Hi,

On 2025-05-02 20:05:11 -0700, Noah Misch wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 04:00:35PM -0400, Andres Freund wrote:
> > pgaio_io_wait_for_free() does what it says on the tin. For that, after a 
> > bunch
> > of other things, finds the oldest in-flight IO and waits for it.
> > 
> >             PgAioHandle *ioh = dclist_head_element(PgAioHandle, node,
> >                                                                             
> >            &pgaio_my_backend->in_flight_ios);
> > 
> >             switch (ioh->state)
> >             {
> > ...
> >                     case PGAIO_HS_COMPLETED_IO:
> >                     case PGAIO_HS_SUBMITTED:
> >                             pgaio_debug_io(DEBUG2, ioh,
> >                                                        "waiting for free io 
> > with %d in flight",
> >                                                        
> > dclist_count(&pgaio_my_backend->in_flight_ios));
> > ...
> >                             pgaio_io_wait(ioh, ioh->generation);
> >                             break;
> > 
> > 
> > The problem is that, if the log level is low enough, ereport() (which is
> > called by pgaio_debug_io()), processes interrupts.  The interrupt processing
> > may end up execute ProcessBarrierSmgrRelease(), which in turn needs to wait
> > for all in-flight IOs before the IOs are closed.
> > 
> > Which then leads to the
> >                     elog(PANIC, "waiting for own IO in wrong state: %d",
> >                              state);
> > 
> > error.
> 
> Printing state 0 (PGAIO_HS_IDLE), right?

Correct.


>I think the chief problem is that pgaio_io_wait_for_free() is fetching
>ioh->state, then possibly processing interrupts in pgaio_debug_io(), then
>finally fetching ioh->generation.  If it fetched ioh->generation to a local
>variable before pgaio_debug_io, I think that would resolve this one.

That's what I also concluded after playing around with a few different
approaches.


> Then the pgaio_io_was_recycled() would prevent the PANIC:
> 
>       if (pgaio_io_was_recycled(ioh, ref_generation, &state))
>               return;
> 
>       if (am_owner)
>       {
>               if (state != PGAIO_HS_SUBMITTED
>                       && state != PGAIO_HS_COMPLETED_IO
>                       && state != PGAIO_HS_COMPLETED_SHARED
>                       && state != PGAIO_HS_COMPLETED_LOCAL)
>               {
>                       elog(PANIC, "waiting for own IO in wrong state: %d",
>                                state);
>               }
>       }
> 
> Is that right?

Yes, it avoids the issue.


> If that's the solution, pgaio_closing_fd() and pgaio_shutdown() would need
> similar care around fetching the generation before the pgaio_debug_io.
> Maybe there's an opportunity for a common inline function.  Or at least a
> comment at the "generation" field on how to safely time a fetch thereof and
> any barrier required.

I didn't see a good way to move this into an inline function, unfortunately.


We do need to hold interrupts in a few other places, I think - with some debug
infrastructure (things like calling ProcessBarrierSmgrRelease() whenever
interrupts could be processed and calling CFI() in errstart() in its return
false case) it's possible to find state confusions which trigger
assertions. The issue is that pgaio_io_update_state() contains a
pgaio_debug_io() and executing pgaio_closing_fd() in places that call
pgaio_io_update_state() doesn't end well.  There's a similar danger with the
debug message in pgaio_io_reclaim().

In the attached patch I added an assertion to pgaio_io_update_state()
verifying that interrupts are held and added code to hold interrupts in the
relevant places.

> > I'm not yet sure how to best fix it - locally I have done so by 
> > pgaio_debug()
> > do a HOLD_INTERRUPTS()/RESUME_INTERRUPTS() around the call to ereport.  But
> > that doesn't really seem great - otoh requiring various pieces of code to 
> > know
> > that anything emitting debug messages needs to hold interrupts etc makes for
> > rare and hard to understand bugs.
> > 
> > We could just make the relevant functions hold interrupts, and that might be
> > the best path forward, but we don't really need to hold all interrupts
> > (e.g. termination would be fine), so it's a bit coarse grained.  It would 
> > need
> > to happen in a few places, which isn't great either.
> > 
> > Other suggestions?
> 
> For the "no free IOs despite no in-flight IOs" case, I'd replace the
> ereport(ERROR) with "return;" since we now know interrupt processing reclaimed
> an IO.

