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Revision 1.560 by root, Fri May 6 21:27:43 2011 UTC vs.
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1Revision history for Perl extension Coro. 1Revision history for Perl extension Coro.
2 2
3TODO: should explore PerlIO::coroaio (perl leaks like hell). 3TODO: should explore PerlIO::coroaio (perl leaks like hell).
4TODO: channel->maxsize(newsize)? 4TODO: channel->maxsize(newsize)?
5TODO: http://www.microsoft.com/msj/archive/s2ce.aspx 5TODO: __GCC_HAVE_DWARF2_CFI_ASM
6TODO: swap_sv, maybe add scope_swap_sv, andallow to unswap by repeat?
7TODO: swap_sv not undone in pool
6 8
7 - croak when a coro being cancelled tries to block (e.g. while 9 - untested port to perl 5.19 (64 bit tmps indices) (reported
8 executing a guard block), instead of crashing or deadlocking. 10 by Andreas König).
11 - croak when cancel is called without a thread context.
12
136.37 Tue Mar 4 13:27:33 CET 2014
14 - *sigh*, removed leftover debugging code from debugging a
15 perl bug, of all things.
16
176.36 Tue Mar 4 07:11:59 CET 2014
18 - semaphores would not clear the destroy hook when interrupted
19 by ->throw, causing segfaults or worse.
20 - ->throw on a thread waiting for a semaphore did not acquire
21 the semaphore, but also didn't wake up other waiters,
22 possibly causing a deadlock.
23 - "FATAL: $Coro::IDLE blocked itself" will now use Carp::confess
24 to report a full stacktrace, which should help find out
25 where the actual call is.
26 - "atomically" destroy data in slf_destroy, because it is
27 the right thing to do, just in case.
28 - disable ecb.h libm dependency, to compile on ancient systems
29 or under adverse conditions.
30
316.33 Mon Nov 18 11:26:27 CET 2013
32 - do not crash when freeing padlists with holes (in 5.18).
33 - tentative SVt_BIND 5.19 port/fix.
34
356.32 Tue Nov 5 15:35:35 CET 2013
36 - use a new algorithm to derive padlists for perl 5.18. The old
37 one could lead to 0-pointer accesses inside perl (reported
38 by Darin McBride).
39
406.31 Thu May 9 07:39:48 CEST 2013
41 - Coro::AIO requests would crash if the thread was ready'd
42 while the request was ongoing.
43
446.29 Wed May 8 02:55:18 CEST 2013
45 - when an on_destroy handler destructs the coro currently being
46 destructed a perl scalar could be accessed after being freed,
47 likely causing a crash.
48
496.28 Wed Mar 6 06:58:02 CET 2013
50 - clean remnants of existing __DIE__ and __WARN__ handlers so
51 they lose their magic and will not cause segfaults later
52 (testcase by Andrey Sagulin).
53 - improved Coro::State documentation a bit.
54 - Coro::Debug::command now flushes the output.
55 - add hack detection code for x32 abi, because the braindead slugs
56 who designed that made it look exactly like x86_64 without
57 providing proper compile time symbols to test for it. as a result,
58 this detection cannot work reliably.
59 - valgrind stack registering was broken.
60 - do not rely on Time::HiRes anymore in Coro::Debug.
61
626.23 Fri Dec 7 23:36:37 CET 2012
63 - use experimental fiber implementation on native windows
64 perls.
65 - use sizeof (void *) as multiplication factor for stack sizes,
66 to accomodate the totally braindamaged microsoft 64 bit "os".
67 - changed verifier host from win2k-ap510-32 to win7-sp516-32/64.
68 activeperl 5.16 crashes when PerlIO_define_layer is called due
69 to some bug in the perl dll, strawberry perl at least passes
70 the testsuite.
71 - implement Coro::Handle->peeraddr/host/port, for slightly
72 improved compatibility with LWP.
73 - implement 5.17 compatibility by almost blindly applying a
74 good-looking patch by Father Chrysostomos.
75 - move stack management functions into libcoro 3.
76 - libcoro version 3 "released".
77 - support magic values as timed_io_once args.
78 - recommend AnyEvent 7+ or EV 4+, also require EV
79 version 4 or newer for Coro::EV.
80
816.10 Tue Oct 9 01:14:27 CEST 2012
82 - updated ecb.h, it had a typo that caused it to not compile on many
83 big endian systems (reported by many people).
84 - disable memory fences in ecb.h to improve portability.
85
866.09 Sat Oct 6 23:25:02 CEST 2012
87 - Coro::EV I/O watchers were not interruptible by exceptions
88 (Coro::State::throw) (testcase by sten).
