pgarch.c

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/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 *
 * pgarch.c
 *
 *  PostgreSQL WAL archiver
 *
 *  All functions relating to archiver are included here
 *
 *  - All functions executed by archiver process
 *
 *  - archiver is forked from postmaster, and the two
 *  processes then communicate using signals. All functions
 *  executed by postmaster are included in this file.
 *
 *  Initial author: Simon Riggs     simon@2ndquadrant.com
 *
 * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2024, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
 * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
 *
 *
 * IDENTIFICATION
 *    src/backend/postmaster/pgarch.c
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
#include "postgres.h"
 
#include <time.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <unistd.h>
 
#include "access/xlog.h"
#include "access/xlog_internal.h"
#include "archive/archive_module.h"
#include "archive/shell_archive.h"
#include "lib/binaryheap.h"
#include "libpq/pqsignal.h"
#include "pgstat.h"
#include "postmaster/auxprocess.h"
#include "postmaster/interrupt.h"
#include "postmaster/pgarch.h"
#include "storage/condition_variable.h"
#include "storage/fd.h"
#include "storage/ipc.h"
#include "storage/latch.h"
#include "storage/pmsignal.h"
#include "storage/proc.h"
#include "storage/procsignal.h"
#include "storage/shmem.h"
#include "utils/guc.h"
#include "utils/memutils.h"
#include "utils/ps_status.h"
#include "utils/resowner.h"
#include "utils/timeout.h"
 
 
/* ----------
 * Timer definitions.
 * ----------
 */
#define PGARCH_AUTOWAKE_INTERVAL 60 /* How often to force a poll of the
                                     * archive status directory; in seconds. */
#define PGARCH_RESTART_INTERVAL 10  /* How often to attempt to restart a
                                     * failed archiver; in seconds. */
 
/*
 * Maximum number of retries allowed when attempting to archive a WAL
 * file.
 */
#define NUM_ARCHIVE_RETRIES 3
 
/*
 * Maximum number of retries allowed when attempting to remove an
 * orphan archive status file.
 */
#define NUM_ORPHAN_CLEANUP_RETRIES 3
 
/*
 * Maximum number of .ready files to gather per directory scan.
 */
#define NUM_FILES_PER_DIRECTORY_SCAN 64
 
/* Shared memory area for archiver process */
typedef struct PgArchData
{
    int         pgprocno;       /* proc number of archiver process */
 
    /*
     * Forces a directory scan in pgarch_readyXlog().
     */
    pg_atomic_uint32 force_dir_scan;
} PgArchData;
 
char       *XLogArchiveLibrary = "";
char       *arch_module_check_errdetail_string;
 
 
/* ----------
 * Local data
 * ----------
 */
static time_t last_sigterm_time = 0;
static PgArchData *PgArch = NULL;
static const ArchiveModuleCallbacks *ArchiveCallbacks;
static ArchiveModuleState *archive_module_state;
static MemoryContext archive_context;
 
 
/*
 * Stuff for tracking multiple files to archive from each scan of
 * archive_status.  Minimizing the number of directory scans when there are
 * many files to archive can significantly improve archival rate.
 *
 * arch_heap is a max-heap that is used during the directory scan to track
 * the highest-priority files to archive.  After the directory scan
 * completes, the file names are stored in ascending order of priority in
 * arch_files.  pgarch_readyXlog() returns files from arch_files until it
 * is empty, at which point another directory scan must be performed.
 *
 * We only need this data in the archiver process, so make it a palloc'd
 * struct rather than a bunch of static arrays.
 */
struct arch_files_state
{
    binaryheap *arch_heap;
    int         arch_files_size;    /* number of live entries in arch_files[] */
    char       *arch_files[NUM_FILES_PER_DIRECTORY_SCAN];
    /* buffers underlying heap, and later arch_files[], entries: */
    char        arch_filenames[NUM_FILES_PER_DIRECTORY_SCAN][MAX_XFN_CHARS + 1];
};
 
static struct arch_files_state *arch_files = NULL;
 