Hm - it seems better to me to check if there are now free handles and return
if that's the case, but to keep the error check in case there actually is no
free IO? That seems like a not implausible bug...


> Then decide what protection if any, we need against bugs causing an
> infinite loop in caller pgaio_io_acquire().  What's the case motivating the
> unbounded loop in pgaio_io_acquire(), as opposed to capping at two
> pgaio_io_acquire_nb() calls?  If the theory is that pgaio_io_acquire() could
> be reentrant, what scenario would reach that reentrancy?

I do not remember why I wrote this as an endless loop.  If you prefer I could
change that as part of this patch.


It does seem rather dangerous that errstart() processes interrupts for debug
messages, but only if the debug message is actually logged. That's really a
recipe for hard to find bugs.  I wonder if we should, at least in assertion
mode, process interrupts even if not emitting the message.

Greetings,

Andres Freund
>From 650c48ffc42f554f86b8485a6c6b98c36c35fb81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andres Freund <and...@anarazel.de>
Date: Thu, 8 May 2025 21:03:52 -0400
Subject: [PATCH v1] WIP: aio: Fix possible state confusion due to interrupt
 processing

Author:
Reviewed-by:
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/
Backpatch:
---
 src/backend/storage/aio/aio.c | 113 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 99 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/aio/aio.c b/src/backend/storage/aio/aio.c
index 57b9cf3dcab..10535066762 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/aio/aio.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/aio/aio.c
@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ pgaio_io_acquire(struct ResourceOwnerData *resowner, PgAioReturn *ret)
 PgAioHandle *
 pgaio_io_acquire_nb(struct ResourceOwnerData *resowner, PgAioReturn *ret)
 {
+	PgAioHandle *ioh = NULL;
+
 	if (pgaio_my_backend->num_staged_ios >= PGAIO_SUBMIT_BATCH_SIZE)
 	{
 		Assert(pgaio_my_backend->num_staged_ios == PGAIO_SUBMIT_BATCH_SIZE);
@@ -207,10 +209,17 @@ pgaio_io_acquire_nb(struct ResourceOwnerData *resowner, PgAioReturn *ret)
 	if (pgaio_my_backend->handed_out_io)
 		elog(ERROR, "API violation: Only one IO can be handed out");
 
+	/*
+	 * Probably not needed today, as interrupts should not process this IO,
+	 * but...
+	 */
+	HOLD_INTERRUPTS();
+
 	if (!dclist_is_empty(&pgaio_my_backend->idle_ios))
 	{
 		dlist_node *ion = dclist_pop_head_node(&pgaio_my_backend->idle_ios);
-		PgAioHandle *ioh = dclist_container(PgAioHandle, node, ion);
+
+		ioh = dclist_container(PgAioHandle, node, ion);
 
 		Assert(ioh->state == PGAIO_HS_IDLE);
 		Assert(ioh->owner_procno == MyProcNumber);
@@ -226,11 +235,11 @@ pgaio_io_acquire_nb(struct ResourceOwnerData *resowner, PgAioReturn *ret)
 			ioh->report_return = ret;
 			ret->result.status = PGAIO_RS_UNKNOWN;
 		}
-
-		return ioh;
 	}
 
-	return NULL;
+	RESUME_INTERRUPTS();
+
+	return ioh;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -247,6 +256,12 @@ pgaio_io_release(PgAioHandle *ioh)
 		Assert(ioh->resowner);
 
 		pgaio_my_backend->handed_out_io = NULL;
+
+		/*
+		 * Note that no interrupts are processed between the handed_out_io
+		 * check and the call to reclaim - that's important as otherwise an
+		 * interrupt could have already reclaimed the handle.
+		 */
 		pgaio_io_reclaim(ioh);
 	}
 	else
@@ -265,6 +280,12 @@ pgaio_io_release_resowner(dlist_node *ioh_node, bool on_error)
 
