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Revision 1.265 by root, Thu May 3 16:00:47 2012 UTC vs.
Revision 1.334 by root, Mon Jul 1 19:56:30 2019 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: revisit 59.x timer in the light of mdoenr powersaving
4TODO: EV_STANDALONE == NO_HASSEL (do not use clock_gettime in ev_standalone) 4 - io_cancel can return EINTR, deal with it. also, assume
5 io_asubmit also retursn EINTR.
5 6
6TODO: document WSA_EV_USE_SOCKET in win32 part 74.27 Thu Jun 27 22:43:44 CEST 2019
7TODO: ^ OR use WSASend/WSARecv on the handle, which always works 8 - linux aio backend almost completely rewritten to work around its
8TODO: assert on fd watcher linked list pointing to itself 9 limitations.
9TODO: faq, process a thing in each iteration 10 - linux aio backend now requires linux 4.19+.
10TODO: abuse idle watchers for their side effect 11 - epoll backend now mandatory for linux aio backend.
11TODO: abuse check watchers for their side effect 12 - fail assertions more aggressively on invalid fd's detected
13 in the event loop, do not just silently fd_kill in case of
14 user error.
15 - ev_io_start/ev_io_stop now verify the watcher fd using
16 a syscall when EV_VERIFY is 2 or higher.
17
184.26 (EV only)
19 - update to libecb 0x00010006.
20 - new experimental linux aio backend (linux 4.18+).
21 - removed redundant 0-ptr check in ev_once.
22 - updated/extended ev_set_allocator documentation.
23 - replaced EMPTY2 macro by array_needsize_noinit.
24 - minor code cleanups.
25 - epoll backend now uses epoll_create1 also after fork.
26
274.25 Fri Dec 21 07:49:20 CET 2018
28 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: EV_THROW was renamed to EV_NOEXCEPT
29 (EV_THROW still provided) and now uses noexcept on C++11 or newer.
30 - move the darwin select workaround highe rin ev.c, as newer versions of
31 darwin managed to break their broken select even more.
32 - ANDROID => __ANDROID__ (reported by enh@google.com).
33 - disable epoll_create1 on android because it has broken header files
34 and google is unwilling to fix them (reported by enh@google.com).
35 - avoid a minor compilation warning on win32.
36 - c++: remove deprecated dynamic throw() specifications.
37 - c++: improve the (unsupported) bad_loop exception class.
38 - backport perl ev_periodic example to C, untested.
39 - update libecb, biggets change is to include a memory fence
40 in ECB_MEMORY_FENCE_RELEASE on x86/amd64.
41 - minor autoconf/automake modernisation.
42
434.24 Wed Dec 28 05:19:55 CET 2016
44 - bump version to 4.24, as the release tarball inexplicably
45 didn't have the right version in ev.h, even though the cvs-tagged
46 version did have the right one (reported by Ales Teska).
47
484.23 Wed Nov 16 18:23:41 CET 2016
49 - move some declarations at the beginning to help certain retarded
50 microsoft compilers, even though their documentation claims
51 otherwise (reported by Ruslan Osmanov).
52
534.22 Sun Dec 20 22:11:50 CET 2015
54 - when epoll detects unremovable fds in the fd set, rebuild
55 only the epoll descriptor, not the signal pipe, to avoid
56 SIGPIPE in ev_async_send. This doesn't solve it on fork,
57 so document what needs to be done in ev_loop_fork
58 (analyzed by Benjamin Mahler).
59 - remove superfluous sys/timeb.h include on win32
60 (analyzed by Jason Madden).
61 - updated libecb.
62
634.20 Sat Jun 20 13:01:43 CEST 2015
64 - prefer noexcept over throw () with C++ 11.
65 - update ecb.h due to incompatibilities with c11.
66 - fix a potential aliasing issue when reading and writing
67 watcher callbacks.
68
694.19 Thu Sep 25 08:18:25 CEST 2014
70 - ev.h wasn't valid C++ anymore, which tripped compilers other than
71 clang, msvc or gcc (analyzed by Raphael 'kena' Poss). Unfortunately,
72 C++ doesn't support typedefs for function pointers fully, so the affected
73 declarations have to spell out the types each time.
74 - when not using autoconf, tighten the check for clock_gettime and related
75 functionality.
76
774.18 Fri Sep 5 17:55:26 CEST 2014
78 - events on files were not always generated properly with the
79 epoll backend (testcase by Assaf Inbal).
80 - mark event pipe fd as cloexec after a fork (analyzed by Sami Farin).
81 - (ecb) support m68k, m88k and sh (patch by Miod Vallat).
82 - use a reasonable fallback for EV_NSIG instead of erroring out
83 when we can't detect the signal set size.
84 - in the absence of autoconf, do not use the clock syscall
85 on glibc >= 2.17 (avoids the syscall AND -lrt on systems
86 doing clock_gettime in userspace).
87 - ensure extern "C" function pointers are used for externally-visible
88 loop callbacks (not watcher callbacks yet).
