/*
* CheckpointWriteDelay -- yield control to bgwriter during a checkpoint
*
* This function is called after each page write performed by BufferSync().
* It is responsible for keeping the bgwriter's normal activities in
* progress during a long checkpoint, and for throttling BufferSync()'s
* write rate to hit checkpoint_completion_target.
*
* The checkpoint request flags should be passed in; currently the only one
* examined is CHECKPOINT_IMMEDIATE, which disables delays between writes.
*
* 'progress' is an estimate of how much of the work has been done, as a
* fraction between 0.0 meaning none, and 1.0 meaning all done.
*/
void
CheckpointWriteDelay(int flags, double progress)
{
static int absorb_counter = WRITES_PER_ABSORB;
/* Do nothing if checkpoint is being executed by non-bgwriter process */
if (!am_bg_writer)
return;
/*
* Perform the usual bgwriter duties and take a nap, unless we're behind
* schedule, in which case we just try to catch up as quickly as possible.
*/
if (!(flags & CHECKPOINT_IMMEDIATE) &&
!shutdown_requested &&
!ImmediateCheckpointRequested() &&
IsCheckpointOnSchedule(progress))
{
if (got_SIGHUP)
{
got_SIGHUP = false;
ProcessConfigFile(PGC_SIGHUP);
/* update global shmem state for sync rep */
SyncRepUpdateSyncStandbysDefined();
}
AbsorbFsyncRequests();
absorb_counter = WRITES_PER_ABSORB;
BgBufferSync();
CheckArchiveTimeout();
BgWriterNap();
}
else if (--absorb_counter <= 0)
{
/*
* Absorb pending fsync requests after each WRITES_PER_ABSORB write
* operations even when we don't sleep, to prevent overflow of the
* fsync request queue.
*/
AbsorbFsyncRequests();
absorb_counter = WRITES_PER_ABSORB;
}
}
/*
* Main entry point for bgwriter process
*
* This is invoked from BootstrapMain, which has already created the basic
* execution environment, but not enabled signals yet.
*/
void
BackgroundWriterMain(void)
{
sigjmp_buf local_sigjmp_buf;
MemoryContext bgwriter_context;
am_bg_writer = true;
/*
* If possible, make this process a group leader, so that the postmaster
* can signal any child processes too. (bgwriter probably never has any
* child processes, but for consistency we make all postmaster child
* processes do this.)
*/
#ifdef HAVE_SETSID
if (setsid() < 0)
elog(FATAL, "setsid() failed: %m");
#endif
/*
* Properly accept or ignore signals the postmaster might send us
*
* SIGUSR1 is presently unused; keep it spare in case someday we want this
* process to participate in ProcSignal signalling.
*/
pqsignal(SIGHUP, BgSigHupHandler); /* set flag to read config file */
pqsignal(SIGINT, SIG_IGN); /* as of 9.2 no longer requests checkpoint */
pqsignal(SIGTERM, ReqShutdownHandler); /* shutdown */
pqsignal(SIGQUIT, bg_quickdie); /* hard crash time */
pqsignal(SIGALRM, SIG_IGN);
pqsignal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
pqsignal(SIGUSR1, SIG_IGN); /* reserve for ProcSignal */
pqsignal(SIGUSR2, SIG_IGN);
/*
* Reset some signals that are accepted by postmaster but not here
*/
pqsignal(SIGCHLD, SIG_DFL);
pqsignal(SIGTTIN, SIG_DFL);
pqsignal(SIGTTOU, SIG_DFL);
pqsignal(SIGCONT, SIG_DFL);
pqsignal(SIGWINCH, SIG_DFL);
/* We allow SIGQUIT (quickdie) at all times */
sigdelset(&BlockSig, SIGQUIT);
/*
* Create a resource owner to keep track of our resources (currently only
* buffer pins).
*/
CurrentResourceOwner = ResourceOwnerCreate(NULL, "Background Writer");
/*
* Create a memory context that we will do all our work in. We do this so
* that we can reset the context during error recovery and thereby avoid
* possible memory leaks. Formerly this code just ran in
* TopMemoryContext, but resetting that would be a really bad idea.
*/
bgwriter_context = AllocSetContextCreate(TopMemoryContext,
"Background Writer",
ALLOCSET_DEFAULT_MINSIZE,
ALLOCSET_DEFAULT_INITSIZE,
ALLOCSET_DEFAULT_MAXSIZE);
MemoryContextSwitchTo(bgwriter_context);
/*
* If an exception is encountered, processing resumes here.
