Re: Uninitialized scalar variable (UNINIT) (src/backend/statistics/extended_stats.c) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Uninitialized scalar variable (UNINIT) (src/backend/statistics/extended_stats.c)
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Msg-id 2936273.1618247064@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Uninitialized scalar variable (UNINIT) (src/backend/statistics/extended_stats.c)  (Ranier Vilela <ranier.vf@gmail.com>)
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Ranier Vilela <ranier.vf@gmail.com> writes:
> Em seg., 12 de abr. de 2021 às 03:04, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> escreveu:
>> It would be wrong, though, or at least not have the same effect.

> I think that you speak about fill pointers with 0 is not the same as fill
> pointers with NULL.

No, I mean that InvalidBlockNumber isn't 0.

> I was confused here, does the patch follow the pattern and fix the problem
> or not?

Your patch seems fine.  Justin's proposed improvement isn't.

(I'm not real sure whether there's any *actual* bug here --- would we
really be looking at either ctid or tableoid of this temporary tuple?
But it's probably best to ensure that they're valid anyway.)

            regards, tom lane



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