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/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 *
 * async.c
 *    Asynchronous notification: NOTIFY, LISTEN, UNLISTEN
 *
 * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2015, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
 * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
 *
 * IDENTIFICATION
 *    src/backend/commands/async.c
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Async Notification Model as of 9.0:
 *
 * 1. Multiple backends on same machine. Multiple backends listening on
 *    several channels. (Channels are also called "conditions" in other
 *    parts of the code.)
 *
 * 2. There is one central queue in disk-based storage (directory pg_notify/),
 *    with actively-used pages mapped into shared memory by the slru.c module.
 *    All notification messages are placed in the queue and later read out
 *    by listening backends.
 *
 *    There is no central knowledge of which backend listens on which channel;
 *    every backend has its own list of interesting channels.
 *
 *    Although there is only one queue, notifications are treated as being
 *    database-local; this is done by including the sender's database OID
 *    in each notification message.  Listening backends ignore messages
 *    that don't match their database OID.  This is important because it
 *    ensures senders and receivers have the same database encoding and won't
 *    misinterpret non-ASCII text in the channel name or payload string.
 *
 *    Since notifications are not expected to survive database crashes,
 *    we can simply clean out the pg_notify data at any reboot, and there
 *    is no need for WAL support or fsync'ing.
 *
 * 3. Every backend that is listening on at least one channel registers by
 *    entering its PID into the array in AsyncQueueControl. It then scans all
 *    incoming notifications in the central queue and first compares the
 *    database OID of the notification with its own database OID and then
 *    compares the notified channel with the list of channels that it listens
 *    to. In case there is a match it delivers the notification event to its
 *    frontend.  Non-matching events are simply skipped.
 *
 * 4. The NOTIFY statement (routine Async_Notify) stores the notification in
 *    a backend-local list which will not be processed until transaction end.
 *
 *    Duplicate notifications from the same transaction are sent out as one
 *    notification only. This is done to save work when for example a trigger
 *    on a 2 million row table fires a notification for each row that has been
 *    changed. If the application needs to receive every single notification
 *    that has been sent, it can easily add some unique string into the extra
 *    payload parameter.
 *
 *    When the transaction is ready to commit, PreCommit_Notify() adds the
 *    pending notifications to the head of the queue. The head pointer of the
 *    queue always points to the next free position and a position is just a
 *    page number and the offset in that page. This is done before marking the
 *    transaction as committed in clog. If we run into problems writing the
 *    notifications, we can still call elog(ERROR, ...) and the transaction
 *    will roll back.
 *
 *    Once we have put all of the notifications into the queue, we return to
 *    CommitTransaction() which will then do the actual transaction commit.
 *
 *    After commit we are called another time (AtCommit_Notify()). Here we
 *    make the actual updates to the effective listen state (listenChannels).
 *
 *    Finally, after we are out of the transaction altogether, we check if
 *    we need to signal listening backends.  In SignalBackends() we scan the
 *    list of listening backends and send a PROCSIG_NOTIFY_INTERRUPT signal
 *    to every listening backend (we don't know which backend is listening on
 *    which channel so we must signal them all). We can exclude backends that
 *    are already up to date, though.  We don't bother with a self-signal
 *    either, but just process the queue directly.
 *
 * 5. Upon receipt of a PROCSIG_NOTIFY_INTERRUPT signal, the signal handler
 *    sets the process's latch, which triggers the event to be processed
 *    immediately if this backend is idle (i.e., it is waiting for a frontend
 *    command and is not within a transaction block. C.f.
 *    ProcessClientReadInterrupt()).  Otherwise the handler may only set a
 *    flag, which will cause the processing to occur just before we next go
 *    idle.
 *
 *    Inbound-notify processing consists of reading all of the notifications
 *    that have arrived since scanning last time. We read every notification
 *    until we reach either a notification from an uncommitted transaction or
 *    the head pointer's position. Then we check if we were the laziest
 *    backend: if our pointer is set to the same position as the global tail
 *    pointer is set, then we move the global tail pointer ahead to where the
 *    second-laziest backend is (in general, we take the MIN of the current
 *    head position and all active backends' new tail pointers). Whenever we
 *    move the global tail pointer we also truncate now-unused pages (i.e.,
 *    delete files in pg_notify/ that are no longer used).
 *
 * An application that listens on the same channel it notifies will get
 * NOTIFY messages for its own NOTIFYs.  These can be ignored, if not useful,
 * by comparing be_pid in the NOTIFY message to the application's own backend's
 * PID.  (As of FE/BE protocol 2.0, the backend's PID is provided to the
 * frontend during startup.)  The above design guarantees that notifies from
 * other backends will never be missed by ignoring self-notifies.
 *
 * The amount of shared memory used for notify management (NUM_ASYNC_BUFFERS)
 * can be varied without affecting anything but performance.  The maximum
 * amount of notification data that can be queued at one time is determined
 * by slru.c's wraparound limit; see QUEUE_MAX_PAGE below.
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

#include "postgres.h"

#include <limits.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <signal.h>

#include "access/slru.h"
#include "access/transam.h"
#include "access/xact.h"
#include "catalog/pg_database.h"
#include "commands/async.h"
#include "funcapi.h"
#include "libpq/libpq.h"
#include "libpq/pqformat.h"
#include "miscadmin.h"
#include "storage/ipc.h"
#include "storage/lmgr.h"
#include "storage/proc.h"
#include "storage/procarray.h"
#include "storage/procsignal.h"
#include "storage/sinval.h"
#include "tcop/tcopprot.h"
#include "utils/builtins.h"
#include "utils/memutils.h"
#include "utils/ps_status.h"
#include "utils/timestamp.h"


/*
 * Maximum size of a NOTIFY payload, including terminating NULL.  This
 * must be kept small enough so that a notification message fits on one
 * SLRU page.  The magic fudge factor here is noncritical as long as it's
 * more than AsyncQueueEntryEmptySize --- we make it significantly bigger
 * than that, so changes in that data structure won't affect user-visible
 * restrictions.
 */
#define NOTIFY_PAYLOAD_MAX_LENGTH   (BLCKSZ - NAMEDATALEN - 128)

/*
 * Struct representing an entry in the global notify queue
 *
 * This struct declaration has the maximal length, but in a real queue entry
 * the data area is only big enough for the actual channel and payload strings
 * (each null-terminated).  AsyncQueueEntryEmptySize is the minimum possible
 * entry size, if both channel and payload strings are empty (but note it
 * doesn't include alignment padding).
 *
 * The "length" field should always be rounded up to the next QUEUEALIGN
 * multiple so that all fields are properly aligned.
 */
typedef struct AsyncQueueEntry
{
    int         length;         /* total allocated length of entry */
    Oid         dboid;          /* sender's database OID */
    TransactionId xid;          /* sender's XID */
    int32       srcPid;         /* sender's PID */
    char        data[NAMEDATALEN + NOTIFY_PAYLOAD_MAX_LENGTH];
} AsyncQueueEntry;

/* Currently, no field of AsyncQueueEntry requires more than int alignment */
#define QUEUEALIGN(len)     INTALIGN(len)

#define AsyncQueueEntryEmptySize    (offsetof(AsyncQueueEntry, data) + 2)

/*
 * Struct describing a queue position, and assorted macros for working with it
 */
typedef struct QueuePosition
{
    int         page;           /* SLRU page number */
    int         offset;         /* byte offset within page */
} QueuePosition;

#define QUEUE_POS_PAGE(x)       ((x).page)
#define QUEUE_POS_OFFSET(x)     ((x).offset)

#define SET_QUEUE_POS(x,y,z) \
    do { \
        (x).page = (y); \
        (x).offset = (z); \
    } while (0)

#define QUEUE_POS_EQUAL(x,y) \
     ((x).page == (y).page && (x).offset == (y).offset)

/* choose logically smaller QueuePosition */
#define QUEUE_POS_MIN(x,y) \
    (asyncQueuePagePrecedes((x).page, (y).page) ? (x) : \
     (x).page != (y).page ? (y) : \
     (x).offset < (y).offset ? (x) : (y))

/*
 * Struct describing a listening backend's status
 */
typedef struct QueueBackendStatus
{
    int32       pid;            /* either a PID or InvalidPid */
    QueuePosition pos;          /* backend has read queue up to here */
} QueueBackendStatus;

