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1Revision history for Perl extension Coro. 1Revision history for Perl extension Coro.
2 2
3TODO: better (earlier) error messages on broken transfer's 3TODO: should explore PerlIO::coroaio (perl leaks like hell).
4TODO: maybe implement a default message channel, very much like Erlang's
5 actor model (which is cool in a lot of important aspects (failures!),
6 but very lacking in others (higher level ipc)).
4 7
85.0
9 - (libcoro) did not preserve rbp with CORO_ASM (we are getting there).
10 - (libcoro) no longer leak threads in the experimental pthread backend,
11 also speed it up considerably.
12 - (libcoro) do not rely on makecontext passing void *'s unscathed.
13 - fix compiletime dependencies on libcoro in the Makefile.
14 - cctx_count wasn't always updated properly.
15 - Coro::State::cctx_stacksize wasn't applied correctly.
16 - new function Coro::State::cctx_max_idle.
17 - the default max number of idle C contexts is now 4.
18 - (libcoro) try harder to get _setjmp/_longjmp.
19 - (libcoro) cleanup and extend the libcoro API to officially
20 allow the creation of empty source contexts.
21
224.804 Wed Nov 5 16:36:00 CET 2008
23 - Coro::Debug::new_unix_server would not create a non-blocking listening
24 socket, sometimes causing freezes.
25 - (libcoro) fix misaligned stack points for setjmp and assembly
26 methods, which can cause crashes on x86/x86_64 with a sufficiently
27 aggressive compiler.
28 - new function: Coro::Debug::new_tcp_server.
29 - move ->throw into the Coro class because it only works on coro objects.
30
314.803 Mon Nov 3 17:16:12 CET 2008
32 - (libcoro) use a global asm statement to become independent of gcc
33 otpimisations for CORO_ASM (thanks to pippijn for the idea).
34 - try to workaround yet another broken bsd, this time dragonfly.
35
364.802 Thu Oct 30 10:56:12 CET 2008
37 - support -fno-omit-frame-pointer on x86 with the assembly method.
38 - tune 01_unblock.t tests a bit.
39
404.801 Wed Oct 22 18:33:37 CEST 2008
41 - improve readline speed for very long "lines".
42 - backport to 5.8.8.
43
444.8 Thu Oct 2 13:34:40 CEST 2008
45 - new function Coro::AIO::aio_wait.
46 - Coro.:AIO and Coro::BDB now "use Coro::AnyEvent".
47 - greatly speed up and reduce memory usage of Coro::AIO requests.
48 - implement some other µ-optimisations.
49
504.749 Mon Sep 29 14:40:12 CEST 2008
51 - port to slow and broken pseudo-threaded perls. (courtesy pippijn).
52
534.748 Sat Sep 27 14:03:19 CEST 2008
54 - implement, but do not document, PerlIO::cede(granularity).
55 - Coro::Storable forgot to wrap Storable::pstore.
56 - work around the multitude of leaks and memory corruption
57 bugs in PerlIO::via by using our own C-level perliol. As a side
58 effect, Coro::Storable is now much, much, much faster.
59
604.747 Tue Sep 23 01:59:41 CEST 2008
61 - fix a per-cv memleak (one empty array was leaked per
62 code reference).
63 - avoid a crash in coro->call|rss when the coroutine was already
64 destroyed (most noticably when using Coro::Debug::ps :)
65 - also protect *Storable::FILE.
66 - push up default storable granularity to 20ms.
67
684.746 Sun Sep 21 03:22:20 CEST 2008
69 - be more insistent on locking Storable against reentrancy
70 in Coro::Storable.
71 - move swap_def?v and throw to Coro::State, as documented.
72
734.745 Thu Jul 24 00:14:38 CEST 2008
74 - remove debugging code related to MgPV_nolen_const, also try to
75 make it compile with perl 5.8.6 (yes, apple apparently loves
76 outdated software). Reported by John S.
77
784.744 Tue Jul 8 22:06:35 CEST 2008
79 - correctly provide default DIE/WARN handlers as documented.
80 - also overwrite PL_vtbl_sigelem.svt_clear, even though current
81 implementations inside perl work fine for us.
