Re: BUG #16329: Valgrind detects an invalid read when building a gist index with buffering - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: BUG #16329: Valgrind detects an invalid read when building a gist index with buffering
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Msg-id 2601.1680176849@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: BUG #16329: Valgrind detects an invalid read when building a gist index with buffering  (Alexander Lakhin <exclusion@gmail.com>)
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Alexander Lakhin <exclusion@gmail.com> writes:
> As to that concrete place, I would incline to improve the test while it stays
> in line with other tests, but I lack a whole picture of the gist testing.
> It doesn't seem to me that the regress/sql/gist.sql is too comprehensive.
> I've just looked at the scan-build's results and found 9 warnings related to
> gist. A quick glance at the code confirms that there are indeed
> interesting cases, which are not exercised for now (e.g., call
> gistRelocateBuildBuffersOnSplit() with
> IndexRelationGetNumberOfKeyAttributes(r) > 1).
> So if I could prove that 2-3 of them are really bugs during the next week,
> maybe then assess that test change alongside with others (if any).
> (Maybe we'll want to build that index over different columns, for example.)

OK, there's certainly no urgency.

            regards, tom lane



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