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Revision 1.96 by root, Thu Dec 20 08:18:54 2007 UTC vs.
Revision 1.184 by root, Fri Sep 18 21:28:33 2009 UTC

1Revision history for Perl extension EV 1Revision history for Perl extension EV
2 2
3TODO: document fork watchers 3 - disable t/07* under automatic testing.
4TODO: implement loops 4 - increase t/09* timeouts as netbsd has *horribly* broken
5TODO: implement embed watchers 5 select/kevent that *usually* sleep >>0.6s instead of 0.3.
6 - add constants EV::FLAG_NOSIGFD, EV::FLAG_NOINOTIFY and
7 EV::BACKEND_ALL.
6 8
93.8 Sun Aug 9 15:30:10 CEST 2009
10 - implement $loop->signal/signal_ns.
11 - (libev) incompatible change: do not necessarily reset signal
12 handler to SIG_DFL when a sighandler is stopped.
13 - (libev) ev_default_destroy did not properly free or zero some
14 members, potentially causing crashes and memory corruption on
15 repated ev_default_destroy/ev_default_loop calls.
16 - (libev) take advantage of signalfd on GNU/Linux systems.
17 - (libev) document that the signal mask might be in an unspecified
18 state when using libev's signal handling.
19 - (libev) take advantage of some GNU/Linux calls to set
20 cloexec/nonblock on fd creation, to avoid race conditions.
21 - implement internal glue code to interface more efficiently
22 with AnyEvent.
23
243.7 Fri Jul 17 16:49:16 CEST 2009
25 - add EV::loop_verify and EV::loop_depth.
26 - use output filehandle for i/o watchers waiting
27 for EV_WRITE, otherwise input filehandle.
28 - use common schmorp.h header.
29 - add EV::Timer->remaining.
30 - allow for subclassing of EV::Loop (see the exciting
31 EV::Loop::Async module for an example).
32 - added EV::invoke_pending and EV::pending_count.
33
34 - (libev) ev_unloop and ev_loop wrongly used a global variable to
35 exit loops, instead of using a per-loop variable.
36 - (libev) the ev_set_io_collect_interval interpretation has changed.
37 - add new functionality: EV::invoke_pending, EV::pending_count.
38 - add $timer->remaining.
39 - add EV::loop_depth.
40 - (libev) calling unloop in fork/prepare watchers will no longer poll
41 for new events.
42 - (libev) use GetSystemTimeAsFileTime instead of _timeb on windows,
43 for slightly higher accuracy.
44 - (libev) actually 0-initialise struct sigaction when installing
45 signals.
46
473.6 Tue Apr 28 02:50:37 CEST 2009
48 - keepalive(0) could decrease the refcount of the loop
49 permanently.
50 - add ev_suspend/ev_resume, also make ev_now_update
51 accessible via the XS API.
52 - most EV::<eventtype> constants were missing and have been
53 added :/.
54 - add EV::VERSION_MAJOR/VERSION_MINOR constants.
55 - (libev) multiple timers becoming ready within an event loop
56 iteration will be invoked in the "correct" order now.
57 - (libev) do not leave the event loop early just because we have
58 no active watchers, fixing a problem when embedding a kqueue
59 loop that has active kernel events but no registered watchers
60 (reported by blacksand blacksand).
61 - (libev) correctly zero the idx values for arrays, so destroying
62 and reinitialising the default loop actually works (patch by
63 Malek Hadj-Ali).
64 - (libev) new EV::CUSTOM revents flag for use by applications.
65 - (libev) add documentation section about priorites.
66 - (libev) add a glossary to the dcoumentation.
67 - (libev) extend the ev_fork description slightly.
68 - (libev) optimize a jump out of call_pending.
69 - t/03_keepalive could fail when there was no actual error.
70
713.53 Sun Feb 15 02:38:20 CET 2009
72 - (libev) on win32, the event loop creation could randomly fail
73 due to an initialised variable having the wrong value.
74 - (libev) probe for CLOCK_REALTIME support at runtime as well and
75 fall back to gettimeofday if there is an error, to support older
76 operating systems with newer header files/libraries.
