Code review for recent changes in guc-file.l. Avoid multiple frees,

use of already-freed strings, other silliness.  Also fix reporting of
config file syntax errors so that it actually works reasonably well
(eg, points at the correct line).  Use palloc instead of malloc for
temporary storage to reduce code clutter.

src/backend/utils/misc/guc-file.l

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2000-2004, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/misc/guc-file.l,v 1.24 2004/08/29 04:13:00 momjian Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/misc/guc-file.l,v 1.25 2004/08/31 22:43:58 tgl Exp $
  */
 
 %{
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
-#include <errno.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 
 #include "miscadmin.h"
@@ -39,11 +38,9 @@ enum {
 	GUC_ERROR = 100
 };
 
-#define YY_USER_INIT (ConfigFileLineno = 1)
-
 /* prototype, so compiler is happy with our high warnings setting */
 int GUC_yylex(void);
-char *GUC_scanstr(char *);
+static char *GUC_scanstr(char *);
 %}
 
 %option 8bit
@@ -98,7 +95,6 @@ struct name_value_pair
 };
 
 
-
 /*
  * Free a list of name/value pairs, including the names and the values
  */
@@ -113,9 +109,9 @@ free_name_value_list(struct name_value_pair * list)
 		struct name_value_pair *save;
 
 		save = item->next;
-		free(item->name);
-		free(item->value);
-		free(item);
+		pfree(item->name);
+		pfree(item->value);
+		pfree(item);
 		item = save;
 	}
 }
@@ -123,30 +119,74 @@ free_name_value_list(struct name_value_pair * list)
 
 /*
  * Official function to read and process the configuration file. The
- * parameter indicates in what context the file is being read
- * (postmaster startup, backend startup, or SIGHUP). All options
- * mentioned in the configuration file are set to new values. This
- * function does not return if an error occurs. If an error occurs, no
- * values will be changed.
+ * parameter indicates in what context the file is being read --- either
+ * postmaster startup (including standalone-backend startup) or SIGHUP.
+ * All options mentioned in the configuration file are set to new values.
+ * If an error occurs, no values will be changed.
  */
-static void
-ReadConfigFile(char *filename, GucContext context)
+void
+ProcessConfigFile(GucContext context)
 {
-	int token, parse_state;
-	char *opt_name, *opt_value;
+	int			elevel;
+	char	   *filename;
+	int			token, parse_state;
+	char	   *opt_name, *opt_value;
 	struct name_value_pair *item, *head, *tail;
-	int elevel;
-	FILE * fp;
+	FILE	   *fp;
+
+	Assert(context == PGC_POSTMASTER || context == PGC_SIGHUP);
+
+	if (context == PGC_SIGHUP)
+	{
+		/*
+		 * To avoid cluttering the log, only the postmaster bleats loudly
+		 * about problems with the config file.
+		 */
+		elevel = IsUnderPostmaster ? DEBUG2 : LOG;
+	}
+	else
+		elevel = ERROR;
+
+	/*
+	 * Handle the various possibilities for config file location
+	 */
+	if (user_pgconfig)
+	{
+		struct stat sb;
 
-	elevel = (context == PGC_SIGHUP) ? DEBUG4 : ERROR;
+		if (stat(user_pgconfig, &sb) != 0)
+		{
+			ereport(elevel,
+					(errcode_for_file_access(),
+					 errmsg("could not access configuration file \"%s\": %m",
+							user_pgconfig)));
+			return;
+		}
+
+		if (S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode))
+		{
+			filename = palloc(strlen(user_pgconfig) + strlen(CONFIG_FILENAME) + 2);
+			sprintf(filename, "%s/%s", user_pgconfig, CONFIG_FILENAME);
+			user_pgconfig_is_dir = true;
+		}
+		else
+			filename = pstrdup(user_pgconfig);	/* Use explicit file */
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		/* Find config in datadir */
+		filename = palloc(strlen(DataDir) + strlen(CONFIG_FILENAME) + 2);
+		sprintf(filename, "%s/%s", DataDir, CONFIG_FILENAME);
+	}
 
     fp = AllocateFile(filename, "r");
     if (!fp)
     {
-		free(filename);
 		ereport(elevel,
-			(errcode_for_file_access(),
-			 errmsg("could not open configuration file \"%s\": %m", filename)));
+				(errcode_for_file_access(),
+				 errmsg("could not open configuration file \"%s\": %m",
+						filename)));
+		pfree(filename);
 		return;
     }
 
