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Revision: 1.182
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1 root 1.143 Revision history for Perl extension EV
2 root 1.1
3 root 1.182 - disable t/07* under automatic testing.
4    
5 root 1.181 3.8 Sun Aug 9 15:30:10 CEST 2009
6 root 1.180 - implement $loop->signal/signal_ns.
7 root 1.181 - (libev) incompatible change: do not necessarily reset signal
8     handler to SIG_DFL when a sighandler is stopped.
9     - (libev) ev_default_destroy did not properly free or zero some
10     members, potentially causing crashes and memory corruption on
11     repated ev_default_destroy/ev_default_loop calls.
12     - (libev) take advantage of signalfd on GNU/Linux systems.
13     - (libev) document that the signal mask might be in an unspecified
14     state when using libev's signal handling.
15     - (libev) take advantage of some GNU/Linux calls to set
16     cloexec/nonblock on fd creation, to avoid race conditions.
17     - implement internal glue code to interface more efficiently
18     with AnyEvent.
19 root 1.180
20 root 1.177 3.7 Fri Jul 17 16:49:16 CEST 2009
21 root 1.171 - add EV::loop_verify and EV::loop_depth.
22 root 1.172 - use output filehandle for i/o watchers waiting
23     for EV_WRITE, otherwise input filehandle.
24     - use common schmorp.h header.
25 root 1.176 - add EV::Timer->remaining.
26 root 1.175 - allow for subclassing of EV::Loop (see the exciting
27     EV::Loop::Async module for an example).
28     - added EV::invoke_pending and EV::pending_count.
29 root 1.171
30 root 1.177 - (libev) ev_unloop and ev_loop wrongly used a global variable to
31     exit loops, instead of using a per-loop variable.
32     - (libev) the ev_set_io_collect_interval interpretation has changed.
33     - add new functionality: EV::invoke_pending, EV::pending_count.
34     - add $timer->remaining.
35     - add EV::loop_depth.
36     - (libev) calling unloop in fork/prepare watchers will no longer poll
37     for new events.
38     - (libev) use GetSystemTimeAsFileTime instead of _timeb on windows,
39     for slightly higher accuracy.
40     - (libev) actually 0-initialise struct sigaction when installing
41     signals.
42    
43 root 1.170 3.6 Tue Apr 28 02:50:37 CEST 2009
44 root 1.167 - keepalive(0) could decrease the refcount of the loop
45     permanently.
46 root 1.168 - add ev_suspend/ev_resume, also make ev_now_update
47     accessible via the XS API.
48 root 1.169 - most EV::<eventtype> constants were missing and have been
49     added :/.
50     - add EV::VERSION_MAJOR/VERSION_MINOR constants.
51     - (libev) multiple timers becoming ready within an event loop
52     iteration will be invoked in the "correct" order now.
53     - (libev) do not leave the event loop early just because we have
54     no active watchers, fixing a problem when embedding a kqueue
55     loop that has active kernel events but no registered watchers
56     (reported by blacksand blacksand).
57     - (libev) correctly zero the idx values for arrays, so destroying
58     and reinitialising the default loop actually works (patch by
59     Malek Hadj-Ali).
60     - (libev) new EV::CUSTOM revents flag for use by applications.
61     - (libev) add documentation section about priorites.
62     - (libev) add a glossary to the dcoumentation.
63     - (libev) extend the ev_fork description slightly.
64     - (libev) optimize a jump out of call_pending.
65     - t/03_keepalive could fail when there was no actual error.
66 root 1.167
67 root 1.166 3.53 Sun Feb 15 02:38:20 CET 2009
68     - (libev) on win32, the event loop creation could randomly fail
69     due to an initialised variable having the wrong value.
70 root 1.165 - (libev) probe for CLOCK_REALTIME support at runtime as well and
71     fall back to gettimeofday if there is an error, to support older
72     operating systems with newer header files/libraries.
73     - prefer gettimeofday over clock_gettime by default.
