup_cookbook.xml b/system/doc/design_principles/appup_cookbook.xml index bc61578953..798b23d847 100644 --- a/system/doc/design_principles/appup_cookbook.xml +++ b/system/doc/design_principles/appup_cookbook.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <chapter> <header> <copyright> - <year>2003</year><year>2009</year> + <year>2003</year><year>2011</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -603,25 +603,60 @@ code_change(_OldVsn, State, port) -> </section> <section> - <title>Emulator Restart</title> - <p>If the emulator can or should be restarted, the very simple - <c>.relup</c> file can be created manually:</p> + <title>Emulator Restart and Upgrade</title> + <p>There are two upgrade instructions that will restart the emulator:</p> + <taglist> + <tag><c>restart_new_emulator</c></tag> + <item>Intended for when erts, kernel, stdlib or sasl is + upgraded. It is automatically added when the relup file is + generated by <c>systools:make_relup/3,4</c>. It is executed + before all other upgrade instructions. See + <seealso marker="release_handling#restart_new_emulator_instr">Release + Handling</seealso> for more information about this + instruction.</item> + <tag><c>restart_emulator</c></tag> + <item>Used when a restart of the emulator is required after all + other upgrade instructions are executed. See + <seealso marker="release_handling#restart_emulator_instr">Release + Handling</seealso> for more information about this + instruction.</item> + </taglist> + + <p>If an emulator restart is necessary and no upgrade instructions + are needed, i.e. if the restart itself is enough for the + upgraded applications to start running the new versions, a very + simple <c>.relup</c> file can be created manually:</p> <code type="none"> {"B", [{"A", [], - [restart_new_emulator]}], + [restart_emulator]}], [{"A", [], - [restart_new_emulator]}] + [restart_emulator]}] }.</code> - <p>This way, the release handler framework with automatic packing - and unpacking of release packages, automatic path updates etc. can - be used without having to specify <c>.appup</c> files.</p> - <p>If some transformation of persistent data, for example database - contents, needs to be done before installing the new release - version, instructions for this can be added to the <c>.relup</c> - file as well.</p> + <p>In this case, the release handler framework with automatic + packing and unpacking of release packages, automatic path + updates etc. can be used without having to specify <c>.appup</c> + files.</p> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Emulator Upgrade from pre OTP R15</title> + <p>From OTP R15, an emulator upgrade is performed by restarting + the emulator with new versions of the core applications + (<c>kernel</c>, <c>stdlib</c> and <c>sasl</c>) before loading code + and running upgrade instruction for other applications. For this + to work, the release to upgrade from must includes OTP R15 or + later. For the case where the release to upgrade from includes an + earlier emulator version, <c>systools:make_relup</c> will create a + backwards compatible relup file. This means that all upgrade + instructions will be executed before the emulator is + restarted. The new application code will therefore be loaded into + the old emulator. If the new code is compiled with the new + emulator, there might be cases where the beam format has changed + and beam files can not be loaded. To overcome this problem, the + new code should be compiled with the old emulator.</p> </section> </chapter> diff --git a/system/doc/design_principles/make.dep b/system/doc/design_principles/make.dep deleted file mode 100644 index 05dd2333fb..0000000000 --- a/system/doc/design_principles/make.dep +++ /dev/null @@ -1,31 +0,0 @@ -# ---------------------------------------------------- -# >>>> Do not edit this file <<<< -# This file was automaticly generated by -# /home/gandalf/otp/bin/docdepend -# ---------------------------------------------------- - - -# ---------------------------------------------------- -# TeX files that the DVI file depend on -# ---------------------------------------------------- - -book.dvi: applications.tex appup_cookbook.tex book.tex \ - des_princ.tex distributed_applications.tex \ - events.tex fsm.tex gen_server_concepts.tex \ - included_applications.tex part.tex release_handling.tex \ - release_structure.tex spec_proc.tex sup_princ.tex - -# ---------------------------------------------------- -# Pictures that the DVI file depend on -# ---------------------------------------------------- - -book.dvi: sup6.ps - -book.dvi: dist1.ps dist2.ps dist3.ps dist4.ps dist5.ps - -book.dvi: clientserver.ps - -book.dvi: inclappls.ps - -book.dvi: sup4.ps sup5.ps - diff --git a/system/doc/design_principles/release_handling.xml b/system/doc/design_principles/release_handling.xml index 1d62c242c0..4378b6599c 100644 --- a/system/doc/design_principles/release_handling.xml +++ b/system/doc/design_principles/release_handling.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <chapter> <header> <copyright> - <year>2003</year><year>2009</year> + <year>2003</year><year>2011</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -178,13 +178,13 @@ <marker id="instr"></marker> <title>Release Handling Instructions</title> <p>OTP supports a set of <em>release handling instructions</em> - that is used when creating <c>.appup</c> files. The release + that are used when creating <c>.appup</c> files. The release handler understands a subset of these, the <em>low-level</em> instructions. To make it easier for the user, there are also a number of <em>high-level</em> instructions, which are translated to low-level instructions by <c>systools:make_relup</c>.</p> <p>Here, some of the most frequently used instructions are - described. The complete list of instructions is found in + described. The complete list of instructions can be found in <c>appup(4)</c>.</p> <p>First, some definitions:</p> <taglist> @@ -239,9 +239,10 @@ <p><c>update</c> with argument <c>supervisor</c> is used when changing the start specification of a supervisor. See <seealso marker="appup_cookbook#sup">Appup Cookbook</seealso>.</p> - <p>The release handler finds the processes <em>using</em> a module - to update by traversing the supervision tree of each running - application and checking all the child specifications:</p> + <p>When a module is to be updated, the release handler finds + which processes that are <em>using</em> the module by + traversing the supervision tree of each running application + and checking all the child specifications:</p> <code type="none"> {Id, StartFunc, Restart, Shutdown, Type, Modules}</code> <p>A process is using a module if the name is listed in @@ -265,8 +266,8 @@ <p>The instruction loads the module and is absolutely necessary when running Erlang in embedded mode. It is not strictly required when running Erlang in interactive (default) mode, - since the code server automatically searches for and loads - unloaded modules.</p> + since the code server then automatically searches for and + loads unloaded modules.</p> <p>The opposite of <c>add_module</c> is <c>delete_module</c> which unloads a module:</p> <code type="none"> @@ -294,7 +295,7 @@ the modules are unloaded using a number of <c>delete_module</c> instructions and then the application specification is unloaded from the application controller.</p> - <p>Instruction for removing an application:</p> + <p>Instruction for restarting an application:</p> <code type="none"> {restart_application, Application}</code> <p>Restarting an application means that the application is stopped @@ -313,18 +314,35 @@ </section> <section> + <marker id="restart_new_emulator_instr"></marker> <title>restart_new_emulator (low-level)</title> <p>This instruction is used when changing to a new emulator - version, or if a system reboot is needed for some other reason. - Requires that the system is started with heart beat + version, or when any of the core applications kernel, stdlib + or sasl is upgraded. If a system reboot is needed for some + other reason, the <c>restart_emulator</c> instruction should + be used instead.