--- libev/Changes 2011/02/26 15:21:01 1.227 +++ libev/Changes 2011/12/20 04:09:13 1.246 @@ -1,14 +1,35 @@ Revision history for libev, a high-performance and full-featured event loop. -TODO: ev_loop_prefork hint? TODO: ev_loop_wakeup -TODO: confusion about threads ongiong +TODO: EV_NO_THREADS/NO_SMP and/or EV_USE_PTHREADS or so. also document. +TODO: EV_STANDALONE == NO_HASSEL (do not use clock_gettime in ev_standalone) +TODO: memory fences for clang +ASKEXG!TODO: #define EV_API_DECL static? ev_default_loop_ptr? ev_rt_now? +ASKEXG!TODO: fix repeat=0 in http://pod.tst.eu/http://cvs.schmorp.de/libev/ev.pod#Be_smart_about_timeouts +4.10 + - fix a race where the workaround against the epoll fork bugs + caused signals to not be handled anymore. + - correct backend_fudge for most backends, and implement a windows + specific workaround to avoid looping because we call both + select and Sleep, both with different time resolutions. + - document range and guarantees of ev_sleep. + - document reasonable ranges for periodics interval and offset. + - rename backend_fudge to backend_mintime to avoid future confusion :) - change the default periodic reschedule function to hopefully be more exact and correct even in corner cases or in the far future. - - document reasonable ranges for interval and offset. - do not rely on -lm anymore: use it when available but use our - own floor () if it is missing. This should make it easier to embed. + own floor () if it is missing. This should make it easier to embed, + as no external libraries are required. + - strategically import macros from libecb and mark rarely-used functions + as cache-cold (saving almost 2k code size on typical amd64 setups). + - add Symbols.ev and Symbols.event files, that were missing. + - fix backend_mintime value for epoll (was 1/1024, is 1/1000 now). + - fix #3 "be smart about timeouts" to not "deadlock" when + timeout == now, also improve the section overall. + - avoid "AVOIDING FINISHING BEFORE RETURNING" idiom. + - support new EV_API_STATIC mode to make all libev symbols + static. 4.04 Wed Feb 16 09:01:51 CET 2011 - fix two problems in the native win32 backend, where reuse of fd's @@ -104,7 +125,7 @@ that this is a race condition regardless of EV_SIGNALFD. - backport inotify code to C89. - inotify file descriptors could leak into child processes. - - ev_stat watchers could keep an errornous extra ref on the loop, + - ev_stat watchers could keep an erroneous extra ref on the loop, preventing exit when unregistering all watchers (testcases provided by ry@tinyclouds.org). - implement EV_WIN32_HANDLE_TO_FD and EV_WIN32_CLOSE_FD configuration @@ -172,7 +193,7 @@ Malek Hadj-Ali). - implement ev_suspend and ev_resume. - new EV_CUSTOM revents flag for use by applications. - - add documentation section about priorites. + - add documentation section about priorities. - add a glossary to the dcoumentation. - extend the ev_fork description slightly. - optimize a jump out of call_pending.