RE: [PATCH] Tiny optmization. - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Ranier Vilela
Subject RE: [PATCH] Tiny optmization.
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In response to Re: [PATCH] Tiny optmization.  (Tomas Vondra <tomas.vondra@2ndquadrant.com>)
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Hi,
Redudant because he it's been dereferenced here:

line 3410:
        cstate = BeginCopy(pstate, true, rel, NULL, InvalidOid, attnamelist, options);

Best regards.
Ranier Vilela

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De: Tomas Vondra <tomas.vondra@2ndquadrant.com>
Enviado: sexta-feira, 22 de novembro de 2019 22:05
Para: Ranier Vilela
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Assunto: Re: [PATCH] Tiny optmization.

On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 09:41:44PM +0000, Ranier Vilela wrote:
>Hi,
>Maybe it doesn't matter, but, I think it's worth discussing.
>The expression "if(pstate)" is redundant or is possible null dereference.
>

Eh? Redundant with what? Why would it be a null dereference? It's a
parameter passed from outside, and we're not checking it before. And
the if condition is there exactly to prevent null dereference.

It's generally a good idea to inspect existing callers of the modified
function and try running tests before submitting a patch. In this case
there's a BeginCopyFrom() call in contrib/file_fdw, passing NULL as the
first parameter, and if you run `make check` for that module it falls
flat on it's face due to a segfault.

regards

>
>--- \dll\postgresql-12.0\a\backend\commands\copy.c     Mon Sep 30 17:06:55 2019
>+++ copy.c     Fri Nov 22 18:33:05 2019
>@@ -3426,8 +3426,7 @@
>       cstate->raw_buf_index = cstate->raw_buf_len = 0;
>
>       /* Assign range table, we'll need it in CopyFrom. */
>-      if (pstate)
>-              cstate->range_table = pstate->p_rtable;
>+      cstate->range_table = pstate->p_rtable;
>
>       tupDesc = RelationGetDescr(cstate->rel);
>       num_phys_attrs = tupDesc->natts;



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