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Macros
#define	POSTMASTER_FD_WATCH

#define	POSTMASTER_FD_OWN 1 /* kept open by postmaster only */

#define	MAX_BACKENDS 0x3FFFF

Functions
void	PostmasterMain (int argc, char *argv[]) pg_attribute_noreturn()

void	ClosePostmasterPorts (bool am_syslogger)

void	InitProcessGlobals (void)

int	MaxLivePostmasterChildren (void)

bool	PostmasterMarkPIDForWorkerNotify (int)

Variables
PGDLLIMPORT bool	EnableSSL

PGDLLIMPORT int	SuperuserReservedConnections

PGDLLIMPORT int	ReservedConnections

PGDLLIMPORT int	PostPortNumber

PGDLLIMPORT int	Unix_socket_permissions

PGDLLIMPORT char *	Unix_socket_group

PGDLLIMPORT char *	Unix_socket_directories

PGDLLIMPORT char *	ListenAddresses

PGDLLIMPORT bool	ClientAuthInProgress

PGDLLIMPORT int	PreAuthDelay

PGDLLIMPORT int	AuthenticationTimeout

PGDLLIMPORT bool	Log_connections

PGDLLIMPORT bool	log_hostname

PGDLLIMPORT bool	enable_bonjour

PGDLLIMPORT char *	bonjour_name

PGDLLIMPORT bool	restart_after_crash

PGDLLIMPORT bool	remove_temp_files_after_crash

PGDLLIMPORT bool	send_abort_for_crash

PGDLLIMPORT bool	send_abort_for_kill

PGDLLIMPORT int	postmaster_alive_fds [2]

PGDLLIMPORT const char *	progname

Macro Definition Documentation

◆ MAX_BACKENDS

#define MAX_BACKENDS 0x3FFFF

Definition at line 78 of file postmaster.h.

◆ POSTMASTER_FD_OWN

#define POSTMASTER_FD_OWN 1 /* kept open by postmaster only */

Definition at line 47 of file postmaster.h.

◆ POSTMASTER_FD_WATCH

#define POSTMASTER_FD_WATCH

Value:

0 /* used in children to check for

* postmaster death */

Definition at line 46 of file postmaster.h.

Function Documentation

◆ ClosePostmasterPorts()

void ClosePostmasterPorts ( bool am_syslogger )

Definition at line 2549 of file postmaster.c.

 {
     /* Release resources held by the postmaster's WaitEventSet. */
     if (pm_wait_set)
     {
         FreeWaitEventSetAfterFork(pm_wait_set);
         pm_wait_set = NULL;
     }
  
 #ifndef WIN32
  
     /*
      * Close the write end of postmaster death watch pipe. It's important to
      * do this as early as possible, so that if postmaster dies, others won't
      * think that it's still running because we're holding the pipe open.
      */
     if (close(postmaster_alive_fds[POSTMASTER_FD_OWN]) != 0)
         ereport(FATAL,
                 (errcode_for_file_access(),
                  errmsg_internal("could not close postmaster death monitoring pipe in child process: %m")));
     postmaster_alive_fds[POSTMASTER_FD_OWN] = -1;
     /* Notify fd.c that we released one pipe FD. */
     ReleaseExternalFD();
 #endif
  
     /*
      * Close the postmaster's listen sockets.  These aren't tracked by fd.c,
      * so we don't call ReleaseExternalFD() here.
      *
      * The listen sockets are marked as FD_CLOEXEC, so this isn't needed in
      * EXEC_BACKEND mode.
      */
 #ifndef EXEC_BACKEND
     for (int i = 0; i < MAXLISTEN; i++)
     {
         if (ListenSocket[i] != PGINVALID_SOCKET)
         {
             StreamClose(ListenSocket[i]);
             ListenSocket[i] = PGINVALID_SOCKET;
         }
     }
 #endif
  
     /*
      * If using syslogger, close the read side of the pipe.  We don't bother
      * tracking this in fd.c, either.
      */
     if (!am_syslogger)
     {
 #ifndef WIN32
         if (syslogPipe[0] >= 0)
             close(syslogPipe[0]);
         syslogPipe[0] = -1;
 #else
         if (syslogPipe[0])
             CloseHandle(syslogPipe[0]);
         syslogPipe[0] = 0;
 #endif
     }
  
 #ifdef USE_BONJOUR
     /* If using Bonjour, close the connection to the mDNS daemon */
     if (bonjour_sdref)
         close(DNSServiceRefSockFD(bonjour_sdref));
 #endif
 }

References close, ereport, errcode_for_file_access(), errmsg_internal(), FATAL, FreeWaitEventSetAfterFork(), i, ListenSocket, MAXLISTEN, PGINVALID_SOCKET, pm_wait_set, postmaster_alive_fds, POSTMASTER_FD_OWN, ReleaseExternalFD(), StreamClose(), and syslogPipe.

Referenced by BackendStartup(), do_start_bgworker(), StartAutoVacWorker(), StartChildProcess(), and SysLogger_Start().

◆ InitProcessGlobals()

void InitProcessGlobals ( void )

Definition at line 2623 of file postmaster.c.

