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       1              : /*--------------------------------------------------------------------
       2              :  * ps_status.c
       3              :  *
       4              :  * Routines to support changing the ps display of PostgreSQL backends
       5              :  * to contain some useful information. Mechanism differs wildly across
       6              :  * platforms.
       7              :  *
       8              :  * src/backend/utils/misc/ps_status.c
       9              :  *
      10              :  * Copyright (c) 2000-2026, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
      11              :  * various details abducted from various places
      12              :  *--------------------------------------------------------------------
      13              :  */
      14              : 
      15              : #include "postgres.h"
      16              : 
      17              : #include <unistd.h>
      18              : #if defined(__darwin__)
      19              : #include <crt_externs.h>
      20              : #endif
      21              : 
      22              : #include "miscadmin.h"
      23              : #include "utils/guc.h"
      24              : #include "utils/ps_status.h"
      25              : 
      26              : #if !defined(WIN32)
      27              : extern char **environ;
      28              : #endif
      29              : 
      30              : /* GUC variable */
      31              : bool        update_process_title = DEFAULT_UPDATE_PROCESS_TITLE;
      32              : 
      33              : /*
      34              :  * Alternative ways of updating ps display:
      35              :  *
      36              :  * PS_USE_SETPROCTITLE_FAST
      37              :  *     use the function setproctitle_fast(const char *, ...)
      38              :  *     (FreeBSD)
      39              :  * PS_USE_SETPROCTITLE
      40              :  *     use the function setproctitle(const char *, ...)
      41              :  *     (other BSDs)
      42              :  * PS_USE_CLOBBER_ARGV
      43              :  *     write over the argv and environment area
      44              :  *     (Linux and most SysV-like systems)
      45              :  * PS_USE_WIN32
      46              :  *     push the string out as the name of a Windows event
      47              :  * PS_USE_NONE
      48              :  *     don't update ps display
      49              :  *     (This is the default, as it is safest.)
      50              :  */
      51              : #if defined(HAVE_SETPROCTITLE_FAST)
      52              : #define PS_USE_SETPROCTITLE_FAST
      53              : #elif defined(HAVE_SETPROCTITLE)
      54              : #define PS_USE_SETPROCTITLE
      55              : #elif defined(__linux__) || defined(_AIX) || defined(__sun) || defined(__darwin__) || defined(__GNU__)
      56              : #define PS_USE_CLOBBER_ARGV
      57              : #elif defined(WIN32)
      58              : #define PS_USE_WIN32
      59              : #else
      60              : #define PS_USE_NONE
      61              : #endif
      62              : 
      63              : 
      64              : /* Different systems want the buffer padded differently */
      65              : #if defined(_AIX) || defined(__linux__) || defined(__darwin__) || defined(__GNU__)
      66              : #define PS_PADDING '\0'
      67              : #else
      68              : #define PS_PADDING ' '
      69              : #endif
      70              : 
      71              : 
      72              : #ifndef PS_USE_NONE
      73              : 
      74              : #ifndef PS_USE_CLOBBER_ARGV
      75              : /* all but one option need a buffer to write their ps line in */
      76              : #define PS_BUFFER_SIZE 256
      77              : static char ps_buffer[PS_BUFFER_SIZE];
      78              : static const size_t ps_buffer_size = PS_BUFFER_SIZE;
      79              : #else                           /* PS_USE_CLOBBER_ARGV */
      80              : static char *ps_buffer;         /* will point to argv area */
      81              : static size_t ps_buffer_size;   /* space determined at run time */
      82              : static size_t last_status_len;  /* use to minimize length of clobber */
      83              : #endif                          /* PS_USE_CLOBBER_ARGV */
      84              : 
      85              : static size_t ps_buffer_cur_len;    /* nominal strlen(ps_buffer) */
      86              : 
      87              : static size_t ps_buffer_fixed_size; /* size of the constant prefix */
      88              : 
      89              : /*
      90              :  * Length of ps_buffer before the suffix was appended to the end, or 0 if we
      91              :  * didn't set a suffix.
