postgresql/src/backend/postmaster/bgworker.c
Robert Haas f40a318eea Remove bgw_sighup and bgw_sigterm.
Per discussion on pgsql-hackers, these aren't really needed.  Interim
versions of the background worker patch had the worker starting with
signals already unblocked, which would have made this necessary.
But the final version does not, so we don't really need it; and it
doesn't work well with the new facility for starting dynamic background
workers, so just rip it out.

Also per discussion on pgsql-hackers, back-patch this change to 9.3.
It's best to get the API break out of the way before we do an
official release of this facility, to avoid more pain for extension
authors later.
2013-07-22 14:13:00 -04:00

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/*--------------------------------------------------------------------
* bgworker.c
* POSTGRES pluggable background workers implementation
*
* Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2013, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
*
* IDENTIFICATION
* src/backend/postmaster/bgworker.c
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
#include "postgres.h"
#include "miscadmin.h"
#include "postmaster/bgworker_internals.h"
#include "storage/barrier.h"
#include "storage/lwlock.h"
#include "storage/pmsignal.h"
#include "storage/shmem.h"
#include "utils/ascii.h"
/*
* The postmaster's list of registered background workers, in private memory.
*/
slist_head BackgroundWorkerList = SLIST_STATIC_INIT(BackgroundWorkerList);
/*
* BackgroundWorkerSlots exist in shared memory and can be accessed (via
* the BackgroundWorkerArray) by both the postmaster and by regular backends.
* However, the postmaster cannot take locks, even spinlocks, because this
* might allow it to crash or become wedged if shared memory gets corrupted.
* Such an outcome is intolerable. Therefore, we need a lockless protocol
* for coordinating access to this data.
*
* The 'in_use' flag is used to hand off responsibility for the slot between
* the postmaster and the rest of the system. When 'in_use' is false,
* the postmaster will ignore the slot entirely, except for the 'in_use' flag
* itself, which it may read. In this state, regular backends may modify the
* slot. Once a backend sets 'in_use' to true, the slot becomes the
* responsibility of the postmaster. Regular backends may no longer modify it,
* but the postmaster may examine it. Thus, a backend initializing a slot
* must fully initialize the slot - and insert a write memory barrier - before
* marking it as in use.
*
* In addition to coordinating with the postmaster, backends modifying this
* data structure must coordinate with each other. Since they can take locks,
* this is straightforward: any backend wishing to manipulate a slot must
* take BackgroundWorkerLock in exclusive mode. Backends wishing to read
* data that might get concurrently modified by other backends should take
* this lock in shared mode. No matter what, backends reading this data
* structure must be able to tolerate concurrent modifications by the
* postmaster.
*/
typedef struct BackgroundWorkerSlot
{
bool in_use;
BackgroundWorker worker;
} BackgroundWorkerSlot;
typedef struct BackgroundWorkerArray
{
int total_slots;
BackgroundWorkerSlot slot[FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER];
} BackgroundWorkerArray;
BackgroundWorkerArray *BackgroundWorkerData;
/*
* Calculate shared memory needed.
*/
Size
BackgroundWorkerShmemSize(void)
{
Size size;
/* Array of workers is variably sized. */
size = offsetof(BackgroundWorkerArray, slot);
size = add_size(size, mul_size(max_worker_processes,
sizeof(BackgroundWorkerSlot)));
return size;
}
/*
* Initialize shared memory.
*/
void
BackgroundWorkerShmemInit(void)
{
bool found;
BackgroundWorkerData = ShmemInitStruct("Background Worker Data",
BackgroundWorkerShmemSize(),
&found);
if (!IsUnderPostmaster)
{
slist_iter siter;
int slotno = 0;
BackgroundWorkerData->total_slots = max_worker_processes;
/*
* Copy contents of worker list into shared memory. Record the
* shared memory slot assigned to each worker. This ensures
* a 1-to-1 correspondence betwen the postmaster's private list and
* the array in shared memory.
*/
slist_foreach(siter, &BackgroundWorkerList)
{
BackgroundWorkerSlot *slot = &BackgroundWorkerData->slot[slotno];
RegisteredBgWorker *rw;
rw = slist_container(RegisteredBgWorker, rw_lnode, siter.cur);
Assert(slotno < max_worker_processes);
slot->in_use = true;
rw->rw_shmem_slot = slotno;
memcpy(&slot->worker, &rw->rw_worker, sizeof(BackgroundWorker));
++slotno;
}
/*
* Mark any remaining slots as not in use.
*/
while (slotno < max_worker_processes)
{
BackgroundWorkerSlot *slot = &BackgroundWorkerData->slot[slotno];
slot->in_use = false;
++slotno;
}
}
else
Assert(found);
}
static RegisteredBgWorker *
FindRegisteredWorkerBySlotNumber(int slotno)
{
slist_iter siter;
/*
* Copy contents of worker list into shared memory. Record the
* shared memory slot assigned to each worker. This ensures
* a 1-to-1 correspondence betwen the postmaster's private list and
* the array in shared memory.