 {
     MyProcPid = getpid();
     MyStartTimestamp = GetCurrentTimestamp();
     MyStartTime = timestamptz_to_time_t(MyStartTimestamp);
  
     /*
      * Set a different global seed in every process.  We want something
      * unpredictable, so if possible, use high-quality random bits for the
      * seed.  Otherwise, fall back to a seed based on timestamp and PID.
      */
     if (unlikely(!pg_prng_strong_seed(&pg_global_prng_state)))
     {
         uint64      rseed;
  
         /*
          * Since PIDs and timestamps tend to change more frequently in their
          * least significant bits, shift the timestamp left to allow a larger
          * total number of seeds in a given time period.  Since that would
          * leave only 20 bits of the timestamp that cycle every ~1 second,
          * also mix in some higher bits.
          */
         rseed = ((uint64) MyProcPid) ^
             ((uint64) MyStartTimestamp << 12) ^
             ((uint64) MyStartTimestamp >> 20);
  
         pg_prng_seed(&pg_global_prng_state, rseed);
     }
  
     /*
      * Also make sure that we've set a good seed for random(3).  Use of that
      * is deprecated in core Postgres, but extensions might use it.
      */
 #ifndef WIN32
     srandom(pg_prng_uint32(&pg_global_prng_state));
 #endif
 }

References GetCurrentTimestamp(), MyProcPid, MyStartTime, MyStartTimestamp, pg_global_prng_state, pg_prng_seed(), pg_prng_strong_seed, pg_prng_uint32(), timestamptz_to_time_t(), and unlikely.

Referenced by InitPostmasterChild(), InitStandaloneProcess(), and PostmasterMain().

◆ MaxLivePostmasterChildren()

int MaxLivePostmasterChildren ( void )

Definition at line 5568 of file postmaster.c.

 {
     return 2 * (MaxConnections + autovacuum_max_workers + 1 +
                 max_wal_senders + max_worker_processes);
 }

References autovacuum_max_workers, max_wal_senders, max_worker_processes, and MaxConnections.

Referenced by canAcceptConnections(), PMSignalShmemInit(), PMSignalShmemSize(), and processCancelRequest().

◆ PostmasterMain()

void PostmasterMain	(	int	argc,
		char *	argv[]
	)

Definition at line 585 of file postmaster.c.

 {
     int         opt;
     int         status;
     char       *userDoption = NULL;
     bool        listen_addr_saved = false;
     int         i;
     char       *output_config_variable = NULL;
  
     InitProcessGlobals();
  
     PostmasterPid = MyProcPid;
  
     IsPostmasterEnvironment = true;
  
     /*
      * Start our win32 signal implementation
      */
 #ifdef WIN32
     pgwin32_signal_initialize();
 #endif
  
     /*
      * We should not be creating any files or directories before we check the
      * data directory (see checkDataDir()), but just in case set the umask to
      * the most restrictive (owner-only) permissions.
      *
      * checkDataDir() will reset the umask based on the data directory
      * permissions.
      */
     umask(PG_MODE_MASK_OWNER);
  
     /*
      * By default, palloc() requests in the postmaster will be allocated in
      * the PostmasterContext, which is space that can be recycled by backends.
      * Allocated data that needs to be available to backends should be
      * allocated in TopMemoryContext.
      */
     PostmasterContext = AllocSetContextCreate(TopMemoryContext,
                                               "Postmaster",
                                               ALLOCSET_DEFAULT_SIZES);
     MemoryContextSwitchTo(PostmasterContext);
  
     /* Initialize paths to installation files */
     getInstallationPaths(argv[0]);
  
     /*
      * Set up signal handlers for the postmaster process.
      *
      * CAUTION: when changing this list, check for side-effects on the signal
      * handling setup of child processes.  See tcop/postgres.c,
      * bootstrap/bootstrap.c, postmaster/bgwriter.c, postmaster/walwriter.c,
      * postmaster/autovacuum.c, postmaster/pgarch.c, postmaster/syslogger.c,
      * postmaster/bgworker.c and postmaster/checkpointer.c.
      */
     pqinitmask();
     sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &BlockSig, NULL);
  
     pqsignal(SIGHUP, handle_pm_reload_request_signal);
     pqsignal(SIGINT, handle_pm_shutdown_request_signal);
     pqsignal(SIGQUIT, handle_pm_shutdown_request_signal);
     pqsignal(SIGTERM, handle_pm_shutdown_request_signal);
     pqsignal(SIGALRM, SIG_IGN); /* ignored */
     pqsignal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN); /* ignored */
     pqsignal(SIGUSR1, handle_pm_pmsignal_signal);
     pqsignal(SIGUSR2, dummy_handler);   /* unused, reserve for children */
     pqsignal(SIGCHLD, handle_pm_child_exit_signal);
  
     /* This may configure SIGURG, depending on platform. */
     InitializeLatchSupport();
     InitProcessLocalLatch();
  
