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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)).
7TODO: MAP_STACK
7 8
84.22 95.0
10 - NEW ARCHITECTURE: use 4.912 for the stable version.
11 - bump API version to 7 - all dependents must be recompiled.
12 - perl's process emulation is now not even theoretically supported
13 anymore.
14 - directly patch the entersub opcode calling SLF functions (cede,
15 transfer and so on). this does speed up context switching, but
16 more importanly, it frees us from the hardcoded behaviour of
17 entersub, so we might actually be able to return something from
18 those functions and atcually create new ones.
19 - take advantage of __builtin_frame_address on gcc.
20 - expose THX in coroapi (not sure whether this was a wise decision,
21 as "threaded" perls are running at half speed anyways).
22 - implement execute_slf (schedule-like-function) interface that makes
23 it possible to implement schedule-like-functions in XS.
24 - use new SLF interface to massively speed up Coro::EV (it's roughly
25 twice as fast now).
26
274.912 Thu Nov 13 18:31:23 CET 2008
28 - minor cleanups.
29 - use much larger stacks on linux and perl < 5.8.8.
30 - Coro::Debug::new_unix_server did not unlink the socket
31 when destroyed.
32
334.911 Tue Nov 11 04:26:17 CET 2008
34 - "port" to threaded perls.
35
364.91 Mon Nov 10 05:36:38 CET 2008
37 - the ->throw exception object no longer leaks.
38 - creating a new cctx leaked a scopestack entry (memleak).
39 - new coroutines didn't get created with a zero flags field
40 (unknown impact).
41 - calling ->throw on a not-yet-started coroutine should now work
42 instead of being ignored.
43 - ->throw is now supported on Coro::State objects.
44 - clean up cctx creation code a bit.
45 - entersub is actually a UNOP, not a LOGOP (not a bugfix).
46
474.9 Sat Nov 8 17:45:27 CET 2008
48 - (libcoro) did not preserve rbp with CORO_ASM (we are getting there).
49 - (libcoro) no longer leak threads in the experimental pthread backend,
50 also speed it up considerably.
51 - (libcoro) do not rely on makecontext passing void *'s unscathed.
52 - fix compiletime dependencies on libcoro in the Makefile.
53 - cctx_count wasn't always updated properly.
54 - Coro::State::cctx_stacksize wasn't applied correctly.
55 - new function Coro::State::cctx_max_idle.
56 - the default max number of idle C contexts is now 4.
57 - (libcoro) try harder to get _setjmp/_longjmp.
58 - (libcoro) cleanup and extend the libcoro API to officially
59 allow the creation of empty source contexts.
60 - very experimental workaround for the totally broken netbsd platform.
61 - tried to hack around openbsd bugs.
62
634.804 Wed Nov 5 16:36:00 CET 2008
64 - Coro::Debug::new_unix_server would not create a non-blocking listening
65 socket, sometimes causing freezes.
66 - (libcoro) fix misaligned stack points for setjmp and assembly
67 methods, which can cause crashes on x86/x86_64 with a sufficiently
68 aggressive compiler.
69 - new function: Coro::Debug::new_tcp_server.
70 - move ->throw into the Coro class because it only works on coro objects.
71
724.803 Mon Nov 3 17:16:12 CET 2008
73 - (libcoro) use a global asm statement to become independent of gcc
74 otpimisations for CORO_ASM (thanks to pippijn for the idea).
75 - try to workaround yet another broken bsd, this time dragonfly.
76
774.802 Thu Oct 30 10:56:12 CET 2008
78 - support -fno-omit-frame-pointer on x86 with the assembly method.
79 - tune 01_unblock.t tests a bit.
80
814.801 Wed Oct 22 18:33:37 CEST 2008
82 - improve readline speed for very long "lines".
83 - backport to 5.8.8.
84
854.8 Thu Oct 2 13:34:40 CEST 2008
86 - new function Coro::AIO::aio_wait.
87 - Coro.:AIO and Coro::BDB now "use Coro::AnyEvent".
88 - greatly speed up and reduce memory usage of Coro::AIO requests.
89 - implement some other µ-optimisations.
90
914.749 Mon Sep 29 14:40:12 CEST 2008
92 - port to slow and broken pseudo-threaded perls. (courtesy pippijn).
93
944.748 Sat Sep 27 14:03:19 CEST 2008
95 - implement, but do not document, PerlIO::cede(granularity).
