Add guard to prevent recursive memory context logging.

MasaoFujii · MasaoFujii · commit 0fc2f533a96c · 2025-12-19T12:09:10.000+09:00
Previously, if memory context logging was triggered repeatedly and rapidly while a previous request was still being processed, it could result in recursive calls to ProcessLogMemoryContextInterrupt(). This could lead to infinite recursion and potentially crash the process. This commit adds a guard to prevent such recursion. If ProcessLogMemoryContextInterrupt() is already in progress and logging memory contexts, subsequent calls will exit immediately, avoiding unintended recursive calls. While this scenario is unlikely in practice, it's not impossible. This change adds a safety check to prevent such failures. Back-patch to v14, where memory context logging was introduced. Reported-by: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> Author: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Atsushi Torikoshi <torikoshia@oss.nttdata.com> Reviewed-by: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Artem Gavrilov <artem.gavrilov@percona.com> Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CA+TgmoZMrv32tbNRrFTvF9iWLnTGqbhYSLVcrHGuwZvCtph0NA@mail.gmail.com Backpatch-through: 14
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/mmgr/mcxt.c b/src/backend/utils/mmgr/mcxt.c
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ MemoryContext CurTransactionContext = NULL;
 /* This is a transient link to the active portal's memory context: */
 MemoryContext PortalContext = NULL;
 
+/* Is memory context logging currently in progress? */
+static bool LogMemoryContextInProgress = false;
+
 static void MemoryContextCallResetCallbacks(MemoryContext context);
 static void MemoryContextStatsInternal(MemoryContext context, int level,
 									   bool print, int max_children,
@@ -1043,25 +1046,45 @@ ProcessLogMemoryContextInterrupt(void)
 	LogMemoryContextPending = false;
 
 	/*
-	 * Use LOG_SERVER_ONLY to prevent this message from being sent to the
-	 * connected client.
+	 * Exit immediately if memory context logging is already in progress. This
+	 * prevents recursive calls, which could occur if logging is requested
+	 * repeatedly and rapidly, potentially leading to infinite recursion and a
+	 * crash.
 	 */
-	ereport(LOG_SERVER_ONLY,
-			(errhidestmt(true),
-			 errhidecontext(true),
-			 errmsg("logging memory contexts of PID %d", MyProcPid)));
+	if (LogMemoryContextInProgress)
+		return;
+	LogMemoryContextInProgress = true;
 
-	/*
-	 * When a backend process is consuming huge memory, logging all its memory
-	 * contexts might overrun available disk space. To prevent this, we limit
-	 * the number of child contexts to log per parent to 100.
-	 *
-	 * As with MemoryContextStats(), we suppose that practical cases where the
-	 * dump gets long will typically be huge numbers of siblings under the
-	 * same parent context; while the additional debugging value from seeing
-	 * details about individual siblings beyond 100 will not be large.
-	 */
-	MemoryContextStatsDetail(TopMemoryContext, 100, false);
+	PG_TRY();
+	{
+		/*
+		 * Use LOG_SERVER_ONLY to prevent this message from being sent to the
+		 * connected client.
+		 */
+		ereport(LOG_SERVER_ONLY,
+				(errhidestmt(true),
+				 errhidecontext(true),
+				 errmsg("logging memory contexts of PID %d", MyProcPid)));
+
+		/*
+		 * When a backend process is consuming huge memory, logging all its
+		 * memory contexts might overrun available disk space. To prevent
+		 * this, we limit the number of child contexts to log per parent to
+		 * 100.
+		 *
+		 * As with MemoryContextStats(), we suppose that practical cases where
+		 * the dump gets long will typically be huge numbers of siblings under
+		 * the same parent context; while the additional debugging value from
+		 * seeing details about individual siblings beyond 100 will not be
+		 * large.
+		 */
+		MemoryContextStatsDetail(TopMemoryContext, 100, false);
+	}
+	PG_FINALLY();
+	{
+		LogMemoryContextInProgress = false;
+	}
+	PG_END_TRY();
 }
 
 void *
