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       1              : /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
       2              :  *
       3              :  * posix_sema.c
       4              :  *    Implement PGSemaphores using POSIX semaphore facilities
       5              :  *
       6              :  * We prefer the unnamed style of POSIX semaphore (the kind made with
       7              :  * sem_init).  We can cope with the kind made with sem_open, however.
       8              :  *
       9              :  * In either implementation, typedef PGSemaphore is equivalent to "sem_t *".
      10              :  * With unnamed semaphores, the sem_t structs live in an array in shared
      11              :  * memory.  With named semaphores, that's not true because we cannot persuade
      12              :  * sem_open to do its allocation there.  Therefore, the named-semaphore code
      13              :  * *does not cope with EXEC_BACKEND*.  The sem_t structs will just be in the
      14              :  * postmaster's private memory, where they are successfully inherited by
      15              :  * forked backends, but they could not be accessed by exec'd backends.
      16              :  *
      17              :  *
      18              :  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2026, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
      19              :  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
      20              :  *
      21              :  * IDENTIFICATION
      22              :  *    src/backend/port/posix_sema.c
      23              :  *
      24              :  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
      25              :  */
      26              : #include "postgres.h"
      27              : 
      28              : #include <fcntl.h>
      29              : #include <semaphore.h>
      30              : #include <signal.h>
      31              : #include <unistd.h>
      32              : #include <sys/stat.h>
      33              : 
      34              : #include "miscadmin.h"
      35              : #include "storage/ipc.h"
      36              : #include "storage/pg_sema.h"
      37              : #include "storage/shmem.h"
      38              : 
      39              : 
      40              : /* see file header comment */
      41              : #if defined(USE_NAMED_POSIX_SEMAPHORES) && defined(EXEC_BACKEND)
      42              : #error cannot use named POSIX semaphores with EXEC_BACKEND
      43              : #endif
      44              : 
      45              : typedef union SemTPadded
      46              : {
      47              :     sem_t       pgsem;
      48              :     char        pad[PG_CACHE_LINE_SIZE];
      49              : } SemTPadded;
      50              : 
      51              : /* typedef PGSemaphore is equivalent to pointer to sem_t */
      52              : typedef struct PGSemaphoreData
      53              : {
      54              :     SemTPadded  sem_padded;
      55              : } PGSemaphoreData;
      56              : 
      57              : #define PG_SEM_REF(x)   (&(x)->sem_padded.pgsem)
      58              : 
      59              : #define IPCProtection   (0600)  /* access/modify by user only */
      60              : 
      61              : #ifdef USE_NAMED_POSIX_SEMAPHORES
      62              : static sem_t **mySemPointers;   /* keep track of created semaphores */
      63              : #else
      64              : static PGSemaphore sharedSemas; /* array of PGSemaphoreData in shared memory */
      65              : #endif
      66              : static int  numSems;            /* number of semas acquired so far */
      67              : static int  maxSems;            /* allocated size of above arrays */
      68              : static int  nextSemKey;         /* next name to try */
      69              : 
      70              : 
      71              : static void ReleaseSemaphores(int status, Datum arg);
      72              : 
      73              : 
      74              : #ifdef USE_NAMED_POSIX_SEMAPHORES
      75              : 
      76              : /*
      77              :  * PosixSemaphoreCreate
      78              :  *
      79              :  * Attempt to create a new named semaphore.
      80              :  *
      81              :  * If we fail with a failure code other than collision-with-existing-sema,
      82              :  * print out an error and abort.  Other types of errors suggest nonrecoverable
      83              :  * problems.
