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diff --git a/libev/Changes b/libev/Changes new file mode 100644 index 0000000..53bb646 --- /dev/null +++ b/libev/Changes @@ -0,0 +1,379 @@ +Revision history for libev, a high-performance and full-featured event loop. + +4.03 Tue Jan 11 14:37:25 CET 2011 + - officially support polling files with all backends. + - support files, /dev/zero etc. the same way as select in the epoll + backend, by generating events on our own. + - ports backend: work around solaris bug 6874410 and many related ones + (EINTR, maybe more), with no performance loss (note that the solaris + bug report is actually wrong, reality is far more bizarre and broken + than that). + - define EV_READ/EV_WRITE as macros in event.h, as some programs use + #ifdef to test for them. + - new (experimental) function: ev_feed_signal. + - new (to become default) EVFLAG_NOSIGMASK flag. + - new EVBACKEND_MASK symbol. + - updated COMMON IDIOMS SECTION. + +4.01 Fri Nov 5 21:51:29 CET 2010 + - automake fucked it up, apparently, --add-missing -f is not quite enough + to make it update its files, so 4.00 didn't install ev++.h and + event.h on make install. grrr. + - ev_loop(count|depth) didn't return anything (Robin Haberkorn). + - change EV_UNDEF to 0xffffffff to silence some overzealous compilers. + - use "(libev) " prefix for all libev error messages now. + +4.00 Mon Oct 25 12:32:12 CEST 2010 + - "PORTING FROM LIBEV 3.X TO 4.X" (in ev.pod) is recommended reading. + - ev_embed_stop did not correctly stop the watcher (very good + testcase by Vladimir Timofeev). + - ev_run will now always update the current loop time - it erroneously + didn't when idle watchers were active, causing timers not to fire. + - fix a bug where a timeout of zero caused the timer not to fire + in the libevent emulation (testcase by Péter Szabó). + - applied win32 fixes by Michael Lenaghan (also James Mansion). + - replace EV_MINIMAL by EV_FEATURES. + - prefer EPOLL_CTL_ADD over EPOLL_CTL_MOD in some more cases, as it + seems the former is *much* faster than the latter. + - linux kernel version detection (for inotify bug workarounds) + did not work properly. + - reduce the number of spurious wake-ups with the ports backend. + - remove dependency on sys/queue.h on freebsd (patch by Vanilla Hsu). + - do async init within ev_async_start, not ev_async_set, which avoids + an API quirk where the set function must be called in the C++ API + even when there is nothing to set. + - add (undocumented) EV_ENABLE when adding events with kqueue, + this might help with OS X, which seems to need it despite documenting + not to need it (helpfully pointed out by Tilghman Lesher). + - do not use poll by default on freebsd, it's broken (what isn't + on freebsd...). + - allow to embed epoll on kernels >= 2.6.32. + - configure now prepends -O3, not appends it, so one can still + override it. + - ev.pod: greatly expanded the portability section, added a porting + section, a description of watcher states and made lots of minor fixes. + - disable poll backend on AIX, the poll header spams the namespace + and it's not worth working around dead platforms (reported + and analyzed by Aivars Kalvans). + - improve header file compatibility of the standalone eventfd code + in an obscure case. + - implement EV_AVOID_STDIO option. + - do not use sscanf to parse linux version number (smaller, faster, + no sscanf dependency). + - new EV_CHILD_ENABLE and EV_SIGNAL_ENABLE configurable settings. + - update libev.m4 HAVE_CLOCK_SYSCALL test for newer glibcs. + - add section on accept() problems to the manpage. + - rename EV_TIMEOUT to EV_TIMER. + - rename ev_loop_count/depth/verify/loop/unloop. + - remove ev_default_destroy and ev_default_fork. + - switch to two-digit minor version. + - work around an apparent gentoo compiler bug. + - define _DARWIN_UNLIMITED_SELECT. just so. + - use enum instead of #define for most constants. + - improve compatibility to older C++ compilers. + - (experimental) ev_run/ev_default_loop/ev_break/ev_loop_new have now + default arguments when compiled as C++. + - enable automake dependency tracking. + - ev_loop_new no longer leaks memory when loop creation failed. + - new ev_cleanup watcher type. + +3.9 Thu Dec 31 07:59:59 CET 2009 + - signalfd is no longer used by default and has to be requested + explicitly - this means that easy to catch bugs become hard to + catch race conditions, but the users have spoken. + - point out the unspecified signal mask in the documentation, and + that this is a race condition regardless of