/*
 * Shared memory state for LISTEN/NOTIFY (excluding its SLRU stuff)
 *
 * The AsyncQueueControl structure is protected by the AsyncQueueLock.
 *
 * When holding the lock in SHARED mode, backends may only inspect their own
 * entries as well as the head and tail pointers. Consequently we can allow a
 * backend to update its own record while holding only SHARED lock (since no
 * other backend will inspect it).
 *
 * When holding the lock in EXCLUSIVE mode, backends can inspect the entries
 * of other backends and also change the head and tail pointers.
 *
 * In order to avoid deadlocks, whenever we need both locks, we always first
 * get AsyncQueueLock and then AsyncCtlLock.
 *
 * Each backend uses the backend[] array entry with index equal to its
 * BackendId (which can range from 1 to MaxBackends).  We rely on this to make
 * SendProcSignal fast.
 */
typedef struct AsyncQueueControl
{
    QueuePosition head;         /* head points to the next free location */
    QueuePosition tail;         /* the global tail is equivalent to the tail
                                 * of the "slowest" backend */
    TimestampTz lastQueueFillWarn;      /* time of last queue-full msg */
    QueueBackendStatus backend[FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER];
    /* backend[0] is not used; used entries are from [1] to [MaxBackends] */
} AsyncQueueControl;

static AsyncQueueControl *asyncQueueControl;

#define QUEUE_HEAD                  (asyncQueueControl->head)
#define QUEUE_TAIL                  (asyncQueueControl->tail)
#define QUEUE_BACKEND_PID(i)        (asyncQueueControl->backend[i].pid)
#define QUEUE_BACKEND_POS(i)        (asyncQueueControl->backend[i].pos)

/*
 * The SLRU buffer area through which we access the notification queue
 */
static SlruCtlData AsyncCtlData;

#define AsyncCtl                    (&AsyncCtlData)
#define QUEUE_PAGESIZE              BLCKSZ
#define QUEUE_FULL_WARN_INTERVAL    5000        /* warn at most once every 5s */

/*
 * slru.c currently assumes that all filenames are four characters of hex
 * digits. That means that we can use segments 0000 through FFFF.
 * Each segment contains SLRU_PAGES_PER_SEGMENT pages which gives us
 * the pages from 0 to SLRU_PAGES_PER_SEGMENT * 0x10000 - 1.
 *
 * It's of course possible to enhance slru.c, but this gives us so much
 * space already that it doesn't seem worth the trouble.
 *
 * The most data we can have in the queue at a time is QUEUE_MAX_PAGE/2
 * pages, because more than that would confuse slru.c into thinking there
 * was a wraparound condition.  With the default BLCKSZ this means there
 * can be up to 8GB of queued-and-not-read data.
 *
 * Note: it's possible to redefine QUEUE_MAX_PAGE with a smaller multiple of
 * SLRU_PAGES_PER_SEGMENT, for easier testing of queue-full behaviour.
 */
#define QUEUE_MAX_PAGE          (SLRU_PAGES_PER_SEGMENT * 0x10000 - 1)

/*
 * listenChannels identifies the channels we are actually listening to
 * (ie, have committed a LISTEN on).  It is a simple list of channel names,
 * allocated in TopMemoryContext.
 */
static List *listenChannels = NIL;      /* list of C strings */

/*
 * State for pending LISTEN/UNLISTEN actions consists of an ordered list of
 * all actions requested in the current transaction.  As explained above,
 * we don't actually change listenChannels until we reach transaction commit.
 *
 * The list is kept in CurTransactionContext.  In subtransactions, each
 * subtransaction has its own list in its own CurTransactionContext, but
 * successful subtransactions attach their lists to their parent's list.
 * Failed subtransactions simply discard their lists.
 */
typedef enum
{
    LISTEN_LISTEN,
    LISTEN_UNLISTEN,
    LISTEN_UNLISTEN_ALL
} ListenActionKind;

typedef struct
{
    ListenActionKind action;
    char        channel[FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER]; /* nul-terminated string */
} ListenAction;

static List *pendingActions = NIL;      /* list of ListenAction */

static List *upperPendingActions = NIL; /* list of upper-xact lists */

/*
 * State for outbound notifies consists of a list of all channels+payloads
 * NOTIFYed in the current transaction. We do not actually perform a NOTIFY
 * until and unless the transaction commits.  pendingNotifies is NIL if no
 * NOTIFYs have been done in the current transaction.
 *
 * The list is kept in CurTransactionContext.  In subtransactions, each
 * subtransaction has its own list in its own CurTransactionContext, but
 * successful subtransactions attach their lists to their parent's list.
 * Failed subtransactions simply discard their lists.
 *
 * Note: the action and notify lists do not interact within a transaction.
 * In particular, if a transaction does NOTIFY and then LISTEN on the same
 * condition name, it will get a self-notify at commit.  This is a bit odd
 * but is consistent with our historical behavior.
 */
typedef struct Notification
{
    char       *channel;        /* channel name */
    char       *payload;        /* payload string (can be empty) */
} Notification;

static List *pendingNotifies = NIL;     /* list of Notifications */

static List *upperPendingNotifies = NIL;        /* list of upper-xact lists */

/*
 * Inbound notifications are initially processed by HandleNotifyInterrupt(),
 * called from inside a signal handler. That just sets the
 * notifyInterruptPending flag and sets the process
 * latch. ProcessNotifyInterrupt() will then be called whenever it's safe to
 * actually deal with the interrupt.
 */
volatile sig_atomic_t notifyInterruptPending = false;

/* True if we've registered an on_shmem_exit cleanup */
static bool unlistenExitRegistered = false;

/* True if we're currently registered as a listener in asyncQueueControl */
static bool amRegisteredListener = false;

/* has this backend sent notifications in the current transaction? */
static bool backendHasSentNotifications = false;

/* GUC parameter */
bool        Trace_notify = false;

/* local function prototypes */
static bool asyncQueuePagePrecedes(int p, int q);
static void queue_listen(ListenActionKind action, const char *channel);
static void Async_UnlistenOnExit(int code, Datum arg);
static void Exec_ListenPreCommit(void);
static void Exec_ListenCommit(const char *channel);
static void Exec_UnlistenCommit(const char *channel);
static void Exec_UnlistenAllCommit(void);
static bool IsListeningOn(const char *channel);
static void asyncQueueUnregister(void);
static bool asyncQueueIsFull(void);
static bool asyncQueueAdvance(volatile QueuePosition *position, int entryLength);
static void asyncQueueNotificationToEntry(Notification *n, AsyncQueueEntry *qe);
static ListCell *asyncQueueAddEntries(ListCell *nextNotify);
static double asyncQueueUsage(void);
static void asyncQueueFillWarning(void);
static bool SignalBackends(void);
static void asyncQueueReadAllNotifications(void);
static bool asyncQueueProcessPageEntries(volatile QueuePosition *current,
                             QueuePosition stop,
                             char *page_buffer);
static void asyncQueueAdvanceTail(void);
static void ProcessIncomingNotify(void);
static void NotifyMyFrontEnd(const char *channel,
                 const char *payload,
                 int32 srcPid);
static bool AsyncExistsPendingNotify(const char *channel, const char *payload);
static void ClearPendingActionsAndNotifies(void);

/*
 * We will work on the page range of 0..QUEUE_MAX_PAGE.
 */
static bool
asyncQueuePagePrecedes(int p, int q)
{
    int         diff;

    /*
     * We have to compare modulo (QUEUE_MAX_PAGE+1)/2.  Both inputs should be
     * in the range 0..QUEUE_MAX_PAGE.
     */
    Assert(p >= 0 && p <= QUEUE_MAX_PAGE);
    Assert(q >= 0 && q <= QUEUE_MAX_PAGE);

    diff = p - q;
    if (diff >= ((QUEUE_MAX_PAGE + 1) / 2))
        diff -= QUEUE_MAX_PAGE + 1;
    else if (diff < -((QUEUE_MAX_PAGE + 1) / 2))
        diff += QUEUE_MAX_PAGE + 1;
    return diff < 0;
}

/*
 * Report space needed for our shared memory area
 */
Size
AsyncShmemSize(void)
{
    Size        size;

    /* This had better match AsyncShmemInit */
    size = mul_size(MaxBackends + 1, sizeof(QueueBackendStatus));
    size = add_size(size, offsetof(AsyncQueueControl, backend));

    size = add_size(size, SimpleLruShmemSize(NUM_ASYNC_BUFFERS, 0));

    return size;
}

/*
 * Initialize our shared memory area
 */
void
AsyncShmemInit(void)
{
    bool        found;
    int         slotno;
    Size        size;