/*
 * Flags set by interrupt handlers for later service in the main loop.
 */
static volatile sig_atomic_t ready_to_stop = false;
 
/* ----------
 * Local function forward declarations
 * ----------
 */
static void pgarch_waken_stop(SIGNAL_ARGS);
static void pgarch_MainLoop(void);
static void pgarch_ArchiverCopyLoop(void);
static bool pgarch_archiveXlog(char *xlog);
static bool pgarch_readyXlog(char *xlog);
static void pgarch_archiveDone(char *xlog);
static void pgarch_die(int code, Datum arg);
static void HandlePgArchInterrupts(void);
static int  ready_file_comparator(Datum a, Datum b, void *arg);
static void LoadArchiveLibrary(void);
static void pgarch_call_module_shutdown_cb(int code, Datum arg);
 
/* Report shared memory space needed by PgArchShmemInit */
Size
PgArchShmemSize(void)
{
    Size        size = 0;
 
    size = add_size(size, sizeof(PgArchData));
 
    return size;
}
 
/* Allocate and initialize archiver-related shared memory */
void
PgArchShmemInit(void)
{
    bool        found;
 
    PgArch = (PgArchData *)
        ShmemInitStruct("Archiver Data", PgArchShmemSize(), &found);
 
    if (!found)
    {
        /* First time through, so initialize */
        MemSet(PgArch, 0, PgArchShmemSize());
        PgArch->pgprocno = INVALID_PROC_NUMBER;
        pg_atomic_init_u32(&PgArch->force_dir_scan, 0);
    }
}
 
/*
 * PgArchCanRestart
 *
 * Return true and archiver is allowed to restart if enough time has
 * passed since it was launched last to reach PGARCH_RESTART_INTERVAL.
 * Otherwise return false.
 *
 * This is a safety valve to protect against continuous respawn attempts if the
 * archiver is dying immediately at launch. Note that since we will retry to
 * launch the archiver from the postmaster main loop, we will get another
 * chance later.
 */
bool
PgArchCanRestart(void)
{
    static time_t last_pgarch_start_time = 0;
    time_t      curtime = time(NULL);
 
    /*
     * Return false and don't restart archiver if too soon since last archiver
     * start.
     */
    if ((unsigned int) (curtime - last_pgarch_start_time) <
        (unsigned int) PGARCH_RESTART_INTERVAL)
        return false;
 
    last_pgarch_start_time = curtime;
    return true;
}
 
 
/* Main entry point for archiver process */
void
PgArchiverMain(char *startup_data, size_t startup_data_len)
{
    Assert(startup_data_len == 0);
 
    MyBackendType = B_ARCHIVER;
    AuxiliaryProcessMainCommon();
 
    /*
     * Ignore all signals usually bound to some action in the postmaster,
     * except for SIGHUP, SIGTERM, SIGUSR1, SIGUSR2, and SIGQUIT.
     */
    pqsignal(SIGHUP, SignalHandlerForConfigReload);
    pqsignal(SIGINT, SIG_IGN);
    pqsignal(SIGTERM, SignalHandlerForShutdownRequest);
    /* SIGQUIT handler was already set up by InitPostmasterChild */
    pqsignal(SIGALRM, SIG_IGN);
    pqsignal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
    pqsignal(SIGUSR1, procsignal_sigusr1_handler);
    pqsignal(SIGUSR2, pgarch_waken_stop);
 
    /* Reset some signals that are accepted by postmaster but not here */
    pqsignal(SIGCHLD, SIG_DFL);
 
    /* Unblock signals (they were blocked when the postmaster forked us) */
    sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &UnBlockSig, NULL);
 
    /* We shouldn't be launched unnecessarily. */
    Assert(XLogArchivingActive());
 
    /* Arrange to clean up at archiver exit */
    on_shmem_exit(pgarch_die, 0);
 
