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Revision 1.22 by root, Sun Jul 31 18:45:49 2005 UTC vs.
Revision 1.87 by root, Wed Oct 25 17:57:30 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.
4
52.0
6 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: max_outstanding was removed, use
7 a group with a feeder instead.
8 - major rewrite, consider all functionality EXPERIMENTAL.
9 - aio requests can be cancelled.
10 - callbacks can be (re-)set later.
11 - aio requests can have choose 9 priorities.
12 - add aio_group: aio requests can be grouped
13 into composite requests.
14 - generator interface for groups.
15 - major documentation improvements.
16 - very minor bugfixes.
17 - add aio_nop for dummy requests.
18 - add aio_busy mainly for benchmarking and debugging.
19 - deprecated max_outstanding.
20 - use "fast" mutexes on linux.
21 - use dynamic (and larger) buffers instead of
22 putting them onto the stack.
23 - optimise x86 and amd64 a bit.
24 - better error checking when ENOMEM.
25 - hopefully fix mem and dirp leaks on fork.
26
271.8 Sat Jun 24 22:20:44 CEST 2006
28 - add and/or document aio_rename, aio_link, aio_symlink and aio_move.
29
301.73 Wed Mar 1 22:49:32 CET 2006
31 - codename "jost"
32 - AIX/Solaris(?) aren't being helpful again, hardcode a value
33 for NAME_MAX and drive with your eyes closed (reported by
34 wcooley@nakedape.cc).
35
361.72 Thu Feb 2 00:40:44 CET 2006
37 - another minor bug in aio_scandir, again, the callback was called
38 twice when the directory can't be stat'ed.
39
401.71 Mon Dec 26 20:20:03 CET 2005
41 - grr, another minor bug in aio_scandir, this time resulting
42 in a runtime error.
43
441.7 Mon Dec 26 19:29:48 CET 2005
45 - aio_scandir errornously called callback twice in some cases.
46 - added AnyEvent example.
47
481.61 Wed Sep 7 19:40:42 CEST 2005
49 - no longer include $Config{libs}, as distros include too much
50 garbage in there that is not installed on typical systems
51 (for example, debian links perl against -lgdbm and many more
52 libraries despite perl not needing it, slowing down startup and
53 wasting memory).
54
551.6 Tue Aug 30 17:44:44 CEST 2005
56 - added aio_readdir, aio_scandir.
57 - added aio_sendfile, including sendfile emulation when sendfile
58 isn't available. Linux, FreeBSD and HP-UX might work (sendfilev
59 support is unavailable on my solaris 8 machine, but preliminary
60 code is there. What's lacking is configury stuff and testing...).
61
621.5 Sat Aug 20 02:32:19 CEST 2005
63 - create the aio threads on demand only (good after forking).
64 - somebody nagged about C89 compatibility, so this release should
65 be C89 compatible, but no guarantees for future ones.
66 - abort when the configure script fails.
67
681.4 Wed Aug 17 08:07:27 CEST 2005
69 - forget to recreate the pipe after forking, this could cause
70 deadlocks.
71
721.3 Wed Aug 17 07:25:54 CEST 2005
73 - properly propagate exceptions from callbacks, instead of silently
74 eating them.
75 - use a different fork algorithm that avoids recursive callback
76 invocations and reduces fork latency in busy processes.
77 - fix a bug where the buffer scalar in aio_read got assigned the wrong
78 length after reading.
79 - fix a bug where the child would process some outstanding requests
80 from the parent.
81 - make a copy of the callback scalar, to avoid some very uncommon
82 (but valid) usages where the callback scalar changes.
83 - the callback was never freed in aio_read/aio_write.
84 - aio_read/aio_write will now set the readonly flag on the data
85 scalar for better error reporting.
86
871.2 Wed Aug 17 01:22:58 CEST 2005
88 - verified on cygwin, linux/amd64+ia32+alpha, solaris.
89 - use SvPVbyte for filenames now. You *need* to encode your strings to
90 the external filename encoding first.
91 - fix the bug where filehandles could leak (again).
92 - clarify freebsd situation: make it work and tell me how, or go away
93 with your underdocumented, broken and outdated OS.
94 - fork'ing should now be officially supported (where linux and
95 posix contradict each other, I followed posix).
96 - only call read() once per poll, not twice (speedup).
97 - new functions: aio_rmdir, aio_symlink.
98 - force callback arguments to be undef or a reference, for better
99 error catching.
100
1011.1 Sun Aug 7 05:27:23 CEST 2005
4 - added configure script to detetc availability of some calls. 102 - added configure script to detect availability of some calls.
103 (imperfect, as we cannot detect things like -lrt due to missing
104 feedback yet).
5 - emulate fdatasync by fsync, pread/pwrite by unsafe read/write 105 - emulate fdatasync via fsync, pread/pwrite via unsafe read/write
6 and readahead by manual reading on platforms lacking those. 106 and readahead via manual reading on platforms lacking those.
7 - ported t/03_errors.t+framework by Brad Fitzpatrick 107 - ported t/03_errors.t+framework by Brad Fitzpatrick
8 from Linux::AIO. 108 from Linux::AIO.
9 - removed XOPEN_SOURCE because stupid solaris 9 doesn't 109 - removed XOPEN_SOURCE because stupid solaris 9 doesn't
10 compile with it enabled. Probably breaks others. Oh well. 110 compile with it enabled. Probably breaks others. Oh well.
111 - try to be more careful with errno on non-threaded perls.
112 - cygwins perl insisted on a matching open mode when morphing
113 the fd to an fh.
114 - convert sv's to "byte" encoding in aio_read/aio_write. Might
115 do that for pathnames, too, in the future, so make sure you
116 properly encode your pathnames.
11 117
121.0 Fri Jul 22 10:43:30 CEST 2005 1181.0 Fri Jul 22 10:43:30 CEST 2005
13 - aio_open did not reliably deliver (open) filehandles. 119 - aio_open did not reliably deliver (open) filehandles.
14 - all aio_*-functions keep a reference to the filehandle so 120 - all aio_*-functions keep a reference to the filehandle so
15 it doesn't go away while the aio requests is working on it. 121 it doesn't go away while the aio requests is working on it.

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