96 - Coro::Storable forgot to wrap Storable::pstore.
97 - work around the multitude of leaks and memory corruption
98 bugs in PerlIO::via by using our own C-level perliol. As a side
99 effect, Coro::Storable is now much, much, much faster.
100
1014.747 Tue Sep 23 01:59:41 CEST 2008
102 - fix a per-cv memleak (one empty array was leaked per
103 code reference).
104 - avoid a crash in coro->call|rss when the coroutine was already
105 destroyed (most noticably when using Coro::Debug::ps :)
106 - also protect *Storable::FILE.
107 - push up default storable granularity to 20ms.
108
1094.746 Sun Sep 21 03:22:20 CEST 2008
110 - be more insistent on locking Storable against reentrancy
111 in Coro::Storable.
112 - move swap_def?v and throw to Coro::State, as documented.
113
1144.745 Thu Jul 24 00:14:38 CEST 2008
115 - remove debugging code related to MgPV_nolen_const, also try to
116 make it compile with perl 5.8.6 (yes, apple apparently loves
117 outdated software). Reported by John S.
118
1194.744 Tue Jul 8 22:06:35 CEST 2008
120 - correctly provide default DIE/WARN handlers as documented.
121 - also overwrite PL_vtbl_sigelem.svt_clear, even though current
122 implementations inside perl work fine for us.
123
1244.743 Mon Jun 16 00:21:57 CEST 2008
125 - when using Coro::EV without running EV::loop it could
126 result in busy-waiting for events, this has been fixed.
127 - reduce codesize and improve performance by using EV_DEFAULT_UC.
128
1294.742 Sat May 31 14:10:21 CEST 2008
130 - implement a workaround for (some) perl <5.8.8 versions.
131 - require EV 3.3+.
132
1334.741 Fri May 30 23:33:09 CEST 2008
134 - tell netbsd how utterly broken their imitation of an OS is
135 and refuse to build by default if pthreads are in use.
136 - switch to "s" method on all bsd's by default, as their ucontext
137 stuff seems just too broken.
138 - fix a bug in Coro::Select.
139
1404.74 Thu May 29 20:05:31 CEST 2008
141 - do not test Coro::LWP for lack of dependencies.
142 - do not test Coro::Select for lack of working perls.
143
1444.73 Thu May 29 2008
145 - fix a bug in Coro::EV which would cause it to block despite
146 there being runnable coroutines.
147 - sprinkle "no warnings" freely over everything, also suppress
148 warnings for some other modules.
149 - fix typo in WSAEWOULDBLOCK.
150
1514.72 Sun May 25 05:14:36 CEST 2008
152 - tweak META.yaml a bit, unfortunately, there is no documented way
153 to have optional dependencies with CPAN. doh :(
154 - avoid running some tests on windows because they would fail due to
155 perl bug (broken fork, broken pipes...).
156 - work around perl on windows bugs where perl returns undocumented
157 error codes for sysread, syswrite etc. by taking advantage
158 of AnyEvent's workaround for that problem.
159 - use AnyEvent::Util::fh_nonblocking in Coro::Handle to work around
160 a common perl implementation bug on windows.
161 - use unix domain sockets in testsuite to work around
162 common perl implementation bugs on widows (they are emulated by
163 tcp sockets on windows. ugh.)
164
1654.71 Sat May 24 20:01:27 CEST 2008
166 - fix a bug in Coro::AnyEvent ("Usage: Coro::AnyEvent::_schedule()").
167 - take advantage of async name resolution of AnyEvent::Util.
168 - work around brutal inet_aton override in Coro::LWP.
169 - take advantage of the readyhook in Coro::EV, for smoother
170 scheduling.
171
1724.7 Sun May 11 00:32:19 CEST 2008
173 - completely reworked the Coro manpage.
174 - added Coro::AnyEvent, generic event loop integration.
175 - implement cancel, ready and kill commands in Coro::Debug.
176 - document find_coro in Coro::Debug.
177 - incompatible change: rename has_stack to has_cctx.
178 - Coro::AIO and Coro::BDB no longer force event model detection,
179 use AnyEvent::AIO and AnyEvent::BDB.
180
1814.6 Sat Apr 26 10:05:14 CEST 2008
182 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: sub/code attributes are no longer supported
183 by the Coro module. It was a mistake to have it in the first place.
184 - (experimental) support for activestate perl 5.10 (method "w").
185 - (experimental) support for strawberry perl (method "a").