    /*
     * Advertise our proc number so that backends can use our latch to wake us
     * up while we're sleeping.
     */
    PgArch->pgprocno = MyProcNumber;
 
    /* Create workspace for pgarch_readyXlog() */
    arch_files = palloc(sizeof(struct arch_files_state));
    arch_files->arch_files_size = 0;
 
    /* Initialize our max-heap for prioritizing files to archive. */
    arch_files->arch_heap = binaryheap_allocate(NUM_FILES_PER_DIRECTORY_SCAN,
                                                ready_file_comparator, NULL);
 
    /* Initialize our memory context. */
    archive_context = AllocSetContextCreate(TopMemoryContext,
                                            "archiver",
                                            ALLOCSET_DEFAULT_SIZES);
 
    /* Load the archive_library. */
    LoadArchiveLibrary();
 
    pgarch_MainLoop();
 
    proc_exit(0);
}
 
/*
 * Wake up the archiver
 */
void
PgArchWakeup(void)
{
    int         arch_pgprocno = PgArch->pgprocno;
 
    /*
     * We don't acquire ProcArrayLock here.  It's actually fine because
     * procLatch isn't ever freed, so we just can potentially set the wrong
     * process' (or no process') latch.  Even in that case the archiver will
     * be relaunched shortly and will start archiving.
     */
    if (arch_pgprocno != INVALID_PROC_NUMBER)
        SetLatch(&ProcGlobal->allProcs[arch_pgprocno].procLatch);
}
 
 
/* SIGUSR2 signal handler for archiver process */
static void
pgarch_waken_stop(SIGNAL_ARGS)
{
    /* set flag to do a final cycle and shut down afterwards */
    ready_to_stop = true;
    SetLatch(MyLatch);
}
 
/*
 * pgarch_MainLoop
 *
 * Main loop for archiver
 */
static void
pgarch_MainLoop(void)
{
    bool        time_to_stop;
 
    /*
     * There shouldn't be anything for the archiver to do except to wait for a
     * signal ... however, the archiver exists to protect our data, so it
     * wakes up occasionally to allow itself to be proactive.
     */
    do
    {
        ResetLatch(MyLatch);
 
        /* When we get SIGUSR2, we do one more archive cycle, then exit */
        time_to_stop = ready_to_stop;
 
        /* Check for barrier events and config update */
        HandlePgArchInterrupts();
 
        /*
         * If we've gotten SIGTERM, we normally just sit and do nothing until
         * SIGUSR2 arrives.  However, that means a random SIGTERM would
         * disable archiving indefinitely, which doesn't seem like a good
         * idea.  If more than 60 seconds pass since SIGTERM, exit anyway, so
         * that the postmaster can start a new archiver if needed.
         */
        if (ShutdownRequestPending)
        {
            time_t      curtime = time(NULL);
 
            if (last_sigterm_time == 0)
                last_sigterm_time = curtime;
            else if ((unsigned int) (curtime - last_sigterm_time) >=
                     (unsigned int) 60)
                break;
        }
 
        /* Do what we're here for */
        pgarch_ArchiverCopyLoop();
 
        /*
         * Sleep until a signal is received, or until a poll is forced by
         * PGARCH_AUTOWAKE_INTERVAL, or until postmaster dies.
         */
        if (!time_to_stop)      /* Don't wait during last iteration */
        {
            int         rc;
 
            rc = WaitLatch(MyLatch,
                           WL_LATCH_SET | WL_TIMEOUT | WL_POSTMASTER_DEATH,
                           PGARCH_AUTOWAKE_INTERVAL * 1000L,
                           WAIT_EVENT_ARCHIVER_MAIN);
            if (rc & WL_POSTMASTER_DEATH)
                time_to_stop = true;
        }
 
        /*
         * The archiver quits either when the postmaster dies (not expected)
         * or after completing one more archiving cycle after receiving
         * SIGUSR2.
         */
    } while (!time_to_stop);
}
 
