typedef key_t IpcMemoryKey; /* shared memory key passed to shmget(2) */
typedef int IpcMemoryId; /* shared memory ID returned by shmget(2) */
+/*
+ * How does a given IpcMemoryId relate to this PostgreSQL process?
+ *
+ * One could recycle unattached segments of different data directories if we
+ * distinguished that case from other SHMSTATE_FOREIGN cases. Doing so would
+ * cause us to visit less of the key space, making us less likely to detect a
+ * SHMSTATE_ATTACHED key. It would also complicate the concurrency analysis,
+ * in that postmasters of different data directories could simultaneously
+ * attempt to recycle a given key. We'll waste keys longer in some cases, but
+ * avoiding the problems of the alternative justifies that loss.
+ */
+typedef enum
+{
+ SHMSTATE_ANALYSIS_FAILURE, /* unexpected failure to analyze the ID */
+ SHMSTATE_ATTACHED, /* pertinent to DataDir, has attached PIDs */
+ SHMSTATE_ENOENT, /* no segment of that ID */
+ SHMSTATE_FOREIGN, /* exists, but not pertinent to DataDir */
+ SHMSTATE_UNATTACHED /* pertinent to DataDir, no attached PIDs */
+} IpcMemoryState;
+
unsigned long UsedShmemSegID = 0;
void *UsedShmemSegAddr = NULL;
static void *InternalIpcMemoryCreate(IpcMemoryKey memKey, Size size);
static void IpcMemoryDetach(int status, Datum shmaddr);
static void IpcMemoryDelete(int status, Datum shmId);
-static PGShmemHeader *PGSharedMemoryAttach(IpcMemoryKey key,
- IpcMemoryId *shmid);
+static IpcMemoryState PGSharedMemoryAttach(IpcMemoryId shmId,
+ PGShmemHeader **addr);
/*
bool
PGSharedMemoryIsInUse(unsigned long id1, unsigned long id2)
{
- IpcMemoryId shmId = (IpcMemoryId) id2;
+ PGShmemHeader *memAddress;
+ IpcMemoryState state;
+
+ state = PGSharedMemoryAttach((IpcMemoryId) id2, &memAddress);
+ if (memAddress && shmdt(memAddress) < 0)
+ elog(LOG, "shmdt(%p) failed: %m", memAddress);
+ switch (state)
+ {
+ case SHMSTATE_ENOENT:
+ case SHMSTATE_FOREIGN:
+ case SHMSTATE_UNATTACHED:
+ return false;
+ case SHMSTATE_ANALYSIS_FAILURE:
+ case SHMSTATE_ATTACHED:
+ return true;
+ }
+ return true;
+}
+
+/* See comment at IpcMemoryState. */
+static IpcMemoryState
+PGSharedMemoryAttach(IpcMemoryId shmId,
+ PGShmemHeader **addr)
+{
struct shmid_ds shmStat;
struct stat statbuf;
PGShmemHeader *hdr;
+ *addr = NULL;
+
/*
* We detect whether a shared memory segment is in use by seeing whether
* it (a) exists and (b) has any processes attached to it.
* exists.
*/
if (errno == EINVAL)
- return false;
+ return SHMSTATE_ENOENT;
/*
* EACCES implies that the segment belongs to some other userid, which
* is relevant to our data directory).
*/
if (errno == EACCES)
- return false;
+ return SHMSTATE_FOREIGN;
/*
* Some Linux kernel versions (in fact, all of them as of July 2007)
*/
#ifdef HAVE_LINUX_EIDRM_BUG
if (errno == EIDRM)
- return false;
+ return SHMSTATE_ENOENT;
#endif
/*
* only likely case is EIDRM, which implies that the segment has been
* IPC_RMID'd but there are still processes attached to it.
*/
- return true;
+ return SHMSTATE_ANALYSIS_FAILURE;
}
- /* If it has no attached processes, it's not in use */
- if (shmStat.shm_nattch == 0)
- return false;
-
/*
* Try to attach to the segment and see if it matches our data directory.
* This avoids shmid-conflict problems on machines that are running
* several postmasters under the same userid.
*/
if (stat(DataDir, &statbuf) < 0)
- return true; /* if can't stat, be conservative */
-
- hdr = (PGShmemHeader *) shmat(shmId, NULL, PG_SHMAT_FLAGS);
+ return SHMSTATE_ANALYSIS_FAILURE; /* can't stat; be conservative */
+ /*
+ * If we can't attach, be conservative. This may fail if postmaster.pid
+ * furnished the shmId and another user created a world-readable segment
+ * of the same shmId.
