Clean up some problems in error recovery --- elog() was pretty broken

for the case of errors in backend startup, and proc_exit's method for
coping with errors during proc_exit was *completely* busted.  Fixed per
discussions on pghackers around 11/6/99.
This commit is contained in:
Tom Lane 1999-11-22 02:06:31 +00:00
parent bb203c75a9
commit 316c4c57e2
3 changed files with 66 additions and 70 deletions

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@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*
* ipc.c
* POSTGRES inter-process communication definitions.
@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
*
*
* IDENTIFICATION
* $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/storage/ipc/ipc.c,v 1.42 1999/11/06 19:46:57 momjian Exp $
* $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/storage/ipc/ipc.c,v 1.43 1999/11/22 02:06:31 tgl Exp $
*
* NOTES
*
@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
#include <sys/file.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include "postgres.h"
#include "storage/ipc.h"
#include "storage/s_lock.h"
/* In Ultrix, sem.h and shm.h must be included AFTER ipc.h */
@ -43,6 +43,13 @@
#include <sys/ipc.h>
#endif
/*
* This flag is set during proc_exit() to change elog()'s behavior,
* so that an elog() from an on_proc_exit routine cannot get us out
* of the exit procedure. We do NOT want to go back to the idle loop...
*/
bool proc_exit_inprogress = false;
static int UsePrivateMemory = 0;
static void IpcMemoryDetach(int status, char *shmaddr);
@ -70,7 +77,8 @@ typedef struct _PrivateMemStruct
char *memptr;
} PrivateMem;
PrivateMem IpcPrivateMem[16];
static PrivateMem IpcPrivateMem[16];
static int
PrivateMemoryCreate(IpcMemoryKey memKey,
@ -105,45 +113,34 @@ PrivateMemoryAttach(IpcMemoryId memid)
* -cim 2/6/90
* ----------------------------------------------------------------
*/
static int proc_exit_inprogress = 0;
void
proc_exit(int code)
{
int i;
TPRINTF(TRACE_VERBOSE, "proc_exit(%d) [#%d]", code, proc_exit_inprogress);
/*
* If proc_exit is called too many times something bad is happening, so
* exit immediately. This is crafted in two if's for a reason.
* Once we set this flag, we are committed to exit. Any elog() will
* NOT send control back to the main loop, but right back here.
*/
proc_exit_inprogress = true;
if (++proc_exit_inprogress == 9)
elog(ERROR, "infinite recursion in proc_exit");
if (proc_exit_inprogress >= 9)
goto exit;
/* ----------------
* if proc_exit_inprocess > 1, then it means that we
* are being invoked from within an on_exit() handler
* and so we return immediately to avoid recursion.
* ----------------
*/
if (proc_exit_inprogress > 1)
return;
TPRINTF(TRACE_VERBOSE, "proc_exit(%d)", code);
/* do our shared memory exits first */
shmem_exit(code);
/* ----------------
* call all the callbacks registered before calling exit().
*
* Note that since we decrement on_proc_exit_index each time,
* if a callback calls elog(ERROR) or elog(FATAL) then it won't
* be invoked again when control comes back here (nor will the
* previously-completed callbacks). So, an infinite loop
* should not be possible.
* ----------------
*/
for (i = on_proc_exit_index - 1; i >= 0; --i)
(*on_proc_exit_list[i].function) (code, on_proc_exit_list[i].arg);
while (--on_proc_exit_index >= 0)
(*on_proc_exit_list[on_proc_exit_index].function) (code,
on_proc_exit_list[on_proc_exit_index].arg);
exit:
TPRINTF(TRACE_VERBOSE, "exit(%d)", code);
exit(code);
}
@ -154,44 +151,23 @@ exit:
* semaphores after a backend dies horribly
* ------------------
*/
static int shmem_exit_inprogress = 0;
void
shmem_exit(int code)
{
int i;
TPRINTF(TRACE_VERBOSE, "shmem_exit(%d) [#%d]",
code, shmem_exit_inprogress);
/*
* If shmem_exit is called too many times something bad is happenig,
* so exit immediately.
*/
if (shmem_exit_inprogress > 9)
{
elog(ERROR, "infinite recursion in shmem_exit");
exit(-1);
}
TPRINTF(TRACE_VERBOSE, "shmem_exit(%d)", code);
/* ----------------
* if shmem_exit_inprocess is true, then it means that we
* are being invoked from within an on_exit() handler
* and so we return immediately to avoid recursion.
* call all the registered callbacks.
*
* As with proc_exit(), we remove each callback from the list
* before calling it, to avoid infinite loop in case of error.
* ----------------
*/
if (shmem_exit_inprogress++)
return;
/* ----------------
* call all the callbacks registered before calling exit().
* ----------------
*/
for (i = on_shmem_exit_index - 1; i >= 0; --i)
(*on_shmem_exit_list[i].function) (code, on_shmem_exit_list[i].arg);
while (--on_shmem_exit_index >= 0)
(*on_shmem_exit_list[on_shmem_exit_index].function) (code,
on_shmem_exit_list[on_shmem_exit_index].arg);
on_shmem_exit_index = 0;
shmem_exit_inprogress = 0;
}
/* ----------------------------------------------------------------
@ -202,7 +178,7 @@ shmem_exit(int code)
* ----------------------------------------------------------------
*/
int
on_proc_exit(void (*function) (), caddr_t arg)
on_proc_exit(void (*function) (), caddr_t arg)
{
if (on_proc_exit_index >= MAX_ON_EXITS)
return -1;
@ -223,7 +199,7 @@ int
* ----------------------------------------------------------------
*/
int
on_shmem_exit(void (*function) (), caddr_t arg)
on_shmem_exit(void (*function) (), caddr_t arg)
{
if (on_shmem_exit_index >= MAX_ON_EXITS)
return -1;