/*
 * pgarch_ArchiverCopyLoop
 *
 * Archives all outstanding xlogs then returns
 */
static void
pgarch_ArchiverCopyLoop(void)
{
    char        xlog[MAX_XFN_CHARS + 1];
 
    /* force directory scan in the first call to pgarch_readyXlog() */
    arch_files->arch_files_size = 0;
 
    /*
     * loop through all xlogs with archive_status of .ready and archive
     * them...mostly we expect this to be a single file, though it is possible
     * some backend will add files onto the list of those that need archiving
     * while we are still copying earlier archives
     */
    while (pgarch_readyXlog(xlog))
    {
        int         failures = 0;
        int         failures_orphan = 0;
 
        for (;;)
        {
            struct stat stat_buf;
            char        pathname[MAXPGPATH];
 
            /*
             * Do not initiate any more archive commands after receiving
             * SIGTERM, nor after the postmaster has died unexpectedly. The
             * first condition is to try to keep from having init SIGKILL the
             * command, and the second is to avoid conflicts with another
             * archiver spawned by a newer postmaster.
             */
            if (ShutdownRequestPending || !PostmasterIsAlive())
                return;
 
            /*
             * Check for barrier events and config update.  This is so that
             * we'll adopt a new setting for archive_command as soon as
             * possible, even if there is a backlog of files to be archived.
             */
            HandlePgArchInterrupts();
 
            /* Reset variables that might be set by the callback */
            arch_module_check_errdetail_string = NULL;
 
            /* can't do anything if not configured ... */
            if (ArchiveCallbacks->check_configured_cb != NULL &&
                !ArchiveCallbacks->check_configured_cb(archive_module_state))
            {
                ereport(WARNING,
                        (errmsg("archive_mode enabled, yet archiving is not configured"),
                         arch_module_check_errdetail_string ?
                         errdetail_internal("%s", arch_module_check_errdetail_string) : 0));
                return;
            }
 
            /*
             * Since archive status files are not removed in a durable manner,
             * a system crash could leave behind .ready files for WAL segments
             * that have already been recycled or removed.  In this case,
             * simply remove the orphan status file and move on.  unlink() is
             * used here as even on subsequent crashes the same orphan files
             * would get removed, so there is no need to worry about
             * durability.
             */
            snprintf(pathname, MAXPGPATH, XLOGDIR "/%s", xlog);
            if (stat(pathname, &stat_buf) != 0 && errno == ENOENT)
            {
                char        xlogready[MAXPGPATH];
 
                StatusFilePath(xlogready, xlog, ".ready");
                if (unlink(xlogready) == 0)
                {
                    ereport(WARNING,
                            (errmsg("removed orphan archive status file \"%s\"",
                                    xlogready)));
 
                    /* leave loop and move to the next status file */
                    break;
                }
 
                if (++failures_orphan >= NUM_ORPHAN_CLEANUP_RETRIES)
                {
                    ereport(WARNING,
                            (errmsg("removal of orphan archive status file \"%s\" failed too many times, will try again later",
                                    xlogready)));
 
                    /* give up cleanup of orphan status files */
                    return;
                }
 
                /* wait a bit before retrying */
                pg_usleep(1000000L);
                continue;
            }
 
            if (pgarch_archiveXlog(xlog))
            {
                /* successful */
                pgarch_archiveDone(xlog);
 
                /*
                 * Tell the cumulative stats system about the WAL file that we
                 * successfully archived
                 */
                pgstat_report_archiver(xlog, false);
 
                break;          /* out of inner retry loop */
            }
            else
            {
                /*
                 * Tell the cumulative stats system about the WAL file that we
                 * failed to archive
                 */
                pgstat_report_archiver(xlog, true);
 
                if (++failures >= NUM_ARCHIVE_RETRIES)
                {
                    ereport(WARNING,
                            (errmsg("archiving write-ahead log file \"%s\" failed too many times, will try again later",
                                    xlog)));
                    return;     /* give up archiving for now */
                }
                pg_usleep(1000000L);    /* wait a bit before retrying */
            }
        }
    }
}
 
