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       1             : /*
       2             :  * fork_process.c
       3             :  *   A simple wrapper on top of fork(). This does not handle the
       4             :  *   EXEC_BACKEND case; it might be extended to do so, but it would be
       5             :  *   considerably more complex.
       6             :  *
       7             :  * Copyright (c) 1996-2019, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
       8             :  *
       9             :  * IDENTIFICATION
      10             :  *    src/backend/postmaster/fork_process.c
      11             :  */
      12             : #include "postgres.h"
      13             : #include "postmaster/fork_process.h"
      14             : 
      15             : #include <fcntl.h>
      16             : #include <time.h>
      17             : #include <sys/stat.h>
      18             : #include <sys/time.h>
      19             : #include <unistd.h>
      20             : #ifdef USE_OPENSSL
      21             : #include <openssl/rand.h>
      22             : #endif
      23             : 
      24             : #ifndef WIN32
      25             : /*
      26             :  * Wrapper for fork(). Return values are the same as those for fork():
      27             :  * -1 if the fork failed, 0 in the child process, and the PID of the
      28             :  * child in the parent process.
      29             :  */
      30             : pid_t
      31       12708 : fork_process(void)
      32             : {
      33             :     pid_t       result;
      34             :     const char *oomfilename;
      35             : 
      36             : #ifdef LINUX_PROFILE
      37             :     struct itimerval prof_itimer;
      38             : #endif
      39             : 
      40             :     /*
      41             :      * Flush stdio channels just before fork, to avoid double-output problems.
      42             :      * Ideally we'd use fflush(NULL) here, but there are still a few non-ANSI
      43             :      * stdio libraries out there (like SunOS 4.1.x) that coredump if we do.
      44             :      * Presently stdout and stderr are the only stdio output channels used by
      45             :      * the postmaster, so fflush'ing them should be sufficient.
      46             :      */
      47       12708 :     fflush(stdout);
      48       12708 :     fflush(stderr);
      49             : 
      50             : #ifdef LINUX_PROFILE
      51             : 
      52             :     /*
      53             :      * Linux's fork() resets the profiling timer in the child process. If we
      54             :      * want to profile child processes then we need to save and restore the
      55             :      * timer setting.  This is a waste of time if not profiling, however, so
      56             :      * only do it if commanded by specific -DLINUX_PROFILE switch.
      57             :      */
      58             :     getitimer(ITIMER_PROF, &prof_itimer);
      59             : #endif
      60             : 
      61       12708 :     result = fork();
      62       24418 :     if (result == 0)
      63             :     {
      64             :         /* fork succeeded, in child */
      65             : #ifdef LINUX_PROFILE
      66             :         setitimer(ITIMER_PROF, &prof_itimer, NULL);
      67             : #endif
      68             : 
      69             :         /*
      70             :          * By default, Linux tends to kill the postmaster in out-of-memory
      71             :          * situations, because it blames the postmaster for the sum of child
      72             :          * process sizes *including shared memory*.  (This is unbelievably
      73             :          * stupid, but the kernel hackers seem uninterested in improving it.)
      74             :          * Therefore it's often a good idea to protect the postmaster by
      75             :          * setting its OOM score adjustment negative (which has to be done in
      76             :          * a root-owned startup script).  Since the adjustment is inherited by
      77             :          * child processes, this would ordinarily mean that all the
      78             :          * postmaster's children are equally protected against OOM kill, which
      79             :          * is not such a good idea.  So we provide this code to allow the
      80             :          * children to change their OOM score adjustments again.  Both the
      81             :          * file name to write to and the value to write are controlled by
      82             :          * environment variables, which can be set by the same startup script
      83             :          * that did the original adjustment.
      84             :          */
      85       11714 :         oomfilename = getenv("PG_OOM_ADJUST_FILE");
      86             : 
      87       11714 :         if (oomfilename != NULL)
      88             :         {
      89             :             /*
      90             :              * Use open() not stdio, to ensure we control the open flags. Some
      91             :              * Linux security environments reject anything but O_WRONLY.
      92             :              */
      93           0 :             int         fd = open(oomfilename, O_WRONLY, 0);
      94             : 
      95             :             /* We ignore all errors */
      96           0 :             if (fd >= 0)
      97             :             {
      98           0 :                 const char *oomvalue = getenv("PG_OOM_ADJUST_VALUE");
      99             :                 int         rc;
     100             : 
     101           0 :                 if (oomvalue == NULL)   /* supply a useful default */
     102           0 :                     oomvalue = "0";
     103             : 
     104           0 :                 rc = write(fd, oomvalue, strlen(oomvalue));
     105             :                 (void) rc;
     106           0 :                 close(fd);
     107             :             }
     108             :         }
     109             : 
     110             :         /*
     111             :          * Make sure processes do not share OpenSSL randomness state.
     112             :          */
     113             : #ifdef USE_OPENSSL
     114       11714 :         RAND_cleanup();
     115             : #endif
     116             :     }
     117             : 
     118       24418 :     return result;
     119             : }
     120             : 
     121             : #endif                          /* ! WIN32 */