     /*
      * No other place in Postgres should touch SIGTTIN/SIGTTOU handling.  We
      * ignore those signals in a postmaster environment, so that there is no
      * risk of a child process freezing up due to writing to stderr.  But for
      * a standalone backend, their default handling is reasonable.  Hence, all
      * child processes should just allow the inherited settings to stand.
      */
 #ifdef SIGTTIN
     pqsignal(SIGTTIN, SIG_IGN); /* ignored */
 #endif
 #ifdef SIGTTOU
     pqsignal(SIGTTOU, SIG_IGN); /* ignored */
 #endif
  
     /* ignore SIGXFSZ, so that ulimit violations work like disk full */
 #ifdef SIGXFSZ
     pqsignal(SIGXFSZ, SIG_IGN); /* ignored */
 #endif
  
     /* Begin accepting signals. */
     sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &UnBlockSig, NULL);
  
     /*
      * Options setup
      */
     InitializeGUCOptions();
  
     opterr = 1;
  
     /*
      * Parse command-line options.  CAUTION: keep this in sync with
      * tcop/postgres.c (the option sets should not conflict) and with the
      * common help() function in main/main.c.
      */
     while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "B:bC:c:D:d:EeFf:h:ijk:lN:OPp:r:S:sTt:W:-:")) != -1)
     {
         switch (opt)
         {
             case 'B':
                 SetConfigOption("shared_buffers", optarg, PGC_POSTMASTER, PGC_S_ARGV);
                 break;
  
             case 'b':
                 /* Undocumented flag used for binary upgrades */
                 IsBinaryUpgrade = true;
                 break;
  
             case 'C':
                 output_config_variable = strdup(optarg);
                 break;
  
             case 'c':
             case '-':
                 {
                     char       *name,
                                *value;
  
                     ParseLongOption(optarg, &name, &value);
                     if (!value)
                     {
                         if (opt == '-')
                             ereport(ERROR,
                                     (errcode(ERRCODE_SYNTAX_ERROR),
                                      errmsg("--%s requires a value",
                                             optarg)));
                         else
                             ereport(ERROR,
                                     (errcode(ERRCODE_SYNTAX_ERROR),
                                      errmsg("-c %s requires a value",
                                             optarg)));
                     }
  
                     SetConfigOption(name, value, PGC_POSTMASTER, PGC_S_ARGV);
                     pfree(name);
                     pfree(value);
                     break;
                 }
  
             case 'D':
                 userDoption = strdup(optarg);
                 break;
  
             case 'd':
                 set_debug_options(atoi(optarg), PGC_POSTMASTER, PGC_S_ARGV);
                 break;
  
             case 'E':
                 SetConfigOption("log_statement", "all", PGC_POSTMASTER, PGC_S_ARGV);
                 break;
  
             case 'e':
                 SetConfigOption("datestyle", "euro", PGC_POSTMASTER, PGC_S_ARGV);
                 break;
  
             case 'F':
                 SetConfigOption("fsync", "false", PGC_POSTMASTER, PGC_S_ARGV);
                 break;
  
             case 'f':
                 if (!set_plan_disabling_options(optarg, PGC_POSTMASTER, PGC_S_ARGV))
                 {
                     write_stderr("%s: invalid argument for option -f: \"%s\"\n",
                                  progname, optarg);
                     ExitPostmaster(1);
                 }
                 break;
  
             case 'h':
                 SetConfigOption("listen_addresses", optarg, PGC_POSTMASTER, PGC_S_ARGV);
                 break;
  
             case 'i':
                 SetConfigOption("listen_addresses", "*", PGC_POSTMASTER, PGC_S_ARGV);
                 break;
  
             case 'j':
                 /* only used by interactive backend */
                 break;
  
             case 'k':
                 SetConfigOption("unix_socket_directories", optarg, PGC_POSTMASTER, PGC_S_ARGV);
                 break;
  
             case 'l':
                 SetConfigOption("ssl", "true", PGC_POSTMASTER, PGC_S_ARGV);
                 break;
  
             case 'N':
                 SetConfigOption("max_connections", optarg, PGC_POSTMASTER, PGC_S_ARGV);
                 break;
  
             case 'O':
                 SetConfigOption("allow_system_table_mods", "true", PGC_POSTMASTER, PGC_S_ARGV);
                 break;
  
             case 'P':
                 SetConfigOption("ignore_system_indexes", "true", PGC_POSTMASTER, PGC_S_ARGV);
                 break;
  
             case 'p':
                 SetConfigOption("port", optarg, PGC_POSTMASTER, PGC_S_ARGV);
                 break;
  
             case 'r':
                 /* only used by single-user backend */
                 break;
  
             case 'S':
                 SetConfigOption("work_mem", optarg, PGC_POSTMASTER, PGC_S_ARGV);
                 break;
  
             case 's':
                 SetConfigOption("log_statement_stats", "true", PGC_POSTMASTER, PGC_S_ARGV);
                 break;
  
             case 'T':
  