    /*
     * Create or attach to the AsyncQueueControl structure.
     *
     * The used entries in the backend[] array run from 1 to MaxBackends; the
     * zero'th entry is unused but must be allocated.
     */
    size = mul_size(MaxBackends + 1, sizeof(QueueBackendStatus));
    size = add_size(size, offsetof(AsyncQueueControl, backend));

    asyncQueueControl = (AsyncQueueControl *)
        ShmemInitStruct("Async Queue Control", size, &found);

    if (!found)
    {
        /* First time through, so initialize it */
        int         i;

        SET_QUEUE_POS(QUEUE_HEAD, 0, 0);
        SET_QUEUE_POS(QUEUE_TAIL, 0, 0);
        asyncQueueControl->lastQueueFillWarn = 0;
        /* zero'th entry won't be used, but let's initialize it anyway */
        for (i = 0; i <= MaxBackends; i++)
        {
            QUEUE_BACKEND_PID(i) = InvalidPid;
            SET_QUEUE_POS(QUEUE_BACKEND_POS(i), 0, 0);
        }
    }

    /*
     * Set up SLRU management of the pg_notify data.
     */
    AsyncCtl->PagePrecedes = asyncQueuePagePrecedes;
    SimpleLruInit(AsyncCtl, "Async Ctl", NUM_ASYNC_BUFFERS, 0,
                  AsyncCtlLock, "pg_notify");
    /* Override default assumption that writes should be fsync'd */
    AsyncCtl->do_fsync = false;

    if (!found)
    {
        /*
         * During start or reboot, clean out the pg_notify directory.
         */
        (void) SlruScanDirectory(AsyncCtl, SlruScanDirCbDeleteAll, NULL);

        /* Now initialize page zero to empty */
        LWLockAcquire(AsyncCtlLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
        slotno = SimpleLruZeroPage(AsyncCtl, QUEUE_POS_PAGE(QUEUE_HEAD));
        /* This write is just to verify that pg_notify/ is writable */
        SimpleLruWritePage(AsyncCtl, slotno);
        LWLockRelease(AsyncCtlLock);
    }
}


/*
 * pg_notify -
 *    SQL function to send a notification event
 */
Datum
pg_notify(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
    const char *channel;
    const char *payload;

    if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
        channel = "";
    else
        channel = text_to_cstring(PG_GETARG_TEXT_PP(0));

    if (PG_ARGISNULL(1))
        payload = "";
    else
        payload = text_to_cstring(PG_GETARG_TEXT_PP(1));

    /* For NOTIFY as a statement, this is checked in ProcessUtility */
    PreventCommandDuringRecovery("NOTIFY");

    Async_Notify(channel, payload);

    PG_RETURN_VOID();
}


/*
 * Async_Notify
 *
 *      This is executed by the SQL notify command.
 *
 *      Adds the message to the list of pending notifies.
 *      Actual notification happens during transaction commit.
 *      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 */
void
Async_Notify(const char *channel, const char *payload)
{
    Notification *n;
    MemoryContext oldcontext;

    if (Trace_notify)
        elog(DEBUG1, "Async_Notify(%s)", channel);

    /* a channel name must be specified */
    if (!channel || !strlen(channel))
        ereport(ERROR,
                (errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
                 errmsg("channel name cannot be empty")));

    if (strlen(channel) >= NAMEDATALEN)
        ereport(ERROR,
                (errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
                 errmsg("channel name too long")));

    if (payload)
    {
        if (strlen(payload) >= NOTIFY_PAYLOAD_MAX_LENGTH)
            ereport(ERROR,
                    (errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
                     errmsg("payload string too long")));
    }

    /* no point in making duplicate entries in the list ... */
    if (AsyncExistsPendingNotify(channel, payload))
        return;

    /*
     * The notification list needs to live until end of transaction, so store
     * it in the transaction context.
     */
    oldcontext = MemoryContextSwitchTo(CurTransactionContext);

    n = (Notification *) palloc(sizeof(Notification));
    n->channel = pstrdup(channel);
    if (payload)
        n->payload = pstrdup(payload);
    else
        n->payload = "";

    /*
     * We want to preserve the order so we need to append every notification.
     * See comments at AsyncExistsPendingNotify().
     */
    pendingNotifies = lappend(pendingNotifies, n);

    MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldcontext);
}

/*
 * queue_listen
 *      Common code for listen, unlisten, unlisten all commands.
 *
 *      Adds the request to the list of pending actions.
 *      Actual update of the listenChannels list happens during transaction
 *      commit.
 */
static void
queue_listen(ListenActionKind action, const char *channel)
{
    MemoryContext oldcontext;
    ListenAction *actrec;

    /*
     * Unlike Async_Notify, we don't try to collapse out duplicates. It would
     * be too complicated to ensure we get the right interactions of
     * conflicting LISTEN/UNLISTEN/UNLISTEN_ALL, and it's unlikely that there
     * would be any performance benefit anyway in sane applications.
     */
    oldcontext = MemoryContextSwitchTo(CurTransactionContext);

    /* space for terminating null is included in sizeof(ListenAction) */
    actrec = (ListenAction *) palloc(offsetof(ListenAction, channel) +
                                     strlen(channel) + 1);
    actrec->action = action;
    strcpy(actrec->channel, channel);

    pendingActions = lappend(pendingActions, actrec);

    MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldcontext);
}

/*
 * Async_Listen
 *
 *      This is executed by the SQL listen command.
 */
void
Async_Listen(const char *channel)
{
    if (Trace_notify)
        elog(DEBUG1, "Async_Listen(%s,%d)", channel, MyProcPid);

    queue_listen(LISTEN_LISTEN, channel);
}

/*
 * Async_Unlisten
 *
 *      This is executed by the SQL unlisten command.
 */
void
Async_Unlisten(const char *channel)
{
    if (Trace_notify)
        elog(DEBUG1, "Async_Unlisten(%s,%d)", channel, MyProcPid);

    /* If we couldn't possibly be listening, no need to queue anything */
    if (pendingActions == NIL && !unlistenExitRegistered)
        return;

    queue_listen(LISTEN_UNLISTEN, channel);
}

/*
 * Async_UnlistenAll
 *
 *      This is invoked by UNLISTEN * command, and also at backend exit.
 */
void
Async_UnlistenAll(void)
{
    if (Trace_notify)
        elog(DEBUG1, "Async_UnlistenAll(%d)", MyProcPid);

    /* If we couldn't possibly be listening, no need to queue anything */
    if (pendingActions == NIL && !unlistenExitRegistered)
        return;

    queue_listen(LISTEN_UNLISTEN_ALL, "");
}

/*
 * SQL function: return a set of the channel names this backend is actively
 * listening to.
 *
 * Note: this coding relies on the fact that the listenChannels list cannot
 * change within a transaction.
 */
Datum
pg_listening_channels(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
    FuncCallContext *funcctx;
    ListCell  **lcp;

    /* stuff done only on the first call of the function */
    if (SRF_IS_FIRSTCALL())
    {
        MemoryContext oldcontext;

        /* create a function context for cross-call persistence */
        funcctx = SRF_FIRSTCALL_INIT();

        /* switch to memory context appropriate for multiple function calls */
        oldcontext = MemoryContextSwitchTo(funcctx->multi_call_memory_ctx);

        /* allocate memory for user context */
        lcp = (ListCell **) palloc(sizeof(ListCell *));
        *lcp = list_head(listenChannels);
        funcctx->user_fctx = (void *) lcp;

        MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldcontext);
    }

    /* stuff done on every call of the function */
    funcctx = SRF_PERCALL_SETUP();
    lcp = (ListCell **) funcctx->user_fctx;

    while (*lcp != NULL)
    {
        char       *channel = (char *) lfirst(*lcp);

        *lcp = lnext(*lcp);
        SRF_RETURN_NEXT(funcctx, CStringGetTextDatum(channel));
    }

    SRF_RETURN_DONE(funcctx);
}

/*
 * Async_UnlistenOnExit
 *
 * This is executed at backend exit if we have done any LISTENs in this
 * backend.  It might not be necessary anymore, if the user UNLISTENed
 * everything, but we don't try to detect that case.
 */
static void
Async_UnlistenOnExit(int code, Datum arg)
{
    Exec_UnlistenAllCommit();
    asyncQueueUnregister();
}

/*
 * AtPrepare_Notify
 *
 *      This is called at the prepare phase of a two-phase
 *      transaction.  Save the state for possible commit later.
 */
void
AtPrepare_Notify(void)
{
    /* It's not allowed to have any pending LISTEN/UNLISTEN/NOTIFY actions */
    if (pendingActions || pendingNotifies)
        ereport(ERROR,
                (errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
                 errmsg("cannot PREPARE a transaction that has executed LISTEN, UNLISTEN, or NOTIFY")));
}