      92              :  */
      93              : static size_t ps_buffer_nosuffix_len;
      94              : 
      95              : static void flush_ps_display(void);
      96              : 
      97              : #endif                          /* not PS_USE_NONE */
      98              : 
      99              : /* save the original argv[] location here */
     100              : static int  save_argc;
     101              : static char **save_argv;
     102              : 
     103              : /*
     104              :  * Valgrind seems not to consider the global "environ" variable as a valid
     105              :  * root pointer; so when we allocate a new environment array, it claims that
     106              :  * data is leaked.  To fix that, keep our own statically-allocated copy of the
     107              :  * pointer.  (Oddly, this doesn't seem to be a problem for "argv".)
     108              :  */
     109              : #if defined(PS_USE_CLOBBER_ARGV) && defined(USE_VALGRIND)
     110              : extern char **ps_status_new_environ;
     111              : char      **ps_status_new_environ;
     112              : #endif
     113              : 
     114              : 
     115              : /*
     116              :  * Call this early in startup to save the original argc/argv values.
     117              :  * If needed, we make a copy of the original argv[] array to preserve it
     118              :  * from being clobbered by subsequent ps_display actions.
     119              :  *
     120              :  * (The original argv[] will not be overwritten by this routine, but may be
     121              :  * overwritten during init_ps_display.  Also, the physical location of the
     122              :  * environment strings may be moved, so this should be called before any code
     123              :  * that might try to hang onto a getenv() result.  But see hack for musl
     124              :  * within.)
     125              :  *
     126              :  * Note that in case of failure this cannot call elog() as that is not
     127              :  * initialized yet.  We rely on write_stderr() instead.
     128              :  */
     129              : char      **
     130         2018 : save_ps_display_args(int argc, char **argv)
     131              : {
     132         2018 :     save_argc = argc;
     133         2018 :     save_argv = argv;
     134              : 
     135              : #if defined(PS_USE_CLOBBER_ARGV)
     136              : 
     137              :     /*
     138              :      * If we're going to overwrite the argv area, count the available space.
     139              :      * Also move the environment strings to make additional room.
     140              :      */
     141              :     {
     142         2018 :         char       *end_of_area = NULL;
     143              :         char      **new_environ;
     144              :         int         i;
     145              : 
     146              :         /*
     147              :          * check for contiguous argv strings
     148              :          */
     149        11479 :         for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
     150              :         {
     151         9461 :             if (i == 0 || end_of_area + 1 == argv[i])
     152         9461 :                 end_of_area = argv[i] + strlen(argv[i]);
     153              :         }
     154              : 
     155         2018 :         if (end_of_area == NULL)    /* probably can't happen? */
     156              :         {
     157            0 :             ps_buffer = NULL;
     158            0 :             ps_buffer_size = 0;
     159            0 :             return argv;
     160              :         }
     161              : 
     162              :         /*
     163              :          * check for contiguous environ strings following argv
     164              :          */
     165        75931 :         for (i = 0; environ[i] != NULL; i++)
     166              :         {
     167        73913 :             if (end_of_area + 1 == environ[i])
     168              :             {
     169              :                 /*
     170              :                  * The musl dynamic linker keeps a static pointer to the
     171              :                  * initial value of LD_LIBRARY_PATH, if that is defined in the
     172              :                  * process's environment. Therefore, we must not overwrite the
     173              :                  * value of that setting and thus cannot advance end_of_area
     174              :                  * beyond it.  Musl does not define any identifying compiler
     175              :                  * symbol, so we have to do this unless we see a symbol
     176              :                  * identifying a Linux libc we know is safe.
     177              :                  */
     178              : #if defined(__linux__) && (!defined(__GLIBC__) && !defined(__UCLIBC__))
     179              :                 if (strncmp(environ[i], "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=", 16) == 0)
     180              :                 {
     181              :                     /*
     182              :                      * We can overwrite the name, but stop at the equals sign.