77 - prefer gettimeofday over clock_gettime by default.
78
793.52 Wed Jan 7 21:46:14 CET 2009
80 - (libev) fix some issues in the select backend when in fd_set mode.
81 - (libev) due to a thinko, instead of disabling everything but
82 select on the borked OS X platform, everything but select was
83 allowed (reported by Emanuele Giaquinta).
84 - (libev) actually verify that local and remote port are matching in
85 libev's socketpair emulation, which makes denial-of-service
86 attacks harder (but not impossible - it's windows). Make sure
87 it even works under vista, which thinks that getpeer/sockname
88 should return fantasy port numbers.
89
903.51 Wed Dec 24 23:01:59 CET 2008
91 - do not cache the arguments passed to callbacks if the refcount
92 indicates that the callback has stolen them.
93 - (libev) try to avoid librt on GNU/Linux.
94 - (libev) check port_getn return value dfferently, might potentially
95 avoid problems.
96 - (libev) fix a bug with stat watchers possibly causing freezes.
97 - (libev) work around OS X 10.5 breaking poll, now select is the
98 only viable choice left on that pile of garbage.
99 - play tester whore: disable some tests that typically fail only
100 on cpan tester machines.
101
1023.49 Wed Nov 19 11:26:53 CET 2008
103 - fix typos in manpage (Alex Efros).
104 - increase timing even further, for the ever-overloaded cpan-tester
105 machines, and to the detriment of everybody else who wants a fast
106 make test.
107 - possible 5.6 compatibility.
108 - (libev) use inotify even on buggy kernels, but don't rely on it.
109 - (libev) use inotify only as an added hint on network filesystems.
110
1113.48 Thu Oct 30 09:09:48 CET 2008
112 - (libev) use a generation counter to detect spurious epoll events
113 and recreate the kernel in such a case (sorry, it's slow, but
114 I didn't design epoll...).
115 - (libev) optimise away an EPOLL_CTL_ADD/MOD combo in the epoll
116 backend in some cases.
117 - (libev) use memset to initialise most arrays now and do away
118 with the init functions.
119 - speed up event callback invocation further (~15%), by
120 not creating the object reference each time.
121 - EV::sleep was documented, but not implemented. fun.
122
1233.45 Tue Oct 21 22:20:39 CEST 2008
124 - (libev) disable inotify usage on linux <2.6.25 (kernel bug).
125 - (libev) ev_embed will now automatically follow fork.
126 - (libev) ev_once will now pass both io and timeout events to
127 the callback when both happen concurrently, instead of giving
128 one precedence.
129 - install C library documentation as EV::libev manpage (sorry, oesi).
130 - (libev) fix a minor performance bug in ev_stat handling.
131
1323.44 Mon Sep 29 05:16:31 CEST 2008
133 - (libev) add EV::now_update and $loop->now_update.
134
1353.431 Sun Jul 13 00:19:02 CEST 2008
136 - made the EV::embed callback optional again. reported by
137 Vladimir Timofeev.
138
1393.43 Tue Jul 8 20:56:31 CEST 2008
140 - disabled warnings in EV.pm, the CHECK issue is now understood
141 and harmless.
142
1433.42 Mon May 26 07:36:46 CEST 2008
144 - (libev) work around another bug in windows perls and
145 windows itself: failed connects do NOT set read or write
146 flags in select, but this version of libev will.
147
1483.41 Thu May 22 01:39:40 CEST 2008
149 - (libev) fix many heap-related bugs (timers, periodics).
150 - (libev) improve timing stability of timers and periodics.
151 - expose ev_loop_verify to perl code.
152 - clarify documentation for periodic reschedule callbacks.
153 - verify that the passed callback argument is indeed a code
154 reference, for earlier error reporting and a nice calling
155 speed increase (as well as saving memory).
156
1573.4 Tue May 20 21:51:55 CEST 2008
158 - (libev) work around both a windows bug and a bug in perl's
159 select on windows when not waiting for any file descriptors.
160 - bundle ev.pod into the tarball, just to increase its size
161 (and for the poor internetless person).
