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1 files changed, 36 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
index 73bacd89bcc..fa5aeed31db 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
@@ -499,6 +499,7 @@ typedef struct
bool redirection_done;
bool IsBinaryUpgrade;
int max_safe_fds;
+ int MaxBackends;
#ifdef WIN32
HANDLE PostmasterHandle;
HANDLE initial_signal_pipe;
@@ -897,15 +898,14 @@ PostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
process_shared_preload_libraries();
/*
- * If loadable modules have added background workers, MaxBackends needs to
- * be updated. Do so now by forcing a no-op update of max_connections.
- * XXX This is a pretty ugly way to do it, but it doesn't seem worth
- * introducing a new entry point in guc.c to do it in a cleaner fashion.
+ * Now that loadable modules have had their chance to register background
+ * workers, calculate MaxBackends. Add one for the autovacuum launcher.
*/
- if (GetNumShmemAttachedBgworkers() > 0)
- SetConfigOption("max_connections",
- GetConfigOption("max_connections", false, false),
- PGC_POSTMASTER, PGC_S_OVERRIDE);
+ MaxBackends = MaxConnections + autovacuum_max_workers + 1 +
+ GetNumShmemAttachedBgworkers();
+ /* internal error because the values were all checked previously */
+ if (MaxBackends > MAX_BACKENDS)
+ elog(ERROR, "too many backends configured");
/*
* Establish input sockets.
@@ -5152,6 +5152,8 @@ RegisterBackgroundWorker(BackgroundWorker *worker)
{
RegisteredBgWorker *rw;
int namelen = strlen(worker->bgw_name);
+ static int maxworkers;
+ static int numworkers = 0;
#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
@@ -5162,6 +5164,11 @@ RegisterBackgroundWorker(BackgroundWorker *worker)
static int BackgroundWorkerCookie = 1;
#endif
+ /* initialize upper limit on first call */
+ if (numworkers == 0)
+ maxworkers = MAX_BACKENDS -
+ (MaxConnections + autovacuum_max_workers + 1);
+
if (!IsUnderPostmaster)
ereport(LOG,
(errmsg("registering background worker: %s", worker->bgw_name)));
@@ -5215,6 +5222,23 @@ RegisterBackgroundWorker(BackgroundWorker *worker)
}
/*
+ * Enforce maximum number of workers. Note this is overly restrictive:
+ * we could allow more non-shmem-connected workers, because these don't
+ * count towards the MAX_BACKENDS limit elsewhere. This doesn't really
+ * matter for practical purposes; several million processes would need to
+ * run on a single server.
+ */
+ if (++numworkers > maxworkers)
+ {
+ ereport(LOG,
+ (errcode(ERRCODE_CONFIGURATION_LIMIT_EXCEEDED),
+ errmsg("too many background workers"),
+ errdetail("Up to %d background workers can be registered with the current settings.",
+ maxworkers)));
+ return;
+ }
+
+ /*
* Copy the registration data into the registered workers list.
*/
rw = malloc(sizeof(RegisteredBgWorker) + namelen + 1);
@@ -5836,6 +5860,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param, Port *port,
param->IsBinaryUpgrade = IsBinaryUpgrade;
param->max_safe_fds = max_safe_fds;
+ param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
+
#ifdef WIN32
param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -6061,6 +6087,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param, Port *port)
IsBinaryUpgrade = param->IsBinaryUpgrade;
max_safe_fds = param->max_safe_fds;
+ MaxBackends = param->MaxBackends;
+
#ifdef WIN32
PostmasterHandle = param->PostmasterHandle;
pgwin32_initial_signal_pipe = param->initial_signal_pipe;