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2019-05-14Move logging.h and logging.c from src/fe_utils/ to src/common/.Tom Lane
The original placement of this module in src/fe_utils/ is ill-considered, because several src/common/ modules have dependencies on it, meaning that libpgcommon and libpgfeutils now have mutual dependencies. That makes it pointless to have distinct libraries at all. The intended design is that libpgcommon is lower-level than libpgfeutils, so only dependencies from the latter to the former are acceptable. We already have the precedent that fe_memutils and a couple of other modules in src/common/ are frontend-only, so it's not stretching anything out of whack to treat logging.c as a frontend-only module in src/common/. To the extent that such modules help provide a common frontend/backend environment for the rest of common/ to use, it's a reasonable design. (logging.c does not yet provide an ereport() emulation, but one can dream.) Hence, move these files over, and revert basically all of the build-system changes made by commit cc8d41511. There are no places that need to grow new dependencies on libpgcommon, further reinforcing the idea that this is the right solution. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a912ffff-f6e4-778a-c86a-cf5c47a12933@2ndquadrant.com
2019-04-01Unified logging system for command-line programsPeter Eisentraut
This unifies the various ad hoc logging (message printing, error printing) systems used throughout the command-line programs. Features: - Program name is automatically prefixed. - Message string does not end with newline. This removes a common source of inconsistencies and omissions. - Additionally, a final newline is automatically stripped, simplifying use of PQerrorMessage() etc., another common source of mistakes. - I converted error message strings to use %m where possible. - As a result of the above several points, more translatable message strings can be shared between different components and between frontends and backend, without gratuitous punctuation or whitespace differences. - There is support for setting a "log level". This is not meant to be user-facing, but can be used internally to implement debug or verbose modes. - Lazy argument evaluation, so no significant overhead if logging at some level is disabled. - Some color in the messages, similar to gcc and clang. Set PG_COLOR=auto to try it out. Some colors are predefined, but can be customized by setting PG_COLORS. - Common files (common/, fe_utils/, etc.) can handle logging much more simply by just using one API without worrying too much about the context of the calling program, requiring callbacks, or having to pass "progname" around everywhere. - Some programs called setvbuf() to make sure that stderr is unbuffered, even on Windows. But not all programs did that. This is now done centrally. Soft goals: - Reduces vertical space use and visual complexity of error reporting in the source code. - Encourages more deliberate classification of messages. For example, in some cases it wasn't clear without analyzing the surrounding code whether a message was meant as an error or just an info. - Concepts and terms are vaguely aligned with popular logging frameworks such as log4j and Python logging. This is all just about printing stuff out. Nothing affects program flow (e.g., fatal exits). The uses are just too varied to do that. Some existing code had wrappers that do some kind of print-and-exit, and I adapted those. I tried to keep the output mostly the same, but there is a lot of historical baggage to unwind and special cases to consider, and I might not always have succeeded. One significant change is that pg_rewind used to write all error messages to stdout. That is now changed to stderr. Reviewed-by: Donald Dong <xdong@csumb.edu> Reviewed-by: Arthur Zakirov <a.zakirov@postgrespro.ru> Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/6a609b43-4f57-7348-6480-bd022f924310@2ndquadrant.com
2019-03-18Refactor more code logic to update the control fileMichael Paquier
ce6afc6 has begun the refactoring work by plugging pg_rewind into a central routine to update the control file, and left around two extra copies, with one in xlog.c for the backend and one in pg_resetwal.c. By adding an extra option to the central routine in controldata_utils.c to control if a flush of the control file needs to be done, it is proving to be straight-forward to make xlog.c and pg_resetwal.c use the central code path at the condition of moving the wait event tracking there. Hence, this allows to have only one central code path to update the control file, shaving the code from the duplicates. This refactoring actually fixes a problem in pg_resetwal. Previously, the control file was first removed before being recreated. So if a crash happened between the moment the file was removed and the moment the file was created, then it would have been possible to not have a control file anymore in the database folder. Author: Fabien Coelho Reviewed-by: Michael Paquier Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/alpine.DEB.2.21.1903170935210.2506@lancre
2019-03-12Add routine able to update the control file to src/common/Michael Paquier
This adds a new routine to src/common/ which is compatible with both the frontend and backend code, able to update the control file's contents. This is now getting used only by pg_rewind, but some upcoming patches which add more control on checksums for offline instances will make use of it. This could also get used more by the backend as xlog.c has its own flavor of the same logic with some wait events and an additional flush phase before closing the opened file descriptor, but this is let as separate work. Author: Michael Banck, Michael Paquier Reviewed-by: Fabien Coelho, Sergei Kornilov Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20181221201616.GD4974@nighthawk.caipicrew.dd-dns.de
2019-03-09Tighten use of OpenTransientFile and CloseTransientFileMichael Paquier
