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Revision 1.226 by root, Sun Feb 20 02:56:55 2011 UTC vs.
Revision 1.308 by root, Sat Oct 17 21:47:56 2015 UTC

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: ev_loop_prefork hint? 3TODO: ev_loop_wakeup
4TODO: EV_STANDALONE == NO_HASSEL (do not use clock_gettime in ev_standalone)
5TODO: faq, process a thing in each iteration
6TODO: dbeugging tips, ev_verify, ev_init twice
7TODO: ev_break for immediate exit (EVBREAK_NOW?)
8TODO: ev_feed_child_event
9TODO: document the special problem of signals around fork.
10TODO: store pid for each signal
11TODO: document file descriptor usage per loop
12TODO: store loop pid_t and compare isndie signal handler,store 1 for same, 2 for differign pid, clean up in loop_fork
13TODO: embed watchers need updating when fd changes
14TODO: document portability requirements for atomic pointer access
15TODO: document requirements for function pointers and calling conventions.
4 16
174.22
18 - when epoll detects unremovable fds in the fd set, rebuild
19 only the epoll descriptor, not the signal pipe, to avoid
20 SIGPIPE in ev_async_send. This doesn't solve it on fork,
21 so document what needs to be done in ev_loop_fork
22 (analyzed by Benjamin Mahler).
23 - remove superfluous sys/timeb.h include on win32
24 (analyzed by Jason Madden).
25
264.20 Sat Jun 20 13:01:43 CEST 2015
27 - prefer noexcept over throw () with C++ 11.
28 - update ecb.h due to incompatibilities with c11.
29 - fix a potential aliasing issue when reading and writing
30 watcher callbacks.
31
324.19 Thu Sep 25 08:18:25 CEST 2014
33 - ev.h wasn't valid C++ anymore, which tripped compilers other than
34 clang, msvc or gcc (analyzed by Raphael 'kena' Poss). Unfortunately,
35 C++ doesn't support typedefs for function pointers fully, so the affected
36 declarations have to spell out the types each time.
37 - when not using autoconf, tighten the check for clock_gettime and related
38 functionality.
39
404.18 Fri Sep 5 17:55:26 CEST 2014
41 - events on files were not always generated properly with the
42 epoll backend (testcase by Assaf Inbal).
43 - mark event pipe fd as cloexec after a fork (analyzed by Sami Farin).
44 - (ecb) support m68k, m88k and sh (patch by Miod Vallat).
45 - use a reasonable fallback for EV_NSIG instead of erroring out
46 when we can't detect the signal set size.
47 - in the absence of autoconf, do not use the clock syscall
48 on glibc >= 2.17 (avoids the syscall AND -lrt on systems
49 doing clock_gettime in userspace).
50 - ensure extern "C" function pointers are used for externally-visible
51 loop callbacks (not watcher callbacks yet).
52 - (ecb) work around memory barriers and volatile apparently both being
53 broken in visual studio 2008 and later (analysed and patch by Nicolas Noble).
54
554.15 Fri Mar 1 12:04:50 CET 2013
56 - destroying a non-default loop would stop the global waitpid
57 watcher (Denis Bilenko).
58 - queueing pending watchers of higher priority from a watcher now invokes
59 them in a timely fashion (reported by Denis Bilenko).
60 - add throw() to all libev functions that cannot throw exceptions, for
61 further code size decrease when compiling for C++.
62 - add throw () to callbacks that must not throw exceptions (allocator,
63 syserr, loop acquire/release, periodic reschedule cbs).
64 - fix event_base_loop return code, add event_get_callback, event_base_new,
65 event_base_get_method calls to improve libevent 1.x emulation and add
66 some libevent 2.x functionality (based on a patch by Jeff Davey).
67 - add more memory fences to fix a bug reported by Jeff Davey. Better
68 be overfenced than underprotected.
69 - ev_run now returns a boolean status (true meaning watchers are
70 still active).
71 - ev_once: undef EV_ERROR in ev_kqueue.c, to avoid clashing with
72 libev's EV_ERROR (reported by 191919).
73 - (ecb) add memory fence support for xlC (Darin McBride).
74 - (ecb) add memory fence support for gcc-mips (Anton Kirilov).
75 - (ecb) add memory fence support for gcc-alpha (Christian Weisgerber).
76 - work around some kernels losing file descriptors by leaking
77 the kqueue descriptor in the child.
78 - work around linux inotify not reporting IN_ATTRIB changes for directories
79 in many cases.
80 - include sys/syscall.h instead of plain syscall.h.
81 - check for io watcher loops in ev_verify, check for the most
82 common reported usage bug in ev_io_start.
83 - choose socket vs. WSASocket at compiletime using EV_USE_WSASOCKET.
84 - always use WSASend/WSARecv directly on windows, hoping that this
85 works in all cases (unlike read/write/send/recv...).
86 - try to detect signals around a fork faster (test program by
87 Denis Bilenko).
88 - work around recent glibc versions that leak memory in realloc.
89 - rename ev::embed::set to ev::embed::set_embed to avoid clashing
90 the watcher base set (loop) method.
91 - rewrite the async/signal pipe logic to always keep a valid fd, which
92 simplifies (and hopefully correctifies :) the race checking
93 on fork, at the cost of one extra fd.
