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2016-02-25kernel: Clarify heart optionBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
Change scheduler responsiveness to 'check_schedulers'.
2016-02-23kernel: Add heart options documentationBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2016-02-23kernel: Add heart validation callback documentationBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2016-02-04Merge branch 'legoscia/patch-3' into maintZandra
* legoscia/patch-3: Fix documentation of net_kernel:allow/1 OTP-13299
2016-02-02Merge branch 'rickard/monotonic-time-improvements/OTP-13222' into maintRickard Green
* rickard/monotonic-time-improvements/OTP-13222: Use nano second time unit in tracing
2016-02-02Use nano second time unit in tracingRickard Green
2016-02-02Merge branch 'rickard/monotonic-time-improvements/OTP-13222' into maintRickard Green
* rickard/monotonic-time-improvements/OTP-13222: Introduce time management in native APIs Introduce time warp safe replacement for safe_fixed option Introduce time warp safe trace timestamp formats
2016-01-28Update documentation for code-loading functionsBjörn Gustavsson
Some of the error reasons were not explained.
2016-01-20Introduce time warp safe trace timestamp formatsRickard Green
New timestamp options for trace, sequential trace, and system profile: - monotonic_timestamp - strict_monotonic_timestamp
2015-12-15Update release notesErlang/OTP
2015-12-04Merge branch 'maint-17' into maintHenrik Nord
Conflicts: OTP_VERSION erts/doc/src/notes.xml erts/vsn.mk lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml lib/kernel/src/kernel.appup.src lib/kernel/vsn.mk lib/ssl/doc/src/notes.xml lib/ssl/src/ssl.appup.src lib/ssl/src/ssl_cipher.erl lib/ssl/vsn.mk otp_versions.table
2015-12-03Prepare releaseErlang/OTP
2015-11-11Fix documentation of net_kernel:allow/1Magnus Henoch
Make the documentation reflect what the function actually does.
2015-11-04Fix typos and grammarDerek Brown
2015-11-04[kernel] Correct documentationHans Bolinder
Fix mistakes found by 'xmllint'.
2015-10-26erts: Add {line_delimiter, byte()} option to inet:setopts/2Serge Aleynikov
A new {line_delimiter, byte()} option allows line-oriented TCP-based protocols to use a custom line delimiting character. It is to be used in conjunction with {packet, line}. This option also works with erlang:decode_packet/3 when its first argument is 'line'.
2015-09-21Prepare releaseErlang/OTP
2015-09-07Add documentationBjörn Gustavsson
2015-06-23Prepare releaseErlang/OTP
2015-06-18Change license text to APLv2Bruce Yinhe
2015-06-09Apply 'show_econnreset' socket option to send errors as wellRory Byrne
Up till now all send errors have been translated into a generic {error, closed}. This patch allows {error, econnreset} to be returned on send errors when it is detected that the TCP peer has sent an RST.
2015-06-09Add 'show_econnreset' TCP socket optionRory Byrne
An ECONNRESET is a socket error which tells us that a TCP peer has sent an RST. The RST indicates that they have aborted the connection and that the payload we have received should not be considered complete. Up until now, the implementation of TCP in inet_drv.c has hidden the receipt of the RST from the user, treating it as though it was just a FIN terminating the read side of the socket. There are many cases where user code needs to be able to distinguish between a socket that was closed normally and one that was aborted. Setting the option {show_econnreset, true} enables the user to receive ECONNRESET errors on both active and passive sockets. A connected socket returned from gen_tcp:accept/1 will inherit the show_econnreset setting of the listening socket. By default this option is set to {show_econnreset, false}. Note that this patch only enables the reporting of ECONNRESET when the socket is being read from. It does not report ECONNRESET (or EPIPE) when the user tries to write to a connection when an RST has already been received. Currently the TCP implementation in inet_drv.c hides all such send errors from the user in favour of returning {error, close}. A separate patch will be needed to enable the reporting of such errors.
