Re: contrib/pg_freespacemap first check input argument, then relation_open.

From: Julien Rouhaud <rjuju123(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: jian he <jian(dot)universality(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: contrib/pg_freespacemap first check input argument, then relation_open.
Date: 2023-07-06 03:09:33
Message-ID: 20230706030933.mr4jt45d6m3yet3d@jrouhaud
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Hi,

On Thu, Jul 06, 2023 at 10:14:46AM +0800, jian he wrote:
>
> In:
> https://git.postgresql.org/cgit/postgresql.git/tree/contrib/pg_freespacemap/pg_freespacemap.c
>
> rel = relation_open(relid, AccessShareLock);
>
> if (blkno < 0 || blkno > MaxBlockNumber)
> ereport(ERROR,
> (errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
> errmsg("invalid block number")));
>
> --------------------
> should it first check input arguments, then relation_open?

It would probably be a slightly better approach but wouldn't really change much
in practice so I'm not sure it's worth changing now.

> Does ereport automatically unlock the relation?

Yes, locks, lwlocks, memory contexts and everything else is properly cleaned /
released in case of error.

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