pgsql: bufmgr: Fix undefined behaviour with, unrealistically, large tem - Mailing list pgsql-committers

From Andres Freund
Subject pgsql: bufmgr: Fix undefined behaviour with, unrealistically, large tem
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Msg-id E1phw6o-000VZ2-GN@gemulon.postgresql.org
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bufmgr: Fix undefined behaviour with, unrealistically, large temp_buffers

Quoting Melanie:
> Since if buffer is INT_MAX, then the -(buffer + 1) version invokes
> undefined behavior while the -buffer - 1 version doesn't.

All other places were already using the correct version. I (Andres), copied
the code into more places in a patch. Melanie caught it in review, but to
prevent more people from copying the bad code, fix it. Even if it is a
theoretical issue.

We really ought to wrap these accesses in a helper function...

As this is a theoretical issue, don't backpatch.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman <melanieplageman@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_aW2SX_LWtwHgfnqYpBrunMLfE9PD6-ioPpkh92XH0qpg@mail.gmail.com

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master

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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/558cf803876874c55d637a1e87417fa1c670efe1

Modified Files
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src/backend/storage/buffer/localbuf.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)


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