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Revision 1.265 by root, Thu May 3 16:00:47 2012 UTC vs.
Revision 1.304 by root, Tue Apr 21 10:10:57 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_wakeup 3TODO: ev_loop_wakeup
4TODO: EV_STANDALONE == NO_HASSEL (do not use clock_gettime in ev_standalone) 4TODO: EV_STANDALONE == NO_HASSEL (do not use clock_gettime in ev_standalone)
5
6TODO: document WSA_EV_USE_SOCKET in win32 part
7TODO: ^ OR use WSASend/WSARecv on the handle, which always works
8TODO: assert on fd watcher linked list pointing to itself
9TODO: faq, process a thing in each iteration 5TODO: faq, process a thing in each iteration
10TODO: abuse idle watchers for their side effect 6TODO: dbeugging tips, ev_verify, ev_init twice
11TODO: abuse check watchers for their side effect 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: possible cb aliasing?
16TODO: document requirements for function pointers and calling conventions.
17
18 - prefer noexcept over throw () with C++ 11.
19 - update ecb.h due to incompatibilities with c11.
20 - fix a potentgial aliasing issue when reading and writing
21 watcher callbacks.
22
234.19 Thu Sep 25 08:18:25 CEST 2014
24 - ev.h wasn't valid C++ anymore, which tripped compilers other than
25 clang, msvc or gcc (analyzed by Raphael 'kena' Poss). Unfortunately,
26 C++ doesn't support typedefs for function pointers fully, so the affected
27 declarations have to spell out the types each time.
28 - when not using autoconf, tighten the check for clock_gettime and related
29 functionality.
30
314.18 Fri Sep 5 17:55:26 CEST 2014
32 - events on files were not always generated properly with the
33 epoll backend (testcase by Assaf Inbal).
34 - mark event pipe fd as cloexec after a fork (analyzed by Sami Farin).
35 - (ecb) support m68k, m88k and sh (patch by Miod Vallat).
36 - use a reasonable fallback for EV_NSIG instead of erroring out
37 when we can't detect the signal set size.
38 - in the absence of autoconf, do not use the clock syscall
39 on glibc >= 2.17 (avoids the syscall AND -lrt on systems
40 doing clock_gettime in userspace).
41 - ensure extern "C" function pointers are used for externally-visible
42 loop callbacks (not watcher callbacks yet).
43 - (ecb) work around memory barriers and volatile apparently both being
44 broken in visual studio 2008 and later (analysed and patch by Nicolas Noble).
45
464.15 Fri Mar 1 12:04:50 CET 2013
47 - destroying a non-default loop would stop the global waitpid
48 watcher (Denis Bilenko).
49 - queueing pending watchers of higher priority from a watcher now invokes
50 them in a timely fashion (reported by Denis Bilenko).
12 - add throw() to all libev functions that cannot throw exceptions, for 51 - add throw() to all libev functions that cannot throw exceptions, for
13 further code size decrease when compiling for C++. 52 further code size decrease when compiling for C++.
14 - add throw () to callbacks that must not throw exceptions (allocator, 53 - add throw () to callbacks that must not throw exceptions (allocator,
15 syserr, loop acquire/release, periodic reschedule cbs). 54 syserr, loop acquire/release, periodic reschedule cbs).
16 - fix event_base_loop return code, add event_get_callback, event_base_new, 55 - fix event_base_loop return code, add event_get_callback, event_base_new,
17 event_base_get_method calls to improve libevent 1.x emulation and add 56 event_base_get_method calls to improve libevent 1.x emulation and add
18 some libevent 2.x funcitonality (based on a patch by Jeff Davey). 57 some libevent 2.x functionality (based on a patch by Jeff Davey).
19 - add more memory fences to fix a bug reported by Jeff Davey. Better 58 - add more memory fences to fix a bug reported by Jeff Davey. Better
20 be overfenced than underprotected. 59 be overfenced than underprotected.
21 - ev_run now returns a boolean status (true meaning watchers are 60 - ev_run now returns a boolean status (true meaning watchers are
22 still active). 61 still active).
23 - ev_once: undef EV_ERROR in ev_kqueue.c, to avoid clashing with 62 - ev_once: undef EV_ERROR in ev_kqueue.c, to avoid clashing with
25 - (ecb) add memory fence support for xlC (Darin McBride). 64 - (ecb) add memory fence support for xlC (Darin McBride).
26 - (ecb) add memory fence support for gcc-mips (Anton Kirilov). 65 - (ecb) add memory fence support for gcc-mips (Anton Kirilov).
27 - (ecb) add memory fence support for gcc-alpha (Christian Weisgerber). 66 - (ecb) add memory fence support for gcc-alpha (Christian Weisgerber).
28 - work around some kernels losing file descriptors by leaking 67 - work around some kernels losing file descriptors by leaking
29 the kqueue descriptor in the child. 68 the kqueue descriptor in the child.
69 - work around linux inotify not reporting IN_ATTRIB changes for directories
70 in many cases.
30 - include sys/syscall.h instead of plain syscall.h. 71 - include sys/syscall.h instead of plain syscall.h.
72 - check for io watcher loops in ev_verify, check for the most
73 common reported usage bug in ev_io_start.
74 - choose socket vs. WSASocket at compiletime using EV_USE_WSASOCKET.
75 - always use WSASend/WSARecv directly on windows, hoping that this
76 works in all cases (unlike read/write/send/recv...).
77 - try to detect signals around a fork faster (test program by
78 Denis Bilenko).
79 - work around recent glibc versions that leak memory in realloc.
80 - rename ev::embed::set to ev::embed::set_embed to avoid clashing
81 the watcher base set (loop) method.
82 - rewrite the async/signal pipe logic to always keep a valid fd, which
83 simplifies (and hopefully correctifies :) the race checking
84 on fork, at the cost of one extra fd.
85 - add fat, msdos, jffs2, ramfs, ntfs and btrfs to the list of
86 inotify-supporting filesystems.
87 - move orig_CFLAGS assignment to after AC_INIT, as newer autoconf
88 versions ignore it before
89 (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=908096).
90 - add some untested android support.
91 - enum expressions must be of type int (reported by Juan Pablo L).
31 92
324.11 Sat Feb 4 19:52:39 CET 2012 934.11 Sat Feb 4 19:52:39 CET 2012
33 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: ev_timer_again now clears the pending status, as 94 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: ev_timer_again now clears the pending status, as
34 was documented already, but not implemented in the repeating case. 95 was documented already, but not implemented in the repeating case.
35 - new compiletime symbols: EV_NO_SMP and EV_NO_THREADS. 96 - new compiletime symbols: EV_NO_SMP and EV_NO_THREADS.
219 reinitialising the default loop actually works (patch by 280 reinitialising the default loop actually works (patch by
220 Malek Hadj-Ali). 281 Malek Hadj-Ali).
221 - implement ev_suspend and ev_resume. 282 - implement ev_suspend and ev_resume.
222 - new EV_CUSTOM revents flag for use by applications. 283 - new EV_CUSTOM revents flag for use by applications.
223 - add documentation section about priorities. 284 - add documentation section about priorities.
224 - add a glossary to the dcoumentation. 285 - add a glossary to the documentation.
225 - extend the ev_fork description slightly. 286 - extend the ev_fork description slightly.
226 - optimize a jump out of call_pending. 287 - optimize a jump out of call_pending.
227 288
2283.53 Sun Feb 15 02:38:20 CET 2009 2893.53 Sun Feb 15 02:38:20 CET 2009
229 - fix a bug in event pipe creation on win32 that would cause a 290 - fix a bug in event pipe creation on win32 that would cause a

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