| 1 | Revision history for Perl extension Coro. |
1 | Revision history for Perl extension Coro. |
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| 3 | TODO: should explore PerlIO::via::CoroCede and PerlIO::via::CoroAIO. |
3 | TODO: should explore PerlIO::coroaio (perl leaks like hell). |
| 4 | TODO: maybe implement a default message channel, very much like Erlang's |
4 | TODO: 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)). |
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8 | 5.0 |
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9 | - NEW ARCHITECTURE: use 4.912 for the stable version. |
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10 | - bump API version to 7 - all dependents must be recompiled. |
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11 | - perl's process emulation is now not even theoretically supported |
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12 | anymore. |
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13 | - directly patch the entersub opcode calling SLF functions (cede, |
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14 | transfer and so on). this does speed up context switching, but |
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15 | more importanly, it frees us from the hardcoded behaviour of |
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16 | entersub, so we might actually be able to return something from |
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17 | those functions and atcually create new ones. |
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18 | - take advantage of __builtin_frame_address on gcc. |
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19 | - expose THX in coroapi (not sure whether this was a wise decision, |
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20 | as "threaded" perls are running at half speed anyways). |
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21 | - implement execute_slf (schedule-like-function) interface that makes |
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22 | it possible to implement schedule-like-functions in XS. |
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23 | - use new SLF interface to massively speed up Coro::EV (it's roughly |
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24 | twice as fast now). |
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26 | 4.912 Thu Nov 13 18:31:23 CET 2008 |
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27 | - minor cleanups. |
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28 | - use much larger stacks on linux and perl < 5.8.8. |
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29 | - Coro::Debug::new_unix_server did not unlink the socket |
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30 | when destroyed. |
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32 | 4.911 Tue Nov 11 04:26:17 CET 2008 |
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33 | - "port" to threaded perls. |
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35 | 4.91 Mon Nov 10 05:36:38 CET 2008 |
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36 | - the ->throw exception object no longer leaks. |
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37 | - creating a new cctx leaked a scopestack entry (memleak). |
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38 | - new coroutines didn't get created with a zero flags field |
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39 | (unknown impact). |
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40 | - calling ->throw on a not-yet-started coroutine should now work |
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41 | instead of being ignored. |
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42 | - ->throw is now supported on Coro::State objects. |
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43 | - clean up cctx creation code a bit. |
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44 | - entersub is actually a UNOP, not a LOGOP (not a bugfix). |
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46 | 4.9 Sat Nov 8 17:45:27 CET 2008 |
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47 | - (libcoro) did not preserve rbp with CORO_ASM (we are getting there). |
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48 | - (libcoro) no longer leak threads in the experimental pthread backend, |
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49 | also speed it up considerably. |
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50 | - (libcoro) do not rely on makecontext passing void *'s unscathed. |
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51 | - fix compiletime dependencies on libcoro in the Makefile. |
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52 | - cctx_count wasn't always updated properly. |
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53 | - Coro::State::cctx_stacksize wasn't applied correctly. |
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54 | - new function Coro::State::cctx_max_idle. |
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55 | - the default max number of idle C contexts is now 4. |
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56 | - (libcoro) try harder to get _setjmp/_longjmp. |
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57 | - (libcoro) cleanup and extend the libcoro API to officially |
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58 | allow the creation of empty source contexts. |
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59 | - very experimental workaround for the totally broken netbsd platform. |
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60 | - tried to hack around openbsd bugs. |
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62 | 4.804 Wed Nov 5 16:36:00 CET 2008 |
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63 | - Coro::Debug::new_unix_server would not create a non-blocking listening |
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64 | socket, sometimes causing freezes. |
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65 | - (libcoro) fix misaligned stack points for setjmp and assembly |
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66 | methods, which can cause crashes on x86/x86_64 with a sufficiently |
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67 | aggressive compiler. |
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68 | - new function: Coro::Debug::new_tcp_server. |
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69 | - move ->throw into the Coro class because it only works on coro objects. |
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71 | 4.803 Mon Nov 3 17:16:12 CET 2008 |
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72 | - (libcoro) use a global asm statement to become independent of gcc |
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73 | otpimisations for CORO_ASM (thanks to pippijn for the idea). |
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74 | - try to workaround yet another broken bsd, this time dragonfly. |
