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1 files changed, 47 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/misc.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/misc.c
index 673b175bbc0..8ab6953cb02 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/misc.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/misc.c
@@ -8,16 +8,18 @@
*
*
* IDENTIFICATION
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/misc.c,v 1.33 2004/05/21 05:08:02 tgl Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/misc.c,v 1.34 2004/06/02 21:29:29 momjian Exp $
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
#include "postgres.h"
#include <sys/file.h>
+#include <signal.h>
#include "commands/dbcommands.h"
#include "miscadmin.h"
+#include "storage/sinval.h"
#include "utils/builtins.h"
@@ -57,3 +59,47 @@ current_database(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
namestrcpy(db, get_database_name(MyDatabaseId));
PG_RETURN_NAME(db);
}
+
+
+/*
+ * Functions to terminate a backend or cancel a query running on
+ * a different backend.
+ */
+
+static int pg_signal_backend(int pid, int sig)
+{
+ if (!superuser())
+ ereport(ERROR,
+ (errcode(ERRCODE_INSUFFICIENT_PRIVILEGE),
+ (errmsg("only superuser can signal other backends"))));
+
+ if (!IsBackendPid(pid))
+ {
+ /* This is just a warning so a loop-through-resultset will not abort
+ * if one backend terminated on it's own during the run */
+ ereport(WARNING,
+ (errmsg("pid %i is not a postgresql backend",pid)));
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ if (kill(pid, sig))
+ {
+ /* Again, just a warning to allow loops */
+ ereport(WARNING,
+ (errmsg("failed to send signal to backend %i: %m",pid)));
+ return 0;
+ }
+ return 1;
+}
+
+Datum
+pg_terminate_backend(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+ PG_RETURN_INT32(pg_signal_backend(PG_GETARG_INT32(0),SIGTERM));
+}
+
+Datum
+pg_cancel_backend(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+ PG_RETURN_INT32(pg_signal_backend(PG_GETARG_INT32(0),SIGINT));
+}