74    
75 root 1.164 3.52 Wed Jan 7 21:46:14 CET 2009
76 root 1.163 - (libev) fix some issues in the select backend when in fd_set mode.
77     - (libev) due to a thinko, instead of disabling everything but
78     select on the borked OS X platform, everything but select was
79     allowed (reported by Emanuele Giaquinta).
80     - (libev) actually verify that local and remote port are matching in
81     libev's socketpair emulation, which makes denial-of-service
82     attacks harder (but not impossible - it's windows). Make sure
83     it even works under vista, which thinks that getpeer/sockname
84     should return fantasy port numbers.
85    
86 root 1.162 3.51 Wed Dec 24 23:01:59 CET 2008
87 root 1.161 - do not cache the arguments passed to callbacks if the refcount
88     indicates that the callback has stolen them.
89 root 1.159 - (libev) try to avoid librt on GNU/Linux.
90 root 1.160 - (libev) check port_getn return value dfferently, might potentially
91     avoid problems.
92 root 1.162 - (libev) fix a bug with stat watchers possibly causing freezes.
93     - (libev) work around OS X 10.5 breaking poll, now select is the
94     only viable choice left on that pile of garbage.
95 root 1.161 - play tester whore: disable some tests that typically fail only
96     on cpan tester machines.
97 root 1.159
98 root 1.158 3.49 Wed Nov 19 11:26:53 CET 2008
99 root 1.155 - fix typos in manpage (Alex Efros).
100 root 1.156 - increase timing even further, for the ever-overloaded cpan-tester
101     machines, and to the detriment of everybody else who wants a fast
102     make test.
103 root 1.157 - possible 5.6 compatibility.
104 root 1.158 - (libev) use inotify even on buggy kernels, but don't rely on it.
105     - (libev) use inotify only as an added hint on network filesystems.
106 root 1.155
107 root 1.154 3.48 Thu Oct 30 09:09:48 CET 2008
108 root 1.152 - (libev) use a generation counter to detect spurious epoll events
109 root 1.151 and recreate the kernel in such a case (sorry, it's slow, but
110     I didn't design epoll...).
111 root 1.150 - (libev) optimise away an EPOLL_CTL_ADD/MOD combo in the epoll
112     backend in some cases.
113     - (libev) use memset to initialise most arrays now and do away
114     with the init functions.
115 root 1.152 - speed up event callback invocation further (~15%), by
116 root 1.151 not creating the object reference each time.
117 root 1.153 - EV::sleep was documented, but not implemented. fun.
118 root 1.150
119     3.45 Tue Oct 21 22:20:39 CEST 2008
120     - (libev) disable inotify usage on linux <2.6.25 (kernel bug).
121 root 1.146 - (libev) ev_embed will now automatically follow fork.
122     - (libev) ev_once will now pass both io and timeout events to
123     the callback when both happen concurrently, instead of giving
124     one precedence.
125 root 1.149 - install C library documentation as EV::libev manpage (sorry, oesi).
126 root 1.150 - (libev) fix a minor performance bug in ev_stat handling.
127 root 1.146
128 root 1.145 3.44 Mon Sep 29 05:16:31 CEST 2008
129 root 1.144 - (libev) add EV::now_update and $loop->now_update.
130    
131 root 1.142 3.431 Sun Jul 13 00:19:02 CEST 2008
132     - made the EV::embed callback optional again. reported by
133     Vladimir Timofeev.
134    
135 root 1.141 3.43 Tue Jul 8 20:56:31 CEST 2008
136 root 1.140 - disabled warnings in EV.pm, the CHECK issue is now understood
137     and harmless.
138    
139 root 1.139 3.42 Mon May 26 07:36:46 CEST 2008
140 root 1.138 - (libev) work around another bug in windows perls and
141     windows itself: failed connects do NOT set read or write
142     flags in select, but this version of libev will.
143    
144 root 1.136 3.41 Thu May 22 01:39:40 CEST 2008
145 root 1.135 - (libev) fix many heap-related bugs (timers, periodics).
