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/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 *
 * buffile.c
 *    Management of large buffered temporary files.
 *
 * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2020, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
 * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
 *
 * IDENTIFICATION
 *    src/backend/storage/file/buffile.c
 *
 * NOTES:
 *
 * BufFiles provide a very incomplete emulation of stdio atop virtual Files
 * (as managed by fd.c).  Currently, we only support the buffered-I/O
 * aspect of stdio: a read or write of the low-level File occurs only
 * when the buffer is filled or emptied.  This is an even bigger win
 * for virtual Files than for ordinary kernel files, since reducing the
 * frequency with which a virtual File is touched reduces "thrashing"
 * of opening/closing file descriptors.
 *
 * Note that BufFile structs are allocated with palloc(), and therefore
 * will go away automatically at query/transaction end.  Since the underlying
 * virtual Files are made with OpenTemporaryFile, all resources for
 * the file are certain to be cleaned up even if processing is aborted
 * by ereport(ERROR).  The data structures required are made in the
 * palloc context that was current when the BufFile was created, and
 * any external resources such as temp files are owned by the ResourceOwner
 * that was current at that time.
 *
 * BufFile also supports temporary files that exceed the OS file size limit
 * (by opening multiple fd.c temporary files).  This is an essential feature
 * for sorts and hashjoins on large amounts of data.
 *
 * BufFile supports temporary files that can be made read-only and shared with
 * other backends, as infrastructure for parallel execution.  Such files need
 * to be created as a member of a SharedFileSet that all participants are
 * attached to.
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

#include "postgres.h"

#include "commands/tablespace.h"
#include "executor/instrument.h"
#include "miscadmin.h"
#include "pgstat.h"
#include "storage/buf_internals.h"
#include "storage/buffile.h"
#include "storage/fd.h"
#include "utils/resowner.h"

/*
 * We break BufFiles into gigabyte-sized segments, regardless of RELSEG_SIZE.
 * The reason is that we'd like large BufFiles to be spread across multiple
 * tablespaces when available.
 */
#define MAX_PHYSICAL_FILESIZE   0x40000000
#define BUFFILE_SEG_SIZE        (MAX_PHYSICAL_FILESIZE / BLCKSZ)

/*
 * This data structure represents a buffered file that consists of one or
 * more physical files (each accessed through a virtual file descriptor
 * managed by fd.c).
 */
struct BufFile
{
    int         numFiles;       /* number of physical files in set */
    /* all files except the last have length exactly MAX_PHYSICAL_FILESIZE */
    File       *files;          /* palloc'd array with numFiles entries */

    bool        isInterXact;    /* keep open over transactions? */
    bool        dirty;          /* does buffer need to be written? */
    bool        readOnly;       /* has the file been set to read only? */

    SharedFileSet *fileset;     /* space for segment files if shared */
    const char *name;           /* name of this BufFile if shared */

    /*
     * resowner is the ResourceOwner to use for underlying temp files.  (We
     * don't need to remember the memory context we're using explicitly,
     * because after creation we only repalloc our arrays larger.)
     */
    ResourceOwner resowner;

    /*
     * "current pos" is position of start of buffer within the logical file.
     * Position as seen by user of BufFile is (curFile, curOffset + pos).
     */
    int         curFile;        /* file index (0..n) part of current pos */
    off_t       curOffset;      /* offset part of current pos */
    int         pos;            /* next read/write position in buffer */
    int         nbytes;         /* total # of valid bytes in buffer */
    PGAlignedBlock buffer;
};

static BufFile *makeBufFileCommon(int nfiles);
static BufFile *makeBufFile(File firstfile);
static void extendBufFile(BufFile *file);
static void BufFileLoadBuffer(BufFile *file);
static void BufFileDumpBuffer(BufFile *file);
static void BufFileFlush(BufFile *file);
static File MakeNewSharedSegment(BufFile *file, int segment);

