Merge branch 'master' of git+ssh://scm.gforge.inria.fr//gitroot/simgrid/simgrid

[simgrid.git] / ChangeLog

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@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ SimGrid (3.8) NOT RELEASED; urgency=low
    and LDFLAGS.
  * Enable tracing by default. This modules rocks you should use it.
  * Use default cmake things to detect lua instead of home grown ones.
+ * New option "enable_mallocators" to disable mallocators, for debugging
+   purpose ("on" by default).
 
  Documentation:
  * Split the doc into a user guide and a reference guide.
@@ -22,10 +24,11 @@ SimGrid (3.8) NOT RELEASED; urgency=low
  * Make it impossible to link against the wrong version of the lib
  * Bug fixes that made the host (and link) failures unusable.
  * Add a way to auto-restart process when the host in which they are
-   executing comes back (ON_FAILURE="RESTART" on deployment file, 
+   executing comes back (ON_FAILURE="RESTART" on deployment file,
    MSG_process_auto_restart_set).
  * Use the "msg_" prefix for all datatypes (instead of m_, msg_ and MSG_),
-  please stop using the old ones.
+   please stop using the old ones, they are DEPRECATED.
+ * Deprecate MSG_clean(). No need to call it anymore.
 
  Simix:
  * Bug fixes around the resource failures: don't let the processes
@@ -34,6 +37,8 @@ SimGrid (3.8) NOT RELEASED; urgency=low
    to avoid memory leaks.
  * Add an interface to auto-restart processes when the host in which they are
    executing comes back.
+ * Ensures that SIMIX_clean is called automatically. It's not part of
+   the public interface anymore (bindings should be updated).
 
  SimDag:
  * New types of typed tasks. SD_TASK_COMP_PAR_AMDAHL represents a
@@ -50,22 +55,24 @@ SimGrid (3.8) NOT RELEASED; urgency=low
    communication_amount structures is now done seamlessly thanks to the chosen
    assumptions.
  * New function SD_workstation_dump to display various information
- * New function SD_task_set_rate to throttle the bandwidth allowed to be used 
-   by a SD_TASK_COMM_E2E typed task. This rate depends on both the nominal 
-   bandwidth on the route onto which the task is  scheduled and the amount of 
+ * New function SD_task_set_rate to throttle the bandwidth allowed to be used
+   by a SD_TASK_COMM_E2E typed task. This rate depends on both the nominal
+   bandwidth on the route onto which the task is  scheduled and the amount of
    data to transfer.
    To divide the nominal bandwidth by 2, the rate then has to be :
                      rate = bandwidth/(2*amount)
  * Compute tasks that have failed can now be rescheduled and executed again
    (from their beginning)
- * Increasing source code coverage (src/simdag is now covered at 91.5%
+ * Increasing source code coverage (src/simdag is now covered at 95.8%
    on average)
-   
+
  SMPI:
  * Re-implement time-independent trace replay using SMPI (at the
    smpi_smp_* level) instead of MSG. This should replace
    examples/msg/actions/actions.c
-   
+ * Implement the exchange of non-contiguous data.
+   [Khalid Hasanov & Jean-Noel Quintin] Thanks for the patch, guys.
+
  XBT:
  * Functions xbt_dict_hash() and xbt_dict_hash_ext() are made public,
    and renamed to xbt_str_hash() and xbt_str_hash_ext().