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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's 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!), 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: guard as SLF - to avoid deadlocks.
10 - avoid deadlock in Coro::Channel if maxsize == 1 (Richard Hundt).
11
125.0
13 - NEW ARCHITECTURE: use the latest 4.x version if you experience
14 stability issues.
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 - perl's process emulation is now not even theoretically supported
24 anymore.
25 - use named constants in Coro::Channel (Richard Hundt).
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
37 factor of two.
38 - removed timed_down and timed_guard functions - they were not being
39 used anyways and should be replaced by a more generic mechanism -
40 and were annoying to support anyways :)
41 - used new SLF interface to massively speed up Coro::Semaphore by a
42 factor of three.
43 - used new SLF interface to speed up Coro::AIO by roughly a factor of
44 four and reduce its memory usage considerably.
45 - forgot to include Coro/libcoro/README in the dist for all these years.
46 - work around a freebsd pthreads bug (manual testcancel is required as
47 pthread_cond_wait isn't a cancellation point on freebsd).
48
494.913 Sat Nov 15 07:58:28 CET 2008
50 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice
51 ("Attempt to unreference...").
52
534.912 Thu Nov 13 18:31:23 CET 2008
54 - minor cleanups.
55 - use much larger stacks on linux and perl < 5.8.8.
56 - Coro::Debug::new_unix_server did not unlink the socket
57 when destroyed.
58
594.911 Tue Nov 11 04:26:17 CET 2008
60 - "port" to threaded perls.
61
624.91 Mon Nov 10 05:36:38 CET 2008
63 - the ->throw exception object no longer leaks.
64 - creating a new cctx leaked a scopestack entry (memleak).
65 - new coroutines didn't get created with a zero flags field
66 (unknown impact).
67 - calling ->throw on a not-yet-started coroutine should now work
68 instead of being ignored.
69 - ->throw is now supported on Coro::State objects.
70 - clean up cctx creation code a bit.
71 - entersub is actually a UNOP, not a LOGOP (not a bugfix).
72
734.9 Sat Nov 8 17:45:27 CET 2008
74 - (libcoro) did not preserve rbp with CORO_ASM (we are getting there).
75 - (libcoro) no longer leak threads in the experimental pthread backend,
76 also speed it up considerably.
77 - (libcoro) do not rely on makecontext passing void *'s unscathed.
78 - fix compiletime dependencies on libcoro in the Makefile.
79 - cctx_count wasn't always updated properly.
80 - Coro::State::cctx_stacksize wasn't applied correctly.
81 - new function Coro::State::cctx_max_idle.
82 - the default max number of idle C contexts is now 4.
83 - (libcoro) try harder to get _setjmp/_longjmp.
84 - (libcoro) cleanup and extend the libcoro API to officially
85 allow the creation of empty source contexts.
86 - very experimental workaround for the totally broken netbsd platform.
87 - tried to hack around openbsd bugs.
88
894.804 Wed Nov 5 16:36:00 CET 2008
90 - Coro::Debug::new_unix_server would not create a non-blocking listening
91 socket, sometimes causing freezes.
92 - (libcoro) fix misaligned stack points for setjmp and assembly
93 methods, which can cause crashes on x86/x86_64 with a sufficiently
94 aggressive compiler.
95 - new function: Coro::Debug::new_tcp_server.
96 - move ->throw into the Coro class because it only works on coro objects.
97
984.803 Mon Nov 3 17:16:12 CET 2008
99 - (libcoro) use a global asm statement to become independent of gcc
100 otpimisations for CORO_ASM (thanks to pippijn for the idea).
101 - try to workaround yet another broken bsd, this time dragonfly.
102
1034.802 Thu Oct 30 10:56:12 CET 2008
104 - support -fno-omit-frame-pointer on x86 with the assembly method.
105 - tune 01_unblock.t tests a bit.
106
1074.801 Wed Oct 22 18:33:37 CEST 2008
108 - improve readline speed for very long "lines".
109 - backport to 5.8.8.
110
1114.8 Thu Oct 2 13:34:40 CEST 2008
112 - new function Coro::AIO::aio_wait.
113 - Coro.:AIO and Coro::BDB now "use Coro::AnyEvent".
114 - greatly speed up and reduce memory usage of Coro::AIO requests.
115 - implement some other ยต-optimisations.
116
1174.749 Mon Sep 29 14:40:12 CEST 2008
118 - port to slow and broken pseudo-threaded perls. (courtesy pippijn).
119
1204.748 Sat Sep 27 14:03:19 CEST 2008
121 - implement, but do not document, PerlIO::cede(granularity).
