From 26b0619b05d36e87849ff249f0e68cf9bfd1d1fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brujo Benavides
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2016 12:59:27 -0300
Subject: Expand on the behavior of supervisors
Add additional details on the behavior of supervisors when
reaching maximum restart intensity, as stated by @rvirding
at [Medium](https://goo.gl/XhwpSL)
---
system/doc/design_principles/sup_princ.xml | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
(limited to 'system/doc')
diff --git a/system/doc/design_principles/sup_princ.xml b/system/doc/design_principles/sup_princ.xml
index 0a24e97950..c24177d842 100644
--- a/system/doc/design_principles/sup_princ.xml
+++ b/system/doc/design_principles/sup_princ.xml
@@ -163,7 +163,9 @@ SupFlags = #{strategy => Strategy, ...}
SupFlags = #{intensity => MaxR, period => MaxT, ...}
If more than MaxR number of restarts occur in the last
MaxT seconds, the supervisor terminates all the child
- processes and then itself.
+ processes and then itself.
+ The termination reason for the supervisor itself in that case will be
+ shutdown.
When the supervisor terminates, then the next higher-level
supervisor takes some action. It either restarts the terminated
supervisor or terminates itself.
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