From 9b6e8d8f86acde571d967f85c8b8ae695a3ddba8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Haas Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2017 20:35:51 -0400 Subject: Don't use bgw_main even to specify in-core bgworker entrypoints. On EXEC_BACKEND builds, this can fail if ASLR is in use. Backpatch to 9.5. On master, completely remove the bgw_main field completely, since there is no situation in which it is safe for an EXEC_BACKEND build. On 9.6 and 9.5, leave the field intact to avoid breaking things for third-party code that doesn't care about working under EXEC_BACKEND. Prior to 9.5, there are no in-core bgworker entrypoints. Petr Jelinek, reviewed by me. Discussion: http://postgr.es/m/09d8ad33-4287-a09b-a77f-77f8761adb5e@2ndquadrant.com --- src/backend/access/transam/parallel.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'src/backend/access/transam/parallel.c') diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/parallel.c b/src/backend/access/transam/parallel.c index cde0ed300f7..d2bed727057 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/transam/parallel.c +++ b/src/backend/access/transam/parallel.c @@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ static dlist_head pcxt_list = DLIST_STATIC_INIT(pcxt_list); /* Private functions. */ static void HandleParallelMessage(ParallelContext *pcxt, int i, StringInfo msg); static void ParallelExtensionTrampoline(dsm_segment *seg, shm_toc *toc); -static void ParallelWorkerMain(Datum main_arg); static void WaitForParallelWorkersToExit(ParallelContext *pcxt); @@ -456,7 +455,9 @@ LaunchParallelWorkers(ParallelContext *pcxt) BGWORKER_SHMEM_ACCESS | BGWORKER_BACKEND_DATABASE_CONNECTION; worker.bgw_start_time = BgWorkerStart_ConsistentState; worker.bgw_restart_time = BGW_NEVER_RESTART; - worker.bgw_main = ParallelWorkerMain; + worker.bgw_main = NULL; + sprintf(worker.bgw_library_name, "postgres"); + sprintf(worker.bgw_function_name, "ParallelWorkerMain"); worker.bgw_main_arg = UInt32GetDatum(dsm_segment_handle(pcxt->seg)); worker.bgw_notify_pid = MyProcPid; memset(&worker.bgw_extra, 0, BGW_EXTRALEN); @@ -928,7 +929,7 @@ AtEOXact_Parallel(bool isCommit) /* * Main entrypoint for parallel workers. */ -static void +void ParallelWorkerMain(Datum main_arg) { dsm_segment *seg; -- cgit v1.2.3