Re: BUG #13490: Segmentation fault on pg_stat_activity - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

Here are locals per frame, all the way back up to BackendStartup, in case
it helps as well.  I will be trying to reproduce this upcoming weekend with
a "baseline" version of postgresql.conf and another system with clean
import.

(gdb) bt
#0  get_tle_by_resno (tlist=3D0x7fd0d5da27c0, resno=3Dresno@entry=3D6) at
/tmp/buildd/postgresql-9.5-9.5~alpha1/build/../src/backend/parser/parse_rel=
ation.c:2832
#1  0x00007fd0d47cb9dd in pullup_replace_vars_callback (var=3D0x7fd0d5d9e95=
8,
context=3D0x7fff52170620) at
/tmp/buildd/postgresql-9.5-9.5~alpha1/build/../src/backend/optimizer/prep/p=
repjointree.c:2074
#2  0x00007fd0d481c3ea in replace_rte_variables_mutator (node=3D<optimized
out>, context=3D0x7fff52170620) at
/tmp/buildd/postgresql-9.5-9.5~alpha1/build/../src/backend/rewrite/rewriteM=
anip.c:1149
#3  0x00007fd0d478152c in expression_tree_mutator (node=3D0x7fd0d5d9e908,
mutator=3D0x7fd0d481c390 <replace_rte_variables_mutator>,
context=3D0x7fff52170620) at
/tmp/buildd/postgresql-9.5-9.5~alpha1/build/../src/backend/nodes/nodeFuncs.=
c:2769
#4  0x00007fd0d47812b3 in expression_tree_mutator (node=3D<optimized out>,
mutator=3D0x7fd0d481c390 <replace_rte_variables_mutator>,
context=3D0x7fff52170620) at
/tmp/buildd/postgresql-9.5-9.5~alpha1/build/../src/backend/nodes/nodeFuncs.=
c:2675
#5  0x00007fd0d481cc64 in replace_rte_variables (node=3D<optimized out>,
target_varno=3D<optimized out>, sublevels_up=3Dsublevels_up@entry=3D0,
callback=3Dcallback@entry=3D0x7fd0d47cb880 <pullup_replace_vars_callback>,
callback_arg=3Dcallback_arg@entry=3D0x7fff521706c0,
outer_hasSubLinks=3D0x7fd0d5d30d6e "")
    at
/tmp/buildd/postgresql-9.5-9.5~alpha1/build/../src/backend/rewrite/rewriteM=
anip.c:1115
#6  0x00007fd0d47cd1c7 in pullup_replace_vars (context=3D0x7fff521706c0,
expr=3D<optimized out>) at
/tmp/buildd/postgresql-9.5-9.5~alpha1/build/../src/backend/optimizer/prep/p=
repjointree.c:1982
#7  pull_up_simple_subquery (deletion_ok=3D<optimized out>,
containing_appendrel=3D0x0, lowest_nulling_outer_join=3D0x0,
lowest_outer_join=3D0x0, rte=3D0x7fd0d5d30ea8, jtnode=3D<optimized out>,
root=3D0x7fd0d5d9ee48) at
/tmp/buildd/postgresql-9.5-9.5~alpha1/build/../src/backend/optimizer/prep/p=
repjointree.c:1030
#8  pull_up_subqueries_recurse (root=3Droot@entry=3D0x7fd0d5d9ee48,
jtnode=3D<optimized out>, lowest_outer_join=3Dlowest_outer_join@entry=3D0x0=
,
lowest_nulling_outer_join=3Dlowest_nulling_outer_join@entry=3D0x0,
containing_appendrel=3Dcontaining_appendrel@entry=3D0x0, deletion_ok=3D<opt=
imized
out>)
    at
/tmp/buildd/postgresql-9.5-9.5~alpha1/build/../src/backend/optimizer/prep/p=
repjointree.c:696
#9  0x00007fd0d47cc989 in pull_up_subqueries_recurse
(root=3Droot@entry=3D0x7fd0d5d9ee48,
jtnode=3D0x7fd0d5d9e6c0, lowest_outer_join=3Dlowest_outer_join@entry=3D0x0,
lowest_nulling_outer_join=3Dlowest_nulling_outer_join@entry=3D0x0,
containing_appendrel=3Dcontaining_appendrel@entry=3D0x0, deletion_ok=3D<opt=
imized
out>,
    deletion_ok@entry=3D0 '\000') at
/tmp/buildd/postgresql-9.5-9.5~alpha1/build/../src/backend/optimizer/prep/p=