 	Assert(ioh->resowner);
 
+	/*
+	 * Otherwise an interrupt, in the middle of releasing the IO, could end up
+	 * trying to wait for the IO, leading to state confusion.
+	 */
+	HOLD_INTERRUPTS();
+
 	ResourceOwnerForgetAioHandle(ioh->resowner, &ioh->resowner_node);
 	ioh->resowner = NULL;
 
@@ -305,6 +326,8 @@ pgaio_io_release_resowner(dlist_node *ioh_node, bool on_error)
 	 */
 	if (ioh->report_return)
 		ioh->report_return = NULL;
+
+	RESUME_INTERRUPTS();
 }
 
 /*
@@ -373,6 +396,13 @@ pgaio_io_get_wref(PgAioHandle *ioh, PgAioWaitRef *iow)
 static inline void
 pgaio_io_update_state(PgAioHandle *ioh, PgAioHandleState new_state)
 {
+	/*
+	 * All callers need to have held interrupts in some form, otherwise
+	 * interrupt processing could wait for the IO to complete, while in an
+	 * intermediary state.
+	 */
+	Assert(!INTERRUPTS_CAN_BE_PROCESSED());
+
 	pgaio_debug_io(DEBUG5, ioh,
 				   "updating state to %s",
 				   pgaio_io_state_get_name(new_state));
@@ -410,6 +440,13 @@ pgaio_io_stage(PgAioHandle *ioh, PgAioOp op)
 	Assert(pgaio_my_backend->handed_out_io == ioh);
 	Assert(pgaio_io_has_target(ioh));
 
+	/*
+	 * Otherwise an interrupt, in the middle of staging and possibly executing
+	 * the IO, could end up trying to wait for the IO, leading to state
+	 * confusion.
+	 */
+	HOLD_INTERRUPTS();
+
 	ioh->op = op;
 	ioh->result = 0;
 
@@ -449,6 +486,8 @@ pgaio_io_stage(PgAioHandle *ioh, PgAioOp op)
 		pgaio_io_prepare_submit(ioh);
 		pgaio_io_perform_synchronously(ioh);
 	}
+
+	RESUME_INTERRUPTS();
 }
 
 bool
@@ -558,8 +597,8 @@ pgaio_io_wait(PgAioHandle *ioh, uint64 ref_generation)
 			&& state != PGAIO_HS_COMPLETED_SHARED
 			&& state != PGAIO_HS_COMPLETED_LOCAL)
 		{
-			elog(PANIC, "waiting for own IO in wrong state: %d",
-				 state);
+			elog(PANIC, "waiting for own IO %d in wrong state: %s",
+				 pgaio_io_get_id(ioh), pgaio_io_get_state_name(ioh));
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -613,7 +652,13 @@ pgaio_io_wait(PgAioHandle *ioh, uint64 ref_generation)
 
 			case PGAIO_HS_COMPLETED_SHARED:
 			case PGAIO_HS_COMPLETED_LOCAL:
-				/* see above */
+
+				/*
+				 * Note that no interrupts are processed between
+				 * pgaio_io_was_recycled() and this check - that's important
+				 * as otherwise an interrupt could have already reclaimed the
+				 * handle.
+				 */
 				if (am_owner)
 					pgaio_io_reclaim(ioh);
 				return;
@@ -624,6 +669,11 @@ pgaio_io_wait(PgAioHandle *ioh, uint64 ref_generation)
 /*
  * Make IO handle ready to be reused after IO has completed or after the
  * handle has been released without being used.
+ *
+ * Note that callers need to be careful about only calling this in the right
+ * state and that no interrupts can be processed between the state check and
+ * the call to pgaio_io_reclaim(). Otherwise interrupt processing could
+ * already have reclaimed the handle.
  */
 static void
 pgaio_io_reclaim(PgAioHandle *ioh)
@@ -632,6 +682,9 @@ pgaio_io_reclaim(PgAioHandle *ioh)
 	Assert(ioh->owner_procno == MyProcNumber);
 	Assert(ioh->state != PGAIO_HS_IDLE);
 