/*
 * PreCommit_Notify
 *
 *      This is called at transaction commit, before actually committing to
 *      clog.
 *
 *      If there are pending LISTEN actions, make sure we are listed in the
 *      shared-memory listener array.  This must happen before commit to
 *      ensure we don't miss any notifies from transactions that commit
 *      just after ours.
 *
 *      If there are outbound notify requests in the pendingNotifies list,
 *      add them to the global queue.  We do that before commit so that
 *      we can still throw error if we run out of queue space.
 */
void
PreCommit_Notify(void)
{
    ListCell   *p;

    if (pendingActions == NIL && pendingNotifies == NIL)
        return;                 /* no relevant statements in this xact */

    if (Trace_notify)
        elog(DEBUG1, "PreCommit_Notify");

    /* Preflight for any pending listen/unlisten actions */
    foreach(p, pendingActions)
    {
        ListenAction *actrec = (ListenAction *) lfirst(p);

        switch (actrec->action)
        {
            case LISTEN_LISTEN:
                Exec_ListenPreCommit();
                break;
            case LISTEN_UNLISTEN:
                /* there is no Exec_UnlistenPreCommit() */
                break;
            case LISTEN_UNLISTEN_ALL:
                /* there is no Exec_UnlistenAllPreCommit() */
                break;
        }
    }

    /* Queue any pending notifies */
    if (pendingNotifies)
    {
        ListCell   *nextNotify;

        /*
         * Make sure that we have an XID assigned to the current transaction.
         * GetCurrentTransactionId is cheap if we already have an XID, but not
         * so cheap if we don't, and we'd prefer not to do that work while
         * holding AsyncQueueLock.
         */
        (void) GetCurrentTransactionId();

        /*
         * Serialize writers by acquiring a special lock that we hold till
         * after commit.  This ensures that queue entries appear in commit
         * order, and in particular that there are never uncommitted queue
         * entries ahead of committed ones, so an uncommitted transaction
         * can't block delivery of deliverable notifications.
         *
         * We use a heavyweight lock so that it'll automatically be released
         * after either commit or abort.  This also allows deadlocks to be
         * detected, though really a deadlock shouldn't be possible here.
         *
         * The lock is on "database 0", which is pretty ugly but it doesn't
         * seem worth inventing a special locktag category just for this.
         * (Historical note: before PG 9.0, a similar lock on "database 0" was
         * used by the flatfiles mechanism.)
         */
        LockSharedObject(DatabaseRelationId, InvalidOid, 0,
                         AccessExclusiveLock);

        /* Now push the notifications into the queue */
        backendHasSentNotifications = true;

        nextNotify = list_head(pendingNotifies);
        while (nextNotify != NULL)
        {
            /*
             * Add the pending notifications to the queue.  We acquire and
             * release AsyncQueueLock once per page, which might be overkill
             * but it does allow readers to get in while we're doing this.
             *
             * A full queue is very uncommon and should really not happen,
             * given that we have so much space available in the SLRU pages.
             * Nevertheless we need to deal with this possibility. Note that
             * when we get here we are in the process of committing our
             * transaction, but we have not yet committed to clog, so at this
             * point in time we can still roll the transaction back.
             */
            LWLockAcquire(AsyncQueueLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
            asyncQueueFillWarning();
            if (asyncQueueIsFull())
                ereport(ERROR,
                        (errcode(ERRCODE_PROGRAM_LIMIT_EXCEEDED),
                      errmsg("too many notifications in the NOTIFY queue")));
            nextNotify = asyncQueueAddEntries(nextNotify);
            LWLockRelease(AsyncQueueLock);
        }
    }
}

/*
 * AtCommit_Notify
 *
 *      This is called at transaction commit, after committing to clog.
 *
 *      Update listenChannels and clear transaction-local state.
 */
void
AtCommit_Notify(void)
{
    ListCell   *p;

    /*
     * Allow transactions that have not executed LISTEN/UNLISTEN/NOTIFY to
     * return as soon as possible
     */
    if (!pendingActions && !pendingNotifies)
        return;

    if (Trace_notify)
        elog(DEBUG1, "AtCommit_Notify");

    /* Perform any pending listen/unlisten actions */
    foreach(p, pendingActions)
    {
        ListenAction *actrec = (ListenAction *) lfirst(p);

        switch (actrec->action)
        {
            case LISTEN_LISTEN:
                Exec_ListenCommit(actrec->channel);
                break;
            case LISTEN_UNLISTEN:
                Exec_UnlistenCommit(actrec->channel);
                break;
            case LISTEN_UNLISTEN_ALL:
                Exec_UnlistenAllCommit();
                break;
        }
    }

    /* If no longer listening to anything, get out of listener array */
    if (amRegisteredListener && listenChannels == NIL)
        asyncQueueUnregister();

    /* And clean up */
    ClearPendingActionsAndNotifies();
}

/*
 * Exec_ListenPreCommit --- subroutine for PreCommit_Notify
 *
 * This function must make sure we are ready to catch any incoming messages.
 */
static void
Exec_ListenPreCommit(void)
{
    /*
     * Nothing to do if we are already listening to something, nor if we
     * already ran this routine in this transaction.
     */
    if (amRegisteredListener)
        return;

    if (Trace_notify)
        elog(DEBUG1, "Exec_ListenPreCommit(%d)", MyProcPid);

    /*
     * Before registering, make sure we will unlisten before dying. (Note:
     * this action does not get undone if we abort later.)
     */
    if (!unlistenExitRegistered)
    {
        before_shmem_exit(Async_UnlistenOnExit, 0);
        unlistenExitRegistered = true;
    }

    /*
     * This is our first LISTEN, so establish our pointer.
     *
     * We set our pointer to the global tail pointer and then move it forward
     * over already-committed notifications.  This ensures we cannot miss any
     * not-yet-committed notifications.  We might get a few more but that
     * doesn't hurt.
     */
    LWLockAcquire(AsyncQueueLock, LW_SHARED);
    QUEUE_BACKEND_POS(MyBackendId) = QUEUE_TAIL;
    QUEUE_BACKEND_PID(MyBackendId) = MyProcPid;
    LWLockRelease(AsyncQueueLock);

    /* Now we are listed in the global array, so remember we're listening */
    amRegisteredListener = true;

    /*
     * Try to move our pointer forward as far as possible. This will skip over
     * already-committed notifications. Still, we could get notifications that
     * have already committed before we started to LISTEN.
     *
     * Note that we are not yet listening on anything, so we won't deliver any
     * notification to the frontend.
     *
     * This will also advance the global tail pointer if possible.
     */
    asyncQueueReadAllNotifications();
}

/*
 * Exec_ListenCommit --- subroutine for AtCommit_Notify
 *
 * Add the channel to the list of channels we are listening on.
 */
static void
Exec_ListenCommit(const char *channel)
{
    MemoryContext oldcontext;

    /* Do nothing if we are already listening on this channel */
    if (IsListeningOn(channel))
        return;

    /*
     * Add the new channel name to listenChannels.
     *
     * XXX It is theoretically possible to get an out-of-memory failure here,
     * which would be bad because we already committed.  For the moment it
     * doesn't seem worth trying to guard against that, but maybe improve this
     * later.
     */
    oldcontext = MemoryContextSwitchTo(TopMemoryContext);
    listenChannels = lappend(listenChannels, pstrdup(channel));
    MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldcontext);
}

/*
 * Exec_UnlistenCommit --- subroutine for AtCommit_Notify
 *
 * Remove the specified channel name from listenChannels.
 */
static void
Exec_UnlistenCommit(const char *channel)
{
    ListCell   *q;
    ListCell   *prev;

    if (Trace_notify)
        elog(DEBUG1, "Exec_UnlistenCommit(%s,%d)", channel, MyProcPid);

    prev = NULL;
    foreach(q, listenChannels)
    {
        char       *lchan = (char *) lfirst(q);

        if (strcmp(lchan, channel) == 0)
        {
            listenChannels = list_delete_cell(listenChannels, q, prev);
            pfree(lchan);
            break;
        }
        prev = q;
    }

    /*
     * We do not complain about unlistening something not being listened;
     * should we?
     */
}

