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+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * sysv_sema.c
+ * Implement PGSemaphores using SysV semaphore facilities
+ *
+ *
+ * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2001, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
+ * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
+ *
+ * IDENTIFICATION
+ * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/port/sysv_sema.c,v 1.1 2002/05/05 00:03:28 tgl Exp $
+ *
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+#include "postgres.h"
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/file.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_IPC_H
+#include <sys/ipc.h>
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_SEM_H
+#include <sys/sem.h>
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_KERNEL_OS_H
+#include <kernel/OS.h>
+#endif
+
+#include "miscadmin.h"
+#include "storage/ipc.h"
+#include "storage/pg_sema.h"
+
+
+#ifndef HAVE_UNION_SEMUN
+union semun
+{
+ int val;
+ struct semid_ds *buf;
+ unsigned short *array;
+};
+#endif
+
+typedef uint32 IpcSemaphoreKey; /* semaphore key passed to semget(2) */
+typedef int IpcSemaphoreId; /* semaphore ID returned by semget(2) */
+
+/*
+ * SEMAS_PER_SET is the number of useful semaphores in each semaphore set
+ * we allocate. It must be *less than* your kernel's SEMMSL (max semaphores
+ * per set) parameter, which is often around 25. (Less than, because we
+ * allocate one extra sema in each set for identification purposes.)
+ */
+#define SEMAS_PER_SET 16
+
+#define IPCProtection (0600) /* access/modify by user only */
+
+#define PGSemaMagic 537 /* must be less than SEMVMX */
+
+
+static IpcSemaphoreId *mySemaSets; /* IDs of sema sets acquired so far */
+static int numSemaSets; /* number of sema sets acquired so far */
+static int maxSemaSets; /* allocated size of mySemaSets array */
+static IpcSemaphoreKey nextSemaKey; /* next key to try using */
+static int nextSemaNumber; /* next free sem num in last sema set */
+
+
+static IpcSemaphoreId InternalIpcSemaphoreCreate(IpcSemaphoreKey semKey,
+ int numSems);
+static void IpcSemaphoreInitialize(IpcSemaphoreId semId, int semNum,
+ int value);
+static void IpcSemaphoreKill(IpcSemaphoreId semId);
+static int IpcSemaphoreGetValue(IpcSemaphoreId semId, int semNum);
+static pid_t IpcSemaphoreGetLastPID(IpcSemaphoreId semId, int semNum);
+static IpcSemaphoreId IpcSemaphoreCreate(int numSems);
+static void ReleaseSemaphores(int status, Datum arg);
+
+
+/*
+ * InternalIpcSemaphoreCreate
+ *
+ * Attempt to create a new semaphore set with the specified key.
+ * Will fail (return -1) if such a set already exists.
+ *
+ * If we fail with a failure code other than collision-with-existing-set,
+ * print out an error and abort. Other types of errors suggest nonrecoverable
+ * problems.
+ */
+static IpcSemaphoreId
+InternalIpcSemaphoreCreate(IpcSemaphoreKey semKey, int numSems)
+{
+ int semId;
+
+ semId = semget(semKey, numSems, IPC_CREAT | IPC_EXCL | IPCProtection);
+
+ if (semId < 0)
+ {
+ /*
+ * Fail quietly if error indicates a collision with existing set.
+ * One would expect EEXIST, given that we said IPC_EXCL, but
+ * perhaps we could get a permission violation instead? Also,
+ * EIDRM might occur if an old set is slated for destruction but
+ * not gone yet.
+ */
+ if (errno == EEXIST || errno == EACCES
+#ifdef EIDRM
+ || errno == EIDRM
+#endif
+ )
+ return -1;
+
+ /*
+ * Else complain and abort
+ */
+ fprintf(stderr, "IpcSemaphoreCreate: semget(key=%d, num=%d, 0%o) failed: %s\n",
+ (int) semKey, numSems, (IPC_CREAT | IPC_EXCL | IPCProtection),
+ strerror(errno));
+
+ if (errno == ENOSPC)
+ fprintf(stderr,
+ "\nThis error does *not* mean that you have run out of disk space.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "It occurs when either the system limit for the maximum number of\n"
+ "semaphore sets (SEMMNI), or the system wide maximum number of\n"
+ "semaphores (SEMMNS), would be exceeded. You need to raise the\n"
+ "respective kernel parameter. Alternatively, reduce PostgreSQL's\n"
+ "consumption of semaphores by reducing its max_connections parameter\n"
+ "(currently %d).\n"
+ "\n"
+ "The PostgreSQL Administrator's Guide contains more information about\n"
+ "configuring your system for PostgreSQL.\n\n",
+ MaxBackends);
+
+ proc_exit(1);
+ }
+
+ return semId;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Initialize a semaphore to the specified value.
