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1Revision history for Perl extension Coro. 1Revision history for Perl extension Coro.
2 2
3TODO: should explore PerlIO::via::CoroCede and PerlIO::via::CoroAIO. 3TODO: should explore PerlIO::coroaio (perl leaks like hell).
4TODO: maybe implement a default message channel, very much like Erlang 4TODO: maybe implement a default message channel, very much like Erlang's
5 (which is cool in a lot of important aspects (failures!), 5 actor model (which is cool in a lot of important aspects (failures!),
6 but very lacking in others (higher level ipc)). 6 but very lacking in others (higher level ipc)).
7 7
84.22 8TODO: testcancel
9TODO: aio
10TODO: Coro::Semaphore
11TODO: trow disturbs cleanup path inside pp_slf?
12TODO: throw special-case in transfer?
135.0
14 - NEW ARCHITECTURE: use 4.912 for the stable version.
15 - bump API version to 7 - all dependents must be recompiled.
16 - Coro::Semaphore->adjust didn't correctly wake up enough waiters.
17 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice
18 ("Attempt to unreference...").
19 - fix a longstanding bug where calling terminate on a coro that
20 was waiting for a semaphore that was just becoming available
21 would cause a deadlock (semaphore would get into a state where
22 it was available but waiters were waiting(.
23 - avoid deadlock in Coro::Channel if maxsize == 1 (Richard Hundt).
24 - perl's process emulation is now not even theoretically supported
25 anymore.
26 - directly patch the entersub opcode calling SLF functions (cede,
27 transfer and so on). this does speed up context switching, but
28 more importanly, it frees us from the hardcoded behaviour of
29 entersub, so we might actually be able to return something from
30 those functions and atcually create new ones.
31 - take advantage of __builtin_frame_address on gcc.
32 - expose THX in coroapi (not sure whether this was a wise decision,
33 as "threaded" perls are running at half speed anyways).
34 - implement execute_slf (schedule-like-function) interface that makes
35 it possible to implement schedule-like-functions in XS.
36 - use new SLF interface to massively speed up Coro::EV by roughly a factor
37 of two.
38 - removed timed_down and timed_guard functions - they were not being used
39 anyways and should be replaced by a more generic mechanism - and were
40 annoying to support anyways :
41 - used new SLF interface to massively speed up Coro::Semaphore by a factor
42 of three.
43 - forgot to include Coro/libcoro/README in the dist for all these years.
44 - work around a freebsd pthreads bug (manual testcancel is required as
45 pthread_cond_wait isn't a cancellation point on freebsd).
46
474.913 Sat Nov 15 07:58:28 CET 2008
48 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice
49 ("Attempt to unreference...").
50
514.912 Thu Nov 13 18:31:23 CET 2008
52 - minor cleanups.
53 - use much larger stacks on linux and perl < 5.8.8.
54 - Coro::Debug::new_unix_server did not unlink the socket
55 when destroyed.
56
574.911 Tue Nov 11 04:26:17 CET 2008
58 - "port" to threaded perls.
59
604.91 Mon Nov 10 05:36:38 CET 2008
61 - the ->throw exception object no longer leaks.
62 - creating a new cctx leaked a scopestack entry (memleak).
63 - new coroutines didn't get created with a zero flags field
64 (unknown impact).
65 - calling ->throw on a not-yet-started coroutine should now work
66 instead of being ignored.
67 - ->throw is now supported on Coro::State objects.
68 - clean up cctx creation code a bit.
69 - entersub is actually a UNOP, not a LOGOP (not a bugfix).
70
714.9 Sat Nov 8 17:45:27 CET 2008
72 - (libcoro) did not preserve rbp with CORO_ASM (we are getting there).
73 - (libcoro) no longer leak threads in the experimental pthread backend,
74 also speed it up considerably.
75 - (libcoro) do not rely on makecontext passing void *'s unscathed.
76 - fix compiletime dependencies on libcoro in the Makefile.
77 - cctx_count wasn't always updated properly.
78 - Coro::State::cctx_stacksize wasn't applied correctly.
79 - new function Coro::State::cctx_max_idle.
80 - the default max number of idle C contexts is now 4.
81 - (libcoro) try harder to get _setjmp/_longjmp.
82 - (libcoro) cleanup and extend the libcoro API to officially
83 allow the creation of empty source contexts.
84 - very experimental workaround for the totally broken netbsd platform.
85 - tried to hack around openbsd bugs.
86
874.804 Wed Nov 5 16:36:00 CET 2008
88 - Coro::Debug::new_unix_server would not create a non-blocking listening
89 socket, sometimes causing freezes.
90 - (libcoro) fix misaligned stack points for setjmp and assembly
91 methods, which can cause crashes on x86/x86_64 with a sufficiently
92 aggressive compiler.
93 - new function: Coro::Debug::new_tcp_server.
94 - move ->throw into the Coro class because it only works on coro objects.
