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Revision 1.87 by root, Tue Dec 11 22:04:55 2007 UTC vs.
Revision 1.197 by root, Thu Oct 28 04:59:35 2010 UTC

1Revision history for Perl extension EV 1Revision history for Perl extension EV
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3Changes marked with (libev) are changes in libev, and have more
4documentation in the libev Changes file.
5
6 - fully support EV_COMPAT3=0.
7
84.00 Mon Oct 25 13:30:09 CEST 2010
9 - many API changes, see the manual.
10 - (libev) lots and lots of bugfixes, see the ev documentation.
11 - fix a bug where inotify usage would parse the same event
12 multiple times, causing various forms of breakage.
13 - greatly reduce stack usage for inotify (8kb to <0.5kb).
14 - expose ev_depth and ev_verify via the XS API.
15 - implement ev_cleanup watchers.
16 - (libev) ev_embed_stop did not correctly stop the watcher.
17 - (libev) disable poll backend on AIX.
18 - (libev) rename EV_TIMEOUT to EV_TIMER.
19 - (libev) add section on accept() problems to the manpage.
20 - (libev) no child watchers on win32.
21 - make code more aliasing compliant, in case perl is ever
22 translated to C.
23 - document the EV::CHECK runtime unavailability.
24 - ported to minix 3.1.7.
25
263.9 Thu Dec 31 07:59:59 CET 2009
27 - disable t/07* under automatic testing.
28 - increase t/09* timeouts as netbsd has *horribly* broken
29 select/kevent that *usually* sleep >>0.6s instead of 0.3.
30 - add constants EV::FLAG_NOSIGFD, EV::FLAG_NOINOTIFY and
31 EV::BACKEND_ALL.
32 - (libev) signalfd is no longer used by default.
33 - (libev) backport inotify code to C89.
34 - (libev) inotify file descriptors could leak into child processes.
35 - (libev) ev_stat watchers could keep an errornous extra ref on the loop.
36 - (libev) take advantage of inotify_init1, if available.
37 - (libev) the signal handling pipe wasn't always initialised under windows.
38 - changed minimum glibc requirement from glibc 2.9 to 2.7, for signalfd.
39 - (libev) only replace ev_stat.prev when we detect an actual difference.
40
413.8 Sun Aug 9 15:30:10 CEST 2009
42 - implement $loop->signal/signal_ns.
43 - (libev) incompatible change: do not necessarily reset signal
44 handler to SIG_DFL when a sighandler is stopped.
45 - (libev) ev_default_destroy did not properly free or zero some
46 members, potentially causing crashes and memory corruption on
47 repated ev_default_destroy/ev_default_loop calls.
48 - (libev) take advantage of signalfd on GNU/Linux systems.
49 - (libev) document that the signal mask might be in an unspecified
50 state when using libev's signal handling.
51 - (libev) take advantage of some GNU/Linux calls to set
52 cloexec/nonblock on fd creation, to avoid race conditions.
53 - implement internal glue code to interface more efficiently
54 with AnyEvent.
55
563.7 Fri Jul 17 16:49:16 CEST 2009
57 - add EV::loop_verify and EV::loop_depth.
58 - use output filehandle for i/o watchers waiting
59 for EV_WRITE, otherwise input filehandle.
60 - use common schmorp.h header.
61 - add EV::Timer->remaining.
62 - allow for subclassing of EV::Loop (see the exciting
63 EV::Loop::Async module for an example).
64 - added EV::invoke_pending and EV::pending_count.
65
66 - (libev) ev_unloop and ev_loop wrongly used a global variable to
67 exit loops, instead of using a per-loop variable.
68 - (libev) the ev_set_io_collect_interval interpretation has changed.
69 - add new functionality: EV::invoke_pending, EV::pending_count.
70 - add $timer->remaining.
71 - add EV::loop_depth.
72 - (libev) calling unloop in fork/prepare watchers will no longer poll
73 for new events.
74 - (libev) use GetSystemTimeAsFileTime instead of _timeb on windows,
75 for slightly higher accuracy.
76 - (libev) actually 0-initialise struct sigaction when installing
77 signals.
78
793.6 Tue Apr 28 02:50:37 CEST 2009
80 - keepalive(0) could decrease the refcount of the loop
81 permanently.
82 - add ev_suspend/ev_resume, also make ev_now_update
83 accessible via the XS API.
84 - most EV::<eventtype> constants were missing and have been
85 added :/.
86 - add EV::VERSION_MAJOR/VERSION_MINOR constants.
87 - (libev) multiple timers becoming ready within an event loop
88 iteration will be invoked in the "correct" order now.