+ */
+static void
+IpcSemaphoreInitialize(IpcSemaphoreId semId, int semNum, int value)
+{
+ union semun semun;
+
+ semun.val = value;
+ if (semctl(semId, semNum, SETVAL, semun) < 0)
+ {
+ fprintf(stderr, "IpcSemaphoreInitialize: semctl(id=%d, %d, SETVAL, %d) failed: %s\n",
+ semId, semNum, value, strerror(errno));
+
+ if (errno == ERANGE)
+ fprintf(stderr,
+ "You possibly need to raise your kernel's SEMVMX value to be at least\n"
+ "%d. Look into the PostgreSQL documentation for details.\n",
+ value);
+
+ proc_exit(1);
+ }
+}
+
+/*
+ * IpcSemaphoreKill(semId) - removes a semaphore set
+ */
+static void
+IpcSemaphoreKill(IpcSemaphoreId semId)
+{
+ union semun semun;
+
+ semun.val = 0; /* unused, but keep compiler quiet */
+
+ if (semctl(semId, 0, IPC_RMID, semun) < 0)
+ fprintf(stderr, "IpcSemaphoreKill: semctl(%d, 0, IPC_RMID, ...) failed: %s\n",
+ semId, strerror(errno));
+
+ /*
+ * We used to report a failure via elog(WARNING), but that's pretty
+ * pointless considering any client has long since disconnected ...
+ */
+}
+
+/* Get the current value (semval) of the semaphore */
+static int
+IpcSemaphoreGetValue(IpcSemaphoreId semId, int semNum)
+{
+ union semun dummy; /* for Solaris */
+
+ dummy.val = 0; /* unused */
+
+ return semctl(semId, semNum, GETVAL, dummy);
+}
+
+/* Get the PID of the last process to do semop() on the semaphore */
+static pid_t
+IpcSemaphoreGetLastPID(IpcSemaphoreId semId, int semNum)
+{
+ union semun dummy; /* for Solaris */
+
+ dummy.val = 0; /* unused */
+
+ return semctl(semId, semNum, GETPID, dummy);
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * Create a semaphore set with the given number of useful semaphores
+ * (an additional sema is actually allocated to serve as identifier).
+ * Dead Postgres sema sets are recycled if found, but we do not fail
+ * upon collision with non-Postgres sema sets.
+ *
+ * The idea here is to detect and re-use keys that may have been assigned
+ * by a crashed postmaster or backend.
+ */
+static IpcSemaphoreId
+IpcSemaphoreCreate(int numSems)
+{
+ IpcSemaphoreId semId;
+ union semun semun;
+ PGSemaphoreData mysema;
+
+ /* Loop till we find a free IPC key */
+ for (nextSemaKey++; ; nextSemaKey++)
+ {
+ pid_t creatorPID;
+
+ /* Try to create new semaphore set */
+ semId = InternalIpcSemaphoreCreate(nextSemaKey, numSems + 1);
+ if (semId >= 0)
+ break; /* successful create */
+
+ /* See if it looks to be leftover from a dead Postgres process */
+ semId = semget(nextSemaKey, numSems + 1, 0);
+ if (semId < 0)
+ continue; /* failed: must be some other app's */
+ if (IpcSemaphoreGetValue(semId, numSems) != PGSemaMagic)
+ continue; /* sema belongs to a non-Postgres app */
+
+ /*
+ * If the creator PID is my own PID or does not belong to any
+ * extant process, it's safe to zap it.
+ */
+ creatorPID = IpcSemaphoreGetLastPID(semId, numSems);
+ if (creatorPID <= 0)
+ continue; /* oops, GETPID failed */
+ if (creatorPID != getpid())
+ {
+ if (kill(creatorPID, 0) == 0 ||
+ errno != ESRCH)
+ continue; /* sema belongs to a live process */
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * The sema set appears to be from a dead Postgres process, or
+ * from a previous cycle of life in this same process. Zap it, if
+ * possible. This probably shouldn't fail, but if it does, assume
+ * the sema set belongs to someone else after all, and continue
+ * quietly.
+ */
+ semun.val = 0; /* unused, but keep compiler quiet */
+ if (semctl(semId, 0, IPC_RMID, semun) < 0)
+ continue;
+
+ /*
+ * Now try again to create the sema set.
