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