@@ -157,8 +197,10 @@ ReadConfigFile(char *filename, GucContext context)
     parse_state = 0;
 	head = tail = NULL;
 	opt_name = opt_value = NULL;
+	ConfigFileLineno = 1;
 
     while ((token = yylex()))
+	{
         switch(parse_state)
         {
             case 0: /* no previous input */
@@ -166,9 +208,7 @@ ReadConfigFile(char *filename, GucContext context)
                     continue;
                 if (token != GUC_ID && token != GUC_QUALIFIED_ID)
                     goto parse_error;
-                opt_name = strdup(yytext);
-				if (opt_name == NULL)
-					goto out_of_memory;
+                opt_name = pstrdup(yytext);
                 parse_state = 1;
                 break;
 
@@ -182,18 +222,16 @@ ReadConfigFile(char *filename, GucContext context)
 					token != GUC_REAL && 
 					token != GUC_UNQUOTED_STRING)
                     goto parse_error;
-                opt_value = strdup(yytext);
-				if (opt_value == NULL)
-					goto out_of_memory;
+                opt_value = pstrdup(yytext);
 				if (token == GUC_STRING)
 				{
 					/* remove the beginning and ending quote/apostrophe */
 					/* first: shift the whole thing down one character */
-					memmove(opt_value,opt_value+1,strlen(opt_value)-1);
+					memmove(opt_value, opt_value+1, strlen(opt_value)-1);
 					/* second: null out the 2 characters we shifted */
-					opt_value[strlen(opt_value)-2]='\0';
-					/* do the escape thing.  free()'s the strdup above */
-					opt_value=GUC_scanstr(opt_value);
+					opt_value[strlen(opt_value)-2] = '\0';
+					/* do the escape thing.  pfree()'s the pstrdup above */
+					opt_value = GUC_scanstr(opt_value);
 				}
                 parse_state = 2;
                 break;
@@ -202,45 +240,40 @@ ReadConfigFile(char *filename, GucContext context)
 				if (token != GUC_EOL)
 					goto parse_error;
 
+				item = palloc(sizeof *item);
+				item->name = opt_name;
+				item->value = opt_value;
+
 				if (strcmp(opt_name, "custom_variable_classes") == 0)
 				{
-					/* This variable must be added first as it controls the validity
-					 * of other variables
+					/*
+					 * This variable must be processed first as it controls
+					 * the validity of other variables; so prepend to
+					 * the list instead of appending.
 					 */
-					if (!set_config_option(opt_name, opt_value, context,
-										   PGC_S_FILE, false, true))
-					{
-						FreeFile(fp);
-						free(filename);
-						goto cleanup_exit;
-					}
-
-					/* Don't include in list */
-					parse_state = 0;
-					break;
+					item->next = head;
+					head = item;
+					if (!tail)
+						tail = item;
 				}
-
-				/* append to list */
-				item = malloc(sizeof *item);
-				if (item == NULL)
-					goto out_of_memory;
-				item->name = opt_name;
-				item->value = opt_value;
-				item->next = NULL;
-
-				if (!head)
-					tail = head = item;
 				else
 				{
-					tail->next = item;
+					/* append to list */
+					item->next = NULL;
+					if (!head)
+						head = item;
+					else
+						tail->next = item;
 					tail = item;
 				}
 
                 parse_state = 0;
                 break;
         }
+	}
 
 	FreeFile(fp);
+	pfree(filename);
 
 	/*
 	 * Check if all options are valid
@@ -252,10 +285,12 @@ ReadConfigFile(char *filename, GucContext context)
 			goto cleanup_exit;
 	}
 
-    /* If we got here all the options parsed okay. */
+    /* If we got here all the options parsed okay, so apply them. */
 	for(item = head; item; item=item->next)
+	{
 		set_config_option(item->name, item->value, context,
 						  PGC_S_FILE, false, true);
+	}
 