                 /*
                  * This option used to be defined as sending SIGSTOP after a
                  * backend crash, but sending SIGABRT seems more useful.
                  */
                 SetConfigOption("send_abort_for_crash", "true", PGC_POSTMASTER, PGC_S_ARGV);
                 break;
  
             case 't':
                 {
                     const char *tmp = get_stats_option_name(optarg);
  
                     if (tmp)
                     {
                         SetConfigOption(tmp, "true", PGC_POSTMASTER, PGC_S_ARGV);
                     }
                     else
                     {
                         write_stderr("%s: invalid argument for option -t: \"%s\"\n",
                                      progname, optarg);
                         ExitPostmaster(1);
                     }
                     break;
                 }
  
             case 'W':
                 SetConfigOption("post_auth_delay", optarg, PGC_POSTMASTER, PGC_S_ARGV);
                 break;
  
             default:
                 write_stderr("Try \"%s --help\" for more information.\n",
                              progname);
                 ExitPostmaster(1);
         }
     }
  
     /*
      * Postmaster accepts no non-option switch arguments.
      */
     if (optind < argc)
     {
         write_stderr("%s: invalid argument: \"%s\"\n",
                      progname, argv[optind]);
         write_stderr("Try \"%s --help\" for more information.\n",
                      progname);
         ExitPostmaster(1);
     }
  
     /*
      * Locate the proper configuration files and data directory, and read
      * postgresql.conf for the first time.
      */
     if (!SelectConfigFiles(userDoption, progname))
         ExitPostmaster(2);
  
     if (output_config_variable != NULL)
     {
         /*
          * If this is a runtime-computed GUC, it hasn't yet been initialized,
          * and the present value is not useful.  However, this is a convenient
          * place to print the value for most GUCs because it is safe to run
          * postmaster startup to this point even if the server is already
          * running.  For the handful of runtime-computed GUCs that we cannot
          * provide meaningful values for yet, we wait until later in
          * postmaster startup to print the value.  We won't be able to use -C
          * on running servers for those GUCs, but using this option now would
          * lead to incorrect results for them.
          */
         int         flags = GetConfigOptionFlags(output_config_variable, true);
  
         if ((flags & GUC_RUNTIME_COMPUTED) == 0)
         {
             /*
              * "-C guc" was specified, so print GUC's value and exit.  No
              * extra permission check is needed because the user is reading
              * inside the data dir.
              */
             const char *config_val = GetConfigOption(output_config_variable,
                                                      false, false);
  
             puts(config_val ? config_val : "");
             ExitPostmaster(0);
         }
  
         /*
          * A runtime-computed GUC will be printed later on.  As we initialize
          * a server startup sequence, silence any log messages that may show
          * up in the output generated.  FATAL and more severe messages are
          * useful to show, even if one would only expect at least PANIC.  LOG
          * entries are hidden.
          */
         SetConfigOption("log_min_messages", "FATAL", PGC_SUSET,
                         PGC_S_OVERRIDE);
     }
  
     /* Verify that DataDir looks reasonable */
     checkDataDir();
  
     /* Check that pg_control exists */
     checkControlFile();
  
     /* And switch working directory into it */
     ChangeToDataDir();
  
     /*
      * Check for invalid combinations of GUC settings.
      */
     if (SuperuserReservedConnections + ReservedConnections >= MaxConnections)
     {
         write_stderr("%s: superuser_reserved_connections (%d) plus reserved_connections (%d) must be less than max_connections (%d)\n",
                      progname,
                      SuperuserReservedConnections, ReservedConnections,
                      MaxConnections);
         ExitPostmaster(1);
     }
     if (XLogArchiveMode > ARCHIVE_MODE_OFF && wal_level == WAL_LEVEL_MINIMAL)
         ereport(ERROR,
                 (errmsg("WAL archival cannot be enabled when wal_level is \"minimal\"")));
     if (max_wal_senders > 0 && wal_level == WAL_LEVEL_MINIMAL)
         ereport(ERROR,
                 (errmsg("WAL streaming (max_wal_senders > 0) requires wal_level \"replica\" or \"logical\"")));
  
     /*
      * Other one-time internal sanity checks can go here, if they are fast.
      * (Put any slow processing further down, after postmaster.pid creation.)
      */
     if (!CheckDateTokenTables())
     {
         write_stderr("%s: invalid datetoken tables, please fix\n", progname);
         ExitPostmaster(1);
     }
  
     /*
      * Now that we are done processing the postmaster arguments, reset
      * getopt(3) library so that it will work correctly in subprocesses.
      */
     optind = 1;
 #ifdef HAVE_INT_OPTRESET
     optreset = 1;               /* some systems need this too */
 #endif
  
     /* For debugging: display postmaster environment */
     {
         extern char **environ;
         char      **p;
  
         ereport(DEBUG3,
                 (errmsg_internal("%s: PostmasterMain: initial environment dump:",
                                  progname)));
         ereport(DEBUG3,
                 (errmsg_internal("-----------------------------------------")));
         for (p = environ; *p; ++p)
             ereport(DEBUG3,
                     (errmsg_internal("\t%s", *p)));
         ereport(DEBUG3,
                 (errmsg_internal("-----------------------------------------")));
     }
  