/*
 * pgarch_archiveXlog
 *
 * Invokes archive_file_cb to copy one archive file to wherever it should go
 *
 * Returns true if successful
 */
static bool
pgarch_archiveXlog(char *xlog)
{
    sigjmp_buf  local_sigjmp_buf;
    MemoryContext oldcontext;
    char        pathname[MAXPGPATH];
    char        activitymsg[MAXFNAMELEN + 16];
    bool        ret;
 
    snprintf(pathname, MAXPGPATH, XLOGDIR "/%s", xlog);
 
    /* Report archive activity in PS display */
    snprintf(activitymsg, sizeof(activitymsg), "archiving %s", xlog);
    set_ps_display(activitymsg);
 
    oldcontext = MemoryContextSwitchTo(archive_context);
 
    /*
     * Since the archiver operates at the bottom of the exception stack,
     * ERRORs turn into FATALs and cause the archiver process to restart.
     * However, using ereport(ERROR, ...) when there are problems is easy to
     * code and maintain.  Therefore, we create our own exception handler to
     * catch ERRORs and return false instead of restarting the archiver
     * whenever there is a failure.
     *
     * We assume ERRORs from the archiving callback are the most common
     * exceptions experienced by the archiver, so we opt to handle exceptions
     * here instead of PgArchiverMain() to avoid reinitializing the archiver
     * too frequently.  We could instead add a sigsetjmp() block to
     * PgArchiverMain() and use PG_TRY/PG_CATCH here, but the extra code to
     * avoid the odd archiver restart doesn't seem worth it.
     */
    if (sigsetjmp(local_sigjmp_buf, 1) != 0)
    {
        /* Since not using PG_TRY, must reset error stack by hand */
        error_context_stack = NULL;
 
        /* Prevent interrupts while cleaning up */
        HOLD_INTERRUPTS();
 
        /* Report the error to the server log. */
        EmitErrorReport();
 
        /*
         * Try to clean up anything the archive module left behind.  We try to
         * cover anything that an archive module could conceivably have left
         * behind, but it is of course possible that modules could be doing
         * unexpected things that require additional cleanup.  Module authors
         * should be sure to do any extra required cleanup in a PG_CATCH block
         * within the archiving callback, and they are encouraged to notify
         * the pgsql-hackers mailing list so that we can add it here.
         */
        disable_all_timeouts(false);
        LWLockReleaseAll();
        ConditionVariableCancelSleep();
        pgstat_report_wait_end();
        ReleaseAuxProcessResources(false);
        AtEOXact_Files(false);
        AtEOXact_HashTables(false);
 
        /*
         * Return to the original memory context and clear ErrorContext for
         * next time.
         */
        MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldcontext);
        FlushErrorState();
 
        /* Flush any leaked data */
        MemoryContextReset(archive_context);
 
        /* Remove our exception handler */
        PG_exception_stack = NULL;
 
        /* Now we can allow interrupts again */
        RESUME_INTERRUPTS();
 
        /* Report failure so that the archiver retries this file */
        ret = false;
    }
    else
    {
        /* Enable our exception handler */
        PG_exception_stack = &local_sigjmp_buf;
 
        /* Archive the file! */
        ret = ArchiveCallbacks->archive_file_cb(archive_module_state,
                                                xlog, pathname);
 
        /* Remove our exception handler */
        PG_exception_stack = NULL;
 
