#include <time.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#ifdef HAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H
static pgpid_t get_pgpid(void);
static char **readfile(const char *path);
-static pgpid_t start_postmaster(void);
+static int start_postmaster(void);
static void read_post_opts(void);
-static PGPing test_postmaster_connection(pgpid_t pm_pid, bool do_checkpoint);
+static PGPing test_postmaster_connection(bool);
static bool postmaster_is_alive(pid_t pid);
#if defined(HAVE_GETRLIMIT) && defined(RLIMIT_CORE)
* start/test/stop routines
*/
-/*
- * Start the postmaster and return its PID.
- *
- * Currently, on Windows what we return is the PID of the shell process
- * that launched the postmaster (and, we trust, is waiting for it to exit).
- * So the PID is usable for "is the postmaster still running" checks,
- * but cannot be compared directly to postmaster.pid.
- *
- * On Windows, we also save aside a handle to the shell process in
- * "postmasterProcess", which the caller should close when done with it.
- */
-static pgpid_t
+static int
start_postmaster(void)
{
char cmd[MAXPGPATH];
#ifndef WIN32
- pgpid_t pm_pid;
-
- /* Flush stdio channels just before fork, to avoid double-output problems */
- fflush(stdout);
- fflush(stderr);
-
- pm_pid = fork();
- if (pm_pid < 0)
- {
- /* fork failed */
- write_stderr(_("%s: could not start server: %s\n"),
- progname, strerror(errno));
- exit(1);
- }
- if (pm_pid > 0)
- {
- /* fork succeeded, in parent */
- return pm_pid;
- }
-
- /* fork succeeded, in child */
/*
* Since there might be quotes to handle here, it is easier simply to pass
- * everything to a shell to process them. Use exec so that the postmaster
- * has the same PID as the current child process.
+ * everything to a shell to process them.
+ *
+ * XXX it would be better to fork and exec so that we would know the child
+ * postmaster's PID directly; then test_postmaster_connection could use
+ * the PID without having to rely on reading it back from the pidfile.
*/
if (log_file != NULL)
- snprintf(cmd, MAXPGPATH, "exec \"%s\" %s%s < \"%s\" >> \"%s\" 2>&1",
+ snprintf(cmd, MAXPGPATH, SYSTEMQUOTE "\"%s\" %s%s < \"%s\" >> \"%s\" 2>&1 &" SYSTEMQUOTE,
exec_path, pgdata_opt, post_opts,
DEVNULL, log_file);
else
- snprintf(cmd, MAXPGPATH, "exec \"%s\" %s%s < \"%s\" 2>&1",
+ snprintf(cmd, MAXPGPATH, SYSTEMQUOTE "\"%s\" %s%s < \"%s\" 2>&1 &" SYSTEMQUOTE,
exec_path, pgdata_opt, post_opts, DEVNULL);
- (void) execl("/bin/sh", "/bin/sh", "-c", cmd, (char *) NULL);
-
- /* exec failed */
- write_stderr(_("%s: could not start server: %s\n"),
- progname, strerror(errno));
- exit(1);
-
- return 0; /* keep dumb compilers quiet */
-
+ return system(cmd);
#else /* WIN32 */
/*
- * As with the Unix case, it's easiest to use the shell (CMD.EXE) to
- * handle redirection etc. Unfortunately CMD.EXE lacks any equivalent of
- * "exec", so we don't get to find out the postmaster's PID immediately.
+ * On win32 we don't use system(). So we don't need to use & (which would
+ * be START /B on win32). However, we still call the shell (CMD.EXE) with
+ * it to handle redirection etc.
*/
PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;
exec_path, pgdata_opt, post_opts, DEVNULL);
if (!CreateRestrictedProcess(cmd, &pi, false))
- {
- write_stderr(_("%s: could not start server: error code %lu\n"),
- progname, (unsigned long) GetLastError());
- exit(1);
- }
- /* Don't close command process handle here; caller must do so */
- postmasterProcess = pi.hProcess;
+ return GetLastError();
+ CloseHandle(pi.hProcess);
CloseHandle(pi.hThread);
- return pi.dwProcessId; /* Shell's PID, not postmaster's! */
+ return 0;
#endif /* WIN32 */
}
/*
* Find the pgport and try a connection
*
- * On Unix, pm_pid is the PID of the just-launched postmaster. On Windows,
- * it may be the PID of an ancestor shell process, so we can't check the
- * contents of postmaster.pid quite as carefully.
- *
- * On Windows, the static variable postmasterProcess is an implicit argument
- * to this routine; it contains a handle to the postmaster process or an
- * ancestor shell process thereof.
- *
* Note that the checkpoint parameter enables a Windows service control
* manager checkpoint, it's got nothing to do with database checkpoints!!
*/
static PGPing
-test_postmaster_connection(pgpid_t pm_pid, bool do_checkpoint)
+test_postmaster_connection(bool do_checkpoint)
{
PGPing ret = PQPING_NO_RESPONSE;
+ bool found_stale_pidfile = false;
+ pgpid_t pm_pid = 0;
char connstr[MAXPGPATH * 2 + 256];
int i;
optlines[5] != NULL)
{
/* File is complete enough for us, parse it */
- pgpid_t pmpid;
+ long pmpid;
time_t pmstart;
/*
- * Make sanity checks. If it's for the wrong PID, or the
- * recorded start time is before pg_ctl started, then
- * either we are looking at the wrong data directory, or
- * this is a pre-existing pidfile that hasn't (yet?) been
- * overwritten by our child postmaster. Allow 2 seconds
- * slop for possible cross-process clock skew.
