--- libev/Changes 2012/03/23 19:06:08 1.253 +++ libev/Changes 2012/09/23 21:21:58 1.280 @@ -2,16 +2,52 @@ TODO: ev_loop_wakeup TODO: EV_STANDALONE == NO_HASSEL (do not use clock_gettime in ev_standalone) +TODO: faq, process a thing in each iteration +TODO: dbeugging tips, ev_verify, ev_init twice +TODO: ev_break for immediate exit (EVBREAK_NOW?) +TODO: ev_feed_child_event -TODO: document WSA_EV_USE_SOCKET in win32 part -TODO: ^ OR use WSASend/WSARecv on the handle, which always works -TODO: use __OPTIMIZE__ or __OPTIMIZE_SIZE__? +TODO: document the special problem of signals around fork. +TODO: store pid for each signal +TODO: document file descriptor usage per loop +TODO: store loop pid_t and compare isndie signal handler,store 1 for same, 2 for differign pid, clean up in loop_fork +TODO: embed watchers need updating when fd changes + - destroying a non-default loop would stop the global waitpid + watcher (Denis Bilenko). + - queueing pending watchers of higher priority from a watcher now invokes + them in a timely fashion (reported by Denis Bilenko). + - add throw() to all libev functions that cannot throw exceptions, for + further code size decrease when compiling for C++. + - add throw () to callbacks that must not throw exceptions (allocator, + syserr, loop acquire/release, periodic reschedule cbs). + - fix event_base_loop return code, add event_get_callback, event_base_new, + event_base_get_method calls to improve libevent 1.x emulation and add + some libevent 2.x functionality (based on a patch by Jeff Davey). + - add more memory fences to fix a bug reported by Jeff Davey. Better + be overfenced than underprotected. + - ev_run now returns a boolean status (true meaning watchers are + still active). - ev_once: undef EV_ERROR in ev_kqueue.c, to avoid clashing with libev's EV_ERROR (reported by 191919). - -TODO: Jeff Davey libev patch - (ecb) add memory fence support for xlC (Darin McBride). - (ecb) add memory fence support for gcc-mips (Anton Kirilov). + - (ecb) add memory fence support for gcc-alpha (Christian Weisgerber). + - work around some kernels losing file descriptors by leaking + the kqueue descriptor in the child. + - include sys/syscall.h instead of plain syscall.h. + - check for io watcher loops in ev_verify, check for the most + common reported usage bug in ev_io_start. + - chose socket vs. WSASocket at compiletime using EV_USE_WSASOCKET. + - always use WSASend/WSARecv directly on windows, hoping that this + works in all cases (unlike read/write/send/recv...). + - try to detect signals around a fork faster (test program by + Denis Bilenko). + - work around recent glibc versions that leak memory in realloc. + - rename ev::embed::set to ev::embed::set_embed to avoid clashing + the watcher base set (loop) method. + - rewrite the async/signal pipe logic to always keep a valid fd, which + simplifies (and hopefuly correctifies :) the race checking + on fork, at the cost of one extra fd. 4.11 Sat Feb 4 19:52:39 CET 2012 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: ev_timer_again now clears the pending status, as