     /*
      * Create lockfile for data directory.
      *
      * We want to do this before we try to grab the input sockets, because the
      * data directory interlock is more reliable than the socket-file
      * interlock (thanks to whoever decided to put socket files in /tmp :-().
      * For the same reason, it's best to grab the TCP socket(s) before the
      * Unix socket(s).
      *
      * Also note that this internally sets up the on_proc_exit function that
      * is responsible for removing both data directory and socket lockfiles;
      * so it must happen before opening sockets so that at exit, the socket
      * lockfiles go away after CloseServerPorts runs.
      */
     CreateDataDirLockFile(true);
  
     /*
      * Read the control file (for error checking and config info).
      *
      * Since we verify the control file's CRC, this has a useful side effect
      * on machines where we need a run-time test for CRC support instructions.
      * The postmaster will do the test once at startup, and then its child
      * processes will inherit the correct function pointer and not need to
      * repeat the test.
      */
     LocalProcessControlFile(false);
  
     /*
      * Register the apply launcher.  It's probably a good idea to call this
      * before any modules had a chance to take the background worker slots.
      */
     ApplyLauncherRegister();
  
     /*
      * process any libraries that should be preloaded at postmaster start
      */
     process_shared_preload_libraries();
  
     /*
      * Initialize SSL library, if specified.
      */
 #ifdef USE_SSL
     if (EnableSSL)
     {
         (void) secure_initialize(true);
         LoadedSSL = true;
     }
 #endif
  
     /*
      * Now that loadable modules have had their chance to alter any GUCs,
      * calculate MaxBackends.
      */
     InitializeMaxBackends();
  
     /*
      * Give preloaded libraries a chance to request additional shared memory.
      */
     process_shmem_requests();
  
     /*
      * Now that loadable modules have had their chance to request additional
      * shared memory, determine the value of any runtime-computed GUCs that
      * depend on the amount of shared memory required.
      */
     InitializeShmemGUCs();
  
     /*
      * Now that modules have been loaded, we can process any custom resource
      * managers specified in the wal_consistency_checking GUC.
      */
     InitializeWalConsistencyChecking();
  
     /*
      * If -C was specified with a runtime-computed GUC, we held off printing
      * the value earlier, as the GUC was not yet initialized.  We handle -C
      * for most GUCs before we lock the data directory so that the option may
      * be used on a running server.  However, a handful of GUCs are runtime-
      * computed and do not have meaningful values until after locking the data
      * directory, and we cannot safely calculate their values earlier on a
      * running server.  At this point, such GUCs should be properly
      * initialized, and we haven't yet set up shared memory, so this is a good
      * time to handle the -C option for these special GUCs.
      */
     if (output_config_variable != NULL)
     {
         const char *config_val = GetConfigOption(output_config_variable,
                                                  false, false);
  
         puts(config_val ? config_val : "");
         ExitPostmaster(0);
     }
  
     /*
      * Set up shared memory and semaphores.
      *
      * Note: if using SysV shmem and/or semas, each postmaster startup will
      * normally choose the same IPC keys.  This helps ensure that we will
      * clean up dead IPC objects if the postmaster crashes and is restarted.
      */
     CreateSharedMemoryAndSemaphores();
  
     /*
      * Estimate number of openable files.  This must happen after setting up
      * semaphores, because on some platforms semaphores count as open files.
      */
     set_max_safe_fds();
  
     /*
      * Set reference point for stack-depth checking.
      */
     (void) set_stack_base();
  
     /*
      * Initialize pipe (or process handle on Windows) that allows children to
      * wake up from sleep on postmaster death.
      */
     InitPostmasterDeathWatchHandle();
  
 #ifdef WIN32
  
     /*
      * Initialize I/O completion port used to deliver list of dead children.
      */
     win32ChildQueue = CreateIoCompletionPort(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE, NULL, 0, 1);
     if (win32ChildQueue == NULL)
         ereport(FATAL,
                 (errmsg("could not create I/O completion port for child queue")));
 #endif
  
 #ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
     /* Write out nondefault GUC settings for child processes to use */
     write_nondefault_variables(PGC_POSTMASTER);
  
     /*
      * Clean out the temp directory used to transmit parameters to child
      * processes (see internal_forkexec, below).  We must do this before
      * launching any child processes, else we have a race condition: we could
      * remove a parameter file before the child can read it.  It should be
      * safe to do so now, because we verified earlier that there are no
      * conflicting Postgres processes in this data directory.
      */
     RemovePgTempFilesInDir(PG_TEMP_FILES_DIR, true, false);
 #endif
  
     /*
      * Forcibly remove the files signaling a standby promotion request.
      * Otherwise, the existence of those files triggers a promotion too early,
      * whether a user wants that or not.
      *
      * This removal of files is usually unnecessary because they can exist
      * only during a few moments during a standby promotion. However there is
      * a race condition: if pg_ctl promote is executed and creates the files
      * during a promotion, the files can stay around even after the server is
      * brought up to be the primary.  Then, if a new standby starts by using
      * the backup taken from the new primary, the files can exist at server
      * startup and must be removed in order to avoid an unexpected promotion.
      *
      * Note that promotion signal files need to be removed before the startup
      * process is invoked. Because, after that, they can be used by
      * postmaster's SIGUSR1 signal handler.
      */
     RemovePromoteSignalFiles();
  