     183              :                      * Future loop iterations will not find any more
     184              :                      * contiguous space, but we don't break early because we
     185              :                      * need to count the total number of environ[] entries.
     186              :                      */
     187              :                     end_of_area = environ[i] + 15;
     188              :                 }
     189              :                 else
     190              : #endif
     191              :                 {
     192        73913 :                     end_of_area = environ[i] + strlen(environ[i]);
     193              :                 }
     194              :             }
     195              :         }
     196              : 
     197         2018 :         ps_buffer = argv[0];
     198         2018 :         last_status_len = ps_buffer_size = end_of_area - argv[0];
     199              : 
     200              :         /*
     201              :          * move the environment out of the way
     202              :          */
     203         2018 :         new_environ = (char **) malloc((i + 1) * sizeof(char *));
     204         2018 :         if (!new_environ)
     205              :         {
     206            0 :             write_stderr("out of memory\n");
     207            0 :             exit(1);
     208              :         }
     209        75931 :         for (i = 0; environ[i] != NULL; i++)
     210              :         {
     211        73913 :             new_environ[i] = strdup(environ[i]);
     212        73913 :             if (!new_environ[i])
     213              :             {
     214            0 :                 write_stderr("out of memory\n");
     215            0 :                 exit(1);
     216              :             }
     217              :         }
     218         2018 :         new_environ[i] = NULL;
     219         2018 :         environ = new_environ;
     220              : 
     221              :         /* See notes about Valgrind above. */
     222              : #ifdef USE_VALGRIND
     223              :         ps_status_new_environ = new_environ;
     224              : #endif
     225              :     }
     226              : 
     227              :     /*
     228              :      * If we're going to change the original argv[] then make a copy for
     229              :      * argument parsing purposes.
     230              :      *
     231              :      * NB: do NOT think to remove the copying of argv[], even though
     232              :      * postmaster.c finishes looking at argv[] long before we ever consider
     233              :      * changing the ps display.  On some platforms, getopt() keeps pointers
     234              :      * into the argv array, and will get horribly confused when it is
     235              :      * re-called to analyze a subprocess' argument string if the argv storage
     236              :      * has been clobbered meanwhile.  Other platforms have other dependencies
     237              :      * on argv[].
     238              :      */
     239              :     {
     240              :         char      **new_argv;
     241              :         int         i;
     242              : 
     243         2018 :         new_argv = (char **) malloc((argc + 1) * sizeof(char *));
     244         2018 :         if (!new_argv)
     245              :         {
     246            0 :             write_stderr("out of memory\n");
     247            0 :             exit(1);
     248              :         }
     249        11479 :         for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
     250              :         {
     251         9461 :             new_argv[i] = strdup(argv[i]);
     252         9461 :             if (!new_argv[i])
     253              :             {
     254            0 :                 write_stderr("out of memory\n");
     255            0 :                 exit(1);
     256              :             }
     257              :         }
     258         2018 :         new_argv[argc] = NULL;
     259              : 
     260              : #if defined(__darwin__)
     261              : 
     262              :         /*
     263              :          * macOS has a static copy of the argv pointer, which we may fix like
     264              :          * so:
     265              :          */
     266              :         *_NSGetArgv() = new_argv;
     267              : #endif
     268              : 
     269         2018 :         argv = new_argv;
     270              :     }
     271              : #endif                          /* PS_USE_CLOBBER_ARGV */
     272              : 
     273         2018 :     return argv;
     274              : }
     275              : 
     276              : /*
     277              :  * Call this once during subprocess startup to set the identification
     278              :  * values.
     279              :  *
     280              :  * If fixed_part is NULL, a default will be obtained from MyBackendType.
     281              :  *
     282              :  * At this point, the original argv[] array may be overwritten.