82
834.743 Mon Jun 16 00:21:57 CEST 2008
84 - when using Coro::EV without running EV::loop it could
85 result in busy-waiting for events, this has been fixed.
86 - reduce codesize and improve performance by using EV_DEFAULT_UC.
87
884.742 Sat May 31 14:10:21 CEST 2008
89 - implement a workaround for (some) perl <5.8.8 versions.
90 - require EV 3.3+.
91
924.741 Fri May 30 23:33:09 CEST 2008
93 - tell netbsd how utterly broken their imitation of an OS is
94 and refuse to build by default if pthreads are in use.
95 - switch to "s" method on all bsd's by default, as their ucontext
96 stuff seems just too broken.
97 - fix a bug in Coro::Select.
98
994.74 Thu May 29 20:05:31 CEST 2008
100 - do not test Coro::LWP for lack of dependencies.
101 - do not test Coro::Select for lack of working perls.
102
1034.73 Thu May 29 2008
104 - fix a bug in Coro::EV which would cause it to block despite
105 there being runnable coroutines.
106 - sprinkle "no warnings" freely over everything, also suppress
107 warnings for some other modules.
108 - fix typo in WSAEWOULDBLOCK.
109
1104.72 Sun May 25 05:14:36 CEST 2008
111 - tweak META.yaml a bit, unfortunately, there is no documented way
112 to have optional dependencies with CPAN. doh :(
113 - avoid running some tests on windows because they would fail due to
114 perl bug (broken fork, broken pipes...).
115 - work around perl on windows bugs where perl returns undocumented
116 error codes for sysread, syswrite etc. by taking advantage
117 of AnyEvent's workaround for that problem.
118 - use AnyEvent::Util::fh_nonblocking in Coro::Handle to work around
119 a common perl implementation bug on windows.
120 - use unix domain sockets in testsuite to work around
121 common perl implementation bugs on widows (they are emulated by
122 tcp sockets on windows. ugh.)
123
1244.71 Sat May 24 20:01:27 CEST 2008
125 - fix a bug in Coro::AnyEvent ("Usage: Coro::AnyEvent::_schedule()").
126 - take advantage of async name resolution of AnyEvent::Util.
127 - work around brutal inet_aton override in Coro::LWP.
128 - take advantage of the readyhook in Coro::EV, for smoother
129 scheduling.
130
1314.7 Sun May 11 00:32:19 CEST 2008
132 - completely reworked the Coro manpage.
133 - added Coro::AnyEvent, generic event loop integration.
134 - implement cancel, ready and kill commands in Coro::Debug.
135 - document find_coro in Coro::Debug.
136 - incompatible change: rename has_stack to has_cctx.
137 - Coro::AIO and Coro::BDB no longer force event model detection,
138 use AnyEvent::AIO and AnyEvent::BDB.
139
1404.6 Sat Apr 26 10:05:14 CEST 2008
141 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: sub/code attributes are no longer supported
142 by the Coro module. It was a mistake to have it in the first place.
143 - (experimental) support for activestate perl 5.10 (method "w").
144 - (experimental) support for strawberry perl (method "a").
145 - coro_sigelem_set did not return a value although it had to,
146 actual impact unknown.
147
1484.51 Mon Apr 14 13:28:27 CEST 2008
149 - make it compile again on 5.8.
150
1514.50 Thu Apr 10 09:43:17 CEST 2008
152 - I did it twice! (see 4.49).
153
1544.49 Sun Apr 6 21:23:31 CEST 2008
155 - grr, instead of compiling the recent changes on 5.10 only they
156 were compiled on 5.8 only.
157
1584.48 Sun Apr 6 20:36:46 CEST 2008
159 - allow coroutine switches during eval's under 5.10.x, as it seems
160 the parser is a per-interpreter option now, so this is safe
161 (this might fix the odd crashing bug).
162 - drop support for 5.9.x versions: they are dead, jim.
163
1644.47 Sun Apr 6 00:37:52 CEST 2008
165 - force cctx allocation on API calls: we know we need to force one
166 and gcc actually manages to confuse our heuristic nowadays,
167 leading to crashes and worse.
