| 1 | Revision history for libev, a high-performance and full-featured event loop. |
1 | Revision history for libev, a high-performance and full-featured event loop. |
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| 3 | TODO: somehow unblock procmask? |
3 | TODO: move some other examples to common idioms? combining watchers, |
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4 | thread usage, coroutine switch? |
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6 | TODO: frankenpoll |
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7 | 4.03 |
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8 | - support files, /dev/zero etc. the same way as select in the epoll |
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9 | backend, by generating events on our own. |
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10 | - define EV_READ/EV_WRITE as macros in event.h, as some programs use |
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11 | #ifdef to test for them. |
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12 | - new (experimental) function: ev_feed_signal. |
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13 | - new (to become default) EVFLAG_NOSIGMASK flag. |
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14 | - new EVBACKEND_MASK symbol. |
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16 | 4.01 Fri Nov 5 21:51:29 CET 2010 |
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17 | - automake fucked it up, apparently, --add-missing -f is not quite enough |
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18 | to make it update its files, so 4.00 didn't install ev++.h and |
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19 | event.h on make install. grrr. |
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20 | - ev_loop(count|depth) didn't return anything (Robin Haberkorn). |
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21 | - change EV_UNDEF to 0xffffffff to silence some overzealous compilers. |
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22 | - use "(libev) " prefix for all libev error messages now. |
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24 | 4.00 Mon Oct 25 12:32:12 CEST 2010 |
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25 | - "PORTING FROM LIBEV 3.X TO 4.X" (in ev.pod) is recommended reading. |
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26 | - ev_embed_stop did not correctly stop the watcher (very good |
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27 | testcase by Vladimir Timofeev). |
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28 | - ev_run will now always update the current loop time - it erroneously |
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29 | didn't when idle watchers were active, causing timers not to fire. |
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30 | - fix a bug where a timeout of zero caused the timer not to fire |
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31 | in the libevent emulation (testcase by Péter Szabó). |
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32 | - applied win32 fixes by Michael Lenaghan (also James Mansion). |
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33 | - replace EV_MINIMAL by EV_FEATURES. |
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34 | - prefer EPOLL_CTL_ADD over EPOLL_CTL_MOD in some more cases, as it |
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35 | seems the former is *much* faster than the latter. |
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36 | - linux kernel version detection (for inotify bug workarounds) |
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37 | did not work properly. |
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38 | - reduce the number of spurious wake-ups with the ports backend. |
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39 | - remove dependency on sys/queue.h on freebsd (patch by Vanilla Hsu). |
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40 | - do async init within ev_async_start, not ev_async_set, which avoids |
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41 | an API quirk where the set function must be called in the C++ API |
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42 | even when there is nothing to set. |
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43 | - add (undocumented) EV_ENABLE when adding events with kqueue, |
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44 | this might help with OS X, which seems to need it despite documenting |
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45 | not to need it (helpfully pointed out by Tilghman Lesher). |
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46 | - do not use poll by default on freebsd, it's broken (what isn't |
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47 | on freebsd...). |
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48 | - allow to embed epoll on kernels >= 2.6.32. |
