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## Problem
Occasionally, we get failures to start the storage controller's db with
errors like:
```
aborting due to panic at /__w/neon/neon/control_plane/src/background_process.rs:349:67:
claim pid file: lock file
Caused by:
file is already locked
```
e.g.
https://neon-github-public-dev.s3.amazonaws.com/reports/pr-9428/11380574562/index.html#/testresult/1c68d413ea9ecd4a
This is happening in a stop,start cycle during a test. Presumably the
pidfile from the startup background process is still held at the point
we stop, because we let pg_ctl keep running in the background.
## Summary of changes
- Refactor pg_ctl invocations into a helper
- In the controller's `start` function, use pg_ctl & a wait loop for
pg_isready, instead of using background_process
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Co-authored-by: Arpad Müller <arpad-m@users.noreply.github.com>