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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)).
7TODO: unready_all
7 8
84.747 9TODO: myhttpd header parsing
10 - do not keep a reference to the argument itself in
11 Coro::Senmaphore::guard, as it could change later.
12 - support SO_RCVBUF/SO_SNDBUF nonstandard Coro::Socket options,
13 should support a prepare callback.
14
155.131 Mon Mar 16 23:20:37 CET 2009
16 - implement and document Coro->suspend, Coro->resume.
17 - fix Coro::Select implementation to not (often) close
18 the passed file descriptors (testcase provided by pippijn).
19
205.13 Mon Dec 15 21:51:42 CET 2008
21 - EXPERIMENTAL: implement dynamic winds (on_enter/on_leave).
22 - don't set diehook to C<undef> but instead to NULL, to avoid
23 spurious warnings.
24 - fix a lot of bugs in Coro::SemaphoreSet.
25 - Coro::SemaphoreSet will less often create a semaphore needlessly.
26 - add Coro::SemaphoreSet::count and wait methods.
27 - take advantage of the new Guard module.
28 - deprecate Coro::guard.
29 - try to fix the dreaded 01_unblock tests once more. I hate it when
30 testsuites need more fixing than the code they are supposed to test.
31 - croak in more cases when a required callback isn't resolvable.
32 - fix some minor issues in Coro::State->call/eval.
33 - use current coroutine context instead of a temporary one
34 when temporarily switching to another coroutine.
35 - do not call C-level on_destroy handlers during global destruction,
36 to avoid needless segfaults.
37
385.12 Sun Dec 7 13:30:38 CET 2008
39 - add default config for MirOS, which seems to be a bug-to-bug
40 compatible fork of openbsd ("world domination by releasing
41 openbsd cvs before the openbsd folks do it" or so :).
42 - free_padlist did destroy the names pad, not good, but didn't
43 seem to bother perl - this could fix issues such as eval ""
44 inside a function called from multiple coroutines.
45 - use a different method to detect destruction time.
46 - be more careful when freeing padlists just before global
47 destruction.
48 - fixed and expanded the call/cc example.
49 - renamed _terminate to _coro_run.
50 - new method Coro::Channel->shutdown.
51 - try pthreads on openbsd <4.4 (broken sigaltstack, will
52 pthreads fare better?).
53 - be less picky about destroying "a" running coroutine.
54
555.11 Tue Nov 25 21:49:05 CET 2008
56 - DEBUGGING in 5.10.0 is a mess: it constantly flags perfectly
57 working code with failed assertions, introducing more bugs than
58 it fixes, requiring elaborate workarounds :(
59
605.1 Mon Nov 24 08:54:59 CET 2008
61 - wrote a small introductory tutorial - Coro::Intro.
62 - convert Coro::Timer, Coro::Select and Coro::Util to rouse API.
63 - Coro::Select did errornously dup the file descriptors
64 and didn't work with all AnyEvent backends.
65 - Coro::Select wasn't imported correctly form Coro::LWP, causing blocking
66 LWP data transfers.
67 - disassociate c contexts from coro objects - this is agruably more
68 correct, but mostly allows sharing of cctxs between coro and state
69 objects, for added memory savings and speed increases.
70 - bumped $Coro::POOL_RSS up to 32kb by default.
71 - no longer set the optype to OP_CUSTOM, as B::* understandably
72 doesn't like this very much (and we *are* a type of entersub).
73 - implement state cloning, just to prove that call/cc can be done.
74 - automatically load Coro::AnyEvent in Coro::Handle.
75 - wrap ->cancel calls in eval inside Coro::Handle as EV watchers
76 do not have this method (and don't need it either).
77 - speed up generic anyevent methods in Coro::Handle by using rouse
78 callbacks.
79 - allow coroutines in $Coro::IDLE, speeding up Coro::AnyEvent and
80 others. It also makes the debugger happier, as you can trace
81 through the idle threads now.
82 - add comppad_name* and hints ($^H, %^H) to per-thread variables.
83 - eg/event was pretty broken.
84 - better 5.8.6 compatibility.