  cleanup_exit:
 	free_name_value_list(head);
@@ -264,79 +299,17 @@ ReadConfigFile(char *filename, GucContext context)
  parse_error:
 	FreeFile(fp);
 	free_name_value_list(head);
-	ereport(elevel,
-			(errcode(ERRCODE_SYNTAX_ERROR),
-			 errmsg("syntax error in file \"%s\" line %u, near token \"%s\"", 
-					filename, ConfigFileLineno, yytext)));
-	return;
-
- out_of_memory:
-	FreeFile(fp);
-	free(filename);
-	free_name_value_list(head);
-	ereport(elevel,
-			(errcode(ERRCODE_OUT_OF_MEMORY),
-			 errmsg("out of memory")));
-	return;
-}
-
-/*
- * Function to read and process the configuration file. The
- * parameter indicates the context that the file is being read
- * (postmaster startup, backend startup, or SIGHUP). All options
- * mentioned in the configuration file are set to new values. This
- * function does not return if an error occurs. If an error occurs, no
- * values will be changed.
- */
-void
-ProcessConfigFile(GucContext context)
-{
-	char *filename;
-
-	Assert(context == PGC_POSTMASTER || context == PGC_BACKEND || context == PGC_SIGHUP);
-
-	/* Added for explicit config file */
-	if (user_pgconfig)
-	{
-		struct stat sb;
-
-		if (stat(user_pgconfig, &sb) != 0)
-		{
-			int elevel = (context == PGC_SIGHUP) ? DEBUG3 : ERROR;
-			elog(elevel, "Configuration file \"%s\" does not exist", user_pgconfig);
-			return;
-		}
-
-		if (S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode))
-		{
-			/* This will cause a small one time memory leak
-			 * if the user also specifies hba_conf,
-			 * ident_conf, and data_dir
-			 */
-			filename = malloc(strlen(user_pgconfig) + strlen(CONFIG_FILENAME) + 2);
-			sprintf(filename, "%s/%s", user_pgconfig, CONFIG_FILENAME);
-			user_pgconfig_is_dir = true;
-		}
-		else
-			filename = strdup(user_pgconfig);	/* Use explicit file */
-	}
+	if (token == GUC_EOL)
+		ereport(elevel,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_SYNTAX_ERROR),
+				 errmsg("syntax error in file \"%s\" line %u, near end of line",
+						filename, ConfigFileLineno - 1)));
 	else
-	{
-		/* Use datadir for config */
-		filename = malloc(strlen(DataDir) + strlen(CONFIG_FILENAME) + 2);
-		sprintf(filename, "%s/%s", DataDir, CONFIG_FILENAME);
-	}
-
-	if (filename == NULL)
-	{
-		int elevel = (context == PGC_SIGHUP) ? DEBUG3 : ERROR;
-		elog(elevel, "out of memory");
-		return;
-	}
-
-	ReadConfigFile(filename, context);
-
-	free(filename);
+		ereport(elevel,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_SYNTAX_ERROR),
+				 errmsg("syntax error in file \"%s\" line %u, near token \"%s\"", 
+						filename, ConfigFileLineno, yytext)));
+	pfree(filename);
 }
 
 
@@ -347,12 +320,12 @@ ProcessConfigFile(GucContext context)
  * if the string passed in has escaped codes, map the escape codes to actual
  * chars
  *
- * the string returned is malloc'd and should eventually be free'd by the
- * caller!
+ * the string returned is palloc'd and should eventually be pfree'd by the
+ * caller; also we assume we should pfree the input string.
  * ----------------
  */
 
-char *
+static char *
 GUC_scanstr(char *s)
 {
 	char	   *newStr;
@@ -363,16 +336,12 @@ GUC_scanstr(char *s)
 	if (s == NULL || s[0] == '\0')
 	{
 		if (s != NULL)
-			free(s);
-		return strdup("");
+			pfree(s);
+		return pstrdup("");
 	}
 	len = strlen(s);
 
-	newStr = malloc(len + 1);	/* string cannot get longer */
-	if (newStr == NULL)
-		ereport(FATAL,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OUT_OF_MEMORY),
-				 errmsg("out of memory")));
+	newStr = palloc(len + 1);	/* string cannot get longer */
 
 	for (i = 0, j = 0; i < len; i++)
 	{
@@ -426,6 +395,6 @@ GUC_scanstr(char *s)
 		j++;
 	}
 	newStr[j] = '\0';
-	free(s);
+	pfree(s);
 	return newStr;
 }

src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  * Written by Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>.
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c,v 1.237 2004/08/31 19:28:51 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c,v 1.238 2004/08/31 22:43:58 tgl Exp $
  *
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ static bool assign_log_stats(bool newval, bool doit, GucSource source);
 static bool assign_transaction_read_only(bool newval, bool doit, GucSource source);
 static const char *assign_canonical_path(const char *newval, bool doit, GucSource source);
 
-static void ReadConfigFile(char *filename, GucContext context);
 
 /*
  * Debugging options
@@ -3079,7 +3078,13 @@ set_config_option(const char *name, const char *value,
 				changeValOrig = changeVal;
 
 	if (context == PGC_SIGHUP || source == PGC_S_DEFAULT)
-		elevel = DEBUG2;
+	{
+		/*
+		 * To avoid cluttering the log, only the postmaster bleats loudly
+		 * about problems with the config file.
+		 */
+		elevel = IsUnderPostmaster ? DEBUG2 : LOG;
+	}
 	else if (source == PGC_S_DATABASE || source == PGC_S_USER)
 		elevel = INFO;
 	else
@@ -4715,7 +4720,8 @@ write_nondefault_variables(GucContext context)
 
 	Assert(context == PGC_POSTMASTER || context == PGC_SIGHUP);
 	Assert(DataDir);
-	elevel = (context == PGC_SIGHUP) ? DEBUG4 : ERROR;
+
+	elevel = (context == PGC_SIGHUP) ? LOG : ERROR;
 
 	/*
 	 * Open file