Change ProcSendSignal() to take pgprocno.

Instead of referring to target backends by pid, use pgprocno.  This
means that we don't have to scan the ProcArray and we can drop some
special case code for dealing with the startup process.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CA%2BhUKGLYRyDaneEwz5Uya_OgFLMx5BgJfkQSD%3Dq9HmwsfRRb-w%40mail.gmail.com
Reviewed-by: Soumyadeep Chakraborty <soumyadeep2007@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Ashwin Agrawal <ashwinstar@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>

src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c

@@ -7519,9 +7519,6 @@ StartupXLOG(void)
 		/* Also ensure XLogReceiptTime has a sane value */
 		XLogReceiptTime = GetCurrentTimestamp();
 
-		/* Allow ProcSendSignal() to find us, for buffer pin wakeups. */
-		PublishStartupProcessInformation();
-
 		/*
 		 * Let postmaster know we've started redo now, so that it can launch
 		 * the archiver if necessary.

src/backend/storage/buffer/buf_init.c

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 #include "storage/buf_internals.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
+#include "storage/proc.h"
 
 BufferDescPadded *BufferDescriptors;
 char	   *BufferBlocks;
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ InitBufferPool(void)
 			CLEAR_BUFFERTAG(buf->tag);
 
 			pg_atomic_init_u32(&buf->state, 0);
-			buf->wait_backend_pid = 0;
+			buf->wait_backend_pgprocno = INVALID_PGPROCNO;
 
 			buf->buf_id = i;
 

src/backend/storage/buffer/bufmgr.c

@@ -1899,11 +1899,11 @@ UnpinBuffer(BufferDesc *buf, bool fixOwner)
 				BUF_STATE_GET_REFCOUNT(buf_state) == 1)
 			{
 				/* we just released the last pin other than the waiter's */
-				int			wait_backend_pid = buf->wait_backend_pid;
+				int			wait_backend_pgprocno = buf->wait_backend_pgprocno;
 
 				buf_state &= ~BM_PIN_COUNT_WAITER;
 				UnlockBufHdr(buf, buf_state);
-				ProcSendSignal(wait_backend_pid);
+				ProcSendSignal(wait_backend_pgprocno);
 			}
 			else
 				UnlockBufHdr(buf, buf_state);
@@ -3980,7 +3980,7 @@ UnlockBuffers(void)
 		 * got a cancel/die interrupt before getting the signal.
 		 */
 		if ((buf_state & BM_PIN_COUNT_WAITER) != 0 &&
-			buf->wait_backend_pid == MyProcPid)
+			buf->wait_backend_pgprocno == MyProc->pgprocno)
 			buf_state &= ~BM_PIN_COUNT_WAITER;
 
 		UnlockBufHdr(buf, buf_state);
@@ -4116,7 +4116,7 @@ LockBufferForCleanup(Buffer buffer)
 			LockBuffer(buffer, BUFFER_LOCK_UNLOCK);
 			elog(ERROR, "multiple backends attempting to wait for pincount 1");
 		}
-		bufHdr->wait_backend_pid = MyProcPid;
+		bufHdr->wait_backend_pgprocno = MyProc->pgprocno;
 		PinCountWaitBuf = bufHdr;
 		buf_state |= BM_PIN_COUNT_WAITER;
 		UnlockBufHdr(bufHdr, buf_state);
@@ -4187,7 +4187,7 @@ LockBufferForCleanup(Buffer buffer)
 		 */
 		buf_state = LockBufHdr(bufHdr);
 		if ((buf_state & BM_PIN_COUNT_WAITER) != 0 &&
-			bufHdr->wait_backend_pid == MyProcPid)
+			bufHdr->wait_backend_pgprocno == MyProc->pgprocno)
 			buf_state &= ~BM_PIN_COUNT_WAITER;
 		UnlockBufHdr(bufHdr, buf_state);
 

