X-Git-Url: http://info.iut-bm.univ-fcomte.fr/pub/gitweb/simgrid.git/blobdiff_plain/0d85808f8c975fe988b965ef882047be71735927..7ffa115b390e378b3c55a9068ce183c5d1308ef8:/ChangeLog diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 49dbe4ef51..4efdd311c9 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,9 +1,354 @@ -SimGrid (2.94-cvs) unstable; urgency=low - - * +SimGrid (3.1) unstable; urgency=low + + SURF: + * complete rewrote of the KCCFLN05 workstation model. It is now an + extension of the classical CLM03 model that gracefully handles + failures. This is now the standard model for MSG and GRAS. It doesn't + handle parallel tasks yet though. [AL] + * Bug fix: Weights were not correctly set in the network part. + WARNING: This may have resulted in incorrect results with simulations + where there are more than one flow on a given link. [AL] + + SURF, MSG, GRAS: + * After a (long ?) discussion on simgrid-devel, we have decided that the + convention we had on units was stupid. That is why it has been decided + to move from (MBits, MFlops, seconds) fo (Bits, Flops, seconds). + WARNING : This means that all previous platform files will not work as + such with this version! A warning is issued to ask users to update + their files. [AL] + A conversion script can be found in the contrib module of the CVS, under + the name contrib/platform_generation/surfxml_update.pl [MQ] + + MSG,GRAS: + * Bug fix: Processes were started in reverse order, wrt deployment file. + WARNING: if your code relies on this bug, please fix it. [AL] + * Bug fix: Add a test in MSG_task_execute to stop whenever a task is + being executed on two different locations. [AL] + * Bug fix: Failures are now better supported thanks to Derrick's tests + (there was many failure situations I hadn't thought of and that weren't + correctly handled). [AL] + * New function: MSG_host_is_avail indicates you whether a given m_host_t + is up or down. + + GRAS: + * New! a real RPC mecanism, as it ought to be since too long. [MQ] + Exception occuring on server-side are propagated back to client (!). + + API CHANGE: the callback changed their prototype. Change: + int my_handler(gras_socket_t expeditor, void *payload_data) { + to: + int my_handler(gras_msg_cb_ctx_t ctx , void *payload_data) { + gras_socket_t expeditor=gras_msg_cb_ctx_from(ctx); + and you're set. + * New! function: gras_msg_handleall to deal with all messages arriving + within a given period. + + AMOK: + * Bandwidth module: + - Do not force experiment sizes to be expressed in kb, or it becomes + impossible to mesure the latency this way (needs one byte-long tests) + WARNING: this changes the amok_bw_* function semantic. [MQ] + - Implements the link saturation stuff. [MQ] + * Host management module: + New! module factorizing code that we wrote over and over [MQ]. + + XBT: + * New module: cunit (my jUnit implementation in ansi C) [MQ] + - Test units are placed directly into the library code, they get extracted + automatically and placed into the src/testall binary. + - Convert most of the XBT tests to this system. + * New functions: xbt_dynar_getfirst_as() and xbt_dynar_getlast_as() [MQ] + * XML parsing: rewrote parts of flexml to enable multiple xml parsers to + live in the same C code. This required to change a little bit the API + of surfxml parsing but shouldn't be an issue for end-users. [AL] + * New module: sparse graph structure with basic algorithms (this is work + in progress and the API is not considered to be frozen yet). [AL] + * Display more information on backtraces: source line & function names are + now displayed just like valgrind does (rely on addr2line tool) [MQ] + * New function: xbt_backtrace_display(). Sweet while debuging [MQ] + * Reworked a little bit some #include statements to load only required + headers. Some user code that relied on SimGrid to include stdlib or + stdio may need to include it by themselves. [AL] + * Fixed xbt/log.h. A missing SG_BEGIN_DECL prevented compilation with + g++. [AL] -- +SimGrid (3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low + + XBT: + * Unfortunately, I had missed 5 misnamed functions: + xbt_fifo_item_t xbt_fifo_newitem(void); + void xbt_fifo_freeitem(xbt_fifo_item_t); + xbt_fifo_item_t xbt_fifo_getFirstItem(xbt_fifo_t l); + xbt_fifo_item_t xbt_fifo_getNextItem(xbt_fifo_item_t i); + xbt_fifo_item_t xbt_fifo_getPrevItem(xbt_fifo_item_t i); + They're now deprecated. Please use their new versions: + xbt_fifo_item_t xbt_fifo_new_item(void); + void xbt_fifo_free_item(xbt_fifo_item_t); + xbt_fifo_item_t xbt_fifo_get_first_item(xbt_fifo_t l); + xbt_fifo_item_t xbt_fifo_get_next_item(xbt_fifo_item_t i); + xbt_fifo_item_t xbt_fifo_get_prev_item(xbt_fifo_item_t i); + [AL] + * Bugfix: really disconnect fifo items which are remove_item()ed [AL] + * Documentation: xbt_log module unmercifully reworked [MQ] + * Bugfix: there was a problem with the ending of contexts with + the pthread backend. It caused some weird deadlock or behavior + depending on the pthread implementation. [AL] + * Bugfix: get the exceptions raised in the simulator repport where + and why they come from when they are not catched in time [AL, MQ] + + SURF: + * Bugfix: Do repport the error when two non-connected hosts try to + exchange data (Thanks to Flavien for stumbling into this one) [AL] + + SURF: + * Add additionnal checkings on communications. Assert that two + communicating hosts are connected by a set of links... [AL] + + MSG: + * Add additionnal checkings on channel values in communication [AL] + * New: MSG_task_get_source to see on which host a task was generated [HC] + * New: int MSG_task_probe_from_host(int channel, m_host_t host): returns + the number of tasks waiting to be received on channel and sent + by host. [AL] + * New: MSG_error_t MSG_task_get_from_host(m_task_t * task, int channel, m_host_t host); + waits for the first task coming from a given host.. [AL] + + GRAS new functionnalities: [MQ] + * Enhance the parsing macro to allow the size of multidimentional objects + to be given thru annotations. + * New example (and documentation): Matrix Multiplication a la RPC + (as when I was young!) and fix a bunch of bugs found on the way. + + GRAS performance improvements: [MQ] + [DataDesc] + * Reduce the amount of cbps creation/destruction by making it static to + datadesc_send/recv() and using a (newly created) cbps_reset (based on + dynar_reset ()) + [Virtu] + * Change libdata to a set so that we can search for stuff by ID (and thus + reduce the insane amount of dict lookups) + + [Transport] + * Actually implement gras_datadesc_copy() so that we don't have to mimick + RL communication on top of SG since it's so uneffective. + It may also be used for inter-thread communication in RL, one day. + * Use gras_datadesc_copy() to exchange messages on top of SG + Allows to: + - improve message exchange performance on top of SG + - deprecate transport_plugin_sg.c:gras_trp_sg_chunk_send() & recv() + * Don't exchange on the network the size of the used part of buffer, + instead, specify the possible buffer size to read(). + Advantages: + - reduces the amount of read/write calls (one pair per exchange) + - reduces the amount of exchanged data (the size) + - allows to retrieve all arrived data on receiver side, if we don't need + it right now (subsequent read will peek the buffer) + - allows the receiver to proceed with the begining of the stream before + everything is arrived + - make it possible to build an iov transport (using readv/writev) + Extra difficulty: + - take care of the data with non-stable storage (like stacked data), + and bufferize them. + * If possible, TCP send uses vector I/O (when writev() is here) + - Don't use it for receive since we send data sizes and data on the + same stream, so we wouldn't be able to chain large amount of chunks + before having to flush the stuff to read the size. + * Rework the transport plugin mecanism to simplify it and reduce the + amount of pointer dereferencement when searching for the right function + to use. + + * I guess that now, we do almost as few system calls as possible while + doing as few data copy as