85
865.0 Thu Nov 20 10:35:05 CET 2008
87 - NEW ARCHITECTURE: use the latest 4.x version if you experience
88 stability issues.
89 - bump API version to 7 - all dependents must be recompiled.
90 - removed timed_* functions - they were not being used anyways
91 and should be replaced by a more generic mechanism -
92 and were annoying to support anyways :)
93 - removed SemaphoreSet's waiter method - use sem method instead.
94 - Coro::Semaphore->adjust didn't correctly wake up enough waiters.
95 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice
96 ("Attempt to unreference...").
97 - fix a longstanding bug where calling terminate on a coro that
98 was waiting for a semaphore that was just becoming available
99 would cause a deadlock (semaphore would get into a state where
100 it was available but waiters were still blocked).
101 - calling throw on a coroutine that is waiting for a semaphore will
102 no longer make it acquire the semaphore (and thus leak a count).
103 - perl's process emulation is now not even theoretically supported
104 anymore.
105 - new functions Coro::rouse_cb and Coro::rouse_wait for easier
106 conversion of callback-style to blocking-style.
107 - new methods $coro->schedule_to and ->cede_to, to specifically
108 schedule or cede to a specific coroutine.
109 - new function Coro::Semaphore::wait.
110 - use named constants in Coro::Channel (Richard Hundt).
111 - directly patch the entersub opcode calling SLF functions (cede,
112 transfer and so on). this does speed up context switching, but
113 more importanly, it frees us from the hardcoded behaviour of
114 entersub, so we might actually be able to return something from
115 those functions and atcually create new ones.
116 - take advantage of __builtin_frame_address on gcc.
117 - expose THX in coroapi (not sure whether this was a wise decision,
118 as "threaded" perls are running at half speed anyways).
119 - implement execute_slf (schedule-like-function) interface that makes
120 it possible to implement schedule-like-functions in XS.
121 - use new SLF interface to massively speed up Coro::EV by roughly a
122 factor of two.
123 - used new SLF interface to massively speed up Coro::Semaphore by a
124 factor of three.
125 - used new SLF interface to speed up Coro::AIO by roughly a factor of
126 four and reduce its memory usage considerably.
127 - implement Coro::SemaphoreSet purely in terms of Coro::Semaphore,
128 for a nice speedup and vastly more correct behaviour. Also implement
129 a new method "sem" to get at the underlying semaphore object.
130 - implement Coro::Channel in terms of Coro::Semaphore, for a moderate
131 (in comparison) 20-40% speedup.
132 - used new SLF interface to reimplement Coro::Signal gaining
133 some unknown (because I was too lazy), but certain, speedup, and also
134 making signals reliable for the first time.
135 - used new SLF interface and other optimisations to speed up async_pool
136 by a factor of two. It also doesn't rely on perl's exception mechanism
137 to exit anymore. The overhead for terminating an async_pool, coro over
138 a normal async is now very small.
139 - sped up coroutine creation/destruction by 40%.
140 - forgot to include Coro/libcoro/README in the dist for all these years.
141 - work around a freebsd pthreads bug (manual testcancel is required as
142 pthread_cond_wait isn't a cancellation point on freebsd).
143 - use new rouse functions to speed up and simplify Coro::BDB.
144 - make "prefer perl native functions" work with threaded perls.
145 - condense Coro::Debug ps output, hint at v and w flags.
146 - (libcoro) lots of minor cleanups and portability improvements.
147
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149 - fix a disastrous bug in the readline optimisation
150 introduced in 4.801.
151
1524.913 Sat Nov 15 07:58:28 CET 2008
153 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice
154 ("Attempt to unreference...").
155
1564.912 Thu Nov 13 18:31:23 CET 2008
157 - minor cleanups.
158 - use much larger stacks on linux and perl < 5.8.8.
159 - Coro::Debug::new_unix_server did not unlink the socket
160 when destroyed.
161
1624.911 Tue Nov 11 04:26:17 CET 2008
163 - "port" to threaded perls.
164
1654.91 Mon Nov 10 05:36:38 CET 2008
166 - the ->throw exception object no longer leaks.