186 - coro_sigelem_set did not return a value although it had to,
187 actual impact unknown.
188
1894.51 Mon Apr 14 13:28:27 CEST 2008
190 - make it compile again on 5.8.
191
1924.50 Thu Apr 10 09:43:17 CEST 2008
193 - I did it twice! (see 4.49).
194
1954.49 Sun Apr 6 21:23:31 CEST 2008
196 - grr, instead of compiling the recent changes on 5.10 only they
197 were compiled on 5.8 only.
198
1994.48 Sun Apr 6 20:36:46 CEST 2008
200 - allow coroutine switches during eval's under 5.10.x, as it seems
201 the parser is a per-interpreter option now, so this is safe
202 (this might fix the odd crashing bug).
203 - drop support for 5.9.x versions: they are dead, jim.
204
2054.47 Sun Apr 6 00:37:52 CEST 2008
206 - force cctx allocation on API calls: we know we need to force one
207 and gcc actually manages to confuse our heuristic nowadays,
208 leading to crashes and worse.
209 - document force_cctx.
210
2114.46 Fri Apr 4 22:05:43 CEST 2008
212 - upgrade libcoro, resulting in pthread-backend (which was only created
213 to fulfill the rules of the programming languages shootout).
214
2154.45 Thu Mar 13 11:55:36 CET 2008
216 - fix a file leaking bug in eg/mhyttpd that would allow
217 downloading of any file (reported by oesi).
218 - fix deadlock bug in Coro::Channel (reported by Richard Hundt)
219 (also add testcase).
220 - support Broadcast option in Coro::Socket (patch by Richard Hundt,
221 apparently having loads of fun with that).
222 - implement $state->swap_defsv, ->swap_defav and document ->throw.
223
2244.4 Wed Feb 13 16:44:29 CET 2008
225 - only assume .cfi pseudo isns exist on GNU/Linux.
226 - add get_timed method to Coro::Channels.
227 - fixed Coro::Debug manpage.
228 - perl 5.11 compatbility improvement based on patch by
229 Andreas König.
230
2314.37 Sun Jan 20 11:25:23 CET 2008
232 - soften the check for an active parser for perl 5.10 (avoiding
233 "Coro::State::transfer called while parsing" in many cases).
234
2354.36 Sun Jan 13 10:53:56 CET 2008
236 - reset diehook when terminating from an async_pool as to not
237 trigger any __DIE__ handlers.
238
2394.35 Sun Jan 13 04:14:13 CET 2008
240 - "bt" debug command now displays any exceptions
241 from longmess and also skips the innermost
242 stackframes, giving more useufl output.
243 - allow backtraces in coroutines blocked in Coro::EV,
244 at a <1% speed hit.
245 - handle localising of $SIG{__WARN__} and __DIE__
246 properly (with a proper amount of dirty hacking).
247
2484.34 Sat Dec 22 17:49:53 CET 2007
249 - upgrade to EV version 2.0 API.
250
2514.33 Mon Dec 17 08:36:12 CET 2007
252 - make Coro::AIO etc. loadable in the absence of EV.
253
2544.32 Mon Dec 17 07:46:02 CET 2007
255 - majorly improved Coro::Handle's performance with Coro::EV.
256 - implemented the until now mythical Coro::BDB module.
257 - specialcase EV in Coro::AIO and Coro::BDB for extra speed.
258
2594.31 Wed Dec 5 12:32:39 CET 2007
260 - remove warn statement form Coro::Util.
261
2624.3 Tue Dec 4 20:33:14 CET 2007
263 - calls to the idle function could cause stack corruption
264 when the stack changed.
265 - do no longer rely on the presence of EV::DNS if EV is used
266 (because it is gone), but instead take avdantage of EV::ADNS
267 if available.
268 - add ($) prototypes to all functions in Coro::Storable.
269 - use a conventional (safer) idle callback in Coro::EV.
270 - do accept quickly in Coro::Debug to avoid endless loops.
271
2724.22 Fri Nov 30 16:04:04 CET 2007
9 - really use optimised versions for Event and EV in Coro::Util 273 - really use optimised versions for Event and EV in Coro::Util
10 and Coro::Handle. 274 and Coro::Handle.
11 275
124.21 Sun Nov 25 10:48:59 CET 2007 2764.21 Sun Nov 25 10:48:59 CET 2007
13 - fix a spurious memory read. 277 - fix a spurious memory read.

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