89 - ->throw now puts threads into the ready queue, as this seems to
90 be expected by existing code, and code that doesn't cope with spurious
91 wakeups needs fixing anyway.
92 - use fd -1 in mmap.
93 - cast I32 to int in error message printf.
94 - warn about broken so-called "hardened" kernels.
95
966.08 Fri Apr 13 12:05:47 CEST 2012
97 - be more aggressive about exiting like perl does - formerly,
98 exiting from the non-main thread would not execute END blocks.
99
1006.07 Fri Nov 11 21:21:48 CET 2011
101 - work around a bug in PerlIO (setting $SIG{__WARN__} to a PVCV).
102 - update ecb.h.
103
1046.06 Mon Aug 8 23:59:48 CEST 2011
105 - cygwin unfortunately patches the stack at runtime, so we use the pthreads
106 backend, which is an order of magnitude slower. unfortunately, cygwins
107 pthread implementation isn't very complete either, so allocate the stack
108 twice just to be sure.
109 (note: cygwin also enables mymalloc, which is NOT THREADSAFE ON WINDOWS,
110 in its ithreaded perl - best recompile cygwin and use the 'w'indows
111 backend for much better performance. also disable ithreads for
112 even better performance...).
113
1146.05 Thu Aug 4 21:36:36 CEST 2011
115 - blush, condvar values would not be propagated from send to recv anymore
116 (reported by Chip Salzenberg).
117 - use exponential increase for the readline buffer length in
118 Coro::Handle. also reduce initial allocation to 1020 from 4096 bytes.
119
1206.04 Wed Aug 3 17:15:45 CEST 2011
121 - use even more efficient and more compatible condvars for
122 compatibility to AnyEvent 6.x :)
123 - more inconsequential ecb.h updates.
124
1256.03 Wed Aug 3 11:41:30 CEST 2011
126 - change how Coro patches AnyEvent condvars for compatibility to
127 AnyEvent 6.x.
128 - update ecb.h, to no longer include <pthread.h> in case WinNT.h
129 hasn't been included.
130
1316.02 Wed Jul 13 04:35:19 CEST 2011
132 - "improve portability to Gentoo" - gentoo manages to put perl variables
133 in memory areas that are farther than 2gb apart, which the jit couldn't
134 handle and barfed. now it's just a bit slower on gentoo and similar
135 systems.
136
1376.01 Sun Jul 3 12:31:14 CEST 2011
138 - workarounds are good, but the test for whether pthreads are used
139 was not good. thisone should be better.
140 - check differently whether gcc generates cfi instructions itself.
141
1426.0 Wed Jun 29 19:43:35 CEST 2011
143 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: unreferenced coro objects will now be
144 destroyed and cleaned up automatically (e.g. async { schedule }).
145 - implement a JIT compiler for part of the thread switch code,
146 which gives a 50% speed improvement on threaded perls, and
147 about 4% on non-thraeded perls (so threaded perls now finally
148 reach about half the speed of non-threaded perls).
149 - slightly modernise Coro::Intro, add section about rouse functions.
150 - avoid DEFSV and ERRSV, giving another 10% improvement
151 in thread switching.
152 - Coro::State->is_destroyed is now called is_zombie.
9 - implement a Coro->safe_cancel method that might fail, but 153 - implement a Coro->safe_cancel method that might fail, but
10 cancels in a "safer" way if it succeeds. 154 cancels in a "safer" way if it succeeds.
155 - add preliminary support for DEBUGGING perls.
156 - get rid of two hash-accesses when initialising a new Coro - this
157 speeds up coro creation by almost a factor of two.
158 - croak when a coro that is being cancelled tries to block
159 (e.g. while executing a guard block), instead of crashing or
160 deadlocking.
161 - use a more robust and also faster method to identify Coro::State
162 objects - speeds up everything a bit.
11 - implement Coro->cancel in XS for a 20% speed improvement, and to 163 - implement Coro->cancel in XS for a 20% speed improvement, and to
12 be able to implement mutual cancellation. 164 be able to implement mutual cancellation.
165 - speed up context switches by a percent or two by more efficiently
166 allocating context stack entries.
167 - implement Coro->join and Coro->on_destroy in XS for a speedup and
168 a reduction in memory use.
13 - cancelling a coro while it itself is cancelling another coro is 169 - cancelling a coro while it itself is cancelling another coro is
14 now supported and working, instead of triggering an assertion. 170 now supported and working, instead of triggering an assertion.