89 - (libev) do not leave the event loop early just because we have
90 no active watchers, fixing a problem when embedding a kqueue
91 loop that has active kernel events but no registered watchers
92 (reported by blacksand blacksand).
93 - (libev) correctly zero the idx values for arrays, so destroying
94 and reinitialising the default loop actually works (patch by
95 Malek Hadj-Ali).
96 - (libev) new EV::CUSTOM revents flag for use by applications.
97 - (libev) add documentation section about priorites.
98 - (libev) add a glossary to the dcoumentation.
99 - (libev) extend the ev_fork description slightly.
100 - (libev) optimize a jump out of call_pending.
101 - t/03_keepalive could fail when there was no actual error.
102
1033.53 Sun Feb 15 02:38:20 CET 2009
104 - (libev) on win32, the event loop creation could randomly fail
105 due to an initialised variable having the wrong value.
106 - (libev) probe for CLOCK_REALTIME support at runtime as well and
107 fall back to gettimeofday if there is an error, to support older
108 operating systems with newer header files/libraries.
109 - prefer gettimeofday over clock_gettime by default.
110
1113.52 Wed Jan 7 21:46:14 CET 2009
112 - (libev) fix some issues in the select backend when in fd_set mode.
113 - (libev) due to a thinko, instead of disabling everything but
114 select on the borked OS X platform, everything but select was
115 allowed (reported by Emanuele Giaquinta).
116 - (libev) actually verify that local and remote port are matching in
117 libev's socketpair emulation, which makes denial-of-service
118 attacks harder (but not impossible - it's windows). Make sure
119 it even works under vista, which thinks that getpeer/sockname
120 should return fantasy port numbers.
121
1223.51 Wed Dec 24 23:01:59 CET 2008
123 - do not cache the arguments passed to callbacks if the refcount
124 indicates that the callback has stolen them.
125 - (libev) try to avoid librt on GNU/Linux.
126 - (libev) check port_getn return value dfferently, might potentially
127 avoid problems.
128 - (libev) fix a bug with stat watchers possibly causing freezes.
129 - (libev) work around OS X 10.5 breaking poll, now select is the
130 only viable choice left on that pile of garbage.
131 - play tester whore: disable some tests that typically fail only
132 on cpan tester machines.
133
1343.49 Wed Nov 19 11:26:53 CET 2008
135 - fix typos in manpage (Alex Efros).
136 - increase timing even further, for the ever-overloaded cpan-tester
137 machines, and to the detriment of everybody else who wants a fast
138 make test.
139 - possible 5.6 compatibility.
140 - (libev) use inotify even on buggy kernels, but don't rely on it.
141 - (libev) use inotify only as an added hint on network filesystems.
142
1433.48 Thu Oct 30 09:09:48 CET 2008
144 - (libev) use a generation counter to detect spurious epoll events
145 and recreate the kernel in such a case (sorry, it's slow, but
146 I didn't design epoll...).
147 - (libev) optimise away an EPOLL_CTL_ADD/MOD combo in the epoll
148 backend in some cases.
149 - (libev) use memset to initialise most arrays now and do away
150 with the init functions.
151 - speed up event callback invocation further (~15%), by
152 not creating the object reference each time.
153 - EV::sleep was documented, but not implemented. fun.
154
1553.45 Tue Oct 21 22:20:39 CEST 2008
156 - (libev) disable inotify usage on linux <2.6.25 (kernel bug).
157 - (libev) ev_embed will now automatically follow fork.
158 - (libev) ev_once will now pass both io and timeout events to
159 the callback when both happen concurrently, instead of giving
160 one precedence.
161 - install C library documentation as EV::libev manpage (sorry, oesi).
162 - (libev) fix a minor performance bug in ev_stat handling.
163
1643.44 Mon Sep 29 05:16:31 CEST 2008
165 - (libev) add EV::now_update and $loop->now_update.
166
1673.431 Sun Jul 13 00:19:02 CEST 2008
168 - made the EV::embed callback optional again. reported by
169 Vladimir Timofeev.
170
1713.43 Tue Jul 8 20:56:31 CEST 2008
172 - disabled warnings in EV.pm, the CHECK issue is now understood
173 and harmless.
174
1753.42 Mon May 26 07:36:46 CEST 2008
176 - (libev) work around another bug in windows perls and
177 windows itself: failed connects do NOT set read or write
178 flags in select, but this version of libev will.
179
1803.41 Thu May 22 01:39:40 CEST 2008
181 - (libev) fix many heap-related bugs (timers, periodics).
182 - (libev) improve timing stability of timers and periodics.
183 - expose ev_loop_verify to perl code.