repjointree.c:762
#10 0x00007fd0d47cd639 in pull_up_subqueries (root=3Droot@entry=3D0x7fd0d5d=
9ee48)
at
/tmp/buildd/postgresql-9.5-9.5~alpha1/build/../src/backend/optimizer/prep/p=
repjointree.c:614
#11 0x00007fd0d47c5014 in subquery_planner (glob=3Dglob@entry=3D0x7fd0d5d9e=
db8,
parse=3Dparse@entry=3D0x7fd0d5d30d48, parent_root=3Dparent_root@entry=3D0x0=
,
hasRecursion=3DhasRecursion@entry=3D0 '\000', tuple_fraction=3D0,
subroot=3Dsubroot@entry=3D0x7fff52170908)
    at
/tmp/buildd/postgresql-9.5-9.5~alpha1/build/../src/backend/optimizer/plan/p=
lanner.c:374
#12 0x00007fd0d47c5975 in standard_planner (parse=3D0x7fd0d5d30d48,
cursorOptions=3D0, boundParams=3D0x0) at
/tmp/buildd/postgresql-9.5-9.5~alpha1/build/../src/backend/optimizer/plan/p=
lanner.c:229
#13 0x00007fd0d4848034 in pg_plan_query (querytree=3D<optimized out>,
cursorOptions=3DcursorOptions@entry=3D0, boundParams=3DboundParams@entry=3D=
0x0) at
/tmp/buildd/postgresql-9.5-9.5~alpha1/build/../src/backend/tcop/postgres.c:=
809
#14 0x00007fd0d4848124 in pg_plan_queries
(querytrees=3Dquerytrees@entry=3D0x7fd0d5d30cf8,
cursorOptions=3D0, boundParams=3DboundParams@entry=3D0x0) at
/tmp/buildd/postgresql-9.5-9.5~alpha1/build/../src/backend/tcop/postgres.c:=
868
#15 0x00007fd0d4929760 in BuildCachedPlan
(plansource=3Dplansource@entry=3D0x7fd0d5d7d940,
qlist=3D0x7fd0d5d30cf8, qlist@entry=3D0x0, boundParams=3DboundParams@entry=
=3D0x0)
at
/tmp/buildd/postgresql-9.5-9.5~alpha1/build/../src/backend/utils/cache/plan=
cache.c:951
#16 0x00007fd0d4929a98 in GetCachedPlan
(plansource=3Dplansource@entry=3D0x7fd0d5d7d940,
boundParams=3DboundParams@entry=3D0x0, useResOwner=3DuseResOwner@entry=3D0 =
'\000')
at
/tmp/buildd/postgresql-9.5-9.5~alpha1/build/../src/backend/utils/cache/plan=
cache.c:1165
#17 0x00007fd0d48497ab in exec_bind_message (input_message=3D0x7fff52170be0=
)
at
/tmp/buildd/postgresql-9.5-9.5~alpha1/build/../src/backend/tcop/postgres.c:=
1774
#18 PostgresMain (argc=3D<optimized out>, argv=3Dargv@entry=3D0x7fd0d5c8d95=
0,
dbname=3D0x7fd0d5c8d840 "databasename", username=3D<optimized out>) at
/tmp/buildd/postgresql-9.5-9.5~alpha1/build/../src/backend/tcop/postgres.c:=
4071
#19 0x00007fd0d45f239c in BackendRun (port=3D0x7fd0d5cd2c00) at
/tmp/buildd/postgresql-9.5-9.5~alpha1/build/../src/backend/postmaster/postm=
aster.c:4159
#20 BackendStartup (port=3D0x7fd0d5cd2c00) at
/tmp/buildd/postgresql-9.5-9.5~alpha1/build/../src/backend/postmaster/postm=
aster.c:3835
#21 ServerLoop () at
/tmp/buildd/postgresql-9.5-9.5~alpha1/build/../src/backend/postmaster/postm=
aster.c:1609
#22 0x00007fd0d47f18e1 in PostmasterMain (argc=3D5, argv=3D<optimized out>)=
 at
/tmp/buildd/postgresql-9.5-9.5~alpha1/build/../src/backend/postmaster/postm=
aster.c:1254
#23 0x00007fd0d45f30cd in main (argc=3D5, argv=3D0x7fd0d5c8c970) at
/tmp/buildd/postgresql-9.5-9.5~alpha1/build/../src/backend/main/main.c:221
(gdb) info locals
tle =3D 0x0
l =3D 0x7fd0d5da2940
(gdb) select-frame 1
(gdb) info locals
tle =3D <optimized out>
rcon =3D 0x7fff521706c0
varattno =3D 6
newnode =3D <optimized out>
__func__ =3D "pullup_replace_vars_callback"
(gdb) select-frame 2
(gdb) info locals