/*
 * Exec_UnlistenAllCommit --- subroutine for AtCommit_Notify
 *
 *      Unlisten on all channels for this backend.
 */
static void
Exec_UnlistenAllCommit(void)
{
    if (Trace_notify)
        elog(DEBUG1, "Exec_UnlistenAllCommit(%d)", MyProcPid);

    list_free_deep(listenChannels);
    listenChannels = NIL;
}

/*
 * ProcessCompletedNotifies --- send out signals and self-notifies
 *
 * This is called from postgres.c just before going idle at the completion
 * of a transaction.  If we issued any notifications in the just-completed
 * transaction, send signals to other backends to process them, and also
 * process the queue ourselves to send messages to our own frontend.
 *
 * The reason that this is not done in AtCommit_Notify is that there is
 * a nonzero chance of errors here (for example, encoding conversion errors
 * while trying to format messages to our frontend).  An error during
 * AtCommit_Notify would be a PANIC condition.  The timing is also arranged
 * to ensure that a transaction's self-notifies are delivered to the frontend
 * before it gets the terminating ReadyForQuery message.
 *
 * Note that we send signals and process the queue even if the transaction
 * eventually aborted.  This is because we need to clean out whatever got
 * added to the queue.
 *
 * NOTE: we are outside of any transaction here.
 */
void
ProcessCompletedNotifies(void)
{
    MemoryContext caller_context;
    bool        signalled;

    /* Nothing to do if we didn't send any notifications */
    if (!backendHasSentNotifications)
        return;

    /*
     * We reset the flag immediately; otherwise, if any sort of error occurs
     * below, we'd be locked up in an infinite loop, because control will come
     * right back here after error cleanup.
     */
    backendHasSentNotifications = false;

    /*
     * We must preserve the caller's memory context (probably MessageContext)
     * across the transaction we do here.
     */
    caller_context = CurrentMemoryContext;

    if (Trace_notify)
        elog(DEBUG1, "ProcessCompletedNotifies");

    /*
     * We must run asyncQueueReadAllNotifications inside a transaction, else
     * bad things happen if it gets an error.
     */
    StartTransactionCommand();

    /* Send signals to other backends */
    signalled = SignalBackends();

    if (listenChannels != NIL)
    {
        /* Read the queue ourselves, and send relevant stuff to the frontend */
        asyncQueueReadAllNotifications();
    }
    else if (!signalled)
    {
        /*
         * If we found no other listening backends, and we aren't listening
         * ourselves, then we must execute asyncQueueAdvanceTail to flush the
         * queue, because ain't nobody else gonna do it.  This prevents queue
         * overflow when we're sending useless notifies to nobody. (A new
         * listener could have joined since we looked, but if so this is
         * harmless.)
         */
        asyncQueueAdvanceTail();
    }

    CommitTransactionCommand();

    MemoryContextSwitchTo(caller_context);

    /* We don't need pq_flush() here since postgres.c will do one shortly */
}

/*
 * Test whether we are actively listening on the given channel name.
 *
 * Note: this function is executed for every notification found in the queue.
 * Perhaps it is worth further optimization, eg convert the list to a sorted
 * array so we can binary-search it.  In practice the list is likely to be
 * fairly short, though.
 */
static bool
IsListeningOn(const char *channel)
{
    ListCell   *p;

    foreach(p, listenChannels)
    {
        char       *lchan = (char *) lfirst(p);

        if (strcmp(lchan, channel) == 0)
            return true;
    }
    return false;
}

/*
 * Remove our entry from the listeners array when we are no longer listening
 * on any channel.  NB: must not fail if we're already not listening.
 */
static void
asyncQueueUnregister(void)
{
    bool        advanceTail;

    Assert(listenChannels == NIL);      /* else caller error */

    if (!amRegisteredListener)  /* nothing to do */
        return;

    LWLockAcquire(AsyncQueueLock, LW_SHARED);
    /* check if entry is valid and oldest ... */
    advanceTail = (MyProcPid == QUEUE_BACKEND_PID(MyBackendId)) &&
        QUEUE_POS_EQUAL(QUEUE_BACKEND_POS(MyBackendId), QUEUE_TAIL);
    /* ... then mark it invalid */
    QUEUE_BACKEND_PID(MyBackendId) = InvalidPid;
    LWLockRelease(AsyncQueueLock);

    /* mark ourselves as no longer listed in the global array */
    amRegisteredListener = false;

    /* If we were the laziest backend, try to advance the tail pointer */
    if (advanceTail)
        asyncQueueAdvanceTail();
}

/*
 * Test whether there is room to insert more notification messages.
 *
 * Caller must hold at least shared AsyncQueueLock.
 */
static bool
asyncQueueIsFull(void)
{
    int         nexthead;
    int         boundary;

    /*
     * The queue is full if creating a new head page would create a page that
     * logically precedes the current global tail pointer, ie, the head
     * pointer would wrap around compared to the tail.  We cannot create such
     * a head page for fear of confusing slru.c.  For safety we round the tail
     * pointer back to a segment boundary (compare the truncation logic in
     * asyncQueueAdvanceTail).
     *
     * Note that this test is *not* dependent on how much space there is on
     * the current head page.  This is necessary because asyncQueueAddEntries
     * might try to create the next head page in any case.
     */
    nexthead = QUEUE_POS_PAGE(QUEUE_HEAD) + 1;
    if (nexthead > QUEUE_MAX_PAGE)
        nexthead = 0;           /* wrap around */
    boundary = QUEUE_POS_PAGE(QUEUE_TAIL);
    boundary -= boundary % SLRU_PAGES_PER_SEGMENT;
    return asyncQueuePagePrecedes(nexthead, boundary);
}

/*
 * Advance the QueuePosition to the next entry, assuming that the current
 * entry is of length entryLength.  If we jump to a new page the function
 * returns true, else false.
 */
static bool
asyncQueueAdvance(volatile QueuePosition *position, int entryLength)
{
    int         pageno = QUEUE_POS_PAGE(*position);
    int         offset = QUEUE_POS_OFFSET(*position);
    bool        pageJump = false;

    /*
     * Move to the next writing position: First jump over what we have just
     * written or read.
     */
    offset += entryLength;
    Assert(offset <= QUEUE_PAGESIZE);

    /*
     * In a second step check if another entry can possibly be written to the
     * page. If so, stay here, we have reached the next position. If not, then
     * we need to move on to the next page.
     */
    if (offset + QUEUEALIGN(AsyncQueueEntryEmptySize) > QUEUE_PAGESIZE)
    {
        pageno++;
        if (pageno > QUEUE_MAX_PAGE)
            pageno = 0;         /* wrap around */
        offset = 0;
        pageJump = true;
    }

    SET_QUEUE_POS(*position, pageno, offset);
    return pageJump;
}

/*
 * Fill the AsyncQueueEntry at *qe with an outbound notification message.
 */
static void
asyncQueueNotificationToEntry(Notification *n, AsyncQueueEntry *qe)
{
    size_t      channellen = strlen(n->channel);
    size_t      payloadlen = strlen(n->payload);
    int         entryLength;

    Assert(channellen < NAMEDATALEN);
    Assert(payloadlen < NOTIFY_PAYLOAD_MAX_LENGTH);

    /* The terminators are already included in AsyncQueueEntryEmptySize */
    entryLength = AsyncQueueEntryEmptySize + payloadlen + channellen;
    entryLength = QUEUEALIGN(entryLength);
    qe->length = entryLength;
    qe->dboid = MyDatabaseId;
    qe->xid = GetCurrentTransactionId();
    qe->srcPid = MyProcPid;
    memcpy(qe->data, n->channel, channellen + 1);
    memcpy(qe->data + channellen + 1, n->payload, payloadlen + 1);
}

/*
 * Add pending notifications to the queue.
 *
 * We go page by page here, i.e. we stop once we have to go to a new page but
 * we will be called again and then fill that next page. If an entry does not
 * fit into the current page, we write a dummy entry with an InvalidOid as the
 * database OID in order to fill the page. So every page is always used up to
 * the last byte which simplifies reading the page later.
 *
 * We are passed the list cell containing the next notification to write
 * and return the first still-unwritten cell back.  Eventually we will return
 * NULL indicating all is done.
 *
 * We are holding AsyncQueueLock already from the caller and grab AsyncCtlLock
 * locally in this function.
 */
static ListCell *
asyncQueueAddEntries(ListCell *nextNotify)
{
    AsyncQueueEntry qe;
    QueuePosition queue_head;
    int         pageno;
    int         offset;
    int         slotno;

    /* We hold both AsyncQueueLock and AsyncCtlLock during this operation */
    LWLockAcquire(AsyncCtlLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);

