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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
84.37 85.0
9 - NEW ARCHITECTURE: use 4.912 for the stable version.
10 - bump API version to 7 - all dependents must be recompiled.
11 - Coro::Semaphore->adjust didn't correctly wake up enough waiters.
12 - async_poll did free a scalar value twice.
13 - perl's process emulation is now not even theoretically supported
14 anymore.
15 - directly patch the entersub opcode calling SLF functions (cede,
16 transfer and so on). this does speed up context switching, but
17 more importanly, it frees us from the hardcoded behaviour of
18 entersub, so we might actually be able to return something from
19 those functions and atcually create new ones.
20 - take advantage of __builtin_frame_address on gcc.
21 - expose THX in coroapi (not sure whether this was a wise decision,
22 as "threaded" perls are running at half speed anyways).
23 - implement execute_slf (schedule-like-function) interface that makes
24 it possible to implement schedule-like-functions in XS.
25 - use new SLF interface to massively speed up Coro::EV (it's roughly
26 twice as fast now).
27 - removed timed_down and timed_guard functions - they were not being used
28 anyways and should be replaced by a more generic mechanism.
29
304.912 Thu Nov 13 18:31:23 CET 2008
31 - minor cleanups.
32 - use much larger stacks on linux and perl < 5.8.8.
33 - Coro::Debug::new_unix_server did not unlink the socket
34 when destroyed.
35
364.911 Tue Nov 11 04:26:17 CET 2008
37 - "port" to threaded perls.
38
394.91 Mon Nov 10 05:36:38 CET 2008
40 - the ->throw exception object no longer leaks.
41 - creating a new cctx leaked a scopestack entry (memleak).
42 - new coroutines didn't get created with a zero flags field
43 (unknown impact).
44 - calling ->throw on a not-yet-started coroutine should now work
45 instead of being ignored.
46 - ->throw is now supported on Coro::State objects.
47 - clean up cctx creation code a bit.
48 - entersub is actually a UNOP, not a LOGOP (not a bugfix).
49
504.9 Sat Nov 8 17:45:27 CET 2008
51 - (libcoro) did not preserve rbp with CORO_ASM (we are getting there).
52 - (libcoro) no longer leak threads in the experimental pthread backend,
53 also speed it up considerably.
54 - (libcoro) do not rely on makecontext passing void *'s unscathed.
55 - fix compiletime dependencies on libcoro in the Makefile.
56 - cctx_count wasn't always updated properly.
57 - Coro::State::cctx_stacksize wasn't applied correctly.
58 - new function Coro::State::cctx_max_idle.
59 - the default max number of idle C contexts is now 4.
60 - (libcoro) try harder to get _setjmp/_longjmp.
61 - (libcoro) cleanup and extend the libcoro API to officially
62 allow the creation of empty source contexts.
63 - very experimental workaround for the totally broken netbsd platform.
64 - tried to hack around openbsd bugs.
65
664.804 Wed Nov 5 16:36:00 CET 2008
67 - Coro::Debug::new_unix_server would not create a non-blocking listening
68 socket, sometimes causing freezes.
69 - (libcoro) fix misaligned stack points for setjmp and assembly
70 methods, which can cause crashes on x86/x86_64 with a sufficiently
71 aggressive compiler.
72 - new function: Coro::Debug::new_tcp_server.
73 - move ->throw into the Coro class because it only works on coro objects.
74
754.803 Mon Nov 3 17:16:12 CET 2008
76 - (libcoro) use a global asm statement to become independent of gcc
77 otpimisations for CORO_ASM (thanks to pippijn for the idea).
78 - try to workaround yet another broken bsd, this time dragonfly.
79
804.802 Thu Oct 30 10:56:12 CET 2008
81 - support -fno-omit-frame-pointer on x86 with the assembly method.
82 - tune 01_unblock.t tests a bit.