newnode =3D <optimized out>
var =3D <optimized out>
__func__ =3D "replace_rte_variables_mutator"
(gdb) select-frame 3
(gdb) info locals




phinfo =3D <optimized out>
newnode =3D <optimized out>
__func__ =3D "expression_tree_mutator"
(gdb) select-frame 4
(gdb) info locals




resultlist =3D 0x0
temp =3D 0x7fd0d5d9e8e8
__func__ =3D "expression_tree_mutator"
(gdb) select-frame 5
(gdb) info locals




result =3D <optimized out>
context =3D {callback =3D 0x7fd0d47cb880 <pullup_replace_vars_callback>,
callback_arg =3D 0x7fff521706c0, target_varno =3D 1, sublevels_up =3D 0,
inserted_sublink =3D 0 '\000'}
__func__ =3D "replace_rte_variables"
(gdb) select-frame 6
(gdb) info locals




No locals.
(gdb) select-frame 7
(gdb) info locals




parse =3D 0x7fd0d5d30d48
subquery =3D <optimized out>
rvcontext =3D {root =3D 0x7fd0d5d9ee48, targetlist =3D 0x7fd0d5da27c0, targ=
et_rte
=3D 0x7fd0d5d30ea8, relids =3D 0x0, outer_hasSubLinks =3D 0x7fd0d5d30d6e ""=
,
varno =3D 1, need_phvs =3D 0 '\000', wrap_non_vars =3D 0 '\000', rv_cache =
=3D
0x7fd0d5da2960}
varno =3D 1
subroot =3D 0x7fd0d5da2560
lc =3D <optimized out>
(gdb) select-frame 8
(gdb) info locals




varno =3D <optimized out>
rte =3D 0x7fd0d5d30ea8
__func__ =3D "pull_up_subqueries_recurse"
(gdb) select-frame 9
(gdb) info locals




sub_deletion_ok =3D <optimized out>
f =3D 0x7fd0d5d9e6c0
have_undeleted_child =3D 0 '\000'
l =3D 0x7fd0d5d9e720
__func__ =3D "pull_up_subqueries_recurse"
(gdb) select-frame 10
(gdb) info locals




No locals.
(gdb) select-frame 11
(gdb) info locals




root =3D 0x7fd0d5d9ee48
plan =3D <optimized out>
newWithCheckOptions =3D <optimized out>
newHaving =3D <optimized out>
hasOuterJoins =3D <optimized out>
l =3D <optimized out>
(gdb) select-frame 12
(gdb) info locals




result =3D <optimized out>
glob =3D 0x7fd0d5d9edb8
tuple_fraction =3D <optimized out>
root =3D 0x7fd0d5d9ed18
top_plan =3D <optimized out>
lp =3D <optimized out>
lr =3D <optimized out>
(gdb) select-frame 13
(gdb) info locals




plan =3D <optimized out>
(gdb) select-frame 14
(gdb) info locals




query =3D <optimized out>
stmt =3D <optimized out>
stmt_list =3D 0x0
query_list =3D 0x7fd0d5d30d28
(gdb) select-frame 15
(gdb) info locals




plan =3D <optimized out>
plist =3D <optimized out>
snapshot_set =3D 0 '\000'
spi_pushed =3D <optimized out>
plan_context =3D <optimized out>
oldcxt =3D 0x7fd0d5c8ccb0
(gdb) select-frame 16
(gdb) info locals




plan =3D <optimized out>
qlist =3D 0x0
customplan =3D 0 '\000'
__func__ =3D "GetCachedPlan"
(gdb) select-frame 17
(gdb) info locals




pformats =3D 0x0
psrc =3D 0x7fd0d5d7d940
portal =3D 0x7fd0d5ca6da0
query_string =3D 0x7fd0d5cd17a0 "SELECT application_name AS source,
client_addr AS ip, COUNT(*) AS total_connections FROM pg_stat_activity
WHERE pid <> pg_backend_pid() GROUP BY application_name, ip ORDER BY
COUNT(*) DESC, applicatio"...
portal_name =3D 0x7fd0d5d308d0 ""
stmt_name =3D 0x7fd0d5d308d1 ""
numPFormats =3D 0
saved_stmt_name =3D 0x0
rformats =3D 0x7fd0d5d30ce0
params =3D 0x0
save_log_statement_stats =3D 0 '\000'
msec_str =3D "SELECT
1\000\061\000\324\320\177\000\000\220\r\027R\377\177\000\000=E1=95=94\324\3=
20\177\000"
numParams =3D 0
numRFormats =3D 1
cplan =3D <optimized out>
snapshot_set =3D <optimized out>
(gdb) select-frame 18
(gdb) info locals




