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Revision 1.184 by root, Thu Oct 14 07:20:12 2010 UTC vs.
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1Revision history for libev, a high-performance and full-featured event loop. 1Revision history for libev, a high-performance and full-featured event loop.
2 2
3TODO: ABI??? API????? Changes??? 34.00 Mon Oct 25 12:32:12 CEST 2010
4TODO: include ev_xyz_start in each example?
5TODO: section watcher states/lifetime
6 - "PORTING FROM LIBEV 3.X TO 4.X" (in ev.pod) is recommended reading. 4 - "PORTING FROM LIBEV 3.X TO 4.X" (in ev.pod) is recommended reading.
7 - ev_embed_stop did not correctly stop the watcher (very good 5 - ev_embed_stop did not correctly stop the watcher (very good
8 testcase by Vladimir Timofeev). 6 testcase by Vladimir Timofeev).
7 - ev_run will now always update the current loop time - it erroneously
8 didn't when idle watchers were active, causing timers not to fire.
9 - fix a bug where a timeout of zero caused the timer not to fire 9 - fix a bug where a timeout of zero caused the timer not to fire
10 in the libevent emulation (testcase by Péter Szabó). 10 in the libevent emulation (testcase by Péter Szabó).
11 - applied win32 fixes by Michael Lenaghan (also James Mansion). 11 - applied win32 fixes by Michael Lenaghan (also James Mansion).
12 - replace EV_MINIMAL by EV_FEATURES. 12 - replace EV_MINIMAL by EV_FEATURES.
13 - prefer EPOLL_CTL_ADD over EPOLL_CTL_MOD in some more cases, as it 13 - prefer EPOLL_CTL_ADD over EPOLL_CTL_MOD in some more cases, as it
14 seems the former is *much* faster than the latter. 14 seems the former is *much* faster than the latter.
15 - linux kernel version detection (for inotify bug workarounds)
16 did not work properly.
17 - reduce the number of spurious wake-ups with the ports backend.
15 - remove dependency on sys/queue.h on freebsd (patch by Vanilla Hsu). 18 - remove dependency on sys/queue.h on freebsd (patch by Vanilla Hsu).
19 - do async init within ev_async_start, not ev_async_set, which avoids
20 an API quirk where the set function must be called in the C++ API
21 even when there is nothing to set.
16 - add (undocumented) EV_ENABLE when adding events with kqueue, 22 - add (undocumented) EV_ENABLE when adding events with kqueue,
17 this might help with OS X, which seems to need it despite documenting 23 this might help with OS X, which seems to need it despite documenting
18 not to need it (helpfully pointed out by Tilghman Lesher). 24 not to need it (helpfully pointed out by Tilghman Lesher).
19 - do not use poll by default on freebsd, it's broken (what isn't 25 - do not use poll by default on freebsd, it's broken (what isn't
20 on freebsd...). 26 on freebsd...).
27 - allow to embed epoll on kernels >= 2.6.32.
21 - configure now prepends -O3, not appends it, so one can still 28 - configure now prepends -O3, not appends it, so one can still
22 override it. 29 override it.
23 - greatly expanded the portability section. 30 - ev.pod: greatly expanded the portability section, added a porting
31 section, a description of watcher states and made lots of minor fixes.
24 - disable poll backend on AIX, the poll header spams the namespace 32 - disable poll backend on AIX, the poll header spams the namespace
25 and it's not worth working around dead platforms (reported 33 and it's not worth working around dead platforms (reported
26 and analyzed by Aivars Kalvans). 34 and analyzed by Aivars Kalvans).
27 - improve header file compatibility of the standalone eventfd code 35 - improve header file compatibility of the standalone eventfd code
28 in an obscure case. 36 in an obscure case.
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31 no sscanf dependency). 39 no sscanf dependency).
32 - new EV_CHILD_ENABLE and EV_SIGNAL_ENABLE configurable settings. 40 - new EV_CHILD_ENABLE and EV_SIGNAL_ENABLE configurable settings.
33 - update libev.m4 HAVE_CLOCK_SYSCALL test for newer glibcs. 41 - update libev.m4 HAVE_CLOCK_SYSCALL test for newer glibcs.
34 - add section on accept() problems to the manpage. 42 - add section on accept() problems to the manpage.
35 - rename EV_TIMEOUT to EV_TIMER. 43 - rename EV_TIMEOUT to EV_TIMER.
36 - rename ev_loop_count/depth/verify. 44 - rename ev_loop_count/depth/verify/loop/unloop.
45 - remove ev_default_destroy and ev_default_fork.
37 - switch to two-digit minor version. 46 - switch to two-digit minor version.
38 - work around an apparent gentoo compiler bug. 47 - work around an apparent gentoo compiler bug.
39 - define _DARWIN_UNLIMITED_SELECT. just so. 48 - define _DARWIN_UNLIMITED_SELECT. just so.
49 - use enum instead of #define for most constants.
50 - improve compatibility to older C++ compilers.
