--- libev/Changes 2012/04/02 20:12:16 1.255 +++ libev/Changes 2013/03/01 11:13:22 1.287 @@ -2,18 +2,63 @@ TODO: ev_loop_wakeup TODO: EV_STANDALONE == NO_HASSEL (do not use clock_gettime in ev_standalone) - -TODO: document WSA_EV_USE_SOCKET in win32 part -TODO: ^ OR use WSASend/WSARecv on the handle, which always works -TODO: use __OPTIMIZE__ or __OPTIMIZE_SIZE__? - -TODO: Jeff Davey libev patch +TODO: faq, process a thing in each iteration +TODO: dbeugging tips, ev_verify, ev_init twice +TODO: ev_break for immediate exit (EVBREAK_NOW?) +TODO: ev_feed_child_event +TODO: document the special problem of signals around fork. +TODO: store pid for each signal +TODO: document file descriptor usage per loop +TODO: store loop pid_t and compare isndie signal handler,store 1 for same, 2 for differign pid, clean up in loop_fork +TODO: embed watchers need updating when fd changes +TODO: document portbaility requirements for atomic pointer access + +4.15 Fri Mar 1 12:04:50 CET 2013 + - destroying a non-default loop would stop the global waitpid + watcher (Denis Bilenko). + - queueing pending watchers of higher priority from a watcher now invokes + them in a timely fashion (reported by Denis Bilenko). + - add throw() to all libev functions that cannot throw exceptions, for + further code size decrease when compiling for C++. + - add throw () to callbacks that must not throw exceptions (allocator, + syserr, loop acquire/release, periodic reschedule cbs). + - 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 functionality (based on a patch by Jeff Davey). + - add more memory fences to fix a bug reported by Jeff Davey. Better + be overfenced than underprotected. + - 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. + - work around linux inotify not reporting IN_ATTRIB changes for directories + in many cases. + - include sys/syscall.h instead of plain syscall.h. + - check for io watcher loops in ev_verify, check for the most + common reported usage bug in ev_io_start. + - choose socket vs. WSASocket at compiletime using EV_USE_WSASOCKET. + - always use WSASend/WSARecv directly on windows, hoping that this + works in all cases (unlike read/write/send/recv...). + - try to detect signals around a fork faster (test program by + Denis Bilenko). + - work around recent glibc versions that leak memory in realloc. + - rename ev::embed::set to ev::embed::set_embed to avoid clashing + the watcher base set (loop) method. + - rewrite the async/signal pipe logic to always keep a valid fd, which + simplifies (and hopefully correctifies :) the race checking + on fork, at the cost of one extra fd. + - add fat, msdos, jffs2, ramfs, ntfs and btrfs to the list of + inotify-supporting filesystems. + - move orig_CFLAGS assignment to after AC_INIT, as newer autoconf + versions ignore it before + (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=908096). + - add some untested android support. + - enum expressions must be of type int (reported by Juan Pablo L). 4.11 Sat Feb 4 19:52:39 CET 2012 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: ev_timer_again now clears the pending status, as @@ -207,7 +252,7 @@ - implement ev_suspend and ev_resume. - new EV_CUSTOM revents flag for use by applications. - add documentation section about priorities. - - add a glossary to the dcoumentation. + - add a glossary to the documentation. - extend the ev_fork description slightly. - optimize a jump out of call_pending.