     /* Do the same for logrotate signal file */
     RemoveLogrotateSignalFiles();
  
     /* Remove any outdated file holding the current log filenames. */
     if (unlink(LOG_METAINFO_DATAFILE) < 0 && errno != ENOENT)
         ereport(LOG,
                 (errcode_for_file_access(),
                  errmsg("could not remove file \"%s\": %m",
                         LOG_METAINFO_DATAFILE)));
  
     /*
      * Initialize input sockets.
      *
      * Mark them all closed, and set up an on_proc_exit function that's
      * charged with closing the sockets again at postmaster shutdown.
      */
     for (i = 0; i < MAXLISTEN; i++)
         ListenSocket[i] = PGINVALID_SOCKET;
  
     on_proc_exit(CloseServerPorts, 0);
  
     /*
      * If enabled, start up syslogger collection subprocess
      */
     SysLoggerPID = SysLogger_Start();
  
     /*
      * Reset whereToSendOutput from DestDebug (its starting state) to
      * DestNone. This stops ereport from sending log messages to stderr unless
      * Log_destination permits.  We don't do this until the postmaster is
      * fully launched, since startup failures may as well be reported to
      * stderr.
      *
      * If we are in fact disabling logging to stderr, first emit a log message
      * saying so, to provide a breadcrumb trail for users who may not remember
      * that their logging is configured to go somewhere else.
      */
     if (!(Log_destination & LOG_DESTINATION_STDERR))
         ereport(LOG,
                 (errmsg("ending log output to stderr"),
                  errhint("Future log output will go to log destination \"%s\".",
                          Log_destination_string)));
  
     whereToSendOutput = DestNone;
  
     /*
      * Report server startup in log.  While we could emit this much earlier,
      * it seems best to do so after starting the log collector, if we intend
      * to use one.
      */
     ereport(LOG,
             (errmsg("starting %s", PG_VERSION_STR)));
  
     /*
      * Establish input sockets.
      */
     if (ListenAddresses)
     {
         char       *rawstring;
         List       *elemlist;
         ListCell   *l;
         int         success = 0;
  
         /* Need a modifiable copy of ListenAddresses */
         rawstring = pstrdup(ListenAddresses);
  
         /* Parse string into list of hostnames */
         if (!SplitGUCList(rawstring, ',', &elemlist))
         {
             /* syntax error in list */
             ereport(FATAL,
                     (errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
                      errmsg("invalid list syntax in parameter \"%s\"",
                             "listen_addresses")));
         }
  
         foreach(l, elemlist)
         {
             char       *curhost = (char *) lfirst(l);
  
             if (strcmp(curhost, "*") == 0)
                 status = StreamServerPort(AF_UNSPEC, NULL,
                                           (unsigned short) PostPortNumber,
                                           NULL,
                                           ListenSocket, MAXLISTEN);
             else
                 status = StreamServerPort(AF_UNSPEC, curhost,
                                           (unsigned short) PostPortNumber,
                                           NULL,
                                           ListenSocket, MAXLISTEN);
  
             if (status == STATUS_OK)
             {
                 success++;
                 /* record the first successful host addr in lockfile */
                 if (!listen_addr_saved)
                 {
                     AddToDataDirLockFile(LOCK_FILE_LINE_LISTEN_ADDR, curhost);
                     listen_addr_saved = true;
                 }
             }
             else
                 ereport(WARNING,
                         (errmsg("could not create listen socket for \"%s\"",
                                 curhost)));
         }
  
         if (!success && elemlist != NIL)
             ereport(FATAL,
                     (errmsg("could not create any TCP/IP sockets")));
  
         list_free(elemlist);
         pfree(rawstring);
     }
  
 #ifdef USE_BONJOUR
     /* Register for Bonjour only if we opened TCP socket(s) */
     if (enable_bonjour && ListenSocket[0] != PGINVALID_SOCKET)
     {
         DNSServiceErrorType err;
  
         /*
          * We pass 0 for interface_index, which will result in registering on
          * all "applicable" interfaces.  It's not entirely clear from the
          * DNS-SD docs whether this would be appropriate if we have bound to
          * just a subset of the available network interfaces.
          */
         err = DNSServiceRegister(&bonjour_sdref,
                                  0,
                                  0,
                                  bonjour_name,
                                  "_postgresql._tcp.",
                                  NULL,
                                  NULL,
                                  pg_hton16(PostPortNumber),
                                  0,
                                  NULL,
                                  NULL,
                                  NULL);
         if (err != kDNSServiceErr_NoError)
             ereport(LOG,
                     (errmsg("DNSServiceRegister() failed: error code %ld",
                             (long) err)));
  
         /*
          * We don't bother to read the mDNS daemon's reply, and we expect that
          * it will automatically terminate our registration when the socket is
          * closed at postmaster termination.  So there's nothing more to be
          * done here.  However, the bonjour_sdref is kept around so that
          * forked children can close their copies of the socket.
          */
     }
 #endif
  
     if (Unix_socket_directories)
     {
         char       *rawstring;
         List       *elemlist;
         ListCell   *l;
         int         success = 0;
  
