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-rwxr-xr-xconfigure2
-rw-r--r--configure.in2
-rw-r--r--src/backend/storage/ipc/latch.c6
-rw-r--r--src/backend/storage/ipc/pmsignal.c125
-rw-r--r--src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c4
-rw-r--r--src/include/pg_config.h.in3
-rw-r--r--src/include/pg_config.h.win323
-rw-r--r--src/include/storage/pmsignal.h33
8 files changed, 159 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1bc465b9429..41e0e1cf34a 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -12494,7 +12494,7 @@ $as_echo "#define HAVE_STDBOOL_H 1" >>confdefs.h
fi
-for ac_header in atomic.h crypt.h dld.h fp_class.h getopt.h ieeefp.h ifaddrs.h langinfo.h mbarrier.h poll.h sys/epoll.h sys/ipc.h sys/pstat.h sys/resource.h sys/select.h sys/sem.h sys/shm.h sys/sockio.h sys/tas.h sys/un.h termios.h ucred.h utime.h wchar.h wctype.h
+for ac_header in atomic.h crypt.h dld.h fp_class.h getopt.h ieeefp.h ifaddrs.h langinfo.h mbarrier.h poll.h sys/epoll.h sys/ipc.h sys/prctl.h sys/pstat.h sys/resource.h sys/select.h sys/sem.h sys/shm.h sys/sockio.h sys/tas.h sys/un.h termios.h ucred.h utime.h wchar.h wctype.h
do :
as_ac_Header=`$as_echo "ac_cv_header_$ac_header" | $as_tr_sh`
ac_fn_c_check_header_mongrel "$LINENO" "$ac_header" "$as_ac_Header" "$ac_includes_default"
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index a6b3b88cfab..1e76c9ee46b 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ AC_SUBST(UUID_LIBS)
AC_HEADER_STDBOOL
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS([atomic.h crypt.h dld.h fp_class.h getopt.h ieeefp.h ifaddrs.h langinfo.h mbarrier.h poll.h sys/epoll.h sys/ipc.h sys/pstat.h sys/resource.h sys/select.h sys/sem.h sys/shm.h sys/sockio.h sys/tas.h sys/un.h termios.h ucred.h utime.h wchar.h wctype.h])
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([atomic.h crypt.h dld.h fp_class.h getopt.h ieeefp.h ifaddrs.h langinfo.h mbarrier.h poll.h sys/epoll.h sys/ipc.h sys/prctl.h sys/pstat.h sys/resource.h sys/select.h sys/sem.h sys/shm.h sys/sockio.h sys/tas.h sys/un.h termios.h ucred.h utime.h wchar.h wctype.h])
# On BSD, test for net/if.h will fail unless sys/socket.h
# is included first.
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/latch.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/latch.c
index e6706f7fb80..f6dda9cc9ac 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/latch.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/latch.c
@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@ WaitEventSetWaitBlock(WaitEventSet *set, int cur_timeout,
* WL_POSTMASTER_DEATH event would be painful. Re-checking doesn't
* cost much.
*/
- if (!PostmasterIsAlive())
+ if (!PostmasterIsAliveInternal())
{
occurred_events->fd = PGINVALID_SOCKET;
occurred_events->events = WL_POSTMASTER_DEATH;
@@ -1230,7 +1230,7 @@ WaitEventSetWaitBlock(WaitEventSet *set, int cur_timeout,
* WL_POSTMASTER_DEATH event would be painful. Re-checking doesn't
* cost much.
*/
- if (!PostmasterIsAlive())
+ if (!PostmasterIsAliveInternal())
{
occurred_events->fd = PGINVALID_SOCKET;
occurred_events->events = WL_POSTMASTER_DEATH;
@@ -1390,7 +1390,7 @@ WaitEventSetWaitBlock(WaitEventSet *set, int cur_timeout,
* even though there is no known reason to think that the event could
* be falsely set on Windows.
*/
- if (!PostmasterIsAlive())
+ if (!PostmasterIsAliveInternal())
{
occurred_events->fd = PGINVALID_SOCKET;
occurred_events->events = WL_POSTMASTER_DEATH;
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/pmsignal.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/pmsignal.c
index be61858fc67..ebf027306f7 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/pmsignal.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/pmsignal.c
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
#include <signal.h>
#include <unistd.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_PRCTL_H
+#include <sys/prctl.h>
+#endif
+
#include "miscadmin.h"
#include "postmaster/postmaster.h"
#include "replication/walsender.h"
@@ -71,6 +75,35 @@ struct PMSignalData
NON_EXEC_STATIC volatile PMSignalData *PMSignalState = NULL;
+/*
+ * Signal handler to be notified if postmaster dies.