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49 | - configure now prepends -O3, not appends it, so one can still |
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50 | override it. |
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51 | - ev.pod: greatly expanded the portability section, added a porting |
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52 | section, a description of watcher states and made lots of minor fixes. |
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53 | - disable poll backend on AIX, the poll header spams the namespace |
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54 | and it's not worth working around dead platforms (reported |
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55 | and analyzed by Aivars Kalvans). |
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56 | - improve header file compatibility of the standalone eventfd code |
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57 | in an obscure case. |
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58 | - implement EV_AVOID_STDIO option. |
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59 | - do not use sscanf to parse linux version number (smaller, faster, |
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60 | no sscanf dependency). |
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61 | - new EV_CHILD_ENABLE and EV_SIGNAL_ENABLE configurable settings. |
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62 | - update libev.m4 HAVE_CLOCK_SYSCALL test for newer glibcs. |
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63 | - add section on accept() problems to the manpage. |
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64 | - rename EV_TIMEOUT to EV_TIMER. |
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65 | - rename ev_loop_count/depth/verify/loop/unloop. |
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66 | - remove ev_default_destroy and ev_default_fork. |
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67 | - switch to two-digit minor version. |
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68 | - work around an apparent gentoo compiler bug. |
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69 | - define _DARWIN_UNLIMITED_SELECT. just so. |
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70 | - use enum instead of #define for most constants. |
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71 | - improve compatibility to older C++ compilers. |
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72 | - (experimental) ev_run/ev_default_loop/ev_break/ev_loop_new have now |
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73 | default arguments when compiled as C++. |
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74 | - enable automake dependency tracking. |
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75 | - ev_loop_new no longer leaks memory when loop creation failed. |
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76 | - new ev_cleanup watcher type. |
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78 | 3.9 Thu Dec 31 07:59:59 CET 2009 |
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79 | - signalfd is no longer used by default and has to be requested |
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80 | explicitly - this means that easy to catch bugs become hard to |
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81 | catch race conditions, but the users have spoken. |
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82 | - point out the unspecified signal mask in the documentation, and |
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83 | that this is a race condition regardless of EV_SIGNALFD. |
| 4 | - backport inotify code to C89. |
84 | - backport inotify code to C89. |
| 5 | - inotify file descriptors could leak into child processes. |
85 | - inotify file descriptors could leak into child processes. |
| 6 | - ev_stat watchers could keep an errornous extra ref on the loop, |
86 | - ev_stat watchers could keep an errornous extra ref on the loop, |
| 7 | preventing exit when unregistering all watchers (testcases |
87 | preventing exit when unregistering all watchers (testcases |
| 8 | provided by ry@tinyclouds.org). |
88 | provided by ry@tinyclouds.org). |
| 9 | - implement EV_WIN32_HANDLE_TO_FD and EV_WIN32_CLOSE_FD configuration |
89 | - implement EV_WIN32_HANDLE_TO_FD and EV_WIN32_CLOSE_FD configuration |
| 10 | symbols to make it easier for apps to do their own fd management. |
90 | symbols to make it easier for apps to do their own fd management. |
| 11 | - support EV_IDLE_ENABLE being disabled in ev++.h |
91 | - support EV_IDLE_ENABLE being disabled in ev++.h |
| 12 | (patch by Didier Spezia). |
92 | (patch by Didier Spezia). |
| 13 | - point out the unspecified signal mask in the documentation. |
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| 14 | - take advantage of inotify_init1, if available, to set cloexec/nonblock |
93 | - take advantage of inotify_init1, if available, to set cloexec/nonblock |
| 15 | on fd creation, to avoid races. |
