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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
8TODO: testcancel
9TODO: aio
10TODO: Coro::Semaphore
115.0
12 - NEW ARCHITECTURE: use 4.912 for the stable version.
13 - bump API version to 7 - all dependents must be recompiled.
14 - Coro::Semaphore->adjust didn't correctly wake up enough waiters.
15 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice
16 ("Attempt to unreference...").
17 - fix a longstanding bug where calling terminate on a coro that
18 was waiting for a semaphore that was just becoming available
19 would cause a deadlock (semaphore would get into a state where
20 it was available but waiters were waiting(.
21 - perl's process emulation is now not even theoretically supported
22 anymore.
23 - directly patch the entersub opcode calling SLF functions (cede,
24 transfer and so on). this does speed up context switching, but
25 more importanly, it frees us from the hardcoded behaviour of
26 entersub, so we might actually be able to return something from
27 those functions and atcually create new ones.
28 - take advantage of __builtin_frame_address on gcc.
29 - expose THX in coroapi (not sure whether this was a wise decision,
30 as "threaded" perls are running at half speed anyways).
31 - implement execute_slf (schedule-like-function) interface that makes
32 it possible to implement schedule-like-functions in XS.
33 - use new SLF interface to massively speed up Coro::EV by roughly a factor
34 of two.
35 - removed timed_down and timed_guard functions - they were not being used
36 anyways and should be replaced by a more generic mechanism - and were
37 annoying to support anyways :
38 - used new SLF interface to massively speed up Coro::Semaphore by a factor
39 of three.
40 - forgot to include Coro/libcoro/README in the dist for all these years.
41 - work around a freebsd pthreads bug (manual testcancel is required as
42 pthread_cond_wait isn't a cancellation point on freebsd).
43
444.913 Sat Nov 15 07:58:28 CET 2008
45 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice
46 ("Attempt to unreference...").
47
484.912 Thu Nov 13 18:31:23 CET 2008
49 - minor cleanups.
50 - use much larger stacks on linux and perl < 5.8.8.
51 - Coro::Debug::new_unix_server did not unlink the socket
52 when destroyed.
53
544.911 Tue Nov 11 04:26:17 CET 2008
55 - "port" to threaded perls.
56
574.91 Mon Nov 10 05:36:38 CET 2008
58 - the ->throw exception object no longer leaks.
59 - creating a new cctx leaked a scopestack entry (memleak).
60 - new coroutines didn't get created with a zero flags field
61 (unknown impact).
62 - calling ->throw on a not-yet-started coroutine should now work
63 instead of being ignored.
64 - ->throw is now supported on Coro::State objects.
65 - clean up cctx creation code a bit.
66 - entersub is actually a UNOP, not a LOGOP (not a bugfix).
67
684.9 Sat Nov 8 17:45:27 CET 2008
69 - (libcoro) did not preserve rbp with CORO_ASM (we are getting there).
70 - (libcoro) no longer leak threads in the experimental pthread backend,
71 also speed it up considerably.
72 - (libcoro) do not rely on makecontext passing void *'s unscathed.
73 - fix compiletime dependencies on libcoro in the Makefile.
74 - cctx_count wasn't always updated properly.
75 - Coro::State::cctx_stacksize wasn't applied correctly.
76 - new function Coro::State::cctx_max_idle.
77 - the default max number of idle C contexts is now 4.
78 - (libcoro) try harder to get _setjmp/_longjmp.
79 - (libcoro) cleanup and extend the libcoro API to officially
80 allow the creation of empty source contexts.
81 - very experimental workaround for the totally broken netbsd platform.
82 - tried to hack around openbsd bugs.
83
844.804 Wed Nov 5 16:36:00 CET 2008
85 - Coro::Debug::new_unix_server would not create a non-blocking listening
86 socket, sometimes causing freezes.
87 - (libcoro) fix misaligned stack points for setjmp and assembly
88 methods, which can cause crashes on x86/x86_64 with a sufficiently
89 aggressive compiler.
90 - new function: Coro::Debug::new_tcp_server.
91 - move ->throw into the Coro class because it only works on coro objects.
92
934.803 Mon Nov 3 17:16:12 CET 2008
94 - (libcoro) use a global asm statement to become independent of gcc
95 otpimisations for CORO_ASM (thanks to pippijn for the idea).
96 - try to workaround yet another broken bsd, this time dragonfly.
