> Can you elaborate on why not?
Yes, of course.
I find that the information "ev_feed_signal ... safe to call this function ...,
including signal handlers or random threads." is not satisfied by the current
implementation at the moment.
Reasons:
1. A shared array is used there.
2. Would it eventua
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 12:00:23PM +0200, SF Markus Elfring
wrote:
> I find that the information "ev_feed_signal ... safe to call this function
> ...,
> including signal handlers or random threads." is not satisfied by the current
> implementation at the moment.
> Reasons:
> 1. A shared array is
>> 1. A shared array is used there.
>
> And why would that not be safe?
It is not guaranteed that it can be modified in an atomic way.
> Nothing suggests otherwise.
Race conditions are hard to diagnose, aren't they?
Is it also a software challenge to agree on proper solutions for this
implemen
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 12:50:12PM +0200, SF Markus Elfring
wrote:
> > And why would that not be safe?
> It is not guaranteed that it can be modified in an atomic way.
Ok, I herewith guarantee it to you. Moreover, atomicity is not required for
this variable for accesses to it to be race-free (bu
Hi!
EV-4.11 fails to compile on freebsd on ia64 architecture (
http://pointyhat.freebsd.org/errorlogs/ia64-errorlogs/e.9.20120916093935/p5-EV-4.11,1.log
):
In file included from EV.xs:35:
libev/ev.c:941:3: error: #error "memory fences not defined for your
architecture, please report"
I have a pa
On 9/24/12, Vladimir Timofeev wrote:
> EV-4.11 fails to compile on freebsd on ia64 architecture (
> http://pointyhat.freebsd.org/errorlogs/ia64-errorlogs/e.9.20120916093935/p5-EV-4.11,1.log
It appears to me that libev already has a similar patch, but that was
added since the EV-4.11 release. It
2012/9/24 Zsbán Ambrus :
> On 9/24/12, Vladimir Timofeev wrote:
>> EV-4.11 fails to compile on freebsd on ia64 architecture (
>> http://pointyhat.freebsd.org/errorlogs/ia64-errorlogs/e.9.20120916093935/p5-EV-4.11,1.log
>
>
> It appears to me that libev already has a similar patch, but that was
> a
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 12:36:21AM +0400, Vladimir Timofeev
wrote:
> Sorry, I had to look in the repository, but I did not.
> Can I ask about any plans to release a new version of EV module with
> updated libev to CPAN?
It's long overdue, but unfortunately I can't tell you a release date. The
CV