    /*
     * We work with a local copy of QUEUE_HEAD, which we write back to shared
     * memory upon exiting.  The reason for this is that if we have to advance
     * to a new page, SimpleLruZeroPage might fail (out of disk space, for
     * instance), and we must not advance QUEUE_HEAD if it does.  (Otherwise,
     * subsequent insertions would try to put entries into a page that slru.c
     * thinks doesn't exist yet.)  So, use a local position variable.  Note
     * that if we do fail, any already-inserted queue entries are forgotten;
     * this is okay, since they'd be useless anyway after our transaction
     * rolls back.
     */
    queue_head = QUEUE_HEAD;

    /* Fetch the current page */
    pageno = QUEUE_POS_PAGE(queue_head);
    slotno = SimpleLruReadPage(AsyncCtl, pageno, true, InvalidTransactionId);
    /* Note we mark the page dirty before writing in it */
    AsyncCtl->shared->page_dirty[slotno] = true;

    while (nextNotify != NULL)
    {
        Notification *n = (Notification *) lfirst(nextNotify);

        /* Construct a valid queue entry in local variable qe */
        asyncQueueNotificationToEntry(n, &qe);

        offset = QUEUE_POS_OFFSET(queue_head);

        /* Check whether the entry really fits on the current page */
        if (offset + qe.length <= QUEUE_PAGESIZE)
        {
            /* OK, so advance nextNotify past this item */
            nextNotify = lnext(nextNotify);
        }
        else
        {
            /*
             * Write a dummy entry to fill up the page. Actually readers will
             * only check dboid and since it won't match any reader's database
             * OID, they will ignore this entry and move on.
             */
            qe.length = QUEUE_PAGESIZE - offset;
            qe.dboid = InvalidOid;
            qe.data[0] = '\0';  /* empty channel */
            qe.data[1] = '\0';  /* empty payload */
        }

        /* Now copy qe into the shared buffer page */
        memcpy(AsyncCtl->shared->page_buffer[slotno] + offset,
               &qe,
               qe.length);

        /* Advance queue_head appropriately, and detect if page is full */
        if (asyncQueueAdvance(&(queue_head), qe.length))
        {
            /*
             * Page is full, so we're done here, but first fill the next page
             * with zeroes.  The reason to do this is to ensure that slru.c's
             * idea of the head page is always the same as ours, which avoids
             * boundary problems in SimpleLruTruncate.  The test in
             * asyncQueueIsFull() ensured that there is room to create this
             * page without overrunning the queue.
             */
            slotno = SimpleLruZeroPage(AsyncCtl, QUEUE_POS_PAGE(queue_head));
            /* And exit the loop */
            break;
        }
    }

    /* Success, so update the global QUEUE_HEAD */
    QUEUE_HEAD = queue_head;

    LWLockRelease(AsyncCtlLock);

    return nextNotify;
}

/*
 * SQL function to return the fraction of the notification queue currently
 * occupied.
 */
Datum
pg_notification_queue_usage(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
    double      usage;

    LWLockAcquire(AsyncQueueLock, LW_SHARED);
    usage = asyncQueueUsage();
    LWLockRelease(AsyncQueueLock);

    PG_RETURN_FLOAT8(usage);
}

/*
 * Return the fraction of the queue that is currently occupied.
 *
 * The caller must hold AysncQueueLock in (at least) shared mode.
 */
static double
asyncQueueUsage(void)
{
    int         headPage = QUEUE_POS_PAGE(QUEUE_HEAD);
    int         tailPage = QUEUE_POS_PAGE(QUEUE_TAIL);
    int         occupied;

    occupied = headPage - tailPage;

    if (occupied == 0)
        return (double) 0;      /* fast exit for common case */

    if (occupied < 0)
    {
        /* head has wrapped around, tail not yet */
        occupied += QUEUE_MAX_PAGE + 1;
    }

    return (double) occupied / (double) ((QUEUE_MAX_PAGE + 1) / 2);
}

/*
 * Check whether the queue is at least half full, and emit a warning if so.
 *
 * This is unlikely given the size of the queue, but possible.
 * The warnings show up at most once every QUEUE_FULL_WARN_INTERVAL.
 *
 * Caller must hold exclusive AsyncQueueLock.
 */
static void
asyncQueueFillWarning(void)
{
    double      fillDegree;
    TimestampTz t;

    fillDegree = asyncQueueUsage();
    if (fillDegree < 0.5)
        return;

    t = GetCurrentTimestamp();

    if (TimestampDifferenceExceeds(asyncQueueControl->lastQueueFillWarn,
                                   t, QUEUE_FULL_WARN_INTERVAL))
    {
        QueuePosition min = QUEUE_HEAD;
        int32       minPid = InvalidPid;
        int         i;

        for (i = 1; i <= MaxBackends; i++)
        {
            if (QUEUE_BACKEND_PID(i) != InvalidPid)
            {
                min = QUEUE_POS_MIN(min, QUEUE_BACKEND_POS(i));
                if (QUEUE_POS_EQUAL(min, QUEUE_BACKEND_POS(i)))
                    minPid = QUEUE_BACKEND_PID(i);
            }
        }

        ereport(WARNING,
                (errmsg("NOTIFY queue is %.0f%% full", fillDegree * 100),
                 (minPid != InvalidPid ?
                  errdetail("The server process with PID %d is among those with the oldest transactions.", minPid)
                  : 0),
                 (minPid != InvalidPid ?
                  errhint("The NOTIFY queue cannot be emptied until that process ends its current transaction.")
                  : 0)));

        asyncQueueControl->lastQueueFillWarn = t;
    }
}

/*
 * Send signals to all listening backends (except our own).
 *
 * Returns true if we sent at least one signal.
 *
 * Since we need EXCLUSIVE lock anyway we also check the position of the other
 * backends and in case one is already up-to-date we don't signal it.
 * This can happen if concurrent notifying transactions have sent a signal and
 * the signaled backend has read the other notifications and ours in the same
 * step.
 *
 * Since we know the BackendId and the Pid the signalling is quite cheap.
 */
static bool
SignalBackends(void)
{
    bool        signalled = false;
    int32      *pids;
    BackendId  *ids;
    int         count;
    int         i;
    int32       pid;

    /*
     * Identify all backends that are listening and not already up-to-date. We
     * don't want to send signals while holding the AsyncQueueLock, so we just
     * build a list of target PIDs.
     *
     * XXX in principle these pallocs could fail, which would be bad. Maybe
     * preallocate the arrays?  But in practice this is only run in trivial
     * transactions, so there should surely be space available.
     */
    pids = (int32 *) palloc(MaxBackends * sizeof(int32));
    ids = (BackendId *) palloc(MaxBackends * sizeof(BackendId));
    count = 0;

    LWLockAcquire(AsyncQueueLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
    for (i = 1; i <= MaxBackends; i++)
    {
        pid = QUEUE_BACKEND_PID(i);
        if (pid != InvalidPid && pid != MyProcPid)
        {
            QueuePosition pos = QUEUE_BACKEND_POS(i);

            if (!QUEUE_POS_EQUAL(pos, QUEUE_HEAD))
            {
                pids[count] = pid;
                ids[count] = i;
                count++;
            }
        }
    }
    LWLockRelease(AsyncQueueLock);

    /* Now send signals */
    for (i = 0; i < count; i++)
    {
        pid = pids[i];

        /*
         * Note: assuming things aren't broken, a signal failure here could
         * only occur if the target backend exited since we released
         * AsyncQueueLock; which is unlikely but certainly possible. So we
         * just log a low-level debug message if it happens.
         */
        if (SendProcSignal(pid, PROCSIG_NOTIFY_INTERRUPT, ids[i]) < 0)
            elog(DEBUG3, "could not signal backend with PID %d: %m", pid);
        else
            signalled = true;
    }

    pfree(pids);
    pfree(ids);

    return signalled;
}

/*
 * AtAbort_Notify
 *
 *  This is called at transaction abort.
 *
 *  Gets rid of pending actions and outbound notifies that we would have
 *  executed if the transaction got committed.
 */
void
AtAbort_Notify(void)
{
    /*
     * If we LISTEN but then roll back the transaction after PreCommit_Notify,
     * we have registered as a listener but have not made any entry in
     * listenChannels.  In that case, deregister again.
     */
    if (amRegisteredListener && listenChannels == NIL)
        asyncQueueUnregister();

    /* And clean up */
    ClearPendingActionsAndNotifies();
}

/*
 * AtSubStart_Notify() --- Take care of subtransaction start.
 *
 * Push empty state for the new subtransaction.
 */
void
AtSubStart_Notify(void)
{
    MemoryContext old_cxt;

