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authorThomas Munro <tmunro@postgresql.org>2021-08-13 10:38:22 +1200
committerThomas Munro <tmunro@postgresql.org>2021-08-13 11:11:06 +1200
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Make EXEC_BACKEND more convenient on macOS.
It's hard to disable ASLR on current macOS releases, for testing with -DEXEC_BACKEND. You could already set the environment variable PG_SHMEM_ADDR to something not likely to collide with mappings created earlier in process startup. Let's also provide a default value that works on current releases and architectures, for developer convenience. As noted in the pre-existing comment, this is a horrible hack, but -DEXEC_BACKEND is only used by Unix-based PostgreSQL developers for testing some otherwise Windows-only code paths, so it seems excusable. Back-patch to all supported branches. Reviewed-by: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20210806032944.m4tz7j2w47mant26%40alap3.anarazel.de
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-rw-r--r--src/backend/port/sysv_shmem.c10
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/port/sysv_shmem.c b/src/backend/port/sysv_shmem.c
index 968506dd516..3267648c959 100644
--- a/src/backend/port/sysv_shmem.c
+++ b/src/backend/port/sysv_shmem.c
@@ -142,6 +142,16 @@ InternalIpcMemoryCreate(IpcMemoryKey memKey, Size size)
if (pg_shmem_addr)
requestedAddress = (void *) strtoul(pg_shmem_addr, NULL, 0);
+ else
+ {
+#if defined(__darwin__) && SIZEOF_VOID_P == 8
+ /*
+ * Provide a default value that is believed to avoid problems with
+ * ASLR on the current macOS release.
+ */
+ requestedAddress = (void *) 0x80000000000;
+#endif
+ }
}
#endif