Re: Crash in record_type_typmod_compare - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andres Freund
Subject Re: Crash in record_type_typmod_compare
Date
Msg-id 20210331194926.htvtehdba5fg6e76@alap3.anarazel.de
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In response to Re: Crash in record_type_typmod_compare  (Sait Talha Nisanci <Sait.Nisanci@microsoft.com>)
Responses Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Crash in record_type_typmod_compare
List pgsql-hackers
Hi,

On 2021-03-31 13:26:34 +0000, Sait Talha Nisanci wrote:
> diff --git a/src/backend/utils/cache/typcache.c b/src/backend/utils/cache/typcache.c
> index 4915ef5934..4757e8fa80 100644
> --- a/src/backend/utils/cache/typcache.c
> +++ b/src/backend/utils/cache/typcache.c
> @@ -1970,18 +1970,16 @@ assign_record_type_typmod(TupleDesc tupDesc)
>              CreateCacheMemoryContext();
>      }
>  
> -    /* Find or create a hashtable entry for this tuple descriptor */
> +    /* Find a hashtable entry for this tuple descriptor */
>      recentry = (RecordCacheEntry *) hash_search(RecordCacheHash,
>                                                  (void *) &tupDesc,
> -                                                HASH_ENTER, &found);
> +                                                HASH_FIND, &found);
>      if (found && recentry->tupdesc != NULL)
>      {
>          tupDesc->tdtypmod = recentry->tupdesc->tdtypmod;
>          return;
>      }
>  
> -    /* Not present, so need to manufacture an entry */
> -    recentry->tupdesc = NULL;
>      oldcxt = MemoryContextSwitchTo(CacheMemoryContext);
>  
>      /* Look in the SharedRecordTypmodRegistry, if attached */
> @@ -1995,6 +1993,10 @@ assign_record_type_typmod(TupleDesc tupDesc)
>      }
>      ensure_record_cache_typmod_slot_exists(entDesc->tdtypmod);
>      RecordCacheArray[entDesc->tdtypmod] = entDesc;
> +    /* Not present, so need to manufacture an entry */
> +    recentry = (RecordCacheEntry *) hash_search(RecordCacheHash,
> +                                                (void *) &tupDesc,
> +                                                HASH_ENTER, NULL);
>      recentry->tupdesc = entDesc;

ISTM that the ensure_record_cache_typmod_slot_exists() should be moved
to before find_or_make_matching_shared_tupledesc /
CreateTupleDescCopy. Otherwise we can leak if the CreateTupleDescCopy()
succeeds but ensure_record_cache_typmod_slot_exists() fails. Conversely,
if ensure_record_cache_typmod_slot_exists() succeeds, but
CreateTupleDescCopy() we won't leak, since the former is just
repalloc()ing allocations.

Greetings,

Andres Freund



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