Arrange to fsync the contents of lockfiles (both postmaster.pid and the

tglsfdc · tglsfdc · commit 28d27cfdc9f5 · 2010-08-16T17:33:30.000Z
socket lockfile) when writing them.  The lack of an fsync here may well
explain two different reports we've seen of corrupted lockfile contents,
which doesn't particularly bother the running server but can prevent a
new server from starting if the old one crashes.  Per suggestion from
Alvaro.

Back-patch to all supported versions.
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c,v 1.116.2.2 2009/12/09 21:59:07 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c,v 1.116.2.3 2010/08/16 17:33:30 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -721,6 +721,7 @@ CreateLockFile(const char *filename, bool amPostmaster,
 				(errcode_for_file_access(),
 			  errmsg("could not write lock file \"%s\": %m", filename)));
 	}
+	pg_fsync(fd);
 	close(fd);
 
 	/*
@@ -875,6 +876,7 @@ RecordSharedMemoryInLockFile(unsigned long id1, unsigned long id2)
 		close(fd);
 		return;
 	}
+	pg_fsync(fd);
 	close(fd);
 }
 

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@`
`8`	`8`	`*`
`9`	`9`	`*`
`10`	`10`	`* IDENTIFICATION`
`11`		`- * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c,v 1.116.2.2 2009/12/09 21:59:07 tgl Exp $`
	`11`	`+ * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c,v 1.116.2.3 2010/08/16 17:33:30 tgl Exp $`
`12`	`12`	`*`
`13`	`13`	`*-------------------------------------------------------------------------`
`14`	`14`	`*/`
`@@ -721,6 +721,7 @@ CreateLockFile(const char *filename, bool amPostmaster,`
`721`	`721`	`(errcode_for_file_access(),`
`722`	`722`	`errmsg("could not write lock file \"%s\": %m", filename)));`
`723`	`723`	`}`
	`724`	`+ pg_fsync(fd);`
`724`	`725`	`close(fd);`
`725`	`726`
`726`	`727`	`/*`
`@@ -875,6 +876,7 @@ RecordSharedMemoryInLockFile(unsigned long id1, unsigned long id2)`
`875`	`876`	`close(fd);`
`876`	`877`	`return;`
`877`	`878`	`}`
	`879`	`+ pg_fsync(fd);`
`878`	`880`	`close(fd);`
`879`	`881`	`}`
`880`	`882`