Re: BUG #14932: SELECT DISTINCT val FROM table gets stuck in an infinite loop

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Tomas Vondra <tomas(dot)vondra(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, "Todd A(dot) Cook" <tcook(at)blackducksoftware(dot)com>, Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Bugs <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: BUG #14932: SELECT DISTINCT val FROM table gets stuck in an infinite loop
Date: 2018-01-11 23:05:10
Message-ID: 20180111230510.pvn3vguwh3f3yw46@alap3.anarazel.de
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On 2018-01-09 10:36:48 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Tomas Vondra <tomas(dot)vondra(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> > On 12/06/2017 06:19 PM, Andres Freund wrote:
> >> On 2017-12-06 12:14:24 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> >>> In any case, the hashtable code needs to not fall over in the
> >>> presence of a lot of collisions, regardless of the exact reason
> >>> for there being a lot.
>
> >> Yes, we need to be more resilient about it. Working on a patch.
>
> This seems to have fallen through a crack over Christmas holidays.
> Let's see if we can't push it to a conclusion.

Yea, I'll try to get to it over the weekend. Sorry for the delay.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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