+ */
+ hdr = (PGShmemHeader *) shmat(shmId, UsedShmemSegAddr, PG_SHMAT_FLAGS);
if (hdr == (PGShmemHeader *) -1)
- return true; /* if can't attach, be conservative */
+ return SHMSTATE_ANALYSIS_FAILURE;
+ *addr = hdr;
if (hdr->magic != PGShmemMagic ||
hdr->device != statbuf.st_dev ||
{
/*
* It's either not a Postgres segment, or not one for my data
- * directory. In either case it poses no threat.
+ * directory.
*/
- shmdt((void *) hdr);
- return false;
+ return SHMSTATE_FOREIGN;
}
- /* Trouble --- looks a lot like there's still live backends */
- shmdt((void *) hdr);
-
- return true;
+ return shmStat.shm_nattch == 0 ? SHMSTATE_UNATTACHED : SHMSTATE_ATTACHED;
}
#ifdef USE_ANONYMOUS_SHMEM
* standard header. Also, register an on_shmem_exit callback to release
* the storage.
*
- * Dead Postgres segments are recycled if found, but we do not fail upon
- * collision with non-Postgres shmem segments. The idea here is to detect and
- * re-use keys that may have been assigned by a crashed postmaster or backend.
- *
- * makePrivate means to always create a new segment, rather than attach to
- * or recycle any existing segment.
+ * Dead Postgres segments pertinent to this DataDir are recycled if found, but
+ * we do not fail upon collision with foreign shmem segments. The idea here
+ * is to detect and re-use keys that may have been assigned by a crashed
+ * postmaster or backend.
*
* The port number is passed for possible use as a key (for SysV, we use
- * it to generate the starting shmem key). In a standalone backend,
- * zero will be passed.
+ * it to generate the starting shmem key).
*/
PGShmemHeader *
-PGSharedMemoryCreate(Size size, bool makePrivate, int port,
+PGSharedMemoryCreate(Size size, int port,
PGShmemHeader **shim)
{
IpcMemoryKey NextShmemSegID;
void *memAddress;
PGShmemHeader *hdr;
- IpcMemoryId shmid;
struct stat statbuf;
Size sysvsize;
/* Make sure PGSharedMemoryAttach doesn't fail without need */
UsedShmemSegAddr = NULL;
- /* Loop till we find a free IPC key */
- NextShmemSegID = port * 1000;
+ /*
+ * Loop till we find a free IPC key. Trust CreateDataDirLockFile() to
+ * ensure no more than one postmaster per data directory can enter this
+ * loop simultaneously. (CreateDataDirLockFile() does not ensure that,
+ * but prefer fixing it over coping here.)
+ */
+ NextShmemSegID = 1 + port * 1000;
- for (NextShmemSegID++;; NextShmemSegID++)
+ for (;;)
{
+ IpcMemoryId shmid;
+ PGShmemHeader *oldhdr;
+ IpcMemoryState state;
+
/* Try to create new segment */
memAddress = InternalIpcMemoryCreate(NextShmemSegID, sysvsize);
if (memAddress)
/* Check shared memory and possibly remove and recreate */
- if (makePrivate) /* a standalone backend shouldn't do this */
- continue;
-
- if ((memAddress = PGSharedMemoryAttach(NextShmemSegID, &shmid)) == NULL)
- continue; /* can't attach, not one of mine */
-
/*
- * If I am not the creator and it belongs to an extant process,
- * continue.
+ * shmget() failure is typically EACCES, hence SHMSTATE_FOREIGN.
+ * ENOENT, a narrow possibility, implies SHMSTATE_ENOENT, but one can
+ * safely treat SHMSTATE_ENOENT like SHMSTATE_FOREIGN.
*/
- hdr = (PGShmemHeader *) memAddress;
- if (hdr->creatorPID != getpid())
+ shmid = shmget(NextShmemSegID, sizeof(PGShmemHeader), 0);
+ if (shmid < 0)
{
- if (kill(hdr->creatorPID, 0) == 0 || errno != ESRCH)
- {
- shmdt(memAddress);
- continue; /* segment belongs to a live process */
- }
+ oldhdr = NULL;
+ state = SHMSTATE_FOREIGN;
}
+ else
+ state = PGSharedMemoryAttach(shmid, &oldhdr);
- /*
- * The segment appears to be from a dead Postgres process, or from a
- * previous cycle of life in this same process. Zap it, if possible,
- * and any associated dynamic shared memory segments, as well. This
- * probably shouldn't fail, but if it does, assume the segment belongs
- * to someone else after all, and continue quietly.
