posix_sema.c

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/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 *
 * posix_sema.c
 *    Implement PGSemaphores using POSIX semaphore facilities
 *
 * We prefer the unnamed style of POSIX semaphore (the kind made with
 * sem_init).  We can cope with the kind made with sem_open, however.
 *
 * In either implementation, typedef PGSemaphore is equivalent to "sem_t *".
 * With unnamed semaphores, the sem_t structs live in an array in shared
 * memory.  With named semaphores, that's not true because we cannot persuade
 * sem_open to do its allocation there.  Therefore, the named-semaphore code
 * *does not cope with EXEC_BACKEND*.  The sem_t structs will just be in the
 * postmaster's private memory, where they are successfully inherited by
 * forked backends, but they could not be accessed by exec'd backends.
 *
 *
 * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2026, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
 * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
 *
 * IDENTIFICATION
 *    src/backend/port/posix_sema.c
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
#include "postgres.h"
 
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <semaphore.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
 
#include "miscadmin.h"
#include "storage/ipc.h"
#include "storage/pg_sema.h"
#include "storage/shmem.h"
 
 
/* see file header comment */
#if defined(USE_NAMED_POSIX_SEMAPHORES) && defined(EXEC_BACKEND)
#error cannot use named POSIX semaphores with EXEC_BACKEND
#endif
 
typedef union SemTPadded
{
    sem_t       pgsem;
    char        pad[PG_CACHE_LINE_SIZE];
} SemTPadded;
 
/* typedef PGSemaphore is equivalent to pointer to sem_t */
typedef struct PGSemaphoreData
{
    SemTPadded  sem_padded;
} PGSemaphoreData;
 
#define PG_SEM_REF(x)   (&(x)->sem_padded.pgsem)
 
#define IPCProtection   (0600)  /* access/modify by user only */
 
#ifdef USE_NAMED_POSIX_SEMAPHORES
static sem_t **mySemPointers;   /* keep track of created semaphores */
#else
static PGSemaphore sharedSemas; /* array of PGSemaphoreData in shared memory */
#endif
static int  numSems;            /* number of semas acquired so far */
static int  maxSems;            /* allocated size of above arrays */
static int  nextSemKey;         /* next name to try */
 
 
static void ReleaseSemaphores(int status, Datum arg);
 
 
#ifdef USE_NAMED_POSIX_SEMAPHORES
 
/*
 * PosixSemaphoreCreate
 *
 * Attempt to create a new named semaphore.
 *
 * If we fail with a failure code other than collision-with-existing-sema,
 * print out an error and abort.  Other types of errors suggest nonrecoverable
 * problems.
 */
static sem_t *
PosixSemaphoreCreate(void)
{
    int         semKey;
    char        semname[64];
    sem_t      *mySem;
 
    for (;;)
    {
        semKey = nextSemKey++;
 
        snprintf(semname, sizeof(semname), "/pgsql-%d", semKey);
 
        mySem = sem_open(semname, O_CREAT | O_EXCL,
                         (mode_t) IPCProtection, (unsigned) 1);
 
#ifdef SEM_FAILED
        if (mySem != (sem_t *) SEM_FAILED)
            break;
#else
        if (mySem != (sem_t *) (-1))
            break;
#endif
 
        /* Loop if error indicates a collision */
        if (errno == EEXIST || errno == EACCES || errno == EINTR)
            continue;
 
        /*
         * Else complain and abort
         */
        elog(FATAL, "sem_open(\"%s\") failed: %m", semname);
    }
 
    /*
     * Unlink the semaphore immediately, so it can't be accessed externally.
     * This also ensures that it will go away if we crash.
     */
    sem_unlink(semname);
 
    return mySem;
}
#else                           /* !USE_NAMED_POSIX_SEMAPHORES */
 
/*
 * PosixSemaphoreCreate
 *
 * Attempt to create a new unnamed semaphore.
 */
static void
PosixSemaphoreCreate(sem_t *sem)
{
    if (sem_init(sem, 1, 1) < 0)
        elog(FATAL, "sem_init failed: %m");
}
#endif                          /* USE_NAMED_POSIX_SEMAPHORES */
 
 
/*
 * PosixSemaphoreKill   - removes a semaphore
 */
static void
PosixSemaphoreKill(sem_t *sem)
{
#ifdef USE_NAMED_POSIX_SEMAPHORES
    /* Got to use sem_close for named semaphores */
    if (sem_close(sem) < 0)
        elog(LOG, "sem_close failed: %m");
#else
    /* Got to use sem_destroy for unnamed semaphores */
    if (sem_destroy(sem) < 0)
        elog(LOG, "sem_destroy failed: %m");
#endif
}
 
 
/*
 * Request shared memory needed for semaphores
 */
void
PGSemaphoreShmemRequest(int maxSemas)
{
#ifdef USE_NAMED_POSIX_SEMAPHORES
    /* No shared memory needed in this case */
#else
    /* Need a PGSemaphoreData per semaphore */
    ShmemRequestStruct(.name = "Semaphores",
                       .size = mul_size(maxSemas, sizeof(PGSemaphoreData)),
                       .ptr = (void **) &sharedSemas,
        );
#endif
}
 