+	/* see comment in function header */
+	HOLD_INTERRUPTS();
+
 	/*
 	 * It's a bit ugly, but right now the easiest place to put the execution
 	 * of local completion callbacks is this function, as we need to execute
@@ -699,6 +752,8 @@ pgaio_io_reclaim(PgAioHandle *ioh)
 	 * efficient in cases where only a few IOs are used.
 	 */
 	dclist_push_head(&pgaio_my_backend->idle_ios, &ioh->node);
+
+	RESUME_INTERRUPTS();
 }
 
 /*
@@ -714,7 +769,7 @@ pgaio_io_wait_for_free(void)
 	pgaio_debug(DEBUG2, "waiting for free IO with %d pending, %d in-flight, %d idle IOs",
 				pgaio_my_backend->num_staged_ios,
 				dclist_count(&pgaio_my_backend->in_flight_ios),
-				dclist_is_empty(&pgaio_my_backend->idle_ios));
+				dclist_count(&pgaio_my_backend->idle_ios));
 
 	/*
 	 * First check if any of our IOs actually have completed - when using
@@ -728,6 +783,11 @@ pgaio_io_wait_for_free(void)
 
 		if (ioh->state == PGAIO_HS_COMPLETED_SHARED)
 		{
+			/*
+			 * Note that no interrupts are processed between the state check
+			 * and the call to reclaim - that's important as otherwise an
+			 * interrupt could have already reclaimed the handle.
+			 */
 			pgaio_io_reclaim(ioh);
 			reclaimed++;
 		}
@@ -744,13 +804,17 @@ pgaio_io_wait_for_free(void)
 	if (pgaio_my_backend->num_staged_ios > 0)
 		pgaio_submit_staged();
 
+	/* possibly some IOs finished during submission */
+	if (!dclist_is_empty(&pgaio_my_backend->idle_ios))
+		return;
+
 	if (dclist_count(&pgaio_my_backend->in_flight_ios) == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				errmsg_internal("no free IOs despite no in-flight IOs"),
 				errdetail_internal("%d pending, %d in-flight, %d idle IOs",
 								   pgaio_my_backend->num_staged_ios,
 								   dclist_count(&pgaio_my_backend->in_flight_ios),
-								   dclist_is_empty(&pgaio_my_backend->idle_ios)));
+								   dclist_count(&pgaio_my_backend->idle_ios)));
 
 	/*
 	 * Wait for the oldest in-flight IO to complete.
@@ -761,6 +825,7 @@ pgaio_io_wait_for_free(void)
 	{
 		PgAioHandle *ioh = dclist_head_element(PgAioHandle, node,
 											   &pgaio_my_backend->in_flight_ios);
+		uint64		generation = ioh->generation;
 
 		switch (ioh->state)
 		{
@@ -784,13 +849,24 @@ pgaio_io_wait_for_free(void)
 				 * In a more general case this would be racy, because the
 				 * generation could increase after we read ioh->state above.
 				 * But we are only looking at IOs by the current backend and
-				 * the IO can only be recycled by this backend.
+				 * the IO can only be recycled by this backend.  Even this is
+				 * only OK because we get the handle's generation before
+				 * potentially processing interrupts, e.g. as part of
+				 * pgaio_debug_io().
 				 */
-				pgaio_io_wait(ioh, ioh->generation);
+				pgaio_io_wait(ioh, generation);
 				break;
 