+ */
+#ifdef USE_POSTMASTER_DEATH_SIGNAL
+volatile sig_atomic_t postmaster_possibly_dead = false;
+
+static void
+postmaster_death_handler(int signo)
+{
+ postmaster_possibly_dead = true;
+}
+
+/*
+ * The available signals depend on the OS. SIGUSR1 and SIGUSR2 are already
+ * used for other things, so choose another one.
+ *
+ * Currently, we assume that we can always find a signal to use. That
+ * seems like a reasonable assumption for all platforms that are modern
+ * enough to have a parent-death signaling mechanism.
+ */
+#if defined(SIGINFO)
+#define POSTMASTER_DEATH_SIGNAL SIGINFO
+#elif defined(SIGPWR)
+#define POSTMASTER_DEATH_SIGNAL SIGPWR
+#else
+#error "cannot find a signal to use for postmaster death"
+#endif
+
+#endif /* USE_POSTMASTER_DEATH_SIGNAL */
/*
* PMSignalShmemSize
@@ -266,28 +299,94 @@ MarkPostmasterChildInactive(void)
/*
- * PostmasterIsAlive - check whether postmaster process is still alive
+ * PostmasterIsAliveInternal - check whether postmaster process is still alive
+ *
+ * This is the slow path of PostmasterIsAlive(), where the caller has already
+ * checked 'postmaster_possibly_dead'. (On platforms that don't support
+ * a signal for parent death, PostmasterIsAlive() is just an alias for this.)
*/
bool
-PostmasterIsAlive(void)
+PostmasterIsAliveInternal(void)
{
-#ifndef WIN32
- char c;
- ssize_t rc;
+#ifdef USE_POSTMASTER_DEATH_SIGNAL
+ /*
+ * Reset the flag before checking, so that we don't miss a signal if
+ * postmaster dies right after the check. If postmaster was indeed dead,
+ * we'll re-arm it before returning to caller.
+ */
+ postmaster_possibly_dead = false;
+#endif
- rc = read(postmaster_alive_fds[POSTMASTER_FD_WATCH], &c, 1);
- if (rc < 0)
+#ifndef WIN32
{
- if (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EWOULDBLOCK)
+ char c;
+ ssize_t rc;
+
+ rc = read(postmaster_alive_fds[POSTMASTER_FD_WATCH], &c, 1);
+
+ /*
+ * In the usual case, the postmaster is still alive, and there is no
+ * data in the pipe.
+ */
+ if (rc < 0 && (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EWOULDBLOCK))
return true;
else
- elog(FATAL, "read on postmaster death monitoring pipe failed: %m");
+ {
+ /*
+ * Postmaster is dead, or something went wrong with the read()
+ * call.
+ */
+
+#ifdef USE_POSTMASTER_DEATH_SIGNAL
+ postmaster_possibly_dead = true;
+#endif
+
+ if (rc < 0)
+ elog(FATAL, "read on postmaster death monitoring pipe failed: %m");
+ else if (rc > 0)
+ elog(FATAL, "unexpected data in postmaster death monitoring pipe");
+
+ return false;
+ }
}
- else if (rc > 0)
- elog(FATAL, "unexpected data in postmaster death monitoring pipe");
- return false;
#else /* WIN32 */
- return (WaitForSingleObject(PostmasterHandle, 0) == WAIT_TIMEOUT);
+ if (WaitForSingleObject(PostmasterHandle, 0) == WAIT_TIMEOUT)
+ return true;
+ else
+ {
+#ifdef USE_POSTMASTER_DEATH_SIGNAL
+ postmaster_possibly_dead = true;
+#endif
+ return false;
+ }
#endif /* WIN32 */
}
+
+/*
+ * PostmasterDeathSignalInit - request signal on postmaster death if possible
+ */
+void
+PostmasterDeathSignalInit(void)
+{
+#ifdef USE_POSTMASTER_DEATH_SIGNAL
+ int signum = POSTMASTER_DEATH_SIGNAL;
+
+ /* Register our signal handler. */
+ pqsignal(signum, postmaster_death_handler);
+
+ /* Request a signal on parent exit. */
+#if defined(PR_SET_PDEATHSIG)
+ if (prctl(PR_SET_PDEATHSIG, signum) < 0)
+ elog(ERROR, "could not request parent death signal: %m");
+#else
+#error "USE_POSTMASTER_DEATH_SIGNAL set, but there is no mechanism to request the signal"
+#endif
+
+ /*
+ * Just in case the parent was gone already and we missed it, we'd better
+ * check the slow way on the first call.