EV_SIGNALFD. + - backport inotify code to C89. + - inotify file descriptors could leak into child processes. + - ev_stat watchers could keep an errornous extra ref on the loop, + preventing exit when unregistering all watchers (testcases + provided by ry@tinyclouds.org). + - implement EV_WIN32_HANDLE_TO_FD and EV_WIN32_CLOSE_FD configuration + symbols to make it easier for apps to do their own fd management. + - support EV_IDLE_ENABLE being disabled in ev++.h + (patch by Didier Spezia). + - take advantage of inotify_init1, if available, to set cloexec/nonblock + on fd creation, to avoid races. + - the signal handling pipe wasn't always initialised under windows + (analysed by lekma). + - changed minimum glibc requirement from glibc 2.9 to 2.7, for + signalfd. + - add missing string.h include (Denis F. Latypoff). + - only replace ev_stat.prev when we detect an actual difference, + so prev is (almost) always different to attr. this might + have caused the problems with 04_stat.t. + - add ev::timer->remaining () method to C++ API. + +3.8 Sun Aug 9 14:30:45 CEST 2009 + - incompatible change: do not necessarily reset signal handler + to SIG_DFL when a sighandler is stopped. + - ev_default_destroy did not properly free or zero some members, + potentially causing crashes and memory corruption on repeated + ev_default_destroy/ev_default_loop calls. + - take advantage of signalfd on GNU/Linux systems. + - document that the signal mask might be in an unspecified + state when using libev's signal handling. + - take advantage of some GNU/Linux calls to set cloexec/nonblock + on fd creation, to avoid race conditions. + +3.7 Fri Jul 17 16:36:32 CEST 2009 + - ev_unloop and ev_loop wrongly used a global variable to exit loops, + instead of using a per-loop variable (bug caught by accident...). + - the ev_set_io_collect_interval interpretation has changed. + - add new functionality: ev_set_userdata, ev_userdata, + ev_set_invoke_pending_cb, ev_set_loop_release_cb, + ev_invoke_pending, ev_pending_count, together with a long example + about thread locking. + - add ev_timer_remaining (as requested by Denis F. Latypoff). + - add ev_loop_depth. + - calling ev_unloop in fork/prepare watchers will no longer poll + for new events. + - Denis F. Latypoff corrected many typos in example code snippets. + - honor autoconf detection of EV_USE_CLOCK_SYSCALL, also double- + check that the syscall number is available before trying to + use it (reported by ry@tinyclouds). + - use GetSystemTimeAsFileTime instead of _timeb on windows, for + slightly higher accuracy. + - properly declare ev_loop_verify and ev_now_update even when + !EV_MULTIPLICITY. + - do not compile in any priority code when EV_MAXPRI == EV_MINPRI. + - support EV_MINIMAL==2 for a reduced API. + - actually 0-initialise struct sigaction when installing signals. + - add section on hibernate and stopped processes to ev_timer docs. + +3.6 Tue Apr 28 02:49:30 CEST 2009 + - multiple timers becoming ready within an event loop iteration + will be invoked in the "correct" order now. + - do not leave the event loop early just because we have no active + watchers, fixing a problem when embedding a kqueue loop + that has active kernel events but no registered watchers + (reported by blacksand blacksand). + - correctly zero the idx values for arrays, so destroying and + reinitialising the default loop actually works (patch by + Malek Hadj-Ali). + - implement ev_suspend and ev_resume. + - new EV_CUSTOM revents flag for use by applications. + - add documentation section about priorites. + - add a glossary to the dcoumentation. + - extend the ev_fork description slightly. + - optimize a jump out of call_pending. + +3.53 Sun Feb 15 02:38:20 CET 2009 + - fix a bug in event pipe creation on win32 that would cause a + failed assertion on event loop creation (patch by Malek Hadj-Ali). + - probe for CLOCK_REALTIME support at runtime as well and fall + back to gettimeofday if there is an error, to support older + operating systems with newer header files/libraries. + - prefer gettimeofday over clock_gettime with USE_CLOCK_SYSCALL + (default most everywhere), otherwise not. + +3.52 Wed Jan 7 21:43:02 CET 2009 + - fix compilation of select backend in fd_set mode when NFDBITS is + missing (to get it to compile on QNX, reported by Rodrigo Campos). + - better select-nfds handling when select backend is in fd_set mode. + - diagnose fd_set overruns when select backend is in fd_set mode. + - due to a thinko, instead of disabling everything but + select on the borked OS X platform, everything but select