15 - be a bit more crash-resistant when calling (buggy) on_destroy 171 - be a bit more crash-resistant when calling (buggy) on_destroy
16 callbacks (best effort). 172 callbacks (best effort).
17 - move on_destroy into the slf_frame, to allow extension slf 173 - move on_destroy into the slf_frame, to allow extension slf
18 functions to have destructors. 174 functions to have destructors.
175 - get rid if coro refcounting - simply crash in other interpreter
176 threads by nulling the pointers on clone.
177 - simplify warn/die hook handling when loading Coro - the convoluted
178 logic seems to be no longer neccessary.
179 - use libecb instead of our own home-grown gcc hacks.
180 - document alternatives to Coro::LWP. Please use them :)
181 - work around another mindless idiotic NEEDLESS bug in openbsd/mirbsds
182 sigaltstack. Really. wine suffers from it, erlang suffers from it,
183 and it's known since at least 2006.
19 184
205.372 Wed Feb 23 06:14:30 CET 2011 1855.372 Wed Feb 23 06:14:30 CET 2011
21 - apparently mingw doesn't provide a working gettimeofday, try to 186 - apparently mingw doesn't provide a working gettimeofday, try to
22 work around that by relying on Time::HiRes (indirectly brought to 187 work around that by relying on Time::HiRes (indirectly brought to
23 my attention by Max Maischein). 188 my attention by Max Maischein).
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341 - ->throw is now supported on Coro::State objects. 506 - ->throw is now supported on Coro::State objects.
342 - clean up cctx creation code a bit. 507 - clean up cctx creation code a bit.
343 - entersub is actually a UNOP, not a LOGOP (not a bugfix). 508 - entersub is actually a UNOP, not a LOGOP (not a bugfix).
344 509
3454.9 Sat Nov 8 17:45:27 CET 2008 5104.9 Sat Nov 8 17:45:27 CET 2008
346 - (libcoro) did not preserve rbp with CORO_ASM (we are getting there). 511 - (libcoro) did not preserve rbp with CORO_ASM (we are getting there).
347 - (libcoro) no longer leak threads in the experimental pthread backend, 512 - (libcoro) no longer leak threads in the experimental pthread backend,
348 also speed it up considerably. 513 also speed it up considerably.
349 - (libcoro) do not rely on makecontext passing void *'s unscathed. 514 - (libcoro) do not rely on makecontext passing void *'s unscathed.
350 - fix compiletime dependencies on libcoro in the Makefile. 515 - fix compiletime dependencies on libcoro in the Makefile.
351 - cctx_count wasn't always updated properly. 516 - cctx_count wasn't always updated properly.
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413 - remove debugging code related to MgPV_nolen_const, also try to 578 - remove debugging code related to MgPV_nolen_const, also try to
414 make it compile with perl 5.8.6 (yes, apple apparently loves 579 make it compile with perl 5.8.6 (yes, apple apparently loves
415 outdated software). Reported by John S. 580 outdated software). Reported by John S.
416 581
4174.744 Tue Jul 8 22:06:35 CEST 2008 5824.744 Tue Jul 8 22:06:35 CEST 2008
418 - correctly provide default DIE/WARN handlers as documented. 583 - correctly provide default DIE/WARN handlers as documented.
419 - also overwrite PL_vtbl_sigelem.svt_clear, even though current 584 - also overwrite PL_vtbl_sigelem.svt_clear, even though current
420 implementations inside perl work fine for us. 585 implementations inside perl work fine for us.
421 586
4224.743 Mon Jun 16 00:21:57 CEST 2008 5874.743 Mon Jun 16 00:21:57 CEST 2008
423 - when using Coro::EV without running EV::loop it could 588 - when using Coro::EV without running EV::loop it could
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445 - sprinkle "no warnings" freely over everything, also suppress 610 - sprinkle "no warnings" freely over everything, also suppress
446 warnings for some other modules. 611 warnings for some other modules.
447 - fix typo in WSAEWOULDBLOCK. 612 - fix typo in WSAEWOULDBLOCK.
448 613
4494.72 Sun May 25 05:14:36 CEST 2008 6144.72 Sun May 25 05:14:36 CEST 2008
450 - tweak META.yaml a bit, unfortunately, there is no documented way 615 - tweak META.yaml a bit, unfortunately, there is no documented way
451 to have optional dependencies with CPAN. doh :( 616 to have optional dependencies with CPAN. doh :(
452 - avoid running some tests on windows because they would fail due to 617 - avoid running some tests on windows because they would fail due to
453 perl bug (broken fork, broken pipes...). 618 perl bug (broken fork, broken pipes...).