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76 | 4.802 Thu Oct 30 10:56:12 CET 2008 |
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77 | - support -fno-omit-frame-pointer on x86 with the assembly method. |
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78 | - tune 01_unblock.t tests a bit. |
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80 | 4.801 Wed Oct 22 18:33:37 CEST 2008 |
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81 | - improve readline speed for very long "lines". |
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82 | - backport to 5.8.8. |
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84 | 4.8 Thu Oct 2 13:34:40 CEST 2008 |
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85 | - new function Coro::AIO::aio_wait. |
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86 | - Coro.:AIO and Coro::BDB now "use Coro::AnyEvent". |
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87 | - greatly speed up and reduce memory usage of Coro::AIO requests. |
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88 | - implement some other ยต-optimisations. |
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90 | 4.749 Mon Sep 29 14:40:12 CEST 2008 |
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91 | - port to slow and broken pseudo-threaded perls. (courtesy pippijn). |
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93 | 4.748 Sat Sep 27 14:03:19 CEST 2008 |
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94 | - implement, but do not document, PerlIO::cede(granularity). |
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95 | - Coro::Storable forgot to wrap Storable::pstore. |
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96 | - work around the multitude of leaks and memory corruption |
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97 | bugs in PerlIO::via by using our own C-level perliol. As a side |
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98 | effect, Coro::Storable is now much, much, much faster. |
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100 | 4.747 Tue Sep 23 01:59:41 CEST 2008 |
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101 | - fix a per-cv memleak (one empty array was leaked per |
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102 | code reference). |
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103 | - avoid a crash in coro->call|rss when the coroutine was already |
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104 | destroyed (most noticably when using Coro::Debug::ps :) |
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105 | - also protect *Storable::FILE. |
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106 | - push up default storable granularity to 20ms. |
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108 | 4.746 Sun Sep 21 03:22:20 CEST 2008 |
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109 | - be more insistent on locking Storable against reentrancy |
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110 | in Coro::Storable. |
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111 | - move swap_def?v and throw to Coro::State, as documented. |
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113 | 4.745 Thu Jul 24 00:14:38 CEST 2008 |
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114 | - remove debugging code related to MgPV_nolen_const, also try to |
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115 | make it compile with perl 5.8.6 (yes, apple apparently loves |
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116 | outdated software). Reported by John S. |
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118 | 4.744 Tue Jul 8 22:06:35 CEST 2008 |
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119 | - correctly provide default DIE/WARN handlers as documented. |
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120 | - also overwrite PL_vtbl_sigelem.svt_clear, even though current |
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121 | implementations inside perl work fine for us. |
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123 | 4.743 Mon Jun 16 00:21:57 CEST 2008 |
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124 | - when using Coro::EV without running EV::loop it could |
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125 | result in busy-waiting for events, this has been fixed. |
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126 | - reduce codesize and improve performance by using EV_DEFAULT_UC. |
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128 | 4.742 Sat May 31 14:10:21 CEST 2008 |
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129 | - implement a workaround for (some) perl <5.8.8 versions. |
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130 | - require EV 3.3+. |
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132 | 4.741 Fri May 30 23:33:09 CEST 2008 |
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133 | - tell netbsd how utterly broken their imitation of an OS is |
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134 | and refuse to build by default if pthreads are in use. |
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135 | - switch to "s" method on all bsd's by default, as their ucontext |
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136 | stuff seems just too broken. |
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137 | - fix a bug in Coro::Select. |
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139 | 4.74 Thu May 29 20:05:31 CEST 2008 |
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140 | - do not test Coro::LWP for lack of dependencies. |
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141 | - do not test Coro::Select for lack of working perls. |
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143 | 4.73 Thu May 29 2008 |
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144 | - fix a bug in Coro::EV which would cause it to block despite |
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145 | there being runnable coroutines. |
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146 | - sprinkle "no warnings" freely over everything, also suppress |
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147 | warnings for some other modules. |
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148 | - fix typo in WSAEWOULDBLOCK. |
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150 | 4.72 Sun May 25 05:14:36 CEST 2008 |
| 8 | - tweak META.yaml a bit, unfortunately, there is no documented way |
151 | - tweak META.yaml a bit, unfortunately, there is no documented way |
| 9 | to have optional dependencies with CPAN. doh :( |
152 | to have optional dependencies with CPAN. doh :( |
| 10 | - avoid running some tests on windows because they would fail due to |
153 | - avoid running some tests on windows because they would fail due to |
| 11 | perl bug (broken fork, broken pipes...). |
154 | perl bug (broken fork, broken pipes...). |
| 12 | - work around perl on windows bugs where perl returns undocumented |
155 | - work around perl on windows bugs where perl returns undocumented |