+ */
+ semId = InternalIpcSemaphoreCreate(nextSemaKey, numSems + 1);
+ if (semId >= 0)
+ break; /* successful create */
+
+ /*
+ * Can only get here if some other process managed to create the
+ * same sema key before we did. Let him have that one, loop
+ * around to try next key.
+ */
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * OK, we created a new sema set. Mark it as created by this process.
+ * We do this by setting the spare semaphore to PGSemaMagic-1 and then
+ * incrementing it with semop(). That leaves it with value
+ * PGSemaMagic and sempid referencing this process.
+ */
+ IpcSemaphoreInitialize(semId, numSems, PGSemaMagic - 1);
+ mysema.semId = semId;
+ mysema.semNum = numSems;
+ PGSemaphoreUnlock(&mysema);
+
+ return semId;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * PGReserveSemaphores --- initialize semaphore support
+ *
+ * This is called during postmaster start or shared memory reinitialization.
+ * It should do whatever is needed to be able to support up to maxSemas
+ * subsequent PGSemaphoreCreate calls. Also, if any system resources
+ * are acquired here or in PGSemaphoreCreate, register an on_shmem_exit
+ * callback to release them.
+ *
+ * The port number is passed for possible use as a key (for SysV, we use
+ * it to generate the starting semaphore key). In a standalone backend,
+ * zero will be passed.
+ *
+ * In the SysV implementation, we acquire semaphore sets on-demand; the
+ * maxSemas parameter is just used to size the array that keeps track of
+ * acquired sets for subsequent releasing.
+ */
+void
+PGReserveSemaphores(int maxSemas, int port)
+{
+ maxSemaSets = (maxSemas + SEMAS_PER_SET-1) / SEMAS_PER_SET;
+ mySemaSets = (IpcSemaphoreId *)
+ malloc(maxSemaSets * sizeof(IpcSemaphoreId));
+ if (mySemaSets == NULL)
+ elog(PANIC, "Out of memory in PGReserveSemaphores");
+ numSemaSets = 0;
+ nextSemaKey = port * 1000;
+ nextSemaNumber = SEMAS_PER_SET; /* force sema set alloc on 1st call */
+
+ on_shmem_exit(ReleaseSemaphores, 0);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Release semaphores at shutdown or shmem reinitialization
+ *
+ * (called as an on_shmem_exit callback, hence funny argument list)
+ */
+static void
+ReleaseSemaphores(int status, Datum arg)
+{
+ int i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < numSemaSets; i++)
+ IpcSemaphoreKill(mySemaSets[i]);
+ free(mySemaSets);
+}
+
+/*
+ * PGSemaphoreCreate
+ *
+ * Initialize a PGSemaphore structure to represent a sema with count 1
+ */
+void
+PGSemaphoreCreate(PGSemaphore sema)
+{
+ /* Can't do this in a backend, because static state is postmaster's */
+ Assert(!IsUnderPostmaster);
+
+ if (nextSemaNumber >= SEMAS_PER_SET)
+ {
+ /* Time to allocate another semaphore set */
+ if (numSemaSets >= maxSemaSets)
+ elog(PANIC, "PGSemaphoreCreate: too many semaphores created");
+ mySemaSets[numSemaSets] = IpcSemaphoreCreate(SEMAS_PER_SET);
+ numSemaSets++;
+ nextSemaNumber = 0;
+ }
+ /* Assign the next free semaphore in the current set */
+ sema->semId = mySemaSets[numSemaSets-1];
+ sema->semNum = nextSemaNumber++;
+ /* Initialize it to count 1 */
+ IpcSemaphoreInitialize(sema->semId, sema->semNum, 1);
+}
+
+/*
+ * PGSemaphoreReset
+ *
+ * Reset a previously-initialized PGSemaphore to have count 0
+ */
+void
+PGSemaphoreReset(PGSemaphore sema)
+{
+ IpcSemaphoreInitialize(sema->semId, sema->semNum, 0);
+}
+
+/*
+ * PGSemaphoreLock
+ *
+ * Lock a semaphore (decrement count), blocking if count would be < 0
+ */
+void
+PGSemaphoreLock(PGSemaphore sema, bool interruptOK)
+{
+ int errStatus;
+ struct sembuf sops;
+
+ sops.sem_op = -1; /* decrement */
+ sops.sem_flg = 0;
+ sops.sem_num = sema->semNum;
+
+ /*
+ * Note: if errStatus is -1 and errno == EINTR then it means we
+ * returned from the operation prematurely because we were sent a
+ * signal. So we try and lock the semaphore again.