454 - work around perl on windows bugs where perl returns undocumented 619 - work around perl on windows bugs where perl returns undocumented
455 error codes for sysread, syswrite etc. by taking advantage 620 error codes for sysread, syswrite etc. by taking advantage
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459 - use unix domain sockets in testsuite to work around 624 - use unix domain sockets in testsuite to work around
460 common perl implementation bugs on widows (they are emulated by 625 common perl implementation bugs on widows (they are emulated by
461 tcp sockets on windows. ugh.) 626 tcp sockets on windows. ugh.)
462 627
4634.71 Sat May 24 20:01:27 CEST 2008 6284.71 Sat May 24 20:01:27 CEST 2008
464 - fix a bug in Coro::AnyEvent ("Usage: Coro::AnyEvent::_schedule()"). 629 - fix a bug in Coro::AnyEvent ("Usage: Coro::AnyEvent::_schedule()").
465 - take advantage of async name resolution of AnyEvent::Util. 630 - take advantage of async name resolution of AnyEvent::Util.
466 - work around brutal inet_aton override in Coro::LWP. 631 - work around brutal inet_aton override in Coro::LWP.
467 - take advantage of the readyhook in Coro::EV, for smoother 632 - take advantage of the readyhook in Coro::EV, for smoother
468 scheduling. 633 scheduling.
469 634
4704.7 Sun May 11 00:32:19 CEST 2008 6354.7 Sun May 11 00:32:19 CEST 2008
471 - completely reworked the Coro manpage. 636 - completely reworked the Coro manpage.
472 - added Coro::AnyEvent, generic event loop integration. 637 - added Coro::AnyEvent, generic event loop integration.
473 - implement cancel, ready and kill commands in Coro::Debug. 638 - implement cancel, ready and kill commands in Coro::Debug.
474 - document find_coro in Coro::Debug. 639 - document find_coro in Coro::Debug.
475 - incompatible change: rename has_stack to has_cctx. 640 - incompatible change: rename has_stack to has_cctx.
476 - Coro::AIO and Coro::BDB no longer force event model detection, 641 - Coro::AIO and Coro::BDB no longer force event model detection,
477 use AnyEvent::AIO and AnyEvent::BDB. 642 use AnyEvent::AIO and AnyEvent::BDB.
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601 766
6024.11 Thu Oct 11 02:40:24 CEST 2007 7674.11 Thu Oct 11 02:40:24 CEST 2007
603 - port to threaded perls. 768 - port to threaded perls.
604 769
6054.1 Thu Oct 11 02:38:16 CEST 2007 7704.1 Thu Oct 11 02:38:16 CEST 2007
606 - incompatible change: $SIG{__DIE__} and $SIG{__WARN__} will now 771 - incompatible change: $SIG{__DIE__} and $SIG{__WARN__} will now
607 be local to each coro (see Coro::State). 772 be local to each coro (see Coro::State).
608 - incompatible change: for very deep reasons, cede and cede_notself 773 - incompatible change: for very deep reasons, cede and cede_notself
609 cannot return anything, so nothing will be returned. 774 cannot return anything, so nothing will be returned.
610 - possibly bring back 5.10 compatibility (untested). 775 - possibly bring back 5.10 compatibility (untested).
611 - work around stupid (and wrong) warning on 5.10 :(. 776 - work around stupid (and wrong) warning on 5.10 :(.
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683 but stateful semantics. 848 but stateful semantics.
684 - fixed a lot of typos in Coro.pm (patch submitted by David 849 - fixed a lot of typos in Coro.pm (patch submitted by David
685 Steinbrunner, which applied flawlessly). 850 Steinbrunner, which applied flawlessly).
686 851
6873.6 Sat Apr 14 17:13:31 CEST 2007 8523.6 Sat Apr 14 17:13:31 CEST 2007
688 - added some bugfixes to get eg/myhttpd working again. 853 - added some bugfixes to get eg/myhttpd working again.
689 - added Coro::Storable for often-cede'ing freeze/thaw. 854 - added Coro::Storable for often-cede'ing freeze/thaw.
690 - try to do a clean exit when a coroutine calls exit 855 - try to do a clean exit when a coroutine calls exit
691 (EXPERIMENTAL). 856 (EXPERIMENTAL).
692 - got rid of indirect call through _coro_init. 857 - got rid of indirect call through _coro_init.
693 - updated the partly antique examples in eg/ to 858 - updated the partly antique examples in eg/ to

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