Re: [BUG] Failed Assertion in ReorderBufferChangeMemoryUpdate()

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
To: Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "Drouvot, Bertrand" <bdrouvot(at)amazon(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, Dilip Kumar <dilipbalaut(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: [BUG] Failed Assertion in ReorderBufferChangeMemoryUpdate()
Date: 2021-09-13 16:52:39
Message-ID: 202109131652.i2mpy2tgxumt@alvherre.pgsql
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On 2021-Sep-06, Amit Kapila wrote:

> The error can occur at multiple places (like via palloc or various
> other places) between the first time we subtract the change_size and
> add it back after the change is re-computed. I think the correct fix
> would be that in the beginning we just compute the change_size by
> ReorderBufferChangeSize and then after re-computing the change, we
> just subtract the old change_size and add the new change_size. What do
> you think?

Am I the only that that thinks this code is doing far too much in a
PG_CATCH block?

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