--- libev/Changes 2011/08/25 17:39:43 1.239 +++ libev/Changes 2012/04/12 04:10:15 1.259 @@ -1,10 +1,28 @@ Revision history for libev, a high-performance and full-featured event loop. TODO: ev_loop_wakeup +TODO: EV_STANDALONE == NO_HASSEL (do not use clock_gettime in ev_standalone) -TODO: EV_NO_THREADS/NO_SMP and/or EV_USE_PTHREADS or so. also document. -TODO: #define EV_API_DECL static? ev_default_loop_ptr? -4.10 +TODO: document WSA_EV_USE_SOCKET in win32 part +TODO: ^ OR use WSASend/WSARecv on the handle, which always works +TODO: throw() for most ev.h functions + - fix event_base_loop return code, add event_get_callback, event_base_new, + event_base_get_method calls to improve libevent 1.x emulation and add + some libevent 2.x funcitonality (based on a patch by Jeff Davey). + - ev_run now returns a boolean status (true meaning watchers are + still active). + - ev_once: undef EV_ERROR in ev_kqueue.c, to avoid clashing with + libev's EV_ERROR (reported by 191919). + - (ecb) add memory fence support for xlC (Darin McBride). + - (ecb) add memory fence support for gcc-mips (Anton Kirilov). + - (ecb) add memory fence support for gcc-alpha (Christian Weisgerber). + - work around some kernels losing file descriptors by leaking + the kqueue descriptor in the child. + +4.11 Sat Feb 4 19:52:39 CET 2012 + - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: ev_timer_again now clears the pending status, as + was documented already, but not implemented in the repeating case. + - new compiletime symbols: EV_NO_SMP and EV_NO_THREADS. - fix a race where the workaround against the epoll fork bugs caused signals to not be handled anymore. - correct backend_fudge for most backends, and implement a windows @@ -21,6 +39,14 @@ - strategically import macros from libecb and mark rarely-used functions as cache-cold (saving almost 2k code size on typical amd64 setups). - add Symbols.ev and Symbols.event files, that were missing. + - fix backend_mintime value for epoll (was 1/1024, is 1/1000 now). + - fix #3 "be smart about timeouts" to not "deadlock" when + timeout == now, also improve the section overall. + - avoid "AVOIDING FINISHING BEFORE RETURNING" idiom. + - support new EV_API_STATIC mode to make all libev symbols + static. + - supply default CFLAGS of -g -O3 with gcc when original CFLAGS + were empty. 4.04 Wed Feb 16 09:01:51 CET 2011 - fix two problems in the native win32 backend, where reuse of fd's @@ -116,7 +142,7 @@ that this is a race condition regardless of EV_SIGNALFD. - backport inotify code to C89. - inotify file descriptors could leak into child processes. - - ev_stat watchers could keep an errornous extra ref on the loop, + - ev_stat watchers could keep an erroneous extra ref on the loop, preventing exit when unregistering all watchers (testcases provided by ry@tinyclouds.org). - implement EV_WIN32_HANDLE_TO_FD and EV_WIN32_CLOSE_FD configuration @@ -184,7 +210,7 @@ Malek Hadj-Ali). - implement ev_suspend and ev_resume. - new EV_CUSTOM revents flag for use by applications. - - add documentation section about priorites. + - add documentation section about priorities. - add a glossary to the dcoumentation. - extend the ev_fork description slightly. - optimize a jump out of call_pending.