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       1                 :             : /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
       2                 :             :  *
       3                 :             :  * signalfuncs.c
       4                 :             :  *    Functions for signaling backends
       5                 :             :  *
       6                 :             :  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2026, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
       7                 :             :  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
       8                 :             :  *
       9                 :             :  *
      10                 :             :  * IDENTIFICATION
      11                 :             :  *    src/backend/storage/ipc/signalfuncs.c
      12                 :             :  *
      13                 :             :  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
      14                 :             :  */
      15                 :             : #include "postgres.h"
      16                 :             : 
      17                 :             : #include <signal.h>
      18                 :             : 
      19                 :             : #include "catalog/pg_authid.h"
      20                 :             : #include "miscadmin.h"
      21                 :             : #include "pgstat.h"
      22                 :             : #include "postmaster/syslogger.h"
      23                 :             : #include "storage/pmsignal.h"
      24                 :             : #include "storage/proc.h"
      25                 :             : #include "storage/procarray.h"
      26                 :             : #include "utils/acl.h"
      27                 :             : #include "utils/fmgrprotos.h"
      28                 :             : #include "utils/wait_event.h"
      29                 :             : 
      30                 :             : 
      31                 :             : /*
      32                 :             :  * Send a signal to another backend.
      33                 :             :  *
      34                 :             :  * The signal is delivered if the user is either a superuser or the same
      35                 :             :  * role as the backend being signaled. For "dangerous" signals, an explicit
      36                 :             :  * check for superuser needs to be done prior to calling this function.
      37                 :             :  *
      38                 :             :  * Returns 0 on success, 1 on general failure, 2 on normal permission error,
      39                 :             :  * 3 if the caller needs to be a superuser, and 4 if the caller needs to have
      40                 :             :  * privileges of pg_signal_autovacuum_worker.
      41                 :             :  *
      42                 :             :  * In the event of a general failure (return code 1), a warning message will
      43                 :             :  * be emitted. For permission errors, doing that is the responsibility of
      44                 :             :  * the caller.
      45                 :             :  */
      46                 :             : #define SIGNAL_BACKEND_SUCCESS 0
      47                 :             : #define SIGNAL_BACKEND_ERROR 1
      48                 :             : #define SIGNAL_BACKEND_NOPERMISSION 2
      49                 :             : #define SIGNAL_BACKEND_NOSUPERUSER 3
      50                 :             : #define SIGNAL_BACKEND_NOAUTOVAC 4
      51                 :             : static int
      52                 :          82 : pg_signal_backend(int pid, int sig)
      53                 :             : {
      54                 :          82 :     PGPROC     *proc = BackendPidGetProc(pid);
      55                 :             : 
      56                 :             :     /*
      57                 :             :      * BackendPidGetProc returns NULL if the pid isn't valid; but by the time
      58                 :             :      * we reach kill(), a process for which we get a valid proc here might
      59                 :             :      * have terminated on its own.  There's no way to acquire a lock on an
      60                 :             :      * arbitrary process to prevent that. But since so far all the callers of
      61                 :             :      * this mechanism involve some request for ending the process anyway, that
      62                 :             :      * it might end on its own first is not a problem.
      63                 :             :      *
      64                 :             :      * Note that proc will also be NULL if the pid refers to an auxiliary
      65                 :             :      * process or the postmaster (neither of which can be signaled via
      66                 :             :      * pg_signal_backend()).
      67                 :             :      */
      68         [ +  + ]:          82 :     if (proc == NULL)
      69                 :             :     {
      70                 :             :         /*
      71                 :             :          * This is just a warning so a loop-through-resultset will not abort
      72                 :             :          * if one backend terminated on its own during the run.
      73                 :             :          */
      74         [ +  - ]:          21 :         ereport(WARNING,
      75                 :             :                 (errmsg("PID %d is not a PostgreSQL backend process", pid)));
      76                 :             : 
      77                 :          21 :         return SIGNAL_BACKEND_ERROR;
      78                 :             :     }
      79                 :             : 
      80                 :             :     /*
      81                 :             :      * Only allow superusers to signal superuser-owned backends.  Any process
      82                 :             :      * not advertising a role might have the importance of a superuser-owned
      83                 :             :      * backend, so treat it that way.  As an exception, we allow roles with
      84                 :             :      * privileges of pg_signal_autovacuum_worker to signal autovacuum workers
      85                 :             :      * (which do not advertise a role).