+ *
+ * Each time around the loop, we check for a cancel/die interrupt. We
+ * assume that if such an interrupt comes in while we are waiting, it
+ * will cause the semop() call to exit with errno == EINTR, so that we
+ * will be able to service the interrupt (if not in a critical section
+ * already).
+ *
+ * Once we acquire the lock, we do NOT check for an interrupt before
+ * returning. The caller needs to be able to record ownership of the
+ * lock before any interrupt can be accepted.
+ *
+ * There is a window of a few instructions between CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS
+ * and entering the semop() call. If a cancel/die interrupt occurs in
+ * that window, we would fail to notice it until after we acquire the
+ * lock (or get another interrupt to escape the semop()). We can
+ * avoid this problem by temporarily setting ImmediateInterruptOK to
+ * true before we do CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS; then, a die() interrupt in
+ * this interval will execute directly. However, there is a huge
+ * pitfall: there is another window of a few instructions after the
+ * semop() before we are able to reset ImmediateInterruptOK. If an
+ * interrupt occurs then, we'll lose control, which means that the
+ * lock has been acquired but our caller did not get a chance to
+ * record the fact. Therefore, we only set ImmediateInterruptOK if the
+ * caller tells us it's OK to do so, ie, the caller does not need to
+ * record acquiring the lock. (This is currently true for lockmanager
+ * locks, since the process that granted us the lock did all the
+ * necessary state updates. It's not true for SysV semaphores used to
+ * implement LW locks or emulate spinlocks --- but the wait time for
+ * such locks should not be very long, anyway.)
+ */
+ do
+ {
+ ImmediateInterruptOK = interruptOK;
+ CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS();
+ errStatus = semop(sema->semId, &sops, 1);
+ ImmediateInterruptOK = false;
+ } while (errStatus < 0 && errno == EINTR);
+
+ if (errStatus < 0)
+ {
+ fprintf(stderr, "PGSemaphoreLock: semop(id=%d) failed: %s\n",
+ sema->semId, strerror(errno));
+ proc_exit(255);
+ }
+}
+
+/*
+ * PGSemaphoreUnlock
+ *
+ * Unlock a semaphore (increment count)
+ */
+void
+PGSemaphoreUnlock(PGSemaphore sema)
+{
+ int errStatus;
+ struct sembuf sops;
+
+ sops.sem_op = 1; /* increment */
+ sops.sem_flg = 0;
+ sops.sem_num = sema->semNum;
+
+ /*
+ * Note: if errStatus is -1 and errno == EINTR then it means we
+ * returned from the operation prematurely because we were sent a
+ * signal. So we try and unlock the semaphore again. Not clear this
+ * can really happen, but might as well cope.
+ */
+ do
+ {
+ errStatus = semop(sema->semId, &sops, 1);
+ } while (errStatus < 0 && errno == EINTR);
+
+ if (errStatus < 0)
+ {
+ fprintf(stderr, "PGSemaphoreUnlock: semop(id=%d) failed: %s\n",
+ sema->semId, strerror(errno));
+ proc_exit(255);
+ }
+}
+
+/*
+ * PGSemaphoreTryLock
+ *
+ * Lock a semaphore only if able to do so without blocking
+ */
+bool
+PGSemaphoreTryLock(PGSemaphore sema)
+{
+ int errStatus;
+ struct sembuf sops;
+
+ sops.sem_op = -1; /* decrement */
+ sops.sem_flg = IPC_NOWAIT; /* but don't block */
+ sops.sem_num = sema->semNum;
+
+ /*
+ * Note: if errStatus is -1 and errno == EINTR then it means we
+ * returned from the operation prematurely because we were sent a
+ * signal. So we try and lock the semaphore again.
+ */
+ do
+ {
+ errStatus = semop(sema->semId, &sops, 1);
+ } while (errStatus < 0 && errno == EINTR);
+
+ if (errStatus < 0)
+ {
+ /* Expect EAGAIN or EWOULDBLOCK (platform-dependent) */
+#ifdef EAGAIN
+ if (errno == EAGAIN)
+ return false; /* failed to lock it */
+#endif
+#if defined(EWOULDBLOCK) && (!defined(EAGAIN) || (EWOULDBLOCK != EAGAIN))
+ if (errno == EWOULDBLOCK)
+ return false; /* failed to lock it */
+#endif
+ /* Otherwise we got trouble */
+ fprintf(stderr, "PGSemaphoreTryLock: semop(id=%d) failed: %s\n",
+ sema->semId, strerror(errno));
+ proc_exit(255);
+ }
+
+ return true;
+}