Hi,
I found some dubious looking HTAB cleanup code for replication streams
(see file:worker.c, function:stream_cleanup_files).
viz.
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static void
stream_cleanup_files(Oid subid, TransactionId xid)
{
char path[MAXPGPATH];
StreamXidHash *ent;
/* Remove the xid entry from the stream xid hash */
ent = (StreamXidHash *) hash_search(xidhash,
(void *) &xid,
HASH_REMOVE,
NULL);
/* By this time we must have created the transaction entry */
Assert(ent != NULL);
/* Delete the change file and release the stream fileset memory */
changes_filename(path, subid, xid);
SharedFileSetDeleteAll(ent->stream_fileset);
pfree(ent->stream_fileset);
ent->stream_fileset = NULL;
/* Delete the subxact file and release the memory, if it exist */
if (ent->subxact_fileset)
{
subxact_filename(path, subid, xid);
SharedFileSetDeleteAll(ent->subxact_fileset);
pfree(ent->subxact_fileset);
ent->subxact_fileset = NULL;
}
}
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Notice how the code calls hash_search(... HASH_REMOVE ...), but then
it deferences the same ent that was returned from that function.
IIUC that is a violation of the hash_search API, whose function
comment (dynahash.c) clearly says not to use the return value in such
a way:
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* Return value is a pointer to the element found/entered/removed if any,
* or NULL if no match was found. (NB: in the case of the REMOVE action,
* the result is a dangling pointer that shouldn't be dereferenced!)
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PSA my patch to correct this by firstly doing a HASH_FIND, then only
HASH_REMOVE after we've finished using the ent.
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Kind Regards,
Peter Smith.
Fujitsu Australia