      84              :  */
      85              : static sem_t *
      86              : PosixSemaphoreCreate(void)
      87              : {
      88              :     int         semKey;
      89              :     char        semname[64];
      90              :     sem_t      *mySem;
      91              : 
      92              :     for (;;)
      93              :     {
      94              :         semKey = nextSemKey++;
      95              : 
      96              :         snprintf(semname, sizeof(semname), "/pgsql-%d", semKey);
      97              : 
      98              :         mySem = sem_open(semname, O_CREAT | O_EXCL,
      99              :                          (mode_t) IPCProtection, (unsigned) 1);
     100              : 
     101              : #ifdef SEM_FAILED
     102              :         if (mySem != (sem_t *) SEM_FAILED)
     103              :             break;
     104              : #else
     105              :         if (mySem != (sem_t *) (-1))
     106              :             break;
     107              : #endif
     108              : 
     109              :         /* Loop if error indicates a collision */
     110              :         if (errno == EEXIST || errno == EACCES || errno == EINTR)
     111              :             continue;
     112              : 
     113              :         /*
     114              :          * Else complain and abort
     115              :          */
     116              :         elog(FATAL, "sem_open(\"%s\") failed: %m", semname);
     117              :     }
     118              : 
     119              :     /*
     120              :      * Unlink the semaphore immediately, so it can't be accessed externally.
     121              :      * This also ensures that it will go away if we crash.
     122              :      */
     123              :     sem_unlink(semname);
     124              : 
     125              :     return mySem;
     126              : }
     127              : #else                           /* !USE_NAMED_POSIX_SEMAPHORES */
     128              : 
     129              : /*
     130              :  * PosixSemaphoreCreate
     131              :  *
     132              :  * Attempt to create a new unnamed semaphore.
     133              :  */
     134              : static void
     135       149560 : PosixSemaphoreCreate(sem_t *sem)
     136              : {
     137       149560 :     if (sem_init(sem, 1, 1) < 0)
     138            0 :         elog(FATAL, "sem_init failed: %m");
     139       149560 : }
     140              : #endif                          /* USE_NAMED_POSIX_SEMAPHORES */
     141              : 
     142              : 
     143              : /*
     144              :  * PosixSemaphoreKill   - removes a semaphore
     145              :  */
     146              : static void
     147       149560 : PosixSemaphoreKill(sem_t *sem)
     148              : {
     149              : #ifdef USE_NAMED_POSIX_SEMAPHORES
     150              :     /* Got to use sem_close for named semaphores */
     151              :     if (sem_close(sem) < 0)
     152              :         elog(LOG, "sem_close failed: %m");
     153              : #else
     154              :     /* Got to use sem_destroy for unnamed semaphores */
     155       149560 :     if (sem_destroy(sem) < 0)
     156            0 :         elog(LOG, "sem_destroy failed: %m");
     157              : #endif
     158       149560 : }
     159              : 
     160              : 
     161              : /*
     162              :  * Report amount of shared memory needed for semaphores
     163              :  */
     164              : Size
     165         3297 : PGSemaphoreShmemSize(int maxSemas)
     166              : {
     167              : #ifdef USE_NAMED_POSIX_SEMAPHORES
     168              :     /* No shared memory needed in this case */
     169              :     return 0;
     170              : #else
     171              :     /* Need a PGSemaphoreData per semaphore */
     172         3297 :     return mul_size(maxSemas, sizeof(PGSemaphoreData));
     173              : #endif
     174              : }
     175              : 
     176              : /*
     177              :  * PGReserveSemaphores --- initialize semaphore support
     178              :  *
     179              :  * This is called during postmaster start or shared memory reinitialization.
     180              :  * It should do whatever is needed to be able to support up to maxSemas
     181              :  * subsequent PGSemaphoreCreate calls.  Also, if any system resources
     182              :  * are acquired here or in PGSemaphoreCreate, register an on_shmem_exit
     183              :  * callback to release them.
     184              :  *
     185              :  * In the Posix implementation, we acquire semaphores on-demand; the
     186              :  * maxSemas parameter is just used to size the arrays.  For unnamed
     187              :  * semaphores, there is an array of PGSemaphoreData structs in shared memory.
     188              :  * For named semaphores, we keep a postmaster-local array of sem_t pointers,
     189              :  * which we use for releasing the semaphores when done.