      86                 :             :      *
      87                 :             :      * Otherwise, users can signal backends for roles they have privileges of.
      88                 :             :      */
      89   [ +  +  +  - ]:          61 :     if (!OidIsValid(proc->roleId) || superuser_arg(proc->roleId))
      90                 :             :     {
      91         [ +  + ]:          61 :         if (proc->backendType == B_AUTOVAC_WORKER)
      92                 :             :         {
      93         [ +  + ]:           2 :             if (!has_privs_of_role(GetUserId(), ROLE_PG_SIGNAL_AUTOVACUUM_WORKER))
      94                 :           1 :                 return SIGNAL_BACKEND_NOAUTOVAC;
      95                 :             :         }
      96         [ +  + ]:          59 :         else if (!superuser())
      97                 :          13 :             return SIGNAL_BACKEND_NOSUPERUSER;
      98                 :             :     }
      99         [ #  # ]:           0 :     else if (!has_privs_of_role(GetUserId(), proc->roleId) &&
     100         [ #  # ]:           0 :              !has_privs_of_role(GetUserId(), ROLE_PG_SIGNAL_BACKEND))
     101                 :           0 :         return SIGNAL_BACKEND_NOPERMISSION;
     102                 :             : 
     103                 :             :     /*
     104                 :             :      * Can the process we just validated above end, followed by the pid being
     105                 :             :      * recycled for a new process, before reaching here?  Then we'd be trying
     106                 :             :      * to kill the wrong thing.  Seems near impossible when sequential pid
     107                 :             :      * assignment and wraparound is used.  Perhaps it could happen on a system
     108                 :             :      * where pid re-use is randomized.  That race condition possibility seems
     109                 :             :      * too unlikely to worry about.
     110                 :             :      */
     111                 :             : 
     112                 :             :     /* If we have setsid(), signal the backend's whole process group */
     113                 :             : #ifdef HAVE_SETSID
     114         [ -  + ]:          47 :     if (kill(-pid, sig))
     115                 :             : #else
     116                 :             :     if (kill(pid, sig))
     117                 :             : #endif
     118                 :             :     {
     119                 :             :         /* Again, just a warning to allow loops */
     120         [ #  # ]:           0 :         ereport(WARNING,
     121                 :             :                 (errmsg("could not send signal to process %d: %m", pid)));
     122                 :           0 :         return SIGNAL_BACKEND_ERROR;
     123                 :             :     }
     124                 :          47 :     return SIGNAL_BACKEND_SUCCESS;
     125                 :             : }
     126                 :             : 
     127                 :             : /*
     128                 :             :  * Signal to cancel a backend process.  This is allowed if you are a member of
     129                 :             :  * the role whose process is being canceled.
     130                 :             :  *
     131                 :             :  * Note that only superusers can signal superuser-owned processes.
     132                 :             :  */
     133                 :             : Datum
     134                 :          34 : pg_cancel_backend(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
     135                 :             : {
     136                 :          34 :     int         r = pg_signal_backend(PG_GETARG_INT32(0), SIGINT);
     137                 :             : 
     138         [ -  + ]:          34 :     if (r == SIGNAL_BACKEND_NOSUPERUSER)
     139         [ #  # ]:           0 :         ereport(ERROR,
     140                 :             :                 (errcode(ERRCODE_INSUFFICIENT_PRIVILEGE),
     141                 :             :                  errmsg("permission denied to cancel query"),
     142                 :             :                  errdetail("Only roles with the %s attribute may cancel queries of roles with the %s attribute.",
     143                 :             :                            "SUPERUSER", "SUPERUSER")));
     144                 :             : 
     145         [ -  + ]:          34 :     if (r == SIGNAL_BACKEND_NOAUTOVAC)
     146         [ #  # ]:           0 :         ereport(ERROR,
     147                 :             :                 (errcode(ERRCODE_INSUFFICIENT_PRIVILEGE),
     148                 :             :                  errmsg("permission denied to cancel query"),
     149                 :             :                  errdetail("Only roles with privileges of the \"%s\" role may cancel autovacuum workers.",
     150                 :             :                            "pg_signal_autovacuum_worker")));
     151                 :             : 
     152         [ -  + ]:          34 :     if (r == SIGNAL_BACKEND_NOPERMISSION)
     153         [ #  # ]:           0 :         ereport(ERROR,
     154                 :             :                 (errcode(ERRCODE_INSUFFICIENT_PRIVILEGE),
     155                 :             :                  errmsg("permission denied to cancel query"),
     156                 :             :                  errdetail("Only roles with privileges of the role whose query is being canceled or with privileges of the \"%s\" role may cancel this query.",
     157                 :             :                            "pg_signal_backend")));
     158                 :             : 
     159                 :          34 :     PG_RETURN_BOOL(r == SIGNAL_BACKEND_SUCCESS);
     160                 :             : }
     161                 :             : 
     162                 :             : /*
     163                 :             :  * Wait until there is no backend process with the given PID and return true.