        /* Reset our memory context and switch back to the original one */
        MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldcontext);
        MemoryContextReset(archive_context);
    }
 
    if (ret)
        snprintf(activitymsg, sizeof(activitymsg), "last was %s", xlog);
    else
        snprintf(activitymsg, sizeof(activitymsg), "failed on %s", xlog);
    set_ps_display(activitymsg);
 
    return ret;
}
 
/*
 * pgarch_readyXlog
 *
 * Return name of the oldest xlog file that has not yet been archived.
 * No notification is set that file archiving is now in progress, so
 * this would need to be extended if multiple concurrent archival
 * tasks were created. If a failure occurs, we will completely
 * re-copy the file at the next available opportunity.
 *
 * It is important that we return the oldest, so that we archive xlogs
 * in order that they were written, for two reasons:
 * 1) to maintain the sequential chain of xlogs required for recovery
 * 2) because the oldest ones will sooner become candidates for
 * recycling at time of checkpoint
 *
 * NOTE: the "oldest" comparison will consider any .history file to be older
 * than any other file except another .history file.  Segments on a timeline
 * with a smaller ID will be older than all segments on a timeline with a
 * larger ID; the net result being that past timelines are given higher
 * priority for archiving.  This seems okay, or at least not obviously worth
 * changing.
 */
static bool
pgarch_readyXlog(char *xlog)
{
    char        XLogArchiveStatusDir[MAXPGPATH];
    DIR        *rldir;
    struct dirent *rlde;
 
    /*
     * If a directory scan was requested, clear the stored file names and
     * proceed.
     */
    if (pg_atomic_exchange_u32(&PgArch->force_dir_scan, 0) == 1)
        arch_files->arch_files_size = 0;
 
    /*
     * If we still have stored file names from the previous directory scan,
     * try to return one of those.  We check to make sure the status file is
     * still present, as the archive_command for a previous file may have
     * already marked it done.
     */
    while (arch_files->arch_files_size > 0)
    {
        struct stat st;
        char        status_file[MAXPGPATH];
        char       *arch_file;
 
        arch_files->arch_files_size--;
        arch_file = arch_files->arch_files[arch_files->arch_files_size];
        StatusFilePath(status_file, arch_file, ".ready");
 
        if (stat(status_file, &st) == 0)
        {
            strcpy(xlog, arch_file);
            return true;
        }
        else if (errno != ENOENT)
            ereport(ERROR,
                    (errcode_for_file_access(),
                     errmsg("could not stat file \"%s\": %m", status_file)));
    }
 
    /* arch_heap is probably empty, but let's make sure */
    binaryheap_reset(arch_files->arch_heap);
 
    /*
     * Open the archive status directory and read through the list of files
     * with the .ready suffix, looking for the earliest files.
     */
    snprintf(XLogArchiveStatusDir, MAXPGPATH, XLOGDIR "/archive_status");
    rldir = AllocateDir(XLogArchiveStatusDir);
 
    while ((rlde = ReadDir(rldir, XLogArchiveStatusDir)) != NULL)
    {
        int         basenamelen = (int) strlen(rlde->d_name) - 6;
        char        basename[MAX_XFN_CHARS + 1];
        char       *arch_file;
 
        /* Ignore entries with unexpected number of characters */
        if (basenamelen < MIN_XFN_CHARS ||
            basenamelen > MAX_XFN_CHARS)
            continue;
 
        /* Ignore entries with unexpected characters */
        if (strspn(rlde->d_name, VALID_XFN_CHARS) < basenamelen)
            continue;
 
        /* Ignore anything not suffixed with .ready */
        if (strcmp(rlde->d_name + basenamelen, ".ready") != 0)
            continue;
 
        /* Truncate off the .ready */
        memcpy(basename, rlde->d_name, basenamelen);
        basename[basenamelen] = '\0';
 
        /*
         * Store the file in our max-heap if it has a high enough priority.
         */
        if (arch_files->arch_heap->bh_size < NUM_FILES_PER_DIRECTORY_SCAN)
        {
            /* If the heap isn't full yet, quickly add it. */
            arch_file = arch_files->arch_filenames[arch_files->arch_heap->bh_size];
            strcpy(arch_file, basename);
            binaryheap_add_unordered(arch_files->arch_heap, CStringGetDatum(arch_file));
 
