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From Tom Lane
Subject pgsql: Fix latent crash in do_text_output_multiline().
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Msg-id E1b4uPV-0002Ni-4m@gemulon.postgresql.org
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Fix latent crash in do_text_output_multiline().

do_text_output_multiline() would fail (typically with a null pointer
dereference crash) if its input string did not end with a newline.  Such
cases do not arise in our current sources; but it certainly could happen
in future, or in extension code's usage of the function, so we should fix
it.  To fix, replace "eol += len" with "eol = text + len".

While at it, make two cosmetic improvements: mark the input string const,
and rename the argument from "text" to "txt" to dodge pgindent strangeness
(since "text" is a typedef name).

Even though this problem is only latent at present, it seems like a good
idea to back-patch the fix, since it's a very simple/safe patch and it's
not out of the realm of possibility that we might in future back-patch
something that expects sane behavior from do_text_output_multiline().

Per report from Hao Lee.

Report: <CAGoxFiFPAGyPAJLcFxTB5cGhTW2yOVBDYeqDugYwV4dEd1L_Ag@mail.gmail.com>

Branch
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REL9_2_STABLE

Details
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http://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/fca2eb3d43226cb119b682fda7716c5a4c28a841

Modified Files
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src/backend/executor/execTuples.c | 19 +++++++++----------
src/include/executor/executor.h   |  2 +-
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)


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