168 - document force_cctx.
169
1704.46 Fri Apr 4 22:05:43 CEST 2008
171 - upgrade libcoro, resulting in pthread-backend (which was only created
172 to fulfill the rules of the programming languages shootout).
173
1744.45 Thu Mar 13 11:55:36 CET 2008
175 - fix a file leaking bug in eg/mhyttpd that would allow
176 downloading of any file (reported by oesi).
177 - fix deadlock bug in Coro::Channel (reported by Richard Hundt)
178 (also add testcase).
179 - support Broadcast option in Coro::Socket (patch by Richard Hundt,
180 apparently having loads of fun with that).
181 - implement $state->swap_defsv, ->swap_defav and document ->throw.
182
1834.4 Wed Feb 13 16:44:29 CET 2008
184 - only assume .cfi pseudo isns exist on GNU/Linux.
185 - add get_timed method to Coro::Channels.
186 - fixed Coro::Debug manpage.
187 - perl 5.11 compatbility improvement based on patch by
188 Andreas König.
189
1904.37 Sun Jan 20 11:25:23 CET 2008
191 - soften the check for an active parser for perl 5.10 (avoiding
192 "Coro::State::transfer called while parsing" in many cases).
193
1944.36 Sun Jan 13 10:53:56 CET 2008
195 - reset diehook when terminating from an async_pool as to not
196 trigger any __DIE__ handlers.
197
1984.35 Sun Jan 13 04:14:13 CET 2008
199 - "bt" debug command now displays any exceptions
200 from longmess and also skips the innermost
201 stackframes, giving more useufl output.
202 - allow backtraces in coroutines blocked in Coro::EV,
203 at a <1% speed hit.
204 - handle localising of $SIG{__WARN__} and __DIE__
205 properly (with a proper amount of dirty hacking).
206
2074.34 Sat Dec 22 17:49:53 CET 2007
208 - upgrade to EV version 2.0 API.
209
2104.33 Mon Dec 17 08:36:12 CET 2007
211 - make Coro::AIO etc. loadable in the absence of EV.
212
2134.32 Mon Dec 17 07:46:02 CET 2007
214 - majorly improved Coro::Handle's performance with Coro::EV.
215 - implemented the until now mythical Coro::BDB module.
216 - specialcase EV in Coro::AIO and Coro::BDB for extra speed.
217
2184.31 Wed Dec 5 12:32:39 CET 2007
219 - remove warn statement form Coro::Util.
220
2214.3 Tue Dec 4 20:33:14 CET 2007
222 - calls to the idle function could cause stack corruption
223 when the stack changed.
224 - do no longer rely on the presence of EV::DNS if EV is used
225 (because it is gone), but instead take avdantage of EV::ADNS
226 if available.
227 - add ($) prototypes to all functions in Coro::Storable.
228 - use a conventional (safer) idle callback in Coro::EV.
229 - do accept quickly in Coro::Debug to avoid endless loops.
230
2314.22 Fri Nov 30 16:04:04 CET 2007
232 - really use optimised versions for Event and EV in Coro::Util
233 and Coro::Handle.
234
2354.21 Sun Nov 25 10:48:59 CET 2007
236 - fix a spurious memory read.
237 - Coro::EV no longer keeps the eventloop "alive".
238
2394.2 Fri Nov 9 20:47:05 CET 2007
240 - enable/disable tracing from a new coroutine, not a pooled one.
241 - fix a memleak in Coro::Event.
242 - removed killall call from fork_eval.
243 - made sure store_fd is already loaded so that fork_eval
244 does not have to parse autoload in each subprocess.
245 - only use assembly method if -O switch is in $Config{optimize}.
246 - add (optional) Coro::EV module, so far the best event loop module
247 directly supported by Coro.
248 - if the event model is EV, use EV::DNS to resolve
249 stuff in Coro::Util.
250 - don't get confused by multiple event notifications in Coro::Handle.
251 - initial support for EV (libevent interface).
252 - require Event and EV using configure_requires, to force their existance.
253
2544.13 Wed Oct 24 07:26:45 CEST 2007
255 - add Coro::Storable::blocking_thaw.
