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Revision 1.265 by root, Thu May 3 16:00:47 2012 UTC vs.
Revision 1.337 by root, Mon Jul 1 21:47:42 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 - linuxaio backend might have tried to cancel an iocb
5 multiple times (was unable to trigger this).
6 - io_cancel can return EINTR, deal with it. also, assume
7 io_asubmit also retursn EINTR.
8 - cleanup: replace expect_true/false and noinline by their
9 libecb counterparts.
10 - move syscall infrastructure from ev_linuxaio.c to ev.c.
11 - prepare io_uring integration.
5 12
6TODO: document WSA_EV_USE_SOCKET in win32 part 134.27 Thu Jun 27 22:43:44 CEST 2019
7TODO: ^ OR use WSASend/WSARecv on the handle, which always works 14 - linux aio backend almost completely rewritten to work around its
8TODO: assert on fd watcher linked list pointing to itself 15 limitations.
9TODO: faq, process a thing in each iteration 16 - linux aio backend now requires linux 4.19+.
10TODO: abuse idle watchers for their side effect 17 - epoll backend now mandatory for linux aio backend.
11TODO: abuse check watchers for their side effect 18 - fail assertions more aggressively on invalid fd's detected
19 in the event loop, do not just silently fd_kill in case of
20 user error.
21 - ev_io_start/ev_io_stop now verify the watcher fd using
22 a syscall when EV_VERIFY is 2 or higher.
23
244.26 (EV only)
25 - update to libecb 0x00010006.
26 - new experimental linux aio backend (linux 4.18+).
27 - removed redundant 0-ptr check in ev_once.
28 - updated/extended ev_set_allocator documentation.
29 - replaced EMPTY2 macro by array_needsize_noinit.
30 - minor code cleanups.
31 - epoll backend now uses epoll_create1 also after fork.
32
334.25 Fri Dec 21 07:49:20 CET 2018
34 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: EV_THROW was renamed to EV_NOEXCEPT
35 (EV_THROW still provided) and now uses noexcept on C++11 or newer.
36 - move the darwin select workaround highe rin ev.c, as newer versions of
37 darwin managed to break their broken select even more.
38 - ANDROID => __ANDROID__ (reported by enh@google.com).
39 - disable epoll_create1 on android because it has broken header files
40 and google is unwilling to fix them (reported by enh@google.com).
41 - avoid a minor compilation warning on win32.
42 - c++: remove deprecated dynamic throw() specifications.
43 - c++: improve the (unsupported) bad_loop exception class.
44 - backport perl ev_periodic example to C, untested.
45 - update libecb, biggets change is to include a memory fence
46 in ECB_MEMORY_FENCE_RELEASE on x86/amd64.
47 - minor autoconf/automake modernisation.
48
494.24 Wed Dec 28 05:19:55 CET 2016
50 - bump version to 4.24, as the release tarball inexplicably
51 didn't have the right version in ev.h, even though the cvs-tagged
52 version did have the right one (reported by Ales Teska).
53
544.23 Wed Nov 16 18:23:41 CET 2016
55 - move some declarations at the beginning to help certain retarded
56 microsoft compilers, even though their documentation claims
57 otherwise (reported by Ruslan Osmanov).
58
594.22 Sun Dec 20 22:11:50 CET 2015
60 - when epoll detects unremovable fds in the fd set, rebuild
61 only the epoll descriptor, not the signal pipe, to avoid
62 SIGPIPE in ev_async_send. This doesn't solve it on fork,
63 so document what needs to be done in ev_loop_fork
64 (analyzed by Benjamin Mahler).
65 - remove superfluous sys/timeb.h include on win32
66 (analyzed by Jason Madden).
67 - updated libecb.
68
694.20 Sat Jun 20 13:01:43 CEST 2015
70 - prefer noexcept over throw () with C++ 11.
71 - update ecb.h due to incompatibilities with c11.
72 - fix a potential aliasing issue when reading and writing
73 watcher callbacks.
74
754.19 Thu Sep 25 08:18:25 CEST 2014
76 - ev.h wasn't valid C++ anymore, which tripped compilers other than
77 clang, msvc or gcc (analyzed by Raphael 'kena' Poss). Unfortunately,
78 C++ doesn't support typedefs for function pointers fully, so the affected
79 declarations have to spell out the types each time.
80 - when not using autoconf, tighten the check for clock_gettime and related
81 functionality.
82
834.18 Fri Sep 5 17:55:26 CEST 2014
84 - events on files were not always generated properly with the
85 epoll backend (testcase by Assaf Inbal).
86 - mark event pipe fd as cloexec after a fork (analyzed by Sami Farin).
87 - (ecb) support m68k, m88k and sh (patch by Miod Vallat).
88 - use a reasonable fallback for EV_NSIG instead of erroring out
89 when we can't detect the signal set size.
90 - in the absence of autoconf, do not use the clock syscall
91 on glibc >= 2.17 (avoids the syscall AND -lrt on systems
92 doing clock_gettime in userspace).