            /* If we just filled the heap, make it a valid one. */
            if (arch_files->arch_heap->bh_size == NUM_FILES_PER_DIRECTORY_SCAN)
                binaryheap_build(arch_files->arch_heap);
        }
        else if (ready_file_comparator(binaryheap_first(arch_files->arch_heap),
                                       CStringGetDatum(basename), NULL) > 0)
        {
            /*
             * Remove the lowest priority file and add the current one to the
             * heap.
             */
            arch_file = DatumGetCString(binaryheap_remove_first(arch_files->arch_heap));
            strcpy(arch_file, basename);
            binaryheap_add(arch_files->arch_heap, CStringGetDatum(arch_file));
        }
    }
    FreeDir(rldir);
 
    /* If no files were found, simply return. */
    if (arch_files->arch_heap->bh_size == 0)
        return false;
 
    /*
     * If we didn't fill the heap, we didn't make it a valid one.  Do that
     * now.
     */
    if (arch_files->arch_heap->bh_size < NUM_FILES_PER_DIRECTORY_SCAN)
        binaryheap_build(arch_files->arch_heap);
 
    /*
     * Fill arch_files array with the files to archive in ascending order of
     * priority.
     */
    arch_files->arch_files_size = arch_files->arch_heap->bh_size;
    for (int i = 0; i < arch_files->arch_files_size; i++)
        arch_files->arch_files[i] = DatumGetCString(binaryheap_remove_first(arch_files->arch_heap));
 
    /* Return the highest priority file. */
    arch_files->arch_files_size--;
    strcpy(xlog, arch_files->arch_files[arch_files->arch_files_size]);
 
    return true;
}
 
/*
 * ready_file_comparator
 *
 * Compares the archival priority of the given files to archive.  If "a"
 * has a higher priority than "b", a negative value will be returned.  If
 * "b" has a higher priority than "a", a positive value will be returned.
 * If "a" and "b" have equivalent values, 0 will be returned.
 */
static int
ready_file_comparator(Datum a, Datum b, void *arg)
{
    char       *a_str = DatumGetCString(a);
    char       *b_str = DatumGetCString(b);
    bool        a_history = IsTLHistoryFileName(a_str);
    bool        b_history = IsTLHistoryFileName(b_str);
 
    /* Timeline history files always have the highest priority. */
    if (a_history != b_history)
        return a_history ? -1 : 1;
 
    /* Priority is given to older files. */
    return strcmp(a_str, b_str);
}
 
/*
 * PgArchForceDirScan
 *
 * When called, the next call to pgarch_readyXlog() will perform a
 * directory scan.  This is useful for ensuring that important files such
 * as timeline history files are archived as quickly as possible.
 */
void
PgArchForceDirScan(void)
{
    pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&PgArch->force_dir_scan, 1);
}
 
/*
 * pgarch_archiveDone
 *
 * Emit notification that an xlog file has been successfully archived.
 * We do this by renaming the status file from NNN.ready to NNN.done.
 * Eventually, a checkpoint process will notice this and delete both the
 * NNN.done file and the xlog file itself.
 */
static void
pgarch_archiveDone(char *xlog)
{
    char        rlogready[MAXPGPATH];
    char        rlogdone[MAXPGPATH];
 
    StatusFilePath(rlogready, xlog, ".ready");
    StatusFilePath(rlogdone, xlog, ".done");
 
    /*
     * To avoid extra overhead, we don't durably rename the .ready file to
     * .done.  Archive commands and libraries must gracefully handle attempts
     * to re-archive files (e.g., if the server crashes just before this
     * function is called), so it should be okay if the .ready file reappears
     * after a crash.
     */
    if (rename(rlogready, rlogdone) < 0)
        ereport(WARNING,
                (errcode_for_file_access(),
                 errmsg("could not rename file \"%s\" to \"%s\": %m",
                        rlogready, rlogdone)));
}
 