256 - use a vastly more complicated technique to localise
257 $SIG{__WARN/DIE__} that also works on perls <= 5.8.8.
258 - use a coroutine for the idle callback Coro::Event,
259 instead of running Event in the current coroutine context.
260 This also catches recursive invocations.
261 - actually report fork errors in gethostbyname and inet_aton.
262
2634.11 Thu Oct 11 02:40:24 CEST 2007
264 - port to threaded perls.
265
2664.1 Thu Oct 11 02:38:16 CEST 2007
267 - incompatible change: $SIG{__DIE__} and $SIG{__WARN__} will now
268 be local to each coro (see Coro::State).
269 - incompatible change: for very deep reasons, cede and cede_notself
270 cannot return anything, so nothing will be returned.
271 - possibly bring back 5.10 compatibility (untested).
272 - work around stupid (and wrong) warning on 5.10 :(.
273 - overlay the saved state over the context stack. This saves
274 a few hundred bytes per coroutine on average and also
275 speeds up context switching a bit.
276 - further tune default stack sizes.
277 - (more) correctly calculate stack usage in coro_rss.
278 - Coro::Storable::blocking_* did not properly lock
279 resulting in races between coroutines.
280 - added Coro::Storable::guard.
281 - stopping to trace a coroutine could destroy the cctx of
282 an unrelated coroutine.
283 - explain the relationship between Perl and C coroutines in
284 more detail in Coro::State.
285 - Coro::Util::inet_aton did not short-circuit dotted quad forms,
286 causing a fork per resolve. This also affected Coro::Socket.
287 - switch to a separate stack in $coro->call/eval to avoid
288 invalidating pointers.
289
2904.03 Sat Oct 6 21:24:00 CEST 2007
291 - added Coro::throw method.
292 - minor code cleanups.
293
2944.02 Sat Oct 6 02:36:47 CEST 2007
295 - fix a very minor per-coroutine memleak (a single codereference).
296 - fixed a bug where the currently in-use c context would be freed
297 prematurely (can happen only when programs change the stacksize
298 or use tracing).
299 - tracing can no longer keep a coro alive after it terminated.
300 - do static branch prediction in the common path for gcc. gives
301 about 2-5% speed improvement here.
302
3034.01 Fri Oct 5 22:10:49 CEST 2007
304 - instead of recreating *a* standard output handle we simply
305 use STDOUT, which is faster and hopefully more robust.
306
3074.0 Fri Oct 5 12:56:00 CEST 2007
308 - incompatibly changed Coro::Storable::freeze.
309 - major new feature: added Coro::Debug, for interactive coroutine
310 debugging, tracing and much more.
311 - major bug fix: unbelievable, but true: $_, $/ and many other
312 "saved" variables actually weren't being saved. This has been fixed,
313 of course, while increasing performance while losing all the save
314 flags.
315 - save flags are gone, and all the api functions dealing with them.
316 - added Coro::Semaphore::adjust.
317 - added Coro::Util::fork_eval.
318 - added Coro::Storable::{nfreeze,blocking_{freeze,nfreeze}}.
319 - added Coro::killall.
320 - reduce initial stack sizes to allow for "micro-coroutines".
321 - better async_pool resource management, moved parts of async_pool
322 handling to XS (major speed improvement).
323 - actually croak before modifying important data structures.
324 - refuse to transfer while compiling.
325 - possibly support eval EXPR better now.
326 - enable assembly per default on linux+bsd x86+amd64.
327 - all internal members were renamed _something for easier subclassing.
328 - many minor tweaks.
329
3303.63 Wed May 16 14:10:06 CEST 2007
331 - implement handcoded assembly for x86/amd64 SVR ABI.
332
3333.62 Fri Apr 27 21:36:06 CEST 2007
334 - upgrade libcoro (which might set unwind info correctly).
335 - change default on linux to setjmp/longjmp.
336
3373.61 Thu Apr 19 12:36:18 CEST 2007
338 - Coro::Storable caused an endless loop when thawing invalid
339 pst's sometimes.
