Re: pg15b1: FailedAssertion("val > base", File: "...src/include/utils/relptr.h", Line: 67, PID: 30485)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: John Naylor <john(dot)naylor(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Kyotaro Horiguchi <horikyota(dot)ntt(at)gmail(dot)com>, Justin Pryzby <pryzby(at)telsasoft(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: pg15b1: FailedAssertion("val > base", File: "...src/include/utils/relptr.h", Line: 67, PID: 30485)
Date: 2022-06-22 02:54:47
Message-ID: 3168908.1655866487@sss.pgh.pa.us
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John Naylor <john(dot)naylor(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> writes:
> On Wed, Jun 1, 2022 at 2:57 AM Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> ... So we can fix this by:
>> 1. Using a relative pointer value other than 0 to represent a null
>> pointer. Andres suggested (Size) -1.
>> 2. Not storing the free page manager for the DSM in the main shared
>> memory segment at byte offset 0.

> For this open item, the above two ideas were discussed as a short-term
> fix, and my reading of the thread is that the other proposals are too
> invasive at this point in the cycle. Both of them have a draft patch
> in the thread. #2, i.e. wasting MAXALIGN of space, seems the simplest
> and most localized. Any thoughts on pulling the trigger on either of
> these two approaches?

I'm still of the opinion that 0 == NULL is a good property to have,
so I vote for #2.

regards, tom lane

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