pgsql: Fix io_uring resource leaks across crash restarts

From: Fujii Masao <fujii(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: Fix io_uring resource leaks across crash restarts
Date: 2026-11-05 09:04:31
Message-ID: E1xOtOZ-00000000Hsr-392M@gemulon.postgresql.org
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Fix io_uring resource leaks across crash restarts

With io_method=io_uring and restart_after_crash enabled, the postmaster
reinitializes shared memory after a backend crash. It created new
io_uring instances without releasing its references to the old ones,
causing resources to accumulate on each crash restart. Eventually,
creating new instances could fail with "Too many open files" or
"Cannot allocate memory", preventing the server from restarting.

Fix this by registering an on_shmem_exit() callback to release the
postmaster's references to the io_uring instances during shared
memory cleanup, before creating new ones. This prevents resources
from accumulating across crash restarts.

Backpatch to v18, where io_method=io_uring was introduced.

Reported-by: Lucas DRAESCHER <git(at)draescher(dot)fr>
Author: Lucas DRAESCHER <git(at)draescher(dot)fr>
Reviewed-by: ChangAo Chen <cca5507(at)qq(dot)com>
Reviewed-by: Ilmar Yunusov <tanswis42(at)gmail(dot)com>
Reviewed-by: Laetitia Avrot <laetitia(dot)avrot(at)gmail(dot)com>
Reviewed-by: Jakub Wartak <jakub(dot)wartak(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Reviewed-by: Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>
Reviewed-by: Xuneng Zhou <xunengzhou(at)gmail(dot)com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/zHN8Rb7syWYDBPUhCICxKLr_tQmFLg0T024irxVVb6RSSicZcqcA0eT73z2PQy7JmzzqnUzX0Hi3P2dPKRvmNx_jbAqSCLyqJvWjXEypyAI=@draescher.fr
Backpatch-through: 18

Branch
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master

Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/953c6dabdb52663a6b96ad354b33496284d8ed73

Modified Files
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src/backend/storage/aio/method_io_uring.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)

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