 			case PGAIO_HS_COMPLETED_SHARED:
-				/* it's possible that another backend just finished this IO */
+
+				/*
+				 * It's possible that another backend just finished this IO.
+				 *
+				 * Note that no interrupts are processed between the state
+				 * check and the call to reclaim - that's important as
+				 * otherwise an interrupt could have already reclaimed the
+				 * handle.
+				 */
 				pgaio_io_reclaim(ioh);
 				break;
 		}
@@ -940,6 +1016,11 @@ pgaio_wref_check_done(PgAioWaitRef *iow)
 	if (state == PGAIO_HS_COMPLETED_SHARED ||
 		state == PGAIO_HS_COMPLETED_LOCAL)
 	{
+		/*
+		 * Note that no interrupts are processed between
+		 * pgaio_io_was_recycled() and this check - that's important as
+		 * otherwise an interrupt could have already reclaimed the handle.
+		 */
 		if (am_owner)
 			pgaio_io_reclaim(ioh);
 		return true;
@@ -1167,11 +1248,14 @@ pgaio_closing_fd(int fd)
 		{
 			dlist_iter	iter;
 			PgAioHandle *ioh = NULL;
+			uint64		generation;
 
 			dclist_foreach(iter, &pgaio_my_backend->in_flight_ios)
 			{
 				ioh = dclist_container(PgAioHandle, node, iter.cur);
 
+				generation = ioh->generation;
+
 				if (pgaio_io_uses_fd(ioh, fd))
 					break;
 				else
@@ -1186,7 +1270,7 @@ pgaio_closing_fd(int fd)
 						   fd, dclist_count(&pgaio_my_backend->in_flight_ios));
 
 			/* see comment in pgaio_io_wait_for_free() about raciness */
-			pgaio_io_wait(ioh, ioh->generation);
+			pgaio_io_wait(ioh, generation);
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -1215,13 +1299,14 @@ pgaio_shutdown(int code, Datum arg)
 	while (!dclist_is_empty(&pgaio_my_backend->in_flight_ios))
 	{
 		PgAioHandle *ioh = dclist_head_element(PgAioHandle, node, &pgaio_my_backend->in_flight_ios);
+		uint64		generation = ioh->generation;
 
 		pgaio_debug_io(DEBUG2, ioh,
 					   "waiting for IO to complete during shutdown, %d in-flight IOs",
 					   dclist_count(&pgaio_my_backend->in_flight_ios));
 
 		/* see comment in pgaio_io_wait_for_free() about raciness */
-		pgaio_io_wait(ioh, ioh->generation);
+		pgaio_io_wait(ioh, generation);
 	}
 
 	pgaio_my_backend = NULL;
-- 
2.48.1.76.g4e746b1a31.dirty

>From 650c48ffc42f554f86b8485a6c6b98c36c35fb81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andres Freund <and...@anarazel.de>
Date: Thu, 8 May 2025 21:03:52 -0400
Subject: [PATCH v1] WIP: aio: Fix possible state confusion due to interrupt
 processing

Author:
Reviewed-by:
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/
Backpatch:
---
 src/backend/storage/aio/aio.c | 113 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 99 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/aio/aio.c b/src/backend/storage/aio/aio.c
index 57b9cf3dcab..10535066762 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/aio/aio.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/aio/aio.c
@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ pgaio_io_acquire(struct ResourceOwnerData *resowner, PgAioReturn *ret)
 PgAioHandle *
 pgaio_io_acquire_nb(struct ResourceOwnerData *resowner, PgAioReturn *ret)
 {
+	PgAioHandle *ioh = NULL;
+
 	if (pgaio_my_backend->num_staged_ios >= PGAIO_SUBMIT_BATCH_SIZE)
 	{
 		Assert(pgaio_my_backend->num_staged_ios == PGAIO_SUBMIT_BATCH_SIZE);
@@ -207,10 +209,17 @@ pgaio_io_acquire_nb(struct ResourceOwnerData *resowner, PgAioReturn *ret)
 	if (pgaio_my_backend->handed_out_io)
 		elog(ERROR, "API violation: Only one IO can be handed out");
 