2015-06-02Merge branch 'nybek/fix_gen_tcp_shutdown'Zandra Hird
OTP-12797
2015-05-28Merge branch 'richcarl/warnings-by-default/OTP-12781'Björn-Egil Dahlberg
* richcarl/warnings-by-default/OTP-12781: stdlib: Use warning channel in test qlc_SUITE:otp_6964/1 stdlib: Fix testcase for qlc_SUITE kernel: Fix code_SUITE with respect to new logger default Map error logger warnings to warning messages by default
2015-05-22Map error logger warnings to warning messages by defaultRichard Carlsson
Also fix and document the broken +We option.
2015-05-20Revert "Map error logger warnings to warning messages by default"Zandra Hird
This reverts commit 4c4d7fa40e5fb59854724ce74b8aa3546525cb90. This pr is causing some test failures that were missed at first.
2015-05-18Map error logger warnings to warning messages by defaultRichard Carlsson
Also fix and document the broken +We option.
2015-05-13Revert "Prepare release"Henrik Nord
This reverts commit e09dd66dc4d89c62ddfd8c19791f9678d5d787c6.
2015-05-12Fix gen_tcp:shutdown/2 by making it asynchronousRory Byrne
If the driver queue is empty, or the user is requesting a 'read' shutdown, then the shutdown() syscall is performed synchronously, as per the old version of shutdown/2. However, if the user is requesting a 'write' or 'read_write' shutdown, and there is data in the driver queue for the socket, then the shutdown() syscall is delayed and handled asynchronously when the driver queue is written out. This version of shutdown solves a number of issues with the old version. The two main solutions it offers are: * It doesn't block when the TCP peer is idle or slow. This is the expected behaviour when shutdown() is called: the caller needs to be able to continue reading from the socket, not be prevented from doing so. * It doesn't truncate the output. The current version of gen_tcp:shutdown/2 will truncate any outbound data in the driver queue after about 10 seconds if the TCP peer is idle of slow. Worse yet, it doesn't even inform anyone that the data has been truncated: 'ok' is returned to the caller; and a FIN rather than an RST is sent to the TCP peer. For a detailed description of all the problems with the old version of shutdown, please see the EEP Light that was written to justify this patch.
2015-05-12Prepare releaseErlang/OTP
2015-04-20kernel: Document heart environment HEART_KILL_SIGNALBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2015-04-01Merge tag 'OTP-17.5'Henrik Nord
=== OTP-17.5 === Changed Applications: - asn1-3.0.4 - common_test-1.10 - compiler-5.0.4 - crypto-3.5 - debugger-4.0.3 - dialyzer-2.7.4 - diameter-1.9 - eldap-1.1.1 - erts-6.4 - hipe-3.11.3 - inets-5.10.6 - kernel-3.2 - mnesia-4.12.5 - observer-2.0.4 - os_mon-2.3.1 - public_key-0.23 - runtime_tools-1.8.16 - ssh-3.2 - ssl-6.0 - stdlib-2.4 - syntax_tools-1.6.18 - test_server-3.8 - tools-2.7.2 - wx-1.3.3 Unchanged Applications: - cosEvent-2.1.15 - cosEventDomain-1.1.14 - cosFileTransfer-1.1.16 - cosNotification-1.1.21 - cosProperty-1.1.17 - cosTime-1.1.14 - cosTransactions-1.2.14 - edoc-0.7.16 - erl_docgen-0.3.7 - erl_interface-3.7.20 - et-1.5 - eunit-2.2.9 - gs-1.5.16 - ic-4.3.6 - jinterface-1.5.12 - megaco-3.17.3 - odbc-2.10.22 - orber-3.7.1 - ose-1.0.2 - otp_mibs-1.0.10 - parsetools-2.0.12 - percept-0.8.10 - reltool-0.6.6 - sasl-2.4.1 - snmp-5.1.1 - typer-0.9.8 - webtool-0.8.10 - xmerl-1.3.7 Conflicts: OTP_VERSION erts/vsn.mk lib/ssl/vsn.mk
2015-03-31Prepare releaseErlang/OTP
2015-03-20Merge branch 'rickard/time_api/OTP-11997'Rickard Green