</p> + <p>Requires that the system is started with heart beat monitoring, see <c>erl(1)</c> and <c>heart(3)</c>.</p> - <p>When the release handler encounters the instruction, it shuts - down the current emulator by calling <c>init:reboot()</c>, see + <p>The <c>restart_new_emulator</c> instruction shall always be + the very first instruction in a relup. If the relup is + generated by <c>systools:make_relup/3,4</c> this is + automatically ensured.</p> + <p>When the release handler encounters the instruction, it first + generates a temporary boot file, which starts the new versions + of the emulator and the core applications. Then it shuts down + the current emulator by calling <c>init:reboot()</c>, see <c>init(3)</c>. All processes are terminated gracefully and - the system can then be rebooted by the heart program, using - the new release version. This new version must still be made - permanent when the new emulator is up and running. Otherwise, - the old version is used in case of a new system reboot.</p> + the system is rebooted by the heart program, using the + temporary boot file. After the reboot, the rest of the relup + instructions are executed. This is done as a part of the + temporary boot script.</p> + <p>An info report is written when the upgrade is completed. To + programatically find out if the upgrade is complete, + call <c>release_handler:which_releases(current)</c> and check + if it returns the expected (i.e. the new) release.</p> + <p>The new release version must be made permanent when the new + emulator is up and running. Otherwise, the old version will be + used in case of a new system reboot.</p> <p>On UNIX, the release handler tells the heart program which command to use to reboot the system. Note that the environment variable <c>HEART_COMMAND</c>, normally used by the heart @@ -333,6 +351,25 @@ by using the SASL configuration parameter <c>start_prg</c>, see <c>sasl(6)</c>.</p> </section> + + <section> + <marker id="restart_emulator_instr"></marker> + <title>restart_emulator (low-level)</title> + <p>This instruction is not related to upgrades of erts or any of + the core applications. It can be used by any application to + force a restart of the emulator after all upgrade instructions + are executed.</p> + <p>There can only be one <c>restart_emulator</c> instruction in + a relup script, and it shall always be placed at the end. If + the relup is generated by <c>systools:make_relup/3,4</c> this + is automatically ensured.</p> + <p>When the release handler encounters the instruction, it shuts + down the emulator by calling <c>init:reboot()</c>, see + <c>init(3)</c>. All processes are terminated gracefully and + the system can then be rebooted by the heart program using the + new release version. No more upgrade instruction will be + executed after the restart.</p> + </section> </section> <section> @@ -545,8 +582,8 @@ release_handler:remove_release(Vsn) => ok</code> [].</code> <p>2) Start the system as a simple target system. Note that in reality, it should be started as an embedded system. However, - using <c>erl</c> with the correct boot script and <c>.config</c> - file is enough for illustration purposes:</p> + using <c>erl</c> with the correct boot script and config file is + enough for illustration purposes:</p> <pre> % <input>cd $ROOT</input> % <input>bin/erl -boot $ROOT/releases/A/start -config $ROOT/releases/A/sys</input> @@ -581,6 +618,7 @@ lib/ch_app-2/ebin/ch3.beam releases/B/start.boot releases/B/relup releases/B/sys.config +releases/B/ch_rel-2.rel releases/ch_rel-2.rel</code> <p>4) Copy the release package <c>ch_rel-2.tar.gz</c> to the <c>$ROOT/releases</c> directory.</p> diff --git a/system/doc/design_principles/release_structure.xml b/system/doc/design_principles/release_structure.xml index 2e1daa611a..8aea0e1a10 100644 --- a/system/doc/design_principles/release_structure.xml +++ b/system/doc/design_principles/release_structure.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <chapter> <header> <copyright> - <year>2003</year><year>2009</year> + <year>2003</year><year>2011</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -61,12 +61,14 @@ {ApplicationN, AppVsnN}]}.</code> <p>The file must be named <c>Rel.rel</c>, where <c>Rel</c> is a unique name.</p> - <p><c>Name</c>, <c>Vsn</c> and <c>Evsn</c> are strings.</p> + <p><c>Name</c>, <c>Vsn</c> and <c>EVsn</c> are strings.</p> <p>Each <c>Application</c> (atom) and <c>AppVsn</c> (string) is the name and version of an application included in the release. - Note the the minimal release based on Erlang/OTP consists of + Note that the minimal release based on Erlang/OTP consists of the <c>kernel</c> and <c>stdlib</c> applications, so these applications must be included in the list.</p> + <p>If the release is to be upgraded, it must also include + the <c>sasl</c> application.</p> <marker id="ch_rel"></marker> <p>Example: We want to make a release of <c>ch_app</c> from the <seealso marker="applications#ch_app">Applications</seealso> @@ -173,6 +175,7 @@ lib/ch_app-1/ebin/ch_app.beam lib/ch_app-1/ebin/ch_sup.beam lib/ch_app-1/ebin/ch3.beam releases/A/start.boot +releases/A/ch_rel-1.rel releases/ch_rel-1.rel</pre> <p>Note that a new boot script was generated, without the <c>local</c> option set, before the release package was made. @@ -180,6 +183,17 @@ releases/ch_rel-1.rel</pre> under <c>lib</c>. Also, we do not know where the release package will be installed, so we do not want any hardcoded absolute paths in the boot script here.</p> + <p>The release resource file <c>mysystem.rel</c> is duplicated in + the tar file. Originally, this file was only stored in + the <c>releases</c> directory in order to make it possible for + the <c>release_handler</c> to extract this file + separately. After unpacking the tar file, <c>release_handler</c> + would automatically copy the file + to <c>releases/FIRST</c>. However, sometimes the tar file is + unpacked without involving the <c>release_handler</c> (e.g. when + unpacking the first target system) and therefore the file is now + instead duplicated in the tar file so no manual copying is + necessary.</p> <p>If a <c>relup</c> file and/or a system configuration file called <c>sys.config</c> is found, these files are included in the release package as well. See diff --git a/system/doc/design_principles/spec_proc.xml b/system/doc/design_principles/spec_proc.xml index f0f62891b6..1bc2d32461 100644 --- a/system/doc/design_principles/spec_proc.xml +++ b/system/doc/design_principles/spec_proc.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <chapter> <header> <copyright> - <year>1997</year><year>2009</year> + <year>1997</year><year>2011</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -411,30 +411,48 @@ loop(...) -> <p>To implement a user-defined behaviour, write code similar to code for a special process but calling functions in a callback module for handling specific tasks.</p> - <p>If it is desired that the compiler should warn for missing - callback functions, as it does for the OTP behaviours, implement - and export the function:</p> + <p>If it is desired that the compiler should warn for missing callback + functions, as it does for the OTP behaviours, add callback attributes in the + behaviour module to describe the expected callbacks:</p> + <code type="none"> +-callback Name1(Arg1_1, Arg1_2, ..., Arg1_N1) -> Res1. +-callback Name2(Arg2_1, Arg2_2, ..., Arg2_N2) -> Res2. +... +-callback NameM(ArgM_1, ArgM_2, ..., ArgM_NM) -> ResM.</code> + <p>where <c>NameX</c> are the names of the expected callbacks and + <c>ArgX_Y</c>, <c>ResX</c> are types as they are described in Specifications + for functions in <seealso marker="../reference_manual/typespec">Types and + Function Specifications</seealso>. The whole syntax of spec attributes is + supported by callback attributes.</p> + <p>Alternatively you may directly implement and export the function:</p> <code type="none"> behaviour_info(callbacks) -> [{Name1,Arity1},...,{NameN,ArityN}].</code> - <p>where each <c>{Name,Arity}</c> specifies the name and arity of - a callback function.