pgstat: Bring up pgstat in BaseInit() to fix uninitialized use of pgstat by AV.
Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
pgstat: Bring up pgstat in BaseInit() to fix uninitialized use of pgstat by AV. Previously pgstat_initialize() was called in InitPostgres() and AuxiliaryProcessMain(). As it turns out there was at least one case where we reported stats before pgstat_initialize() was called, see AutoVacWorkerMain()'s intentionally early call to pgstat_report_autovac(). This turns out to not be a problem with the current pgstat implementation as pgstat_initialize() only registers a shutdown callback. But in the shared memory based stats implementation we are working towards pgstat_initialize() has to do more work. After b406478b87e BaseInit() is a central place where initialization shared by normal backends and auxiliary backends can be put. Obviously BaseInit() is called before InitPostgres() registers ShutdownPostgres. Previously ShutdownPostgres was the first before_shmem_exit callback, now that's commonly pgstats. That should be fine. Previously pgstat_initialize() was not called in bootstrap mode, but there does not appear to be a need for that. It's now done unconditionally. To detect future issues like this, assertions are added to a few places verifying that the pgstat subsystem is initialized and not yet shut down. Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20210405092914.mmxqe7j56lsjfsej@alap3.anarazel.de Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20210802164124.ufo5buo4apl6yuvs@alap3.anarazel.de
Files
| Path | Change | +/− |
|---|---|---|
| src/backend/postmaster/auxprocess.c | modified | +0 −2 |
| src/backend/postmaster/pgstat.c | modified | +51 −2 |
| src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | modified | +14 −9 |
Discussion
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