         /* Need a modifiable copy of Unix_socket_directories */
         rawstring = pstrdup(Unix_socket_directories);
  
         /* Parse string into list of directories */
         if (!SplitDirectoriesString(rawstring, ',', &elemlist))
         {
             /* syntax error in list */
             ereport(FATAL,
                     (errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
                      errmsg("invalid list syntax in parameter \"%s\"",
                             "unix_socket_directories")));
         }
  
         foreach(l, elemlist)
         {
             char       *socketdir = (char *) lfirst(l);
  
             status = StreamServerPort(AF_UNIX, NULL,
                                       (unsigned short) PostPortNumber,
                                       socketdir,
                                       ListenSocket, MAXLISTEN);
  
             if (status == STATUS_OK)
             {
                 success++;
                 /* record the first successful Unix socket in lockfile */
                 if (success == 1)
                     AddToDataDirLockFile(LOCK_FILE_LINE_SOCKET_DIR, socketdir);
             }
             else
                 ereport(WARNING,
                         (errmsg("could not create Unix-domain socket in directory \"%s\"",
                                 socketdir)));
         }
  
         if (!success && elemlist != NIL)
             ereport(FATAL,
                     (errmsg("could not create any Unix-domain sockets")));
  
         list_free_deep(elemlist);
         pfree(rawstring);
     }
  
     /*
      * check that we have some socket to listen on
      */
     if (ListenSocket[0] == PGINVALID_SOCKET)
         ereport(FATAL,
                 (errmsg("no socket created for listening")));
  
     /*
      * If no valid TCP ports, write an empty line for listen address,
      * indicating the Unix socket must be used.  Note that this line is not
      * added to the lock file until there is a socket backing it.
      */
     if (!listen_addr_saved)
         AddToDataDirLockFile(LOCK_FILE_LINE_LISTEN_ADDR, "");
  
     /*
      * Record postmaster options.  We delay this till now to avoid recording
      * bogus options (eg, unusable port number).
      */
     if (!CreateOptsFile(argc, argv, my_exec_path))
         ExitPostmaster(1);
  
     /*
      * Write the external PID file if requested
      */
     if (external_pid_file)
     {
         FILE       *fpidfile = fopen(external_pid_file, "w");
  
         if (fpidfile)
         {
             fprintf(fpidfile, "%d\n", MyProcPid);
             fclose(fpidfile);
  
             /* Make PID file world readable */
             if (chmod(external_pid_file, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH) != 0)
                 write_stderr("%s: could not change permissions of external PID file \"%s\": %s\n",
                              progname, external_pid_file, strerror(errno));
         }
         else
             write_stderr("%s: could not write external PID file \"%s\": %s\n",
                          progname, external_pid_file, strerror(errno));
  
         on_proc_exit(unlink_external_pid_file, 0);
     }
  
     /*
      * Remove old temporary files.  At this point there can be no other
      * Postgres processes running in this directory, so this should be safe.
      */
     RemovePgTempFiles();
  
     /*
      * Initialize the autovacuum subsystem (again, no process start yet)
      */
     autovac_init();
  
     /*
      * Load configuration files for client authentication.
      */
     if (!load_hba())
     {
         /*
          * It makes no sense to continue if we fail to load the HBA file,
          * since there is no way to connect to the database in this case.
          */
         ereport(FATAL,
         /* translator: %s is a configuration file */
                 (errmsg("could not load %s", HbaFileName)));
     }
     if (!load_ident())
     {
         /*
          * We can start up without the IDENT file, although it means that you
          * cannot log in using any of the authentication methods that need a
          * user name mapping. load_ident() already logged the details of error
          * to the log.
          */
     }
  
 #ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_IS_THREADED_NP
  
     /*
      * On macOS, libintl replaces setlocale() with a version that calls
      * CFLocaleCopyCurrent() when its second argument is "" and every relevant
      * environment variable is unset or empty.  CFLocaleCopyCurrent() makes
      * the process multithreaded.  The postmaster calls sigprocmask() and
      * calls fork() without an immediate exec(), both of which have undefined
      * behavior in a multithreaded program.  A multithreaded postmaster is the
      * normal case on Windows, which offers neither fork() nor sigprocmask().
      */
     if (pthread_is_threaded_np() != 0)
         ereport(FATAL,
                 (errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
                  errmsg("postmaster became multithreaded during startup"),
                  errhint("Set the LC_ALL environment variable to a valid locale.")));
 #endif
  
     /*
      * Remember postmaster startup time
      */
     PgStartTime = GetCurrentTimestamp();
  
     /*
      * Report postmaster status in the postmaster.pid file, to allow pg_ctl to
      * see what's happening.
      */
     AddToDataDirLockFile(LOCK_FILE_LINE_PM_STATUS, PM_STATUS_STARTING);
  
     /* Start bgwriter and checkpointer so they can help with recovery */
     if (CheckpointerPID == 0)
         CheckpointerPID = StartCheckpointer();
     if (BgWriterPID == 0)
         BgWriterPID = StartBackgroundWriter();
  