     164                 :             :  * On timeout, a warning is emitted and false is returned.
     165                 :             :  */
     166                 :             : static bool
     167                 :           4 : pg_wait_until_termination(int pid, int64 timeout)
     168                 :             : {
     169                 :             :     /*
     170                 :             :      * Wait in steps of waittime milliseconds until this function exits or
     171                 :             :      * timeout.
     172                 :             :      */
     173                 :           4 :     int64       waittime = 100;
     174                 :             : 
     175                 :             :     /*
     176                 :             :      * Initially remaining time is the entire timeout specified by the user.
     177                 :             :      */
     178                 :           4 :     int64       remainingtime = timeout;
     179                 :             : 
     180                 :             :     /*
     181                 :             :      * Check existence of the backend. If the backend still exists, then wait
     182                 :             :      * for waittime milliseconds, again check for the existence. Repeat this
     183                 :             :      * until timeout or an error occurs or a pending interrupt such as query
     184                 :             :      * cancel gets processed.
     185                 :             :      */
     186                 :             :     do
     187                 :             :     {
     188         [ -  + ]:          10 :         if (remainingtime < waittime)
     189                 :           0 :             waittime = remainingtime;
     190                 :             : 
     191         [ +  + ]:          10 :         if (kill(pid, 0) == -1)
     192                 :             :         {
     193         [ +  - ]:           4 :             if (errno == ESRCH)
     194                 :           4 :                 return true;
     195                 :             :             else
     196         [ #  # ]:           0 :                 ereport(ERROR,
     197                 :             :                         (errcode(ERRCODE_INTERNAL_ERROR),
     198                 :             :                          errmsg("could not check the existence of the backend with PID %d: %m",
     199                 :             :                                 pid)));
     200                 :             :         }
     201                 :             : 
     202                 :             :         /* Process interrupts, if any, before waiting */
     203         [ -  + ]:           6 :         CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS();
     204                 :             : 
     205                 :           6 :         (void) WaitLatch(MyLatch,
     206                 :             :                          WL_LATCH_SET | WL_TIMEOUT | WL_EXIT_ON_PM_DEATH,
     207                 :             :                          waittime,
     208                 :             :                          WAIT_EVENT_BACKEND_TERMINATION);
     209                 :             : 
     210                 :           6 :         ResetLatch(MyLatch);
     211                 :             : 
     212                 :           6 :         remainingtime -= waittime;
     213         [ +  - ]:           6 :     } while (remainingtime > 0);
     214                 :             : 
     215         [ #  # ]:           0 :     ereport(WARNING,
     216                 :             :             (errmsg_plural("backend with PID %d did not terminate within %" PRId64 " millisecond",
     217                 :             :                            "backend with PID %d did not terminate within %" PRId64 " milliseconds",
     218                 :             :                            timeout,
     219                 :             :                            pid, timeout)));
     220                 :             : 
     221                 :           0 :     return false;
     222                 :             : }
     223                 :             : 
     224                 :             : /*
     225                 :             :  * Send a signal to terminate a backend process. This is allowed if you are a
     226                 :             :  * member of the role whose process is being terminated. If the timeout input
     227                 :             :  * argument is 0, then this function just signals the backend and returns
     228                 :             :  * true.  If timeout is nonzero, then it waits until no process has the given
     229                 :             :  * PID; if the process ends within the timeout, true is returned, and if the
     230                 :             :  * timeout is exceeded, a warning is emitted and false is returned.
     231                 :             :  *
     232                 :             :  * Note that only superusers can signal superuser-owned processes.