</p> + <p>where each <c>{Name,Arity}</c> specifies the name and arity of a callback + function. This function is otherwise automatically generated by the compiler + using the callback attributes.</p> <p>When the compiler encounters the module attribute - <c>-behaviour(Behaviour).</c> in a module <c>Mod</c>, it will call - <c>Behaviour:behaviour_info(callbacks)</c> and compare the result - with the set of functions actually exported from <c>Mod</c>, and - issue a warning if any callback function is missing.</p> + <c>-behaviour(Behaviour).</c> in a module <c>Mod</c>, it will call + <c>Behaviour:behaviour_info(callbacks)</c> and compare the result with the + set of functions actually exported from <c>Mod</c>, and issue a warning if + any callback function is missing.</p> <p>Example:</p> <code type="none"> %% User-defined behaviour module -module(simple_server). -export([start_link/2,...]). --export([behaviour_info/1]). -behaviour_info(callbacks) -> - [{init,1}, - {handle_req,1}, - {terminate,0}]. +-callback init(State :: term()) -> 'ok'. +-callback handle_req(Req :: term(), State :: term()) -> {'ok', Reply :: term()}. +-callback terminate() -> 'ok'. + +%% Alternatively you may define: +%% +%% -export([behaviour_info/1]). +%% behaviour_info(callbacks) -> +%% [{init,1}, +%% {handle_req,2}, +%% {terminate,0}]. start_link(Name, Module) -> proc_lib:start_link(?MODULE, init, [self(), Name, Module]). @@ -452,7 +470,7 @@ init(Parent, Name, Module) -> -module(db). -behaviour(simple_server). --export([init/0, handle_req/1, terminate/0]). +-export([init/0, handle_req/2, terminate/0]). ...</code> </section> diff --git a/system/doc/design_principles/sup_princ.xml b/system/doc/design_principles/sup_princ.xml index 2748f21bbe..5b8fd604c8 100644 --- a/system/doc/design_principles/sup_princ.xml +++ b/system/doc/design_principles/sup_princ.xml @@ -160,10 +160,13 @@ init(...) -> be restarted.</p> <list type="bulleted"> <item>A <c>permanent</c> child process is always restarted.</item> - <item>A <c>temporary</c> child process is never restarted.</item> + <item>A <c>temporary</c> child process is never restarted + (not even when the supervisor's restart strategy + is <c>rest_for_one</c> or <c>one_for_all</c> and a sibling's + death causes the temporary process to be terminated).</item> <item>A <c>transient</c> child process is restarted only if it terminates abnormally, i.e. with another exit reason than - <c>normal</c>.</item> + <c>normal</c>, <c>shutdown</c> or <c>{shutdown,Term}</c>.</item> </list> </item> <item> @@ -181,8 +184,16 @@ init(...) -> terminated using <c>exit(Child, kill)</c>.</item> <item>If the child process is another supervisor, it should be set to <c>infinity</c> to give the subtree enough time to - shutdown.</item> + shutdown. It is also allowed to set it to <c>infinity</c>, if the + child process is a worker.</item> </list> + <warning> + <p>Be careful by setting the <c>Shutdown</c> strategy to + <c>infinity</c> when the child process is a worker. Because, in this + situation, the termination of the supervision tree depends on the + child process, it must be implemented in a safe way and its cleanup + procedure must always return.</p> + </warning> </item> <item> <p><c>Type</c> specifies if the child process is a supervisor or @@ -341,6 +352,10 @@ call:start_link(id1)</code> supervisor:terminate_child(Sup, Pid)</code> <p>where <c>Sup</c> is the pid, or name, of the supervisor and <c>Pid</c> is the pid of the child.</p> + <p>Because a <c>simple_one_for_one</c> supervisor could have many children, + it shuts them all down at same time. So, order in which they are stopped is + not defined. For the same reason, it could have an overhead with regards to + the <c>Shutdown</c> strategy.</p> </section> <section> diff --git a/system/doc/efficiency_guide/Makefile b/system/doc/efficiency_guide/Makefile index f51313de84..c08a9d2f69 100644 --- a/system/doc/efficiency_guide/Makefile +++ b/system/doc/efficiency_guide/Makefile @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # # %CopyrightBegin% # -# Copyright Ericsson AB 2001-2009. All Rights Reserved. +# Copyright Ericsson AB 2001-2011. All Rights Reserved. # # The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License, # Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in @@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ DVIPS_FLAGS += # ---------------------------------------------------- # Targets # ---------------------------------------------------- +_create_dirs := $(shell mkdir -p $(HTMLDIR)) + docs: html local_docs: PDFDIR=../../pdf diff --git a/system/doc/efficiency_guide/commoncaveats.xml b/system/doc/efficiency_guide/commoncaveats.xml index 61d13636c0..ef0dee793d 100644 --- a/system/doc/efficiency_guide/commoncaveats.xml +++ b/system/doc/efficiency_guide/commoncaveats.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <chapter> <header> <copyright> - <year>2001</year><year>2010</year> + <year>2001</year><year>2011</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -33,20 +33,6 @@ from a performance point of view.</p> <section> - <title>The regexp module</title> - - <p>The regular expression functions in the - <seealso marker="stdlib:regexp">regexp</seealso> - module are written in Erlang, not in C, and were - meant for occasional use on small amounts of data, - for instance for validation of configuration files - when starting an application.</p> - - <p>Use the <seealso marker="stdlib:re">re</seealso> module - (introduced in R13A) instead, especially in time-critical code.</p> - </section> - - <section> <title>The timer module</title> <p>Creating timers using <seealso diff --git a/system/doc/efficiency_guide/make.dep b/system/doc/efficiency_guide/make.dep deleted file mode 100644 index afa3bd0516..0000000000 --- a/system/doc/efficiency_guide/make.dep +++ /dev/null @@ -1,16 +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: advanced.tex binaryhandling.tex book.tex commoncaveats.tex \ - drivers.tex functions.tex introduction.tex listhandling.tex \ - myths.tex part.tex processes.tex profiling.tex \ - tablesDatabases.tex - diff --git a/system/doc/efficiency_guide/profiling.xml b/system/doc/efficiency_guide/profiling.xml index 13165a0ede..65ba4b3369 100644 --- a/system/doc/efficiency_guide/profiling.xml +++ b/system/doc/efficiency_guide/profiling.xml @@ -40,9 +40,13 @@ <p>Erlang/OTP contains several tools to help finding bottlenecks.</p> - <p><c>fprof</c> and <c>eprof</c> provide the most detailed information - about where the time is spent, but they significantly slow downs the - programs they profile.</p> + <p><c>fprof</c> provide the most detailed information + about where the time is spent, but it significantly slows down the + program it profiles.</p> + + <p><c>eprof</c> provides time information of each function used + in the program. No callgraph is produced but <c>eprof</c> has + considerable less impact on the program profiled.</p> <p>If the program is too big to be profiled by <c>fprof</c> or <c>eprof</c>, <c>cover</c> and <c>cprof</c> could be used to locate parts of the @@ -50,7 +54,7 @@ <c>eprof</c>.</p> <p><c>cover</c> provides execution counts per line per process, - with less overhead than <c>fprof/eprof</c>. Execution counts can + with less overhead than <c>fprof</c>. Execution counts can with some caution be used to locate potential performance bottlenecks. The most lightweight tool is <c>cprof</c>, but it only provides execution counts on a function basis (for all processes, not per process).</p> @@ -102,35 +106,45 @@ <section> <title>fprof</title> - <p><c>fprof</c> measures the execution time for each function, + <p> + <c>fprof</c> measures the execution time for each function, both own time i.e how much time a function has used for its own execution, and accumulated time i.e. including called functions. The values are displayed per process. You also get to know how many times each function has been called. <c>fprof</c> is based on trace to file in order to minimize runtime performance impact. Using fprof is just a - matter of calling a few library functions, see fprof manual - page under the application tools.