fix: worker_restart without security definer

README.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # PG_NET
 *A PostgreSQL extension that enables asynchronous (non-blocking) HTTP/HTTPS requests with SQL*.
 
-Requires libcurl >= 7.83.
+Requires libcurl >= 7.83. Compatible with PostgreSQL > = 12.
 
 ![PostgreSQL version](https://img.shields.io/badge/postgresql-12+-blue.svg)
 [![License](https://img.shields.io/pypi/l/markdown-subtemplate.svg)](https://github.com/supabase/pg_net/blob/master/LICENSE)

sql/pg_net--0.11.0--0.11.1.sql

@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ alter function net._http_collect_response ( bigint, boolean) security invoker;
 
 alter function net.http_collect_response ( bigint, boolean) security invoker;
 
+create or replace function net.worker_restart()
+  returns bool
+  language 'c'
+as 'pg_net';
+
 grant usage on schema net to PUBLIC;
 grant all on all sequences in schema net to PUBLIC;
 grant all on all tables in schema net to PUBLIC;

sql/pg_net.sql

@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ create or replace function net._encode_url_with_params_array(url text, params_ar
     immutable
 as 'pg_net';
 
+create or replace function net.worker_restart()
+  returns bool
+  language 'c'
+as 'pg_net';
 
 -- Interface to make an async request
 -- API: Public

src/worker.c

@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 
+#include <storage/shmem.h>
+
 #include "util.h"
 #include "core.h"
 
@@ -40,17 +42,25 @@ _Static_assert(LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MIN_LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM, REQUIRED_LIBCURL_
 
 PG_MODULE_MAGIC;
 
-static char *guc_ttl;
-static int guc_batch_size;
-static char* guc_database_name;
-static MemoryContext CurlMemContext = NULL;
+static char*                    guc_ttl;
+static int                      guc_batch_size;
+static char*                    guc_database_name;
+static MemoryContext            CurlMemContext = NULL;
+static shmem_startup_hook_type  prev_shmem_startup_hook = NULL;
+static long                     latch_timeout = 1000;
+static volatile sig_atomic_t    got_sigterm = false;
+static volatile sig_atomic_t    got_sighup = false;
+static bool*                    restart_worker = NULL;
 
 void _PG_init(void);
 PGDLLEXPORT void pg_net_worker(Datum main_arg) pg_attribute_noreturn();
 
-static long latch_timeout = 1000;
-static volatile sig_atomic_t got_sigterm = false;
-static volatile sig_atomic_t got_sighup = false;
+PG_FUNCTION_INFO_V1(worker_restart);
+Datum worker_restart(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS) {
+  bool result = DatumGetBool(DirectFunctionCall1(pg_reload_conf, (Datum) NULL)); // reload the config
+  *restart_worker = true;
+  PG_RETURN_BOOL(result && *restart_worker); // TODO is not necessary to return a bool here, but we do it to maintain backward compatibility
+}
 
 static void
 handle_sigterm(SIGNAL_ARGS)
@@ -141,6 +151,12 @@ void pg_net_worker(Datum main_arg) {
       ProcessConfigFile(PGC_SIGHUP);
     }
 
+    if (restart_worker && *restart_worker) {
+      *restart_worker = false;
+      elog(INFO, "Restarting pg_net worker");
+      break;
+    }
+
     delete_expired_responses(guc_ttl, guc_batch_size);
 
     consume_request_queue(lstate.curl_mhandle, guc_batch_size, CurlMemContext);
@@ -206,6 +222,14 @@ void pg_net_worker(Datum main_arg) {
   proc_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 }
 
+static void net_shmem_startup(void) {
+  if (prev_shmem_startup_hook)
+    prev_shmem_startup_hook();
+
+  restart_worker = ShmemAlloc(sizeof(bool));
+  *restart_worker = false;
+}
+
 void _PG_init(void) {
   if (IsBinaryUpgrade) {
       return;
@@ -226,6 +250,9 @@ void _PG_init(void) {
     .bgw_restart_time = 1,
   });
 
+  prev_shmem_startup_hook = shmem_startup_hook;
+  shmem_startup_hook = net_shmem_startup;
+
   CurlMemContext = AllocSetContextCreate(TopMemoryContext,
                        "pg_net curl context",
                        ALLOCSET_DEFAULT_MINSIZE,

test/test_privileges.py

@@ -63,6 +63,17 @@ def test_net_on_another_role(sess):
     ).fetchone()
     assert response[0] == "SUCCESS"
 
+    ## can use the net.worker_restart function
+    response = sess.execute(
+        text(
+            """
+        set local role to another;
+        select net.worker_restart();
+    """
+        )
+    ).fetchone()
+    assert response[0] == True
+
     sess.execute(text("""
         set local role postgres;
         drop role another;