src/backend/storage/lmgr/predicate.c

@@ -1277,6 +1277,7 @@ InitPredicateLocks(void)
 		PredXact->OldCommittedSxact->xmin = InvalidTransactionId;
 		PredXact->OldCommittedSxact->flags = SXACT_FLAG_COMMITTED;
 		PredXact->OldCommittedSxact->pid = 0;
+		PredXact->OldCommittedSxact->pgprocno = INVALID_PGPROCNO;
 	}
 	/* This never changes, so let's keep a local copy. */
 	OldCommittedSxact = PredXact->OldCommittedSxact;
@@ -1876,6 +1877,7 @@ GetSerializableTransactionSnapshotInt(Snapshot snapshot,
 	sxact->finishedBefore = InvalidTransactionId;
 	sxact->xmin = snapshot->xmin;
 	sxact->pid = MyProcPid;
+	sxact->pgprocno = MyProc->pgprocno;
 	SHMQueueInit(&(sxact->predicateLocks));
 	SHMQueueElemInit(&(sxact->finishedLink));
 	sxact->flags = 0;
@@ -3669,7 +3671,7 @@ ReleasePredicateLocks(bool isCommit, bool isReadOnlySafe)
 			 */
 			if (SxactIsDeferrableWaiting(roXact) &&
 				(SxactIsROUnsafe(roXact) || SxactIsROSafe(roXact)))
-				ProcSendSignal(roXact->pid);
+				ProcSendSignal(roXact->pgprocno);
 
 			possibleUnsafeConflict = nextConflict;
 		}
@@ -5006,6 +5008,7 @@ PostPrepare_PredicateLocks(TransactionId xid)
 	Assert(SxactIsPrepared(MySerializableXact));
 
 	MySerializableXact->pid = 0;
+	MySerializableXact->pgprocno = INVALID_PGPROCNO;
 
 	hash_destroy(LocalPredicateLockHash);
 	LocalPredicateLockHash = NULL;
@@ -5081,6 +5084,7 @@ predicatelock_twophase_recover(TransactionId xid, uint16 info,
 		sxact->vxid.backendId = InvalidBackendId;
 		sxact->vxid.localTransactionId = (LocalTransactionId) xid;
 		sxact->pid = 0;
+		sxact->pgprocno = INVALID_PGPROCNO;
 
 		/* a prepared xact hasn't committed yet */
 		sxact->prepareSeqNo = RecoverySerCommitSeqNo;

src/backend/storage/lmgr/proc.c

@@ -177,8 +177,6 @@ InitProcGlobal(void)
 	ProcGlobal->autovacFreeProcs = NULL;
 	ProcGlobal->bgworkerFreeProcs = NULL;
 	ProcGlobal->walsenderFreeProcs = NULL;
-	ProcGlobal->startupProc = NULL;
-	ProcGlobal->startupProcPid = 0;
 	ProcGlobal->startupBufferPinWaitBufId = -1;
 	ProcGlobal->walwriterLatch = NULL;
 	ProcGlobal->checkpointerLatch = NULL;
@@ -624,21 +622,6 @@ InitAuxiliaryProcess(void)
 	on_shmem_exit(AuxiliaryProcKill, Int32GetDatum(proctype));
 }
 
-/*
- * Record the PID and PGPROC structures for the Startup process, for use in
- * ProcSendSignal().  See comments there for further explanation.
- */
-void
-PublishStartupProcessInformation(void)
-{
-	SpinLockAcquire(ProcStructLock);
-
-	ProcGlobal->startupProc = MyProc;
-	ProcGlobal->startupProcPid = MyProcPid;
-
-	SpinLockRelease(ProcStructLock);
-}
-
 /*
  * Used from bufmgr to share the value of the buffer that Startup waits on,
  * or to reset the value to "not waiting" (-1). This allows processing
@@ -1903,38 +1886,15 @@ ProcWaitForSignal(uint32 wait_event_info)
 }
 
 /*
- * ProcSendSignal - send a signal to a backend identified by PID
+ * ProcSendSignal - set the latch of a backend identified by pgprocno
  */
 void
-ProcSendSignal(int pid)
+ProcSendSignal(int pgprocno)
 {
-	PGPROC	   *proc = NULL;
+	if (pgprocno < 0 || pgprocno >= ProcGlobal->allProcCount)
+		elog(ERROR, "pgprocno out of range");
 