     283              :  */
     284              : void
     285        23438 : init_ps_display(const char *fixed_part)
     286              : {
     287              : #ifndef PS_USE_NONE
     288              :     bool        save_update_process_title;
     289              : #endif
     290              : 
     291              :     Assert(fixed_part || MyBackendType);
     292        23438 :     if (!fixed_part)
     293         6904 :         fixed_part = GetBackendTypeDesc(MyBackendType);
     294              : 
     295              : #ifndef PS_USE_NONE
     296              :     /* no ps display for stand-alone backend */
     297        23438 :     if (!IsUnderPostmaster)
     298            0 :         return;
     299              : 
     300              :     /* no ps display if you didn't call save_ps_display_args() */
     301        23438 :     if (!save_argv)
     302            0 :         return;
     303              : 
     304              : #ifdef PS_USE_CLOBBER_ARGV
     305              :     /* If ps_buffer is a pointer, it might still be null */
     306        23438 :     if (!ps_buffer)
     307            0 :         return;
     308              : 
     309              :     /* make extra argv slots point at end_of_area (a NUL) */
     310       121034 :     for (int i = 1; i < save_argc; i++)
     311        97596 :         save_argv[i] = ps_buffer + ps_buffer_size;
     312              : #endif                          /* PS_USE_CLOBBER_ARGV */
     313              : 
     314              :     /*
     315              :      * Make fixed prefix of ps display.
     316              :      */
     317              : 
     318              : #if defined(PS_USE_SETPROCTITLE) || defined(PS_USE_SETPROCTITLE_FAST)
     319              : 
     320              :     /*
     321              :      * apparently setproctitle() already adds a `progname:' prefix to the ps
     322              :      * line
     323              :      */
     324              : #define PROGRAM_NAME_PREFIX ""
     325              : #else
     326              : #define PROGRAM_NAME_PREFIX "postgres: "
     327              : #endif
     328              : 
     329        23438 :     if (*cluster_name == '\0')
     330              :     {
     331         4520 :         snprintf(ps_buffer, ps_buffer_size,
     332              :                  PROGRAM_NAME_PREFIX "%s ",
     333              :                  fixed_part);
     334              :     }
     335              :     else
     336              :     {
     337        18918 :         snprintf(ps_buffer, ps_buffer_size,
     338              :                  PROGRAM_NAME_PREFIX "%s: %s ",
     339              :                  cluster_name, fixed_part);
     340              :     }
     341              : 
     342        23438 :     ps_buffer_cur_len = ps_buffer_fixed_size = strlen(ps_buffer);
     343              : 
     344              :     /*
     345              :      * On the first run, force the update.
     346              :      */
     347        23438 :     save_update_process_title = update_process_title;
     348        23438 :     update_process_title = true;
     349        23438 :     set_ps_display("");
     350        23438 :     update_process_title = save_update_process_title;
     351              : #endif                          /* not PS_USE_NONE */
     352              : }
     353              : 
     354              : #ifndef PS_USE_NONE
     355              : /*
     356              :  * update_ps_display_precheck
     357              :  *      Helper function to determine if updating the process title is
     358              :  *      something that we need to do.
     359              :  */
     360              : static bool
     361      1010861 : update_ps_display_precheck(void)
     362              : {
     363              :     /* update_process_title=off disables updates */
     364      1010861 :     if (!update_process_title)
     365            0 :         return false;
     366              : 
     367              :     /* no ps display for stand-alone backend */
     368      1010861 :     if (!IsUnderPostmaster)
     369        66460 :         return false;
     370              : 
     371              : #ifdef PS_USE_CLOBBER_ARGV
     372              :     /* If ps_buffer is a pointer, it might still be null */
     373       944401 :     if (!ps_buffer)
     374            0 :         return false;
     375              : #endif
     376              : 
     377       944401 :     return true;
     378              : }
     379              : #endif                          /* not PS_USE_NONE */
     380              : 
     381              : /*
     382              :  * set_ps_display_suffix
     383              :  *      Adjust the process title to append 'suffix' onto the end with a space
     384              :  *      between it and the current process title.
