Avoid "could not reattach" by providing space for concurrent allocation.

We've long had reports of intermittent "could not reattach to shared
memory" errors on Windows.  Buildfarm member dory fails that way when
PGSharedMemoryReAttach() execution overlaps with creation of a thread
for the process's "default thread pool".  Fix that by providing a second
region to receive asynchronous allocations that would otherwise intrude
into UsedShmemSegAddr.  In pgwin32_ReserveSharedMemoryRegion(), stop
trying to free reservations landing at incorrect addresses; the caller's
next step has been to terminate the affected process.  Back-patch to 9.4
(all supported versions).

Reviewed by Tom Lane.  He also did much of the prerequisite research;
see commit bcbf2346.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20190402135442.GA1173872@rfd.leadboat.com

src/backend/port/win32_shmem.c

@@ -17,6 +17,28 @@
 #include "storage/ipc.h"
 #include "storage/pg_shmem.h"
 
+/*
+ * Early in a process's life, Windows asynchronously creates threads for the
+ * process's "default thread pool"
+ * (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/ProcThread/thread-pools).
+ * Occasionally, thread creation allocates a stack after
+ * PGSharedMemoryReAttach() has released UsedShmemSegAddr and before it has
+ * mapped shared memory at UsedShmemSegAddr.  This would cause mapping to fail
+ * if the allocator preferred the just-released region for allocating the new
+ * thread stack.  We observed such failures in some Windows Server 2016
+ * configurations.  To give the system another region to prefer, reserve and
+ * release an additional, protective region immediately before reserving or
+ * releasing shared memory.  The idea is that, if the allocator handed out
+ * REGION1 pages before REGION2 pages at one occasion, it will do so whenever
+ * both regions are free.  Windows Server 2016 exhibits that behavior, and a
+ * system behaving differently would have less need to protect
+ * UsedShmemSegAddr.  The protective region must be at least large enough for
+ * one thread stack.  However, ten times as much is less than 2% of the 32-bit
+ * address space and is negligible relative to the 64-bit address space.
+ */
+#define PROTECTIVE_REGION_SIZE (10 * WIN32_STACK_RLIMIT)
+void	   *ShmemProtectiveRegion = NULL;
+
 HANDLE		UsedShmemSegID = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
 void	   *UsedShmemSegAddr = NULL;
 static Size UsedShmemSegSize = 0;
@@ -192,6 +214,12 @@ PGSharedMemoryCreate(Size size, bool makePrivate, int port,
 	Size		orig_size = size;
 	DWORD		flProtect = PAGE_READWRITE;
 
+	ShmemProtectiveRegion = VirtualAlloc(NULL, PROTECTIVE_REGION_SIZE,
+										 MEM_RESERVE, PAGE_NOACCESS);
+	if (ShmemProtectiveRegion == NULL)
+		elog(FATAL, "could not reserve memory region: error code %lu",
+			 GetLastError());
+
 	/* Room for a header? */
 	Assert(size > MAXALIGN(sizeof(PGShmemHeader)));
 
@@ -370,9 +398,9 @@ retry:
  * an already existing shared memory segment, using the handle inherited from
  * the postmaster.
  *
- * UsedShmemSegID and UsedShmemSegAddr are implicit parameters to this
- * routine.  The caller must have already restored them to the postmaster's
- * values.
+ * ShmemProtectiveRegion, UsedShmemSegID and UsedShmemSegAddr are implicit
+ * parameters to this routine.  The caller must have already restored them to
+ * the postmaster's values.
  */
 void
 PGSharedMemoryReAttach(void)
@@ -380,12 +408,16 @@ PGSharedMemoryReAttach(void)
 	PGShmemHeader *hdr;
 	void	   *origUsedShmemSegAddr = UsedShmemSegAddr;
 
+	Assert(ShmemProtectiveRegion != NULL);
 	Assert(UsedShmemSegAddr != NULL);
 	Assert(IsUnderPostmaster);
 
 	/*
-	 * Release memory region reservation that was made by the postmaster
+	 * Release memory region reservations made by the postmaster
 	 */
+	if (VirtualFree(ShmemProtectiveRegion, 0, MEM_RELEASE) == 0)
+		elog(FATAL, "failed to release reserved memory region (addr=%p): error code %lu",
+			 ShmemProtectiveRegion, GetLastError());
 	if (VirtualFree(UsedShmemSegAddr, 0, MEM_RELEASE) == 0)
 		elog(FATAL, "failed to release reserved memory region (addr=%p): error code %lu",
 			 UsedShmemSegAddr, GetLastError());
@@ -414,13 +446,14 @@ PGSharedMemoryReAttach(void)
  * The child process startup logic might or might not call PGSharedMemoryDetach
  * after this; make sure that it will be a no-op if called.
  *
- * UsedShmemSegID and UsedShmemSegAddr are implicit parameters to this
- * routine.  The caller must have already restored them to the postmaster's
- * values.
+ * ShmemProtectiveRegion, UsedShmemSegID and UsedShmemSegAddr are implicit
+ * parameters to this routine.  The caller must have already restored them to
+ * the postmaster's values.
  */
 void
 PGSharedMemoryNoReAttach(void)
 {
+	Assert(ShmemProtectiveRegion != NULL);
 	Assert(UsedShmemSegAddr != NULL);
 	Assert(IsUnderPostmaster);
 
