Embedded Multicore Building Blocks (EMB²) ========================================= Version 0.4.0 ------------- ### Features: - Added consistency checking functionality to dataflow - Added C++ wrapper for base_c logging functions - Reworked dataflow_cpp interface for easier usage ### Changes and improvements: - Improved network plugin with better error checking and task cancellation support - Revised dataflow_cpp so that network token count can now be set at runtime - Added automatic determination of token count to dataflow_cpp - Added checks for NULL pointers in C interface functions - Extended mtapi_info_t to conform to the standard - Fixed CodeSonar warnings across the code base - Changed spinlock implementation to yield every 1024 spins now - Changed asserts on interface visible parameters to execeptions - Enabled reuse of main thread, which is configurable via node attributes ### Bug fixes: - Fixed problem causing low performance on the Jetson TK1 board - Fixed bug in mtapi_c causing a task wait to hang - Fixes issue with the AMD APP SDK in the OpenCL plugin - Fixed problem with automatic initialization in tasks_cpp - Fixed memory leaks in tests ### Build system: - Removed dependency on an installed OpenCL SDK - Moved all MTAPI plugins into folder mtapi_plugins_c - Resolved MSVC warnings and build problem ### Documentation: - Updated README to reflect new directory structure - Updated Doxygen documentation of dataflow_cpp for the improved interface - Updated tutorial and examples to show the usage of dataflow_cpp Version 0.3.2 ------------- ### Features: - Added central spinlock implementation for C/C++ and removed existing (decentral) ones ### Changes and improvements: - Reworked and optimized hazard pointer implementation - Adjusted interfaces of value pool and object pool - Replaced C style casts ### Bug fixes: - Fixed ordering of destruction and deallocation in value pool - Fixed potential use of uninitialized memory in WaitFreeArrayValuePool and LockFreeTreeValuePool ### Build system: - Given user the ability to append compiler flags - Let Cmake return an error on Doxygen warnings when WARNINGS_ARE_ERRORS is enabled - Fixed cpplint warnings ### Documentation: - Added mutex concept - Corrected library ordering/names in README (section "Using the Library") - Improved exception messages - Fixed typos in condition_var_test.cc Version 0.3.1 ------------- ### Features: - None ### Changes and improvements: - Removed one function argument from algorithms::Invoke - Added "explicit" specifier to base type constructor of Atomic - Added "const" qualifier to dereference operator and member access operator of AtomicPointer<> - Changed AtomicBase<>::CompareAndSwap to atomically return expected value - Replaced constant in dataflow_cpp_test_simple.cc with corresponding macro - Added initialization of atomic variable in hazard_pointer_test.cc to avoid warning with GCC 5.1 - Changed initial value of allocated_object_from_different_thread - Added tests for ID Pool and check for memory leaks - Updated unit test for the UniqueLock::Swap ### Bug fixes: - Fixed implementation of ID pool (provided fewer elements than specified by capacity) - Fixed unsigned overflow bug in timed wait function of condition variables - Fixed implementation of UniqueLock::Swap ### Build system: - Improved CMake output for automatic initialization option - Fixed cpplint and unsigned/signed warnings ### Documentation: - Fixed documentation of UniqueLock class - Updated README file Version 0.3.0 ------------- ### Features: * MTAPI: - Implemented action plugin API - Implemented load balancing for distributed/heterogeneous systems - Implemented OpenCL action plugin - Implemented network action plugin - Added support for distributed/heterogeneous systems ### Changes and improvements: * Base: - Moved tick types to internal namespace and added duration typedefs * MTAPI: - Added multi-instance task support and test - Improved notification of worker threads - Moved interface for homogeneous systems to tasks_cpp * Algorithms: - Restricted partitioners to random access iterators - Added unit tests for partitioners on large ranges - Refactored to use tasks_cpp * Dataflow: - Removed spinlocks - Simplified registration of processes (only sources need to be added) - Increased number of task queues in unit test - Added assertion in unit test - Improved exception handling - Removed stray include - Refactored to use tasks_cpp ### Bug fixes: - Fixed unit test for dataflow_cpp - Fixed wait-free SPSC queue ### Build system: - Fixed compilation for newer CMake Versions (>= 3.1) - Changed task test to avoid Jenkins timeout - Changed CMakeLists to avoid error if policy is unknown - Added mtapi_network_c and mtapi_opencl_c to root CMakeLists - Added tasks_cpp to test scripts / batch file - Fixed cpplint warnings ### Documentation: - Extended tutorial and examples regarding support for distributed/heterogeneous systems including plugins and new task interface - Added Doxygen documentation for mtapi_opencl_c and mtapi_network_c - Added Doxygen documentation to mtapi_ext.h - Updated README and removed limitation to homogeneous systems - Added missing concurrency tags in mtapi_cpp Version 0.2.3 ------------- ### Features: - None ### Changes and improvements: - Changed use of partitioners in ForEach, Reduce, Scan, Count, and MergeSort - Added guard definition to QuickSort and MergeSort requiring random access iterators as inputs - Unified behavior of algorithms on empty input - Cleaned up MergeSort and Scan - Extended computation of number of cores to take into account affinities - Changed MTAPI_CHECK_STATUS in examples to use exit() instead of abort() - Added overload for std::exception::what() in embb::base::Exception - Added missing include in execution_policy.cc - Added tests for Thread::ID (base_cpp), ExecutionPolicy (mtapi_cpp), and error cases in mtapi_c - Added tests on empty and negative input ranges in algorithms ### Bug fixes: - Fixed freeing of temporary buffer in MergeSortAllocate - Fixed minor bugs in mtapi_c - Fixed paths in Doxyfile.in template ### Build system: - Added option to CMake to toggle automatic initialization of MTAPI C++ interface - Changed run_tests_cygwin script to work with /bin/sh - Modified create_tarball.sh script for completely automatic tarball creation - Removed cppcheck warnings - Removed cpplint warnings - Updated partest ### Documentation: - Added paragraphs in tutorial and README regarding performance impact of automatic initialization of MTAPI C++ interface - Removed automatic collapsing of trees in Doxygen documentation due to incompatibility with latest versions of Doxygen - Modified reference manual to consistently use function object concept - Added description of default node attributes in mtapi_c and fixed typo in mtapi_cpp documentation - Modified paragraph on documentation in README and fixed typo Version 0.2.2 ------------- ### Features: - None ### Changes and improvements: - Added checks for memory leaks in tests - Added block size support in MergeSort - Renamed all platform specific defines to EMBB_PLATFORM_* - Changed all checks for platform specific defines to checks for EMBB_* defines - Replaced C++11 initializer lists in examples with C++03 compliant statements - Extended unit tests for MPMC queue with checks for relative order - Added check for result of pthread_attr_destroy - Added assert in embb_tss_get - Moved ExecutionPolicy from algorithms to mtapi_cpp, removed Affinity ### Bug fixes: - Fixed 64bit problem in atomics - Fixed bug in dataflow_cpp causing network to hang - Fixed bug in conversion of core_set - Fixed fetch-and-add implementation to support armv7-a - Fixed missing freeing of mutex attributes in case of error - Fixed bug where closure was allocated with Allocation::New but deleted with operator delete - Fixed inconsistent naming of unit test cases - Fixed memory allocation in hazard pointer implementation by replacing calls to new and delete with EMB²-specific functions - Fixed memory leak in tests for containers - Fixed affinity implementation for FreeBSD ### Build system: - Removed cppcheck warnings - Removed cpplint warnings ### Documentation: - Improved documentation of default values and priorities - Revised template argument names in base_cpp and containers_cpp - Moved ExecutionPolicy to CPP_MTAPI and Identity to CPP_ALGORITHMS Doxygen group - Fixed description of token limit in tutorial - Added Clang support to README - Mentioned the ability to cross compile in README - Added link to release files in README - Minor corrections in README - Updated copyright notice - Changed year in tutorial.tex to 2015 Version 0.2.1 ------------- ### Features: - Added embb_core_count_available() implementation for FreeBSD. ### Changes and improvements: - None ### Bug fixes: - Fixed implementation of atomic operations on ARM. - Fixed bug in HelpScan routine of hazard pointer implementation. - Replaced inclusion of non-standard header malloc.h with stdlib.h. ### Build system: - Added initial support for Clang. - Added initial support for Travis. - Fixed "Policy CMP0026 is not set" warning of CMake >= 3.0.2. - Made build independent of build-dir / source-dir location. - Fixed remaining GCC, Clang, MSVC, and cpplint warnings. - Replaced /bin/bash with /usr/bin/env bash in scripts. - Added executable flag to shell scripts. - Omitted Doxygen "Makefiles" from tarball. - Included patchlevel in name of installation directory on Linux. - Added LaTeX .bbl and .blg files to ignore list. ### Documentation: - Updated README file, created CHANGELOG file, and added markdown support. - Corrected license in COPYING file (BSD 2-clause). - Changed default Doxygen level for API to two. - Added check for Doxyfile.in (if not present, do not add Doxygen target). - Added PDF image of building blocks and updated tutorial.tex. - Fixed typos and wording. Version 0.2.0 ------------- - Initial version of open source release