- */
- if (hdr->dsm_control != 0)
- dsm_cleanup_using_control_segment(hdr->dsm_control);
- shmdt(memAddress);
- if (shmctl(shmid, IPC_RMID, NULL) < 0)
- continue;
+ switch (state)
+ {
+ case SHMSTATE_ANALYSIS_FAILURE:
+ case SHMSTATE_ATTACHED:
+ ereport(FATAL,
+ (errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_FILE_EXISTS),
+ errmsg("pre-existing shared memory block (key %lu, ID %lu) is still in use",
+ (unsigned long) NextShmemSegID,
+ (unsigned long) shmid),
+ errhint("Terminate any old server processes associated with data directory \"%s\".",
+ DataDir)));
+ case SHMSTATE_ENOENT:
- /*
- * Now try again to create the segment.
- */
- memAddress = InternalIpcMemoryCreate(NextShmemSegID, sysvsize);
- if (memAddress)
- break; /* successful create and attach */
+ /*
+ * To our surprise, some other process deleted since our last
+ * InternalIpcMemoryCreate(). Moments earlier, we would have
+ * seen SHMSTATE_FOREIGN. Try that same ID again.
+ */
+ elog(LOG,
+ "shared memory block (key %lu, ID %lu) deleted during startup",
+ (unsigned long) NextShmemSegID,
+ (unsigned long) shmid);
+ break;
+ case SHMSTATE_FOREIGN:
+ NextShmemSegID++;
+ break;
+ case SHMSTATE_UNATTACHED:
- /*
- * Can only get here if some other process managed to create the same
- * shmem key before we did. Let him have that one, loop around to try
- * next key.
- */
+ /*
+ * The segment pertains to DataDir, and every process that had
+ * used it has died or detached. Zap it, if possible, and any
+ * associated dynamic shared memory segments, as well. This
+ * shouldn't fail, but if it does, assume the segment belongs
+ * to someone else after all, and try the next candidate.
+ * Otherwise, try again to create the segment. That may fail
+ * if some other process creates the same shmem key before we
+ * do, in which case we'll try the next key.
+ */
+ if (oldhdr->dsm_control != 0)
+ dsm_cleanup_using_control_segment(oldhdr->dsm_control);
+ if (shmctl(shmid, IPC_RMID, NULL) < 0)
+ NextShmemSegID++;
+ }
+
+ if (oldhdr && shmdt(oldhdr) < 0)
+ elog(LOG, "shmdt(%p) failed: %m", oldhdr);
}
- /*
- * OK, we created a new segment. Mark it as created by this process. The
- * order of assignments here is critical so that another Postgres process
- * can't see the header as valid but belonging to an invalid PID!
- */
+ /* Initialize new segment. */
hdr = (PGShmemHeader *) memAddress;
hdr->creatorPID = getpid();
hdr->magic = PGShmemMagic;
PGSharedMemoryReAttach(void)
{
IpcMemoryId shmid;
- void *hdr;
+ PGShmemHeader *hdr;
+ IpcMemoryState state;
void *origUsedShmemSegAddr = UsedShmemSegAddr;
Assert(UsedShmemSegAddr != NULL);
#endif
elog(DEBUG3, "attaching to %p", UsedShmemSegAddr);
- hdr = (void *) PGSharedMemoryAttach((IpcMemoryKey) UsedShmemSegID, &shmid);
- if (hdr == NULL)
+ shmid = shmget(UsedShmemSegID, sizeof(PGShmemHeader), 0);
+ if (shmid < 0)
+ state = SHMSTATE_FOREIGN;
+ else
+ state = PGSharedMemoryAttach(shmid, &hdr);
+ if (state != SHMSTATE_ATTACHED)
elog(FATAL, "could not reattach to shared memory (key=%d, addr=%p): %m",
(int) UsedShmemSegID, UsedShmemSegAddr);
if (hdr != origUsedShmemSegAddr)
elog(FATAL, "reattaching to shared memory returned unexpected address (got %p, expected %p)",
hdr, origUsedShmemSegAddr);
- dsm_set_control_handle(((PGShmemHeader *) hdr)->dsm_control);
+ dsm_set_control_handle(hdr->dsm_control);
UsedShmemSegAddr = hdr; /* probably redundant */
}
}
#endif
}
-
-
-/*
- * Attach to shared memory and make sure it has a Postgres header
- *
- * Returns attach address if OK, else NULL
- */
-static PGShmemHeader *
-PGSharedMemoryAttach(IpcMemoryKey key, IpcMemoryId *shmid)
-{
- PGShmemHeader *hdr;
-
- if ((*shmid = shmget(key, sizeof(PGShmemHeader), 0)) < 0)
- return NULL;
-
- hdr = (PGShmemHeader *) shmat(*shmid, UsedShmemSegAddr, PG_SHMAT_FLAGS);
-
- if (hdr == (PGShmemHeader *) -1)
- return NULL; /* failed: must be some other app's */
-
- if (hdr->magic != PGShmemMagic)
- {
- shmdt((void *) hdr);
- return NULL; /* segment belongs to a non-Postgres app */
- }
-
- return hdr;
-}
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