122 - Coro::Storable forgot to wrap Storable::pstore.
123 - work around the multitude of leaks and memory corruption
124 bugs in PerlIO::via by using our own C-level perliol. As a side
125 effect, Coro::Storable is now much, much, much faster.
126
1274.747 Tue Sep 23 01:59:41 CEST 2008
128 - fix a per-cv memleak (one empty array was leaked per
129 code reference).
130 - avoid a crash in coro->call|rss when the coroutine was already
131 destroyed (most noticably when using Coro::Debug::ps :)
132 - also protect *Storable::FILE.
133 - push up default storable granularity to 20ms.
134
1354.746 Sun Sep 21 03:22:20 CEST 2008
136 - be more insistent on locking Storable against reentrancy
137 in Coro::Storable.
138 - move swap_def?v and throw to Coro::State, as documented.
139
1404.745 Thu Jul 24 00:14:38 CEST 2008
141 - remove debugging code related to MgPV_nolen_const, also try to
142 make it compile with perl 5.8.6 (yes, apple apparently loves
143 outdated software). Reported by John S.
144
1454.744 Tue Jul 8 22:06:35 CEST 2008
146 - correctly provide default DIE/WARN handlers as documented.
147 - also overwrite PL_vtbl_sigelem.svt_clear, even though current
148 implementations inside perl work fine for us.
149
1504.743 Mon Jun 16 00:21:57 CEST 2008
151 - when using Coro::EV without running EV::loop it could
152 result in busy-waiting for events, this has been fixed.
153 - reduce codesize and improve performance by using EV_DEFAULT_UC.
154
1554.742 Sat May 31 14:10:21 CEST 2008
156 - implement a workaround for (some) perl <5.8.8 versions.
157 - require EV 3.3+.
158
1594.741 Fri May 30 23:33:09 CEST 2008
160 - tell netbsd how utterly broken their imitation of an OS is
161 and refuse to build by default if pthreads are in use.
162 - switch to "s" method on all bsd's by default, as their ucontext
163 stuff seems just too broken.
164 - fix a bug in Coro::Select.
165
1664.74 Thu May 29 20:05:31 CEST 2008
167 - do not test Coro::LWP for lack of dependencies.
168 - do not test Coro::Select for lack of working perls.
169
1704.73 Thu May 29 2008
171 - fix a bug in Coro::EV which would cause it to block despite
172 there being runnable coroutines.
173 - sprinkle "no warnings" freely over everything, also suppress
174 warnings for some other modules.
175 - fix typo in WSAEWOULDBLOCK.
176
1774.72 Sun May 25 05:14:36 CEST 2008
178 - tweak META.yaml a bit, unfortunately, there is no documented way
179 to have optional dependencies with CPAN. doh :(
180 - avoid running some tests on windows because they would fail due to
181 perl bug (broken fork, broken pipes...).
182 - work around perl on windows bugs where perl returns undocumented
183 error codes for sysread, syswrite etc. by taking advantage
184 of AnyEvent's workaround for that problem.
185 - use AnyEvent::Util::fh_nonblocking in Coro::Handle to work around
186 a common perl implementation bug on windows.
187 - use unix domain sockets in testsuite to work around
188 common perl implementation bugs on widows (they are emulated by
189 tcp sockets on windows. ugh.)
190
1914.71 Sat May 24 20:01:27 CEST 2008
192 - fix a bug in Coro::AnyEvent ("Usage: Coro::AnyEvent::_schedule()").
193 - take advantage of async name resolution of AnyEvent::Util.
194 - work around brutal inet_aton override in Coro::LWP.
195 - take advantage of the readyhook in Coro::EV, for smoother
196 scheduling.
197
1984.7 Sun May 11 00:32:19 CEST 2008
199 - completely reworked the Coro manpage.
200 - added Coro::AnyEvent, generic event loop integration.
201 - implement cancel, ready and kill commands in Coro::Debug.
202 - document find_coro in Coro::Debug.
203 - incompatible change: rename has_stack to has_cctx.
204 - Coro::AIO and Coro::BDB no longer force event model detection,
205 use AnyEvent::AIO and AnyEvent::BDB.
7 206
84.6 Sat Apr 26 10:05:14 CEST 2008 2074.6 Sat Apr 26 10:05:14 CEST 2008
9 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: sub/code attributes are no longer supported 208 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: sub/code attributes are no longer supported
10 by the Coro module. It was a mistake to have it in the first place. 209 by the Coro module. It was a mistake to have it in the first place.
11 - (experimental) support for activestate perl 5.10 (method "w"). 210 - (experimental) support for activestate perl 5.10 (method "w").

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