93 - ensure extern "C" function pointers are used for externally-visible
94 loop callbacks (not watcher callbacks yet).
95 - (ecb) work around memory barriers and volatile apparently both being
96 broken in visual studio 2008 and later (analysed and patch by Nicolas Noble).
97
984.15 Fri Mar 1 12:04:50 CET 2013
99 - destroying a non-default loop would stop the global waitpid
100 watcher (Denis Bilenko).
101 - queueing pending watchers of higher priority from a watcher now invokes
102 them in a timely fashion (reported by Denis Bilenko).
12 - add throw() to all libev functions that cannot throw exceptions, for 103 - add throw() to all libev functions that cannot throw exceptions, for
13 further code size decrease when compiling for C++. 104 further code size decrease when compiling for C++.
14 - add throw () to callbacks that must not throw exceptions (allocator, 105 - add throw () to callbacks that must not throw exceptions (allocator,
15 syserr, loop acquire/release, periodic reschedule cbs). 106 syserr, loop acquire/release, periodic reschedule cbs).
16 - fix event_base_loop return code, add event_get_callback, event_base_new, 107 - 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 108 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). 109 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 110 - add more memory fences to fix a bug reported by Jeff Davey. Better
20 be overfenced than underprotected. 111 be overfenced than underprotected.
21 - ev_run now returns a boolean status (true meaning watchers are 112 - ev_run now returns a boolean status (true meaning watchers are
22 still active). 113 still active).
23 - ev_once: undef EV_ERROR in ev_kqueue.c, to avoid clashing with 114 - ev_once: undef EV_ERROR in ev_kqueue.c, to avoid clashing with
25 - (ecb) add memory fence support for xlC (Darin McBride). 116 - (ecb) add memory fence support for xlC (Darin McBride).
26 - (ecb) add memory fence support for gcc-mips (Anton Kirilov). 117 - (ecb) add memory fence support for gcc-mips (Anton Kirilov).
27 - (ecb) add memory fence support for gcc-alpha (Christian Weisgerber). 118 - (ecb) add memory fence support for gcc-alpha (Christian Weisgerber).
28 - work around some kernels losing file descriptors by leaking 119 - work around some kernels losing file descriptors by leaking
29 the kqueue descriptor in the child. 120 the kqueue descriptor in the child.
121 - work around linux inotify not reporting IN_ATTRIB changes for directories
122 in many cases.
30 - include sys/syscall.h instead of plain syscall.h. 123 - include sys/syscall.h instead of plain syscall.h.
124 - check for io watcher loops in ev_verify, check for the most
125 common reported usage bug in ev_io_start.
126 - choose socket vs. WSASocket at compiletime using EV_USE_WSASOCKET.
127 - always use WSASend/WSARecv directly on windows, hoping that this
128 works in all cases (unlike read/write/send/recv...).
129 - try to detect signals around a fork faster (test program by
130 Denis Bilenko).
131 - work around recent glibc versions that leak memory in realloc.
132 - rename ev::embed::set to ev::embed::set_embed to avoid clashing
133 the watcher base set (loop) method.
134 - rewrite the async/signal pipe logic to always keep a valid fd, which
135 simplifies (and hopefully correctifies :) the race checking
136 on fork, at the cost of one extra fd.
137 - add fat, msdos, jffs2, ramfs, ntfs and btrfs to the list of
138 inotify-supporting filesystems.
139 - move orig_CFLAGS assignment to after AC_INIT, as newer autoconf
140 versions ignore it before
141 (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=908096).
142 - add some untested android support.
143 - enum expressions must be of type int (reported by Juan Pablo L).
31 144
324.11 Sat Feb 4 19:52:39 CET 2012 1454.11 Sat Feb 4 19:52:39 CET 2012
33 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: ev_timer_again now clears the pending status, as 146 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: ev_timer_again now clears the pending status, as
34 was documented already, but not implemented in the repeating case. 147 was documented already, but not implemented in the repeating case.
35 - new compiletime symbols: EV_NO_SMP and EV_NO_THREADS. 148 - new compiletime symbols: EV_NO_SMP and EV_NO_THREADS.
219 reinitialising the default loop actually works (patch by 332 reinitialising the default loop actually works (patch by
220 Malek Hadj-Ali). 333 Malek Hadj-Ali).
221 - implement ev_suspend and ev_resume. 334 - implement ev_suspend and ev_resume.
222 - new EV_CUSTOM revents flag for use by applications. 335 - new EV_CUSTOM revents flag for use by applications.
223 - add documentation section about priorities. 336 - add documentation section about priorities.
224 - add a glossary to the dcoumentation. 337 - add a glossary to the documentation.
225 - extend the ev_fork description slightly. 338 - extend the ev_fork description slightly.
226 - optimize a jump out of call_pending. 339 - optimize a jump out of call_pending.
227 340
2283.53 Sun Feb 15 02:38:20 CET 2009 3413.53 Sun Feb 15 02:38:20 CET 2009
229 - fix a bug in event pipe creation on win32 that would cause a 342 - fix a bug in event pipe creation on win32 that would cause a

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