</p> - <p><c>fprof</c> was introduced in version R8 of Erlang/OTP. Its - predecessor <c>eprof</c> that is based on the Erlang trace BIFs, - is still available, see eprof manual page under the - application tools. Eprof shows how much time has been used by - each process, and in which function calls this time has been - spent. Time is shown as percentage of total time, not as - absolute time.</p> + matter of calling a few library functions, see + <seealso marker="tools:fprof">fprof</seealso> + manual page under the application tools.<c>fprof</c> was introduced in + version R8 of Erlang/OTP. + </p> </section> + <section> + <title>eprof</title> + <p> + <c>eprof</c> is based on the Erlang trace_info BIFs. Eprof shows how much time has been used by + each process, and in which function calls this time has been + spent. Time is shown as percentage of total time and absolute time. + See <seealso marker="tools:eprof">eprof</seealso> for + additional information. + </p> + </section> + <section> <title>cover</title> - <p><c>cover</c>'s primary use is coverage analysis to verify + <p> + <c>cover</c>'s primary use is coverage analysis to verify test cases, making sure all relevant code is covered. <c>cover</c> counts how many times each executable line of code is executed when a program is run. This is done on a per module basis. Of course this information can be used to determine what code is run very frequently and could therefore be subject for optimization. Using cover is just a matter of - calling a few library functions, see cover manual - page under the application tools.</p> + calling a few library functions, see + <seealso marker="tools:cover">cover</seealso> + manual page under the application tools.</p> </section> <section> @@ -139,8 +153,11 @@ <c>cover</c> regarding features. It counts how many times each function is called when the program is run, on a per module basis. <c>cprof</c> has a low performance degradation effect (versus - <c>fprof</c> and <c>eprof</c>) and does not need to recompile - any modules to profile (versus <c>cover</c>).</p> + <c>fprof</c>) and does not need to recompile + any modules to profile (versus <c>cover</c>). + See <seealso marker="tools:cprof">cprof</seealso> manual page for additional + information. + </p> </section> <section> @@ -170,7 +187,7 @@ <cell align="left" valign="middle"><c>eprof </c></cell> <cell align="left" valign="middle">per process/function to screen/file </cell> <cell align="left" valign="middle">medium </cell> - <cell align="left" valign="middle">significant slowdown </cell> + <cell align="left" valign="middle">small slowdown </cell> <cell align="left" valign="middle">yes </cell> <cell align="left" valign="middle">only total </cell> <cell align="left" valign="middle">no </cell> diff --git a/system/doc/embedded/Makefile b/system/doc/embedded/Makefile index 5e68917fc2..7dda0eaaa7 100644 --- a/system/doc/embedded/Makefile +++ b/system/doc/embedded/Makefile @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # # %CopyrightBegin% # -# Copyright Ericsson AB 1997-2009. All Rights Reserved. +# Copyright Ericsson AB 1997-2011. All Rights Reserved. # # The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License, # Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in @@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ DVIPS_FLAGS += # ---------------------------------------------------- # Targets # ---------------------------------------------------- +_create_dirs := $(shell mkdir -p $(HTMLDIR)) + docs: html local_docs: PDFDIR=../../pdf diff --git a/system/doc/embedded/make.dep b/system/doc/embedded/make.dep deleted file mode 100644 index 9949a3ac96..0000000000 --- a/system/doc/embedded/make.dep +++ /dev/null @@ -1,14 +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: book.tex embedded_nt.tex embedded_solaris.tex \ - part.tex vxworks.tex - diff --git a/system/doc/getting_started/Makefile b/system/doc/getting_started/Makefile index 5ca885d56e..62b92613e5 100644 --- a/system/doc/getting_started/Makefile +++ b/system/doc/getting_started/Makefile @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # # %CopyrightBegin% # -# Copyright Ericsson AB 1996-2009. All Rights Reserved. +# Copyright Ericsson AB 1996-2011. All Rights Reserved. # # The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License, # Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in @@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ DVIPS_FLAGS += # ---------------------------------------------------- # Targets # ---------------------------------------------------- +_create_dirs := $(shell mkdir -p $(HTMLDIR)) + docs: html local_docs: PDFDIR=../../pdf diff --git a/system/doc/getting_started/make.dep b/system/doc/getting_started/make.dep deleted file mode 100644 index 69b177f77c..0000000000 --- a/system/doc/getting_started/make.dep +++ /dev/null @@ -1,14 +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: book.tex conc_prog.tex intro.tex part.tex \ - records_macros.tex robustness.tex seq_prog.tex - diff --git a/system/doc/getting_started/seq_prog.xml b/system/doc/getting_started/seq_prog.xml index bc1758d855..96876ea513 100644 --- a/system/doc/getting_started/seq_prog.xml +++ b/system/doc/getting_started/seq_prog.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <chapter> <header> <copyright> - <year>2003</year><year>2009</year> + <year>2003</year><year>2011</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ <c>erl</c>, you will see something like this.</p> <pre> % <input>erl</input> -Erlang (BEAM) emulator version 5.2 [source] [hipe] +Erlang R15B (erts-5.9.1) [source] [smp:8:8] [rq:8] [async-threads:0] [hipe] [kernel-poll:false] -Eshell V5.2 (abort with ^G) +Eshell V5.9.1 (abort with ^G) 1></pre> <p>Now type in "2 + 5." as shown below.</p> <pre> @@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ convert(N, centimeter) -> inch in the convert function:</p> <pre> 12> <input>tut2:convert(3, miles).</input> -** exception error: no function clause matching tut2:convert(3,miles)</pre> +** exception error: no function clause matching tut2:convert(3,miles) (tut2.erl, line 4)</pre> <p>The two parts of the <c>convert</c> function are called its clauses. Here we see that "miles" is not part of either of the clauses. The Erlang system can't <em>match</em> either of @@ -255,11 +255,13 @@ convert(N, centimeter) -> command <c>v/1</c>:</p> <pre> 13> <input>v(12).</input> -{'EXIT',{function_clause,[{tut2,convert,[3,miles]}, - {erl_eval,do_apply,5}, - {shell,exprs,6}, - {shell,eval_exprs,6}, - {shell,eval_loop,3}]}}</pre> +{'EXIT',{function_clause,[{tut2,convert, + [3,miles], + [{file,"tut2.erl"},{line,4}]}, + {erl_eval,do_apply,5,[{file,"erl_eval.erl"},{line,482}]}, + {shell,exprs,7,[{file,"shell.erl"},{line,666}]}, + {shell,eval_exprs,7,[{file,"shell.erl"},{line,621}]}, + {shell,eval_loop,3,[{file,"shell.erl"},{line,606}]}]}}</pre> </section> @@ -943,7 +945,7 @@ A == 1 ; B == 7 a_equals_1_or_b_equals_7 66> <input>tut9:test_if(33, 33).