kernel: Add -dist_listen false option

This option makes it so that the distribution no longer
listens for incoming connections. This way the node does
not need to occupy a tcp port, but it also cannot be part
of any global groups.

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/kernel/src/inet6_tcp_dist.erl b/lib/kernel/src/inet6_tcp_dist.erl
index 9b6c2745d5..79f69bfa4c 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/src/inet6_tcp_dist.erl
+++ b/lib/kernel/src/inet6_tcp_dist.erl
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 %% Handles the connection setup phase with other Erlang nodes.
 
 -export([listen/1, accept/1, accept_connection/5,
-         setup/5, close/1, select/1, is_node_name/1]).
+         setup/5, close/1, select/1, address/0, is_node_name/1]).
 
 -export([setopts/2, getopts/2]).
 
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ select(Node) ->
     inet_tcp_dist:gen_select(inet6_tcp, Node).
 
 %% ------------------------------------------------------------
+%%  Get address family
+%%  address() => #net_address{}
+%% ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+address() ->
+    inet_tcp_dist:gen_address(inet6_tcp).
+
+%% ------------------------------------------------------------
 %% Create the listen socket, i.e. the port that this erlang
 %% node is accessible through.
 %% ------------------------------------------------------------