From 7c300789fffeacb24f1d00aa6e0797e06166c3c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lukas Larsson <lukas@erlang.org>
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2016 11:59:54 +0200
Subject: kernel: Better explain controlling_process' tcp behaviour

---
 lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_tcp.xml | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

(limited to 'lib/kernel/doc/src')

diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_tcp.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_tcp.xml
index 8bd94892ad..15a2f02c76 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_tcp.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_tcp.xml
@@ -223,6 +223,14 @@ do_recv(Sock, Bs) ->
           that receives messages from the socket. If called by any other
           process than the current controlling process,
           <c>{error, not_owner}</c> is returned.</p>
+          <p>If the socket is set in active mode, this function
+          will transfer any messages in the mailbox of the caller
+          to the new controlling process.
+          If any other process is interacting with the socket while
+          the transfer is happening, the transfer may not work correctly
+          and messages may remain in the caller's mailbox. For instance
+          changing the sockets active mode before the transfere is complete
+          may cause this.</p>
       </desc>
     </func>
 
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