*/
slist_foreach(siter, &BackgroundWorkerList)
{
RegisteredBgWorker *rw;
rw = slist_container(RegisteredBgWorker, rw_lnode, siter.cur);
if (rw->rw_shmem_slot == slotno)
return rw;
}
return NULL;
}
/*
* Notice changes to shared_memory made by other backends. This code
* runs in the postmaster, so we must be very careful not to assume that
* shared memory contents are sane. Otherwise, a rogue backend could take
* out the postmaster.
*/
void
BackgroundWorkerStateChange(void)
{
int slotno;
/*
* The total number of slots stored in shared memory should match our
* notion of max_worker_processes. If it does not, something is very
* wrong. Further down, we always refer to this value as
* max_worker_processes, in case shared memory gets corrupted while
* we're looping.
*/
if (max_worker_processes != BackgroundWorkerData->total_slots)
{
elog(LOG,
"inconsistent background worker state (max_worker_processes=%d, total_slots=%d",
max_worker_processes,
BackgroundWorkerData->total_slots);
return;
}
/*
* Iterate through slots, looking for newly-registered workers or
* workers who must die.
*/
for (slotno = 0; slotno < max_worker_processes; ++slotno)
{
BackgroundWorkerSlot *slot = &BackgroundWorkerData->slot[slotno];
RegisteredBgWorker *rw;
if (!slot->in_use)
continue;
/*
* Make sure we don't see the in_use flag before the updated slot
* contents.
*/
pg_read_barrier();
/*
* See whether we already know about this worker. If not, we need
* to update our backend-private BackgroundWorkerList to match shared
* memory.
*/
rw = FindRegisteredWorkerBySlotNumber(slotno);
if (rw != NULL)
continue;
/*
* Copy the registration data into the registered workers list.
*/
rw = malloc(sizeof(RegisteredBgWorker));
if (rw == NULL)
{
ereport(LOG,
(errcode(ERRCODE_OUT_OF_MEMORY),
errmsg("out of memory")));
return;
}
/*
* Copy strings in a paranoid way. If shared memory is corrupted,
* the source data might not even be NUL-terminated.
*/
ascii_safe_strlcpy(rw->rw_worker.bgw_name,
slot->worker.bgw_name, BGW_MAXLEN);
ascii_safe_strlcpy(rw->rw_worker.bgw_library_name,
slot->worker.bgw_library_name, BGW_MAXLEN);
ascii_safe_strlcpy(rw->rw_worker.bgw_function_name,
slot->worker.bgw_function_name, BGW_MAXLEN);
/*
* Copy remaining fields.
*
* flags, start_time, and restart_time are examined by the
* postmaster, but nothing too bad will happen if they are
* corrupted. The remaining fields will only be examined by the
* child process. It might crash, but we won't.
*/
rw->rw_worker.bgw_flags = slot->worker.bgw_flags;
rw->rw_worker.bgw_start_time = slot->worker.bgw_start_time;
rw->rw_worker.bgw_restart_time = slot->worker.bgw_restart_time;
rw->rw_worker.bgw_main = slot->worker.bgw_main;
rw->rw_worker.bgw_main_arg = slot->worker.bgw_main_arg;
/* Initialize postmaster bookkeeping. */
rw->rw_backend = NULL;
rw->rw_pid = 0;
rw->rw_child_slot = 0;
rw->rw_crashed_at = 0;
rw->rw_shmem_slot = slotno;
/* Log it! */
ereport(LOG,
(errmsg("registering background worker: %s",
rw->rw_worker.bgw_name)));
slist_push_head(&BackgroundWorkerList, &rw->rw_lnode);
}
}
/*
* Forget about a background worker that's no longer needed.
*
* At present, this only happens when a background worker marked
* BGW_NEVER_RESTART exits. This function should only be invoked in
* the postmaster.
*/
void
ForgetBackgroundWorker(RegisteredBgWorker *rw)
{
BackgroundWorkerSlot *slot;
Assert(rw->rw_shmem_slot < max_worker_processes);
slot = &BackgroundWorkerData->slot[rw->rw_shmem_slot];
slot->in_use = false;
ereport(LOG,
(errmsg("unregistering background worker: %s",
rw->rw_worker.bgw_name)));
slist_delete(&BackgroundWorkerList, &rw->rw_lnode);
free(rw);
}
#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
/*
* In EXEC_BACKEND mode, workers use this to retrieve their details from
* shared memory.