possible. + + To improve it further, we could try to send all the sizes first and then + all the data (to use iov on receiving size), but it's only a partial + solution: when you have 2 dimensional data, the sizes of the second + dimension is data of the first dimension, so you need 3 streams. + + I'm not sure the potential performance gains justify the coding burden. + + -- Da SimGrid team Fri, 21 Oct 2005 14:42:20 +0200 + +SimGrid (3.00) stable; urgency=low + + SURF: + * New! Give the possibility to hijack the surf parser and thus bypass + MSG_create_environment and MSG_launch_application. Have a look at + examples/msg/msg_test_surfxml_bypassed.c to see how it can be done. + + -- Arnaud Legrand Sat, 20 Aug 2005 23:25:25 -0700 + +SimGrid (2.96) unstable; urgency=low + + AKA SimGrid 3 rc 2. + + XBT: + * New! Exception handling with setjmp or such (code from OSSP ex) [MQ] + This deprecates the xbt_error_t mecanisms. + It modifies (simplifies) all XBT and GRAS API. + MSG API keeps unchanged (exceptions raised by XBT are catched from + within MSG and masked with existing error handling facilities) + + SURF: + * New! Add a FATPIPE model. [AL] + * New! Add a parallel task model. [AL] + * New! Add automatically a loopback interface (in the default + network model) if none was precised. + + MSG + * Bugfix: MSG_process_resume now works with the current running process. + [AL] + * New! Add MSG_parallel_task_create and MSG_parallel_task_execute. [AL] + * Modification of MSG_task_get_compute_duration. Once a task has been + processed, the value returned by this function is now equal to 0. [AL] + * New! Add double MSG_task_get_remaining_computation(m_task_t task) and + MSG_error_t MSG_task_cancel(m_task_t task). Add a state + (MSG_TASK_CANCELLED) to MSG_error_t corresponding to the cancelation + of a m_task. For now, MSG_task_cancel only works with computation + tasks. [AL] + * New! Add double MSG_get_host_speed(m_host_t h) that returns the speed + of the processor (in Mflop/s) regardless of the current load on the + machine. [AL] + * API Change: use proper naming convention for MSG_getClock and + MSG_process_isSuspended: MSG_get_clock and MSG_process_is_suspended. + [AL] + * New! Add void MSG_task_set_priority(m_task_t task, double priority). + This function changes the priority of a computation task. This priority + doesn't affect the transfer rate. A priority of 2 will make a task + receive two times more cpu power than the other ones. This function + has been added to suit the needs of Nguyen The Loc and hasn't been that + much tested yet. So if it fails, please report it and send me your code. + [AL] + * API Change: removed all functions and types that were marked "deprecated" + since many months. Renamed MSG_global_init_args to MSG_global_init. + + -- Da SimGrid team Mon, 8 Aug 2005 17:58:47 -0700 + +SimGrid (2.95) unstable; urgency=low + + XBT + * Steal some nice code to GNU pth to fix context detection and usage [AL] + * Cleanup in the xbt_config API; add configuration callbacks. [MQ] + * Cleanup in the initialization API: the unused "defaultlog" is dead. [MQ] + + SURF + * Bugfix: Allow absolute paths for platform description files [MQ] + * Bugfix: do free the variables after use. Leads to drastic performance + improvement [AL] + * Implement max_duration (ie, timeouts) on resources [AL] + + MSG + * Implement MSG_config to configure MSG at runtime. xbt_cfg test on a real + case ;) [MQ] + * Implement MSG_channel_select_from() to help GRAS now that SURF provide + the needed support (timeouts) [AL] + + GRAS (new features) + * Implement measurement sockets. You can now get the bandwidth between two + hosts thanks to AMOK (see below). [MQ] + * gras_datadesc_dynar() builds a dynar type descriptor, allowing to send + dynar over the network (yeah) [MQ] + * Real (even if simplistic) implementation of gras_os_myname() on RL [MQ] + * simple/static token-ring example. [Alexandre Colucci and MQ] + * Use MSG_channel_select_from() and remove the *slow* hack we had to put + in place before [MQ] + + GRAS (bug fixes) + * Differentiate