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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 7
8TODO: testcancel
9TODO: aio
10TODO: Coro::Semaphore
11TODO: trow disturbs cleanup path inside pp_slf?
125.0
13 - NEW ARCHITECTURE: use 4.912 for the stable version.
14 - bump API version to 7 - all dependents must be recompiled.
15 - Coro::Semaphore->adjust didn't correctly wake up enough waiters.
16 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice
17 ("Attempt to unreference...").
18 - fix a longstanding bug where calling terminate on a coro that
19 was waiting for a semaphore that was just becoming available
20 would cause a deadlock (semaphore would get into a state where
21 it was available but waiters were waiting(.
22 - perl's process emulation is now not even theoretically supported
23 anymore.
24 - directly patch the entersub opcode calling SLF functions (cede,
25 transfer and so on). this does speed up context switching, but
26 more importanly, it frees us from the hardcoded behaviour of
27 entersub, so we might actually be able to return something from
28 those functions and atcually create new ones.
29 - take advantage of __builtin_frame_address on gcc.
30 - expose THX in coroapi (not sure whether this was a wise decision,
31 as "threaded" perls are running at half speed anyways).
32 - implement execute_slf (schedule-like-function) interface that makes
33 it possible to implement schedule-like-functions in XS.
34 - use new SLF interface to massively speed up Coro::EV by roughly a factor
35 of two.
36 - removed timed_down and timed_guard functions - they were not being used
37 anyways and should be replaced by a more generic mechanism - and were
38 annoying to support anyways :
39 - used new SLF interface to massively speed up Coro::Semaphore by a factor
40 of three.
41 - forgot to include Coro/libcoro/README in the dist for all these years.
42 - work around a freebsd pthreads bug (manual testcancel is required as
43 pthread_cond_wait isn't a cancellation point on freebsd).
44
454.913 Sat Nov 15 07:58:28 CET 2008
46 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice
47 ("Attempt to unreference...").
48
494.912 Thu Nov 13 18:31:23 CET 2008
50 - minor cleanups.
51 - use much larger stacks on linux and perl < 5.8.8.
52 - Coro::Debug::new_unix_server did not unlink the socket
53 when destroyed.
54
554.911 Tue Nov 11 04:26:17 CET 2008
56 - "port" to threaded perls.
57
584.91 Mon Nov 10 05:36:38 CET 2008
59 - the ->throw exception object no longer leaks.
60 - creating a new cctx leaked a scopestack entry (memleak).
61 - new coroutines didn't get created with a zero flags field
62 (unknown impact).
63 - calling ->throw on a not-yet-started coroutine should now work
64 instead of being ignored.
65 - ->throw is now supported on Coro::State objects.
66 - clean up cctx creation code a bit.
67 - entersub is actually a UNOP, not a LOGOP (not a bugfix).
68
694.9 Sat Nov 8 17:45:27 CET 2008
70 - (libcoro) did not preserve rbp with CORO_ASM (we are getting there).
71 - (libcoro) no longer leak threads in the experimental pthread backend,
72 also speed it up considerably.
73 - (libcoro) do not rely on makecontext passing void *'s unscathed.
74 - fix compiletime dependencies on libcoro in the Makefile.
75 - cctx_count wasn't always updated properly.
76 - Coro::State::cctx_stacksize wasn't applied correctly.
77 - new function Coro::State::cctx_max_idle.
78 - the default max number of idle C contexts is now 4.
79 - (libcoro) try harder to get _setjmp/_longjmp.
80 - (libcoro) cleanup and extend the libcoro API to officially
81 allow the creation of empty source contexts.
82 - very experimental workaround for the totally broken netbsd platform.
83 - tried to hack around openbsd bugs.
84
854.804 Wed Nov 5 16:36:00 CET 2008
86 - Coro::Debug::new_unix_server would not create a non-blocking listening
87 socket, sometimes causing freezes.
88 - (libcoro) fix misaligned stack points for setjmp and assembly
89 methods, which can cause crashes on x86/x86_64 with a sufficiently
90 aggressive compiler.
91 - new function: Coro::Debug::new_tcp_server.
92 - move ->throw into the Coro class because it only works on coro objects.
93
944.803 Mon Nov 3 17:16:12 CET 2008
95 - (libcoro) use a global asm statement to become independent of gcc
96 otpimisations for CORO_ASM (thanks to pippijn for the idea).
97 - try to workaround yet another broken bsd, this time dragonfly.
98
994.802 Thu Oct 30 10:56:12 CET 2008
100 - support -fno-omit-frame-pointer on x86 with the assembly method.
101 - tune 01_unblock.t tests a bit.
102
1034.801 Wed Oct 22 18:33:37 CEST 2008
104 - improve readline speed for very long "lines".
105 - backport to 5.8.8.