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@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
*
*
* IDENTIFICATION
* $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c,v 1.51 1999/11/16 06:13:36 tgl Exp $
* $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c,v 1.52 1999/11/22 02:06:31 tgl Exp $
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
#include "libpq/libpq.h"
#include "libpq/pqformat.h"
#include "miscadmin.h"
#include "storage/ipc.h"
#include "storage/proc.h"
#include "tcop/tcopprot.h"
#include "utils/trace.h"
@ -371,21 +372,38 @@ elog(int lev, const char *fmt, ...)
*/
if (lev == ERROR || lev == FATAL)
{
/*
* If we have not yet entered the main backend loop (ie, we are in
* the postmaster or in backend startup), then go directly to
* proc_exit. The same is true if anyone tries to report an error
* after proc_exit has begun to run. (It's proc_exit's responsibility
* to see that this doesn't turn into infinite recursion!) But in
* the latter case, we exit with nonzero exit code to indicate that
* something's pretty wrong.
*/
if (proc_exit_inprogress || ! Warn_restart_ready)
{
fflush(stdout);
fflush(stderr);
ProcReleaseSpins(NULL); /* get rid of spinlocks we hold */
ProcReleaseLocks(); /* get rid of real locks we hold */
/* XXX shouldn't proc_exit be doing the above?? */
proc_exit((int) proc_exit_inprogress);
}
/*
* Guard against infinite loop from elog() during error recovery.
*/
if (InError)
{
/* error reported during error recovery; don't loop forever */
elog(REALLYFATAL, "elog: error during error recovery, giving up!");
}
InError = true;
/*
* Otherwise we can return to the main loop in postgres.c.
* In the FATAL case, postgres.c will call proc_exit, but not
* till after completing a standard transaction-abort sequence.
*/
ProcReleaseSpins(NULL); /* get rid of spinlocks we hold */
if (! Warn_restart_ready)
{
/* error reported before there is a main loop to return to */
elog(REALLYFATAL, "elog: error in postmaster or backend startup, giving up!");
}
if (lev == FATAL)
ExitAfterAbort = true;
/* exit to main loop */
siglongjmp(Warn_restart, 1);
}

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@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
*
* Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
*
* $Id: ipc.h,v 1.36 1999/10/06 21:58:17 vadim Exp $
* $Id: ipc.h,v 1.37 1999/11/22 02:06:30 tgl Exp $
*
* NOTES
* This file is very architecture-specific. This stuff should actually
@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ typedef int IpcMemoryId;
/* ipc.c */
extern bool proc_exit_inprogress;
extern void proc_exit(int code);
extern void shmem_exit(int code);
extern int on_shmem_exit(void (*function) (), caddr_t arg);