94 - add fat, msdos, jffs2, ramfs, ntfs and btrfs to the list of
95 inotify-supporting filesystems.
96 - move orig_CFLAGS assignment to after AC_INIT, as newer autoconf
97 versions ignore it before
98 (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=908096).
99 - add some untested android support.
100 - enum expressions must be of type int (reported by Juan Pablo L).
101
1024.11 Sat Feb 4 19:52:39 CET 2012
103 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: ev_timer_again now clears the pending status, as
104 was documented already, but not implemented in the repeating case.
105 - new compiletime symbols: EV_NO_SMP and EV_NO_THREADS.
106 - fix a race where the workaround against the epoll fork bugs
107 caused signals to not be handled anymore.
108 - correct backend_fudge for most backends, and implement a windows
109 specific workaround to avoid looping because we call both
110 select and Sleep, both with different time resolutions.
111 - document range and guarantees of ev_sleep.
112 - document reasonable ranges for periodics interval and offset.
113 - rename backend_fudge to backend_mintime to avoid future confusion :)
5 - change the default periodic reschedule function to hopefully be more 114 - change the default periodic reschedule function to hopefully be more
6 exact and correct even in corner cases or in the far future. 115 exact and correct even in corner cases or in the far future.
7 - document reasonable ranges for interval and offset.
8 - do not rely on -lm anymore: use it when available but use our 116 - do not rely on -lm anymore: use it when available but use our
9 own floor () if it is missing. This should make it easier to embed. 117 own floor () if it is missing. This should make it easier to embed,
118 as no external libraries are required.
119 - strategically import macros from libecb and mark rarely-used functions
120 as cache-cold (saving almost 2k code size on typical amd64 setups).
121 - add Symbols.ev and Symbols.event files, that were missing.
122 - fix backend_mintime value for epoll (was 1/1024, is 1/1000 now).
123 - fix #3 "be smart about timeouts" to not "deadlock" when
124 timeout == now, also improve the section overall.
125 - avoid "AVOIDING FINISHING BEFORE RETURNING" idiom.
126 - support new EV_API_STATIC mode to make all libev symbols
127 static.
128 - supply default CFLAGS of -g -O3 with gcc when original CFLAGS
129 were empty.
10 130
114.04 Wed Feb 16 09:01:51 CET 2011 1314.04 Wed Feb 16 09:01:51 CET 2011
12 - fix two problems in the native win32 backend, where reuse of fd's 132 - fix two problems in the native win32 backend, where reuse of fd's
13 with different underlying handles caused handles not to be removed 133 with different underlying handles caused handles not to be removed
14 or added to the select set (analyzed and tested by Bert Belder). 134 or added to the select set (analyzed and tested by Bert Belder).
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100 catch race conditions, but the users have spoken. 220 catch race conditions, but the users have spoken.
101 - point out the unspecified signal mask in the documentation, and 221 - point out the unspecified signal mask in the documentation, and
102 that this is a race condition regardless of EV_SIGNALFD. 222 that this is a race condition regardless of EV_SIGNALFD.
103 - backport inotify code to C89. 223 - backport inotify code to C89.
104 - inotify file descriptors could leak into child processes. 224 - inotify file descriptors could leak into child processes.
105 - ev_stat watchers could keep an errornous extra ref on the loop, 225 - ev_stat watchers could keep an erroneous extra ref on the loop,
106 preventing exit when unregistering all watchers (testcases 226 preventing exit when unregistering all watchers (testcases
107 provided by ry@tinyclouds.org). 227 provided by ry@tinyclouds.org).
108 - implement EV_WIN32_HANDLE_TO_FD and EV_WIN32_CLOSE_FD configuration 228 - implement EV_WIN32_HANDLE_TO_FD and EV_WIN32_CLOSE_FD configuration
109 symbols to make it easier for apps to do their own fd management. 229 symbols to make it easier for apps to do their own fd management.
110 - support EV_IDLE_ENABLE being disabled in ev++.h 230 - support EV_IDLE_ENABLE being disabled in ev++.h
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168 - correctly zero the idx values for arrays, so destroying and 288 - correctly zero the idx values for arrays, so destroying and
169 reinitialising the default loop actually works (patch by 289 reinitialising the default loop actually works (patch by
170 Malek Hadj-Ali). 290 Malek Hadj-Ali).
171 - implement ev_suspend and ev_resume. 291 - implement ev_suspend and ev_resume.
172 - new EV_CUSTOM revents flag for use by applications. 292 - new EV_CUSTOM revents flag for use by applications.
173 - add documentation section about priorites. 293 - add documentation section about priorities.
174 - add a glossary to the dcoumentation. 294 - add a glossary to the documentation.
175 - extend the ev_fork description slightly. 295 - extend the ev_fork description slightly.
176 - optimize a jump out of call_pending. 296 - optimize a jump out of call_pending.
177 297
1783.53 Sun Feb 15 02:38:20 CET 2009 2983.53 Sun Feb 15 02:38:20 CET 2009
179 - fix a bug in event pipe creation on win32 that would cause a 299 - fix a bug in event pipe creation on win32 that would cause a

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