/*
 * PGSemaphoreInit --- initialize semaphore support
 *
 * This is called during postmaster start or shared memory reinitialization.
 * It should do whatever is needed to be able to support up to maxSemas
 * subsequent PGSemaphoreCreate calls.  Also, if any system resources
 * are acquired here or in PGSemaphoreCreate, register an on_shmem_exit
 * callback to release them.
 *
 * In the Posix implementation, we acquire semaphores on-demand; the
 * maxSemas parameter is just used to size the arrays.  For unnamed
 * semaphores, there is an array of PGSemaphoreData structs in shared memory.
 * For named semaphores, we keep a postmaster-local array of sem_t pointers,
 * which we use for releasing the semaphores when done.
 * (This design minimizes the dependency of postmaster shutdown on the
 * contents of shared memory, which a failed backend might have clobbered.
 * We can't do much about the possibility of sem_destroy() crashing, but
 * we don't have to expose the counters to other processes.)
 */
void
PGSemaphoreInit(int maxSemas)
{
    struct stat statbuf;
 
    /*
     * We use the data directory's inode number to seed the search for free
     * semaphore keys.  This minimizes the odds of collision with other
     * postmasters, while maximizing the odds that we will detect and clean up
     * semaphores left over from a crashed postmaster in our own directory.
     */
    if (stat(DataDir, &statbuf) < 0)
        ereport(FATAL,
                (errcode_for_file_access(),
                 errmsg("could not stat data directory \"%s\": %m",
                        DataDir)));
 
#ifdef USE_NAMED_POSIX_SEMAPHORES
    mySemPointers = (sem_t **) malloc(maxSemas * sizeof(sem_t *));
    if (mySemPointers == NULL)
        elog(PANIC, "out of memory");
#endif
 
    numSems = 0;
    maxSems = maxSemas;
    nextSemKey = statbuf.st_ino;
 
    on_shmem_exit(ReleaseSemaphores, 0);
}
 
/*
 * Release semaphores at shutdown or shmem reinitialization
 *
 * (called as an on_shmem_exit callback, hence funny argument list)
 */
static void
ReleaseSemaphores(int status, Datum arg)
{
    int         i;
 
#ifdef USE_NAMED_POSIX_SEMAPHORES
    for (i = 0; i < numSems; i++)
        PosixSemaphoreKill(mySemPointers[i]);
    free(mySemPointers);
#endif
 
#ifdef USE_UNNAMED_POSIX_SEMAPHORES
    for (i = 0; i < numSems; i++)
        PosixSemaphoreKill(PG_SEM_REF(sharedSemas + i));
#endif
}
 
/*
 * PGSemaphoreCreate
 *
 * Allocate a PGSemaphore structure with initial count 1
 */
PGSemaphore
PGSemaphoreCreate(void)
{
    PGSemaphore sema;
    sem_t      *newsem;
 
    /* Can't do this in a backend, because static state is postmaster's */
    Assert(!IsUnderPostmaster);
 
    if (numSems >= maxSems)
        elog(PANIC, "too many semaphores created");
 
#ifdef USE_NAMED_POSIX_SEMAPHORES
    newsem = PosixSemaphoreCreate();
    /* Remember new sema for ReleaseSemaphores */
    mySemPointers[numSems] = newsem;
    sema = (PGSemaphore) newsem;
#else
    sema = &sharedSemas[numSems];
    newsem = PG_SEM_REF(sema);
    PosixSemaphoreCreate(newsem);
#endif
 
    numSems++;
 
    return sema;
}
 
/*
 * PGSemaphoreReset
 *
 * Reset a previously-initialized PGSemaphore to have count 0
 */
void
PGSemaphoreReset(PGSemaphore sema)
{
    /*
     * There's no direct API for this in POSIX, so we have to ratchet the
     * semaphore down to 0 with repeated trywait's.
     */
    for (;;)
    {
        if (sem_trywait(PG_SEM_REF(sema)) < 0)
        {
            if (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EDEADLK)
                break;          /* got it down to 0 */
            if (errno == EINTR)
                continue;       /* can this happen? */
            elog(FATAL, "sem_trywait failed: %m");
        }
    }
}
 
/*
 * PGSemaphoreLock
 *
 * Lock a semaphore (decrement count), blocking if count would be < 0
 */
void
PGSemaphoreLock(PGSemaphore sema)
{
    int         errStatus;
 
    /* See notes in sysv_sema.c's implementation of PGSemaphoreLock. */
    do
    {
        errStatus = sem_wait(PG_SEM_REF(sema));
    } while (errStatus < 0 && errno == EINTR);
 
    if (errStatus < 0)
        elog(FATAL, "sem_wait failed: %m");
}
 
/*
 * PGSemaphoreUnlock
 *
 * Unlock a semaphore (increment count)
 */
void
PGSemaphoreUnlock(PGSemaphore sema)
{
    int         errStatus;
 
    /*
     * Note: if errStatus is -1 and errno == EINTR then it means we returned
     * from the operation prematurely because we were sent a signal.  So we
     * try and unlock the semaphore again. Not clear this can really happen,
     * but might as well cope.
     */
    do
    {
        errStatus = sem_post(PG_SEM_REF(sema));
    } while (errStatus < 0 && errno == EINTR);
 
    if (errStatus < 0)
        elog(FATAL, "sem_post failed: %m");
}
 
/*
 * PGSemaphoreTryLock
 *
 * Lock a semaphore only if able to do so without blocking
 */
bool
PGSemaphoreTryLock(PGSemaphore sema)
{
    int         errStatus;
 
    /*
     * Note: if errStatus is -1 and errno == EINTR then it means we returned
     * from the operation prematurely because we were sent a signal.  So we
     * try and lock the semaphore again.
     */
    do
    {
        errStatus = sem_trywait(PG_SEM_REF(sema));
    } while (errStatus < 0 && errno == EINTR);
 
    if (errStatus < 0)
    {
        if (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EDEADLK)
            return false;       /* failed to lock it */
        /* Otherwise we got trouble */
        elog(FATAL, "sem_trywait failed: %m");
    }
 
    return true;
}