* rickard/time_api/OTP-11997: (22 commits) Update primary bootstrap inets: Suppress deprecated warning on erlang:now/0 inets: Cleanup of multiple copies of functions Add inets_lib with common functions used by multiple modules inets: Update comments Suppress deprecated warning on erlang:now/0 Use new time API and be back-compatible in inets Remove unused functions and removed redundant test asn1 test SUITE: Eliminate use of now/0 Disable deprecated warning on erlang:now/0 in diameter_lib Use new time API and be back-compatible in ssh Replace all calls to now/0 in CT with new time API functions test_server: Replace usage of erlang:now() with usage of new API Replace usage of erlang:now() with usage of new API Replace usage of erlang:now() with usage of new API Replace usage of erlang:now() with usage of new API Replace usage of erlang:now() with usage of new API otp_SUITE: Warn for calls to erlang:now/0 Replace usage of erlang:now() with usage of new API Multiple timer wheels Erlang based BIF timer implementation for scalability Implement ethread events with timeout ... Conflicts: bootstrap/bin/start.boot bootstrap/bin/start_clean.boot bootstrap/lib/compiler/ebin/beam_asm.beam bootstrap/lib/compiler/ebin/compile.beam bootstrap/lib/kernel/ebin/auth.beam bootstrap/lib/kernel/ebin/dist_util.beam bootstrap/lib/kernel/ebin/global.beam bootstrap/lib/kernel/ebin/hipe_unified_loader.beam bootstrap/lib/kernel/ebin/inet_db.beam bootstrap/lib/kernel/ebin/inet_dns.beam bootstrap/lib/kernel/ebin/inet_res.beam bootstrap/lib/kernel/ebin/os.beam bootstrap/lib/kernel/ebin/pg2.beam bootstrap/lib/stdlib/ebin/dets.beam bootstrap/lib/stdlib/ebin/dets_utils.beam bootstrap/lib/stdlib/ebin/erl_tar.beam bootstrap/lib/stdlib/ebin/escript.beam bootstrap/lib/stdlib/ebin/file_sorter.beam bootstrap/lib/stdlib/ebin/otp_internal.beam bootstrap/lib/stdlib/ebin/qlc.beam bootstrap/lib/stdlib/ebin/random.beam bootstrap/lib/stdlib/ebin/supervisor.beam bootstrap/lib/stdlib/ebin/timer.beam erts/aclocal.m4 erts/emulator/beam/bif.c erts/emulator/beam/erl_bif_info.c erts/emulator/beam/erl_db_hash.c erts/emulator/beam/erl_init.c erts/emulator/beam/erl_process.h erts/emulator/beam/erl_thr_progress.c erts/emulator/beam/utils.c erts/emulator/sys/unix/sys.c erts/preloaded/ebin/erlang.beam erts/preloaded/ebin/erts_internal.beam erts/preloaded/ebin/init.beam erts/preloaded/src/erts_internal.erl lib/common_test/test/ct_hooks_SUITE_data/cth/tests/empty_cth.erl lib/diameter/src/base/diameter_lib.erl lib/kernel/src/os.erl lib/ssh/test/ssh_basic_SUITE.erl system/doc/efficiency_guide/advanced.xml
2015-03-20Introduce a new time APIRickard Green
The old time API is based on erlang:now/0. The major issue with erlang:now/0 is that it was intended to be used for so many unrelated things. This tied these unrelated operations together and unnecessarily caused performance, scalability as well as accuracy, and precision issues for operations that do not need to have such issues. The new API spreads different functionality over multiple functions in order to improve on this. The new API consists of a number of new BIFs: - erlang:convert_time_unit/3 - erlang:monotonic_time/0 - erlang:monotonic_time/1 - erlang:system_time/0 - erlang:system_time/1 - erlang:time_offset/0 - erlang:time_offset/1 - erlang:timestamp/0 - erlang:unique_integer/0 - erlang:unique_integer/1 - os:system_time/0 - os:system_time/1 and a number of extensions of existing BIFs: - erlang:monitor(time_offset, clock_service) - erlang:system_flag(time_offset, finalize) - erlang:system_info(os_monotonic_time_source) - erlang:system_info(time_offset) - erlang:system_info(time_warp_mode) - erlang:system_info(time_correction) - erlang:system_info(start_time) See the "Time and Time Correction in Erlang" chapter of the ERTS User's Guide for more information.