the types "char[22]" and "unsigned char[22]" in automatic + type parsing. "short" and "long" modifiers were also ignored; other + modifier (such as reference level) are still ignored. [MQ] + * Embeed the buffer size within the buffer itself on SG. [MQ] + That way, send() are atomic and cannot get intermixed anymore (at least + the ones which are less than 100k; bigger messages still have the issue) + * Array size pushed by the field, not by the field type (or each + and every long int will push stuff to the cbps) [MQ] + * use select() to sleep since it allows to portably sleep less than one + second. [MQ] + + GRAS (minor cleanups) + * .Makefile.local (generated from gras_stub_generator) |MQ]: + - Do clean .o files + - Compile with -g + * Type Callbacks now receive the gras_datadesc_type_t they work on as argument. + * type category 'ignored' killed as it was never used and were difficult + to transmit. + * whether a type can cycle or not is now a flag, leaving room for more + flags (as "ignored", if we feel the need one day ;) + * Rename raw sockets to measurement sockets since "raw" has another + meaning in networking community. + + AMOK + * Advanced Metacomputing Overlay Kit introduction. It is based over GRAS + and offers features not belonging to GRAS but that most applications + need. One day, it may be a set of plugins loadable at runtime. + * New module: bandwidth + bandwidth measurement between arbitrary nodes running this module. [MQ] + + -- Da SimGrid team Thu, 30 Jun 2005 16:29:20 -0700 + +SimGrid (2.94) unstable; urgency=low + + The first beta release of SimGrid 3 ! + + >>>Arnaud<<< + (documentation) + * Update the main page and the FAQ. Adding references to gforge. + + (gras) + * Add a gras_os_getpid function. + + (msg) + * Add MSG_task_get_compute_duration() and MSG_task_get_data_size() + * Extend the logs so that they also print PID, hostname, date, ... if + available. + * Convert the MSG example to the use of xbt_logs instead of PRINT_MESSAGE, + and kill the old version which were in testsuite/ + * Rewrite tools/MSG_visualization/colorize.pl for using with logs instead + of PRINT_MESSAGE + + (xbt) + * Add xbt_os_time(). As the rest of xbt/portability, this is not public + for users. Instead, each programming environment (GRAS, MSG,...) use it + when needed to provide such a feature to users. + Don't shortcut the mecanism or you will also shortcut the virtualization + you need on the simulator. + + >>>Martin<<< + (infrastructure) + * Cleanups in configury with regard to compile optimization/warning flags. + Also add -fno-loop-optimize to any powerpc since it's the optimization + killing gcc (< 3.4.0). + * Doxygen cleanups: move MSG examples, kill the second Doxygen phase + needed by MSG examples complications + * Borrow configury beautifications from PHP + + (xbt) + * Bugfix: XBT_LOG_NEW_DEFAULT_CATEGORY now compiles without compiler + warning (thanks loris for stumbling into this one). + * Bugfix: stop loading private headers (gras_config.h) from the public + ones (xbt/swag.h). + + (gras) + * Change SIMGRID_INSTALL_PATH to GRAS_ROOT in Makefiles generated for user. + * Rename gras_get_my_fqdn to gras_os_myname and implement it in the simulator + RL would imply a DNS resolver, which is *hard* to do in a portable way + (and therefore delayed). + * Implement a real timer mecanism and use it in timing macros. This allows + to avoid rounding errors and get a 0.000005 sec precision in timing + macros. While I was at it, various cleanups: + - allow to declare more than one timed section per file (fix a stupid bug) + - move some private declaration to the right place + - merge conditional execution and timing macros into emulation module + - document the module + - make sure the module cleanups its mess on gras_exit + * Documentation improvements: + - (new) how to compile applications using GRAS + - (new) emulation support (timing macros) + + -- Da SimGrid team Fri, 13 May 2005 10:49:31 +0200 + SimGrid (2.93) unstable; urgency=low Alpha 4 on the path to SimGrid 3 (aka the "neuf-trois" version)