pgsql: shm_mq: Third attempt at fixing nowait behavior in shm_mq_receiv

From: Robert Haas <rhaas(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: shm_mq: Third attempt at fixing nowait behavior in shm_mq_receiv
Date: 2015-11-03 15:00:01
Message-ID: E1Ztd45-0006gn-Qt@gemulon.postgresql.org
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shm_mq: Third attempt at fixing nowait behavior in shm_mq_receive.

Commit a1480ec1d3bacb9acb08ec09f22bc25bc033115b purported to fix the
problems with commit b2ccb5f4e6c81305386edb34daf7d1d1e1ee112a, but it
didn't completely fix them. The problem is that the checks were
performed in the wrong order, leading to a race condition. If the
sender attached, sent a message, and detached after the receiver
called shm_mq_get_sender and before the receiver called
shm_mq_counterparty_gone, we'd incorrectly return SHM_MQ_DETACHED
before all messages were read. Repair by reversing the order of
operations, and add a long comment explaining why this new logic is
(hopefully) correct.

Branch
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master

Details
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http://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/4efe26cbd3ef0d85656bf00ac9e5bd41cc8a2a36

Modified Files
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src/backend/storage/ipc/shm_mq.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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