/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * pmsignal.h * routines for signaling the postmaster from its child processes * * * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2020, PostgreSQL Global Development Group * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California * * src/include/storage/pmsignal.h * *------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ #ifndef PMSIGNAL_H #define PMSIGNAL_H #include #ifdef HAVE_SYS_PRCTL_H #include "sys/prctl.h" #endif #ifdef HAVE_SYS_PROCCTL_H #include "sys/procctl.h" #endif /* * Reasons for signaling the postmaster. We can cope with simultaneous * signals for different reasons. If the same reason is signaled multiple * times in quick succession, however, the postmaster is likely to observe * only one notification of it. This is okay for the present uses. */ typedef enum { PMSIGNAL_RECOVERY_STARTED, /* recovery has started */ PMSIGNAL_BEGIN_HOT_STANDBY, /* begin Hot Standby */ PMSIGNAL_WAKEN_ARCHIVER, /* send a NOTIFY signal to xlog archiver */ PMSIGNAL_ROTATE_LOGFILE, /* send SIGUSR1 to syslogger to rotate logfile */ PMSIGNAL_START_AUTOVAC_LAUNCHER, /* start an autovacuum launcher */ PMSIGNAL_START_AUTOVAC_WORKER, /* start an autovacuum worker */ PMSIGNAL_BACKGROUND_WORKER_CHANGE, /* background worker state change */ PMSIGNAL_START_WALRECEIVER, /* start a walreceiver */ PMSIGNAL_ADVANCE_STATE_MACHINE, /* advance postmaster's state machine */ NUM_PMSIGNALS /* Must be last value of enum! */ } PMSignalReason; /* PMSignalData is an opaque struct, details known only within pmsignal.c */ typedef struct PMSignalData PMSignalData; /* * prototypes for functions in pmsignal.c */ extern Size PMSignalShmemSize(void); extern void PMSignalShmemInit(void); extern void SendPostmasterSignal(PMSignalReason reason); extern bool CheckPostmasterSignal(PMSignalReason reason); extern int AssignPostmasterChildSlot(void); extern bool ReleasePostmasterChildSlot(int slot); extern bool IsPostmasterChildWalSender(int slot); extern void MarkPostmasterChildActive(void); extern void MarkPostmasterChildInactive(void); extern void MarkPostmasterChildWalSender(void); extern bool PostmasterIsAliveInternal(void); extern void PostmasterDeathSignalInit(void); /* * Do we have a way to ask for a signal on parent death? * * If we do, pmsignal.c will set up a signal handler, that sets a flag when * the parent dies. Checking the flag first makes PostmasterIsAlive() a lot * cheaper in usual case that the postmaster is alive. */ #if (defined(HAVE_SYS_PRCTL_H) && defined(PR_SET_PDEATHSIG)) || \ (defined(HAVE_SYS_PROCCTL_H) && defined(PROC_PDEATHSIG_CTL)) #define USE_POSTMASTER_DEATH_SIGNAL #endif #ifdef USE_POSTMASTER_DEATH_SIGNAL extern volatile sig_atomic_t postmaster_possibly_dead; static inline bool PostmasterIsAlive(void) { if (likely(!postmaster_possibly_dead)) return true; return PostmasterIsAliveInternal(); } #else #define PostmasterIsAlive() PostmasterIsAliveInternal() #endif #endif /* PMSIGNAL_H */