</input> ** exception error: no true branch found when evaluating an if expression - in function tut9:test_if/2</pre> + in function tut9:test_if/2 (tut9.erl, line 5)</pre> <p>Notice that <c>tut9:test_if(33,33)</c> did not cause any condition to succeed so we got the run time error <c>if_clause</c>, here nicely formatted by the shell. See the chapter diff --git a/system/doc/installation_guide/make.dep b/system/doc/installation_guide/make.dep deleted file mode 100644 index 3878f4ac9d..0000000000 --- a/system/doc/installation_guide/make.dep +++ /dev/null @@ -1,13 +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: book.tex install-binary.tex part.tex verification.tex - diff --git a/system/doc/oam/Makefile b/system/doc/oam/Makefile index e3288c9182..510877b189 100644 --- a/system/doc/oam/Makefile +++ b/system/doc/oam/Makefile @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # # %CopyrightBegin% # -# Copyright Ericsson AB 1997-2009. All Rights Reserved. +# Copyright Ericsson AB 1997-2011. All Rights Reserved. # # The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License, # Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in @@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ DVIPS_FLAGS += # ---------------------------------------------------- # Targets # ---------------------------------------------------- +_create_dirs := $(shell mkdir -p $(HTMLDIR)) + $(HTMLDIR)/%.gif: %.gif $(INSTALL_DATA) $< $@ diff --git a/system/doc/oam/make.dep b/system/doc/oam/make.dep deleted file mode 100644 index 3694df9f1b..0000000000 --- a/system/doc/oam/make.dep +++ /dev/null @@ -1,26 +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: book.tex oam_intro.tex part.tex - -# ---------------------------------------------------- -# Source inlined when transforming from source to LaTeX -# ---------------------------------------------------- - -oam_intro.tex: ../../../system/doc/definitions/term.defs - -# ---------------------------------------------------- -# Pictures that the DVI file depend on -# ---------------------------------------------------- - -book.dvi: snmp_model_1.ps snmp_model_2.ps snmp_model_3.ps \ - terminology.ps - diff --git a/system/doc/programming_examples/Makefile b/system/doc/programming_examples/Makefile index 73512c9654..41a65273db 100644 --- a/system/doc/programming_examples/Makefile +++ b/system/doc/programming_examples/Makefile @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # # %CopyrightBegin% # -# Copyright Ericsson AB 2003-2009. All Rights Reserved. +# Copyright Ericsson AB 2003-2011. All Rights Reserved. # # The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License, # Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in @@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ DVIPS_FLAGS += # ---------------------------------------------------- # Targets # ---------------------------------------------------- +_create_dirs := $(shell mkdir -p $(HTMLDIR)) + docs: html local_docs: PDFDIR=../../pdf diff --git a/system/doc/programming_examples/make.dep b/system/doc/programming_examples/make.dep deleted file mode 100644 index b0655f56b3..0000000000 --- a/system/doc/programming_examples/make.dep +++ /dev/null @@ -1,20 +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: bit_syntax.tex book.tex funs.tex list_comprehensions.tex \ - part.tex records.tex - -# ---------------------------------------------------- -# Source inlined when transforming from source to LaTeX -# ---------------------------------------------------- - -funs.tex: fun_test.erl funparse.erl funs1.erl - diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/Makefile b/system/doc/reference_manual/Makefile index 34e5b7f555..8de9c39d03 100644 --- a/system/doc/reference_manual/Makefile +++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/Makefile @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # # %CopyrightBegin% # -# Copyright Ericsson AB 2003-2009. All Rights Reserved. +# Copyright Ericsson AB 2003-2011. All Rights Reserved. # # The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License, # Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in @@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ DVIPS_FLAGS += # ---------------------------------------------------- # Targets # ---------------------------------------------------- +_create_dirs := $(shell mkdir -p $(HTMLDIR)) + docs: html local_docs: PDFDIR=../../pdf diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/code_loading.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/code_loading.xml index f56e1ff408..0d2d7b2c2f 100644 --- a/system/doc/reference_manual/code_loading.xml +++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/code_loading.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <chapter> <header> <copyright> - <year>2003</year><year>2009</year> + <year>2003</year><year>2011</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ loop() -> <c>code_switch</c> to it. The process then will make a fully qualified call to <c>m:loop()</c> and change to current code. Note that <c>m:loop/0</c> must be exported.</p> - <p>For code replacement of funs to work, the tuple syntax - <c>{Module,FunctionName}</c> must be used to represent the fun.</p> + <p>For code replacement of funs to work, the syntax + <c>fun Module:FunctionName/Arity</c> should be used.</p> </section> <section> diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/distributed.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/distributed.xml index d0eac78404..bc55d14c90 100644 --- a/system/doc/reference_manual/distributed.xml +++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/distributed.xml @@ -176,11 +176,11 @@ dilbert@uab</pre> </row> <row> <cell align="left" valign="middle"><c>is_alive()</c></cell> - <cell align="left" valign="middle">Returns <c>true</c>if the runtime system is a node and can connect to other nodes, <c>false</c>otherwise.</cell> + <cell align="left" valign="middle">Returns <c>true</c> if the runtime system is a node and can connect to other nodes, <c>false</c> otherwise.</cell> </row> <row> <cell align="left" valign="middle"><c>monitor_node(Node, true|false)</c></cell> - <cell align="left" valign="middle">Monitor the status of <c>Node</c>. A message<c>{nodedown, Node}</c>is received if the connection to it is lost.</cell> + <cell align="left" valign="middle">Monitor the status of <c>Node</c>. A message<c>{nodedown, Node}</c> is received if the connection to it is lost.</cell> </row> <row> <cell align="left" valign="middle"><c>node()</c></cell> @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ dilbert@uab</pre> </row> <row> <cell align="left" valign="middle"><c>set_cookie(Node, Cookie)</c></cell> - <cell align="left" valign="middle">Sets the magic cookie used when connecting to <c>Node</c>. If <c>Node</c>is the current node, <c>Cookie</c>will be used when connecting to all new nodes.</cell> + <cell align="left" valign="middle">Sets the magic cookie used when connecting to <c>Node</c>. If <c>Node</c> is the current node, <c>Cookie</c> will be used when connecting to all new nodes.</cell> </row> <row> <cell align="left" valign="middle"><c>spawn[_link|_opt](Node, Fun)</c></cell> diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml index 497d7eb464..5fca7225bb 100644 --- a/system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml +++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml @@ -561,11 +561,15 @@ number < atom < reference < fun < port < pid < tuple < list <p>Lists are compared element by element. Tuples are ordered by size, two tuples with the same size are compared element by element.</p> - <p>If one of the compared terms is an integer and the other a - float, the integer is first converted into a float, unless the - operator is one of =:= and =/=. If the integer is too big to fit - in a float no conversion is done, but the order is determined by - inspecting the sign of the numbers.</p> + <p>When comparing an integer to a float, the term with the lesser + precision will be converted into the other term's type, unless the + operator is one of =:= or =/=. A float is more precise than + an integer until all significant figures of the float are to the left of + the decimal point. This happens when the float is larger/smaller than + +/-9007199254740992.0. The conversion strategy is changed + depending on the size of the float because otherwise comparison of large + floats and integers would lose their transitivity.</p> + <p>Returns the Boolean value of the expression, <c>true</c> or <c>false</c>.</p> <p>Examples:</p> @@ -879,9 +883,8 @@ Ei = Value | and UTF-32, respectively.</p> <p>When constructing a segment of a <c>utf</c> type, <c>Value</c> - must be an integer in one of the ranges 0..16#D7FF, - 16#E000..16#FFFD, or 16#10000..16#10FFFF - (i.e. a valid Unicode code point). Construction + must be an integer in the range 0..16#D7FF or + 16#E000....16#10FFFF. Construction will fail with a <c>badarg</c> exception if <c>Value</c> is outside the allowed ranges. The size of the resulting binary segment depends on the type and/or <c>Value</c>. For <c>utf8</c>, @@ -896,14 +899,13 @@ Ei = Value | <c><![CDATA[<<$a/utf8,$b/utf8,$c/utf8>>]]></c>.