--- libev/Changes 2009/07/15 16:08:24 1.127 +++ libev/Changes 2009/12/04 20:25:05 1.153 @@ -1,19 +1,52 @@ Revision history for libev, a high-performance and full-featured event loop. -TODO: ev_walk -TODO: remain -TODO: EV_MINIMAL +TODO: somehow unblock procmask? + - 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, + preventing exit when unregistering all watchers (testcases + provided by ry@tinyclouds.org). + - implement EV_WIN32_HANDLE_TO_FD and EV_WIN32_CLOSE_FD configuration + symbols to make it easier for apps to do their own fd management. + - support EV_IDLE_ENABLE being disabled in ev++.h + (patch by Didier Spezia). + - point out the unspecified signal mask in the documentation. + - take advantage of inotify_init1, if available, to set cloexec/nonblock + on fd creation, to avoid races. + - the signal handling pipe wasn't always initialised under windows + (analysed by lekma). + - changed minimum glibc requirement from glibc 2.9 to 2.7, for + signalfd. + - add missing string.h include (Denis F. Latypoff). + - only replace ev_stat.prev when we detect an actual difference, + so prev is (almost) always different to attr. this might + have caused the probems with 04_stat.t. - - new functionality: ev_set_userdata, ev_userdata, - ev_set_invoke_pending_cb, ev_set_loop_release_cb, - ev_invoke_pending, together with a long example about thread - locking. +3.8 Sun Aug 9 14:30:45 CEST 2009 + - incompatible change: do not necessarily reset signal handler + to SIG_DFL when a sighandler is stopped. + - ev_default_destroy did not properly free or zero some members, + potentially causing crashes and memory corruption on repated + ev_default_destroy/ev_default_loop calls. + - take advantage of signalfd on GNU/Linux systems. + - document that the signal mask might be in an unspecified + state when using libev's signal handling. + - take advantage of some GNU/Linux calls to set cloexec/nonblock + on fd creation, to avoid race conditions. + +3.7 Fri Jul 17 16:36:32 CEST 2009 - ev_unloop and ev_loop wrongly used a global variable to exit loops, instead of using a per-loop variable (bug caught by accident...). + - the ev_set_io_collect_interval interpretation has changed. + - add new functionality: ev_set_userdata, ev_userdata, + ev_set_invoke_pending_cb, ev_set_loop_release_cb, + ev_invoke_pending, ev_pending_count, together with a long example + about thread locking. + - add ev_timer_remaining (as requested by Denis F. Latypoff). + - add ev_loop_depth. - calling ev_unloop in fork/prepare watchers will no longer poll for new events. - Denis F. Latypoff corrected many typos in example code snippets. - - the ev_set_io_collect_interval interpretation has changed. - honor autoconf detection of EV_USE_CLOCK_SYSCALL, also double- check that the syscall number is available before trying to use it (reported by ry@tinyclouds). @@ -21,7 +54,6 @@ slightly higher accuracy. - properly declare ev_loop_verify and ev_now_update even when !EV_MULTIPLICITY. - - implement ev_loop_depth. - do not compile in any priority code when EV_MAXPRI == EV_MINPRI. - support EV_MINIMAL==2 for a reduced API. - actually 0-initialise struct sigaction when installing signals.