/*
 * Create BufFile and perform the common initialization.
 */
static BufFile *
makeBufFileCommon(int nfiles)
{
    BufFile    *file = (BufFile *) palloc(sizeof(BufFile));

    file->numFiles = nfiles;
    file->isInterXact = false;
    file->dirty = false;
    file->resowner = CurrentResourceOwner;
    file->curFile = 0;
    file->curOffset = 0L;
    file->pos = 0;
    file->nbytes = 0;

    return file;
}

/*
 * Create a BufFile given the first underlying physical file.
 * NOTE: caller must set isInterXact if appropriate.
 */
static BufFile *
makeBufFile(File firstfile)
{
    BufFile    *file = makeBufFileCommon(1);

    file->files = (File *) palloc(sizeof(File));
    file->files[0] = firstfile;
    file->readOnly = false;
    file->fileset = NULL;
    file->name = NULL;

    return file;
}

/*
 * Add another component temp file.
 */
static void
extendBufFile(BufFile *file)
{
    File        pfile;
    ResourceOwner oldowner;

    /* Be sure to associate the file with the BufFile's resource owner */
    oldowner = CurrentResourceOwner;
    CurrentResourceOwner = file->resowner;

    if (file->fileset == NULL)
        pfile = OpenTemporaryFile(file->isInterXact);
    else
        pfile = MakeNewSharedSegment(file, file->numFiles);

    Assert(pfile >= 0);

    CurrentResourceOwner = oldowner;

    file->files = (File *) repalloc(file->files,
                                    (file->numFiles + 1) * sizeof(File));
    file->files[file->numFiles] = pfile;
    file->numFiles++;
}

/*
 * Create a BufFile for a new temporary file (which will expand to become
 * multiple temporary files if more than MAX_PHYSICAL_FILESIZE bytes are
 * written to it).
 *
 * If interXact is true, the temp file will not be automatically deleted
 * at end of transaction.
 *
 * Note: if interXact is true, the caller had better be calling us in a
 * memory context, and with a resource owner, that will survive across
 * transaction boundaries.
 */
BufFile *
BufFileCreateTemp(bool interXact)
{
    BufFile    *file;
    File        pfile;

    /*
     * Ensure that temp tablespaces are set up for OpenTemporaryFile to use.
     * Possibly the caller will have done this already, but it seems useful to
     * double-check here.  Failure to do this at all would result in the temp
     * files always getting placed in the default tablespace, which is a
     * pretty hard-to-detect bug.  Callers may prefer to do it earlier if they
     * want to be sure that any required catalog access is done in some other
     * resource context.
     */
    PrepareTempTablespaces();

    pfile = OpenTemporaryFile(interXact);
    Assert(pfile >= 0);

    file = makeBufFile(pfile);
    file->isInterXact = interXact;

    return file;
}

/*
 * Build the name for a given segment of a given BufFile.
 */
static void
SharedSegmentName(char *name, const char *buffile_name, int segment)
{
    snprintf(name, MAXPGPATH, "%s.%d", buffile_name, segment);
}

/*
 * Create a new segment file backing a shared BufFile.
 */
static File
MakeNewSharedSegment(BufFile *buffile, int segment)
{
    char        name[MAXPGPATH];
    File        file;

    /*
     * It is possible that there are files left over from before a crash
     * restart with the same name.  In order for BufFileOpenShared() not to
     * get confused about how many segments there are, we'll unlink the next
     * segment number if it already exists.
     */
    SharedSegmentName(name, buffile->name, segment + 1);
    SharedFileSetDelete(buffile->fileset, name, true);

    /* Create the new segment. */
    SharedSegmentName(name, buffile->name, segment);
    file = SharedFileSetCreate(buffile->fileset, name);