*
* See notes in postgres.c about the design of this coding.
*/
if (sigsetjmp(local_sigjmp_buf, 1) != 0)
{
/* Since not using PG_TRY, must reset error stack by hand */
error_context_stack = NULL;
/* Prevent interrupts while cleaning up */
HOLD_INTERRUPTS();
/* Report the error to the server log */
EmitErrorReport();
/*
* These operations are really just a minimal subset of
* AbortTransaction(). We don't have very many resources to worry
* about in bgwriter, but we do have LWLocks, buffers, and temp files.
*/
LWLockReleaseAll();
AbortBufferIO();
UnlockBuffers();
/* buffer pins are released here: */
ResourceOwnerRelease(CurrentResourceOwner,
RESOURCE_RELEASE_BEFORE_LOCKS,
false, true);
/* we needn't bother with the other ResourceOwnerRelease phases */
AtEOXact_Buffers(false);
AtEOXact_Files();
AtEOXact_HashTables(false);
/*
* Now return to normal top-level context and clear ErrorContext for
* next time.
*/
MemoryContextSwitchTo(bgwriter_context);
FlushErrorState();
/* Flush any leaked data in the top-level context */
MemoryContextResetAndDeleteChildren(bgwriter_context);
/* Now we can allow interrupts again */
RESUME_INTERRUPTS();
/*
* Sleep at least 1 second after any error. A write error is likely
* to be repeated, and we don't want to be filling the error logs as
* fast as we can.
*/
pg_usleep(1000000L);
/*
* Close all open files after any error. This is helpful on Windows,
* where holding deleted files open causes various strange errors.
* It's not clear we need it elsewhere, but shouldn't hurt.
*/
smgrcloseall();
}
/* We can now handle ereport(ERROR) */
PG_exception_stack = &local_sigjmp_buf;
/*
* Unblock signals (they were blocked when the postmaster forked us)
*/
PG_SETMASK(&UnBlockSig);
/*
* Use the recovery target timeline ID during recovery
*/
if (RecoveryInProgress())
ThisTimeLineID = GetRecoveryTargetTLI();
/*
* Loop forever
*/
for (;;)
{
/*
* Emergency bailout if postmaster has died. This is to avoid the
* necessity for manual cleanup of all postmaster children.
*/
if (!PostmasterIsAlive())
exit(1);
if (got_SIGHUP)
{
got_SIGHUP = false;
ProcessConfigFile(PGC_SIGHUP);
/* update global shmem state for sync rep */
}
if (shutdown_requested)
{
/*
* From here on, elog(ERROR) should end with exit(1), not send
* control back to the sigsetjmp block above
*/
ExitOnAnyError = true;
/* Normal exit from the bgwriter is here */
proc_exit(0); /* done */
}
/*
* Do one cycle of dirty-buffer writing.
*/
BgBufferSync();
/* Nap for the configured time. */
BgWriterNap();
}
}
/*
* Main entry point for bgwriter process
*
* This is invoked from BootstrapMain, which has already created the basic
* execution environment, but not enabled signals yet.
*/
void
BackgroundWriterMain(void)
{
sigjmp_buf local_sigjmp_buf;
MemoryContext bgwriter_context;
BgWriterShmem->bgwriter_pid = MyProcPid;
am_bg_writer = true;
/*
* If possible, make this process a group leader, so that the postmaster
* can signal any child processes too. (bgwriter probably never has any
* child processes, but for consistency we make all postmaster child
* processes do this.)
*/
#ifdef HAVE_SETSID
if (setsid() < 0)
elog(FATAL, "setsid() failed: %m");
#endif
/*
* Properly accept or ignore signals the postmaster might send us
*
* Note: we deliberately ignore SIGTERM, because during a standard Unix
* system shutdown cycle, init will SIGTERM all processes at once. We
* want to wait for the backends to exit, whereupon the postmaster will
* tell us it's okay to shut down (via SIGUSR2).
*
* SIGUSR1 is presently unused; keep it spare in case someday we want this
* process to participate in sinval messaging.
