Re: BUG #17326: Postgres crashed when pg_reload_conf() with ssl certificate parameters

> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>
> Bug reference: 17326
> Logged by: James Pang
> Email address: chaolpan(at)cisco(dot)com
> PostgreSQL version: 13.4
> Operating system: RHEL8.4
> Description:
>
> we need SSL enabled for our production env, when I test renew a ssl certificate , and reload_conf, it crashed. even with same certificate and ssl parameters, run reload_conf often lead to Postgres crash. For example
> :
>
> =# select name,setting from pg_settings where name like 'ssl_%' order by name;
> name | setting
> ----------------------------------------+-------------------------------
> ----------------------------------------+--------
> ssl_ca_file |
> /var/lib/pgsql/sslcerts/awstestca.crt
> ssl_cert_file |
> /var/lib/pgsql/sslcerts/server.crt
> ssl_ciphers | HIGH:MEDIUM:+3DES:!aNULL
> ssl_crl_file |
> ssl_dh_params_file |
> ssl_ecdh_curve | prime256v1
> ssl_key_file |
> /var/lib/pgsql/sslcerts/server.key
> ssl_library | OpenSSL
> ssl_max_protocol_version |
> ssl_min_protocol_version | TLSv1.2
> ssl_passphrase_command |
> ssl_passphrase_command_supports_reload | off
> ssl_prefer_server_ciphers | on
> (13 rows)
>
> =# select pg_reload_conf();
> pg_reload_conf
> ----------------
> t
> (1 row)
>
> =# select pg_reload_conf();
> pg_reload_conf
> ----------------
> t
> (1 row)
>
> =# select pg_reload_conf();
> FATAL: terminating connection due to unexpected postmaster exit server closed the connection unexpectedly
> This probably means the server terminated abnormally
> before or while processing the request.
> The connection to the server was lost. Attempting reset: Failed.
>
> On Wed, Dec 08, 2021 at 06:22:11AM +0000, James Pang (chaolpan) wrote:
> From postgres logs , it show
> 2021-12-08 03:57:55.826 UTC::@:[1291058]:[9-1]:2021-12-08 03:33:21 UTC:LOG: received SIGHUP, reloading configuration files
> 2021-12-08 03:58:02.832 UTC::@:[1291058]:[10-1]:2021-12-08 03:33:21 UTC:LOG: received SIGHUP, reloading configuration files
> 2021-12-08 03:58:03.143 UTC:10.240.212.242(58646):jamet(at)jamet:[1291076]:[9-1]:2021-12-08 03:33:24 UTC:testsubLOG: disconnection: session time: 0:24:38.967 user=jamet database=jamet host=10.240.212.242 port=58646
> 2021-12-08 03:58:03.147 UTC:[local]:postgres(at)jamet:[1291397]:[3-1]:2021-12-08 03:57:02 UTC:psqlFATAL: terminating connection due to unexpected postmaster exit
> 2021-12-08 03:58:03.147 UTC:[local]:postgres(at)jamet:[1291397]:[4-1]:2021-12-08 03:57:02 UTC:psqlLOG: disconnection: session time: 0:01:00.405 user=postgres database=jamet host=[local]

Hi,

Thanks for reporting the issue. Any chance to get a stack trace
corresponding to the crash, e.g. like in [1]?

[1]: https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Getting_a_stack_trace_of_a_running_PostgreSQL_backend_on_Linux/BSD