    /* SharedFileSetCreate would've errored out */
    Assert(file > 0);

    return file;
}

/*
 * Create a BufFile that can be discovered and opened read-only by other
 * backends that are attached to the same SharedFileSet using the same name.
 *
 * The naming scheme for shared BufFiles is left up to the calling code.  The
 * name will appear as part of one or more filenames on disk, and might
 * provide clues to administrators about which subsystem is generating
 * temporary file data.  Since each SharedFileSet object is backed by one or
 * more uniquely named temporary directory, names don't conflict with
 * unrelated SharedFileSet objects.
 */
BufFile *
BufFileCreateShared(SharedFileSet *fileset, const char *name)
{
    BufFile    *file;

    file = makeBufFileCommon(1);
    file->fileset = fileset;
    file->name = pstrdup(name);
    file->files = (File *) palloc(sizeof(File));
    file->files[0] = MakeNewSharedSegment(file, 0);
    file->readOnly = false;

    return file;
}

/*
 * Open a file that was previously created in another backend (or this one)
 * with BufFileCreateShared in the same SharedFileSet using the same name.
 * The backend that created the file must have called BufFileClose() or
 * BufFileExportShared() to make sure that it is ready to be opened by other
 * backends and render it read-only.
 */
BufFile *
BufFileOpenShared(SharedFileSet *fileset, const char *name)
{
    BufFile    *file;
    char        segment_name[MAXPGPATH];
    Size        capacity = 16;
    File       *files;
    int         nfiles = 0;

    files = palloc(sizeof(File) * capacity);

    /*
     * We don't know how many segments there are, so we'll probe the
     * filesystem to find out.
     */
    for (;;)
    {
        /* See if we need to expand our file segment array. */
        if (nfiles + 1 > capacity)
        {
            capacity *= 2;
            files = repalloc(files, sizeof(File) * capacity);
        }
        /* Try to load a segment. */
        SharedSegmentName(segment_name, name, nfiles);
        files[nfiles] = SharedFileSetOpen(fileset, segment_name);
        if (files[nfiles] <= 0)
            break;
        ++nfiles;

        CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS();
    }

    /*
     * If we didn't find any files at all, then no BufFile exists with this
     * name.
     */
    if (nfiles == 0)
        ereport(ERROR,
                (errcode_for_file_access(),
                 errmsg("could not open temporary file \"%s\" from BufFile \"%s\": %m",
                        segment_name, name)));

    file = makeBufFileCommon(nfiles);
    file->files = files;
    file->readOnly = true;      /* Can't write to files opened this way */
    file->fileset = fileset;
    file->name = pstrdup(name);

    return file;
}

/*
 * Delete a BufFile that was created by BufFileCreateShared in the given
 * SharedFileSet using the given name.
 *
 * It is not necessary to delete files explicitly with this function.  It is
 * provided only as a way to delete files proactively, rather than waiting for
 * the SharedFileSet to be cleaned up.
 *
 * Only one backend should attempt to delete a given name, and should know
 * that it exists and has been exported or closed.
 */
void
BufFileDeleteShared(SharedFileSet *fileset, const char *name)
{
    char        segment_name[MAXPGPATH];
    int         segment = 0;
    bool        found = false;

    /*
     * We don't know how many segments the file has.  We'll keep deleting
     * until we run out.  If we don't manage to find even an initial segment,
     * raise an error.
     */
    for (;;)
    {
        SharedSegmentName(segment_name, name, segment);
        if (!SharedFileSetDelete(fileset, segment_name, true))
            break;
        found = true;
        ++segment;

        CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS();
    }

    if (!found)
        elog(ERROR, "could not delete unknown shared BufFile \"%s\"", name);
}

/*
 * BufFileExportShared --- flush and make read-only, in preparation for sharing.
 */
void
BufFileExportShared(BufFile *file)
{
    /* Must be a file belonging to a SharedFileSet. */
    Assert(file->fileset != NULL);

    /* It's probably a bug if someone calls this twice. */
    Assert(!file->readOnly);

    BufFileFlush(file);
    file->readOnly = true;
}

/*
 * Close a BufFile
 *
 * Like fclose(), this also implicitly FileCloses the underlying File.
 */
void
BufFileClose(BufFile *file)
{
    int         i;

    /* flush any unwritten data */
    BufFileFlush(file);
    /* close and delete the underlying file(s) */
    for (i = 0; i < file->numFiles; i++)
        FileClose(file->files[i]);
    /* release the buffer space */
    pfree(file->files);
    pfree(file);
}

