Andres Freund <and...@anarazel.de> writes:
> On 2022-08-29 15:43:55 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> The attached patch seems to fix the problem, by forcing resolution of
>> the PLT link before we unblock signals. It depends on the assumption
>> that another select() call appearing within postmaster.c will share
>> the same PLT link, which seems pretty safe.
> Hm, what stops the same problem from occuring with other functions?
These few lines are the only part of the postmaster that runs with
signals enabled and unblocked.
> Perhaps it'd be saner to default to building with -Wl,-z,now? That should fix
> the problem too, right (and if we combine it with relro, it'd be a security
> improvement to boot).
Hm. Not sure if that works on NetBSD, but I'll check it out.
regards, tom lane
