Re: [PORTS] RedHat6.0 & Alpha

Can anyone address the status of this bug?

> In the regression test rules.sql there is this SQL command
>
> update rtest_v1 set a = rtest_t3.a + 20 where b = rtest_t3.b;
>
> Which causes my alpha port to go core. The above line can be reduced to:
>
> update rtest_v1 set a = rtest_t3.a + 20 ;
>
> which also causes the same problem. It seems that the 64 bit address
> ((Expr*)nodeptr)->oper gets truncated ( high 32 bits ) somewhere along the way.
>
> I was able to locate the errant code in rewriteManip.c:712. but There seems to be a
> bigger problem other than eraseing the upper 32bit address. It seems that
> FindMatchingNew() returns a node of type T_Expr, rather than the expected type of
> T_Var. Once u realize this then u can see why the now MISCAST "(Var *)
> *nodePtr)->varlevelsup = this_varlevelsup" will cause a problem. On my alpha this erases
> a portion in the address in the T_Expr. On the redhat 5.2/i386 this code seems to be
> benign, BUT YOU ARE ERASEING SOMETHING that doesn't belong to to T_Expr !
>
> So what gives?
> gat
> Maybe an assert() will help in finding some of the miscast returned types? Wuddya think?
> sure would catch some of the boo-boo's hanging around
>
> rewriteManip.c:
> if (this_varno == info->new_varno &&
> this_varlevelsup == sublevels_up)
> {
> n = FindMatchingNew(targetlist,
> ((Var *) node)->varattno);
> if (n == NULL)
> {
> if (info->event == CMD_UPDATE)
> {
> *nodePtr = n = copyObject(node);
> ((Var *) n)->varno = info->current_varno;
> ((Var *) n)->varnoold = info->current_varno;
> }
> else
> *nodePtr = make_null(((Var *) node)->vartype);
> }
> else
> {
> *nodePtr = copyObject(n);
> ((Var *) *nodePtr)->varlevelsup = this_varlevelsup; /* This
> line zaps the address */
> }
> }
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