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Revision 1.182 by root, Thu Oct 14 04:23:19 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??? 3TODO: move some other examples to common idioms? combining watchers,
4TODO: win32 write() to socket for signal handling 4thread usage, coroutine switch?
5TODO: EV_USE__XXX default with config, document 5
6TODO: portbality section, solaris errno rrentrant, aix, win32, linux 32 bit 64.01 Fri Nov 5 21:51:29 CET 2010
7TODO: include ev_xyz_start in each example? 7 - automake fucked it up, apparently, --add-missing -f is not quite enough
8TODO: section watcher states/lifetime 8 to make it update its files, so 4.00 didn't install ev++.h and
9 event.h on make install. grrr.
10 - ev_loop(count|depth) didn't return anything (Robin Haberkorn).
11 - change EV_UNDEF to 0xffffffff to silence some overzealous compilers.
12 - use "(libev) " prefix for all libev error messages now.
13
144.00 Mon Oct 25 12:32:12 CEST 2010
9 - "PORTING FROM LIBEV 3.X TO 4.X" (in ev.pod) is recommended reading. 15 - "PORTING FROM LIBEV 3.X TO 4.X" (in ev.pod) is recommended reading.
10 - ev_embed_stop did not correctly stop the watcher (very good 16 - ev_embed_stop did not correctly stop the watcher (very good
11 testcase by Vladimir Timofeev). 17 testcase by Vladimir Timofeev).
18 - ev_run will now always update the current loop time - it erroneously
19 didn't when idle watchers were active, causing timers not to fire.
12 - fix a bug where a timeout of zero caused the timer not to fire 20 - fix a bug where a timeout of zero caused the timer not to fire
13 in the libevent emulation (testcase by Péter Szabó). 21 in the libevent emulation (testcase by Péter Szabó).
14 - applied win32 fixes by Michael Lenaghan (also James Mansion). 22 - applied win32 fixes by Michael Lenaghan (also James Mansion).
15 - replace EV_MINIMAL by EV_FEATURES. 23 - replace EV_MINIMAL by EV_FEATURES.
16 - prefer EPOLL_CTL_ADD over EPOLL_CTL_MOD in some more cases, as it 24 - prefer EPOLL_CTL_ADD over EPOLL_CTL_MOD in some more cases, as it
17 seems the former is *much* faster than the latter. 25 seems the former is *much* faster than the latter.
26 - linux kernel version detection (for inotify bug workarounds)
27 did not work properly.
28 - reduce the number of spurious wake-ups with the ports backend.
18 - remove dependency on sys/queue.h on freebsd (patch by Vanilla Hsu). 29 - remove dependency on sys/queue.h on freebsd (patch by Vanilla Hsu).
30 - do async init within ev_async_start, not ev_async_set, which avoids
31 an API quirk where the set function must be called in the C++ API
32 even when there is nothing to set.
19 - add (undocumented) EV_ENABLE when adding events with kqueue, 33 - add (undocumented) EV_ENABLE when adding events with kqueue,
20 this might help with OS X, which seems to need it despite documenting 34 this might help with OS X, which seems to need it despite documenting
21 not to need it (helpfully pointed out by Tilghman Lesher). 35 not to need it (helpfully pointed out by Tilghman Lesher).
22 - do not use poll by default on freebsd, it's broken (what isn't 36 - do not use poll by default on freebsd, it's broken (what isn't
23 on freebsd...). 37 on freebsd...).
38 - allow to embed epoll on kernels >= 2.6.32.
24 - configure now prepends -O3, not appends it, so one can still 39 - configure now prepends -O3, not appends it, so one can still
25 override it. 40 override it.
26 - greatly expanded the portability section. 41 - ev.pod: greatly expanded the portability section, added a porting
42 section, a description of watcher states and made lots of minor fixes.
27 - disable poll backend on AIX, the poll header spams the namespace 43 - disable poll backend on AIX, the poll header spams the namespace
28 and it's not worth working around dead platforms (reported 44 and it's not worth working around dead platforms (reported
29 and analyzed by Aivars Kalvans). 45 and analyzed by Aivars Kalvans).
30 - improve header file compatibility of the standalone eventfd code 46 - improve header file compatibility of the standalone eventfd code
31 in an obscure case. 47 in an obscure case.
34 no sscanf dependency). 50 no sscanf dependency).
35 - new EV_CHILD_ENABLE and EV_SIGNAL_ENABLE configurable settings. 51 - new EV_CHILD_ENABLE and EV_SIGNAL_ENABLE configurable settings.
36 - update libev.m4 HAVE_CLOCK_SYSCALL test for newer glibcs. 52 - update libev.m4 HAVE_CLOCK_SYSCALL test for newer glibcs.
37 - add section on accept() problems to the manpage. 53 - add section on accept() problems to the manpage.
38 - rename EV_TIMEOUT to EV_TIMER. 54 - rename EV_TIMEOUT to EV_TIMER.
39 - rename ev_loop_count/depth/verify. 55 - rename ev_loop_count/depth/verify/loop/unloop.
56 - remove ev_default_destroy and ev_default_fork.
40 - switch to two-digit minor version. 57 - switch to two-digit minor version.
41 - work around an apparent gentoo compiler bug. 58 - work around an apparent gentoo compiler bug.