+	/*
+	 * Probably not needed today, as interrupts should not process this IO,
+	 * but...
+	 */
+	HOLD_INTERRUPTS();
+
 	if (!dclist_is_empty(&pgaio_my_backend->idle_ios))
 	{
 		dlist_node *ion = dclist_pop_head_node(&pgaio_my_backend->idle_ios);
-		PgAioHandle *ioh = dclist_container(PgAioHandle, node, ion);
+
+		ioh = dclist_container(PgAioHandle, node, ion);
 
 		Assert(ioh->state == PGAIO_HS_IDLE);
 		Assert(ioh->owner_procno == MyProcNumber);
@@ -226,11 +235,11 @@ pgaio_io_acquire_nb(struct ResourceOwnerData *resowner, PgAioReturn *ret)
 			ioh->report_return = ret;
 			ret->result.status = PGAIO_RS_UNKNOWN;
 		}
-
-		return ioh;
 	}
 
-	return NULL;
+	RESUME_INTERRUPTS();
+
+	return ioh;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -247,6 +256,12 @@ pgaio_io_release(PgAioHandle *ioh)
 		Assert(ioh->resowner);
 
 		pgaio_my_backend->handed_out_io = NULL;
+
+		/*
+		 * Note that no interrupts are processed between the handed_out_io
+		 * check and the call to reclaim - that's important as otherwise an
+		 * interrupt could have already reclaimed the handle.
+		 */
 		pgaio_io_reclaim(ioh);
 	}
 	else
@@ -265,6 +280,12 @@ pgaio_io_release_resowner(dlist_node *ioh_node, bool on_error)
 
 	Assert(ioh->resowner);
 
+	/*
+	 * Otherwise an interrupt, in the middle of releasing the IO, could end up
+	 * trying to wait for the IO, leading to state confusion.
+	 */
+	HOLD_INTERRUPTS();
+
 	ResourceOwnerForgetAioHandle(ioh->resowner, &ioh->resowner_node);
 	ioh->resowner = NULL;
 
@@ -305,6 +326,8 @@ pgaio_io_release_resowner(dlist_node *ioh_node, bool on_error)
 	 */
 	if (ioh->report_return)
 		ioh->report_return = NULL;
+
+	RESUME_INTERRUPTS();
 }
 
 /*
@@ -373,6 +396,13 @@ pgaio_io_get_wref(PgAioHandle *ioh, PgAioWaitRef *iow)
 static inline void
 pgaio_io_update_state(PgAioHandle *ioh, PgAioHandleState new_state)
 {
+	/*
+	 * All callers need to have held interrupts in some form, otherwise
+	 * interrupt processing could wait for the IO to complete, while in an
+	 * intermediary state.
+	 */
+	Assert(!INTERRUPTS_CAN_BE_PROCESSED());
+
 	pgaio_debug_io(DEBUG5, ioh,
 				   "updating state to %s",
 				   pgaio_io_state_get_name(new_state));
@@ -410,6 +440,13 @@ pgaio_io_stage(PgAioHandle *ioh, PgAioOp op)
 	Assert(pgaio_my_backend->handed_out_io == ioh);
 	Assert(pgaio_io_has_target(ioh));
 
+	/*
+	 * Otherwise an interrupt, in the middle of staging and possibly executing
+	 * the IO, could end up trying to wait for the IO, leading to state
+	 * confusion.
+	 */
+	HOLD_INTERRUPTS();
+
 	ioh->op = op;
 	ioh->result = 0;
 