2015-03-02Merge branch 'maint'Raimo Niskanen
2015-03-02Merge branch 'raimo/inet_tcp_dist-priority-option/OTP-12476' into maintRaimo Niskanen
* raimo/inet_tcp_dist-priority-option/OTP-12476: Document kernel inet_dist_{listen,connect}_options Test kernel inet_dist_{listen,connect}_options Implement kernel inet_dist_{listen,connect}_options
2015-02-24Merge branch 'maint'Zandra Hird
2015-02-20Document kernel inet_dist_{listen,connect}_optionsRaimo Niskanen
2015-02-19Fix typos ("received to the socket")Daniel Kempkens
2015-01-14Merge branch 'maint'Marcus Arendt
2015-01-14Merge branch 'dotsimon/sctp_paddrinfo_state' into maintMarcus Arendt
* dotsimon/sctp_paddrinfo_state: Fix inet:getopts involving #sctp_paddrinfo{}
2014-12-10Merge tag 'OTP-17.4'Marcus Arendt
=== OTP-17.4 === Changed Applications: - asn1-3.0.3 - common_test-1.9 - compiler-5.0.3 - crypto-3.4.2 - debugger-4.0.2 - dialyzer-2.7.3 - diameter-1.8 - edoc-0.7.16 - eldap-1.1 - erl_docgen-0.3.7 - erl_interface-3.7.20 - erts-6.3 - eunit-2.2.9 - hipe-3.11.2 - inets-5.10.4 - jinterface-1.5.12 - kernel-3.1 - megaco-3.17.3 - mnesia-4.12.4 - observer-2.0.3 - odbc-2.10.22 - otp_mibs-1.0.10 - parsetools-2.0.12 - percept-0.8.10 - runtime_tools-1.8.15 - snmp-5.1.1 - ssh-3.1 - ssl-5.3.8 - stdlib-2.3 - syntax_tools-1.6.17 - test_server-3.7.2 - tools-2.7.1 - wx-1.3.2 Unchanged Applications: - cosEvent-2.1.15 - cosEventDomain-1.1.14 - cosFileTransfer-1.1.16 - cosNotification-1.1.21 - cosProperty-1.1.17 - cosTime-1.1.14 - cosTransactions-1.2.14 - et-1.5 - gs-1.5.16 - ic-4.3.6 - orber-3.7.1 - os_mon-2.3 - ose-1.0.2 - public_key-0.22.1 - reltool-0.6.6 - sasl-2.4.1 - typer-0.9.8 - webtool-0.8.10 - xmerl-1.3.7 Conflicts: OTP_VERSION erts/vsn.mk
2014-12-09Prepare releaseErlang/OTP
2014-12-08Fix inet:getopts involving #sctp_paddrinfo{}Simon Cornish
Handle peer addresses that are unconfirmed (i.e. in state SCTP_UNCONFIRMED). Handle unknown states instead of using ASSERT
2014-11-26Introduce os:getenv/2Peter Lemenkov
Signed-off-by: Peter Lemenkov <[email protected]>
2014-11-26Merge branch 'nox/read_file_info-raw/OTP-12325' into maintLukas Larsson
* nox/read_file_info-raw/OTP-12325: kernel: Do not check unsync:ed file size Introduce new option 'raw' in file_info functions
2014-11-26Merge branch 'maint'Lukas Larsson
* maint: kernel: Do not check unsync:ed file size Introduce new option 'raw' in file_info functions
2014-11-26Merge branch 'nox/read_file_info-raw/OTP-12325' into maintLukas Larsson
* nox/read_file_info-raw/OTP-12325: kernel: Do not check unsync:ed file size Introduce new option 'raw' in file_info functions
2014-11-18Update file.xmlMarc Sugiyama
Fix grammatical errors in section on file:datasync/1