     190              :  * (This design minimizes the dependency of postmaster shutdown on the
     191              :  * contents of shared memory, which a failed backend might have clobbered.
     192              :  * We can't do much about the possibility of sem_destroy() crashing, but
     193              :  * we don't have to expose the counters to other processes.)
     194              :  */
     195              : void
     196         1150 : PGReserveSemaphores(int maxSemas)
     197              : {
     198              :     struct stat statbuf;
     199              : 
     200              :     /*
     201              :      * We use the data directory's inode number to seed the search for free
     202              :      * semaphore keys.  This minimizes the odds of collision with other
     203              :      * postmasters, while maximizing the odds that we will detect and clean up
     204              :      * semaphores left over from a crashed postmaster in our own directory.
     205              :      */
     206         1150 :     if (stat(DataDir, &statbuf) < 0)
     207            0 :         ereport(FATAL,
     208              :                 (errcode_for_file_access(),
     209              :                  errmsg("could not stat data directory \"%s\": %m",
     210              :                         DataDir)));
     211              : 
     212              : #ifdef USE_NAMED_POSIX_SEMAPHORES
     213              :     mySemPointers = (sem_t **) malloc(maxSemas * sizeof(sem_t *));
     214              :     if (mySemPointers == NULL)
     215              :         elog(PANIC, "out of memory");
     216              : #else
     217              : 
     218         1150 :     sharedSemas = (PGSemaphore)
     219         1150 :         ShmemAlloc(PGSemaphoreShmemSize(maxSemas));
     220              : #endif
     221              : 
     222         1150 :     numSems = 0;
     223         1150 :     maxSems = maxSemas;
     224         1150 :     nextSemKey = statbuf.st_ino;
     225              : 
     226         1150 :     on_shmem_exit(ReleaseSemaphores, 0);
     227         1150 : }
     228              : 
     229              : /*
     230              :  * Release semaphores at shutdown or shmem reinitialization
     231              :  *
     232              :  * (called as an on_shmem_exit callback, hence funny argument list)
     233              :  */
     234              : static void
     235         1150 : ReleaseSemaphores(int status, Datum arg)
     236              : {
     237              :     int         i;
     238              : 
     239              : #ifdef USE_NAMED_POSIX_SEMAPHORES
     240              :     for (i = 0; i < numSems; i++)
     241              :         PosixSemaphoreKill(mySemPointers[i]);
     242              :     free(mySemPointers);
     243              : #endif
     244              : 
     245              : #ifdef USE_UNNAMED_POSIX_SEMAPHORES
     246       150710 :     for (i = 0; i < numSems; i++)
     247       149560 :         PosixSemaphoreKill(PG_SEM_REF(sharedSemas + i));
     248              : #endif
     249         1150 : }
     250              : 
     251              : /*
     252              :  * PGSemaphoreCreate
     253              :  *
     254              :  * Allocate a PGSemaphore structure with initial count 1
     255              :  */
     256              : PGSemaphore
     257       149560 : PGSemaphoreCreate(void)
     258              : {
     259              :     PGSemaphore sema;
     260              :     sem_t      *newsem;
     261              : 
     262              :     /* Can't do this in a backend, because static state is postmaster's */
     263              :     Assert(!IsUnderPostmaster);
     264              : 
     265       149560 :     if (numSems >= maxSems)
     266            0 :         elog(PANIC, "too many semaphores created");
     267              : 
     268              : #ifdef USE_NAMED_POSIX_SEMAPHORES
     269              :     newsem = PosixSemaphoreCreate();
     270              :     /* Remember new sema for ReleaseSemaphores */
     271              :     mySemPointers[numSems] = newsem;
     272              :     sema = (PGSemaphore) newsem;
     273              : #else
     274       149560 :     sema = &sharedSemas[numSems];
     275       149560 :     newsem = PG_SEM_REF(sema);
     276       149560 :     PosixSemaphoreCreate(newsem);
     277              : #endif
     278              : 
     279       149560 :     numSems++;
     280              : 
     281       149560 :     return sema;
     282              : }
     283              : 
     284              : /*
     285              :  * PGSemaphoreReset
     286              :  *
     287              :  * Reset a previously-initialized PGSemaphore to have count 0
     288              :  */
     289              : void
     290        23180 : PGSemaphoreReset(PGSemaphore sema)
     291              : {
     292              :     /*
     293              :      * There's no direct API for this in POSIX, so we have to ratchet the
     294              :      * semaphore down to 0 with repeated trywait's.