/*
 * BufFileLoadBuffer
 *
 * Load some data into buffer, if possible, starting from curOffset.
 * At call, must have dirty = false, pos and nbytes = 0.
 * On exit, nbytes is number of bytes loaded.
 */
static void
BufFileLoadBuffer(BufFile *file)
{
    File        thisfile;

    /*
     * Advance to next component file if necessary and possible.
     */
    if (file->curOffset >= MAX_PHYSICAL_FILESIZE &&
        file->curFile + 1 < file->numFiles)
    {
        file->curFile++;
        file->curOffset = 0L;
    }

    /*
     * Read whatever we can get, up to a full bufferload.
     */
    thisfile = file->files[file->curFile];
    file->nbytes = FileRead(thisfile,
                            file->buffer.data,
                            sizeof(file->buffer),
                            file->curOffset,
                            WAIT_EVENT_BUFFILE_READ);
    if (file->nbytes < 0)
    {
        file->nbytes = 0;
        ereport(ERROR,
                (errcode_for_file_access(),
                 errmsg("could not read file \"%s\": %m",
                        FilePathName(thisfile))));
    }

    /* we choose not to advance curOffset here */

    if (file->nbytes > 0)
        pgBufferUsage.temp_blks_read++;
}

/*
 * BufFileDumpBuffer
 *
 * Dump buffer contents starting at curOffset.
 * At call, should have dirty = true, nbytes > 0.
 * On exit, dirty is cleared if successful write, and curOffset is advanced.
 */
static void
BufFileDumpBuffer(BufFile *file)
{
    int         wpos = 0;
    int         bytestowrite;
    File        thisfile;

    /*
     * Unlike BufFileLoadBuffer, we must dump the whole buffer even if it
     * crosses a component-file boundary; so we need a loop.
     */
    while (wpos < file->nbytes)
    {
        off_t       availbytes;

        /*
         * Advance to next component file if necessary and possible.
         */
        if (file->curOffset >= MAX_PHYSICAL_FILESIZE)
        {
            while (file->curFile + 1 >= file->numFiles)
                extendBufFile(file);
            file->curFile++;
            file->curOffset = 0L;
        }

        /*
         * Determine how much we need to write into this file.
         */
        bytestowrite = file->nbytes - wpos;
        availbytes = MAX_PHYSICAL_FILESIZE - file->curOffset;

        if ((off_t) bytestowrite > availbytes)
            bytestowrite = (int) availbytes;

        thisfile = file->files[file->curFile];
        bytestowrite = FileWrite(thisfile,
                                 file->buffer.data + wpos,
                                 bytestowrite,
                                 file->curOffset,
                                 WAIT_EVENT_BUFFILE_WRITE);
        if (bytestowrite <= 0)
            ereport(ERROR,
                    (errcode_for_file_access(),
                     errmsg("could not write to file \"%s\" : %m",
                            FilePathName(thisfile))));
        file->curOffset += bytestowrite;
        wpos += bytestowrite;

        pgBufferUsage.temp_blks_written++;
    }
    file->dirty = false;

    /*
     * At this point, curOffset has been advanced to the end of the buffer,
     * ie, its original value + nbytes.  We need to make it point to the
     * logical file position, ie, original value + pos, in case that is less
     * (as could happen due to a small backwards seek in a dirty buffer!)
     */
    file->curOffset -= (file->nbytes - file->pos);
    if (file->curOffset < 0)    /* handle possible segment crossing */
    {
        file->curFile--;
        Assert(file->curFile >= 0);
        file->curOffset += MAX_PHYSICAL_FILESIZE;
    }

    /*
     * Now we can set the buffer empty without changing the logical position
     */
    file->pos = 0;
    file->nbytes = 0;
}

/*
 * BufFileRead
 *
 * Like fread() except we assume 1-byte element size and report I/O errors via
 * ereport().
 */
size_t
BufFileRead(BufFile *file, void *ptr, size_t size)
{
    size_t      nread = 0;
    size_t      nthistime;