     385              :  */
     386              : void
     387         1478 : set_ps_display_suffix(const char *suffix)
     388              : {
     389              : #ifndef PS_USE_NONE
     390              :     size_t      len;
     391              : 
     392              :     /* first, check if we need to update the process title */
     393         1478 :     if (!update_ps_display_precheck())
     394            0 :         return;
     395              : 
     396              :     /* if there's already a suffix, overwrite it */
     397         1478 :     if (ps_buffer_nosuffix_len > 0)
     398            0 :         ps_buffer_cur_len = ps_buffer_nosuffix_len;
     399              :     else
     400         1478 :         ps_buffer_nosuffix_len = ps_buffer_cur_len;
     401              : 
     402         1478 :     len = strlen(suffix);
     403              : 
     404              :     /* check if we have enough space to append the suffix */
     405         1478 :     if (ps_buffer_cur_len + len + 1 >= ps_buffer_size)
     406              :     {
     407              :         /* not enough space.  Check the buffer isn't full already */
     408            0 :         if (ps_buffer_cur_len < ps_buffer_size - 1)
     409              :         {
     410              :             /* append a space before the suffix */
     411            0 :             ps_buffer[ps_buffer_cur_len++] = ' ';
     412              : 
     413              :             /* just add what we can and fill the ps_buffer */
     414            0 :             memcpy(ps_buffer + ps_buffer_cur_len, suffix,
     415            0 :                    ps_buffer_size - ps_buffer_cur_len - 1);
     416            0 :             ps_buffer[ps_buffer_size - 1] = '\0';
     417            0 :             ps_buffer_cur_len = ps_buffer_size - 1;
     418              :         }
     419              :     }
     420              :     else
     421              :     {
     422         1478 :         ps_buffer[ps_buffer_cur_len++] = ' ';
     423         1478 :         memcpy(ps_buffer + ps_buffer_cur_len, suffix, len + 1);
     424         1478 :         ps_buffer_cur_len = ps_buffer_cur_len + len;
     425              :     }
     426              : 
     427              :     Assert(strlen(ps_buffer) == ps_buffer_cur_len);
     428              : 
     429              :     /* and set the new title */
     430         1478 :     flush_ps_display();
     431              : #endif                          /* not PS_USE_NONE */
     432              : }
     433              : 
     434              : /*
     435              :  * set_ps_display_remove_suffix
     436              :  *      Remove the process display suffix added by set_ps_display_suffix
     437              :  */
     438              : void
     439         1475 : set_ps_display_remove_suffix(void)
     440              : {
     441              : #ifndef PS_USE_NONE
     442              :     /* first, check if we need to update the process title */
     443         1475 :     if (!update_ps_display_precheck())
     444            0 :         return;
     445              : 
     446              :     /* check we added a suffix */
     447         1475 :     if (ps_buffer_nosuffix_len == 0)
     448            0 :         return;                 /* no suffix */
     449              : 
     450              :     /* remove the suffix from ps_buffer */
     451         1475 :     ps_buffer[ps_buffer_nosuffix_len] = '\0';
     452         1475 :     ps_buffer_cur_len = ps_buffer_nosuffix_len;
     453         1475 :     ps_buffer_nosuffix_len = 0;
     454              : 
     455              :     Assert(ps_buffer_cur_len == strlen(ps_buffer));
     456              : 
     457              :     /* and set the new title */
     458         1475 :     flush_ps_display();
     459              : #endif                          /* not PS_USE_NONE */
     460              : }
     461              : 
     462              : /*
     463              :  * Call this to update the ps status display to a fixed prefix plus an
     464              :  * indication of what you're currently doing passed in the argument.