97
984.802 Thu Oct 30 10:56:12 CET 2008
99 - support -fno-omit-frame-pointer on x86 with the assembly method.
100 - tune 01_unblock.t tests a bit.
101
1024.801 Wed Oct 22 18:33:37 CEST 2008
103 - improve readline speed for very long "lines".
104 - backport to 5.8.8.
105
1064.8 Thu Oct 2 13:34:40 CEST 2008
107 - new function Coro::AIO::aio_wait.
108 - Coro.:AIO and Coro::BDB now "use Coro::AnyEvent".
109 - greatly speed up and reduce memory usage of Coro::AIO requests.
110 - implement some other µ-optimisations.
111
1124.749 Mon Sep 29 14:40:12 CEST 2008
113 - port to slow and broken pseudo-threaded perls. (courtesy pippijn).
114
1154.748 Sat Sep 27 14:03:19 CEST 2008
116 - implement, but do not document, PerlIO::cede(granularity).
117 - Coro::Storable forgot to wrap Storable::pstore.
118 - work around the multitude of leaks and memory corruption
119 bugs in PerlIO::via by using our own C-level perliol. As a side
120 effect, Coro::Storable is now much, much, much faster.
121
1224.747 Tue Sep 23 01:59:41 CEST 2008
123 - fix a per-cv memleak (one empty array was leaked per
124 code reference).
125 - avoid a crash in coro->call|rss when the coroutine was already
126 destroyed (most noticably when using Coro::Debug::ps :)
127 - also protect *Storable::FILE.
128 - push up default storable granularity to 20ms.
129
1304.746 Sun Sep 21 03:22:20 CEST 2008
131 - be more insistent on locking Storable against reentrancy
132 in Coro::Storable.
133 - move swap_def?v and throw to Coro::State, as documented.
134
1354.745 Thu Jul 24 00:14:38 CEST 2008
136 - remove debugging code related to MgPV_nolen_const, also try to
137 make it compile with perl 5.8.6 (yes, apple apparently loves
138 outdated software). Reported by John S.
139
1404.744 Tue Jul 8 22:06:35 CEST 2008
141 - correctly provide default DIE/WARN handlers as documented.
142 - also overwrite PL_vtbl_sigelem.svt_clear, even though current
143 implementations inside perl work fine for us.
144
1454.743 Mon Jun 16 00:21:57 CEST 2008
146 - when using Coro::EV without running EV::loop it could
147 result in busy-waiting for events, this has been fixed.
148 - reduce codesize and improve performance by using EV_DEFAULT_UC.
149
1504.742 Sat May 31 14:10:21 CEST 2008
151 - implement a workaround for (some) perl <5.8.8 versions.
152 - require EV 3.3+.
153
1544.741 Fri May 30 23:33:09 CEST 2008
155 - tell netbsd how utterly broken their imitation of an OS is
156 and refuse to build by default if pthreads are in use.
157 - switch to "s" method on all bsd's by default, as their ucontext
158 stuff seems just too broken.
159 - fix a bug in Coro::Select.
160
1614.74 Thu May 29 20:05:31 CEST 2008
162 - do not test Coro::LWP for lack of dependencies.
163 - do not test Coro::Select for lack of working perls.
164
1654.73 Thu May 29 2008
166 - fix a bug in Coro::EV which would cause it to block despite
167 there being runnable coroutines.
168 - sprinkle "no warnings" freely over everything, also suppress
169 warnings for some other modules.
170 - fix typo in WSAEWOULDBLOCK.
171
1724.72 Sun May 25 05:14:36 CEST 2008
173 - tweak META.yaml a bit, unfortunately, there is no documented way
174 to have optional dependencies with CPAN. doh :(
175 - avoid running some tests on windows because they would fail due to
176 perl bug (broken fork, broken pipes...).
177 - work around perl on windows bugs where perl returns undocumented
178 error codes for sysread, syswrite etc. by taking advantage
179 of AnyEvent's workaround for that problem.
180 - use AnyEvent::Util::fh_nonblocking in Coro::Handle to work around
181 a common perl implementation bug on windows.
182 - use unix domain sockets in testsuite to work around
183 common perl implementation bugs on widows (they are emulated by
184 tcp sockets on windows. ugh.)
185
1864.71 Sat May 24 20:01:27 CEST 2008
187 - fix a bug in Coro::AnyEvent ("Usage: Coro::AnyEvent::_schedule()").