    BufFileFlush(file);

    while (size > 0)
    {
        if (file->pos >= file->nbytes)
        {
            /* Try to load more data into buffer. */
            file->curOffset += file->pos;
            file->pos = 0;
            file->nbytes = 0;
            BufFileLoadBuffer(file);
            if (file->nbytes <= 0)
                break;          /* no more data available */
        }

        nthistime = file->nbytes - file->pos;
        if (nthistime > size)
            nthistime = size;
        Assert(nthistime > 0);

        memcpy(ptr, file->buffer.data + file->pos, nthistime);

        file->pos += nthistime;
        ptr = (void *) ((char *) ptr + nthistime);
        size -= nthistime;
        nread += nthistime;
    }

    return nread;
}

/*
 * BufFileWrite
 *
 * Like fwrite() except we assume 1-byte element size and report errors via
 * ereport().
 */
void
BufFileWrite(BufFile *file, void *ptr, size_t size)
{
    size_t      nthistime;

    Assert(!file->readOnly);

    while (size > 0)
    {
        if (file->pos >= BLCKSZ)
        {
            /* Buffer full, dump it out */
            if (file->dirty)
                BufFileDumpBuffer(file);
            else
            {
                /* Hmm, went directly from reading to writing? */
                file->curOffset += file->pos;
                file->pos = 0;
                file->nbytes = 0;
            }
        }

        nthistime = BLCKSZ - file->pos;
        if (nthistime > size)
            nthistime = size;
        Assert(nthistime > 0);

        memcpy(file->buffer.data + file->pos, ptr, nthistime);

        file->dirty = true;
        file->pos += nthistime;
        if (file->nbytes < file->pos)
            file->nbytes = file->pos;
        ptr = (void *) ((char *) ptr + nthistime);
        size -= nthistime;
    }
}

/*
 * BufFileFlush
 *
 * Like fflush(), except that I/O errors are reported with ereport().
 */
static void
BufFileFlush(BufFile *file)
{
    if (file->dirty)
        BufFileDumpBuffer(file);

    Assert(!file->dirty);
}

/*
 * BufFileSeek
 *
 * Like fseek(), except that target position needs two values in order to
 * work when logical filesize exceeds maximum value representable by off_t.
 * We do not support relative seeks across more than that, however.
 * I/O errors are reported by ereport().
 *
 * Result is 0 if OK, EOF if not.  Logical position is not moved if an
 * impossible seek is attempted.
 */
int
BufFileSeek(BufFile *file, int fileno, off_t offset, int whence)
{
    int         newFile;
    off_t       newOffset;

    switch (whence)
    {
        case SEEK_SET:
            if (fileno < 0)
                return EOF;
            newFile = fileno;
            newOffset = offset;
            break;
        case SEEK_CUR:

            /*
             * Relative seek considers only the signed offset, ignoring
             * fileno. Note that large offsets (> 1 GB) risk overflow in this
             * add, unless we have 64-bit off_t.
             */
            newFile = file->curFile;
            newOffset = (file->curOffset + file->pos) + offset;
            break;
#ifdef NOT_USED
        case SEEK_END:
            /* could be implemented, not needed currently */
            break;
#endif
        default:
            elog(ERROR, "invalid whence: %d", whence);
            return EOF;
    }
    while (newOffset < 0)
    {
        if (--newFile < 0)
            return EOF;
        newOffset += MAX_PHYSICAL_FILESIZE;
    }
    if (newFile == file->curFile &&
        newOffset >= file->curOffset &&
        newOffset <= file->curOffset + file->nbytes)
    {
        /*
         * Seek is to a point within existing buffer; we can just adjust
         * pos-within-buffer, without flushing buffer.  Note this is OK
         * whether reading or writing, but buffer remains dirty if we were
         * writing.
         */
        file->pos = (int) (newOffset - file->curOffset);
        return 0;
    }
    /* Otherwise, must reposition buffer, so flush any dirty data */
    BufFileFlush(file);

    /*
     * At this point and no sooner, check for seek past last segment. The
     * above flush could have created a new segment, so checking sooner would
     * not work (at least not with this code).
     */