@@ -449,6 +486,8 @@ pgaio_io_stage(PgAioHandle *ioh, PgAioOp op)
 		pgaio_io_prepare_submit(ioh);
 		pgaio_io_perform_synchronously(ioh);
 	}
+
+	RESUME_INTERRUPTS();
 }
 
 bool
@@ -558,8 +597,8 @@ pgaio_io_wait(PgAioHandle *ioh, uint64 ref_generation)
 			&& state != PGAIO_HS_COMPLETED_SHARED
 			&& state != PGAIO_HS_COMPLETED_LOCAL)
 		{
-			elog(PANIC, "waiting for own IO in wrong state: %d",
-				 state);
+			elog(PANIC, "waiting for own IO %d in wrong state: %s",
+				 pgaio_io_get_id(ioh), pgaio_io_get_state_name(ioh));
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -613,7 +652,13 @@ pgaio_io_wait(PgAioHandle *ioh, uint64 ref_generation)
 
 			case PGAIO_HS_COMPLETED_SHARED:
 			case PGAIO_HS_COMPLETED_LOCAL:
-				/* see above */
+
+				/*
+				 * Note that no interrupts are processed between
+				 * pgaio_io_was_recycled() and this check - that's important
+				 * as otherwise an interrupt could have already reclaimed the
+				 * handle.
+				 */
 				if (am_owner)
 					pgaio_io_reclaim(ioh);
 				return;
@@ -624,6 +669,11 @@ pgaio_io_wait(PgAioHandle *ioh, uint64 ref_generation)
 /*
  * Make IO handle ready to be reused after IO has completed or after the
  * handle has been released without being used.
+ *
+ * Note that callers need to be careful about only calling this in the right
+ * state and that no interrupts can be processed between the state check and
+ * the call to pgaio_io_reclaim(). Otherwise interrupt processing could
+ * already have reclaimed the handle.
  */
 static void
 pgaio_io_reclaim(PgAioHandle *ioh)
@@ -632,6 +682,9 @@ pgaio_io_reclaim(PgAioHandle *ioh)
 	Assert(ioh->owner_procno == MyProcNumber);
 	Assert(ioh->state != PGAIO_HS_IDLE);
 
+	/* see comment in function header */
+	HOLD_INTERRUPTS();
+
 	/*
 	 * It's a bit ugly, but right now the easiest place to put the execution
 	 * of local completion callbacks is this function, as we need to execute
@@ -699,6 +752,8 @@ pgaio_io_reclaim(PgAioHandle *ioh)
 	 * efficient in cases where only a few IOs are used.
 	 */
 	dclist_push_head(&pgaio_my_backend->idle_ios, &ioh->node);
+
+	RESUME_INTERRUPTS();
 }
 
 /*
@@ -714,7 +769,7 @@ pgaio_io_wait_for_free(void)
 	pgaio_debug(DEBUG2, "waiting for free IO with %d pending, %d in-flight, %d idle IOs",
 				pgaio_my_backend->num_staged_ios,
 				dclist_count(&pgaio_my_backend->in_flight_ios),
-				dclist_is_empty(&pgaio_my_backend->idle_ios));
+				dclist_count(&pgaio_my_backend->idle_ios));
 
 	/*
 	 * First check if any of our IOs actually have completed - when using
@@ -728,6 +783,11 @@ pgaio_io_wait_for_free(void)
 
 		if (ioh->state == PGAIO_HS_COMPLETED_SHARED)
 		{
+			/*
+			 * Note that no interrupts are processed between the state check
+			 * and the call to reclaim - that's important as otherwise an
+			 * interrupt could have already reclaimed the handle.
+			 */
 			pgaio_io_reclaim(ioh);
 			reclaimed++;
 		}
@@ -744,13 +804,17 @@ pgaio_io_wait_for_free(void)
 	if (pgaio_my_backend->num_staged_ios > 0)
 		pgaio_submit_staged();
 
+	/* possibly some IOs finished during submission */
+	if (!dclist_is_empty(&pgaio_my_backend->idle_ios))
+		return;
+
 	if (dclist_count(&pgaio_my_backend->in_flight_ios) == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				errmsg_internal("no free IOs despite no in-flight IOs"),
 				errdetail_internal("%d pending, %d in-flight, %d idle IOs",
 								   pgaio_my_backend->num_staged_ios,
 								   dclist_count(&pgaio_my_backend->in_flight_ios),
-								   dclist_is_empty(&pgaio_my_backend->idle_ios)));
+								   dclist_count(&pgaio_my_backend->idle_ios)));
 
