libuev/ChangeLog.md

Change Log

All notable changes to the project are documented in this file.

v2.3.2 - 2021-02-12

Changes

• Copyright updates, including LICENSE file, year + author last name
• Add tar.gz archives to distribution
• Enable .sha256 checksums for all tarballs

Fixes

• Debian packaging fixes only

v2.3.1 - 2020-02-22

Fixes

• Debian packaging fixes only

v2.3.0 - 2019-04-06

Changes

• Support for Linux eventfd, uev_event_*() see API.md for details

v2.2.0 - 2018-10-04

NOTE: You now have to explicitly include sys/queue.h, or provide a local version of queue.h, if your application depends on it.

Changes

• Replaced BSD queue.h doubly-linked lst API with own implementation. Making libuEv stand-alone, no longer imposing any particular version of queue.h on the user
• Enforce -std=gnu11 to unlock typeof() in older GCC versions
• Code cleanup

Fixes

• Fix missing header deps. in Makefile.am, library did not rebuild properly if any of the local header files were changed

v2.1.3 - 2018-09-06

Changes

• Update joystick example, use first device, /dev/input/js0
• Minor refactor of uev_exit(), use _SAFE macros to traverse list of watchers instead of while()
• New API test to verify that uev_exit() terminates properly
• Make uev_signal_stop() idempotent

Fixes

• Let uev_timer_stop() call close() on the timerfd directly, do not call uev_timer_set() since that may cause lockups or hangs

v2.1.2 - 2018-02-27

Changes

• Minor refactor of event loop after fixing the nasty use-after-free bug in v2.1.1. Code can now be collapsed and noticeably simplified

Fixes

• Issue #17: Check if AM_PROG_AR macro exists before calling it, fixes problem building libuEv on systems with older autoconf + automake. Patch by Markus Svilans
• Fix minor issue with unit tests, return result of test not event loop

v2.1.1 - 2018-01-28

Fixes

• Fix use after free in main event loop if watcher deletes itself in the callback. I.e., the callback must be the last action for the watcher in the event loop.
• Doc timer example fix by @tisyang
• Doc timer updates, non-zero timeout required

v2.1.0 - 2017-11-14

Changes

• Remove event loop error tracking used to trigger a epoll_create1() at a certain error threshold. This tracking was first introduced in v1.1.0, triggered by spurious EPOLLERR on I/O watchers
• Unconditionally stop I/O watchers that return EPOLLERR or EPOLLHUP it is up to the watcher callback to clear the error and/or read() the last few bytes from the descriptor. HUP usally means EOF, or that the remote end of a stream or pipe closed, this may also be signaled by read() returning zero
• Add missing --enable-examples to configure script
• Update documentation, both README.md and API.md

Fixes

• Properly stop and de-register signal and cron/timer watchers from the epoll socket in case of errors, problem introduced in v2.0.0
• Mark watcher file descriptor as unintialized on internal error
• Fix double-close of cron/timer watchers. Problem triggered when the timer expires and calls uev_exit(), which stops all watchers. When the timer callback returns another call to stop the watcher triggered the double close()
• Fix unit test's error handling in watcher callbacks, for reference
• Fix use-before-set in cronrun unit test
• Make sure to restart unit test's I/O watchers on UEV_ERROR
• Make sure to restart example I/O watchers on UEV_ERROR
• Properly check for UEV_HUP in unit tests and examples

v2.0.0 - 2017-11-11

Beware, this is a major release, introducing incompatible changes to the failure modes of uev_run() and watcher callbacks. Most users will most likely not notice any difference, but please read on.

Changes

• uev_run() no longer exits the main event loop if an unrecoverable error with a watcher occurs. Instead, the watcher is disabled and the callback is run one last time with events set to UEV_ERROR
• Watcher callbacks must handle UEV_ERROR conditions. This pertains in particular to signal and timer watchers
• Examples and API docs updated with the new failure modes

v1.6.0 - 2017-09-18

Changes

• Support for edge triggered and oneshot event types
• Add make package build target to trigger a .deb package build
• Support 64 bit time_t on 32 bit GLIBC systems

Fixes

• bench.c: Use signal.h, not non-standard sys/signal.h

v1.5.2 - 2016-11-27

Fixes

• Fix build regression in v1.5.1

v1.5.1 - 2016-11-27

Changes

• Add support for checking if a watcher is active.
• Refactor unit testing framework

v1.5.0 - 2016-10-30

Changes

• Add support for absolute timers with the uev_cron_*() API.
• Update build & install instructions in README.md

Fixes

• Fix uev_timer_set() so that it returns error in case the underlying Linux timerfd API fails.

v1.4.2 - 2016-06-25

Changes

• Add range checks for period and timeout to uev_timer_init() and uev_timer_set(). If either on is < 0 libuEv now return ERANGE.

v1.4.1 - 2016-04-22

Changes

• Add some pkg-config integration tips for developers using libuEv with GNU autotools in their projects.

Fixes

• Add missing SFD_CLOEXEC and TFD_CLOEXEC to signal and timer file descriptors. This prevents these file descriptors from "leaking" into sub-processes of the parent thread. The kernel will atomically close these descriptors for forked-off children calling the exec*() family of syscalls.
• Minor coding style fixes and simplification of build scripts.

v1.4.0 - 2016-03-22

This release changes the header file namespace, which was silently introduced in v1.2.1. Apologies for any problems this may cause!