-	if (RecoveryInProgress())
+	SetLatch(&ProcGlobal->allProcs[pgprocno].procLatch);
-	{
-		SpinLockAcquire(ProcStructLock);
-
-		/*
-		 * Check to see whether it is the Startup process we wish to signal.
-		 * This call is made by the buffer manager when it wishes to wake up a
-		 * process that has been waiting for a pin in so it can obtain a
-		 * cleanup lock using LockBufferForCleanup(). Startup is not a normal
-		 * backend, so BackendPidGetProc() will not return any pid at all. So
-		 * we remember the information for this special case.
-		 */
-		if (pid == ProcGlobal->startupProcPid)
-			proc = ProcGlobal->startupProc;
-
-		SpinLockRelease(ProcStructLock);
-	}
-
-	if (proc == NULL)
-		proc = BackendPidGetProc(pid);
-
-	if (proc != NULL)
-	{
-		SetLatch(&proc->procLatch);
-	}
 }
 
 /*

src/include/storage/buf_internals.h

@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ typedef struct buftag
  *	BufferDesc -- shared descriptor/state data for a single shared buffer.
  *
  * Note: Buffer header lock (BM_LOCKED flag) must be held to examine or change
- * the tag, state or wait_backend_pid fields.  In general, buffer header lock
+ * tag, state or wait_backend_pgprocno fields.  In general, buffer header lock
  * is a spinlock which is combined with flags, refcount and usagecount into
  * single atomic variable.  This layout allow us to do some operations in a
  * single atomic operation, without actually acquiring and releasing spinlock;
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ typedef struct buftag
  *
  * We can't physically remove items from a disk page if another backend has
  * the buffer pinned.  Hence, a backend may need to wait for all other pins
- * to go away.  This is signaled by storing its own PID into
+ * to go away.  This is signaled by storing its own pgprocno into
- * wait_backend_pid and setting flag bit BM_PIN_COUNT_WAITER.  At present,
+ * wait_backend_pgprocno and setting flag bit BM_PIN_COUNT_WAITER.  At present,
  * there can be only one such waiter per buffer.
  *
  * We use this same struct for local buffer headers, but the locks are not
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ typedef struct BufferDesc
 	/* state of the tag, containing flags, refcount and usagecount */
 	pg_atomic_uint32 state;
 
-	int			wait_backend_pid;	/* backend PID of pin-count waiter */
+	int			wait_backend_pgprocno;	/* backend of pin-count waiter */
 	int			freeNext;		/* link in freelist chain */
 	LWLock		content_lock;	/* to lock access to buffer contents */
 } BufferDesc;

src/include/storage/predicate_internals.h

@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ typedef struct SERIALIZABLEXACT
 	TransactionId xmin;			/* the transaction's snapshot xmin */
 	uint32		flags;			/* OR'd combination of values defined below */
 	int			pid;			/* pid of associated process */
+	int			pgprocno;		/* pgprocno of associated process */
 } SERIALIZABLEXACT;
 
 #define SXACT_FLAG_COMMITTED			0x00000001	/* already committed */

src/include/storage/proc.h

@@ -359,9 +359,6 @@ typedef struct PROC_HDR
 	Latch	   *checkpointerLatch;
 	/* Current shared estimate of appropriate spins_per_delay value */
 	int			spins_per_delay;
-	/* The proc of the Startup process, since not in ProcArray */
-	PGPROC	   *startupProc;
-	int			startupProcPid;
 	/* Buffer id of the buffer that Startup process waits for pin on, or -1 */
 	int			startupBufferPinWaitBufId;
 } PROC_HDR;
@@ -402,7 +399,6 @@ extern void InitProcess(void);
 extern void InitProcessPhase2(void);
 extern void InitAuxiliaryProcess(void);
 
-extern void PublishStartupProcessInformation(void);
 extern void SetStartupBufferPinWaitBufId(int bufid);
 extern int	GetStartupBufferPinWaitBufId(void);
 
@@ -418,7 +414,7 @@ extern bool IsWaitingForLock(void);
 extern void LockErrorCleanup(void);
 
 extern void ProcWaitForSignal(uint32 wait_event_info);
-extern void ProcSendSignal(int pid);
+extern void ProcSendSignal(int pgprocno);
 
 extern PGPROC *AuxiliaryPidGetProc(int pid);