184 - clarify documentation for periodic reschedule callbacks.
185 - verify that the passed callback argument is indeed a code
186 reference, for earlier error reporting and a nice calling
187 speed increase (as well as saving memory).
188
1893.4 Tue May 20 21:51:55 CEST 2008
190 - (libev) work around both a windows bug and a bug in perl's
191 select on windows when not waiting for any file descriptors.
192 - bundle ev.pod into the tarball, just to increase its size
193 (and for the poor internetless person).
194
1953.33 Sun May 18 12:43:04 CEST 2008
196 - (libev) use numerous enhancements such as a more
197 cache-friendly 4-heap and heap index caching for timers.
198 - remove undocumented ev_timer->at accessor.
199
2003.31 Wed Apr 16 20:48:59 CEST 2008
201 - (libev) post-last-minute fix for ev_poll.c problem.
202
2033.3 Wed Apr 16 19:04:47 CEST 2008
204 - (libev) linux eventfd support.
205 - (libev) inline more with C99 compilers.
206 - (libev) work around a number of bugs in valgrind.
207 - (libev) work around broken realloc on openbsd and darwin.
208 - added example to EV::MakeMaker manpage.
209 - add async_pending method.
210
2113.2 Wed Apr 2 17:08:16 CEST 2008
212 - "ported" again to the Microsoft "C" language.
213 - relax testsuite timing for the benefit of freebsd users once more.
214 - fix EVAPI's ev_time and ev_sleep macros.
215 - (libev) fix select backend on 64 bit architetcures.
216 - (libev) ev_loop flags are now local to each invocation.
217
2183.1 Sat Mar 8 11:41:14 CET 2008
219 - add ev_sync_* and ev_fork_* to EVAPI.h.
220 - provide EV::Embed->sweep method.
221 - new watcher type: async (not very useful in perl).
222
2233.0 Mon Jan 28 13:23:11 CET 2008
224 - upgrade to libev-3.0.
225 - change child handler to incorporate tracing flag.
226
2272.01 Mon Dec 31 01:59:19 CET 2007
228 - found a minor problem in the testsuite that is only
229 caught by new Test::Harness versions (reported by Andreas
230 König).
231
2322.0 Sat Dec 22 17:47:03 CET 2007
233 - no longer force kqueue when enabled, enable it
234 on more systems (as its now by default not used on most).
235 - expose fork watchers.
236 - switch to libev's MULTIPLICITY API.
237 - use a slightly different include file name strategy.
238 - get rid of (unused) libevent emulation.
239 - 5% watcher management speedup due to callback optimisation
240 when inline closures are used, 5% slowdown due to multiplicity.
241 - very minimal support for dynamic event loops and embed watchers.
242 - fix name of prepare start/stop methods.
243 - create and export EV::sleep and EV::set_*_collect_interval.
244 - fix typos in manpage (Alex Efros).
245
2461.86 Tue Dec 18 02:36:57 CET 2007
247 - add periodic->at methods.
248
2491.85 Fri Dec 14 20:32:40 CET 2007
250 - further optimise epoll backend by adding a heuristic that
251 avoids EPOLL_CTL_DEL calls if possible.
3 - EV::signal->start was not async-signal safe. 252 - EV::signal->start was not async-signal safe.
253 - optimise start/stop when the fd hasn't changed.
4 254
51.8 Tue Dec 11 22:17:46 CET 2007 2551.8 Tue Dec 11 22:17:46 CET 2007
6 - API version 3:0. 256 - API version 3:0.
7 - reduced fudge factor to zero for select, poll, epoll 257 - reduced fudge factor to zero for select, poll, epoll
8 and kqueue: your system better be posix-compliant 258 and kqueue: your system better be posix-compliant
99 - move AnyEvent adaptor into the AnyEvent module. 349 - move AnyEvent adaptor into the AnyEvent module.
100 - use private copy of evdns.[ch]. 350 - use private copy of evdns.[ch].
101 - many minor fixes. 351 - many minor fixes.
102 352
1030.6 Thu Nov 8 18:23:43 CET 2007 3530.6 Thu Nov 8 18:23:43 CET 2007
104 - better native win32 support (not relevant for perl usually). 354 - (libev) better native win32 support.
105 - fix idle watchers. 355 - fix idle watchers.
106 - implement and document periodic reschedule callbacks. 356 - implement and document periodic reschedule callbacks.
107 - do not run dns test on !linux platforms (actually to exclude win32). 357 - do not run dns test on !linux platforms (actually to exclude win32).
108 - fix (unused in EV :) poll backend. 358 - fix (unused in EV :) poll backend.
109 359

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