*/
pqsignal(SIGHUP, BgSigHupHandler); /* set flag to read config file */
pqsignal(SIGINT, ReqCheckpointHandler); /* request checkpoint */
pqsignal(SIGTERM, SIG_IGN); /* ignore SIGTERM */
pqsignal(SIGQUIT, bg_quickdie); /* hard crash time */
pqsignal(SIGALRM, SIG_IGN);
pqsignal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
pqsignal(SIGUSR1, SIG_IGN); /* reserve for sinval */
pqsignal(SIGUSR2, ReqShutdownHandler); /* request shutdown */
/*
* Reset some signals that are accepted by postmaster but not here
*/
pqsignal(SIGCHLD, SIG_DFL);
pqsignal(SIGTTIN, SIG_DFL);
pqsignal(SIGTTOU, SIG_DFL);
pqsignal(SIGCONT, SIG_DFL);
pqsignal(SIGWINCH, SIG_DFL);
/* We allow SIGQUIT (quickdie) at all times */
#ifdef HAVE_SIGPROCMASK
sigdelset(&BlockSig, SIGQUIT);
#else
BlockSig &= ~(sigmask(SIGQUIT));
#endif
/*
* Initialize so that first time-driven event happens at the correct time.
*/
last_checkpoint_time = last_xlog_switch_time = time(NULL);
/*
* Create a resource owner to keep track of our resources (currently only
* buffer pins).
*/
CurrentResourceOwner = ResourceOwnerCreate(NULL, "Background Writer");
/*
* Create a memory context that we will do all our work in. We do this so
* that we can reset the context during error recovery and thereby avoid
* possible memory leaks. Formerly this code just ran in
* TopMemoryContext, but resetting that would be a really bad idea.
*/
bgwriter_context = AllocSetContextCreate(TopMemoryContext,
"Background Writer",
ALLOCSET_DEFAULT_MINSIZE,
ALLOCSET_DEFAULT_INITSIZE,
ALLOCSET_DEFAULT_MAXSIZE);
MemoryContextSwitchTo(bgwriter_context);
/*
* If an exception is encountered, processing resumes here.
*
* See notes in postgres.c about the design of this coding.
*/
if (sigsetjmp(local_sigjmp_buf, 1) != 0)
{
/* Since not using PG_TRY, must reset error stack by hand */
error_context_stack = NULL;
/* Prevent interrupts while cleaning up */
HOLD_INTERRUPTS();
/* Report the error to the server log */
EmitErrorReport();
/*
* These operations are really just a minimal subset of
* AbortTransaction(). We don't have very many resources to worry
* about in bgwriter, but we do have LWLocks, buffers, and temp files.
*/
LWLockReleaseAll();
AbortBufferIO();
UnlockBuffers();
/* buffer pins are released here: */
ResourceOwnerRelease(CurrentResourceOwner,
RESOURCE_RELEASE_BEFORE_LOCKS,
false, true);
/* we needn't bother with the other ResourceOwnerRelease phases */
AtEOXact_Buffers(false);
AtEOXact_Files();
AtEOXact_HashTables(false);
/* Warn any waiting backends that the checkpoint failed. */
if (ckpt_active)
{
/* use volatile pointer to prevent code rearrangement */
volatile BgWriterShmemStruct *bgs = BgWriterShmem;
SpinLockAcquire(&bgs->ckpt_lck);
bgs->ckpt_failed++;
bgs->ckpt_done = bgs->ckpt_started;
SpinLockRelease(&bgs->ckpt_lck);
ckpt_active = false;
}
/*
* Now return to normal top-level context and clear ErrorContext for
* next time.
*/
MemoryContextSwitchTo(bgwriter_context);
FlushErrorState();
/* Flush any leaked data in the top-level context */
MemoryContextResetAndDeleteChildren(bgwriter_context);
/* Now we can allow interrupts again */
RESUME_INTERRUPTS();
/*
* Sleep at least 1 second after any error. A write error is likely
* to be repeated, and we don't want to be filling the error logs as
* fast as we can.
*/
pg_usleep(1000000L);
/*
* Close all open files after any error. This is helpful on Windows,
* where holding deleted files open causes various strange errors.
* It's not clear we need it elsewhere, but shouldn't hurt.
*/
smgrcloseall();
}
/* We can now handle ereport(ERROR) */
PG_exception_stack = &local_sigjmp_buf;
/*
* Unblock signals (they were blocked when the postmaster forked us)
*/
PG_SETMASK(&UnBlockSig);
/*
* Loop forever
*/
for (;;)
{
bool do_checkpoint = false;
int flags = 0;
time_t now;
int elapsed_secs;
/*
* Emergency bailout if postmaster has died. This is to avoid the
* necessity for manual cleanup of all postmaster children.
