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Revision 1.194 by root, Fri Oct 22 09:24:11 2010 UTC vs.
Revision 1.239 by sf-exg, Thu Aug 25 17:39:43 2011 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: include ev_xyz_start in each example? 3TODO: ev_loop_wakeup
4TODO: ev_pdef stupid idea? 4
5TODO: EVRUN_XXX? 5TODO: EV_NO_THREADS/NO_SMP and/or EV_USE_PTHREADS or so. also document.
6TODO: #define EV_API_DECL static? ev_default_loop_ptr?
74.10
8 - fix a race where the workaround against the epoll fork bugs
9 caused signals to not be handled anymore.
10 - correct backend_fudge for most backends, and implement a windows
11 specific workaround to avoid looping because we call both
12 select and Sleep, both with different time resolutions.
13 - document range and guarantees of ev_sleep.
14 - document reasonable ranges for periodics interval and offset.
15 - rename backend_fudge to backend_mintime to avoid future confusion :)
16 - change the default periodic reschedule function to hopefully be more
17 exact and correct even in corner cases or in the far future.
18 - do not rely on -lm anymore: use it when available but use our
19 own floor () if it is missing. This should make it easier to embed,
20 as no external libraries are required.
21 - strategically import macros from libecb and mark rarely-used functions
22 as cache-cold (saving almost 2k code size on typical amd64 setups).
23 - add Symbols.ev and Symbols.event files, that were missing.
24
254.04 Wed Feb 16 09:01:51 CET 2011
26 - fix two problems in the native win32 backend, where reuse of fd's
27 with different underlying handles caused handles not to be removed
28 or added to the select set (analyzed and tested by Bert Belder).
29 - do no rely on ceil() in ev_e?poll.c.
30 - backport libev to HP-UX versions before 11 v3.
31 - configure did not detect nanosleep and clock_gettime properly when
32 they are available in the libc (as opposed to -lrt).
33
344.03 Tue Jan 11 14:37:25 CET 2011
35 - officially support polling files with all backends.
36 - support files, /dev/zero etc. the same way as select in the epoll
37 backend, by generating events on our own.
38 - ports backend: work around solaris bug 6874410 and many related ones
39 (EINTR, maybe more), with no performance loss (note that the solaris
40 bug report is actually wrong, reality is far more bizarre and broken
41 than that).
42 - define EV_READ/EV_WRITE as macros in event.h, as some programs use
43 #ifdef to test for them.
44 - new (experimental) function: ev_feed_signal.
45 - new (to become default) EVFLAG_NOSIGMASK flag.
46 - new EVBACKEND_MASK symbol.
47 - updated COMMON IDIOMS SECTION.
48
494.01 Fri Nov 5 21:51:29 CET 2010
50 - automake fucked it up, apparently, --add-missing -f is not quite enough
51 to make it update its files, so 4.00 didn't install ev++.h and
52 event.h on make install. grrr.
53 - ev_loop(count|depth) didn't return anything (Robin Haberkorn).
54 - change EV_UNDEF to 0xffffffff to silence some overzealous compilers.
55 - use "(libev) " prefix for all libev error messages now.
56
574.00 Mon Oct 25 12:32:12 CEST 2010
6 - "PORTING FROM LIBEV 3.X TO 4.X" (in ev.pod) is recommended reading. 58 - "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 59 - ev_embed_stop did not correctly stop the watcher (very good
8 testcase by Vladimir Timofeev). 60 testcase by Vladimir Timofeev).
9 - ev_run will now always update the current loop time - it erroneously 61 - ev_run will now always update the current loop time - it erroneously
10 didn't when idle watchers were active, causing timers not to fire. 62 didn't when idle watchers were active, causing timers not to fire.
12 in the libevent emulation (testcase by Péter Szabó). 64 in the libevent emulation (testcase by Péter Szabó).
13 - applied win32 fixes by Michael Lenaghan (also James Mansion). 65 - applied win32 fixes by Michael Lenaghan (also James Mansion).
