Fix autovacuum launcher shutdown sequence

alvherre · alvherre · commit 37dc228e8d3d · 2015-04-08T13:19:49.000-03:00
It was previously possible to have the launcher re-execute its main loop
before shutting down if some other signal was received or an error
occurred after getting SIGTERM, as reported by Qingqing Zhou.

While investigating, Tom Lane further noticed that if autovacuum had
been disabled in the config file, it would misbehave by trying to start
a new worker instead of bailing out immediately -- it would consider
itself as invoked in emergency mode.

Fix both problems by checking the shutdown flag in a few more places.
These problems have existed since autovacuum was introduced, so
backpatch all the way back.
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/autovacuum.c b/src/backend/postmaster/autovacuum.c
@@ -518,6 +518,10 @@ AutoVacLauncherMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 		/* Now we can allow interrupts again */
 		RESUME_INTERRUPTS();
 
+		/* if in shutdown mode, no need for anything further; just go away */
+		if (got_SIGTERM)
+			goto shutdown;
+
 		/*
 		 * Sleep at least 1 second after any error.  We don't want to be
 		 * filling the error logs as fast as we can.
@@ -552,10 +556,14 @@ AutoVacLauncherMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	SetConfigOption("default_transaction_isolation", "read committed",
 					PGC_SUSET, PGC_S_OVERRIDE);
 
-	/* in emergency mode, just start a worker and go away */
+	/*
+	 * In emergency mode, just start a worker (unless shutdown was requested)
+	 * and go away.
+	 */
 	if (!AutoVacuumingActive())
 	{
-		do_start_worker();
+		if (!got_SIGTERM)
+			do_start_worker();
 		proc_exit(0);			/* done */
 	}
 
@@ -570,7 +578,8 @@ AutoVacLauncherMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	rebuild_database_list(InvalidOid);
 
-	for (;;)
+	/* loop until shutdown request */
+	while (!got_SIGTERM)
 	{
 		struct timeval nap;
 		TimestampTz current_time = 0;
@@ -765,6 +774,7 @@ AutoVacLauncherMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	}
 
 	/* Normal exit from the autovac launcher is here */
+shutdown:
 	ereport(LOG,
 			(errmsg("autovacuum launcher shutting down")));
 	AutoVacuumShmem->av_launcherpid = 0;
