Switch memory contexts in ReinitializeParallelDSM.
We already do this in CreateParallelContext, InitializeParallelDSM, and
LaunchParallelWorkers. I suspect the reason why the matching logic was
omitted from ReinitializeParallelDSM is that I failed to realize that
any memory allocation was happening here -- but shm_mq_attach does
allocate, which could result in a shm_mq_handle being allocated in a
shorter-lived context than the ParallelContext which points to it.
That could result in a crash if the shorter-lived context is freed
before the parallel context is destroyed. As far as I am currently
aware, there is no way to reach a crash using only code that is
present in core PostgreSQL, but extensions could potentially trip
over this. Fixing this in the back-branches appears low-risk, so
back-patch to all supported versions.
Author: Jakub Wartak <jakub.wartak@enterprisedb.com>
Co-authored-by: Jeevan Chalke <jeevan.chalke@enterprisedb.com>
Backpatch-through: 14
Discussion: http://postgr.es/m/CAKZiRmwfVripa3FGo06=5D1EddpsLu9JY2iJOTgbsxUQ339ogQ@mail.gmail.com
Branch
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REL_17_STABLE
Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/1d0fc2499ff2f7b81e1e2c742ccb587c48d0f6d6
Modified Files
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src/backend/access/transam/parallel.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)