/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * kill.c * kill() * * Copyright (c) 1996-2010, PostgreSQL Global Development Group * * This is a replacement version of kill for Win32 which sends * signals that the backend can recognize. * * IDENTIFICATION * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/port/kill.c,v 1.13 2010/01/02 16:58:13 momjian Exp $ * *------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ #include "c.h" #ifdef WIN32 /* signal sending */ int pgkill(int pid, int sig) { char pipename[128]; BYTE sigData = sig; BYTE sigRet = 0; DWORD bytes; int pipe_tries; /* we allow signal 0 here, but it will be ignored in pg_queue_signal */ if (sig >= PG_SIGNAL_COUNT || sig < 0) { errno = EINVAL; return -1; } if (pid <= 0) { /* No support for process groups */ errno = EINVAL; return -1; } snprintf(pipename, sizeof(pipename), "\\\\.\\pipe\\pgsignal_%u", pid); /* * Writing data to the named pipe can fail for transient reasons. * Therefore, it is useful to retry if it fails. The maximum number of * calls to make was empirically determined from a 90-hour notification * stress test. */ for (pipe_tries = 0; pipe_tries < 3; pipe_tries++) { if (CallNamedPipe(pipename, &sigData, 1, &sigRet, 1, &bytes, 1000)) { if (bytes != 1 || sigRet != sig) { errno = ESRCH; return -1; } return 0; } } if (GetLastError() == ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND) errno = ESRCH; else if (GetLastError() == ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED) errno = EPERM; else errno = EINVAL; return -1; } #endif