While self-reviewing my "Refactoring backend fork+exec code" patches, I
noticed this in pq_init():
> /*
> * In backends (as soon as forked) we operate the underlying socket in
> * nonblocking mode and use latches to implement blocking semantics if
> * needed. That allows us to provide safely interruptible reads and
> * writes.
> *
> * Use COMMERROR on failure, because ERROR would try to send the error to
> * the client, which might require changing the mode again, leading to
> * infinite recursion.
> */
> #ifndef WIN32
> if (!pg_set_noblock(MyProcPort->sock))
> ereport(COMMERROR,
> (errmsg("could not set socket to nonblocking mode: %m")));
> #endif
>
> #ifndef WIN32
>
> /* Don't give the socket to any subprograms we execute. */
> if (fcntl(MyProcPort->sock, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) < 0)
> elog(FATAL, "fcntl(F_SETFD) failed on socket: %m");
> #endif
Using COMMERROR here seems bogus. Firstly, if there was a problem with
recursion, surely the elog(FATAL) that follows would also be wrong. But
more seriously, it's not cool to continue using the connection as if
everything is OK, if we fail to put it into non-blocking mode. We should
disconnect. (COMMERROR merely logs the error, it does not bail out like
ERROR does)
Barring objections, I'll commit and backpatch the attached to fix that.
--
Heikki Linnakangas
Neon (https://neon.tech)