 
/*
 * pgarch_die
 *
 * Exit-time cleanup handler
 */
static void
pgarch_die(int code, Datum arg)
{
    PgArch->pgprocno = INVALID_PROC_NUMBER;
}
 
/*
 * Interrupt handler for WAL archiver process.
 *
 * This is called in the loops pgarch_MainLoop and pgarch_ArchiverCopyLoop.
 * It checks for barrier events, config update and request for logging of
 * memory contexts, but not shutdown request because how to handle
 * shutdown request is different between those loops.
 */
static void
HandlePgArchInterrupts(void)
{
    if (ProcSignalBarrierPending)
        ProcessProcSignalBarrier();
 
    /* Perform logging of memory contexts of this process */
    if (LogMemoryContextPending)
        ProcessLogMemoryContextInterrupt();
 
    if (ConfigReloadPending)
    {
        char       *archiveLib = pstrdup(XLogArchiveLibrary);
        bool        archiveLibChanged;
 
        ConfigReloadPending = false;
        ProcessConfigFile(PGC_SIGHUP);
 
        if (XLogArchiveLibrary[0] != '\0' && XLogArchiveCommand[0] != '\0')
            ereport(ERROR,
                    (errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
                     errmsg("both archive_command and archive_library set"),
                     errdetail("Only one of archive_command, archive_library may be set.")));
 
        archiveLibChanged = strcmp(XLogArchiveLibrary, archiveLib) != 0;
        pfree(archiveLib);
 
        if (archiveLibChanged)
        {
            /*
             * Ideally, we would simply unload the previous archive module and
             * load the new one, but there is presently no mechanism for
             * unloading a library (see the comment above
             * internal_load_library()).  To deal with this, we simply restart
             * the archiver.  The new archive module will be loaded when the
             * new archiver process starts up.  Note that this triggers the
             * module's shutdown callback, if defined.
             */
            ereport(LOG,
                    (errmsg("restarting archiver process because value of "
                            "archive_library was changed")));
 
            proc_exit(0);
        }
    }
}
 
/*
 * LoadArchiveLibrary
 *
 * Loads the archiving callbacks into our local ArchiveCallbacks.
 */
static void
LoadArchiveLibrary(void)
{
    ArchiveModuleInit archive_init;
 
    if (XLogArchiveLibrary[0] != '\0' && XLogArchiveCommand[0] != '\0')
        ereport(ERROR,
                (errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
                 errmsg("both archive_command and archive_library set"),
                 errdetail("Only one of archive_command, archive_library may be set.")));
 
    /*
     * If shell archiving is enabled, use our special initialization function.
     * Otherwise, load the library and call its _PG_archive_module_init().
     */
    if (XLogArchiveLibrary[0] == '\0')
        archive_init = shell_archive_init;
    else
        archive_init = (ArchiveModuleInit)
            load_external_function(XLogArchiveLibrary,
                                   "_PG_archive_module_init", false, NULL);
 
    if (archive_init == NULL)
        ereport(ERROR,
                (errmsg("archive modules have to define the symbol %s", "_PG_archive_module_init")));
 
    ArchiveCallbacks = (*archive_init) ();
 
    if (ArchiveCallbacks->archive_file_cb == NULL)
        ereport(ERROR,
                (errmsg("archive modules must register an archive callback")));
 
    archive_module_state = (ArchiveModuleState *) palloc0(sizeof(ArchiveModuleState));
    if (ArchiveCallbacks->startup_cb != NULL)
        ArchiveCallbacks->startup_cb(archive_module_state);
 
    before_shmem_exit(pgarch_call_module_shutdown_cb, 0);
}
 
/*
 * Call the shutdown callback of the loaded archive module, if defined.
 */
static void
pgarch_call_module_shutdown_cb(int code, Datum arg)
{
    if (ArchiveCallbacks->shutdown_cb != NULL)
        ArchiveCallbacks->shutdown_cb(archive_module_state);
}