+ */
+ postmaster_possibly_dead = true;
+#endif /* USE_POSTMASTER_DEATH_SIGNAL */
+}
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c
index 03b28c3604a..4bb28938c27 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
#include "storage/ipc.h"
#include "storage/latch.h"
#include "storage/pg_shmem.h"
+#include "storage/pmsignal.h"
#include "storage/proc.h"
#include "storage/procarray.h"
#include "utils/builtins.h"
@@ -304,6 +305,9 @@ InitPostmasterChild(void)
if (setsid() < 0)
elog(FATAL, "setsid() failed: %m");
#endif
+
+ /* Request a signal if the postmaster dies, if possible. */
+ PostmasterDeathSignalInit();
}
/*
diff --git a/src/include/pg_config.h.in b/src/include/pg_config.h.in
index dcb25bb7234..4ef53416785 100644
--- a/src/include/pg_config.h.in
+++ b/src/include/pg_config.h.in
@@ -600,6 +600,9 @@
/* Define to 1 if you have the <sys/ipc.h> header file. */
#undef HAVE_SYS_IPC_H
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <sys/prctl.h> header file. */
+#undef HAVE_SYS_PRCTL_H
+
/* Define to 1 if you have the <sys/pstat.h> header file. */
#undef HAVE_SYS_PSTAT_H
diff --git a/src/include/pg_config.h.win32 b/src/include/pg_config.h.win32
index 456b5c6b66d..01cf8daf438 100644
--- a/src/include/pg_config.h.win32
+++ b/src/include/pg_config.h.win32
@@ -482,6 +482,9 @@
/* Define to 1 if you have the <sys/ipc.h> header file. */
/* #undef HAVE_SYS_IPC_H */
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <sys/prctl.h> header file. */
+/* #undef HAVE_SYS_PRCTL_H */
+
/* Define to 1 if you have the <sys/pstat.h> header file. */
/* #undef HAVE_SYS_PSTAT_H */
diff --git a/src/include/storage/pmsignal.h b/src/include/storage/pmsignal.h
index bec162cc16d..54e7108ac0b 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/pmsignal.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/pmsignal.h
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
#ifndef PMSIGNAL_H
#define PMSIGNAL_H
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_PRCTL_H
+#include "sys/prctl.h"
+#endif
+
/*
* Reasons for signaling the postmaster. We can cope with simultaneous
* signals for different reasons. If the same reason is signaled multiple
@@ -51,6 +55,33 @@ extern bool IsPostmasterChildWalSender(int slot);
extern void MarkPostmasterChildActive(void);
extern void MarkPostmasterChildInactive(void);
extern void MarkPostmasterChildWalSender(void);
-extern bool PostmasterIsAlive(void);
+extern bool PostmasterIsAliveInternal(void);
+extern void PostmasterDeathSignalInit(void);
+
+
+/*
+ * Do we have a way to ask for a signal on parent death?
+ *
+ * If we do, pmsignal.c will set up a signal handler, that sets a flag when
+ * the parent dies. Checking the flag first makes PostmasterIsAlive() a lot
+ * cheaper in usual case that the postmaster is alive.
+ */
+#if defined(HAVE_SYS_PRCTL_H) && defined(PR_SET_PDEATHSIG)
+#define USE_POSTMASTER_DEATH_SIGNAL
+#endif
+
+#ifdef USE_POSTMASTER_DEATH_SIGNAL
+extern volatile sig_atomic_t postmaster_possibly_dead;
+
+static inline bool
+PostmasterIsAlive(void)
+{
+ if (likely(!postmaster_possibly_dead))
+ return true;
+ return PostmasterIsAliveInternal();
+}
+#else
+#define PostmasterIsAlive() PostmasterIsAliveInternal()
+#endif
#endif /* PMSIGNAL_H */