146 root 1.134 - (libev) improve timing stability of timers and periodics.
147 root 1.137 - expose ev_loop_verify to perl code.
148 root 1.134 - clarify documentation for periodic reschedule callbacks.
149     - verify that the passed callback argument is indeed a code
150     reference, for earlier error reporting and a nice calling
151     speed increase (as well as saving memory).
152    
153 root 1.133 3.4 Tue May 20 21:51:55 CEST 2008
154 root 1.132 - (libev) work around both a windows bug and a bug in perl's
155     select on windows when not waiting for any file descriptors.
156 root 1.131 - bundle ev.pod into the tarball, just to increase its size
157     (and for the poor internetless person).
158    
159 root 1.130 3.33 Sun May 18 12:43:04 CEST 2008
160     - (libev) use numerous enhancements such as a more
161     cache-friendly 4-heap and heap index caching for timers.
162     - remove undocumented ev_timer->at accessor.
163    
164 root 1.129 3.31 Wed Apr 16 20:48:59 CEST 2008
165     - (libev) post-last-minute fix for ev_poll.c problem.
166    
167 root 1.128 3.3 Wed Apr 16 19:04:47 CEST 2008
168 root 1.125 - (libev) linux eventfd support.
169 root 1.128 - (libev) inline more with C99 compilers.
170     - (libev) work around a number of bugs in valgrind.
171     - (libev) work around broken realloc on openbsd and darwin.
172 root 1.126 - added example to EV::MakeMaker manpage.
173 root 1.127 - add async_pending method.
174 root 1.125
175 root 1.123 3.2 Wed Apr 2 17:08:16 CEST 2008
176 root 1.117 - "ported" again to the Microsoft "C" language.
177 root 1.124 - relax testsuite timing for the benefit of freebsd users once more.
178 root 1.121 - fix EVAPI's ev_time and ev_sleep macros.
179 root 1.120 - (libev) fix select backend on 64 bit architetcures.
180 root 1.122 - (libev) ev_loop flags are now local to each invocation.
181 root 1.117
182 root 1.116 3.1 Sat Mar 8 11:41:14 CET 2008
183 root 1.113 - add ev_sync_* and ev_fork_* to EVAPI.h.
184 root 1.115 - provide EV::Embed->sweep method.
185     - new watcher type: async (not very useful in perl).
186 root 1.113
187 root 1.112 3.0 Mon Jan 28 13:23:11 CET 2008
188     - upgrade to libev-3.0.
189 root 1.111 - change child handler to incorporate tracing flag.
190    
191 root 1.110 2.01 Mon Dec 31 01:59:19 CET 2007
192     - found a minor problem in the testsuite that is only
193     caught by new Test::Harness versions (reported by Andreas
194     König).
195    
196 root 1.107 2.0 Sat Dec 22 17:47:03 CET 2007
197 root 1.100 - no longer force kqueue when enabled, enable it
198     on more systems (as its now by default not used on most).
199 root 1.95 - expose fork watchers.
200     - switch to libev's MULTIPLICITY API.
201 root 1.96 - use a slightly different include file name strategy.
202     - get rid of (unused) libevent emulation.
203 root 1.97 - 5% watcher management speedup due to callback optimisation
204     when inline closures are used, 5% slowdown due to multiplicity.
205 root 1.98 - very minimal support for dynamic event loops and embed watchers.
206 root 1.103 - fix name of prepare start/stop methods.
207 root 1.105 - create and export EV::sleep and EV::set_*_collect_interval.
208 root 1.106 - fix typos in manpage (Alex Efros).
209 root 1.95
210 root 1.94 1.86 Tue Dec 18 02:36:57 CET 2007
211 root 1.93 - add periodic->at methods.
212 root 1.92
213 root 1.91 1.85 Fri Dec 14 20:32:40 CET 2007
214 root 1.90 - further optimise epoll backend by adding a heuristic that
215     avoids EPOLL_CTL_DEL calls if possible.
216 root 1.87 - EV::signal->start was not async-signal safe.