94 | on fd creation, to avoid races. |
| 16 | - the signal handling pipe wasn't always initialised under windows |
95 | - the signal handling pipe wasn't always initialised under windows |
| 17 | (analysed by lekma). |
96 | (analysed by lekma). |
| 18 | - changed minimum glibc requirement from glibc 2.9 to 2.7, for |
97 | - changed minimum glibc requirement from glibc 2.9 to 2.7, for |
| 19 | signalfd. |
98 | signalfd. |
| 20 | - add missing string.h include (Denis F. Latypoff). |
99 | - add missing string.h include (Denis F. Latypoff). |
| 21 | - only replace ev_stat.prev when we detect an actual difference, |
100 | - only replace ev_stat.prev when we detect an actual difference, |
| 22 | so prev is (almost) always different to attr. this might |
101 | so prev is (almost) always different to attr. this might |
| 23 | have caused the probems with 04_stat.t. |
102 | have caused the problems with 04_stat.t. |
| 24 | - add ev::timer->remaining () method to C++ API. |
103 | - add ev::timer->remaining () method to C++ API. |
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| 26 | 3.8 Sun Aug 9 14:30:45 CEST 2009 |
105 | 3.8 Sun Aug 9 14:30:45 CEST 2009 |
| 27 | - incompatible change: do not necessarily reset signal handler |
106 | - incompatible change: do not necessarily reset signal handler |
| 28 | to SIG_DFL when a sighandler is stopped. |
107 | to SIG_DFL when a sighandler is stopped. |
| 29 | - ev_default_destroy did not properly free or zero some members, |
108 | - ev_default_destroy did not properly free or zero some members, |
| 30 | potentially causing crashes and memory corruption on repated |
109 | potentially causing crashes and memory corruption on repeated |
| 31 | ev_default_destroy/ev_default_loop calls. |
110 | ev_default_destroy/ev_default_loop calls. |
| 32 | - take advantage of signalfd on GNU/Linux systems. |
111 | - take advantage of signalfd on GNU/Linux systems. |
| 33 | - document that the signal mask might be in an unspecified |
112 | - document that the signal mask might be in an unspecified |
| 34 | state when using libev's signal handling. |
113 | state when using libev's signal handling. |
| 35 | - take advantage of some GNU/Linux calls to set cloexec/nonblock |
114 | - take advantage of some GNU/Linux calls to set cloexec/nonblock |
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| 157 | do similar changes for event.c. |
236 | do similar changes for event.c. |
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| 159 | 3.45 Tue Oct 21 21:59:26 CEST 2008 |
238 | 3.45 Tue Oct 21 21:59:26 CEST 2008 |
| 160 | - disable inotify usage on linux <2.6.25, as it is broken |
239 | - disable inotify usage on linux <2.6.25, as it is broken |
| 161 | (reported by Yoann Vandoorselaere). |
240 | (reported by Yoann Vandoorselaere). |
| 162 | - ev_stat errornously would try to add inotify watchers |
241 | - ev_stat erroneously would try to add inotify watchers |
| 163 | even when inotify wasn't available (this should only |
242 | even when inotify wasn't available (this should only |
| 164 | have a performance impact). |
243 | have a performance impact). |
| 165 | - ev_once now passes both timeout and io to the callback if both |
244 | - ev_once now passes both timeout and io to the callback if both |
| 166 | occur concurrently, instead of giving timeouts precedence. |
245 | occur concurrently, instead of giving timeouts precedence. |
| 167 | - disable EV_USE_INOTIFY when sys/inotify.h is too old. |
246 | - disable EV_USE_INOTIFY when sys/inotify.h is too old. |
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| 235 | - enable inlining with gcc versions 2 and 3. |
314 | - enable inlining with gcc versions 2 and 3. |
| 236 | - work around broken poll implementations potentially |
315 | - work around broken poll implementations potentially |
| 237 | not clearing revents field in ev_poll (Brandon Black) |
316 | not clearing revents field in ev_poll (Brandon Black) |
| 238 | (no such systems are known at this time). |
317 | (no such systems are known at this time). |
| 239 | - work around a bug in realloc on openbsd and darwin, |
318 | - work around a bug in realloc on openbsd and darwin, |
| 240 | also makes the errornous valgrind complaints |
319 | also makes the erroneous valgrind complaints |
| 241 | go away (noted by various people). |
320 | go away (noted by various people). |
| 242 | - fix ev_async_pending, add c++ wrapper for ev_async |
321 | - fix ev_async_pending, add c++ wrapper for ev_async |
| 243 | (based on patch sent by Johannes Deisenhofer. |
322 | (based on patch sent by Johannes Deisenhofer). |
| 244 | - add sensible set method to ev::embed. |
323 | - add sensible set method to ev::embed. |
| 245 | - made integer constants type int in ev.h. |
324 | - made integer constants type int in ev.h. |
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| 247 | 3.2 Wed Apr 2 17:11:19 CEST 2008 |
326 | 3.2 Wed Apr 2 17:11:19 CEST 2008 |
| 248 | - fix a 64 bit overflow issue in the select backend, |
327 | - fix a 64 bit overflow issue in the select backend, |