*/
if (!PostmasterIsAlive(true))
exit(1);
/*
* Process any requests or signals received recently.
*/
AbsorbFsyncRequests();
if (got_SIGHUP)
{
got_SIGHUP = false;
ProcessConfigFile(PGC_SIGHUP);
}
if (checkpoint_requested)
{
checkpoint_requested = false;
do_checkpoint = true;
BgWriterStats.m_requested_checkpoints++;
}
if (shutdown_requested)
{
/*
* From here on, elog(ERROR) should end with exit(1), not send
* control back to the sigsetjmp block above
*/
ExitOnAnyError = true;
/* Close down the database */
ShutdownXLOG(0, 0);
DumpFreeSpaceMap(0, 0);
/* Normal exit from the bgwriter is here */
proc_exit(0); /* done */
}
/*
* Force a checkpoint if too much time has elapsed since the last one.
* Note that we count a timed checkpoint in stats only when this
* occurs without an external request, but we set the CAUSE_TIME flag
* bit even if there is also an external request.
*/
now = time(NULL);
elapsed_secs = now - last_checkpoint_time;
if (elapsed_secs >= CheckPointTimeout)
{
if (!do_checkpoint)
BgWriterStats.m_timed_checkpoints++;
do_checkpoint = true;
flags |= CHECKPOINT_CAUSE_TIME;
}
/*
* Do a checkpoint if requested, otherwise do one cycle of
* dirty-buffer writing.
*/
if (do_checkpoint)
{
/* use volatile pointer to prevent code rearrangement */
volatile BgWriterShmemStruct *bgs = BgWriterShmem;
/*
* Atomically fetch the request flags to figure out what kind of a
* checkpoint we should perform, and increase the started-counter
* to acknowledge that we've started a new checkpoint.
*/
SpinLockAcquire(&bgs->ckpt_lck);
flags |= bgs->ckpt_flags;
bgs->ckpt_flags = 0;
bgs->ckpt_started++;
SpinLockRelease(&bgs->ckpt_lck);
/*
* We will warn if (a) too soon since last checkpoint (whatever
* caused it) and (b) somebody set the CHECKPOINT_CAUSE_XLOG flag
* since the last checkpoint start. Note in particular that this
* implementation will not generate warnings caused by
* CheckPointTimeout < CheckPointWarning.
*/
if ((flags & CHECKPOINT_CAUSE_XLOG) &&
elapsed_secs < CheckPointWarning)
ereport(LOG,
(errmsg("checkpoints are occurring too frequently (%d seconds apart)",
elapsed_secs),
errhint("Consider increasing the configuration parameter \"checkpoint_segments\".")));
/*
* Initialize bgwriter-private variables used during checkpoint.
*/
ckpt_active = true;
ckpt_start_recptr = GetInsertRecPtr();
ckpt_start_time = now;
ckpt_cached_elapsed = 0;
/*
* Do the checkpoint.
*/
CreateCheckPoint(flags);
/*
* After any checkpoint, close all smgr files. This is so we
* won't hang onto smgr references to deleted files indefinitely.
*/
smgrcloseall();
/*
* Indicate checkpoint completion to any waiting backends.
*/
SpinLockAcquire(&bgs->ckpt_lck);
bgs->ckpt_done = bgs->ckpt_started;
SpinLockRelease(&bgs->ckpt_lck);
ckpt_active = false;
/*
* Note we record the checkpoint start time not end time as
* last_checkpoint_time. This is so that time-driven checkpoints
* happen at a predictable spacing.
*/
last_checkpoint_time = now;
}
else
BgBufferSync();
/* Check for archive_timeout and switch xlog files if necessary. */
CheckArchiveTimeout();
/* Nap for the configured time. */
BgWriterNap();
}
}
/*
* Main entry point for bgwriter process
*
* This is invoked from AuxiliaryProcessMain, which has already created the
* basic execution environment, but not enabled signals yet.
*/
void
BackgroundWriterMain(void)
{
sigjmp_buf local_sigjmp_buf;
MemoryContext bgwriter_context;
bool prev_hibernate;
/*
* Properly accept or ignore signals the postmaster might send us.
*
* bgwriter doesn't participate in ProcSignal signalling, but a SIGUSR1
* handler is still needed for latch wakeups.
