[erlang-patches] Fix serialization problem in xmerl export

[Richard Carlsson]

Ping?

    /Richard

On 2013-09-27 14:32, Fredrik wrote:
> On 09/27/2013 01:49 PM, Richard Carlsson wrote:
>> The inheritance mechanism in xmerl uses 'catch apply(M,F,Args)'
>> to try different modules M until one was found that had a function
>> F/A. However, when M:F/A does not exist, apply/3 will trap to
>> error_handler:undefined_function/3, which will call
>> code:ensure_loaded(M), making a synchronous request to the code
>> server process. If many processes tried to use xmerl:export()
>> concurrently, they would get serialized waiting for the code server
>> process.
>>
>> This patch uses erlang:function_exported/3 instead to check if M:F/A
>> exists. If M exists, it should already have been loaded at that point
>> due to the inheritance checking in the xmerl:callbacks/1 function.
>>
>> git fetch git@REDACTED:richcarl/otp.git
>> xmerl-avoid-code-server-serialization
>>
>> https://github.com/richcarl/otp/tree/xmerl-avoid-code-server-serialization
>>
>>
>>
>>    /Richard
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> Hello Richard,
> I've created a pullrequest for your patch, which you can follow here:
> https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/87
> The patch will be run through initial tests and then be assigned to be
> reviewed by responsible developers.
> Thanks,
>
> --
>
> BR Fredrik Gustafsson
> Erlang OTP Team
>