On Darwin, detect and report a multithreaded postmaster.

Darwin --enable-nls builds use a substitute setlocale() that may start a
thread.  Buildfarm member orangutan experienced BackendList corruption
on account of different postmaster threads executing signal handlers
simultaneously.  Furthermore, a multithreaded postmaster risks undefined
behavior from sigprocmask() and fork().  Emit LOG messages about the
problem and its workaround.  Back-patch to 9.0 (all supported versions).

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index fc4e4fa2756f8c4a27dcf86cacc2590d39b33d3e..5ee26cd4cfa7ed34c28512b8136078316c129984 100755 (executable)
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -18839,7 +18839,8 @@ LIBS=`echo "$LIBS" | sed -e 's/-ledit//g' -e 's/-lreadline//g'`
 
 
 
-for ac_func in cbrt dlopen fcvt fdatasync getifaddrs getpeereid getpeerucred getrlimit memmove poll pstat readlink scandir setproctitle setsid sigprocmask symlink sysconf towlower utime utimes waitpid wcstombs
+
+for ac_func in cbrt dlopen fcvt fdatasync getifaddrs getpeereid getpeerucred getrlimit memmove poll pstat pthread_is_threaded_np readlink scandir setproctitle setsid sigprocmask symlink sysconf towlower utime utimes waitpid wcstombs
 do
 as_ac_var=`$as_echo "ac_cv_func_$ac_func" | $as_tr_sh`
 { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $ac_func" >&5

diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 77a9a0ed89ffd07695dc57b7fb27333715a2f40d..8dbcbccd1c216eb4cf6621b784f2ed83ec745ff3 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ PGAC_FUNC_GETTIMEOFDAY_1ARG
 LIBS_including_readline="$LIBS"
 LIBS=`echo "$LIBS" | sed -e 's/-ledit//g' -e 's/-lreadline//g'`
 
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([cbrt dlopen fcvt fdatasync getifaddrs getpeereid getpeerucred getrlimit memmove poll pstat readlink scandir setproctitle setsid sigprocmask symlink sysconf towlower utime utimes waitpid wcstombs])
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([cbrt dlopen fcvt fdatasync getifaddrs getpeereid getpeerucred getrlimit memmove poll pstat pthread_is_threaded_np readlink scandir setproctitle setsid sigprocmask symlink sysconf towlower utime utimes waitpid wcstombs])
 
 AC_REPLACE_FUNCS(fseeko)
 case $host_os in

diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
index de8c996abd583e29a9a27fe45f8ea788c40e35b7..480aab018d76e23ef9d07b4782922f1b42630315 100644 (file)
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@
 #include <dns_sd.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_IS_THREADED_NP
+#include <pthread.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "access/transam.h"
 #include "access/xlog.h"
 #include "bootstrap/bootstrap.h"
@@ -1081,6 +1085,24 @@ PostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
        }
        load_ident();
 
+#ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_IS_THREADED_NP
+
+       /*
+        * On Darwin, 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(LOG,
+                               (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
         */
@@ -1506,6 +1528,15 @@ ServerLoop(void)
                        TouchSocketLockFile();
                        last_touch_time = now;
                }
+
+#ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_IS_THREADED_NP
+
+               /*
+                * With assertions enabled, check regularly for appearance of
+                * additional threads.  All builds check at start and exit.
+                */
+               Assert(pthread_is_threaded_np() == 0);
+#endif
        }
 }
 
@@ -4155,6 +4186,18 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 static void
 ExitPostmaster(int status)
 {
+#ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_IS_THREADED_NP
+
+       /*
+        * There is no known cause for a postmaster to become multithreaded after
+        * startup.  Recheck to account for the possibility of unknown causes.
+        */
+       if (pthread_is_threaded_np() != 0)
+               ereport(LOG,
+                               (errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+                                errmsg("postmaster became multithreaded")));
+#endif
+
        /* should cleanup shared memory and kill all backends */
 
        /*

diff --git a/src/include/pg_config.h.in b/src/include/pg_config.h.in
index eb9b8cca3f9b5b20e8f782e330ad5c9031834961..49ef712087800d569081d3d09e701a0e3292c816 100644 (file)
--- a/src/include/pg_config.h.in
+++ b/src/include/pg_config.h.in
@@ -387,6 +387,9 @@
 /* Define if you have POSIX threads libraries and header files. */
 #undef HAVE_PTHREAD
 
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `pthread_is_threaded_np' function. */
+#undef HAVE_PTHREAD_IS_THREADED_NP
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <pwd.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_PWD_H
 

diff --git a/src/port/exec.c b/src/port/exec.c
index 1ef2b11c034e39bc3905e122e9a3f3abdbbd0788..4193bd2686a762787027bdf317b19c98b770a2d9 100644 (file)
--- a/src/port/exec.c
+++ b/src/port/exec.c
@@ -570,8 +570,20 @@ set_pglocale_pgservice(const char *argv0, const char *app)
 
        /* don't set LC_ALL in the backend */
        if (strcmp(app, PG_TEXTDOMAIN("postgres")) != 0)
+       {
                setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
 
+               /*
+                * One could make a case for reproducing here PostmasterMain()'s test
+                * for whether the process is multithreaded.  Unlike the postmaster,
+                * no frontend program calls sigprocmask() or otherwise provides for
+                * mutual exclusion between signal handlers.  While frontends using
+                * fork(), if multithreaded, are formally exposed to undefined
+                * behavior, we have not witnessed a concrete bug.  Therefore,
+                * complaining about multithreading here may be mere pedantry.
+                */
+       }
+
        if (find_my_exec(argv0, my_exec_path) < 0)
                return;