*/
pqsignal(SIGHUP, BgSigHupHandler); /* set flag to read config file */
pqsignal(SIGINT, SIG_IGN);
pqsignal(SIGTERM, ReqShutdownHandler); /* shutdown */
pqsignal(SIGQUIT, bg_quickdie); /* hard crash time */
pqsignal(SIGALRM, SIG_IGN);
pqsignal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
pqsignal(SIGUSR1, bgwriter_sigusr1_handler);
pqsignal(SIGUSR2, SIG_IGN);
/*
* Reset some signals that are accepted by postmaster but not here
*/
pqsignal(SIGCHLD, SIG_DFL);
pqsignal(SIGTTIN, SIG_DFL);
pqsignal(SIGTTOU, SIG_DFL);
pqsignal(SIGCONT, SIG_DFL);
pqsignal(SIGWINCH, SIG_DFL);
/* We allow SIGQUIT (quickdie) at all times */
sigdelset(&BlockSig, SIGQUIT);
/*
* Create a resource owner to keep track of our resources (currently only
* buffer pins).
*/
CurrentResourceOwner = ResourceOwnerCreate(NULL, "Background Writer");
/*
* We just started, assume there has been either a shutdown or
* end-of-recovery snapshot.
*/
last_snapshot_ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
/*
* Create a memory context that we will do all our work in. We do this so
* that we can reset the context during error recovery and thereby avoid
* possible memory leaks. Formerly this code just ran in
* TopMemoryContext, but resetting that would be a really bad idea.
*/
bgwriter_context = AllocSetContextCreate(TopMemoryContext,
"Background Writer",
ALLOCSET_DEFAULT_MINSIZE,
ALLOCSET_DEFAULT_INITSIZE,
ALLOCSET_DEFAULT_MAXSIZE);
MemoryContextSwitchTo(bgwriter_context);
/*
* If an exception is encountered, processing resumes here.
*
* See notes in postgres.c about the design of this coding.
*/
if (sigsetjmp(local_sigjmp_buf, 1) != 0)
{
/* Since not using PG_TRY, must reset error stack by hand */
error_context_stack = NULL;
/* Prevent interrupts while cleaning up */
HOLD_INTERRUPTS();
/* Report the error to the server log */
EmitErrorReport();
/*
* These operations are really just a minimal subset of
* AbortTransaction(). We don't have very many resources to worry
* about in bgwriter, but we do have LWLocks, buffers, and temp files.
*/
LWLockReleaseAll();
AbortBufferIO();
UnlockBuffers();
/* buffer pins are released here: */
ResourceOwnerRelease(CurrentResourceOwner,
RESOURCE_RELEASE_BEFORE_LOCKS,
false, true);
/* we needn't bother with the other ResourceOwnerRelease phases */
AtEOXact_Buffers(false);
AtEOXact_SMgr();
AtEOXact_Files();
AtEOXact_HashTables(false);
/*
* Now return to normal top-level context and clear ErrorContext for
* next time.
*/
MemoryContextSwitchTo(bgwriter_context);
FlushErrorState();
/* Flush any leaked data in the top-level context */
MemoryContextResetAndDeleteChildren(bgwriter_context);
/* Now we can allow interrupts again */
RESUME_INTERRUPTS();
/*
* Sleep at least 1 second after any error. A write error is likely
* to be repeated, and we don't want to be filling the error logs as
* fast as we can.
*/
pg_usleep(1000000L);
/*
* Close all open files after any error. This is helpful on Windows,
* where holding deleted files open causes various strange errors.
* It's not clear we need it elsewhere, but shouldn't hurt.
*/
smgrcloseall();
/* Report wait end here, when there is no further possibility of wait */
pgstat_report_wait_end();
}
/* We can now handle ereport(ERROR) */
PG_exception_stack = &local_sigjmp_buf;
/*
* Unblock signals (they were blocked when the postmaster forked us)
*/
PG_SETMASK(&UnBlockSig);
/*
* Reset hibernation state after any error.
*/
prev_hibernate = false;
/*
* Loop forever
*/
for (;;)
{
bool can_hibernate;
int rc;
/* Clear any already-pending wakeups */
ResetLatch(MyLatch);
if (got_SIGHUP)
{
got_SIGHUP = false;
ProcessConfigFile(PGC_SIGHUP);
}
if (shutdown_requested)
{
/*
* From here on, elog(ERROR) should end with exit(1), not send
* control back to the sigsetjmp block above
*/
ExitOnAnyError = true;
/* Normal exit from the bgwriter is here */
proc_exit(0); /* done */
}
/*
* Do one cycle of dirty-buffer writing.