firstchar =3D -707588896
input_message =3D {data =3D 0x7fd0d5d308d0 "", len =3D 10, maxlen =3D 1024,=
 cursor
=3D 10}
local_sigjmp_buf =3D {{__jmpbuf =3D {140734570630176, -6783158886466612332,
140534916634656, 1, 0, 140534916918272, -6783158886368046188,
-6808758974801407084}, __mask_was_saved =3D 1, __saved_mask =3D {__val =3D =
{0,
140534916918272, 140534862700952, 140534916634800, 206158430256,
140734570630512, 140734570630304,
        140534916918272, 52, 140734570630432, 140534895011200, 1024,
140734570630464, 140734570630628, 0, 140734570630400}}}}
send_ready_for_query =3D 0 '\000'
__func__ =3D "PostgresMain"
(gdb) select-frame 19
(gdb) info locals




ac =3D 1
secs =3D 489934357
usecs =3D 656467
i =3D 1
av =3D 0x7fd0d5c8d950
maxac =3D <optimized out>



Thanks,
Michael J. Bommarito II, CEO
Bommarito Consulting, LLC
*Web:* http://www.bommaritollc.com
*Mobile:* +1 (646) 450-3387

On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 2:54 AM, Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com=
>
wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 4:16 AM, Michael Bommarito
> <michael@bommaritollc.com> wrote:
> > This particular instance is from pghero, which is a monitoring tool.   =
It
> > can be reproduced simply by querying stat_activity in psql as well.
> Pghero
> > is using prepared statements via ruby from a quick skim on their github
> > repo.
> >
> > We have pg_stat_statements enabled, and can reproduce without pghero
> setup
> > as well.  No other extensions loaded.
> >
> > On Jul 12, 2015 2:37 PM, "Tom Lane" <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> >>
> >> Michael Bommarito <michael@bommaritollc.com> writes:
> >> > Here's the session with debug_query_string:
> >> > (gdb) printf "%s\n", debug_query_string
> >> > SELECT application_name AS source, client_addr AS ip, COUNT(*) AS
> >> > total_connections FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE pid <> pg_backend_pid(=
)
> >> > GROUP
> >> > BY application_name, ip ORDER BY COUNT(*) DESC, application_name ASC=
,
> >> > client_addr ASC
> >>
> >> Thanks.  This still doesn't match the stack trace: in particular, this
> >> stack frame
> >>
> >> #3  0x00007fd0d478152c in expression_tree_mutator (node=3D0x7fd0d5d9e9=
08,
> >> mutator=3D0x7fd0d481c390 <replace_rte_variables_mutator>,
> >> context=3D0x7fff52170620) at
> >>
> >>
> /tmp/buildd/postgresql-9.5-9.5~alpha1/build/../src/backend/nodes/nodeFunc=
s.c:2769
> >>
> >> indicates that we found a PlaceHolderInfo node in the expression tree
> that
> >> pullup_replace_vars() was applied to, but so far as I can see no such
> node
> >> should exist in the query tree generated by this query.  The most like=
ly
> >> theory seems to be that something clobbered the query tree while it wa=
s
> >> sitting in the plancache, causing this recursive function to follow a
> >> bogus pointer.  But that doesn't leave us with a lot to go on.
> >>
> >> What can you tell us about the environment this is happening in?
> >> How is the client-side code executing the failing queries?  (We know
> >> it's using extended query protocol, but is it preparing a statement
> >> and then executing it repeatedly, or just using a one-shot unnamed
> >> prepared statement?)  What nondefault settings are in use on the
> >> server side?  Do you have any extensions loaded, such as
> >> pg_stat_statements or auto_explain?
>
> FWIW, I have been fooling around with the query reported in the back
> trace upthread by playing a bit with the extended query protocol to
> send BIND messages with PQdescribePrepared and PQsendDescribePrepared,
> as well as with psql and while I am able to reproduce stack traces
> close to what you had I am not seeing any crashes. I have as well
> played a bit with pghero with pgbench running in parallel and there
> were no problems, with and without pg_stat_statements loaded.
>
> In the backtrace you send previously
> (
> http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAN=3DrtBipwKdHCtmXH3r4GNfUhF9e4ZfJb=
qcj7s_Ec9e2Mbf_LA@mail.gmail.com
> ),
> what is the value of MyProcPid?  Is it 12803 or 20696? If it is the
> former, do you have a backtrace for process 20696? What we may be
> looking at now is actually a side effect of the real problem, and as
> long as we do not have a real test case, I am afraid that finding the
> root problem is rather difficult.
> --
> Michael
>