     /*
      * We're ready to rock and roll...
      */
     StartupPID = StartupDataBase();
     Assert(StartupPID != 0);
     StartupStatus = STARTUP_RUNNING;
     pmState = PM_STARTUP;
  
     /* Some workers may be scheduled to start now */
     maybe_start_bgworkers();
  
     status = ServerLoop();
  
     /*
      * ServerLoop probably shouldn't ever return, but if it does, close down.
      */
     ExitPostmaster(status != STATUS_OK);
  
     abort();                    /* not reached */
 }

References AddToDataDirLockFile(), ALLOCSET_DEFAULT_SIZES, AllocSetContextCreate, ApplyLauncherRegister(), ARCHIVE_MODE_OFF, Assert(), autovac_init(), BgWriterPID, BlockSig, bonjour_name, ChangeToDataDir(), checkControlFile(), checkDataDir(), CheckDateTokenTables(), CheckpointerPID, CloseServerPorts(), CreateDataDirLockFile(), CreateOptsFile(), CreateSharedMemoryAndSemaphores(), DEBUG3, DestNone, dummy_handler(), enable_bonjour, EnableSSL, environ, ereport, err(), errcode(), errcode_for_file_access(), errhint(), errmsg(), errmsg_internal(), ERROR, ExitPostmaster(), external_pid_file, FATAL, fprintf, get_stats_option_name(), GetConfigOption(), GetConfigOptionFlags(), GetCurrentTimestamp(), getInstallationPaths(), getopt(), GUC_RUNTIME_COMPUTED, handle_pm_child_exit_signal(), handle_pm_pmsignal_signal(), handle_pm_reload_request_signal(), handle_pm_shutdown_request_signal(), HbaFileName, i, InitializeGUCOptions(), InitializeLatchSupport(), InitializeMaxBackends(), InitializeShmemGUCs(), InitializeWalConsistencyChecking(), InitPostmasterDeathWatchHandle(), InitProcessGlobals(), InitProcessLocalLatch(), IsBinaryUpgrade, IsPostmasterEnvironment, lfirst, list_free(), list_free_deep(), ListenAddresses, ListenSocket, load_hba(), load_ident(), LocalProcessControlFile(), LOCK_FILE_LINE_LISTEN_ADDR, LOCK_FILE_LINE_PM_STATUS, LOCK_FILE_LINE_SOCKET_DIR, LOG, Log_destination, LOG_DESTINATION_STDERR, Log_destination_string, LOG_METAINFO_DATAFILE, max_wal_senders, MaxConnections, MAXLISTEN, maybe_start_bgworkers(), MemoryContextSwitchTo(), my_exec_path, MyProcPid, name, NIL, on_proc_exit(), optarg, opterr, optind, ParseLongOption(), pfree(), pg_hton16, PG_MODE_MASK_OWNER, PG_TEMP_FILES_DIR, PGC_POSTMASTER, PGC_S_ARGV, PGC_S_OVERRIDE, PGC_SUSET, PGINVALID_SOCKET, PgStartTime, pgwin32_signal_initialize(), PM_STARTUP, PM_STATUS_STARTING, pmState, PostmasterContext, PostmasterPid, PostPortNumber, pqinitmask(), pqsignal(), process_shared_preload_libraries(), process_shmem_requests(), progname, pstrdup(), RemoveLogrotateSignalFiles(), RemovePgTempFiles(), RemovePgTempFilesInDir(), RemovePromoteSignalFiles(), ReservedConnections, S_IRGRP, S_IROTH, S_IRUSR, S_IWUSR, secure_initialize(), SelectConfigFiles(), ServerLoop(), set_debug_options(), set_max_safe_fds(), set_plan_disabling_options(), set_stack_base(), SetConfigOption(), SIG_IGN, SIGALRM, SIGCHLD, SIGHUP, SIGPIPE, SIGQUIT, SIGUSR1, SIGUSR2, SplitDirectoriesString(), SplitGUCList(), StartBackgroundWriter, StartCheckpointer, STARTUP_RUNNING, StartupDataBase, StartupPID, StartupStatus, STATUS_OK, StreamServerPort(), strerror, success, SuperuserReservedConnections, SysLogger_Start(), SysLoggerPID, TopMemoryContext, UnBlockSig, Unix_socket_directories, unlink_external_pid_file(), userDoption, value, wal_level, WAL_LEVEL_MINIMAL, WARNING, whereToSendOutput, write_stderr, and XLogArchiveMode.

Referenced by main().

◆ PostmasterMarkPIDForWorkerNotify()

bool PostmasterMarkPIDForWorkerNotify ( int pid )

Definition at line 5991 of file postmaster.c.

 {
     dlist_iter  iter;
     Backend    *bp;
  
     dlist_foreach(iter, &BackendList)
     {
         bp = dlist_container(Backend, elem, iter.cur);
         if (bp->pid == pid)
         {
             bp->bgworker_notify = true;
             return true;
         }
     }
     return false;
 }