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1 files changed, 72 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
index db109e9b1b6..ab9fb8725aa 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
*
*
* IDENTIFICATION
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c,v 1.583.2.5 2009/08/24 18:09:54 tgl Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c,v 1.583.2.6 2009/08/24 20:08:40 tgl Exp $
*
* NOTES
*
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ static int SendStop = false;
/* still more option variables */
bool EnableSSL = false;
-bool SilentMode = false; /* silent mode (-S) */
+bool SilentMode = false; /* silent_mode */
int PreAuthDelay = 0;
int AuthenticationTimeout = 60;
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ PostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
}
/*
- * Fork away from controlling terminal, if -S specified.
+ * Fork away from controlling terminal, if silent_mode specified.
*
* Must do this before we grab any interlock files, else the interlocks
* will show the wrong PID.
@@ -895,20 +895,6 @@ PostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
set_max_safe_fds();
/*
- * Load configuration files for client authentication.
- */
- if (!load_hba())
- {
- /*
- * It makes no sense continue if we fail to load the HBA file, since
- * there is no way to connect to the database in this case.
- */
- ereport(FATAL,
- (errmsg("could not load pg_hba.conf")));
- }
- load_ident();
-
- /*
* Initialize the list of active backends.
*/
BackendList = DLNewList();
@@ -1024,6 +1010,20 @@ PostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
autovac_init();
/*
+ * Load configuration files for client authentication.
+ */
+ if (!load_hba())
+ {
+ /*
+ * It makes no sense to continue if we fail to load the HBA file,
+ * since there is no way to connect to the database in this case.
+ */
+ ereport(FATAL,
+ (errmsg("could not load pg_hba.conf")));
+ }
+ load_ident();
+
+ /*
* Remember postmaster startup time
*/
PgStartTime = GetCurrentTimestamp();
@@ -1204,15 +1204,46 @@ reg_reply(DNSServiceRegistrationReplyErrorType errorCode, void *context)
/*
- * Fork away from the controlling terminal (-S option)
+ * Fork away from the controlling terminal (silent_mode option)
+ *
+ * Since this requires disconnecting from stdin/stdout/stderr (in case they're
+ * linked to the terminal), we re-point stdin to /dev/null and stdout/stderr
+ * to "postmaster.log" in the data directory, where we're already chdir'd.
*/
static void
pmdaemonize(void)
{
#ifndef WIN32
- int i;
+ const char *pmlogname = "postmaster.log";
+ int dvnull;
+ int pmlog;
pid_t pid;
+ int res;
+
+ /*
+ * Make sure we can open the files we're going to redirect to. If this
+ * fails, we want to complain before disconnecting. Mention the full path
+ * of the logfile in the error message, even though we address it by
+ * relative path.
+ */
+ dvnull = open(DEVNULL, O_RDONLY, 0);
+ if (dvnull < 0)
+ {
+ write_stderr("%s: could not open file \"%s\": %s\n",
+ progname, DEVNULL, strerror(errno));
+ ExitPostmaster(1);
+ }
+ pmlog = open(pmlogname, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_APPEND, 0600);
+ if (pmlog < 0)
+ {
+ write_stderr("%s: could not open log file \"%s/%s\": %s\n",
+ progname, DataDir, pmlogname, strerror(errno));
+ ExitPostmaster(1);
+ }
+ /*
+ * Okay to fork.
+ */
pid = fork_process();
if (pid == (pid_t) -1)
{
@@ -1231,8 +1262,8 @@ pmdaemonize(void)
MyStartTime = time(NULL);
/*
- * GH: If there's no setsid(), we hopefully don't need silent mode. Until
- * there's a better solution.
+ * Some systems use setsid() to dissociate from the TTY's process group,
+ * while on others it depends on stdin/stdout/stderr. Do both if possible.
*/
#ifdef HAVE_SETSID
if (setsid() < 0)
@@ -1242,14 +1273,26 @@ pmdaemonize(void)
ExitPostmaster(1);
}
#endif
- i = open(DEVNULL, O_RDWR, 0);
- dup2(i, 0);
- dup2(i, 1);
- dup2(i, 2);
- close(i);
+
+ /*
+ * Reassociate stdin/stdout/stderr. fork_process() cleared any pending
+ * output, so this should be safe. The only plausible error is EINTR,
+ * which just means we should retry.
+ */
+ do {
+ res = dup2(dvnull, 0);
+ } while (res < 0 && errno == EINTR);
+ close(dvnull);
+ do {
+ res = dup2(pmlog, 1);
+ } while (res < 0 && errno == EINTR);
+ do {
+ res = dup2(pmlog, 2);
+ } while (res < 0 && errno == EINTR);
+ close(pmlog);
#else /* WIN32 */
/* not supported */
- elog(FATAL, "SilentMode not supported under WIN32");
+ elog(FATAL, "silent_mode is not supported under Windows");
#endif /* WIN32 */
}
@@ -3241,8 +3284,8 @@ BackendInitialize(Port *port)
if (!load_hba())
{
/*
- * It makes no sense continue if we fail to load the HBA file, since
- * there is no way to connect to the database in this case.
+ * It makes no sense to continue if we fail to load the HBA file,
+ * since there is no way to connect to the database in this case.
*/
ereport(FATAL,
(errmsg("could not load pg_hba.conf")));