Re: plperl sigfpe reset can crash the server

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Subject: Re: plperl sigfpe reset can crash the server
Date: 2012-08-24 14:58:18
Message-ID: 201208241658.18791.andres@2ndquadrant.com
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On Friday, August 24, 2012 04:53:36 PM Tom Lane wrote:
> Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> > ./pod/perl581delta.pod:
> > At startup Perl blocks the SIGFPE signal away since there isn't much
> > Perl can do about it. Previously this blocking was in effect also for
> > programs executed from within Perl. Now Perl restores the original
> > SIGFPE handling routine, whatever it was, before running external
> > programs.
>
> So there's a gap in the "restore" logic someplace.

Well, the logic is not triggering at all in pg's case. Its just used if perl
is exec()ing something...

> > perl.h also has some tidbits: ...
> > That doesn't sound very well reasoned and especially not very well tested
> > to me.
>
> Time to file a Perl bug?
Anybody more involved in the perl community volunteering?

Greetings,

Andres
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