106
1074.8 Thu Oct 2 13:34:40 CEST 2008
108 - new function Coro::AIO::aio_wait.
109 - Coro.:AIO and Coro::BDB now "use Coro::AnyEvent".
110 - greatly speed up and reduce memory usage of Coro::AIO requests.
111 - implement some other ยต-optimisations.
112
1134.749 Mon Sep 29 14:40:12 CEST 2008
114 - port to slow and broken pseudo-threaded perls. (courtesy pippijn).
115
1164.748 Sat Sep 27 14:03:19 CEST 2008
117 - implement, but do not document, PerlIO::cede(granularity).
118 - Coro::Storable forgot to wrap Storable::pstore.
119 - work around the multitude of leaks and memory corruption
120 bugs in PerlIO::via by using our own C-level perliol. As a side
121 effect, Coro::Storable is now much, much, much faster.
122
1234.747 Tue Sep 23 01:59:41 CEST 2008
124 - fix a per-cv memleak (one empty array was leaked per
125 code reference).
126 - avoid a crash in coro->call|rss when the coroutine was already
127 destroyed (most noticably when using Coro::Debug::ps :)
128 - also protect *Storable::FILE.
129 - push up default storable granularity to 20ms.
130
1314.746 Sun Sep 21 03:22:20 CEST 2008
132 - be more insistent on locking Storable against reentrancy
133 in Coro::Storable.
134 - move swap_def?v and throw to Coro::State, as documented.
135
1364.745 Thu Jul 24 00:14:38 CEST 2008
137 - remove debugging code related to MgPV_nolen_const, also try to
138 make it compile with perl 5.8.6 (yes, apple apparently loves
139 outdated software). Reported by John S.
140
1414.744 Tue Jul 8 22:06:35 CEST 2008
142 - correctly provide default DIE/WARN handlers as documented.
143 - also overwrite PL_vtbl_sigelem.svt_clear, even though current
144 implementations inside perl work fine for us.
145
1464.743 Mon Jun 16 00:21:57 CEST 2008
147 - when using Coro::EV without running EV::loop it could
148 result in busy-waiting for events, this has been fixed.
149 - reduce codesize and improve performance by using EV_DEFAULT_UC.
150
1514.742 Sat May 31 14:10:21 CEST 2008
152 - implement a workaround for (some) perl <5.8.8 versions.
153 - require EV 3.3+.
154
1554.741 Fri May 30 23:33:09 CEST 2008
156 - tell netbsd how utterly broken their imitation of an OS is
157 and refuse to build by default if pthreads are in use.
158 - switch to "s" method on all bsd's by default, as their ucontext
159 stuff seems just too broken.
160 - fix a bug in Coro::Select.
161
1624.74 Thu May 29 20:05:31 CEST 2008
163 - do not test Coro::LWP for lack of dependencies.
164 - do not test Coro::Select for lack of working perls.
165
1664.73 Thu May 29 2008
167 - fix a bug in Coro::EV which would cause it to block despite
168 there being runnable coroutines.
169 - sprinkle "no warnings" freely over everything, also suppress
170 warnings for some other modules.
171 - fix typo in WSAEWOULDBLOCK.
172
1734.72 Sun May 25 05:14:36 CEST 2008
174 - tweak META.yaml a bit, unfortunately, there is no documented way
175 to have optional dependencies with CPAN. doh :(
176 - avoid running some tests on windows because they would fail due to
177 perl bug (broken fork, broken pipes...).
178 - work around perl on windows bugs where perl returns undocumented
179 error codes for sysread, syswrite etc. by taking advantage
180 of AnyEvent's workaround for that problem.
181 - use AnyEvent::Util::fh_nonblocking in Coro::Handle to work around
182 a common perl implementation bug on windows.
183 - use unix domain sockets in testsuite to work around
184 common perl implementation bugs on widows (they are emulated by
185 tcp sockets on windows. ugh.)
186
1874.71 Sat May 24 20:01:27 CEST 2008
188 - fix a bug in Coro::AnyEvent ("Usage: Coro::AnyEvent::_schedule()").
8 - take advantage of async name resolution of AnyEvent::Util. 189 - take advantage of async name resolution of AnyEvent::Util.
9 - work around brutal inet_aton override in Coro::LWP. 190 - work around brutal inet_aton override in Coro::LWP.
191 - take advantage of the readyhook in Coro::EV, for smoother
192 scheduling.
10 193
114.7 Sun May 11 00:32:19 CEST 2008 1944.7 Sun May 11 00:32:19 CEST 2008
12 - completely reworked the Coro manpage. 195 - completely reworked the Coro manpage.
13 - added Coro::AnyEvent, generic event loop integration. 196 - added Coro::AnyEvent, generic event loop integration.
14 - implement cancel, ready and kill commands in Coro::Debug. 197 - implement cancel, ready and kill commands in Coro::Debug.

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