Re: Fix tuple deformation with virtual generated NOT NULL columns - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Chao Li
Subject Re: Fix tuple deformation with virtual generated NOT NULL columns
Date
Msg-id BB69B882-5401-45CE-919E-8A78511EDABC@gmail.com
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In response to Re: Fix tuple deformation with virtual generated NOT NULL columns  (Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>)
Responses Re: Fix tuple deformation with virtual generated NOT NULL columns
List pgsql-hackers

> On Jun 8, 2026, at 21:01, Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On 2026-06-06 16:50:29 +1200, David Rowley wrote:
>> On Thu, 4 Jun 2026 at 17:57, Chao Li <li.evan.chao@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> While testing "Optimize tuple deformation”, I found a bug:
>>
>>> I think the problem is in finding the first non-guaranteed attribute where virtual generated attributes are not
considered:
>>
>> Thanks for the report and fix. I pushed a slightly adjusted version.
>> Form_pg_attribute.attgenerated is '\0' for non-generated columns, so
>> there's no point in checking cattr->attgenerated as well as that.
>>
>> I also added an Assert() to help catch any other reason that the
>> guaranteed column gets set incorrectly again in TupleDescFinalize().
>
> Seems like a test for some of this would be good too?
>
> Greetings,
>
> Andres Freund

Okay, I tried to add a test matching my repro. With this test in place, I reverted the fix and ran make check; it
failedby hitting the Assert David added: 
```
TRAP: failed Assert("first_null_attr(tup->t_bits, natts) >= firstNullAttr"), File: "execTuples.c", Line: 1083, PID:
65804
0   postgres                            0x0000000104e883b8 ExceptionalCondition + 216
1   postgres                            0x00000001048e5ebc slot_deform_heap_tuple + 456
2   postgres                            0x00000001048e2a18 tts_buffer_heap_getsomeattrs + 112
3   postgres                            0x00000001048c5044 slot_getsomeattrs + 68
4   postgres                            0x00000001048b97a4 ExecInterpExpr + 416
5   postgres                            0x00000001048b8ea0 ExecInterpExprStillValid + 76
6   postgres                            0x000000010492ec68 ExecEvalExprNoReturn + 44
7   postgres                            0x000000010492ec28 ExecEvalExprNoReturnSwitchContext + 48
8   postgres                            0x000000010492eb20 ExecProject + 72
9   postgres                            0x000000010492e680 ExecScanExtended + 288
10  postgres                            0x000000010492d7cc ExecSeqScanWithProject + 220
11  postgres                            0x00000001048db508 ExecProcNodeFirst + 92
12  postgres                            0x00000001048d1eb8 ExecProcNode + 60
```

See the attached patch for details.

Best regards,
--
Chao Li (Evan)
HighGo Software Co., Ltd.
https://www.highgo.com/





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