14 - replace EV_MINIMAL by EV_FEATURES. 66 - replace EV_MINIMAL by EV_FEATURES.
15 - prefer EPOLL_CTL_ADD over EPOLL_CTL_MOD in some more cases, as it 67 - prefer EPOLL_CTL_ADD over EPOLL_CTL_MOD in some more cases, as it
16 seems the former is *much* faster than the latter. 68 seems the former is *much* faster than the latter.
69 - linux kernel version detection (for inotify bug workarounds)
70 did not work properly.
17 - reduce the number of spurious wake-ups with the ports backend. 71 - reduce the number of spurious wake-ups with the ports backend.
18 - remove dependency on sys/queue.h on freebsd (patch by Vanilla Hsu). 72 - 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 73 - 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 74 an API quirk where the set function must be called in the C++ API
21 even when there is nothing to set. 75 even when there is nothing to set.
22 - add (undocumented) EV_ENABLE when adding events with kqueue, 76 - add (undocumented) EV_ENABLE when adding events with kqueue,
23 this might help with OS X, which seems to need it despite documenting 77 this might help with OS X, which seems to need it despite documenting
24 not to need it (helpfully pointed out by Tilghman Lesher). 78 not to need it (helpfully pointed out by Tilghman Lesher).
25 - do not use poll by default on freebsd, it's broken (what isn't 79 - do not use poll by default on freebsd, it's broken (what isn't
26 on freebsd...). 80 on freebsd...).
81 - allow to embed epoll on kernels >= 2.6.32.
27 - configure now prepends -O3, not appends it, so one can still 82 - configure now prepends -O3, not appends it, so one can still
28 override it. 83 override it.
29 - ev.pod: greatly expanded the portability section, added a porting 84 - ev.pod: greatly expanded the portability section, added a porting
30 section, a description of watcher states and made lots of minor fixes. 85 section, a description of watcher states and made lots of minor fixes.
31 - disable poll backend on AIX, the poll header spams the namespace 86 - disable poll backend on AIX, the poll header spams the namespace
39 - new EV_CHILD_ENABLE and EV_SIGNAL_ENABLE configurable settings. 94 - new EV_CHILD_ENABLE and EV_SIGNAL_ENABLE configurable settings.
40 - update libev.m4 HAVE_CLOCK_SYSCALL test for newer glibcs. 95 - update libev.m4 HAVE_CLOCK_SYSCALL test for newer glibcs.
41 - add section on accept() problems to the manpage. 96 - add section on accept() problems to the manpage.
42 - rename EV_TIMEOUT to EV_TIMER. 97 - rename EV_TIMEOUT to EV_TIMER.
43 - rename ev_loop_count/depth/verify/loop/unloop. 98 - rename ev_loop_count/depth/verify/loop/unloop.
99 - remove ev_default_destroy and ev_default_fork.
44 - switch to two-digit minor version. 100 - switch to two-digit minor version.
45 - work around an apparent gentoo compiler bug. 101 - work around an apparent gentoo compiler bug.
46 - define _DARWIN_UNLIMITED_SELECT. just so. 102 - define _DARWIN_UNLIMITED_SELECT. just so.
47 - use enum instead of #define for most constants. 103 - use enum instead of #define for most constants.
48 - improve compatibility to older C++ compilers. 104 - improve compatibility to older C++ compilers.
49 - (experimental) ev_run/ev_default_loop/ev_break/ev_loop_new have now 105 - (experimental) ev_run/ev_default_loop/ev_break/ev_loop_new have now
50 default arguments when compiled as C++. 106 default arguments when compiled as C++.
107 - enable automake dependency tracking.
108 - ev_loop_new no longer leaks memory when loop creation failed.
109 - new ev_cleanup watcher type.
51 110
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53 - signalfd is no longer used by default and has to be requested 112 - signalfd is no longer used by default and has to be requested
54 explicitly - this means that easy to catch bugs become hard to 113 explicitly - this means that easy to catch bugs become hard to
55 catch race conditions, but the users have spoken. 114 catch race conditions, but the users have spoken.

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