42 - define _DARWIN_UNLIMITED_SELECT. just so. 59 - define _DARWIN_UNLIMITED_SELECT. just so.
60 - use enum instead of #define for most constants.
61 - improve compatibility to older C++ compilers.
62 - (experimental) ev_run/ev_default_loop/ev_break/ev_loop_new have now
63 default arguments when compiled as C++.
64 - enable automake dependency tracking.
65 - ev_loop_new no longer leaks memory when loop creation failed.
66 - new ev_cleanup watcher type.
43 67
443.9 Thu Dec 31 07:59:59 CET 2009 683.9 Thu Dec 31 07:59:59 CET 2009
45 - signalfd is no longer used by default and has to be requested 69 - signalfd is no longer used by default and has to be requested
46 explicitly - this means that easy to catch bugs become hard to 70 explicitly - this means that easy to catch bugs become hard to
47 catch race conditions, but the users have spoken. 71 catch race conditions, but the users have spoken.
63 - changed minimum glibc requirement from glibc 2.9 to 2.7, for 87 - changed minimum glibc requirement from glibc 2.9 to 2.7, for
64 signalfd. 88 signalfd.
65 - add missing string.h include (Denis F. Latypoff). 89 - add missing string.h include (Denis F. Latypoff).
66 - only replace ev_stat.prev when we detect an actual difference, 90 - only replace ev_stat.prev when we detect an actual difference,
67 so prev is (almost) always different to attr. this might 91 so prev is (almost) always different to attr. this might
68 have caused the probems with 04_stat.t. 92 have caused the problems with 04_stat.t.
69 - add ev::timer->remaining () method to C++ API. 93 - add ev::timer->remaining () method to C++ API.
70 94
713.8 Sun Aug 9 14:30:45 CEST 2009 953.8 Sun Aug 9 14:30:45 CEST 2009
72 - incompatible change: do not necessarily reset signal handler 96 - incompatible change: do not necessarily reset signal handler
73 to SIG_DFL when a sighandler is stopped. 97 to SIG_DFL when a sighandler is stopped.
74 - ev_default_destroy did not properly free or zero some members, 98 - ev_default_destroy did not properly free or zero some members,
75 potentially causing crashes and memory corruption on repated 99 potentially causing crashes and memory corruption on repeated
76 ev_default_destroy/ev_default_loop calls. 100 ev_default_destroy/ev_default_loop calls.
77 - take advantage of signalfd on GNU/Linux systems. 101 - take advantage of signalfd on GNU/Linux systems.
78 - document that the signal mask might be in an unspecified 102 - document that the signal mask might be in an unspecified
79 state when using libev's signal handling. 103 state when using libev's signal handling.
80 - take advantage of some GNU/Linux calls to set cloexec/nonblock 104 - take advantage of some GNU/Linux calls to set cloexec/nonblock
202 do similar changes for event.c. 226 do similar changes for event.c.
203 227
2043.45 Tue Oct 21 21:59:26 CEST 2008 2283.45 Tue Oct 21 21:59:26 CEST 2008
205 - disable inotify usage on linux <2.6.25, as it is broken 229 - disable inotify usage on linux <2.6.25, as it is broken
206 (reported by Yoann Vandoorselaere). 230 (reported by Yoann Vandoorselaere).
207 - ev_stat errornously would try to add inotify watchers 231 - ev_stat erroneously would try to add inotify watchers
208 even when inotify wasn't available (this should only 232 even when inotify wasn't available (this should only
209 have a performance impact). 233 have a performance impact).
210 - ev_once now passes both timeout and io to the callback if both 234 - ev_once now passes both timeout and io to the callback if both
211 occur concurrently, instead of giving timeouts precedence. 235 occur concurrently, instead of giving timeouts precedence.
212 - disable EV_USE_INOTIFY when sys/inotify.h is too old. 236 - disable EV_USE_INOTIFY when sys/inotify.h is too old.
280 - enable inlining with gcc versions 2 and 3. 304 - enable inlining with gcc versions 2 and 3.
281 - work around broken poll implementations potentially 305 - work around broken poll implementations potentially
282 not clearing revents field in ev_poll (Brandon Black) 306 not clearing revents field in ev_poll (Brandon Black)
283 (no such systems are known at this time). 307 (no such systems are known at this time).
284 - work around a bug in realloc on openbsd and darwin, 308 - work around a bug in realloc on openbsd and darwin,
285 also makes the errornous valgrind complaints 309 also makes the erroneous valgrind complaints
286 go away (noted by various people). 310 go away (noted by various people).
287 - fix ev_async_pending, add c++ wrapper for ev_async 311 - fix ev_async_pending, add c++ wrapper for ev_async
288 (based on patch sent by Johannes Deisenhofer. 312 (based on patch sent by Johannes Deisenhofer).
289 - add sensible set method to ev::embed. 313 - add sensible set method to ev::embed.
290 - made integer constants type int in ev.h. 314 - made integer constants type int in ev.h.
291 315
2923.2 Wed Apr 2 17:11:19 CEST 2008 3163.2 Wed Apr 2 17:11:19 CEST 2008
293 - fix a 64 bit overflow issue in the select backend, 317 - fix a 64 bit overflow issue in the select backend,

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