--- IO-AIO/Changes 2005/08/16 23:33:34 1.32 +++ IO-AIO/Changes 2006/10/26 06:44:48 1.88 @@ -1,5 +1,92 @@ Revision history for IO::AIO +TODO: better autoconf.pm that can return LIBS etc. + +2.0 + - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: max_outstanding was removed, use + a group with a feeder instead. + - major rewrite, consider all functionality EXPERIMENTAL. + - aio requests can be cancelled. + - callbacks can be (re-)set later. + - aio requests can have choose 9 priorities. + - add aio_group: aio requests can be grouped + into composite requests. + - generator interface for groups. + - major documentation improvements. + - very minor bugfixes. + - add aio_nop for dummy requests. + - add aio_busy mainly for benchmarking and debugging. + - deprecated max_outstanding. + - use "fast" mutexes on linux. + - use dynamic (and larger) buffers instead of + putting them onto the stack. + - optimise x86 and amd64 a bit. + - better error checking when ENOMEM. + - hopefully fix mem and dirp leaks on fork. + - compiles on cygwin (but pread is broken on cygwin + which is not detected by autoconf, so you have to + edit autoconf/config.h yourself to enable emulation). + +1.8 Sat Jun 24 22:20:44 CEST 2006 + - add and/or document aio_rename, aio_link, aio_symlink and aio_move. + +1.73 Wed Mar 1 22:49:32 CET 2006 + - codename "jost" + - AIX/Solaris(?) aren't being helpful again, hardcode a value + for NAME_MAX and drive with your eyes closed (reported by + wcooley@nakedape.cc). + +1.72 Thu Feb 2 00:40:44 CET 2006 + - another minor bug in aio_scandir, again, the callback was called + twice when the directory can't be stat'ed. + +1.71 Mon Dec 26 20:20:03 CET 2005 + - grr, another minor bug in aio_scandir, this time resulting + in a runtime error. + +1.7 Mon Dec 26 19:29:48 CET 2005 + - aio_scandir errornously called callback twice in some cases. + - added AnyEvent example. + +1.61 Wed Sep 7 19:40:42 CEST 2005 + - no longer include $Config{libs}, as distros include too much + garbage in there that is not installed on typical systems + (for example, debian links perl against -lgdbm and many more + libraries despite perl not needing it, slowing down startup and + wasting memory). + +1.6 Tue Aug 30 17:44:44 CEST 2005 + - added aio_readdir, aio_scandir. + - added aio_sendfile, including sendfile emulation when sendfile + isn't available. Linux, FreeBSD and HP-UX might work (sendfilev + support is unavailable on my solaris 8 machine, but preliminary + code is there. What's lacking is configury stuff and testing...). + +1.5 Sat Aug 20 02:32:19 CEST 2005 + - create the aio threads on demand only (good after forking). + - somebody nagged about C89 compatibility, so this release should + be C89 compatible, but no guarantees for future ones. + - abort when the configure script fails. + +1.4 Wed Aug 17 08:07:27 CEST 2005 + - forget to recreate the pipe after forking, this could cause + deadlocks. + +1.3 Wed Aug 17 07:25:54 CEST 2005 + - properly propagate exceptions from callbacks, instead of silently + eating them. + - use a different fork algorithm that avoids recursive callback + invocations and reduces fork latency in busy processes. + - fix a bug where the buffer scalar in aio_read got assigned the wrong + length after reading. + - fix a bug where the child would process some outstanding requests + from the parent. + - make a copy of the callback scalar, to avoid some very uncommon + (but valid) usages where the callback scalar changes. + - the callback was never freed in aio_read/aio_write. + - aio_read/aio_write will now set the readonly flag on the data + scalar for better error reporting. + 1.2 Wed Aug 17 01:22:58 CEST 2005 - verified on cygwin, linux/amd64+ia32+alpha, solaris. - use SvPVbyte for filenames now. You *need* to encode your strings to