     465              :  *
     466              :  * 'len' must be the same as strlen(activity)
     467              :  */
     468              : void
     469      1007908 : set_ps_display_with_len(const char *activity, size_t len)
     470              : {
     471              :     Assert(strlen(activity) == len);
     472              : 
     473              : #ifndef PS_USE_NONE
     474              :     /* first, check if we need to update the process title */
     475      1007908 :     if (!update_ps_display_precheck())
     476        66460 :         return;
     477              : 
     478              :     /* wipe out any suffix when the title is completely changed */
     479       941448 :     ps_buffer_nosuffix_len = 0;
     480              : 
     481              :     /* Update ps_buffer to contain both fixed part and activity */
     482       941448 :     if (ps_buffer_fixed_size + len >= ps_buffer_size)
     483              :     {
     484              :         /* handle the case where ps_buffer doesn't have enough space */
     485            0 :         memcpy(ps_buffer + ps_buffer_fixed_size, activity,
     486            0 :                ps_buffer_size - ps_buffer_fixed_size - 1);
     487            0 :         ps_buffer[ps_buffer_size - 1] = '\0';
     488            0 :         ps_buffer_cur_len = ps_buffer_size - 1;
     489              :     }
     490              :     else
     491              :     {
     492       941448 :         memcpy(ps_buffer + ps_buffer_fixed_size, activity, len + 1);
     493       941448 :         ps_buffer_cur_len = ps_buffer_fixed_size + len;
     494              :     }
     495              :     Assert(strlen(ps_buffer) == ps_buffer_cur_len);
     496              : 
     497              :     /* Transmit new setting to kernel, if necessary */
     498       941448 :     flush_ps_display();
     499              : #endif                          /* not PS_USE_NONE */
     500              : }
     501              : 
     502              : #ifndef PS_USE_NONE
     503              : static void
     504       944401 : flush_ps_display(void)
     505              : {
     506              : #ifdef PS_USE_SETPROCTITLE
     507              :     setproctitle("%s", ps_buffer);
     508              : #elif defined(PS_USE_SETPROCTITLE_FAST)
     509              :     setproctitle_fast("%s", ps_buffer);
     510              : #endif
     511              : 
     512              : #ifdef PS_USE_CLOBBER_ARGV
     513              :     /* pad unused memory; need only clobber remainder of old status string */
     514       944401 :     if (last_status_len > ps_buffer_cur_len)
     515       400542 :         MemSet(ps_buffer + ps_buffer_cur_len, PS_PADDING,
     516              :                last_status_len - ps_buffer_cur_len);
     517       944401 :     last_status_len = ps_buffer_cur_len;
     518              : #endif                          /* PS_USE_CLOBBER_ARGV */
     519              : 
     520              : #ifdef PS_USE_WIN32
     521              :     {
     522              :         /*
     523              :          * Win32 does not support showing any changed arguments. To make it at
     524              :          * all possible to track which backend is doing what, we create a
     525              :          * named object that can be viewed with for example Process Explorer.
     526              :          */
     527              :         static HANDLE ident_handle = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
     528              :         char        name[PS_BUFFER_SIZE + 32];
     529              : 
     530              :         if (ident_handle != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
     531              :             CloseHandle(ident_handle);
     532              : 
     533              :         sprintf(name, "pgident(%d): %s", MyProcPid, ps_buffer);
     534              : 
     535              :         ident_handle = CreateEvent(NULL, TRUE, FALSE, name);
     536              :     }
     537              : #endif                          /* PS_USE_WIN32 */
     538       944401 : }
     539              : #endif                          /* not PS_USE_NONE */
     540              : 
     541              : /*
     542              :  * Returns what's currently in the ps display, in case someone needs
     543              :  * it.  Note that only the activity part is returned.  On some platforms
     544              :  * the string will not be null-terminated, so return the effective
     545              :  * length into *displen.
     546              :  */
     547              : const char *
     548           18 : get_ps_display(int *displen)
     549              : {
     550              : #ifdef PS_USE_CLOBBER_ARGV
     551              :     /* If ps_buffer is a pointer, it might still be null */
     552           18 :     if (!ps_buffer)
     553              :     {
     554            0 :         *displen = 0;
     555            0 :         return "";
     556              :     }
     557              : #endif
     558              : 
     559              : #ifndef PS_USE_NONE
     560           18 :     *displen = (int) (ps_buffer_cur_len - ps_buffer_fixed_size);
     561              : 
     562           18 :     return ps_buffer + ps_buffer_fixed_size;
     563              : #else
     564              :     *displen = 0;
     565              :     return "";
     566              : #endif
     567              : }
        

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