From 62870c998955e1498e71bfc90607885e96ecaa27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Erlang/OTP Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 12:24:04 +0200 Subject: Prepare release --- erts/doc/src/notes.xml | 92 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 92 insertions(+) (limited to 'erts/doc/src') diff --git a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml index af0d4d7377..a2b4ae49a4 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -30,6 +30,98 @@

This document describes the changes made to the ERTS application.

+
Erts 6.4 + +
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions + + +

+ Fix missing quotation in the LM_FIND_EMU_CC + autoconf macro which could cause build failures.

+

+ Own Id: OTP-12388

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+ +

+ Fix erroneous printout of monitors in crashdump file.

+

+ Own Id: OTP-12537

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+ +

+ The runtime system without SMP support could crash in the + BIF port_control/3 if the port that was being + accessed died during the call to the BIF.

+

+ Own Id: OTP-12544 Aux Id: Seq12777

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+ +

+ Avoid corrupt oversized integer to be created from binary + matching. Instead throw system_limit exception which is + the correct behavior. A peculiar symptom of this bug was + that bitwise operations (band, bor, bxor) on such + oversized integers could return the empty list []. + Credit: Mikael Pettersson, Nico Kruber

+

+ Own Id: OTP-12556

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+ +

+ A race condition when calling port_info/1 could + cause a memory fault has been fixed.

+

+ Own Id: OTP-12587

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+ +

+ Fix comparison of exact terms. An overflow that could + cause faulty comparisons has been fixed. Comparison of + exact terms is exclusively used within Maps.

+

+ Own Id: OTP-12623

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+ +

+ Fix bug in list_to_integer/1 for very long lists + that could cause VM crash.

+

+ Own Id: OTP-12624

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+ + +
Improvements and New Features + + +

+ Introduced a runtime system internal 64-bit API for + atomic memory operations.

+

+ Own Id: OTP-12351

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+ +

+ Add command line argument option for the initial size of + process dictionaries.

+

+ Use '+hpds <size>' to set initial process + dictionary size for spawned processes.

+

+ Own Id: OTP-12535 Aux Id: seq12809

+
+ +

+ Fix documentation on $char for Unicode

+

+ Own Id: OTP-12545

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+ +
+
Erts 6.3.1
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions -- cgit v1.2.3