340 - use a Semaphore in Coro::Storable, as Storable doesn't
341 seem to be reentrant (although it is documented to
342 be threadsafe...).
343 - fix Coro::Signal to bring back the original unreliable
344 but stateful semantics.
345 - fixed a lot of typos in Coro.pm (patch submitted by David
346 Steinbrunner, which applied flawlessly).
347
3483.6 Sat Apr 14 17:13:31 CEST 2007
349 - added some bugfixes to get eg/myhttpd working again.
350 - added Coro::Storable for often-cede'ing freeze/thaw.
351 - try to do a clean exit when a coroutine calls exit
352 (EXPERIMENTAL).
353 - got rid of indirect call through _coro_init.
354 - updated the partly antique examples in eg/ to
355 work again and be a bit less magic, too.
356 - fixed Coro::Signal semantics to work as documented again.
357
3583.55 Sun Mar 25 01:20:47 CET 2007
359 - add SAVE_DEFFH to save the default filehandle and enable
360 it by default.
361 - finally move socket-operations from Coro::Socket to Coro::Handle
362 to be able to unblock foreign sockets.
363 - add Coro::State::save_also and guarded_save.
364 - add count accessor to Coro::Semaphore.
365 - add Coro::State::cctx_stacksize.
366 - just for the fun of it, do not rely on implicit context,
367 which can dramatically improve performance, but people
368 using windows-process-emulation perls do not care much about
369 performance.
370
3713.51 Sun Mar 4 14:18:04 CET 2007
372 - fixed a problem when you weakened references to Coro::State's
373 (patch by Yuval Kogman).
374
3753.501 Wed Feb 28 12:44:07 CET 2007
376 - rename some global symbols as macosx from hell redefines
377 them without asking.
378
3793.5 Tue Feb 13 20:22:53 CET 2007
380 - do AnyEvent model detection earlier, avoiding problems
381 caused by first using AnyEvent and later Coro::Event.
382 - implement and document Coro::Event event objects.
383 - fix a potential problem in Coro::Event causing crashes.
384 - initialise PL_comppad when creating a new coroutine,
385 avoids crashes on early coro destruction.
386
3873.41 Mon Jan 22 19:19:49 CET 2007
388 - readline on Coro::Handle did not support undefined $/,
389 nor did it deliver partial lines on EOF or error.
390 - implement malloc fallback for stack allocation because
391 stupid broken idiotic OSX has a stupid broken
392 idiotic fits-the-whole-os mmap "implementation" and
393 my dick feels longer if Coro is portable even to
394 obsolete platforms.
395
3963.4 Fri Jan 19 21:52:54 CET 2007
397 - remove t/09_timer.t, as it isn't really testing much
398 but was rather flaky in practise.
399 - async_pool coro would keep arguments and callback alive until
400 it was reused.
401 - cancellation of a coroutine could cause spurious idle calls
402 in cede_notself.
403
4043.3 Sat Jan 6 03:45:00 CET 2007
405 - implement $coro->on_destroy.
406 - Coro::Event blocking semantics have been changed,
407 documented and - hopefully - improved.
5 - fix nice adding, not subtracting, from priority. 408 - fix nice adding, not subtracting, from priority.
409 - fix ->prio and api_is_ready (patch by Mark Hinds).
410 - fixed an assert ("... == prev__cctx->idle_te")
411 that could errronously trigger.
412 - fix various large and small memleaks.
413 - use a (hopefully) more stable cancel implementation
414 that immediately frees the coroutine data.
415 - cede/cede_notself return a status now.
416 - added Coro::guard function.
417 - added a global coroutine pool for jobs (on my machine,
418 I can create and execute 48k simple coros/s with async,
419 and 128k coros with async_pool).
420 - Coro::AIO now uses the coroutine priority as io priority.
6 421
73.2 Fri Dec 22 05:07:09 CET 2006 4223.2 Fri Dec 22 05:07:09 CET 2006
8 - improve portability to slightly older perls. 423 - improve portability to slightly older perls.
9 - use cleaner coroutine destruction. 424 - use cleaner coroutine destruction.
10 - simplify configuration for users. 425 - simplify configuration for users.

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