This fixes two sets of issues related to the use of transient files in the backend: 1) OpenTransientFile() has been used in some code paths with read-write flags while read-only is sufficient, so switch those calls to be read-only where necessary. These have been reported by Joe Conway. 2) When opening transient files, it is up to the caller to close the file descriptors opened. In error code paths, CloseTransientFile() gets called to clean up things before issuing an error. However in normal exit paths, a lot of callers of CloseTransientFile() never actually reported errors, which could leave a file descriptor open without knowing about it. This is an issue I complained about a couple of times, but never had the courage to write and submit a patch, so here we go. Note that one frontend code path is impacted by this commit so as an error is issued when fetching control file data, making backend and frontend to be treated consistently. Reported-by: Joe Conway, Michael Paquier Author: Michael Paquier Reviewed-by: Álvaro Herrera, Georgios Kokolatos, Joe Conway Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20190301023338.GD1348@paquier.xyz Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/c49b69ec-e2f7-ff33-4f17-0eaa4f2cef27@joeconway.com
2019-02-28Make get_controlfile not leak file descriptorsJoe Conway
When backend functions were added to expose controldata via SQL, reading of pg_control was consolidated under src/common so that both frontend and backend could share the same code. That move from frontend-only to shared frontend-backend failed to recognize the risk (and coding standards violation) of using a bare open(). In particular, it risked leaking file descriptors if transient errors occurred while reading the file. Fix that by using OpenTransientFile() instead in the backend case, which is purpose-built for this type of usage. Since there have been no complaints from the field, and an intermittent failure low risk, no backpatch. Hard failure would of course be bad, but in that case these functions are probably the least of your worries. Author: Joe Conway Reviewed-By: Michael Paquier Reported by: Michael Paquier Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20190227074728.GA15710@paquier.xyz
2019-01-02Update copyright for 2019Bruce Momjian
Backpatch-through: certain files through 9.4
2018-07-23Add proper errcodes to new error messages for read() failuresMichael Paquier
Those would use the default ERRCODE_INTERNAL_ERROR, but for foreseeable failures an errcode ought to be set, ERRCODE_DATA_CORRUPTED making the most sense here. While on the way, fix one errcode_for_file_access missing in origin.c since the code has been created, and remove one assignment of errno to 0 before calling read(), as this was around to fit with what was present before 811b6e36 where errno would not be set when not enough bytes are read. I have noticed the first one, and Tom has pinged me about the second one. Author: Michael Paquier Reported-by: Tom Lane Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/27265.1531925836@sss.pgh.pa.us
2018-07-18Rework error messages around file handlingMichael Paquier
Some error messages related to file handling are using the code path context to define their state. For example, 2PC-related errors are referring to "two-phase status files", or "relation mapping file" is used for catalog-to-filenode mapping, however those prove to be difficult to translate, and are not more helpful than just referring to the path of the file being worked on. So simplify all those error messages by just referring to files with their path used. In some cases, like the manipulation of WAL segments, the context is actually helpful so those are kept. Calls to the system function read() have also been rather inconsistent with their error handling sometimes not reporting the number of bytes read, and some other code paths trying to use an errno which has not been set. The in-core functions are using a more consistent pattern with this patch, which checks for both errno if set or if an inconsistent read is happening. So as to care about pluralization when reading an unexpected number of byte(s), "could not read: read %d of %zu" is used as error message, with %d field being the output result of read() and %zu the expected size. This simplifies the work of translators with less variations of the same message. Author: Michael Paquier Reviewed-by: Álvaro Herrera Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20180520000522.GB1603@paquier.xyz
2018-06-11Adjust error messagePeter Eisentraut
Makes it look more similar to other ones, and avoids the need for pluralization.
2018-05-18Fix error message on short read of pg_controlMagnus Hagander
Instead of saying "error: success", indicate that we got a working read but it was too short.
2018-01-02Update copyright for 2018Bruce Momjian
Backpatch-through: certain files through 9.3
2017-01-03Update copyright via script for 2017Bruce Momjian
2016-09-28Fix CRC check handling in get_controlfilePeter Eisentraut
The previous patch broke this by returning NULL for a failed CRC check, which pg_controldata would then try to read. Fix by returning the result of the CRC check in a separate argument. Michael Paquier and myself
2016-09-21pg_ctl: Detect current standby state from pg_controlPeter Eisentraut
pg_ctl used to determine whether a server was in standby mode by looking for a recovery.conf file. With this change, it instead looks into pg_control, which is potentially more accurate. There are also occasional discussions about removing recovery.conf, so this removes one dependency. Reviewed-by: Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com>
2016-06-09pgindent run for 9.6Robert Haas
2016-03-07Make get_controlfile() error logging consistent with src/commonJoe Conway
As originally committed, get_controlfile() used a non-standard approach to error logging. Make it consistent with the majority of error logging done in src/common. Applies to master only.
2016-03-05Expose control file data via SQL accessible functions.Joe Conway
Add four new SQL accessible functions: pg_control_system(), pg_control_checkpoint(), pg_control_recovery(), and pg_control_init() which expose a subset of the control file data. Along the way move the code to read and validate the control file to src/common, where it can be shared by the new backend functions and the original pg_controldata frontend program. Patch by me, significant input, testing, and review by Michael Paquier.