217 root 1.89 - optimise start/stop when the fd hasn't changed.
218 root 1.87
219 root 1.86 1.8 Tue Dec 11 22:17:46 CET 2007
220 root 1.83 - API version 3:0.
221 root 1.81 - reduced fudge factor to zero for select, poll, epoll
222     and kqueue: your system better be posix-compliant
223     even in its extensions :->
224 root 1.82 - improve long-term numerical stability in periodic watchers
225     by introducing a separate offset value instead of reusing at.
226 root 1.84 - recalculate real/monotonic clocks before blocking fully
227     to avoid blocking for longer than necessary.
228 root 1.85 - fix bugs in the heap functions. this rarely lead to illegal
229     heap orderings.
230 root 1.81
231 root 1.80 1.72 Sat Dec 8 15:31:26 CET 2007
232 root 1.77 - add dummy loop arguments to some EVAPI functions
233     so that clients can use EV_A and EV_DEFAULT.
234 root 1.78 - expose ev_clear_pending.
235 root 1.79 - renamed trigger to invoke.
236 root 1.77
237 root 1.76 1.71 Fri Dec 7 19:10:24 CET 2007
238 root 1.75 - changed/implemented idle watcher priority.
239     - allow out-of-range priorities to be set.
240     - fix ->priority to actually work on started watchers.
241     - improved testsuite.
242    
243 root 1.74 1.6 Wed Dec 5 15:06:20 CET 2007
244 root 1.70 - add a missing SPAGAIN.
245 root 1.71 - ripped out EV::DNS, use EV::ADNS for a better backend.
246     - make ev_time callable from EVAPI.h.
247 root 1.72 - add EV::loop_count.
248 root 1.73 - some space optimisations.
249 root 1.70
250 root 1.69 1.5 Wed Nov 28 20:19:09 CET 2007
251 root 1.67 - add inotify backend.
252 root 1.69 - make testsuite even less sensible to timing issues,
253     add more stat tests.
254 root 1.68 - add ->attr, ->prev, ->stat calls to stat watcher.
255 root 1.67
256 root 1.66 1.4 Tue Nov 27 17:35:27 CET 2007
257 root 1.64 - work around a linux 2.4 kernel bug in child handlers.
258     - implement stat watcher interface.
259 root 1.65 - implement fork watcher interface.
260 root 1.64 - io->set did not keep the fh alive.
261     - actively check signal numbers/names to be valid.
262     - cleanups, minor fixes, new bugs.
263 root 1.66 - work around windows bugs in the testsuite.
264 root 1.64
265 root 1.63 1.3 Sun Nov 25 10:46:57 CET 2007
266     - stopping idle/check/prepare watchers could cause data corruption.
267 root 1.58 - implement and document EV::once.
268 root 1.57 - improved documentation, verify that netbsd indeed has the only
269     working kqueue implementation (out of darwin, freebsd, netbsd and
270     openbsd). Praise them!
271 root 1.62 - fix the data method so it might work.
272 root 1.59 - expose ev_ref/ev_unref to the C API.
273 root 1.61 - expose ref/unref in form of the ->keepalive method to perl.
274 root 1.58 - minor bugfixes and portability fixes.
275 root 1.57
276 root 1.56 1.2 Thu Nov 22 05:44:09 CET 2007
277     - disable kqueue by default on !netbsd, as its broken on freebsd,
278     darwin and openbsd and thus almost everywhere.
279     - add some allowance in t/01_timer.t for the uneven monotonic
280     vs. realtime clock tick on at least freebsd.
281     - add -lsocket -lnsl on solaris in case the perl guy forgot to
282     configure them.
283    
284 root 1.55 1.1 Wed Nov 21 06:08:48 CET 2007
285 root 1.53 - improved timer test to include periodics and
286     withstand small timing variations.
287 root 1.54 - many minor tweaks to libev.
288 root 1.53
289 root 1.52 1.0 Fri Nov 16 14:51:59 CET 2007
290 root 1.50 - require AnyEvent update if AnyEvent is installed.