</p> <p>A successful match of a segment of a <c>utf</c> type results - in an integer in one of the ranges 0..16#D7FF, 16#E000..16#FFFD, - or 16#10000..16#10FFFF - (i.e. a valid Unicode code point). The match will fail if returned value + in an integer in the range 0..16#D7FF or 16#E000..16#10FFFF. + The match will fail if returned value would fall outside those ranges.</p> <p>A segment of type <c>utf8</c> will match 1 to 4 bytes in the binary, if the binary at the match position contains a valid UTF-8 sequence. - (See RFC-2279 or the Unicode standard.)</p> + (See RFC-3629 or the Unicode standard.)</p> <p>A segment of type <c>utf16</c> may match 2 or 4 bytes in the binary. The match will fail if the binary at the match position does not contain @@ -991,15 +993,19 @@ fun Module:Name/Arity</pre> <pre> fun (Arg1,...,ArgN) -> Name(Arg1,...,ArgN) end</pre> <p>In <c>Module:Name/Arity</c>, <c>Module</c> and <c>Name</c> are atoms - and <c>Arity</c> is an integer. + and <c>Arity</c> is an integer. Starting from the R15 release, + <c>Module</c>, <c>Name</c>, and <c>Arity</c> may also be variables. A fun defined in this way will refer to the function <c>Name</c> - with arity <c>Arity</c> in the <em>latest</em> version of module <c>Module</c>. + with arity <c>Arity</c> in the <em>latest</em> version of module + <c>Module</c>. A fun defined in this way will not be dependent on + the code for module in which it is defined. </p> <p>When applied to a number N of arguments, a tuple <c>{Module,FunctionName}</c> is interpreted as a fun, referring to the function <c>FunctionName</c> with arity N in the module <c>Module</c>. The function must be exported. - <em>This usage is deprecated.</em> + <em>This usage is deprecated.</em> Use <c>fun Module:Name/Arity</c> + instead. See <seealso marker="#calls">Function Calls</seealso> for an example.</p> <p>More examples can be found in <em>Programming Examples</em>.</p> </section> diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/macros.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/macros.xml index 9dd5fc79bd..ef2db93f94 100644 --- a/system/doc/reference_manual/macros.xml +++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/macros.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <chapter> <header> <copyright> - <year>2003</year><year>2010</year> + <year>2003</year><year>2011</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ or ?TESTCALL(you:function(2,1)).</code> <p>results in</p> <code type="none"> -io:format("Call ~s: ~w~n",["myfunction ( 1 , 2 )",m:myfunction(1,2)]), +io:format("Call ~s: ~w~n",["myfunction ( 1 , 2 )",myfunction(1,2)]), io:format("Call ~s: ~w~n",["you : function ( 2 , 1 )",you:function(2,1)]).</code> <p>That is, a trace output with both the function called and the resulting value.</p> diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/make.dep b/system/doc/reference_manual/make.dep deleted file mode 100644 index 0e7687448c..0000000000 --- a/system/doc/reference_manual/make.dep +++ /dev/null @@ -1,16 +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: book.tex code_loading.tex data_types.tex distributed.tex \ - errors.tex expressions.tex functions.tex introduction.tex \ - macros.tex modules.tex part.tex patterns.tex \ - ports.tex processes.tex records.tex - diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/typespec.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/typespec.xml index f08639f9a1..c3620f83f6 100755..100644 --- a/system/doc/reference_manual/typespec.xml +++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/typespec.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <chapter> <header> <copyright> - <year>2003</year><year>2010</year> + <year>2003</year><year>2011</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> diff --git a/system/doc/system_architecture_intro/Makefile b/system/doc/system_architecture_intro/Makefile index 0fff9bc4d5..9cf135a6f9 100644 --- a/system/doc/system_architecture_intro/Makefile +++ b/system/doc/system_architecture_intro/Makefile @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # # %CopyrightBegin% # -# Copyright Ericsson AB 1997-2009. All Rights Reserved. +# Copyright Ericsson AB 1997-2011. All Rights Reserved. # # The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License, # Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in @@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ DVIPS_FLAGS += # ---------------------------------------------------- # Targets # ---------------------------------------------------- +_create_dirs := $(shell mkdir -p $(HTMLDIR)) + docs: html local_docs: PDFDIR=../../pdf diff --git a/system/doc/system_architecture_intro/make.dep b/system/doc/system_architecture_intro/make.dep deleted file mode 100644 index 6b7bd860a0..0000000000 --- a/system/doc/system_architecture_intro/make.dep +++ /dev/null @@ -1,13 +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: book.tex part.tex sys_arch_intro.tex - diff --git a/system/doc/system_principles/Makefile b/system/doc/system_principles/Makefile index b0698fec9d..da37bd53cf 100644 --- a/system/doc/system_principles/Makefile +++ b/system/doc/system_principles/Makefile @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # # %CopyrightBegin% # -# Copyright Ericsson AB 1996-2009. All Rights Reserved. +# Copyright Ericsson AB 1996-2011. All Rights Reserved. # # The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License, # Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in @@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ DVIPS_FLAGS += # ---------------------------------------------------- # Targets # ---------------------------------------------------- +_create_dirs := $(shell mkdir -p $(HTMLDIR)) + docs: html local_docs: PDFDIR=../../pdf diff --git a/system/doc/system_principles/create_target.xml b/system/doc/system_principles/create_target.xmlsrc index 7d9f4681b9..bc2a76db47 100644 --- a/system/doc/system_principles/create_target.xml +++ b/system/doc/system_principles/create_target.xmlsrc @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <chapter> <header> <copyright> - <year>2002</year><year>2009</year> + <year>2002</year><year>2011</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/. - + Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the License. - + </legalnotice> <title>Creating a First Target System</title> @@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ may be irrelevant for the purpose in question. Thus, there is a need to be able to create a new system based on a given Erlang/OTP system, where dispensable applications are removed, - and a set of new applications that are included in the new - system. Documentation and source code is irrelevant and is - therefore not included in the new system.</p> - <p>This chapter is about creating such a system, which we call a + and a set of new applications are included. Documentation and + source code is irrelevant and is therefore not included in the + new system.</p> + <p>This chapter is about creating such a system, which we call a <em>target system</em>.</p> <p>In the following sections we consider creating target systems with different requirements of functionality:</p> @@ -63,10 +63,11 @@ </list> <p>We only consider the case when Erlang/OTP is running on a UNIX system.</p> - <p>There is an example Erlang module <c>target_system.erl</c> that - contains functions for creating and installing a target system. - That module is used in the examples below. The source code of - the module is listed at the end of this chapter.</p> + <p>In the <c>sasl</c> application there is an example Erlang + module <c>target_system.erl</c> that contains functions for + creating and installing a target system. This module is used in + the examples below, and the source code of the module is listed + at the end of this chapter.</p> </section> <section> @@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ file reside, start the Erlang/OTP system:</p> <pre> os> <input>erl -pa /home/user/target_system/myapps/pea-1.0/ebin</input></pre> - <p>where also the path to the <c>pea-1.0</c> ebin directory is + <p>where also the path to the <c>pea-1.0</c> ebin directory is provided. </p> <p><em>Step 3.