     233                 :             :  */
     234                 :             : Datum
     235                 :          48 : pg_terminate_backend(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
     236                 :             : {
     237                 :             :     int         pid;
     238                 :             :     int         r;
     239                 :             :     int         timeout;        /* milliseconds */
     240                 :             : 
     241                 :          48 :     pid = PG_GETARG_INT32(0);
     242                 :          48 :     timeout = PG_GETARG_INT64(1);
     243                 :             : 
     244         [ -  + ]:          48 :     if (timeout < 0)
     245         [ #  # ]:           0 :         ereport(ERROR,
     246                 :             :                 (errcode(ERRCODE_NUMERIC_VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE),
     247                 :             :                  errmsg("\"timeout\" must not be negative")));
     248                 :             : 
     249                 :          48 :     r = pg_signal_backend(pid, SIGTERM);
     250                 :             : 
     251         [ +  + ]:          48 :     if (r == SIGNAL_BACKEND_NOSUPERUSER)
     252         [ +  - ]:          13 :         ereport(ERROR,
     253                 :             :                 (errcode(ERRCODE_INSUFFICIENT_PRIVILEGE),
     254                 :             :                  errmsg("permission denied to terminate process"),
     255                 :             :                  errdetail("Only roles with the %s attribute may terminate processes of roles with the %s attribute.",
     256                 :             :                            "SUPERUSER", "SUPERUSER")));
     257                 :             : 
     258         [ +  + ]:          35 :     if (r == SIGNAL_BACKEND_NOAUTOVAC)
     259         [ +  - ]:           1 :         ereport(ERROR,
     260                 :             :                 (errcode(ERRCODE_INSUFFICIENT_PRIVILEGE),
     261                 :             :                  errmsg("permission denied to terminate process"),
     262                 :             :                  errdetail("Only roles with privileges of the \"%s\" role may terminate autovacuum workers.",
     263                 :             :                            "pg_signal_autovacuum_worker")));
     264                 :             : 
     265         [ -  + ]:          34 :     if (r == SIGNAL_BACKEND_NOPERMISSION)
     266         [ #  # ]:           0 :         ereport(ERROR,
     267                 :             :                 (errcode(ERRCODE_INSUFFICIENT_PRIVILEGE),
     268                 :             :                  errmsg("permission denied to terminate process"),
     269                 :             :                  errdetail("Only roles with privileges of the role whose process is being terminated or with privileges of the \"%s\" role may terminate this process.",
     270                 :             :                            "pg_signal_backend")));
     271                 :             : 
     272                 :             :     /* Wait only on success and if actually requested */
     273   [ +  +  +  + ]:          34 :     if (r == SIGNAL_BACKEND_SUCCESS && timeout > 0)
     274                 :           4 :         PG_RETURN_BOOL(pg_wait_until_termination(pid, timeout));
     275                 :             :     else
     276                 :          30 :         PG_RETURN_BOOL(r == SIGNAL_BACKEND_SUCCESS);
     277                 :             : }
     278                 :             : 
     279                 :             : /*
     280                 :             :  * Signal to reload the database configuration
     281                 :             :  *
     282                 :             :  * Permission checking for this function is managed through the normal
     283                 :             :  * GRANT system.
     284                 :             :  */
     285                 :             : Datum
     286                 :          38 : pg_reload_conf(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
     287                 :             : {
     288         [ -  + ]:          38 :     if (kill(PostmasterPid, SIGHUP))
     289                 :             :     {
     290         [ #  # ]:           0 :         ereport(WARNING,
     291                 :             :                 (errmsg("failed to send signal to postmaster: %m")));
     292                 :           0 :         PG_RETURN_BOOL(false);
     293                 :             :     }
     294                 :             : 
     295                 :          38 :     PG_RETURN_BOOL(true);
     296                 :             : }
     297                 :             : 
     298                 :             : 
     299                 :             : /*
     300                 :             :  * Rotate log file
     301                 :             :  *
     302                 :             :  * Permission checking for this function is managed through the normal
     303                 :             :  * GRANT system.
     304                 :             :  */
     305                 :             : Datum
     306                 :           0 : pg_rotate_logfile(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
     307                 :             : {
     308         [ #  # ]:           0 :     if (!Logging_collector)
     309                 :             :     {
     310         [ #  # ]:           0 :         ereport(WARNING,
     311                 :             :                 (errmsg("rotation not possible because log collection not active")));
     312                 :           0 :         PG_RETURN_BOOL(false);
     313                 :             :     }
     314                 :             : 
     315                 :           0 :     SendPostmasterSignal(PMSIGNAL_ROTATE_LOGFILE);
     316                 :           0 :     PG_RETURN_BOOL(true);
     317                 :             : }
        

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