*/
BackgroundWorker *
BackgroundWorkerEntry(int slotno)
{
BackgroundWorkerSlot *slot;
Assert(slotno < BackgroundWorkerData->total_slots);
slot = &BackgroundWorkerData->slot[slotno];
Assert(slot->in_use);
return &slot->worker; /* can't become free while we're still here */
}
#endif
/*
* Complain about the BackgroundWorker definition using error level elevel.
* Return true if it looks ok, false if not (unless elevel >= ERROR, in
* which case we won't return at all in the not-OK case).
*/
static bool
SanityCheckBackgroundWorker(BackgroundWorker *worker, int elevel)
{
/* sanity check for flags */
if (worker->bgw_flags & BGWORKER_BACKEND_DATABASE_CONNECTION)
{
if (!(worker->bgw_flags & BGWORKER_SHMEM_ACCESS))
{
ereport(elevel,
(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
errmsg("background worker \"%s\": must attach to shared memory in order to request a database connection",
worker->bgw_name)));
return false;
}
if (worker->bgw_start_time == BgWorkerStart_PostmasterStart)
{
ereport(elevel,
(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
errmsg("background worker \"%s\": cannot request database access if starting at postmaster start",
worker->bgw_name)));
return false;
}
/* XXX other checks? */
}
if ((worker->bgw_restart_time < 0 &&
worker->bgw_restart_time != BGW_NEVER_RESTART) ||
(worker->bgw_restart_time > USECS_PER_DAY / 1000))
{
ereport(elevel,
(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
errmsg("background worker \"%s\": invalid restart interval",
worker->bgw_name)));
return false;
}
return true;
}
/*
* Register a new background worker while processing shared_preload_libraries.
*
* This can only be called in the _PG_init function of a module library
* that's loaded by shared_preload_libraries; otherwise it has no effect.
*/
void
RegisterBackgroundWorker(BackgroundWorker *worker)
{
RegisteredBgWorker *rw;
static int numworkers = 0;
if (!IsUnderPostmaster)
ereport(LOG,
(errmsg("registering background worker: %s", worker->bgw_name)));
if (!process_shared_preload_libraries_in_progress)
{
if (!IsUnderPostmaster)
ereport(LOG,
(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
errmsg("background worker \"%s\": must be registered in shared_preload_libraries",
worker->bgw_name)));
return;
}
if (!SanityCheckBackgroundWorker(worker, LOG))
return;
/*
* 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. For now, it doesn't seem
* important to relax this restriction.
*/
if (++numworkers > max_worker_processes)
{
ereport(LOG,
(errcode(ERRCODE_CONFIGURATION_LIMIT_EXCEEDED),
errmsg("too many background workers"),
errdetail_plural("Up to %d background worker can be registered with the current settings.",
"Up to %d background workers can be registered with the current settings.",
max_worker_processes,
max_worker_processes),
errhint("Consider increasing the configuration parameter \"max_worker_processes\".")));
return;
}
/*
* Copy the registration data into the registered workers list.
*/
rw = malloc(sizeof(RegisteredBgWorker));
if (rw == NULL)
{
ereport(LOG,
(errcode(ERRCODE_OUT_OF_MEMORY),
errmsg("out of memory")));
return;
}
rw->rw_worker = *worker;
rw->rw_backend = NULL;
rw->rw_pid = 0;
rw->rw_child_slot = 0;
rw->rw_crashed_at = 0;
slist_push_head(&BackgroundWorkerList, &rw->rw_lnode);
}
/*
* Register a new background worker from a regular backend.
*
* Returns true on success and false on failure. Failure typically indicates
* that no background worker slots are currently available.
*/
bool
RegisterDynamicBackgroundWorker(BackgroundWorker *worker)
{
int slotno;
bool success = false;
/*
* We can't register dynamic background workers from the postmaster.
* If this is a standalone backend, we're the only process and can't
* start any more. In a multi-process environement, it might be
* theoretically possible, but we don't currently support it due to
* locking considerations; see comments on the BackgroundWorkerSlot
* data structure.
*/
if (!IsUnderPostmaster)
return false;
if (!SanityCheckBackgroundWorker(worker, ERROR))
return false;
LWLockAcquire(BackgroundWorkerLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
/*
* Look for an unused slot. If we find one, grab it.
*/
for (slotno = 0; slotno < BackgroundWorkerData->total_slots; ++slotno)
{
BackgroundWorkerSlot *slot = &BackgroundWorkerData->slot[slotno];
if (!slot->in_use)
{
memcpy(&slot->worker, worker, sizeof(BackgroundWorker));
/*
* Make sure postmaster doesn't see the slot as in use before
* it sees the new contents.
*/
pg_write_barrier();
slot->in_use = true;
success = true;
break;
}
}
LWLockRelease(BackgroundWorkerLock);
/* If we found a slot, tell the postmaster to notice the change. */
if (success)
SendPostmasterSignal(PMSIGNAL_BACKGROUND_WORKER_CHANGE);
return success;
}