@@ -447,12 +480,25 @@ PGSharedMemoryNoReAttach(void)
  * Rather, this is for subprocesses that have inherited an attachment and want
  * to get rid of it.
  *
- * UsedShmemSegID and UsedShmemSegAddr are implicit parameters to this
- * routine.
+ * ShmemProtectiveRegion, UsedShmemSegID and UsedShmemSegAddr are implicit
+ * parameters to this routine.
  */
 void
 PGSharedMemoryDetach(void)
 {
+	/*
+	 * Releasing the protective region liberates an unimportant quantity of
+	 * address space, but be tidy.
+	 */
+	if (ShmemProtectiveRegion != NULL)
+	{
+		if (VirtualFree(ShmemProtectiveRegion, 0, MEM_RELEASE) == 0)
+			elog(LOG, "failed to release reserved memory region (addr=%p): error code %lu",
+				 ShmemProtectiveRegion, GetLastError());
+
+		ShmemProtectiveRegion = NULL;
+	}
+
 	/* Unmap the view, if it's mapped */
 	if (UsedShmemSegAddr != NULL)
 	{
@@ -510,19 +556,22 @@ pgwin32_ReserveSharedMemoryRegion(HANDLE hChild)
 {
 	void	   *address;
 
+	Assert(ShmemProtectiveRegion != NULL);
 	Assert(UsedShmemSegAddr != NULL);
 	Assert(UsedShmemSegSize != 0);
 
-	address = VirtualAllocEx(hChild, UsedShmemSegAddr, UsedShmemSegSize,
-							 MEM_RESERVE, PAGE_READWRITE);
+	/* ShmemProtectiveRegion */
+	address = VirtualAllocEx(hChild, ShmemProtectiveRegion,
+							 PROTECTIVE_REGION_SIZE,
+							 MEM_RESERVE, PAGE_NOACCESS);
 	if (address == NULL)
 	{
 		/* Don't use FATAL since we're running in the postmaster */
 		elog(LOG, "could not reserve shared memory region (addr=%p) for child %p: error code %lu",
-			 UsedShmemSegAddr, hChild, GetLastError());
+			 ShmemProtectiveRegion, hChild, GetLastError());
 		return false;
 	}
-	if (address != UsedShmemSegAddr)
+	if (address != ShmemProtectiveRegion)
 	{
 		/*
 		 * Should never happen - in theory if allocation granularity causes
@@ -530,9 +579,24 @@ pgwin32_ReserveSharedMemoryRegion(HANDLE hChild)
 		 *
 		 * Don't use FATAL since we're running in the postmaster.
 		 */
+		elog(LOG, "reserved shared memory region got incorrect address %p, expected %p",
+			 address, ShmemProtectiveRegion);
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	/* UsedShmemSegAddr */
+	address = VirtualAllocEx(hChild, UsedShmemSegAddr, UsedShmemSegSize,
+							 MEM_RESERVE, PAGE_READWRITE);
+	if (address == NULL)
+	{
+		elog(LOG, "could not reserve shared memory region (addr=%p) for child %p: error code %lu",
+			 UsedShmemSegAddr, hChild, GetLastError());
+		return false;
+	}
+	if (address != UsedShmemSegAddr)
+	{
 		elog(LOG, "reserved shared memory region got incorrect address %p, expected %p",
 			 address, UsedShmemSegAddr);
-		VirtualFreeEx(hChild, address, 0, MEM_RELEASE);
 		return false;
 	}
 

src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c

@@ -484,6 +484,7 @@ typedef struct
 #ifndef WIN32
 	unsigned long UsedShmemSegID;
 #else
+	void	   *ShmemProtectiveRegion;
 	HANDLE		UsedShmemSegID;
 #endif
 	void	   *UsedShmemSegAddr;
@@ -6041,6 +6042,9 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param, Port *port,
 	param->MyCancelKey = MyCancelKey;
 	param->MyPMChildSlot = MyPMChildSlot;
 
+#ifdef WIN32
+	param->ShmemProtectiveRegion = ShmemProtectiveRegion;
+#endif
 	param->UsedShmemSegID = UsedShmemSegID;
 	param->UsedShmemSegAddr = UsedShmemSegAddr;
 
@@ -6274,6 +6278,9 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters *param, Port *port)
 	MyCancelKey = param->MyCancelKey;
 	MyPMChildSlot = param->MyPMChildSlot;
 
+#ifdef WIN32
+	ShmemProtectiveRegion = param->ShmemProtectiveRegion;
+#endif
 	UsedShmemSegID = param->UsedShmemSegID;
 	UsedShmemSegAddr = param->UsedShmemSegAddr;
 

src/include/storage/pg_shmem.h

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ typedef enum
 extern unsigned long UsedShmemSegID;
 #else
 extern HANDLE UsedShmemSegID;
+extern void *ShmemProtectiveRegion;
 #endif
 extern void *UsedShmemSegAddr;