83
844.801 Wed Oct 22 18:33:37 CEST 2008
85 - improve readline speed for very long "lines".
86 - backport to 5.8.8.
87
884.8 Thu Oct 2 13:34:40 CEST 2008
89 - new function Coro::AIO::aio_wait.
90 - Coro.:AIO and Coro::BDB now "use Coro::AnyEvent".
91 - greatly speed up and reduce memory usage of Coro::AIO requests.
92 - implement some other µ-optimisations.
93
944.749 Mon Sep 29 14:40:12 CEST 2008
95 - port to slow and broken pseudo-threaded perls. (courtesy pippijn).
96
974.748 Sat Sep 27 14:03:19 CEST 2008
98 - implement, but do not document, PerlIO::cede(granularity).
99 - Coro::Storable forgot to wrap Storable::pstore.
100 - work around the multitude of leaks and memory corruption
101 bugs in PerlIO::via by using our own C-level perliol. As a side
102 effect, Coro::Storable is now much, much, much faster.
103
1044.747 Tue Sep 23 01:59:41 CEST 2008
105 - fix a per-cv memleak (one empty array was leaked per
106 code reference).
107 - avoid a crash in coro->call|rss when the coroutine was already
108 destroyed (most noticably when using Coro::Debug::ps :)
109 - also protect *Storable::FILE.
110 - push up default storable granularity to 20ms.
111
1124.746 Sun Sep 21 03:22:20 CEST 2008
113 - be more insistent on locking Storable against reentrancy
114 in Coro::Storable.
115 - move swap_def?v and throw to Coro::State, as documented.
116
1174.745 Thu Jul 24 00:14:38 CEST 2008
118 - remove debugging code related to MgPV_nolen_const, also try to
119 make it compile with perl 5.8.6 (yes, apple apparently loves
120 outdated software). Reported by John S.
121
1224.744 Tue Jul 8 22:06:35 CEST 2008
123 - correctly provide default DIE/WARN handlers as documented.
124 - also overwrite PL_vtbl_sigelem.svt_clear, even though current
125 implementations inside perl work fine for us.
126
1274.743 Mon Jun 16 00:21:57 CEST 2008
128 - when using Coro::EV without running EV::loop it could
129 result in busy-waiting for events, this has been fixed.
130 - reduce codesize and improve performance by using EV_DEFAULT_UC.
131
1324.742 Sat May 31 14:10:21 CEST 2008
133 - implement a workaround for (some) perl <5.8.8 versions.
134 - require EV 3.3+.
135
1364.741 Fri May 30 23:33:09 CEST 2008
137 - tell netbsd how utterly broken their imitation of an OS is
138 and refuse to build by default if pthreads are in use.
139 - switch to "s" method on all bsd's by default, as their ucontext
140 stuff seems just too broken.
141 - fix a bug in Coro::Select.
142
1434.74 Thu May 29 20:05:31 CEST 2008
144 - do not test Coro::LWP for lack of dependencies.
145 - do not test Coro::Select for lack of working perls.
146
1474.73 Thu May 29 2008
148 - fix a bug in Coro::EV which would cause it to block despite
149 there being runnable coroutines.
150 - sprinkle "no warnings" freely over everything, also suppress
151 warnings for some other modules.
152 - fix typo in WSAEWOULDBLOCK.
153
1544.72 Sun May 25 05:14:36 CEST 2008
155 - tweak META.yaml a bit, unfortunately, there is no documented way
156 to have optional dependencies with CPAN. doh :(
157 - avoid running some tests on windows because they would fail due to
158 perl bug (broken fork, broken pipes...).
159 - work around perl on windows bugs where perl returns undocumented
160 error codes for sysread, syswrite etc. by taking advantage
161 of AnyEvent's workaround for that problem.
162 - use AnyEvent::Util::fh_nonblocking in Coro::Handle to work around
163 a common perl implementation bug on windows.