was + allowed (reported by Emanuele Giaquinta). + - actually verify that local and remote port are matching in + libev's socketpair emulation, which makes denial-of-service + attacks harder (but not impossible - it's windows). Make sure + it even works under vista, which thinks that getpeer/sockname + should return fantasy port numbers. + - include "libev" in all assertion messages for potentially + clearer diagnostics. + - event_get_version (libevent compatibility) returned + a useless string instead of the expected version string + (patch by W.C.A. Wijngaards). + +3.51 Wed Dec 24 23:00:11 CET 2008 + - fix a bug where an inotify watcher was added twice, causing + freezes on hash collisions (reported and analysed by Graham Leggett). + - new config symbol, EV_USE_CLOCK_SYSCALL, to make libev use + a direct syscall - slower, but no dependency on librt et al. + - assume negative return values != -1 signals success of port_getn + (http://cvs.epicsol.org/cgi/viewcvs.cgi/epic5/source/newio.c?rev=1.52) + (no known failure reports, but it doesn't hurt). + - fork detection in ev_embed now stops and restarts the watcher + automatically. + - EXPERIMENTAL: default the method to operator () in ev++.h, + to make it nicer to use functors (requested by Benedek László). + - fixed const object callbacks in ev++.h. + - replaced loop_ref argument of watcher.set (loop) by a direct + ev_loop * in ev++.h, to avoid clashes with functor patch. + - do not try to watch the empty string via inotify. + - inotify watchers could be leaked under certain circumstances. + - OS X 10.5 is actually even more broken than earlier versions, + so fall back to select on that piece of garbage. + - fixed some weirdness in the ev_embed documentation. + +3.49 Wed Nov 19 11:26:53 CET 2008 + - ev_stat watchers will now use inotify as a mere hint on + kernels <2.6.25, or if the filesystem is not in the + "known to be good" list. + - better mingw32 compatibility (it's not as borked as native win32) + (analysed by Roger Pack). + - include stdio.h in the example program, as too many people are + confused by the weird C language otherwise. I guess the next thing + I get told is that the "..." ellipses in the examples don't compile + with their C compiler. + +3.48 Thu Oct 30 09:02:37 CET 2008 + - further optimise away the EPOLL_CTL_ADD/MOD combo in the epoll + backend by assuming the kernel event mask hasn't changed if + ADD fails with EEXIST. + - work around spurious event notification bugs in epoll by using + a 32-bit generation counter. recreate kernel state if we receive + spurious notifications or unwanted events. this is very costly, + but I didn't come up with this horrible design. + - use memset to initialise most arrays now and do away with the + init functions. + - expand time-out strategies into a "Be smart about timeouts" section. + - drop the "struct" from all ev_watcher declarations in the + documentation and did other clarifications (yeah, it was a mistake + to have a struct AND a function called ev_loop). + - fix a bug where ev_default would not initialise the default + loop again after it was destroyed with ev_default_destroy. + - rename syserr to ev_syserr to avoid name clashes when embedding, + do similar changes for event.c. + +3.45 Tue Oct 21 21:59:26 CEST 2008 + - disable inotify usage on linux <2.6.25, as it is broken + (reported by Yoann Vandoorselaere). + - ev_stat erroneously would try to add inotify watchers + even when inotify wasn't available (this should only + have a performance impact). + - ev_once now passes both timeout and io to the callback if both + occur concurrently, instead of giving timeouts precedence. + - disable EV_USE_INOTIFY when sys/inotify.h is too old. + +3.44 Mon Sep 29 05:18:39 CEST 2008 + - embed watchers now automatically invoke ev_loop_fork on the + embedded loop when the parent loop forks. + - new function: ev_now_update (loop). + - verify_watcher was not marked static. + - improve the "associating..." manpage section. + - documentation tweaks here and there. + +3.43 Sun Jul 6 05:34:41 CEST 2008 + - include more include files on windows to get struct _stati64 + (reported by Chris Hulbert, but doesn't quite fix his issue). + - add missing #include <io.h> in ev.c on windows (reported by + Matt Tolton). + +3.42 Tue Jun 17 12:12:07 CEST 2008 + - work around yet another windows bug: FD_SET actually adds fd's + multiple times to the fd_*SET*, despite official MSN docs claiming + otherwise. Reported and well-analysed by Matt Tolton. + - define NFDBITS to 0 when EV_SELECT_IS_WINSOCKET to make it