+ * Make sanity checks. If it's for a standalone backend
+ * (negative PID), or the recorded start time is before
+ * pg_ctl started, then either we are looking at the wrong
+ * data directory, or this is a pre-existing pidfile that
+ * hasn't (yet?) been overwritten by our child postmaster.
+ * Allow 2 seconds slop for possible cross-process clock
+ * skew.
*/
pmpid = atol(optlines[LOCK_FILE_LINE_PID - 1]);
pmstart = atol(optlines[LOCK_FILE_LINE_START_TIME - 1]);
- if (pmstart >= start_time - 2 &&
-#ifndef WIN32
- pmpid == pm_pid
-#else
- /* Windows can only reject standalone-backend PIDs */
- pmpid > 0
-#endif
- )
+ if (pmpid <= 0 || pmstart < start_time - 2)
+ {
+ /*
+ * Set flag to report stale pidfile if it doesn't get
+ * overwritten before we give up waiting.
+ */
+ found_stale_pidfile = true;
+ }
+ else
{
/*
* OK, seems to be a valid pidfile from our child.
char *hostaddr;
char host_str[MAXPGPATH];
+ found_stale_pidfile = false;
+ pm_pid = (pgpid_t) pmpid;
+
/*
* Extract port number and host string to use. Prefer
* using Unix socket if available.
}
/*
- * Check whether the child postmaster process is still alive. This
- * lets us exit early if the postmaster fails during startup.
- *
- * On Windows, we may be checking the postmaster's parent shell, but
- * that's fine for this purpose.
+ * The postmaster should create postmaster.pid very soon after being
+ * started. If it's not there after we've waited 5 or more seconds,
+ * assume startup failed and give up waiting. (Note this covers both
+ * cases where the pidfile was never created, and where it was created
+ * and then removed during postmaster exit.) Also, if there *is* a
+ * file there but it appears stale, issue a suitable warning and give
+ * up waiting.
*/
-#ifndef WIN32
+ if (i >= 5)
{
- int exitstatus;
+ struct stat statbuf;
+
+ if (stat(pid_file, &statbuf) != 0)
+ return PQPING_NO_RESPONSE;
- if (waitpid((pid_t) pm_pid, &exitstatus, WNOHANG) == (pid_t) pm_pid)
+ if (found_stale_pidfile)
+ {
+ write_stderr(_("\n%s: this data directory appears to be running a pre-existing postmaster\n"),
+ progname);
return PQPING_NO_RESPONSE;
+ }
}
-#else
- if (WaitForSingleObject(postmasterProcess, 0) == WAIT_OBJECT_0)
+
+ /*
+ * If we've been able to identify the child postmaster's PID, check
+ * the process is still alive. This covers cases where the postmaster
+ * successfully created the pidfile but then crashed without removing
+ * it.
+ */
+ if (pm_pid > 0 && !postmaster_is_alive((pid_t) pm_pid))
return PQPING_NO_RESPONSE;
-#endif
/* No response, or startup still in process; wait */
#if defined(WIN32)
do_start(void)
{
pgpid_t old_pid = 0;
- pgpid_t pm_pid;
+ int exitcode;
if (ctl_command != RESTART_COMMAND)
{
}
#endif
- pm_pid = start_postmaster();
+ exitcode = start_postmaster();
+ if (exitcode != 0)
+ {
+ write_stderr(_("%s: could not start server: exit code was %d\n"),
+ progname, exitcode);
+ exit(1);
+ }
if (do_wait)
{
print_msg(_("waiting for server to start..."));
- switch (test_postmaster_connection(pm_pid, false))
+ switch (test_postmaster_connection(false))
{
case PQPING_OK:
print_msg(_(" done\n"));
}
else
print_msg(_("server starting\n"));
-
-#ifdef WIN32
- /* Now we don't need the handle to the shell process anymore */
- CloseHandle(postmasterProcess);
- postmasterProcess = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
-#endif
}
if (do_wait)
{
write_eventlog(EVENTLOG_INFORMATION_TYPE, _("Waiting for server startup...\n"));
- if (test_postmaster_connection(postmasterPID, true) != PQPING_OK)
+ if (test_postmaster_connection(true) != PQPING_OK)
{
write_eventlog(EVENTLOG_ERROR_TYPE, _("Timed out waiting for server startup\n"));
pgwin32_SetServiceStatus(SERVICE_STOPPED);
{
/*
* status.dwCheckPoint can be incremented by
- * test_postmaster_connection(), so it might not start from 0.
+ * test_postmaster_connection(true), so it might not
+ * start from 0.
*/
- int maxShutdownCheckPoint = status.dwCheckPoint + 12;
+ int maxShutdownCheckPoint = status.dwCheckPoint + 12;;
kill(postmasterPID, SIGINT);
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