    /* Keep the list-of-lists in TopTransactionContext for simplicity */
    old_cxt = MemoryContextSwitchTo(TopTransactionContext);

    upperPendingActions = lcons(pendingActions, upperPendingActions);

    Assert(list_length(upperPendingActions) ==
           GetCurrentTransactionNestLevel() - 1);

    pendingActions = NIL;

    upperPendingNotifies = lcons(pendingNotifies, upperPendingNotifies);

    Assert(list_length(upperPendingNotifies) ==
           GetCurrentTransactionNestLevel() - 1);

    pendingNotifies = NIL;

    MemoryContextSwitchTo(old_cxt);
}

/*
 * AtSubCommit_Notify() --- Take care of subtransaction commit.
 *
 * Reassign all items in the pending lists to the parent transaction.
 */
void
AtSubCommit_Notify(void)
{
    List       *parentPendingActions;
    List       *parentPendingNotifies;

    parentPendingActions = (List *) linitial(upperPendingActions);
    upperPendingActions = list_delete_first(upperPendingActions);

    Assert(list_length(upperPendingActions) ==
           GetCurrentTransactionNestLevel() - 2);

    /*
     * Mustn't try to eliminate duplicates here --- see queue_listen()
     */
    pendingActions = list_concat(parentPendingActions, pendingActions);

    parentPendingNotifies = (List *) linitial(upperPendingNotifies);
    upperPendingNotifies = list_delete_first(upperPendingNotifies);

    Assert(list_length(upperPendingNotifies) ==
           GetCurrentTransactionNestLevel() - 2);

    /*
     * We could try to eliminate duplicates here, but it seems not worthwhile.
     */
    pendingNotifies = list_concat(parentPendingNotifies, pendingNotifies);
}

/*
 * AtSubAbort_Notify() --- Take care of subtransaction abort.
 */
void
AtSubAbort_Notify(void)
{
    int         my_level = GetCurrentTransactionNestLevel();

    /*
     * All we have to do is pop the stack --- the actions/notifies made in
     * this subxact are no longer interesting, and the space will be freed
     * when CurTransactionContext is recycled.
     *
     * This routine could be called more than once at a given nesting level if
     * there is trouble during subxact abort.  Avoid dumping core by using
     * GetCurrentTransactionNestLevel as the indicator of how far we need to
     * prune the list.
     */
    while (list_length(upperPendingActions) > my_level - 2)
    {
        pendingActions = (List *) linitial(upperPendingActions);
        upperPendingActions = list_delete_first(upperPendingActions);
    }

    while (list_length(upperPendingNotifies) > my_level - 2)
    {
        pendingNotifies = (List *) linitial(upperPendingNotifies);
        upperPendingNotifies = list_delete_first(upperPendingNotifies);
    }
}

/*
 * HandleNotifyInterrupt
 *
 *      Signal handler portion of interrupt handling. Let the backend know
 *      that there's a pending notify interrupt. If we're currently reading
 *      from the client, this will interrupt the read and
 *      ProcessClientReadInterrupt() will call ProcessNotifyInterrupt().
 */
void
HandleNotifyInterrupt(void)
{
    /*
     * Note: this is called by a SIGNAL HANDLER. You must be very wary what
     * you do here.
     */

    /* signal that work needs to be done */
    notifyInterruptPending = true;

    /* make sure the event is processed in due course */
    SetLatch(MyLatch);
}

/*
 * ProcessNotifyInterrupt
 *
 *      This is called just after waiting for a frontend command.  If a
 *      interrupt arrives (via HandleNotifyInterrupt()) while reading, the
 *      read will be interrupted via the process's latch, and this routine
 *      will get called.  If we are truly idle (ie, *not* inside a transaction
 *      block), process the incoming notifies.
 */
void
ProcessNotifyInterrupt(void)
{
    if (IsTransactionOrTransactionBlock())
        return;                 /* not really idle */

    while (notifyInterruptPending)
        ProcessIncomingNotify();
}


/*
 * Read all pending notifications from the queue, and deliver appropriate
 * ones to my frontend.  Stop when we reach queue head or an uncommitted
 * notification.
 */
static void
asyncQueueReadAllNotifications(void)
{
    volatile QueuePosition pos;
    QueuePosition oldpos;
    QueuePosition head;
    bool        advanceTail;

    /* page_buffer must be adequately aligned, so use a union */
    union
    {
        char        buf[QUEUE_PAGESIZE];
        AsyncQueueEntry align;
    }           page_buffer;

    /* Fetch current state */
    LWLockAcquire(AsyncQueueLock, LW_SHARED);
    /* Assert checks that we have a valid state entry */
    Assert(MyProcPid == QUEUE_BACKEND_PID(MyBackendId));
    pos = oldpos = QUEUE_BACKEND_POS(MyBackendId);
    head = QUEUE_HEAD;
    LWLockRelease(AsyncQueueLock);

    if (QUEUE_POS_EQUAL(pos, head))
    {
        /* Nothing to do, we have read all notifications already. */
        return;
    }

    /*----------
     * Note that we deliver everything that we see in the queue and that
     * matches our _current_ listening state.
     * Especially we do not take into account different commit times.
     * Consider the following example:
     *
     * Backend 1:                    Backend 2:
     *
     * transaction starts
     * NOTIFY foo;
     * commit starts
     *                               transaction starts
     *                               LISTEN foo;
     *                               commit starts
     * commit to clog
     *                               commit to clog
     *
     * It could happen that backend 2 sees the notification from backend 1 in
     * the queue.  Even though the notifying transaction committed before
     * the listening transaction, we still deliver the notification.
     *
     * The idea is that an additional notification does not do any harm, we
     * just need to make sure that we do not miss a notification.
     *
     * It is possible that we fail while trying to send a message to our
     * frontend (for example, because of encoding conversion failure).
     * If that happens it is critical that we not try to send the same
     * message over and over again.  Therefore, we place a PG_TRY block
     * here that will forcibly advance our backend position before we lose
     * control to an error.  (We could alternatively retake AsyncQueueLock
     * and move the position before handling each individual message, but
     * that seems like too much lock traffic.)
     *----------
     */
    PG_TRY();
    {
        bool        reachedStop;

        do
        {
            int         curpage = QUEUE_POS_PAGE(pos);
            int         curoffset = QUEUE_POS_OFFSET(pos);
            int         slotno;
            int         copysize;

            /*
             * We copy the data from SLRU into a local buffer, so as to avoid
             * holding the AsyncCtlLock while we are examining the entries and
             * possibly transmitting them to our frontend.  Copy only the part
             * of the page we will actually inspect.
             */
            slotno = SimpleLruReadPage_ReadOnly(AsyncCtl, curpage,
                                                InvalidTransactionId);
            if (curpage == QUEUE_POS_PAGE(head))
            {
                /* we only want to read as far as head */
                copysize = QUEUE_POS_OFFSET(head) - curoffset;
                if (copysize < 0)
                    copysize = 0;       /* just for safety */
            }
            else
            {
                /* fetch all the rest of the page */
                copysize = QUEUE_PAGESIZE - curoffset;
            }
            memcpy(page_buffer.buf + curoffset,
                   AsyncCtl->shared->page_buffer[slotno] + curoffset,
                   copysize);
            /* Release lock that we got from SimpleLruReadPage_ReadOnly() */
            LWLockRelease(AsyncCtlLock);

            /*
             * Process messages up to the stop position, end of page, or an
             * uncommitted message.
             *
             * Our stop position is what we found to be the head's position
             * when we entered this function. It might have changed already.
             * But if it has, we will receive (or have already received and
             * queued) another signal and come here again.
             *
             * We are not holding AsyncQueueLock here! The queue can only
             * extend beyond the head pointer (see above) and we leave our
             * backend's pointer where it is so nobody will truncate or
             * rewrite pages under us. Especially we don't want to hold a lock
             * while sending the notifications to the frontend.
             */
            reachedStop = asyncQueueProcessPageEntries(&pos, head,
                                                       page_buffer.buf);
        } while (!reachedStop);
    }
    PG_CATCH();
    {
        /* Update shared state */
        LWLockAcquire(AsyncQueueLock, LW_SHARED);
        QUEUE_BACKEND_POS(MyBackendId) = pos;
        advanceTail = QUEUE_POS_EQUAL(oldpos, QUEUE_TAIL);
        LWLockRelease(AsyncQueueLock);

        /* If we were the laziest backend, try to advance the tail pointer */
        if (advanceTail)
            asyncQueueAdvanceTail();

        PG_RE_THROW();
    }
    PG_END_TRY();