</em> Now create the target system: </p> <pre> @@ -117,28 +118,41 @@ os> <input>erl -pa /home/user/target_system/myapps/pea-1.0/ebin</input></pre> <code type="none"> erts-5.1/bin/ releases/FIRST/start.boot +releases/FIRST/mysystem.rel releases/mysystem.rel lib/kernel-2.7/ lib/stdlib-1.10/ lib/sasl-1.9.3/ lib/pea-1.0/ </code> <p>The file <c>releases/FIRST/start.boot</c> is a copy of our - <c>mysystem.boot</c>, and a copy of the original - <c>mysystem.rel</c> has been put in the <c>releases</c> - directory.</p> + <c>mysystem.boot</c></p> + <p>The release resource file <c>mysystem.rel</c> is duplicated + in the tar file. Originally, this file was only stored in + the <c>releases</c> directory in order to make it possible + for the <c>release_handler</c> to extract this file + separately. After unpacking the tar + file, <c>release_handler</c> would automatically copy the + file to <c>releases/FIRST</c>. However, sometimes the tar + file is unpacked without involving + the <c>release_handler</c> (e.g. when unpacking the first + target system) and therefore the file is now instead + duplicated in the tar file so no manual copying is + necessary.</p> </item> <item>Creates the temporary directory <c>tmp</c> and extracts the tar file <c>mysystem.tar.gz</c> into that directory. </item> <item>Deletes the <c>erl</c> and <c>start</c> files from - <c>tmp/erts-5.1/bin</c>. XXX Why.</item> + <c>tmp/erts-5.1/bin</c>. These files will be created again from + source when installing the release.</item> <item>Creates the directory <c>tmp/bin</c>.</item> - <item>Copies the previously creates file <c>plain.boot</c> to + <item>Copies the previously created file <c>plain.boot</c> to <c>tmp/bin/start.boot</c>.</item> <item>Copies the files <c>epmd</c>, <c>run_erl</c>, and <c>to_erl</c> from the directory <c>tmp/erts-5.1/bin</c> to the directory <c>tmp/bin</c>.</item> - <item>Creates the file <c>tmp/releases/start_erl.data</c> with the - contents "5.1 FIRST". + <item>Creates the file <c>tmp/releases/start_erl.data</c> with + the contents "5.1 FIRST". This file is to be passed as data + file to the <c>start_erl</c> script. </item> <item>Recreates the file <c>mysystem.tar.gz</c> from the directories in the directory <c>tmp</c>, and removes <c>tmp</c>.</item> @@ -147,7 +161,7 @@ lib/pea-1.0/ </code> <section> <title>Installing a Target System</title> - <p><em>Step 4.</em> Install the created target system in a + <p><em>Step 4.</em> Install the created target system in a suitable directory. </p> <pre> 2> <input>target_system:install("mysystem", "/usr/local/erl-target").</input></pre> @@ -187,7 +201,7 @@ os> <input>/usr/local/erl-target/bin/erl</input></pre> <pre> os> <input>/usr/local/erl-target/bin/erl -boot /usr/local/erl-target/releases/FIRST/start</input></pre> <p>We start a <em>simple target system</em> as above. The only difference - is that also the file <c>releases/RELEASES</c> is present for + is that also the file <c>releases/RELEASES</c> is present for code replacement in run-time to work.</p> <p>To start an <em>embedded target system</em> the shell script <c>bin/start</c> is used. That shell script calls @@ -210,7 +224,7 @@ os> <input>/usr/local/erl-target/bin/erl -boot /usr/local/erl-target/releases/FI file of the release version found (<c>"releases/FIRST/start.boot"</c>).</p> <p><c>start_erl</c> also assumes that there is <c>sys.config</c> in - release version directory (<c>"releases/FIRST/sys.config</c>). That + release version directory (<c>"releases/FIRST/sys.config"</c>). That is the topic of the next section (see below).</p> <p>The <c>start_erl</c> shell script should normally not be altered by the user.</p> @@ -222,7 +236,7 @@ os> <input>/usr/local/erl-target/bin/erl -boot /usr/local/erl-target/releases/FI <c>sys.config</c> in the release version directory (<c>"releases/FIRST/sys.config"</c>). If there is no such a file, the system start will fail. Hence such a file has to - added as well.</p> + be added as well.</p> <p></p> <p>If you have system configuration data that are neither file location dependent nor site dependent, it may be convenient to @@ -245,253 +259,9 @@ os> <input>/usr/local/erl-target/bin/erl -boot /usr/local/erl-target/releases/FI <section> <title>Listing of target_system.erl</title> - <code type="none"><![CDATA[ --module(target_system). --include_lib("kernel/include/file.hrl"). --export([create/1, install/2]). --define(BUFSIZE, 8192). - -%% Note: RelFileName below is the *stem* without trailing .rel, -%% .script etc. -%% - -%% create(RelFileName) -%% -create(RelFileName) -> - RelFile = RelFileName ++ ".rel", - io:fwrite("Reading file: \"~s\" ...~n", [RelFile]), - {ok, [RelSpec]} = file:consult(RelFile), - io:fwrite("Creating file: \"~s\" from \"~s\" ...~n", - ["plain.rel", RelFile]), - {release, - {RelName, RelVsn}, - {erts, ErtsVsn}, - AppVsns} = RelSpec, - PlainRelSpec = {release, - {RelName, RelVsn}, - {erts, ErtsVsn}, - lists:filter(fun({kernel, _}) -> - true; - ({stdlib, _}) -> - true; - (_) -> - false - end, AppVsns) - }, - {ok, Fd} = file:open("plain.rel", [write]), - io:fwrite(Fd, "~p.~n", [PlainRelSpec]), - file:close(Fd), - - io:fwrite("Making \"plain.script\" and \"plain.boot\" files ...~n"), - make_script("plain"), - - io:fwrite("Making \"~s.script\" and \"~s.boot\" files ...~n", - [RelFileName, RelFileName]), - make_script(RelFileName), - - TarFileName = io_lib:fwrite("~s.tar.gz", [RelFileName]), - io:fwrite("Creating tar file \"~s\" ...~n", [TarFileName]), - make_tar(RelFileName), - - io:fwrite("Creating directory \"tmp\" ...~n"), - file:make_dir("tmp"), - - io:fwrite("Extracting \"~s\" into directory \"tmp\" ...~n", [TarFileName]), - extract_tar(TarFileName, "tmp"), - - TmpBinDir = filename:join(["tmp", "bin"]), - ErtsBinDir = filename:join(["tmp", "erts-" ++ ErtsVsn, "bin"]), - io:fwrite("Deleting \"erl\" and \"start\" in directory \"~s\" ...~n", - [ErtsBinDir]), - file:delete(filename:join([ErtsBinDir, "erl"])), - file:delete(filename:join([ErtsBinDir, "start"])), - - io:fwrite("Creating temporary directory \"~s\" ...~n", [TmpBinDir]), - file:make_dir(TmpBinDir), - - io:fwrite("Copying file \"plain.boot\" to \"~s\" ...~n", - [filename:join([TmpBinDir, "start.boot"])]), - copy_file("plain.boot", filename:join([TmpBinDir, "start.boot"])), - - io:fwrite("Copying files \"epmd\", \"run_erl\" and \"to_erl\" from \n" - "\"~s\" to \"~s\" ...~n", - [ErtsBinDir, TmpBinDir]), - copy_file(filename:join([ErtsBinDir, "epmd"]), - filename:join([TmpBinDir, "epmd"]), [preserve]), - copy_file(filename:join([ErtsBinDir, "run_erl"]), - filename:join([TmpBinDir, "run_erl"]), [preserve]), - copy_file(filename:join([ErtsBinDir, "to_erl"]), - filename:join([TmpBinDir, "to_erl"]), [preserve]), - - StartErlDataFile = filename:join(["tmp", "releases", "start_erl.data"]), - io:fwrite("Creating \"~s\" ...~n", [StartErlDataFile]), - StartErlData = io_lib:fwrite("~s ~s~n", [ErtsVsn, RelVsn]), - write_file(StartErlDataFile, StartErlData), - - io:fwrite("Recreating tar file \"~s\" from contents in directory " - "\"tmp\" ...~n", [TarFileName]), - {ok, Tar} = erl_tar:open(TarFileName, [write, compressed]), - {ok, Cwd} = file:get_cwd(), - file:set_cwd("tmp"), - erl_tar:add(Tar, "bin", []), - erl_tar:add(Tar, "erts-" ++ ErtsVsn, []), - erl_tar:add(Tar, "releases", []), - erl_tar:add(Tar, "lib", []), - erl_tar:close(Tar), - file:set_cwd(Cwd), - io:fwrite("Removing directory \"tmp\" ...~n"), - remove_dir_tree("tmp"), - ok. - - -install(RelFileName, RootDir) -> - TarFile = RelFileName ++ ".tar.gz", - io:fwrite("Extracting ~s ...~n", [TarFile]), - extract_tar(TarFile, RootDir), - StartErlDataFile = filename:join([RootDir, "releases", "start_erl.data"]), - {ok, StartErlData} = read_txt_file(StartErlDataFile), - [ErlVsn, RelVsn| _] = string:tokens(StartErlData, " \n"), - ErtsBinDir = filename:join([RootDir, "erts-" ++ ErlVsn, "bin"]), - BinDir = filename:join([RootDir, "bin"]), - io:fwrite("Substituting in erl.src, start.src and start_erl.src to\n" - "form erl, start and start_erl ...\n"), - subst_src_scripts(["erl", "start", "start_erl"], ErtsBinDir, BinDir, - [{"FINAL_ROOTDIR", RootDir}, {"EMU", "beam"}], - [preserve]), - io:fwrite("Creating the RELEASES file ...