89 - (ecb) work around memory barriers and volatile apparently both being
90 broken in visual studio 2008 and later (analysed and patch by Nicolas Noble).
91
924.15 Fri Mar 1 12:04:50 CET 2013
93 - destroying a non-default loop would stop the global waitpid
94 watcher (Denis Bilenko).
95 - queueing pending watchers of higher priority from a watcher now invokes
96 them in a timely fashion (reported by Denis Bilenko).
12 - add throw() to all libev functions that cannot throw exceptions, for 97 - add throw() to all libev functions that cannot throw exceptions, for
13 further code size decrease when compiling for C++. 98 further code size decrease when compiling for C++.
14 - add throw () to callbacks that must not throw exceptions (allocator, 99 - add throw () to callbacks that must not throw exceptions (allocator,
15 syserr, loop acquire/release, periodic reschedule cbs). 100 syserr, loop acquire/release, periodic reschedule cbs).
16 - fix event_base_loop return code, add event_get_callback, event_base_new, 101 - 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 102 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). 103 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 104 - add more memory fences to fix a bug reported by Jeff Davey. Better
20 be overfenced than underprotected. 105 be overfenced than underprotected.
21 - ev_run now returns a boolean status (true meaning watchers are 106 - ev_run now returns a boolean status (true meaning watchers are
22 still active). 107 still active).
23 - ev_once: undef EV_ERROR in ev_kqueue.c, to avoid clashing with 108 - ev_once: undef EV_ERROR in ev_kqueue.c, to avoid clashing with
25 - (ecb) add memory fence support for xlC (Darin McBride). 110 - (ecb) add memory fence support for xlC (Darin McBride).
26 - (ecb) add memory fence support for gcc-mips (Anton Kirilov). 111 - (ecb) add memory fence support for gcc-mips (Anton Kirilov).
27 - (ecb) add memory fence support for gcc-alpha (Christian Weisgerber). 112 - (ecb) add memory fence support for gcc-alpha (Christian Weisgerber).
28 - work around some kernels losing file descriptors by leaking 113 - work around some kernels losing file descriptors by leaking
29 the kqueue descriptor in the child. 114 the kqueue descriptor in the child.
115 - work around linux inotify not reporting IN_ATTRIB changes for directories
116 in many cases.
30 - include sys/syscall.h instead of plain syscall.h. 117 - include sys/syscall.h instead of plain syscall.h.
118 - check for io watcher loops in ev_verify, check for the most
119 common reported usage bug in ev_io_start.
120 - choose socket vs. WSASocket at compiletime using EV_USE_WSASOCKET.
121 - always use WSASend/WSARecv directly on windows, hoping that this
122 works in all cases (unlike read/write/send/recv...).
123 - try to detect signals around a fork faster (test program by
124 Denis Bilenko).
125 - work around recent glibc versions that leak memory in realloc.
126 - rename ev::embed::set to ev::embed::set_embed to avoid clashing
127 the watcher base set (loop) method.
128 - rewrite the async/signal pipe logic to always keep a valid fd, which
129 simplifies (and hopefully correctifies :) the race checking
130 on fork, at the cost of one extra fd.
131 - add fat, msdos, jffs2, ramfs, ntfs and btrfs to the list of
132 inotify-supporting filesystems.
133 - move orig_CFLAGS assignment to after AC_INIT, as newer autoconf
134 versions ignore it before
135 (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=908096).
136 - add some untested android support.
137 - enum expressions must be of type int (reported by Juan Pablo L).
31 138
324.11 Sat Feb 4 19:52:39 CET 2012 1394.11 Sat Feb 4 19:52:39 CET 2012
33 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: ev_timer_again now clears the pending status, as 140 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: ev_timer_again now clears the pending status, as
34 was documented already, but not implemented in the repeating case. 141 was documented already, but not implemented in the repeating case.
35 - new compiletime symbols: EV_NO_SMP and EV_NO_THREADS. 142 - new compiletime symbols: EV_NO_SMP and EV_NO_THREADS.
219 reinitialising the default loop actually works (patch by 326 reinitialising the default loop actually works (patch by
220 Malek Hadj-Ali). 327 Malek Hadj-Ali).
221 - implement ev_suspend and ev_resume. 328 - implement ev_suspend and ev_resume.
222 - new EV_CUSTOM revents flag for use by applications. 329 - new EV_CUSTOM revents flag for use by applications.
223 - add documentation section about priorities. 330 - add documentation section about priorities.
224 - add a glossary to the dcoumentation. 331 - add a glossary to the documentation.
225 - extend the ev_fork description slightly. 332 - extend the ev_fork description slightly.
226 - optimize a jump out of call_pending. 333 - optimize a jump out of call_pending.
227 334
2283.53 Sun Feb 15 02:38:20 CET 2009 3353.53 Sun Feb 15 02:38:20 CET 2009
229 - fix a bug in event pipe creation on win32 that would cause a 336 - fix a bug in event pipe creation on win32 that would cause a

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