 	/*
 	 * Wait for the oldest in-flight IO to complete.
@@ -761,6 +825,7 @@ pgaio_io_wait_for_free(void)
 	{
 		PgAioHandle *ioh = dclist_head_element(PgAioHandle, node,
 											   &pgaio_my_backend->in_flight_ios);
+		uint64		generation = ioh->generation;
 
 		switch (ioh->state)
 		{
@@ -784,13 +849,24 @@ pgaio_io_wait_for_free(void)
 				 * In a more general case this would be racy, because the
 				 * generation could increase after we read ioh->state above.
 				 * But we are only looking at IOs by the current backend and
-				 * the IO can only be recycled by this backend.
+				 * the IO can only be recycled by this backend.  Even this is
+				 * only OK because we get the handle's generation before
+				 * potentially processing interrupts, e.g. as part of
+				 * pgaio_debug_io().
 				 */
-				pgaio_io_wait(ioh, ioh->generation);
+				pgaio_io_wait(ioh, generation);
 				break;
 
 			case PGAIO_HS_COMPLETED_SHARED:
-				/* it's possible that another backend just finished this IO */
+
+				/*
+				 * It's possible that another backend just finished this IO.
+				 *
+				 * Note that no interrupts are processed between the state
+				 * check and the call to reclaim - that's important as
+				 * otherwise an interrupt could have already reclaimed the
+				 * handle.
+				 */
 				pgaio_io_reclaim(ioh);
 				break;
 		}
@@ -940,6 +1016,11 @@ pgaio_wref_check_done(PgAioWaitRef *iow)
 	if (state == PGAIO_HS_COMPLETED_SHARED ||
 		state == PGAIO_HS_COMPLETED_LOCAL)
 	{
+		/*
+		 * Note that no interrupts are processed between
+		 * pgaio_io_was_recycled() and this check - that's important as
+		 * otherwise an interrupt could have already reclaimed the handle.
+		 */
 		if (am_owner)
 			pgaio_io_reclaim(ioh);
 		return true;
@@ -1167,11 +1248,14 @@ pgaio_closing_fd(int fd)
 		{
 			dlist_iter	iter;
 			PgAioHandle *ioh = NULL;
+			uint64		generation;
 
 			dclist_foreach(iter, &pgaio_my_backend->in_flight_ios)
 			{
 				ioh = dclist_container(PgAioHandle, node, iter.cur);
 
+				generation = ioh->generation;
+
 				if (pgaio_io_uses_fd(ioh, fd))
 					break;
 				else
@@ -1186,7 +1270,7 @@ pgaio_closing_fd(int fd)
 						   fd, dclist_count(&pgaio_my_backend->in_flight_ios));
 
 			/* see comment in pgaio_io_wait_for_free() about raciness */
-			pgaio_io_wait(ioh, ioh->generation);
+			pgaio_io_wait(ioh, generation);
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -1215,13 +1299,14 @@ pgaio_shutdown(int code, Datum arg)
 	while (!dclist_is_empty(&pgaio_my_backend->in_flight_ios))
 	{
 		PgAioHandle *ioh = dclist_head_element(PgAioHandle, node, &pgaio_my_backend->in_flight_ios);
+		uint64		generation = ioh->generation;
 
 		pgaio_debug_io(DEBUG2, ioh,
 					   "waiting for IO to complete during shutdown, %d in-flight IOs",
 					   dclist_count(&pgaio_my_backend->in_flight_ios));
 
 		/* see comment in pgaio_io_wait_for_free() about raciness */
-		pgaio_io_wait(ioh, ioh->generation);
+		pgaio_io_wait(ioh, generation);
 	}
 
 	pgaio_my_backend = NULL;
-- 
2.48.1.76.g4e746b1a31.dirty

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