188 - take advantage of async name resolution of AnyEvent::Util.
189 - work around brutal inet_aton override in Coro::LWP.
190 - take advantage of the readyhook in Coro::EV, for smoother
191 scheduling.
192
1934.7 Sun May 11 00:32:19 CEST 2008
194 - completely reworked the Coro manpage.
195 - added Coro::AnyEvent, generic event loop integration.
196 - implement cancel, ready and kill commands in Coro::Debug.
197 - document find_coro in Coro::Debug.
198 - incompatible change: rename has_stack to has_cctx.
199 - Coro::AIO and Coro::BDB no longer force event model detection,
200 use AnyEvent::AIO and AnyEvent::BDB.
201
2024.6 Sat Apr 26 10:05:14 CEST 2008
203 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: sub/code attributes are no longer supported
204 by the Coro module. It was a mistake to have it in the first place.
205 - (experimental) support for activestate perl 5.10 (method "w").
206 - (experimental) support for strawberry perl (method "a").
207 - coro_sigelem_set did not return a value although it had to,
208 actual impact unknown.
209
2104.51 Mon Apr 14 13:28:27 CEST 2008
211 - make it compile again on 5.8.
212
2134.50 Thu Apr 10 09:43:17 CEST 2008
214 - I did it twice! (see 4.49).
215
2164.49 Sun Apr 6 21:23:31 CEST 2008
217 - grr, instead of compiling the recent changes on 5.10 only they
218 were compiled on 5.8 only.
219
2204.48 Sun Apr 6 20:36:46 CEST 2008
221 - allow coroutine switches during eval's under 5.10.x, as it seems
222 the parser is a per-interpreter option now, so this is safe
223 (this might fix the odd crashing bug).
224 - drop support for 5.9.x versions: they are dead, jim.
225
2264.47 Sun Apr 6 00:37:52 CEST 2008
227 - force cctx allocation on API calls: we know we need to force one
228 and gcc actually manages to confuse our heuristic nowadays,
229 leading to crashes and worse.
230 - document force_cctx.
231
2324.46 Fri Apr 4 22:05:43 CEST 2008
233 - upgrade libcoro, resulting in pthread-backend (which was only created
234 to fulfill the rules of the programming languages shootout).
235
2364.45 Thu Mar 13 11:55:36 CET 2008
237 - fix a file leaking bug in eg/mhyttpd that would allow
238 downloading of any file (reported by oesi).
239 - fix deadlock bug in Coro::Channel (reported by Richard Hundt)
240 (also add testcase).
241 - support Broadcast option in Coro::Socket (patch by Richard Hundt,
242 apparently having loads of fun with that).
243 - implement $state->swap_defsv, ->swap_defav and document ->throw.
244
2454.4 Wed Feb 13 16:44:29 CET 2008
246 - only assume .cfi pseudo isns exist on GNU/Linux.
247 - add get_timed method to Coro::Channels.
248 - fixed Coro::Debug manpage.
249 - perl 5.11 compatbility improvement based on patch by
250 Andreas König.
251
2524.37 Sun Jan 20 11:25:23 CET 2008
253 - soften the check for an active parser for perl 5.10 (avoiding
254 "Coro::State::transfer called while parsing" in many cases).
255
2564.36 Sun Jan 13 10:53:56 CET 2008
257 - reset diehook when terminating from an async_pool as to not
258 trigger any __DIE__ handlers.
259
2604.35 Sun Jan 13 04:14:13 CET 2008
261 - "bt" debug command now displays any exceptions
262 from longmess and also skips the innermost
263 stackframes, giving more useufl output.
264 - allow backtraces in coroutines blocked in Coro::EV,
265 at a <1% speed hit.
266 - handle localising of $SIG{__WARN__} and __DIE__
267 properly (with a proper amount of dirty hacking).
268
2694.34 Sat Dec 22 17:49:53 CET 2007
270 - upgrade to EV version 2.0 API.
7 271
84.33 Mon Dec 17 08:36:12 CET 2007 2724.33 Mon Dec 17 08:36:12 CET 2007
9 - make Coro::AIO etc. loadable in the absence of EV. 273 - make Coro::AIO etc. loadable in the absence of EV.
10 274
114.32 Mon Dec 17 07:46:02 CET 2007 2754.32 Mon Dec 17 07:46:02 CET 2007

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