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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
-- 
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* [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup.
@ 2024-05-18 01:41  Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Thomas Munro @ 2024-05-18 01:41 UTC (permalink / raw)

When backend processes were launched in EXEC_BACKEND builds, they would
run LocalProcessControlFile() to read in pg_control and extract several
important settings.

This happens too early to acquire ControlFileLock, and the postmaster is
also not allowed to acquire ControlFileLock, so it can't safely take a
copy to give to the child.

Instead, pass down the "proto-controlfile" that was read by the
postmaster in LocalProcessControlFile().  Introduce functions
ExportProtoControlFile() and ImportProtoControlFile() to allow that.
Subprocesses will extract information from that, and then later attach
to the current control file in shared memory.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]> per Windows CI failure
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_YNGwEYrorQYza_W8tU%2B%3DtoXRHG8HpyHC-KDbZqA_ZVSA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c | 21 +++++++----
 src/include/access/xlog.h               |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 13ec6225b85..e52517eb9c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static WALInsertLockPadded *WALInsertLocks = NULL;
  */
 static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+static ControlFileData *ProtoControlFile = NULL;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Calculate the amount of space left on the page after 'endptr'. Beware
  * multiple evaluation!
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ static bool PerformRecoveryXLogAction(void);
 static void InitControlFile(uint64 sysidentifier, uint32 data_checksum_version);
 static void WriteControlFile(void);
 static void ReadControlFile(void);
+static void ScanControlFile(void);
 static void UpdateControlFile(void);
 static char *str_time(pg_time_t tnow, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 
@@ -4385,9 +4390,7 @@ WriteControlFile(void)
 static void
 ReadControlFile(void)
 {
-	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
-	char		wal_segsz_str[20];
 	int			r;
 
 	/*
@@ -4420,6 +4423,15 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+
+static void
+ScanControlFile(void)
+{
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
+	pg_crc32c	crc;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for expected pg_control format version.  If this is wrong, the
 	 * CRC check will likely fail because we'll be checking the wrong number
@@ -4941,8 +4953,33 @@ LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset)
 	Assert(reset || ControlFile == NULL);
 	ControlFile = palloc_object(ControlFileData);
 	ReadControlFile();
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	/* We need to be able to give this to subprocesses. */
+	ProtoControlFile = ControlFile;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+void
+ExportProtoControlFile(ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	*copy = *ProtoControlFile;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like LocalProcessControlFile(), but used early in EXEC_BACKEND children's
+ * startup.  This receives the same file that the postmaster first read.
+ */
+void
+ImportProtoControlFile(const ControlFileData *copy)
+{
+	ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+	*ControlFile = *copy;
+	ScanControlFile();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Get the wal_level from the control file. For a standby, this value should be
  * considered as its active wal_level, because it may be different from what
@@ -5061,7 +5098,12 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
 	if (localControlFile)
 	{
 		memcpy(ControlFile, localControlFile, sizeof(ControlFileData));
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+		/* We still hold a reference to give to subprocesses. */
+		Assert(ProtoControlFile == localControlFile);
+#else
 		pfree(localControlFile);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
index 45690b11c99..e08a405f949 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/launch_backend.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-be.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
@@ -133,6 +136,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int			MyPMChildSlot;
 
+	/*
+	 * A copy of the ControlFileData from early in Postmaster startup.  We
+	 * need to access its contents it at a phase of initialization before we
+	 * are allowed to acquire LWLocks, so we can't just use shared memory or
+	 * read the file from disk.
+	 */
+	ControlFileData proto_controlfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * These are only used by backend processes, but are here because passing
 	 * a socket needs some special handling on Windows. 'client_sock' is an
@@ -659,12 +670,6 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	checkDataDir();
 
-	/*
-	 * (re-)read control file, as it contains config. The postmaster will
-	 * already have read this, but this process doesn't know about that.
-	 */
-	LocalProcessControlFile(false);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reload any libraries that were preloaded by the postmaster.  Since we
 	 * exec'd this process, those libraries didn't come along with us; but we
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param,
 	param->MaxBackends = MaxBackends;
 	param->num_pmchild_slots = num_pmchild_slots;
 
+	ExportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	if (!write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -1026,6 +1033,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param)
 
 	strlcpy(pkglib_path, param->pkglib_path, MAXPGPATH);
 
+	ImportProtoControlFile(&param->proto_controlfile);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to restore fd.c's counts of externally-opened FDs; to avoid
 	 * confusion, be sure to do this after restoring max_safe_fds.  (Note:
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index fdfb572467b..f1f3ad4e96e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ typedef enum WALAvailability
 
 struct XLogRecData;
 struct XLogReaderState;
+struct ControlFileData;
 
 extern XLogRecPtr XLogInsertRecord(struct XLogRecData *rdata,
 								   XLogRecPtr fpw_lsn,
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ extern void XLOGShmemInit(void);
 extern void BootStrapXLOG(uint32 data_checksum_version);
 extern void InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(void);
 extern void LocalProcessControlFile(bool reset);
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void ExportProtoControlFile(struct ControlFileData *copy);
+extern void ImportProtoControlFile(const struct ControlFileData *copy);
+#endif
 extern WalLevel GetActiveWalLevelOnStandby(void);
 extern void StartupXLOG(void);
 extern void ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg);
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* [PATCH v52 07/10] Check for transaction block early in ExecRepack
@ 2026-04-03 15:23  Srinath Reddy Sadipiralla <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 267+ messages in thread

From: Srinath Reddy Sadipiralla @ 2026-04-03 15:23 UTC (permalink / raw)

Currently, executing REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) without a table name inside a
transaction block throws the error "REPACK CONCURRENTLY requires explicit
table name" instead of the expected transaction block error. This occurs
because ExecRepack() validates the parsed options and missing relation
before verifying the transaction state.

This behavior is inconsistent with other utility commands like VACUUM
,REINDEX, etc; which invoke PreventInTransactionBlock() at the very start
of their execution to properly reject execution inside user transactions
before validating targets.

Add PreventInTransactionBlock to the top of ExecRepack() to enforce the
transaction block restriction early. This prevents the user from fixing
a missing table error only to immediately hit a transaction block error,
and also ensures consistency with rest of the commands.

Author: Srinath Reddy Sadipiralla <[email protected]>
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c | 26 ++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d6e446d582d..d4c1f0e7652 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
 		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
 		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+		/*
+		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
+		 *
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 */
+		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -523,21 +535,7 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 	 * replica index OID.
 	 */
 	if (concurrent)
-	{
-		/*
-		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
-		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
-		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
-		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
-		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
-		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
-		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
-		 */
-		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
-
 		check_repack_concurrently_requirements(OldHeap, &ident_idx);
-	}
 
 	/* Check for user-requested abort. */
 	CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS();
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2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2024-05-18 01:41 [PATCH v2] Fix pg_control corruption in EXEC_BACKEND startup. Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
2026-04-03 15:23 [PATCH v52 07/10] Check for transaction block early in ExecRepack Srinath Reddy Sadipiralla <[email protected]>

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