\n"), - create_RELEASES(RootDir, - filename:join([RootDir, "releases", RelFileName])). - -%% LOCALS + <p>This module can also be found in the <c>examples</c> directory + of the <c>sasl</c> application.</p> + <codeinclude file="../../../lib/sasl/examples/src/target_system.erl" tag="%module" type="erl"></codeinclude> -%% make_script(RelFileName) -%% -make_script(RelFileName) -> - Opts = [no_module_tests], - systools:make_script(RelFileName, Opts). - -%% make_tar(RelFileName) -%% -make_tar(RelFileName) -> - RootDir = code:root_dir(), - systools:make_tar(RelFileName, [{erts, RootDir}]). - -%% extract_tar(TarFile, DestDir) -%% -extract_tar(TarFile, DestDir) -> - erl_tar:extract(TarFile, [{cwd, DestDir}, compressed]). - -create_RELEASES(DestDir, RelFileName) -> - release_handler:create_RELEASES(DestDir, RelFileName ++ ".rel"). - -subst_src_scripts(Scripts, SrcDir, DestDir, Vars, Opts) -> - lists:foreach(fun(Script) -> - subst_src_script(Script, SrcDir, DestDir, - Vars, Opts) - end, Scripts). - -subst_src_script(Script, SrcDir, DestDir, Vars, Opts) -> - subst_file(filename:join([SrcDir, Script ++ ".src"]), - filename:join([DestDir, Script]), - Vars, Opts). - -subst_file(Src, Dest, Vars, Opts) -> - {ok, Conts} = read_txt_file(Src), - NConts = subst(Conts, Vars), - write_file(Dest, NConts), - case lists:member(preserve, Opts) of - true -> - {ok, FileInfo} = file:read_file_info(Src), - file:write_file_info(Dest, FileInfo); - false -> - ok - end. - -%% subst(Str, Vars) -%% Vars = [{Var, Val}] -%% Var = Val = string() -%% Substitute all occurrences of %Var% for Val in Str, using the list -%% of variables in Vars. -%% -subst(Str, Vars) -> - subst(Str, Vars, []). - -subst([$%, C| Rest], Vars, Result) when $A =< C, C =< $Z -> - subst_var([C| Rest], Vars, Result, []); -subst([$%, C| Rest], Vars, Result) when $a =< C, C =< $z -> - subst_var([C| Rest], Vars, Result, []); -subst([$%, C| Rest], Vars, Result) when C == $_ -> - subst_var([C| Rest], Vars, Result, []); -subst([C| Rest], Vars, Result) -> - subst(Rest, Vars, [C| Result]); -subst([], _Vars, Result) -> - lists:reverse(Result). - -subst_var([$%| Rest], Vars, Result, VarAcc) -> - Key = lists:reverse(VarAcc), - case lists:keysearch(Key, 1, Vars) of - {value, {Key, Value}} -> - subst(Rest, Vars, lists:reverse(Value, Result)); - false -> - subst(Rest, Vars, [$%| VarAcc ++ [$%| Result]]) - end; -subst_var([C| Rest], Vars, Result, VarAcc) -> - subst_var(Rest, Vars, Result, [C| VarAcc]); -subst_var([], Vars, Result, VarAcc) -> - subst([], Vars, [VarAcc ++ [$%| Result]]). - -copy_file(Src, Dest) -> - copy_file(Src, Dest, []). - -copy_file(Src, Dest, Opts) -> - {ok, InFd} = file:open(Src, [raw, binary, read]), - {ok, OutFd} = file:open(Dest, [raw, binary, write]), - do_copy_file(InFd, OutFd), - file:close(InFd), - file:close(OutFd), - case lists:member(preserve, Opts) of - true -> - {ok, FileInfo} = file:read_file_info(Src), - file:write_file_info(Dest, FileInfo); - false -> - ok - end. - -do_copy_file(InFd, OutFd) -> - case file:read(InFd, ?BUFSIZE) of - {ok, Bin} -> - file:write(OutFd, Bin), - do_copy_file(InFd, OutFd); - eof -> - ok - end. - -write_file(FName, Conts) -> - {ok, Fd} = file:open(FName, [write]), - file:write(Fd, Conts), - file:close(Fd). - -read_txt_file(File) -> - {ok, Bin} = file:read_file(File), - {ok, binary_to_list(Bin)}. - -remove_dir_tree(Dir) -> - remove_all_files(".", [Dir]). - -remove_all_files(Dir, Files) -> - lists:foreach(fun(File) -> - FilePath = filename:join([Dir, File]), - {ok, FileInfo} = file:read_file_info(FilePath), - case FileInfo#file_info.type of - directory -> - {ok, DirFiles} = file:list_dir(FilePath), - remove_all_files(FilePath, DirFiles), - file:del_dir(FilePath); - _ -> - file:delete(FilePath) - end - end, Files). - ]]></code> </section> </chapter> - diff --git a/system/doc/system_principles/make.dep b/system/doc/system_principles/make.dep deleted file mode 100644 index 28753ca5a0..0000000000 --- a/system/doc/system_principles/make.dep +++ /dev/null @@ -1,14 +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: book.tex create_target.tex error_logging.tex \ - part.tex system_principles.tex - diff --git a/system/doc/top/Makefile b/system/doc/top/Makefile index aac90fcaa4..9f69a7210b 100644 --- a/system/doc/top/Makefile +++ b/system/doc/top/Makefile @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # # %CopyrightBegin% # -# Copyright Ericsson AB 1999-2010. All Rights Reserved. +# Copyright Ericsson AB 1999-2011. All Rights Reserved. # # The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License, # Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ $(HTMLDIR)/highlights.html: highlights.xml date=`date +"%B %e %Y"`; \ $(XSLTPROC) --output $(@) --stringparam docgen "$(DOCGEN)" --stringparam topdocdir "$(TOPDOCDIR)" \ --stringparam pdfdir "$(PDFREFDIR)" --stringparam gendate "$$date" --stringparam appname "$(APPLICATION)" \ - --stringparam appver "$(VSN)" -path $(DOCGEN)/priv/docbuilder_dtd -path $(DOCGEN)/priv/dtd_html_entities \ + --stringparam appver "$(VSN)" -path $(DOCGEN)/priv/dtd -path $(DOCGEN)/priv/dtd_html_entities \ $(DOCGEN)/priv/xsl/db_html.xsl $< @@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ $(HTMLDIR)/incompatible.html: incompatible.xml date=`date +"%B %e %Y"`; \ $(XSLTPROC) --output $(@) --stringparam docgen "$(DOCGEN)" --stringparam topdocdir "$(TOPDOCDIR)" \ --stringparam pdfdir "$(PDFREFDIR)" --stringparam gendate "$$date" --stringparam appname "$(APPLICATION)" \ - --stringparam appver "$(VSN)" -path $(DOCGEN)/priv/docbuilder_dtd -path $(DOCGEN)/priv/dtd_html_entities \ + --stringparam appver "$(VSN)" -path $(DOCGEN)/priv/dtd -path $(DOCGEN)/priv/dtd_html_entities \ $(DOCGEN)/priv/xsl/db_html.xsl $< #-------------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/system/doc/top/src/erl_html_tools.erl b/system/doc/top/src/erl_html_tools.erl index bb6a9a9f0a..1e2b8c86af 100644 --- a/system/doc/top/src/erl_html_tools.erl +++ b/system/doc/top/src/erl_html_tools.erl @@ -624,17 +624,9 @@ lines_to_key_value([Line | Lines]) -> end. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% -% Extensions to the 'regexp' module. +% Regular expression helpers. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% -%% is_match(Ex, Re) -> -%% case regexp:first_match(Ex, Re) of -%% {match, _, _} -> -%% true; -%% nomatch -> -%% false -%% end. - %% -type gsub(String, RegExp, Fun, Acc) -> subres(). %% Substitute every match of the regular expression RegExp with the %% string returned from the function Fun(Match, Acc). Accept pre-parsed diff --git a/system/doc/tutorial/Makefile b/system/doc/tutorial/Makefile index efb380248e..d91d98481d 100644 --- a/system/doc/tutorial/Makefile +++ b/system/doc/tutorial/Makefile @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # # %CopyrightBegin% # -# Copyright Ericsson AB 2000-2009. All Rights Reserved. +# Copyright Ericsson AB 2000-2011. All Rights Reserved. # # The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License, # Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in @@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ DVIPS_FLAGS += # ---------------------------------------------------- # Targets # ---------------------------------------------------- +_create_dirs := $(shell mkdir -p $(HTMLDIR)) + $(HTMLDIR)/%.gif: %.gif $(INSTALL_DATA) $< $@ diff --git a/system/doc/tutorial/make.dep b/system/doc/tutorial/make.dep deleted file mode 100644 index e9f77ab439..0000000000 --- a/system/doc/tutorial/make.dep +++ /dev/null @@ -1,35 +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: book.tex c_port.tex c_portdriver.tex cnode.tex \ - erl_interface.tex example.tex introduction.tex \ - overview.tex part.tex - -# ---------------------------------------------------- -# Source inlined when transforming from source to LaTeX -# ---------------------------------------------------- - -c_port.tex: port.c - -c_portdriver.tex: port_driver.c - -cnode.tex: complex3.erl - -example.tex: complex.c - -# ---------------------------------------------------- -# Pictures that the DVI file depend on -# ---------------------------------------------------- - -book.dvi: port.ps - -book.dvi: port_driver.ps - |