Re: [FEATURE PATCH] pg_stat_statements with plans (v02)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: Julian Markwort <julian(dot)markwort(at)uni-muenster(dot)de>, legrand legrand <legrand_legrand(at)hotmail(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Arthur Zakirov <a(dot)zakirov(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>, marius(dot)timmer(at)uni-muenster(dot)de, arne(dot)scheffer(at)uni-muenster(dot)de
Subject: Re: [FEATURE PATCH] pg_stat_statements with plans (v02)
Date: 2018-08-20 02:55:38
Message-ID: 18093.1534733738@sss.pgh.pa.us
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[ off topic for this patch, but as long as you mentioned switching
to C99 ]

Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> writes:
> + for(int j = 0; j < numPlans; j++)
> Can't declare a new variable here in C89.

As previously noted, that seems like a nice thing to allow ...

> + pgssPlan *planArray[numPlans];
> Can't use variable length arrays in C89.

... but I'm less excited about this one. Seems like a great opportunity
for unexpected stack overflows, and thence at least the chance for
DOS-causing security attacks. Can we prevent that from being allowed,
if we start using -std=c99?

regards, tom lane

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