Re: No error checking when reading from file using zstd in pg_dump

From: Evgeniy Gorbanev <gorbanyoves(at)basealt(dot)ru>
To: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: No error checking when reading from file using zstd in pg_dump
Date: 2025-06-16 08:52:08
Message-ID: 95255a86-4bc7-4ff4-aa26-4441aafdf0fb@basealt.ru
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16.06.2025 14:25, Daniel Gustafsson пишет:
>> On 16 Jun 2025, at 10:14, Evgeniy Gorbanev <gorbanyoves(at)basealt(dot)ru> wrote:
>> In src/bin/pg_dump/compress_zstd.c, the Zstd_read function always
>> returns true. But if you look at the Zstd_gets and Zstd_getc functions,
>> where Zstd_read is called via CFH->read_func, it is expected that
>> the Zstd_read function can also return false. In case of
>> a read-from-file error, the process is expected to terminate, but
>> pg_dump will continue the process.
>> I assume that after checking
>> if (cnt == 0)
>> should be
>> return false;
> if (cnt == 0)
> - break;
> + return false;
>
> As cnt is coming from fread() returning false here would be wrong as you cannot
> from 0 alone know if it's EOF or an error. Instead it needs to inspect the
> stream with feof() and ferror() to know how to proceed.
>
> --
> Daniel Gustafsson

The feof() check is in the calling functions, e.g. in the Zstd_getc
function.

Regards, Evgeniy

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