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@marcus-winter marcus-winter released this 23 Dec 08:50
· 257 commits to master since this release
v0.5.0
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Features:

  • Enhanced C++ interfaces for MTAPI task handling
  • CUDA plugin for MTAPI task scheduler (experimental)
  • Added support for worker thread priorities
  • Added support for task priorities and affinities in dataflow_cpp

Changes and improvements:

  • Introduced threading analysis mode and added mutex-based atomics
  • Reduced number of test iterations in threading analysis mode
  • Replaced spinlocks with mutexes in threading analysis mode
  • Added initialization and destroy methods for atomics
  • Added initialization checks in debug mode for atomics
  • Resolved AppVerifier warnings
  • Added counter reset function
  • Removed double initializations of counters
  • Removed deletion of resources in timeout scenario
  • Improved portability on POSIX systems
  • Added big endian support for MTAPI attributes
  • Removed legacy group constructor in MTAPI
  • Resolved potential integer overflows on 32-bit targets
  • Added missing <sys/select.h>, removed inclusion of <memory.h>
  • Removed separate storage for internal task queues
  • Removed spinlock workaround
  • Resolved issue with Visual Studio 2012
  • Removed unnecessary value copy
  • Removed tasks_cpp component
  • Switched C style cast to C++ style cast in containers_cpp
  • Resolved problem with non-monotonic time readings and timeouts
  • Moved processing of sources in dataflow_cpp to worker threads
  • Added setter to enable main thread reuse
  • Added functionality to start function objects directly as tasks
  • Added tests for dataflow_cpp with and without main thread reuse
  • Added test for detached tasks
  • Added test to reproduce out-of-order execution of queued task when waiting for other tasks
  • Improved tests for base_cpp, mtapi_cpp, containers_cpp, dataflow_cpp

Bug fixes:

  • Fixed Pthread API error reported by helgrind
  • Fixed bug where notification of action was missing when a task finished
  • Fixed bug causing ordered queue to be deleted before last task finished
  • Fixed problem with network plugin and removed dead code
  • Fixed problem with mtapi_action_delete which was not blocking until all associtated tasks were completely deleted
  • Fixed race condition in task handling
  • Fixed incomplete initialization with user provided NodeAttributes
  • Fixed problem with ordered queues where tasks were executed out of order while waiting
  • Fixed behavior of retained tasks
  • Fixed bug in handling of canceled tasks causing the network test to hang
  • Fixed handling of detached tasks in conjunction with retaining queues and multi-instance tasks
  • Fixed automatic initialization in mtapi_cpp
  • Fixed handling of tasks executed during a wait operation
  • Fixed deletion of detached tasks
  • Fixed bug in MTAPI scheduler related to dataflow_cpp

Build system:

  • Performed analysis using AppVerifier
  • Fixed path problems in tarball and zip creation
  • Added creation of zip release files
  • Added message if documentation build is enabled but Doxygen is not found
  • Updated Travis CI integration
  • Fixed build on FreeBSD
  • Added installation of PDB files in Visual Studio debug builds
  • Added missing install directive for config header
  • Resolved warning in hazard pointer implementation
  • Changed CMake scripts (caching of install prefix)

Documentation:

  • Revised and updated README.md
  • Added CONTRIBUTING.md
  • Improved examples for mtapi_cpp
  • Updated and extended Doxygen documentation
  • Updated license headers in MTAPI plugin sources
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