| 1 | Revision history for libev, a high-performance and full-featured event loop. |
1 | Revision history for libev, a high-performance and full-featured event loop. |
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| 3 | WISH? monotonic clocks times/GetTickCount for coarse corrections? |
3 | - new config symbol, EV_USE_CLOCK_SYSCALL, to make libev use |
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4 | a direct syscall - slower, but no dependency on librt et al. |
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6 | 3.49 Wed Nov 19 11:26:53 CET 2008 |
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7 | - ev_stat watchers will now use inotify as a mere hint on |
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8 | kernels <2.6.25, or if the filesystem is not in the |
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9 | "known to be good" list. |
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10 | - better mingw32 compatibility (it's not as borked as native win32) |
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11 | (analysed by Roger Pack). |
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12 | - include stdio.h in the example program, as too many people are |
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13 | confused by the weird C language otherwise. I guess the next thing |
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14 | I get told is that the "..." ellipses in the examples don't compile |
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15 | with their C compiler. |
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17 | 3.48 Thu Oct 30 09:02:37 CET 2008 |
| 5 | - further optimise away the EPOLL_CTL_ADD/MOD combo in the epoll |
18 | - further optimise away the EPOLL_CTL_ADD/MOD combo in the epoll |
| 6 | backend by assuming the kernel event mask hasn't changed if |
19 | backend by assuming the kernel event mask hasn't changed if |
| 7 | ADD fails with EEXIST. |
20 | ADD fails with EEXIST. |
| 8 | - work around spurious event notification bugs in epoll by using |
21 | - work around spurious event notification bugs in epoll by using |
| 9 | an 8-bit generation counter. |
22 | a 32-bit generation counter. recreate kernel state if we receive |
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23 | spurious notifications or unwanted events. this is very costly, |
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24 | but I didn't come up with this horrible design. |
| 10 | - use memset to initialise most arrays now and do away with the |
25 | - use memset to initialise most arrays now and do away with the |
| 11 | init functions. |
26 | init functions. |
| 12 | - expand time-out strategies into a "Be smart about timeouts" section. |
27 | - expand time-out strategies into a "Be smart about timeouts" section. |
| 13 | - drop the "struct" from all ev_watcher declarations in the |
28 | - drop the "struct" from all ev_watcher declarations in the |
| 14 | documentation and did other clarifications (yeah, it was a mistake |
29 | documentation and did other clarifications (yeah, it was a mistake |
| 15 | to have a struct AND a function called ev_loop). |
30 | to have a struct AND a function called ev_loop). |
| 16 | - fix a bug where ev_default would not initialise the default |
31 | - fix a bug where ev_default would not initialise the default |
| 17 | loop again after it was destroyed with ev_default_destroy. |
32 | loop again after it was destroyed with ev_default_destroy. |
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33 | - rename syserr to ev_syserr to avoid name clashes when embedding, |
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34 | do similar changes for event.c. |
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| 19 | 3.45 Tue Oct 21 21:59:26 CEST 2008 |
36 | 3.45 Tue Oct 21 21:59:26 CEST 2008 |
| 20 | - disable inotify usage on linux <2.6.25, as it is broken |
37 | - disable inotify usage on linux <2.6.25, as it is broken |
| 21 | (reported by Yoann Vandoorselaere). |
38 | (reported by Yoann Vandoorselaere). |
| 22 | - ev_stat errornously would try to add inotify watchers |
39 | - ev_stat errornously would try to add inotify watchers |