compile + (reported any analysed by Chris Hulbert). + - fix a bug in ev_ebadf (this function is only used to catch + programming errors in the libev user). reported by Matt Tolton. + - fix a bug in fd_intern on win32 (could lead to compile errors + under some circumstances, but would work correctly if it compiles). + reported by Matt Tolton. + - (try to) work around missing lstat on windows. + - pass in the write fd set as except fd set under windows. windows + is so uncontrollably lame that it requires this. this means that + switching off oobinline is not supported (but tcp/ip doesn't + have oob, so that would be stupid anyways. + - use posix module symbol to auto-detect monotonic clock presence + and some other default values. + +3.41 Fri May 23 18:42:54 CEST 2008 + - work around an obscure bug in winsocket select: if you + provide only empty fd sets then select returns WSAEINVAL. how sucky. + - improve timer scheduling stability and reduce use of time_epsilon. + - use 1-based 2-heap for EV_MINIMAL, simplifies code, reduces + codesize and makes for better cache-efficiency. + - use 3-based 4-heap for !EV_MINIMAL. this makes better use + of cpu cache lines and gives better growth behaviour than + 2-based heaps. + - cache timestamp within heap for !EV_MINIMAL, to avoid random + memory accesses. + - document/add EV_USE_4HEAP and EV_HEAP_CACHE_AT. + - fix a potential aliasing issue in ev_timer_again. + - add/document ev_periodic_at, retract direct access to ->at. + - improve ev_stat docs. + - add portability requirements section. + - fix manpage headers etc. + - normalise WSA error codes to lower range on windows. + - add consistency check code that can be called automatically + or on demand to check for internal structures (ev_loop_verify). + +3.31 Wed Apr 16 20:45:04 CEST 2008 + - added last minute fix for ev_poll.c by Brandon Black. + +3.3 Wed Apr 16 19:04:10 CEST 2008 + - event_base_loopexit should return 0 on success + (W.C.A. Wijngaards). + - added linux eventfd support. + - try to autodetect epoll and inotify support + by libc header version if not using autoconf. + - new symbols: EV_DEFAULT_UC and EV_DEFAULT_UC_. + - declare functions defined in ev.h as inline if + C99 or gcc are available. + - enable inlining with gcc versions 2 and 3. + - work around broken poll implementations potentially + not clearing revents field in ev_poll (Brandon Black) + (no such systems are known at this time). + - work around a bug in realloc on openbsd and darwin, + also makes the erroneous valgrind complaints + go away (noted by various people). + - fix ev_async_pending, add c++ wrapper for ev_async + (based on patch sent by Johannes Deisenhofer). + - add sensible set method to ev::embed. + - made integer constants type int in ev.h. + +3.2 Wed Apr 2 17:11:19 CEST 2008 + - fix a 64 bit overflow issue in the select backend, + by using fd_mask instead of int for the mask. + - rename internal sighandler to avoid clash with very old perls. + - entering ev_loop will not clear the ONESHOT or NONBLOCKING + flags of any outer loops anymore. + - add ev_async_pending. + +3.1 Thu Mar 13 13:45:22 CET 2008 + - implement ev_async watchers. + - only initialise signal pipe on demand. + - make use of sig_atomic_t configurable. + - improved documentation. + +3.0 Mon Jan 28 13:14:47 CET 2008 + - API/ABI bump to version 3.0. + - ev++.h includes "ev.h" by default now, not <ev.h>. + - slightly improved documentation. + - speed up signal detection after a fork. + - only optionally return trace status changed in ev_child + watchers. + - experimental (and undocumented) loop wrappers for ev++.h. + +2.01 Tue Dec 25 08:04:41 CET 2007 + - separate Changes file. + - fix ev_path_set => ev_stat_set typo. + - remove event_compat.h from the libev tarball. + - change how include files are found. + - doc updates. + - update licenses, explicitly allow for GPL relicensing. + +2.0 Sat Dec 22 17:47:03 CET 2007 + - new ev_sleep, ev_set_(io|timeout)_collect_interval. + - removed epoll from embeddable fd set. + - fix embed watchers. + - renamed ev_embed.loop to other. + - added exported Symbol tables. + - undefine member wrapper macros at the end of ev.c. + - respect EV_H in ev++.h. + +1.86 Tue Dec 18 02:36:57 CET 2007 + - fix memleak on loop destroy (not relevant for perl). + +1.85 Fri Dec 14 20:32:40 CET 2007 + - fix some aliasing issues w.r.t. timers and periodics + (not relevant for perl). + +(for historic versions refer to EV/Changes, found in the Perl interface) + +0.1 Wed Oct 31 21:31:48 CET 2007 + - original version; hacked together in <24h. + |