95
964.803 Mon Nov 3 17:16:12 CET 2008
97 - (libcoro) use a global asm statement to become independent of gcc
98 otpimisations for CORO_ASM (thanks to pippijn for the idea).
99 - try to workaround yet another broken bsd, this time dragonfly.
100
1014.802 Thu Oct 30 10:56:12 CET 2008
102 - support -fno-omit-frame-pointer on x86 with the assembly method.
103 - tune 01_unblock.t tests a bit.
104
1054.801 Wed Oct 22 18:33:37 CEST 2008
106 - improve readline speed for very long "lines".
107 - backport to 5.8.8.
108
1094.8 Thu Oct 2 13:34:40 CEST 2008
110 - new function Coro::AIO::aio_wait.
111 - Coro.:AIO and Coro::BDB now "use Coro::AnyEvent".
112 - greatly speed up and reduce memory usage of Coro::AIO requests.
113 - implement some other µ-optimisations.
114
1154.749 Mon Sep 29 14:40:12 CEST 2008
116 - port to slow and broken pseudo-threaded perls. (courtesy pippijn).
117
1184.748 Sat Sep 27 14:03:19 CEST 2008
119 - implement, but do not document, PerlIO::cede(granularity).
120 - Coro::Storable forgot to wrap Storable::pstore.
121 - work around the multitude of leaks and memory corruption
122 bugs in PerlIO::via by using our own C-level perliol. As a side
123 effect, Coro::Storable is now much, much, much faster.
124
1254.747 Tue Sep 23 01:59:41 CEST 2008
126 - fix a per-cv memleak (one empty array was leaked per
127 code reference).
128 - avoid a crash in coro->call|rss when the coroutine was already
129 destroyed (most noticably when using Coro::Debug::ps :)
130 - also protect *Storable::FILE.
131 - push up default storable granularity to 20ms.
132
1334.746 Sun Sep 21 03:22:20 CEST 2008
134 - be more insistent on locking Storable against reentrancy
135 in Coro::Storable.
136 - move swap_def?v and throw to Coro::State, as documented.
137
1384.745 Thu Jul 24 00:14:38 CEST 2008
139 - remove debugging code related to MgPV_nolen_const, also try to
140 make it compile with perl 5.8.6 (yes, apple apparently loves
141 outdated software). Reported by John S.
142
1434.744 Tue Jul 8 22:06:35 CEST 2008
144 - correctly provide default DIE/WARN handlers as documented.
145 - also overwrite PL_vtbl_sigelem.svt_clear, even though current
146 implementations inside perl work fine for us.
147
1484.743 Mon Jun 16 00:21:57 CEST 2008
149 - when using Coro::EV without running EV::loop it could
150 result in busy-waiting for events, this has been fixed.
151 - reduce codesize and improve performance by using EV_DEFAULT_UC.
152
1534.742 Sat May 31 14:10:21 CEST 2008
154 - implement a workaround for (some) perl <5.8.8 versions.
155 - require EV 3.3+.
156
1574.741 Fri May 30 23:33:09 CEST 2008
158 - tell netbsd how utterly broken their imitation of an OS is
159 and refuse to build by default if pthreads are in use.
160 - switch to "s" method on all bsd's by default, as their ucontext
161 stuff seems just too broken.
162 - fix a bug in Coro::Select.
163
1644.74 Thu May 29 20:05:31 CEST 2008
165 - do not test Coro::LWP for lack of dependencies.
166 - do not test Coro::Select for lack of working perls.
167
1684.73 Thu May 29 2008
169 - fix a bug in Coro::EV which would cause it to block despite
170 there being runnable coroutines.
171 - sprinkle "no warnings" freely over everything, also suppress
172 warnings for some other modules.
173 - fix typo in WSAEWOULDBLOCK.
174
1754.72 Sun May 25 05:14:36 CEST 2008
176 - tweak META.yaml a bit, unfortunately, there is no documented way
177 to have optional dependencies with CPAN. doh :(
178 - avoid running some tests on windows because they would fail due to
179 perl bug (broken fork, broken pipes...).
180 - work around perl on windows bugs where perl returns undocumented
181 error codes for sysread, syswrite etc. by taking advantage
182 of AnyEvent's workaround for that problem.
183 - use AnyEvent::Util::fh_nonblocking in Coro::Handle to work around
184 a common perl implementation bug on windows.
185 - use unix domain sockets in testsuite to work around
186 common perl implementation bugs on widows (they are emulated by
187 tcp sockets on windows. ugh.)
188
1894.71 Sat May 24 20:01:27 CEST 2008
190 - fix a bug in Coro::AnyEvent ("Usage: Coro::AnyEvent::_schedule()").
191 - take advantage of async name resolution of AnyEvent::Util.
192 - work around brutal inet_aton override in Coro::LWP.
193 - take advantage of the readyhook in Coro::EV, for smoother
194 scheduling.
195
1964.7 Sun May 11 00:32:19 CEST 2008
197 - completely reworked the Coro manpage.
198 - added Coro::AnyEvent, generic event loop integration.