    /* convert seek to "start of next seg" to "end of last seg" */
    if (newFile == file->numFiles && newOffset == 0)
    {
        newFile--;
        newOffset = MAX_PHYSICAL_FILESIZE;
    }
    while (newOffset > MAX_PHYSICAL_FILESIZE)
    {
        if (++newFile >= file->numFiles)
            return EOF;
        newOffset -= MAX_PHYSICAL_FILESIZE;
    }
    if (newFile >= file->numFiles)
        return EOF;
    /* Seek is OK! */
    file->curFile = newFile;
    file->curOffset = newOffset;
    file->pos = 0;
    file->nbytes = 0;
    return 0;
}

void
BufFileTell(BufFile *file, int *fileno, off_t *offset)
{
    *fileno = file->curFile;
    *offset = file->curOffset + file->pos;
}

/*
 * BufFileSeekBlock --- block-oriented seek
 *
 * Performs absolute seek to the start of the n'th BLCKSZ-sized block of
 * the file.  Note that users of this interface will fail if their files
 * exceed BLCKSZ * LONG_MAX bytes, but that is quite a lot; we don't work
 * with tables bigger than that, either...
 *
 * Result is 0 if OK, EOF if not.  Logical position is not moved if an
 * impossible seek is attempted.
 */
int
BufFileSeekBlock(BufFile *file, long blknum)
{
    return BufFileSeek(file,
                       (int) (blknum / BUFFILE_SEG_SIZE),
                       (off_t) (blknum % BUFFILE_SEG_SIZE) * BLCKSZ,
                       SEEK_SET);
}

#ifdef NOT_USED
/*
 * BufFileTellBlock --- block-oriented tell
 *
 * Any fractional part of a block in the current seek position is ignored.
 */
long
BufFileTellBlock(BufFile *file)
{
    long        blknum;

    blknum = (file->curOffset + file->pos) / BLCKSZ;
    blknum += file->curFile * BUFFILE_SEG_SIZE;
    return blknum;
}

#endif

/*
 * Return the current shared BufFile size.
 *
 * Counts any holes left behind by BufFileAppend as part of the size.
 * ereport()s on failure.
 */
int64
BufFileSize(BufFile *file)
{
    int64       lastFileSize;

    Assert(file->fileset != NULL);

    /* Get the size of the last physical file. */
    lastFileSize = FileSize(file->files[file->numFiles - 1]);
    if (lastFileSize < 0)
        ereport(ERROR,
                (errcode_for_file_access(),
                 errmsg("could not determine size of temporary file \"%s\" from BufFile \"%s\": %m",
                        FilePathName(file->files[file->numFiles - 1]),
                        file->name)));

    return ((file->numFiles - 1) * (int64) MAX_PHYSICAL_FILESIZE) +
        lastFileSize;
}

/*
 * Append the contents of source file (managed within shared fileset) to
 * end of target file (managed within same shared fileset).
 *
 * Note that operation subsumes ownership of underlying resources from
 * "source".  Caller should never call BufFileClose against source having
 * called here first.  Resource owners for source and target must match,
 * too.
 *
 * This operation works by manipulating lists of segment files, so the
 * file content is always appended at a MAX_PHYSICAL_FILESIZE-aligned
 * boundary, typically creating empty holes before the boundary.  These
 * areas do not contain any interesting data, and cannot be read from by
 * caller.
 *
 * Returns the block number within target where the contents of source
 * begins.  Caller should apply this as an offset when working off block
 * positions that are in terms of the original BufFile space.
 */
long
BufFileAppend(BufFile *target, BufFile *source)
{
    long        startBlock = target->numFiles * BUFFILE_SEG_SIZE;
    int         newNumFiles = target->numFiles + source->numFiles;
    int         i;

    Assert(target->fileset != NULL);
    Assert(source->readOnly);
    Assert(!source->dirty);
    Assert(source->fileset != NULL);

    if (target->resowner != source->resowner)
        elog(ERROR, "could not append BufFile with non-matching resource owner");

    target->files = (File *)
        repalloc(target->files, sizeof(File) * newNumFiles);
    for (i = target->numFiles; i < newNumFiles; i++)
        target->files[i] = source->files[i - target->numFiles];
    target->numFiles = newNumFiles;

    return startBlock;
}