ViewVC Help
View File | Revision Log | Show Annotations | Download File
/cvs/IO-AIO/Changes
(Generate patch)

Comparing IO-AIO/Changes (file contents):
Revision 1.24 by root, Sun Jul 31 19:04:45 2005 UTC vs.
Revision 1.109 by root, Sun Nov 26 18:28:37 2006 UTC

1Revision history for IO::AIO 1Revision history for IO::AIO
2 2
31.1 3TODO: better autoconf.pm that can return LIBS etc.
4TODO: aio_cptree/mvtree/rmtree
5TODO: aio_utime, aio_chmod, aio_chown? should simply stat/open first?
6TODO: reduce condvar fairness: schedule hot-cache-threads first?
7TODO: fix setsig
8
9 - minor doc updates.
10 - minor cleanups.
11 - IO::AIO::poll returns request count.
12 - undocumented and unfinished async-signal-reporting.
13
142.2 Tue Oct 31 00:31:00 CET 2006
15 - minor doc updates.
16 - added aio_readlink.
17 - properly zero-terminate aio_read buffer.
18 - fix aio_read/write with nonzero dataoffset.
19 - reduced size of aio request structure.
20 - better diagnostics when pathnames etc. are not byte-encoded;
21 do not leak request in that case, either.
22
232.1 Sun Oct 29 02:01:57 CET 2006
24 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: replace IO::AIO::poll_some by
25 IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs and IO::AIO::max_poll_time.
26 - fix a bug in aio_move where it would fail everytime
27 it would have to copy files manually.
28 - doc updates.
29 - start threads only on (very low) demand.
30 - end superfluous threads automatically after 10s idling.
31 - add IO::AIO::max_idle to control this.
32 - some tuning applied to random places.
33 - add aio_mknod.
34
352.0 Thu Oct 26 18:27:58 CEST 2006
36 - minor incompatibility: max_outstanding semantics have changed.
37 - major rewrite, consider all functionality EXPERIMENTAL.
38 - aio requests can be cancelled.
39 - callbacks can be (re-)set later.
40 - aio requests can choose between 9 priorities.
41 - add aio_group: aio requests can be grouped
42 into composite requests.
43 - generator interface for groups.
44 - add IO::AIO::poll_some.
45 - major documentation improvements.
46 - very minor bugfixes.
47 - add aio_nop for dummy requests.
48 - add aio_busy mainly for benchmarking and debugging.
49 - use "fast" mutexes on linux.
50 - use dynamic (and larger) buffers instead of
51 putting them onto the stack.
52 - optimise x86 and amd64 a bit.
53 - better error checking when ENOMEM.
54 - hopefully fix mem and dirp leaks on fork.
55 - warn about broken perl malloc.
56 - compiles on cygwin (but pread is broken on cygwin
57 which is not detected by autoconf, so you have to
58 edit autoconf/config.h yourself to enable emulation).
59
601.8 Sat Jun 24 22:20:44 CEST 2006
61 - add and/or document aio_rename, aio_link, aio_symlink and aio_move.
62
631.73 Wed Mar 1 22:49:32 CET 2006
64 - codename "jost"
65 - AIX/Solaris(?) aren't being helpful again, hardcode a value
66 for NAME_MAX and drive with your eyes closed (reported by
67 wcooley@nakedape.cc).
68
691.72 Thu Feb 2 00:40:44 CET 2006
70 - another minor bug in aio_scandir, again, the callback was called
71 twice when the directory can't be stat'ed.
72
731.71 Mon Dec 26 20:20:03 CET 2005
74 - grr, another minor bug in aio_scandir, this time resulting
75 in a runtime error.
76
771.7 Mon Dec 26 19:29:48 CET 2005
78 - aio_scandir errornously called callback twice in some cases.
79 - added AnyEvent example.
80
811.61 Wed Sep 7 19:40:42 CEST 2005
82 - no longer include $Config{libs}, as distros include too much
83 garbage in there that is not installed on typical systems
84 (for example, debian links perl against -lgdbm and many more
85 libraries despite perl not needing it, slowing down startup and
86 wasting memory).
87
881.6 Tue Aug 30 17:44:44 CEST 2005
89 - added aio_readdir, aio_scandir.
90 - added aio_sendfile, including sendfile emulation when sendfile
91 isn't available. Linux, FreeBSD and HP-UX might work (sendfilev