Changes

• Change namespace for header files: libuev/ to uev/, e.g. using pkg-config your C program must now #include <uev/uev.h>
• Support for EPOLLPRI events for I/O watchers, thanks to Markus Svilans
• Simplified joystick example
• Updated README.md slightly

v1.3.1 - 2016-02-02

Fixes

• Remove symlinks to Markdown files from GIT
• Distribute and install Markdown files: README.md, etc.

v1.3.0 - 2016-01-22

Changes

• Change to GNU configure and build system
• Default optimization is now -O2, not -Os, which can be a bit unpredictable with some cross compiler toolchains. -O2 is the tried and tested path, and default in autotools
• Added -Wextra to the previous -W -Wall, drop -Werror which is supposed to be used by maintainer(s) only.

[v1.2.4][] - 2015-11-23

Fixes

• Do not allow VERSION to be overloaded by build system.
• Make sure we don't inherit LDFLAGS from environment.

v1.2.3 - 2015-09-17

Very minor release.

Changes

• README.md updates, mostly cleanup and readability improvements
• make test now runs the test case, on behalf of Travis-CI
• Renamed CHANGELOG.md to ChangeLog.md
• Dropped TODO.md from distribution archives, only for devs

Fixes

• Lots of Markdown syntax fixes in both README.md and ChangeLog
• Silence annoying warning from newer GNU ar in Ubuntu 15.10

v1.2.2 - 2015-08-30

Minor bugfix release.

Changes

• The ifdef STATIC in the Makefile has been removed. Now both the .a and .so libraries are built. The user may then select what to install. This is a change for convenience when using libuEv from a GNU Configure & Build based project.

Fixes

• Fix odd data ordering issue on Debian Jessie in new uev_private_t
• Fix issue #6: Segfault when stopping timer before calling uev_exit()

v1.2.1 - 2015-07-02

Changes

• Private data members in uev.h have now been moved to a new file called private.h. This will hopefully make it easier to understand what a user of libuEv is allowed to play around with. Thanks to @vonj for the discussions around this!
• All builds of libuEv now default to use -fPIC, this bloats the code slightly, but ensures that linking works for all use cases, withouth introducing unnecessary complexity.

Fixes

• Fix install/uninstall Makefile recipes so they work for both static and dynamic builds. Also, make sure to install all required headers.
• Jakob Eriksson noticed that O_CLOEXEC does not exist in the Debian 6 EGLIBC, but EPOLL_CLOEXEC does, and is also what epoll_create1() should use. Thank you @vonj!

v1.2.0 - 2015-06-09

API change in event callbacks and fix timers that never start.

Changes

• Remove first uev_ctx_t * argument in callbacks, incompatible API change! Please update all your callbacks if you upgrade.

Fixes

• Fix timers that accidentally broke in v1.1.0.
• Fixes to bench.c, it now actually listens to the pipe/socket.

v1.1.0 - 2015-03-04

Massively improved error handling.

Changes

• Handle case when user closes a descriptor before stopping a watcher.
• Handle EPOLLHUP and EPOLLERR. Restart epoll(7) descriptor and all watchers when an error count reaches a MAX value -- handles stale descriptors or cases when kernel does not notice updated descriptors.
• Return error when stopping a watcher fails.
• Update README.md with new uev_*_start() functions.
• Bump dev version to 1.1 due to the number of significant changes.

Fixes

• Remove test.c from DISTFILES in Makefile. You need the comeplete sources to build the examples now. Thanks to @karasz for the heads up on this and the musl libc issue with missing queue.h!
• Fix broken link to v1.0.5 in this file.

v1.0.5 - 2015-02-15

Changes

• Add uev_*_start() functions.
• Add slightly odd examples/signal.c example that utilises fork() and causes segfault in child.
• Renamed main.c to uev.c
• Move examples to examples/ subdirectory
• Simplify automatic dependency calculation
• Add TODO.md for wishlist items
• Add CHANGELOG.md, to align with http://keepachangelog.com
• Further updates to README.md

v1.0.4 - 2015-01-24

Minor documentation and build fixes.

Release mainly targeted for Finit development.

Changes

• test.c has been simplified/clarified
• Further updates to README.md
• Minor update to Makefile, change how build progress is echoed

v1.0.3 - 2015-01-24

This is a very minor release, with a strong focus on documentation.

Changes

• README.md, massively updated
• API documentation, updated
• Travis CI integration added, https://travis-ci.org/troglobit/libuev
• Coverity Scan integration, https://scan.coverity.com/projects/3846
• Clang scan-build support added

v1.0.2 - 2015-01-07

Fixes

• Fix broken make dist target in v1.0.1.

v1.0.1 - 2015-01-07

Changes

• Cleanup and rewrite of README.md after first audit by @vonj
• Added API and example section to README.md
• New joystick.c example added
• main.c:uev_run(): Document mysterious flags parameter

v1.0.0 - 2013-08-06

First release in the new guise and API.

Changes

• Add support for timers, using timerfd_*() and epoll() API's
• Add support for signals using signalfd() API
• Convert to use BSD sys/queue.h API in GLIBC instead of homebrew linked list implementation
• Massive changes to code structure, API naming
• Reindent to use Linux KNF
• Change library name to libuev
• Lua support removed
• Make sure to state the MIT license correctly in all files
• Import Niels Provos' bench.c, the libev version

v0.0.1 - 2012-03-17

Initial announcement of libuevent by Flemming Madsen to the Lua users mailing list.