*/
can_hibernate = BgBufferSync();
/*
* Send off activity statistics to the stats collector
*/
pgstat_send_bgwriter();
if (FirstCallSinceLastCheckpoint())
{
/*
* After any checkpoint, close all smgr files. This is so we
* won't hang onto smgr references to deleted files indefinitely.
*/
smgrcloseall();
}
/*
* Log a new xl_running_xacts every now and then so replication can
* get into a consistent state faster (think of suboverflowed
* snapshots) and clean up resources (locks, KnownXids*) more
* frequently. The costs of this are relatively low, so doing it 4
* times (LOG_SNAPSHOT_INTERVAL_MS) a minute seems fine.
*
* We assume the interval for writing xl_running_xacts is
* significantly bigger than BgWriterDelay, so we don't complicate the
* overall timeout handling but just assume we're going to get called
* often enough even if hibernation mode is active. It's not that
* important that log_snap_interval_ms is met strictly. To make sure
* we're not waking the disk up unnecessarily on an idle system we
* check whether there has been any WAL inserted since the last time
* we've logged a running xacts.
*
* We do this logging in the bgwriter as its the only process that is
* run regularly and returns to its mainloop all the time. E.g.
* Checkpointer, when active, is barely ever in its mainloop and thus
* makes it hard to log regularly.
*/
if (XLogStandbyInfoActive() && !RecoveryInProgress())
{
TimestampTz timeout = 0;
TimestampTz now = GetCurrentTimestamp();
timeout = TimestampTzPlusMilliseconds(last_snapshot_ts,
LOG_SNAPSHOT_INTERVAL_MS);
/*
* only log if enough time has passed and some xlog record has
* been inserted.
*/
if (now >= timeout &&
last_snapshot_lsn != GetXLogInsertRecPtr())
{
last_snapshot_lsn = LogStandbySnapshot();
last_snapshot_ts = now;
}
}
/*
* Sleep until we are signaled or BgWriterDelay has elapsed.
*
* Note: the feedback control loop in BgBufferSync() expects that we
* will call it every BgWriterDelay msec. While it's not critical for
* correctness that that be exact, the feedback loop might misbehave
* if we stray too far from that. Hence, avoid loading this process
* down with latch events that are likely to happen frequently during
* normal operation.
*/
rc = WaitLatch(MyLatch,
WL_LATCH_SET | WL_TIMEOUT | WL_POSTMASTER_DEATH,
BgWriterDelay /* ms */ );
/*
* If no latch event and BgBufferSync says nothing's happening, extend
* the sleep in "hibernation" mode, where we sleep for much longer
* than bgwriter_delay says. Fewer wakeups save electricity. When a
* backend starts using buffers again, it will wake us up by setting
* our latch. Because the extra sleep will persist only as long as no
* buffer allocations happen, this should not distort the behavior of
* BgBufferSync's control loop too badly; essentially, it will think
* that the system-wide idle interval didn't exist.
*
* There is a race condition here, in that a backend might allocate a
* buffer between the time BgBufferSync saw the alloc count as zero
* and the time we call StrategyNotifyBgWriter. While it's not
* critical that we not hibernate anyway, we try to reduce the odds of
* that by only hibernating when BgBufferSync says nothing's happening
* for two consecutive cycles. Also, we mitigate any possible
* consequences of a missed wakeup by not hibernating forever.
*/
if (rc == WL_TIMEOUT && can_hibernate && prev_hibernate)
{
/* Ask for notification at next buffer allocation */
StrategyNotifyBgWriter(MyProc->pgprocno);
/* Sleep ... */
rc = WaitLatch(MyLatch,
WL_LATCH_SET | WL_TIMEOUT | WL_POSTMASTER_DEATH,
BgWriterDelay * HIBERNATE_FACTOR);
/* Reset the notification request in case we timed out */
StrategyNotifyBgWriter(-1);
}
/*
* Emergency bailout if postmaster has died. This is to avoid the
* necessity for manual cleanup of all postmaster children.
*/
if (rc & WL_POSTMASTER_DEATH)
exit(1);
prev_hibernate = can_hibernate;
}
}