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2016-03-15update copyright-yearHenrik Nord
2016-01-27Simplify starting of code serverBjörn Gustavsson
There is unnecessary knowledge about the -nostick option in the 'kernel' module. -nostick can be handled entirely in the 'code' module. There is no need to have both code:start_link/0 and code:start_link/1. code:start_link/0 is sufficient. Also get rid of error handling for things that cannot happen: The 'init' module has made sure that init:get_argument(root) can't fail, so there is no need for any error-reporting code. (See e1dc0aa4.) We also don't need to test the return value from code_server:start_link/1, because it will always return {ok,Pid} (or crash).
2015-06-18Change license text to APLv2Bruce Yinhe
2015-05-06kernel application: Start code server firstBjörn Gustavsson
When the code server has started, it will read the .beam files for all loaded modules to see whether they contain native code that should be loaded. To make that as fast as possible when we have no native code, start the code server as early as possible to minimize the number .beam files that must be read from disk. The code server does not use the 'file' module, so it is OK to start the code server before starting the file_server process. On my computer, the time for checking the loaded modules for native code is reduced from roughly 2 ms to 1.5 ms.
2013-05-06Fix unmatched_returns warning in KernelHans Bolinder
If the file given by the Kernel application variable 'error_logger' cannot be opened a crash will occur.
2010-10-21Merge branch 'maint-r14' into devBjörn Gustavsson
* maint-r14: Prepare release Fix that the documentation top index generator can handle an Ericsson internal application group Teach -init_debug to print info about on_load handlers begin run Fix hang in on_load handlers in embedded mode Conflicts: erts/vsn.mk lib/kernel/vsn.mk
2010-10-20Fix hang in on_load handlers in embedded modeBjörn Gustavsson
In embedded mode, all on_load handlers will be called after loading all modules but before starting any servers. Therefore, if an on_load handler calls any function in the code module that calls the code server (such as code:priv_dir/1), there will be a deadlock because the code server has not yet been started. Fix this problem by invoking the on_load handlers after having started most servers in the kernel application.
2009-11-20The R13B03 release.OTP_R13B03Erlang/OTP