92 support is unavailable on my solaris 8 machine, but preliminary
93 code is there. What's lacking is configury stuff and testing...).
94
951.5 Sat Aug 20 02:32:19 CEST 2005
96 - create the aio threads on demand only (good after forking).
97 - somebody nagged about C89 compatibility, so this release should
98 be C89 compatible, but no guarantees for future ones.
99 - abort when the configure script fails.
100
1011.4 Wed Aug 17 08:07:27 CEST 2005
102 - forgot to recreate the pipe after forking, this could cause
103 deadlocks.
104
1051.3 Wed Aug 17 07:25:54 CEST 2005
106 - properly propagate exceptions from callbacks, instead of silently
107 eating them.
108 - use a different fork algorithm that avoids recursive callback
109 invocations and reduces fork latency in busy processes.
110 - fix a bug where the buffer scalar in aio_read got assigned the wrong
111 length after reading.
112 - fix a bug where the child would process some outstanding requests
113 from the parent.
114 - make a copy of the callback scalar, to avoid some very uncommon
115 (but valid) usages where the callback scalar changes.
116 - the callback was never freed in aio_read/aio_write.
117 - aio_read/aio_write will now set the readonly flag on the data
118 scalar for better error reporting.
119
1201.2 Wed Aug 17 01:22:58 CEST 2005
121 - verified on cygwin, linux/amd64+ia32+alpha, solaris.
122 - use SvPVbyte for filenames now. You *need* to encode your strings to
123 the external filename encoding first.
124 - fix the bug where filehandles could leak (again).
125 - clarify freebsd situation: make it work and tell me how, or go away
126 with your underdocumented, broken and outdated OS.
127 - fork'ing should now be officially supported (where linux and
128 posix contradict each other, I followed posix).
129 - only call read() once per poll, not twice (speedup).
130 - new functions: aio_rmdir, aio_symlink.
131 - force callback arguments to be undef or a reference, for better
132 error catching.
133
1341.1 Sun Aug 7 05:27:23 CEST 2005
4 - added configure script to detetc availability of some calls. 135 - added configure script to detect availability of some calls.
5 (imperfect, as we cannot detect things like -lrt due it missing 136 (imperfect, as we cannot detect things like -lrt due to missing
6 feedback yet). 137 feedback yet).
7 - emulate fdatasync by fsync, pread/pwrite by unsafe read/write 138 - emulate fdatasync via fsync, pread/pwrite via unsafe read/write
8 and readahead by manual reading on platforms lacking those. 139 and readahead via manual reading on platforms lacking those.
9 - ported t/03_errors.t+framework by Brad Fitzpatrick 140 - ported t/03_errors.t+framework by Brad Fitzpatrick
10 from Linux::AIO. 141 from Linux::AIO.
11 - removed XOPEN_SOURCE because stupid solaris 9 doesn't 142 - removed XOPEN_SOURCE because stupid solaris 9 doesn't
12 compile with it enabled. Probably breaks others. Oh well. 143 compile with it enabled. Probably breaks others. Oh well.
13 - try to be more careful with errno on non-threaded perls. 144 - try to be more careful with errno on non-threaded perls.
145 - cygwins perl insisted on a matching open mode when morphing
146 the fd to an fh.
147 - convert sv's to "byte" encoding in aio_read/aio_write. Might
148 do that for pathnames, too, in the future, so make sure you
149 properly encode your pathnames.
14 150
151.0 Fri Jul 22 10:43:30 CEST 2005 1511.0 Fri Jul 22 10:43:30 CEST 2005
16 - aio_open did not reliably deliver (open) filehandles. 152 - aio_open did not reliably deliver (open) filehandles.
17 - all aio_*-functions keep a reference to the filehandle so 153 - all aio_*-functions keep a reference to the filehandle so
18 it doesn't go away while the aio requests is working on it. 154 it doesn't go away while the aio requests is working on it.

Diff Legend

Removed lines
+ Added lines
< Changed lines
> Changed lines