164 - use unix domain sockets in testsuite to work around
165 common perl implementation bugs on widows (they are emulated by
166 tcp sockets on windows. ugh.)
167
1684.71 Sat May 24 20:01:27 CEST 2008
169 - fix a bug in Coro::AnyEvent ("Usage: Coro::AnyEvent::_schedule()").
170 - take advantage of async name resolution of AnyEvent::Util.
171 - work around brutal inet_aton override in Coro::LWP.
172 - take advantage of the readyhook in Coro::EV, for smoother
173 scheduling.
174
1754.7 Sun May 11 00:32:19 CEST 2008
176 - completely reworked the Coro manpage.
177 - added Coro::AnyEvent, generic event loop integration.
178 - implement cancel, ready and kill commands in Coro::Debug.
179 - document find_coro in Coro::Debug.
180 - incompatible change: rename has_stack to has_cctx.
181 - Coro::AIO and Coro::BDB no longer force event model detection,
182 use AnyEvent::AIO and AnyEvent::BDB.
183
1844.6 Sat Apr 26 10:05:14 CEST 2008
185 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: sub/code attributes are no longer supported
186 by the Coro module. It was a mistake to have it in the first place.
187 - (experimental) support for activestate perl 5.10 (method "w").
188 - (experimental) support for strawberry perl (method "a").
189 - coro_sigelem_set did not return a value although it had to,
190 actual impact unknown.
191
1924.51 Mon Apr 14 13:28:27 CEST 2008
193 - make it compile again on 5.8.
194
1954.50 Thu Apr 10 09:43:17 CEST 2008
196 - I did it twice! (see 4.49).
197
1984.49 Sun Apr 6 21:23:31 CEST 2008
199 - grr, instead of compiling the recent changes on 5.10 only they
200 were compiled on 5.8 only.
201
2024.48 Sun Apr 6 20:36:46 CEST 2008
203 - allow coroutine switches during eval's under 5.10.x, as it seems
204 the parser is a per-interpreter option now, so this is safe
205 (this might fix the odd crashing bug).
206 - drop support for 5.9.x versions: they are dead, jim.
207
2084.47 Sun Apr 6 00:37:52 CEST 2008
209 - force cctx allocation on API calls: we know we need to force one
210 and gcc actually manages to confuse our heuristic nowadays,
211 leading to crashes and worse.
212 - document force_cctx.
213
2144.46 Fri Apr 4 22:05:43 CEST 2008
215 - upgrade libcoro, resulting in pthread-backend (which was only created
216 to fulfill the rules of the programming languages shootout).
217
2184.45 Thu Mar 13 11:55:36 CET 2008
219 - fix a file leaking bug in eg/mhyttpd that would allow
220 downloading of any file (reported by oesi).
221 - fix deadlock bug in Coro::Channel (reported by Richard Hundt)
222 (also add testcase).
223 - support Broadcast option in Coro::Socket (patch by Richard Hundt,
224 apparently having loads of fun with that).
225 - implement $state->swap_defsv, ->swap_defav and document ->throw.
226
2274.4 Wed Feb 13 16:44:29 CET 2008
228 - only assume .cfi pseudo isns exist on GNU/Linux.
229 - add get_timed method to Coro::Channels.
230 - fixed Coro::Debug manpage.
231 - perl 5.11 compatbility improvement based on patch by
232 Andreas König.
233
2344.37 Sun Jan 20 11:25:23 CET 2008
9 - soften the check for an active parser for perl 5.10. 235 - soften the check for an active parser for perl 5.10 (avoiding
236 "Coro::State::transfer called while parsing" in many cases).
10 237
114.36 Sun Jan 13 10:53:56 CET 2008 2384.36 Sun Jan 13 10:53:56 CET 2008
12 - reset diehook when terminating from an async_pool as to not 239 - reset diehook when terminating from an async_pool as to not
13 trigger any __DIE__ handlers. 240 trigger any __DIE__ handlers.
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