167 - creating a new cctx leaked a scopestack entry (memleak).
168 - new coroutines didn't get created with a zero flags field
169 (unknown impact).
170 - calling ->throw on a not-yet-started coroutine should now work
171 instead of being ignored.
172 - ->throw is now supported on Coro::State objects.
173 - clean up cctx creation code a bit.
174 - entersub is actually a UNOP, not a LOGOP (not a bugfix).
175
1764.9 Sat Nov 8 17:45:27 CET 2008
177 - (libcoro) did not preserve rbp with CORO_ASM (we are getting there).
178 - (libcoro) no longer leak threads in the experimental pthread backend,
179 also speed it up considerably.
180 - (libcoro) do not rely on makecontext passing void *'s unscathed.
181 - fix compiletime dependencies on libcoro in the Makefile.
182 - cctx_count wasn't always updated properly.
183 - Coro::State::cctx_stacksize wasn't applied correctly.
184 - new function Coro::State::cctx_max_idle.
185 - the default max number of idle C contexts is now 4.
186 - (libcoro) try harder to get _setjmp/_longjmp.
187 - (libcoro) cleanup and extend the libcoro API to officially
188 allow the creation of empty source contexts.
189 - very experimental workaround for the totally broken netbsd platform.
190 - tried to hack around openbsd bugs.
191
1924.804 Wed Nov 5 16:36:00 CET 2008
193 - Coro::Debug::new_unix_server would not create a non-blocking listening
194 socket, sometimes causing freezes.
195 - (libcoro) fix misaligned stack points for setjmp and assembly
196 methods, which can cause crashes on x86/x86_64 with a sufficiently
197 aggressive compiler.
198 - new function: Coro::Debug::new_tcp_server.
199 - move ->throw into the Coro class because it only works on coro objects.
200
2014.803 Mon Nov 3 17:16:12 CET 2008
202 - (libcoro) use a global asm statement to become independent of gcc
203 otpimisations for CORO_ASM (thanks to pippijn for the idea).
204 - try to workaround yet another broken bsd, this time dragonfly.
205
2064.802 Thu Oct 30 10:56:12 CET 2008
207 - support -fno-omit-frame-pointer on x86 with the assembly method.
208 - tune 01_unblock.t tests a bit.
209
2104.801 Wed Oct 22 18:33:37 CEST 2008
211 - improve readline speed for very long "lines".
212 - backport to 5.8.8.
213
2144.8 Thu Oct 2 13:34:40 CEST 2008
215 - new function Coro::AIO::aio_wait.
216 - Coro.:AIO and Coro::BDB now "use Coro::AnyEvent".
217 - greatly speed up and reduce memory usage of Coro::AIO requests.
218 - implement some other ยต-optimisations.
219
2204.749 Mon Sep 29 14:40:12 CEST 2008
221 - port to slow and broken pseudo-threaded perls. (courtesy pippijn).
222
2234.748 Sat Sep 27 14:03:19 CEST 2008
224 - implement, but do not document, PerlIO::cede(granularity).
225 - Coro::Storable forgot to wrap Storable::pstore.
226 - work around the multitude of leaks and memory corruption
227 bugs in PerlIO::via by using our own C-level perliol. As a side
228 effect, Coro::Storable is now much, much, much faster.
229
2304.747 Tue Sep 23 01:59:41 CEST 2008
9 - fix a per-cv memleak (one empty array was leaked per 231 - fix a per-cv memleak (one empty array was leaked per
10 code reference). 232 code reference).
233 - avoid a crash in coro->call|rss when the coroutine was already
234 destroyed (most noticably when using Coro::Debug::ps :)
235 - also protect *Storable::FILE.
236 - push up default storable granularity to 20ms.
11 237
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13 - be more insistent on locking Storable against reentrancy 239 - be more insistent on locking Storable against reentrancy
14 in Coro::Storable. 240 in Coro::Storable.
15 - move swap_def?v and throw to Coro::State, as documented. 241 - move swap_def?v and throw to Coro::State, as documented.

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