Re: BUG #3841: core dump in uuid-ossp

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Dmitriy <im(at)ionflux(dot)ru>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #3841: core dump in uuid-ossp
Date: 2007-12-27 14:13:38
Message-ID: 20071227141338.GH5709@alvh.no-ip.org
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Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Dmitriy wrote:
>
> > in sql console:
> > postgres=# select uuid_nil();
> > server closed the connection unexpectedly
> > This probably means the server terminated abnormally
> > before or while processing the request.
>
> Thanks for the report. I think the problem here is that we're not
> checking the return values of uuid functions. For example uuid_create
> could fail due to memory shortage or a number of other problems.

Please try the attached patch.

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Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support

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