From 4baa7361afa5b10e46bf1438e560dc4b33f5b248 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hans Bolinder
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 13:35:25 +0100
Subject: kernel: Improve docs of rpc:multicall/5
---
lib/kernel/doc/src/rpc.xml | 11 ++++++-----
lib/kernel/src/rpc.erl | 10 +++++-----
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
(limited to 'lib')
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/rpc.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/rpc.xml
index adec2d9520..fab616e630 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/rpc.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/rpc.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
- 19962016
+ 19962018
Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
- A list of the nodes that do not exist
- A list of the nodes where the server does not exist
- - A list of the nodes where the server terminatd before sending
+
- A list of the nodes where the server terminated before sending
any reply.
@@ -268,8 +268,9 @@
on the specified nodes and collects the answers. It returns
{ResL, BadNodes}, where
BadNodes is a list
- of the nodes that terminated or timed out during computation,
- and ResL is a list of the return values.
+ of the nodes that do not exist,
+ and ResL is a list of the return values,
+ or {badrpc, Reason} for failing calls.
Timeout is a time (integer) in milliseconds, or
infinity.
The following example is useful when new object code is to
@@ -347,7 +348,7 @@
- Parallell evaluation of mapping a function over a
+ Parallel evaluation of mapping a function over a
list.
Evaluates apply(Module, Function,
diff --git a/lib/kernel/src/rpc.erl b/lib/kernel/src/rpc.erl
index 0e0b7dffa3..b04aa9030b 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/src/rpc.erl
+++ b/lib/kernel/src/rpc.erl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
%%
%% %CopyrightBegin%
%%
-%% Copyright Ericsson AB 1996-2017. All Rights Reserved.
+%% Copyright Ericsson AB 1996-2018. All Rights Reserved.
%%
%% Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
%% you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ start_monitor(Node, Name) ->
Module :: module(),
Function :: atom(),
Args :: [term()],
- ResL :: [term()],
+ ResL :: [Res :: term() | {'badrpc', Reason :: term()}],
BadNodes :: [node()].
multicall(M, F, A) ->
@@ -509,14 +509,14 @@ multicall(M, F, A) ->
Module :: module(),
Function :: atom(),
Args :: [term()],
- ResL :: [term()],
+ ResL :: [Res :: term() | {'badrpc', Reason :: term()}],
BadNodes :: [node()];
(Module, Function, Args, Timeout) -> {ResL, BadNodes} when
Module :: module(),
Function :: atom(),
Args :: [term()],
Timeout :: timeout(),
- ResL :: [term()],
+ ResL :: [Res :: term() | {'badrpc', Reason :: term()}],
BadNodes :: [node()].
multicall(Nodes, M, F, A) when is_list(Nodes) ->
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ multicall(M, F, A, Timeout) ->
Function :: atom(),
Args :: [term()],
Timeout :: timeout(),
- ResL :: [term()],
+ ResL :: [Res :: term() | {'badrpc', Reason :: term()}],
BadNodes :: [node()].
multicall(Nodes, M, F, A, infinity)
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