    /* Update shared state */
    LWLockAcquire(AsyncQueueLock, LW_SHARED);
    QUEUE_BACKEND_POS(MyBackendId) = pos;
    advanceTail = QUEUE_POS_EQUAL(oldpos, QUEUE_TAIL);
    LWLockRelease(AsyncQueueLock);

    /* If we were the laziest backend, try to advance the tail pointer */
    if (advanceTail)
        asyncQueueAdvanceTail();
}

/*
 * Fetch notifications from the shared queue, beginning at position current,
 * and deliver relevant ones to my frontend.
 *
 * The current page must have been fetched into page_buffer from shared
 * memory.  (We could access the page right in shared memory, but that
 * would imply holding the AsyncCtlLock throughout this routine.)
 *
 * We stop if we reach the "stop" position, or reach a notification from an
 * uncommitted transaction, or reach the end of the page.
 *
 * The function returns true once we have reached the stop position or an
 * uncommitted notification, and false if we have finished with the page.
 * In other words: once it returns true there is no need to look further.
 * The QueuePosition *current is advanced past all processed messages.
 */
static bool
asyncQueueProcessPageEntries(volatile QueuePosition *current,
                             QueuePosition stop,
                             char *page_buffer)
{
    bool        reachedStop = false;
    bool        reachedEndOfPage;
    AsyncQueueEntry *qe;

    do
    {
        QueuePosition thisentry = *current;

        if (QUEUE_POS_EQUAL(thisentry, stop))
            break;

        qe = (AsyncQueueEntry *) (page_buffer + QUEUE_POS_OFFSET(thisentry));

        /*
         * Advance *current over this message, possibly to the next page. As
         * noted in the comments for asyncQueueReadAllNotifications, we must
         * do this before possibly failing while processing the message.
         */
        reachedEndOfPage = asyncQueueAdvance(current, qe->length);

        /* Ignore messages destined for other databases */
        if (qe->dboid == MyDatabaseId)
        {
            if (TransactionIdIsInProgress(qe->xid))
            {
                /*
                 * The source transaction is still in progress, so we can't
                 * process this message yet.  Break out of the loop, but first
                 * back up *current so we will reprocess the message next
                 * time.  (Note: it is unlikely but not impossible for
                 * TransactionIdDidCommit to fail, so we can't really avoid
                 * this advance-then-back-up behavior when dealing with an
                 * uncommitted message.)
                 *
                 * Note that we must test TransactionIdIsInProgress before we
                 * test TransactionIdDidCommit, else we might return a message
                 * from a transaction that is not yet visible to snapshots;
                 * compare the comments at the head of tqual.c.
                 */
                *current = thisentry;
                reachedStop = true;
                break;
            }
            else if (TransactionIdDidCommit(qe->xid))
            {
                /* qe->data is the null-terminated channel name */
                char       *channel = qe->data;

                if (IsListeningOn(channel))
                {
                    /* payload follows channel name */
                    char       *payload = qe->data + strlen(channel) + 1;

                    NotifyMyFrontEnd(channel, payload, qe->srcPid);
                }
            }
            else
            {
                /*
                 * The source transaction aborted or crashed, so we just
                 * ignore its notifications.
                 */
            }
        }

        /* Loop back if we're not at end of page */
    } while (!reachedEndOfPage);

    if (QUEUE_POS_EQUAL(*current, stop))
        reachedStop = true;

    return reachedStop;
}

/*
 * Advance the shared queue tail variable to the minimum of all the
 * per-backend tail pointers.  Truncate pg_notify space if possible.
 */
static void
asyncQueueAdvanceTail(void)
{
    QueuePosition min;
    int         i;
    int         oldtailpage;
    int         newtailpage;
    int         boundary;

    LWLockAcquire(AsyncQueueLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
    min = QUEUE_HEAD;
    for (i = 1; i <= MaxBackends; i++)
    {
        if (QUEUE_BACKEND_PID(i) != InvalidPid)
            min = QUEUE_POS_MIN(min, QUEUE_BACKEND_POS(i));
    }
    oldtailpage = QUEUE_POS_PAGE(QUEUE_TAIL);
    QUEUE_TAIL = min;
    LWLockRelease(AsyncQueueLock);

    /*
     * We can truncate something if the global tail advanced across an SLRU
     * segment boundary.
     *
     * XXX it might be better to truncate only once every several segments, to
     * reduce the number of directory scans.
     */
    newtailpage = QUEUE_POS_PAGE(min);
    boundary = newtailpage - (newtailpage % SLRU_PAGES_PER_SEGMENT);
    if (asyncQueuePagePrecedes(oldtailpage, boundary))
    {
        /*
         * SimpleLruTruncate() will ask for AsyncCtlLock but will also release
         * the lock again.
         */
        SimpleLruTruncate(AsyncCtl, newtailpage);
    }
}

/*
 * ProcessIncomingNotify
 *
 *      Deal with arriving NOTIFYs from other backends as soon as it's safe to
 *      do so. This used to be called from the PROCSIG_NOTIFY_INTERRUPT
 *      signal handler, but isn't anymore.
 *
 *      Scan the queue for arriving notifications and report them to my front
 *      end.
 *
 *      NOTE: since we are outside any transaction, we must create our own.
 */
static void
ProcessIncomingNotify(void)
{
    /* We *must* reset the flag */
    notifyInterruptPending = false;

    /* Do nothing else if we aren't actively listening */
    if (listenChannels == NIL)
        return;

    if (Trace_notify)
        elog(DEBUG1, "ProcessIncomingNotify");

    set_ps_display("notify interrupt", false);

    /*
     * We must run asyncQueueReadAllNotifications inside a transaction, else
     * bad things happen if it gets an error.
     */
    StartTransactionCommand();

    asyncQueueReadAllNotifications();

    CommitTransactionCommand();

    /*
     * Must flush the notify messages to ensure frontend gets them promptly.
     */
    pq_flush();

    set_ps_display("idle", false);

    if (Trace_notify)
        elog(DEBUG1, "ProcessIncomingNotify: done");
}

/*
 * Send NOTIFY message to my front end.
 */
static void
NotifyMyFrontEnd(const char *channel, const char *payload, int32 srcPid)
{
    if (whereToSendOutput == DestRemote)
    {
        StringInfoData buf;

        pq_beginmessage(&buf, 'A');
        pq_sendint(&buf, srcPid, sizeof(int32));
        pq_sendstring(&buf, channel);
        if (PG_PROTOCOL_MAJOR(FrontendProtocol) >= 3)
            pq_sendstring(&buf, payload);
        pq_endmessage(&buf);

        /*
         * NOTE: we do not do pq_flush() here.  For a self-notify, it will
         * happen at the end of the transaction, and for incoming notifies
         * ProcessIncomingNotify will do it after finding all the notifies.
         */
    }
    else
        elog(INFO, "NOTIFY for \"%s\" payload \"%s\"", channel, payload);
}

/* Does pendingNotifies include the given channel/payload? */
static bool
AsyncExistsPendingNotify(const char *channel, const char *payload)
{
    ListCell   *p;
    Notification *n;

    if (pendingNotifies == NIL)
        return false;

    if (payload == NULL)
        payload = "";

    /*----------
     * We need to append new elements to the end of the list in order to keep
     * the order. However, on the other hand we'd like to check the list
     * backwards in order to make duplicate-elimination a tad faster when the
     * same condition is signaled many times in a row. So as a compromise we
     * check the tail element first which we can access directly. If this
     * doesn't match, we check the whole list.
     *
     * As we are not checking our parents' lists, we can still get duplicates
     * in combination with subtransactions, like in:
     *
     * begin;
     * notify foo '1';
     * savepoint foo;
     * notify foo '1';
     * commit;
     *----------
     */
    n = (Notification *) llast(pendingNotifies);
    if (strcmp(n->channel, channel) == 0 &&
        strcmp(n->payload, payload) == 0)
        return true;

    foreach(p, pendingNotifies)
    {
        n = (Notification *) lfirst(p);

        if (strcmp(n->channel, channel) == 0 &&
            strcmp(n->payload, payload) == 0)
            return true;
    }

    return false;
}

/* Clear the pendingActions and pendingNotifies lists. */
static void
ClearPendingActionsAndNotifies(void)
{
    /*
     * We used to have to explicitly deallocate the list members and nodes,
     * because they were malloc'd.  Now, since we know they are palloc'd in
     * CurTransactionContext, we need not do that --- they'll go away
     * automatically at transaction exit.  We need only reset the list head
     * pointers.
     */
    pendingActions = NIL;
    pendingNotifies = NIL;
}