199 - implement cancel, ready and kill commands in Coro::Debug.
200 - document find_coro in Coro::Debug.
201 - incompatible change: rename has_stack to has_cctx.
202 - Coro::AIO and Coro::BDB no longer force event model detection,
203 use AnyEvent::AIO and AnyEvent::BDB.
204
2054.6 Sat Apr 26 10:05:14 CEST 2008
206 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: sub/code attributes are no longer supported
207 by the Coro module. It was a mistake to have it in the first place.
208 - (experimental) support for activestate perl 5.10 (method "w").
209 - (experimental) support for strawberry perl (method "a").
210 - coro_sigelem_set did not return a value although it had to,
211 actual impact unknown.
212
2134.51 Mon Apr 14 13:28:27 CEST 2008
214 - make it compile again on 5.8.
215
2164.50 Thu Apr 10 09:43:17 CEST 2008
217 - I did it twice! (see 4.49).
218
2194.49 Sun Apr 6 21:23:31 CEST 2008
220 - grr, instead of compiling the recent changes on 5.10 only they
221 were compiled on 5.8 only.
222
2234.48 Sun Apr 6 20:36:46 CEST 2008
224 - allow coroutine switches during eval's under 5.10.x, as it seems
225 the parser is a per-interpreter option now, so this is safe
226 (this might fix the odd crashing bug).
227 - drop support for 5.9.x versions: they are dead, jim.
228
2294.47 Sun Apr 6 00:37:52 CEST 2008
230 - force cctx allocation on API calls: we know we need to force one
231 and gcc actually manages to confuse our heuristic nowadays,
232 leading to crashes and worse.
233 - document force_cctx.
234
2354.46 Fri Apr 4 22:05:43 CEST 2008
236 - upgrade libcoro, resulting in pthread-backend (which was only created
237 to fulfill the rules of the programming languages shootout).
238
2394.45 Thu Mar 13 11:55:36 CET 2008
240 - fix a file leaking bug in eg/mhyttpd that would allow
241 downloading of any file (reported by oesi).
242 - fix deadlock bug in Coro::Channel (reported by Richard Hundt)
243 (also add testcase).
244 - support Broadcast option in Coro::Socket (patch by Richard Hundt,
245 apparently having loads of fun with that).
246 - implement $state->swap_defsv, ->swap_defav and document ->throw.
247
2484.4 Wed Feb 13 16:44:29 CET 2008
249 - only assume .cfi pseudo isns exist on GNU/Linux.
250 - add get_timed method to Coro::Channels.
251 - fixed Coro::Debug manpage.
252 - perl 5.11 compatbility improvement based on patch by
253 Andreas König.
254
2554.37 Sun Jan 20 11:25:23 CET 2008
256 - soften the check for an active parser for perl 5.10 (avoiding
257 "Coro::State::transfer called while parsing" in many cases).
258
2594.36 Sun Jan 13 10:53:56 CET 2008
260 - reset diehook when terminating from an async_pool as to not
261 trigger any __DIE__ handlers.
262
2634.35 Sun Jan 13 04:14:13 CET 2008
264 - "bt" debug command now displays any exceptions
265 from longmess and also skips the innermost
266 stackframes, giving more useufl output.
267 - allow backtraces in coroutines blocked in Coro::EV,
268 at a <1% speed hit.
269 - handle localising of $SIG{__WARN__} and __DIE__
270 properly (with a proper amount of dirty hacking).
271
2724.34 Sat Dec 22 17:49:53 CET 2007
273 - upgrade to EV version 2.0 API.
274
2754.33 Mon Dec 17 08:36:12 CET 2007
276 - make Coro::AIO etc. loadable in the absence of EV.
277
2784.32 Mon Dec 17 07:46:02 CET 2007
279 - majorly improved Coro::Handle's performance with Coro::EV.
280 - implemented the until now mythical Coro::BDB module.
281 - specialcase EV in Coro::AIO and Coro::BDB for extra speed.
282
2834.31 Wed Dec 5 12:32:39 CET 2007
284 - remove warn statement form Coro::Util.
285
2864.3 Tue Dec 4 20:33:14 CET 2007
287 - calls to the idle function could cause stack corruption
288 when the stack changed.
289 - do no longer rely on the presence of EV::DNS if EV is used
290 (because it is gone), but instead take avdantage of EV::ADNS
291 if available.
292 - add ($) prototypes to all functions in Coro::Storable.
293 - use a conventional (safer) idle callback in Coro::EV.
294 - do accept quickly in Coro::Debug to avoid endless loops.
295
2964.22 Fri Nov 30 16:04:04 CET 2007
9 - really use optimised versions for Event and EV in Coro::Util 297 - really use optimised versions for Event and EV in Coro::Util
10 and Coro::Handle. 298 and Coro::Handle.
11 299
124.21 Sun Nov 25 10:48:59 CET 2007 3004.21 Sun Nov 25 10:48:59 CET 2007
13 - fix a spurious memory read. 301 - fix a spurious memory read.

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