     295              :      */
     296              :     for (;;)
     297              :     {
     298        37508 :         if (sem_trywait(PG_SEM_REF(sema)) < 0)
     299              :         {
     300        23180 :             if (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EDEADLK)
     301              :                 break;          /* got it down to 0 */
     302            0 :             if (errno == EINTR)
     303            0 :                 continue;       /* can this happen? */
     304            0 :             elog(FATAL, "sem_trywait failed: %m");
     305              :         }
     306              :     }
     307        23180 : }
     308              : 
     309              : /*
     310              :  * PGSemaphoreLock
     311              :  *
     312              :  * Lock a semaphore (decrement count), blocking if count would be < 0
     313              :  */
     314              : void
     315      4719019 : PGSemaphoreLock(PGSemaphore sema)
     316              : {
     317              :     int         errStatus;
     318              : 
     319              :     /* See notes in sysv_sema.c's implementation of PGSemaphoreLock. */
     320              :     do
     321              :     {
     322      4719019 :         errStatus = sem_wait(PG_SEM_REF(sema));
     323      4719019 :     } while (errStatus < 0 && errno == EINTR);
     324              : 
     325      4719019 :     if (errStatus < 0)
     326            0 :         elog(FATAL, "sem_wait failed: %m");
     327      4719019 : }
     328              : 
     329              : /*
     330              :  * PGSemaphoreUnlock
     331              :  *
     332              :  * Unlock a semaphore (increment count)
     333              :  */
     334              : void
     335      4719454 : PGSemaphoreUnlock(PGSemaphore sema)
     336              : {
     337              :     int         errStatus;
     338              : 
     339              :     /*
     340              :      * Note: if errStatus is -1 and errno == EINTR then it means we returned
     341              :      * from the operation prematurely because we were sent a signal.  So we
     342              :      * try and unlock the semaphore again. Not clear this can really happen,
     343              :      * but might as well cope.
     344              :      */
     345              :     do
     346              :     {
     347      4719454 :         errStatus = sem_post(PG_SEM_REF(sema));
     348      4719454 :     } while (errStatus < 0 && errno == EINTR);
     349              : 
     350      4719454 :     if (errStatus < 0)
     351            0 :         elog(FATAL, "sem_post failed: %m");
     352      4719454 : }
     353              : 
     354              : /*
     355              :  * PGSemaphoreTryLock
     356              :  *
     357              :  * Lock a semaphore only if able to do so without blocking
     358              :  */
     359              : bool
     360            0 : PGSemaphoreTryLock(PGSemaphore sema)
     361              : {
     362              :     int         errStatus;
     363              : 
     364              :     /*
     365              :      * Note: if errStatus is -1 and errno == EINTR then it means we returned
     366              :      * from the operation prematurely because we were sent a signal.  So we
     367              :      * try and lock the semaphore again.
     368              :      */
     369              :     do
     370              :     {
     371            0 :         errStatus = sem_trywait(PG_SEM_REF(sema));
     372            0 :     } while (errStatus < 0 && errno == EINTR);
     373              : 
     374            0 :     if (errStatus < 0)
     375              :     {
     376            0 :         if (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EDEADLK)
     377            0 :             return false;       /* failed to lock it */
     378              :         /* Otherwise we got trouble */
     379            0 :         elog(FATAL, "sem_trywait failed: %m");
     380              :     }
     381              : 
     382            0 :     return true;
     383              : }
        

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