291 root 1.51 - add solaris 10 port-based backend.
292     - add child_ns and fix check_ns.
293 root 1.52 - treat yes/no as enforcement, not as hint, when configuring,
294     documentation update (reported by Andy Grundman).
295 root 1.50
296 root 1.49 0.9 Wed Nov 14 22:24:49 CET 2007
297 root 1.45 - changed LIBEV_METHODS to LIBEV_FLAGS and the
298     way this is used inside libev.
299 root 1.46 - many, many bugfixes.
300     - add unloop constants.
301 root 1.47 - add timer test.
302 root 1.48 - ev_loop will now terminate immediately when no watchers are active.
303 root 1.45
304 root 1.44 0.8 Mon Nov 12 02:28:46 CET 2007
305 root 1.41 - fix "testsuite" again :().
306     - fix check/idle/prepare/child watcher stop.
307 root 1.42 - enourmously many fixes.
308     - rewritten select backend (mostly for win32).
309     - cache socket handles on win32.
310 root 1.43 - provide considerably finer control over configuration.
311 root 1.41
312 root 1.40 0.7 Fri Nov 9 20:37:58 CET 2007
313 root 1.39 - move AnyEvent adaptor into the AnyEvent module.
314 root 1.41 - use private copy of evdns.[ch].
315 root 1.39 - many minor fixes.
316    
317 root 1.38 0.6 Thu Nov 8 18:23:43 CET 2007
318 root 1.95 - (libev) better native win32 support.
319 root 1.35 - fix idle watchers.
320 root 1.37 - implement and document periodic reschedule callbacks.
321     - do not run dns test on !linux platforms (actually to exclude win32).
322 root 1.38 - fix (unused in EV :) poll backend.
323 root 1.34
324 root 1.33 0.51 Tue Nov 6 19:50:22 CET 2007
325 root 1.32 - fix kqueue/poll compilation issue.
326 root 1.33 - work around design issues in kqueue.
327 root 1.32 - enable kqueue by default, seems to work.
328    
329 root 1.31 0.5 Tue Nov 6 17:37:44 CET 2007
330 root 1.23 - add signal and pid mutators.
331 root 1.27 - add rstatus/rpid accessors.
332 root 1.24 - updated libev (lower cost for clock monotonic).
333 root 1.25 - support event priorities.
334 root 1.26 - try to find SIG_SIZE on perls that don't have it (Slaven Rezic).
335 root 1.28 - improved signal handling, fixed child watchers.
336 root 1.29 - experimentally add kqueue backend, completely untested.
337 root 1.30 - ported to cygwin and native win32.
338 root 1.23
339 root 1.22 0.1 Thu Nov 1 18:29:22 CET 2007
340 root 1.18 - replaced libevent by libev (total rewrite).
341     - many bugfixes w.r.t. libevent.
342     - new watcher types: periodic, check, prepare, child, idle.
343 root 1.16 - performance optimisations.
344 root 1.19 - added interactive configuration.
345 root 1.21 - added fork support.
346 root 1.16
347 root 1.14 0.03 Mon Oct 29 20:52:50 CET 2007
348 root 1.9 - add timed_io convenience constructors.
349     - improve documentation.
350 root 1.8 - support signal names in addition to signal numbers.
351 root 1.9 - support signal anyevent watchers.
352 root 1.10 - vastly improved testsuite (its all relative :).
353 root 1.11 - add EV::MakeMaker, beginning of C-level API.
354 root 1.12 - force strings to byte form.
355 root 1.6
356 root 1.5 0.02 Sun Oct 28 07:40:21 CET 2007
357 root 1.15 - call $EV::DIED in case a callback throws an exception.
358 root 1.4 - add const char * to typemap for possible 5.6 compatibility.
359 root 1.3
360     0.01 Sat Oct 27 19:10:18 CEST 2007
361     - initial release.
362    
363     0.00 Fri Oct 26 11:12:57 CEST 2007
364 root 1.1 - original version; cloned from JSON::XS
365