162
1633.33 Sun May 18 12:43:04 CEST 2008
164 - (libev) use numerous enhancements such as a more
165 cache-friendly 4-heap and heap index caching for timers.
166 - remove undocumented ev_timer->at accessor.
167
1683.31 Wed Apr 16 20:48:59 CEST 2008
169 - (libev) post-last-minute fix for ev_poll.c problem.
170
1713.3 Wed Apr 16 19:04:47 CEST 2008
172 - (libev) linux eventfd support.
173 - (libev) inline more with C99 compilers.
174 - (libev) work around a number of bugs in valgrind.
175 - (libev) work around broken realloc on openbsd and darwin.
176 - added example to EV::MakeMaker manpage.
177 - add async_pending method.
178
1793.2 Wed Apr 2 17:08:16 CEST 2008
180 - "ported" again to the Microsoft "C" language.
181 - relax testsuite timing for the benefit of freebsd users once more.
182 - fix EVAPI's ev_time and ev_sleep macros.
183 - (libev) fix select backend on 64 bit architetcures.
184 - (libev) ev_loop flags are now local to each invocation.
185
1863.1 Sat Mar 8 11:41:14 CET 2008
187 - add ev_sync_* and ev_fork_* to EVAPI.h.
188 - provide EV::Embed->sweep method.
189 - new watcher type: async (not very useful in perl).
190
1913.0 Mon Jan 28 13:23:11 CET 2008
192 - upgrade to libev-3.0.
193 - change child handler to incorporate tracing flag.
194
1952.01 Mon Dec 31 01:59:19 CET 2007
196 - found a minor problem in the testsuite that is only
197 caught by new Test::Harness versions (reported by Andreas
198 König).
199
2002.0 Sat Dec 22 17:47:03 CET 2007
201 - no longer force kqueue when enabled, enable it
202 on more systems (as its now by default not used on most).
7 - expose fork watchers. 203 - expose fork watchers.
8 - switch to libev's MULTIPLICITY API. 204 - switch to libev's MULTIPLICITY API.
9 - use a slightly different include file name strategy. 205 - use a slightly different include file name strategy.
10 - get rid of (unused) libevent emulation. 206 - get rid of (unused) libevent emulation.
11 - (libev) renamed ev_embed.loop to other. 207 - 5% watcher management speedup due to callback optimisation
12 - (libev) added exported Symbol tables. 208 when inline closures are used, 5% slowdown due to multiplicity.
13 - (libev) undefine member wrapper macros at the end of ev.c. 209 - very minimal support for dynamic event loops and embed watchers.
14 - (libev) respect EV_H in ev++.h. 210 - fix name of prepare start/stop methods.
211 - create and export EV::sleep and EV::set_*_collect_interval.
212 - fix typos in manpage (Alex Efros).
15 213
161.86 Tue Dec 18 02:36:57 CET 2007 2141.86 Tue Dec 18 02:36:57 CET 2007
17 - (libev) fix memleak on loop destroy (not relevant for perl).
18 - add periodic->at methods. 215 - add periodic->at methods.
19 216
201.85 Fri Dec 14 20:32:40 CET 2007 2171.85 Fri Dec 14 20:32:40 CET 2007
21 - further optimise epoll backend by adding a heuristic that 218 - further optimise epoll backend by adding a heuristic that
22 avoids EPOLL_CTL_DEL calls if possible. 219 avoids EPOLL_CTL_DEL calls if possible.
23 - EV::signal->start was not async-signal safe. 220 - EV::signal->start was not async-signal safe.
24 - (libev) fix some aliasing issues w.r.t. timers and periodics
25 (not relevant for perl).
26 - optimise start/stop when the fd hasn't changed. 221 - optimise start/stop when the fd hasn't changed.
27 222
281.8 Tue Dec 11 22:17:46 CET 2007 2231.8 Tue Dec 11 22:17:46 CET 2007
29 - API version 3:0. 224 - API version 3:0.
30 - reduced fudge factor to zero for select, poll, epoll 225 - reduced fudge factor to zero for select, poll, epoll

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