51 - (experimental) ev_run/ev_default_loop/ev_break/ev_loop_new have now
52 default arguments when compiled as C++.
53 - enable automake dependency tracking.
54 - ev_loop_new no longer leaks memory when loop creation failed.
55 - new ev_cleanup watcher type.
40 56
413.9 Thu Dec 31 07:59:59 CET 2009 573.9 Thu Dec 31 07:59:59 CET 2009
42 - signalfd is no longer used by default and has to be requested 58 - signalfd is no longer used by default and has to be requested
43 explicitly - this means that easy to catch bugs become hard to 59 explicitly - this means that easy to catch bugs become hard to
44 catch race conditions, but the users have spoken. 60 catch race conditions, but the users have spoken.
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60 - changed minimum glibc requirement from glibc 2.9 to 2.7, for 76 - changed minimum glibc requirement from glibc 2.9 to 2.7, for
61 signalfd. 77 signalfd.
62 - add missing string.h include (Denis F. Latypoff). 78 - add missing string.h include (Denis F. Latypoff).
63 - only replace ev_stat.prev when we detect an actual difference, 79 - only replace ev_stat.prev when we detect an actual difference,
64 so prev is (almost) always different to attr. this might 80 so prev is (almost) always different to attr. this might
65 have caused the probems with 04_stat.t. 81 have caused the problems with 04_stat.t.
66 - add ev::timer->remaining () method to C++ API. 82 - add ev::timer->remaining () method to C++ API.
67 83
683.8 Sun Aug 9 14:30:45 CEST 2009 843.8 Sun Aug 9 14:30:45 CEST 2009
69 - incompatible change: do not necessarily reset signal handler 85 - incompatible change: do not necessarily reset signal handler
70 to SIG_DFL when a sighandler is stopped. 86 to SIG_DFL when a sighandler is stopped.
71 - ev_default_destroy did not properly free or zero some members, 87 - ev_default_destroy did not properly free or zero some members,
72 potentially causing crashes and memory corruption on repated 88 potentially causing crashes and memory corruption on repeated
73 ev_default_destroy/ev_default_loop calls. 89 ev_default_destroy/ev_default_loop calls.
74 - take advantage of signalfd on GNU/Linux systems. 90 - take advantage of signalfd on GNU/Linux systems.
75 - document that the signal mask might be in an unspecified 91 - document that the signal mask might be in an unspecified
76 state when using libev's signal handling. 92 state when using libev's signal handling.
77 - take advantage of some GNU/Linux calls to set cloexec/nonblock 93 - take advantage of some GNU/Linux calls to set cloexec/nonblock
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199 do similar changes for event.c. 215 do similar changes for event.c.
200 216
2013.45 Tue Oct 21 21:59:26 CEST 2008 2173.45 Tue Oct 21 21:59:26 CEST 2008
202 - disable inotify usage on linux <2.6.25, as it is broken 218 - disable inotify usage on linux <2.6.25, as it is broken
203 (reported by Yoann Vandoorselaere). 219 (reported by Yoann Vandoorselaere).
204 - ev_stat errornously would try to add inotify watchers 220 - ev_stat erroneously would try to add inotify watchers
205 even when inotify wasn't available (this should only 221 even when inotify wasn't available (this should only
206 have a performance impact). 222 have a performance impact).
207 - ev_once now passes both timeout and io to the callback if both 223 - ev_once now passes both timeout and io to the callback if both
208 occur concurrently, instead of giving timeouts precedence. 224 occur concurrently, instead of giving timeouts precedence.
209 - disable EV_USE_INOTIFY when sys/inotify.h is too old. 225 - disable EV_USE_INOTIFY when sys/inotify.h is too old.
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277 - enable inlining with gcc versions 2 and 3. 293 - enable inlining with gcc versions 2 and 3.
278 - work around broken poll implementations potentially 294 - work around broken poll implementations potentially
279 not clearing revents field in ev_poll (Brandon Black) 295 not clearing revents field in ev_poll (Brandon Black)
280 (no such systems are known at this time). 296 (no such systems are known at this time).
281 - work around a bug in realloc on openbsd and darwin, 297 - work around a bug in realloc on openbsd and darwin,
282 also makes the errornous valgrind complaints 298 also makes the erroneous valgrind complaints
283 go away (noted by various people). 299 go away (noted by various people).
284 - fix ev_async_pending, add c++ wrapper for ev_async 300 - fix ev_async_pending, add c++ wrapper for ev_async
285 (based on patch sent by Johannes Deisenhofer. 301 (based on patch sent by Johannes Deisenhofer).
286 - add sensible set method to ev::embed. 302 - add sensible set method to ev::embed.
287 - made integer constants type int in ev.h. 303 - made integer constants type int in ev.h.
288 304
2893.2 Wed Apr 2 17:11:19 CEST 2008 3053.2 Wed Apr 2 17:11:19 CEST 2008
290 - fix a 64 bit overflow issue in the select backend, 306 - fix a 64 bit overflow issue in the select backend,

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